Penn Wells Hotel — Hotel in Wellsboro

While the hotel is charming because of the historic decor, the mahogany the beautiful fixtures from another century and the services quite good. The rooms are lacking, unbelievably. I don’t mind the old headboard and the old furnishings in the room, but there’s no excuse for a horrible mattress and crappy pillows. I had a terrible night sleep because of that and also because of the noise from the street. You need to know that trucks use the main street of this town as a byway during the night. If you have a room on the street it will be noisy. The bathrooms are old with separate faucets for hot and cold. The toilet and tubs are discolored from age. Not very inviting at all. Serious need to upgrade here. The television set was on analog and the picture was so fuzzy. It was hardly worth watching. No HDMI cables there.. One of the worst things was no microwave in the room so you couldn’t heat up a cup of tea for yourself and by the time we got back from dinner, they had already taken the hot water and tea away. It was only 8:30 PM. The coffee was still available but no tea. Breakfast was just OK. Apples were the only fresh fruit, no whole-grain starches anywhere nothing really except for scrambled eggs breakfast sausage and cold cereal a few muffins and bagels. On a positive note the service is very friendly. The location is great. And the caramel apple muffins at breakfast...

It’s an historic place it’s the only reason I’m not giving it five stars but as a historic place, it’s five stars. What’s incredibly upsetting and a huge catastrophic mistake is the ownership has an historic TREASURE and I we found out they intend to remove it! As a NYC marketing exec I plead to th owners DO NOT DO THIS. The y have a 100-year-old neon sign unlike anything anyone’s ever seen. “penn wells auto entrance” Aware the cost of maintaining old rundown, ancient properties is exorbitant owners of historic properties like this must acknowledge why people still are attracted to it and it’s the asset of the ancient historic charm. The reason people come is not because of any modern amenities they might add. They come for the charming historic lobby, entrance portico that damn sign! Not for any modern improvements that you’re going to add. Spend the 30k to restore it… leave it in place which will be an iconic beacon and increase its charm and visibility. And leave a treasure for Wellsboro for many more decades, hopefully centuries to come. When we heard not only would it not be renovated but torn down we wanted to scream at the top of our lungs DON’T DESTROY One of the things that MAKES THIS...

We stayed here for our anniversary and it was just the best! Wellsboro is a cute little town and pleasant to walk around too.

The Penn-Wells has a rich history, and the building shows that. I also appreciated that there were bits of history written down for us to learn about: in the directory is a full chronological history; there's a flag made of Christmas ornaments in the lobby with framed information; and the dining room has dozens of historical photographs around it's periphery, with a printed numbered list to follow around the room.

We had dinner in the courtyard, which feels like you're in a movie with it's stucco and exposed-brick old-world charm. We had to make a reservation, but it was for 20 minutes after we inquired. Our server Jackie was great, very helpful and nice.

The receptionist Donna was particularly pleasant. Very personable and professional!

Hot breakfast is included, but is pretty basic - a simplified version of a Holiday Inn, with oatmeal packets, bagels, scrambled eggs, sausage, and bread.

The rooms were comfortable, with a king bed and porcelain bathroom. Ours also had a small sitting room with two chairs, mini fridge,...