Athenaeum Hotel

The front desk staff were quite friendly and helpful. The bar and food service staff were also personable and helpful. We chose this hotel because my wife stayed here as a child years ago. We were told by others around town that the Athenaeum was last refurbished in 1984. The lobby was refreshed more recently. As other reviewers have stated, if you want to stay at a historic hotel, you'll appreciate the Atheneum, but if you want a pristine room, updated technologies and services, and a diverse menus I'd recommend staying elsewhere. The common spaces at this hotel were in better condition than our room, which had a sloping floor, chipping paint, a stained armchair, and mildew growing on the ceiling in the bathroom. The bed seemed to be memory foam style and a tad soft, but we slept decently. The in-room TV was quite small and did not carry true HD TV. The Wifi was password secured which is so important but very rate in hotels. We had solid connection in the lobby, but it was good to marginal in our room. There was an excessive quantity of spiders and webs on the exterior of the hotel. Not sure why they don't treat for them and remove webs.

Crisp clean sheets and nice breakfast.

It was a good place for fall colors viewing. Quiet time of the year.

Very disappointing. Restaurant was not open, parking for overnight is ridiculously far and ending up walking in the rain in morning to retrieve.

I am here for a Road Scholar program. I happen to love old hotels so very much enjoy the old-fashioned porches and the surrounding charming community. But what has made me happiest is how friendly, helpful & caring the staff here at The Athenaeum all are. From front desk to housekeeping to dining and maintenance, all treat guests like we are not just important to them but dear to them. I had some requests that they went above & beyond to help with. Special shout out to Beth on Housekeeping who made my week here work. ❤️

It was like going back in time to a simpler but elegant era in history. Great staff.

We were glad to be in the annex because there was a wedding reception in the main stay. Clean. Only problem was that some of the wedding guests did stay in the annex and were loud in the hallways after midndight.

The Athenaeum is a Grand Hotel in preventable decline; it badly needs TLC and more investment to repair its rotting infrastructure. On a positive note, the staff was courteous, friendly and efficient.

This is the first time that the Athenaeum Hotel has bee. A major disappointment. We booked a weekend package that included a room, breakfasts and dinners and tickets for concerts. At the time of booking we made dinner reservations for dinner at the Heirloom restaurant. Between May and July we had 2 calls reconfirming our reservations. Upon arrival we confirmed Saturday dinner and there was no record of dinner reservations. We were told we could have dinner 10 minutes before the concert or order from the bar. We opted for #2. We ordered dinner around 5:30. Ten minutes later our dinner was given to someone else. Twenty minutes later a waiter came with soup and flatbread which we did not order. I asked the bartender about our dinner and he seemed surprised we had not been served.

We enjoyed staying at the historical hotel. I think parking could be better explained and assistance should be available to get you back to your car with all of your bags. We got a ride to the front gate - but ended up walking with all of our bags to our car in the very back parking lot. RIDICULOUS!