Wedmore Place

We were so excited for our first stay at this country inn. The complimentary tickets to Williamsburg Winery were an incredibly nice touch. The rooms are beautifully decorated. Unfortunatley, we learned that the walls would be paper thin. There was a wedding that weekend and it seemed that we were in the ‘wedding party’ wing of the building. Around 12:00 — 2:00AM, we could hear everything happening in the hallway and in the surrounding rooms. This was surprising especially because there was suppose to be a no-​noise policy after 11:00PM. However, the noise continued for several hours. When we mentioned it to the front desk the following morning, they did not seem sympathetic at all. We were checking out and were actually given someone elses invoice for a higher priced room. When we tried to dispute the charges, we were told that we were in the wrong. Once we had left the building, I reread over the invoice and it had someone elses name entirely on it and their credit card information! My boyfriend took it back inside, and the front desk did not even apologize for the mix up. Overall, it was a disappointing stay.

We stayed here the night after our wedding. I like that you can choose the room you want — makes it different than just a cookie cutter hotel. Everyone was pleasant and the room was nice. Breakfast in the morning was amazing! (And not just because we hadn’t eaten anything at the wedding and were starving). They served quiche and fruit — better than your typical continental breakfast. They also let our family members decorate the room a little, which was nice. I would stay again, but it was a bit overpriced. Not an everyday hotel.

I was so excited to stay at Wedmore when it opened in 2007 at the W’burg Winery — since then I’ve stayed there…4 times (I think).
What I love: 1) The rooms! The rooms are all beautifully decorated and each one is different, representing a different European country. Each room has a wood-​burning fireplace and a plush king bed (I love the bed, but I could see if you have back problems the mattress may be too soft for you, so be prepared). 2) The breakfast. There is a lovely continental breakfast spread that includes fresh fruit, cereals, croissants, specialty breads, yogurt, and 2 quiches of the day (1 veggie, 1 meat). I’ve seen other reviews for this place and people are miffed that there isn’t a hot breakfast — they specifically state on their website this is what they offer. They also carry Harney & Sons tea — a brand which I’m now addicted to and that I discovered during my first visit several years back. 3) The ambiance. This place is just so tranquil — I feel like I’m completely transported somewhere else when I stay there. It’s really charming. 4) Café Provencal is just fantastic (see my review), and you can’t beat just going back up to your room after a leisurely dinner.
What I don’t love: 1) The noise. So I’ll admit, one of the charms is the rustic feel of the Inn which is evidenced by their wood floors throughout the entire building. However, as others have noted, this can be quite noisy. You can always hear people walking around, in the hallway and if you are on the bottom floor, above you. This particular visit we were blessed with some pretty quiet neighbors above, but next door we definitely heard a couple having some fun and at one point heard a cell phone ring. This isn’t enough to deter me from staying there, but if you are sensitive to noise, I definitely recommend staying on the second floor, which will at least lessen the noise from above. 2) The Wi-​Fi was really spotty on this visit. The first night it didn’t work at all, the second night the router was re-​set and it worked fine, and then after that it was on and off, which was a bit frustrating, especially since I didn’t have a great cell phone signal and I was trying hard not to drain my battery.
Overall, for me, the pros definitely outweigh the cons and I’m a frequent visitor to Wedmore Place.

Stayed for two nights over Columbus Day Weekend 2013. Great looking place — looks like a charming inn.
Let’s start with the good:
— The staff all was very nice and helpful.
— We thought the restaurant was really good. The food was fantastic. The atmosphere is a bit odd, but not bad.
— The upkeep — it is clean and looks nice.
The bad:
— If you like sleep, do not stay here. Wow. You can hear EVERY SINGLE thing. I am not making this up —- every time a person in an adjacent room received a text message, I went to check my phone becuase I thought it was my phone vibrating. The walls and floors/​ceilings do nothing for the sound. The family next to us was not loud at all — having basic conversations… yet we could make out every single word they spoke. Hardwood floors look nice, but that just adds to the sound —- in the hallway, next door, and above you.
— I just don’t get some hotels. You should, at this point, know how to run a hotel! So why do hotels insist on not getting a good enough hot water heater for showers. We showered at different times throughout the day, for short periods of time. No matter what — we never had enough hot water. Give me a break.
Glad we went, but will not return nor recommend this to friends unless they know all the caveats.

The rooms are beautiful and overall we enjoyed a pleasant stay. The fitness room was well outfitted although the water cooler was completely empty. Breakfast in the café was a marvelous treat — for some reason, I had been led to believe it was a «continental pastry» buffet, but it was more than that: it was a lovely spread of pastries, quiche, fresh fruit, Greek yogurt, cereal and breads. I ate too many croissants thank I’ll ever admit to — and the gruyère spinach quiche was TDF. Very friendly staff served coffee and beverages.
My only cavil with Wedmore was the check-​in/​check-​out process. It felt a bit bumpy — the computer system didn’t seem to be used in a way that would help the front desk be more efficient or well managed. Our room turned out to have a «maintenance problem,» so the manager/​concierge took us around to a couple of other options from which to choose. This was a very nice gesture but they were offering rooms at a lower grade (smaller size), so this was disappointing. Still, the staff was quick to make adjustments to our bill and overall were pleasant to deal with. As another reviewer pointed out, this isn’t a typical hotel – it’s discreet, tucked into an old Williamsburg neighborhood that has a country feel, and has an Old World elegance; it’s probably best suited for the more placid (non-​partying) adults among us who’d appreciate its tranquility, good food, winery and discreet charm.

