Athenaeum Hotel

The Athenaeum Hotel is a very old and nice hotel, antiques throughout but very nice. Staff was attentive and helped with issues when they came up. The only issue is you can't park near the hotel and need a shuttle to take you back and forth to the parking lot but overall it was still worth it.

Check-in was disorganized, the hotel was short staffed, they ran out of food, there was nowhere to sit in the lobby, and the continental breakfast was nothing special considering the price,

Historic and neat, but rundown and in need of renovation.

This is a very tired old hotel in need of major updating. My room was in the annex, a charmless additional building with no views, only one window that could be opened, a tiny bathroom, only a straight chair. It was clean and the bed was comfortable. The service to the rooms is great - clean towels each day. My plan included meals, all of which were buffets. Breakfast was plentiful and good, lunches and dinners uniformly mediocre. The front porch is a nice place to sit but seating is hard to find. There are not many options at Chautauqua but if I return I will look for a different opportunity.

I expected an old, creaky hotel with small rooms. We have been coming to Chautauqua for many years. What was surprising was: almost without exception unfriendly staff; and a VERY mediocre, poorly organized breakfast buffet with poor service. Some years the house we rent can be crowded and we chose to get a room elsewhere. I doubt we will return to the Atheneum.

My friend and I did not stay at the Athenaeum Hotel. We went there to hear a lecture. The hotel is beautiful inside and the grounds are very nice and well cared for. I would love to stay there, maybe next time.

We had a nice time. The porch is beautiful and we had an excellent meal at the Heirloom restaurant!

Food was never hot.Breakfast and Dinner was cold.A lot of noise during the night.

Great stay,

Above average, but not excellent range.