Monmouth Historic Inns and Gardens

Step into the grandeur of the past. Beautiful property, delicious food and southern hospitality.

The staff and dinner was great. The gardens were in need of some work. Lots of weeds in the flower beds and walkways. We were expecting the condition to be like the online pictures. However it was far from it. The inside of our room also needed to be updated. The wallpaper was peeling in several areas and the furniture was in poor condition. It appeared the grounds has not been keep up. Definitely not luxury.

The history of the home is awesome. The property needs LOTS of TLC. The front desk check in folks were so nice and polite. However, the breakfast wait staff was horrible. These two ladies were extremely rude to not only our group, but to others as well. Thursday was our first morning to visit the restaurant. The ladies were smiling and very nice. We asked if they could make change for a $20 bill for the tip. One of the ladies went to the tip jar and retrieved two 5’s and one $10. When she came back to the table, we exchanged the bills. We left a $10 tip. Out at our car, one of the ladies came out and said we did not give her the $20 bill. We said we did, but she insisted so we gave her a $20. When we counted the money we brought, we were short $20. Those ladies got a $30 tip Friday morning. We went back Saturday morning, and had no issues. We left an $8 tip. On Sunday morning, there was no greeting, the ladies made rude comments to us(“y’all don’t want us here!!”)…we did not feel this way nor did we say this. We had to ask for service…they would not voluntarily come to our table. We politely asked for more coffee, the lady walked right by us with no acknowledgement. They finally came to refill our coffee. We were unable to get anymore refills on our coffee as they would not come back to our table. A very small tip was left today. The waitstaff came out(we were waiting for the rain to pause) and returned our tip with another rude comment.

Maintenance not great. For example, a plastic outlet cover was broken. Fancy spa tub was not caulked all the way around. Water never got above tepid. Yes, it's a historic inn, but we were not in the main building, and there wasn't much about our room that was historic. One positive thing was the delicious food.

Beautiful place. Very relaxing. Friendly staff. Delicious breakfast.

Beautiful grounds and accommodations

Excellent antebellum feel

Monmouth has wonderful staff, beautiful gardens and well appointed rooms!

We enjoyed our stay the restaurant and food were excellent

Very nice property. Only thing missing in the rooms are mini-fridges & keurig k-cup coffee machines.