Called from CA. to buy a gift certificate for a family member who lives in the area. I recall thinking at the time that Heather. the woman on the phone. sounded like she’d rather be doing something else but I let it go. She said this would be sent out the very next day.
My niece still doesn’t have it. apparently a signature was required… which I knew nothing about and would not have chosen. The kids are busy with jobs and kids. and now they have to make a trip to the post office or have it redelivered and wait for the mail to come.
Heather just said.“sorry about that”…as I imagined her to be filing her nails and chewing her gum. Anyway… the bloom is somewhat off her graduation day. and present.

Somehow reservations weren’t made for our Asheville Video crew on a busy weekend and we needed help with an unplanned production meeting. A single phone call to the front desk fixed it all in less than a minute. No ‘let me check’ or ‘I’ll see what I can do’, but ‘Done!’ followed by the details. Simply terrific.
The hotel looks like a fort from the 1700’s. Sort of cool in a way. And, the rooms (Superior Class) were nice enough and big enough to get office work done without feeling cramped or crowded. Parking was a snap, even for our box truck.
What I didn’t like was the hardwood floors. I am into thick carpet, not cold, hard, surfaces under my feet.
Overall, Wedmore is a winner.

The Cons…
I stayed at Wedmore place 10÷13÷12−10÷15÷12 for my wedding weekend. I must say that the Hospitality Manager «Christine» ruined my entire stay. From the moment my family arrived she made us very uncomfortable as she was unable to contain her ignorance and racism as she rambled off one inappropriate statement after another.
It started with demanding that we pay for our entire stay up front rather than simply «pre-​authorizing» our card for the full amount. We are very well travelled and only stay in luxury hotels. I know that paying in full up front is not standard practice. Christine continued to comment, «I know that holding $ 1,000 is a lot of money» in a condescending way which was very insulting to our family, considering that $ 1,000 is pocket change to us. You should have seen the look on my husband’s face. Clearly we would not have selected the highest and most expensive room product they offered if we could not afford it.
The behavior continued throughout our stay. Christine mentioned that we had to park in the parking lot to unload our wedding flowers and luggage rather than parking in the spots in the front of the building. Christine also stated to another co-​worker that she was shocked to find out that we were an African American family with a «child» when we arrived since I sounded so «white» on the phone pre-​arrival. Who says that?
The problems were endless. Christine refused to bring my husband and his best man an iron to their room after they made the request on 4 occasions. My room service consisted of a block of cheap cheese, a box of crackers and a fully wrapped, unsliced slab of salami with no knife. Additionally, after a certain time of night the front door to the property was locked and 2 grown men had to knock and wait at the door like they were sneaking in their parent’s house after curfew.
When I came back from my wedding hair/​makeup appointment Christine mentioned that she did me a favor by cleaning up the best she could «around» my belongings. I’m glad she cleaned «around» my belongings so she didn’t get any dirty fingerprints on my collection on Louboutins. Hopefully, she also noticed my flawless 10 carat diamond ring on my wedding day as she was treating us so inferior like we were beneath her and unworthy of staying at Wedmore.
Lastly, we found several gross bugs in the bathroom under the sink and crawling around the bathtub in the Venetian Suite. Yuck! I would not recommend staying at this property if you are looking for luxury accomodations.

Very pleasant stay at the Wedmore in one of their unique, colonial-​esque rooms which are amusingly themed, such as our Westfalia room which included a german tv channel. The accomodations were unique and quite comfortable, and had a nice view of a portion of the grounds. The complementary breakfast was delicious and all the staff was very pleasant.
The location is just a few miles outside of williamsburg, but not inconvenient at all, and located on very nice winery grounds.

Just stayed here this past weekend. I’m a former frequent travler (worked on the road for seven years, averaging about 160 hotel nights per year). So, I’ve stayed in a *lot* of hotels and have a *lot* of points of comparison.
The staff here is very friendly and the service is pretty decent. The main restaurant rocks.
The rooms LOOK very nice. However:
* the beds, while they look very comfortable, leave me in agonizing pain, the next morning
* the A/​C can’t be set lower than 68 — and never gets that cool, any way
* the A/​C, when it is running, sounds like a major downpour on a tin/​copper roof
* if you’re in a wheelchair, you’re screwed: the toilets sit at the end of the bathrooms past the shower stall — the pathway to the toilet is so narrow that you can’t even open the shower stall door completely. Looking at the fire map/​floor-​plan, it seems that this design is the norm for the rooms
* the TV in the room is awkwardly placed and has LED lights that, even when turned off, very brightly illuminates the room when your light is off (I got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and found no need to turn on the light to safely navigate the room from my side of the bed to the bathroom door)
* the hardwood floors *look* nice, but they make the hotel stay VERY loud: any time someone walks out in the hall, the next room or the room above, you hear it
I’d come back for the winery or the restaurant, but I can’t see ever sleeping here, again.