Barrow House Inn, St Francisville

My husband and I do ministry work at the state prison in Angola. We have stayed at the Printers Cottage on a few occasions. We have even been there with our 2 young children. You will not find a more accomading place to stay. The owner goes out of the way to make each trip special. She always has good advice about the local attractions. On one trip with the kids, she even recommended that we visit with "Gus" the turkey. The kids loved it and still talk about it a year later. The owner also goes out of her way to purchase food that meets my husbands very strict diet. We don't eat breakfast with the group in the Barrow House because we usually have to leave before breakfast is served. She always prepares a tray of yummy breakfast pastries and leaves them in the refridgerator for me. We have toured other in the homes in St. Francisville but we always stay at the Printers Cottage. I am looking forward to staying again the May.

I'm a frequent guest of Barrow House Inn and last week I noticed the 2 hateful reviews posted by an individual back in April. Being curious as to who this joker (Yahoo? ;) ) was, I 'got the goods' on him from the innkeepers. Did this guy ever have an axe to grind! The Goods: Like many residents of rural America, he'd never been to a bed & breakfast before (**huge** red flag right there) and obviously knew nothing about them. He called 3 days before a *very* busy weekend to book something for him and his... ahem... 'girlfriend' (whatever!) Another red flag. He only ate 1 full breakfast and didn't like it because he'd never consumed hollandaise sauce or a poached egg before (!!!) Yeah, we're talking a real Emeril or Bourdain here. Sidenote: their breakfasts are served with sterling silver and fine china... do you *really* think a place that does that for guests would be, quote, " The food is nothing to rave about, and even the dishes looked dirty." ??? Get real. Basically, he was upset for not getting the best possible accommodation and needed to blame anyone but himself. He only paid $85/night. Would he have paid $160/night for a suite even if it were available? Not likely. I myself worked in a hotel for years and let me tell you something. Unhappy customers often have *internal* problems that they externalize. For example: The couple has a fight and want to leave without paying. So they try to weasel their way out by using the old "Bugs or Dirty Excuse" with the hotel desk clerk or manager. Geez, if I had a dollar for every time I heard that one! Same principle applies here. He merely lied about the B&B being dirty because of an internal problem(s). What really gets me is that the innkeepers took the time and their own money to return the guy's cell phone charger and he still wrote a mostly hateful review over a year later ??? Can we say "ungrateful", boys and girls???

I forgot to mention the dead roach in the bathroom and spiders running around everywhere. I need ten more words in order to post this message...there. lol