Herlong Mansion Bed and Breakfast Inn, Micanopy

Was suppose to attend a friends wedding here on 5/18/2012, the day before when brides mother questioned the owner about some things, the owner became rude and ordered them off the property, canceled thier plans there and refunded thier money, THE DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING!!!!!! she is a absolute nut case, beware of this place,,,

This is the problem I have with ALL B&B'S (I only stayed here because my friend insisted) You don't know what you're getting! I'll explain. First off, Megan manages the front 'desk' and does a wonderful job. She's energetic shows you all around and gives suggestions for places to eat, things to see and do. Great young lady! We stayed in the Magnolia room. Really nice. Great beds, nice decor. Upstairs room had lot's of light. I thought, "This is gonna be great!" Well - it would have been , however earlier the next morning around 5AM, the person in the next room - seemed to have STAGE IV Tuberculosis. This poor person began hacking up a wet, productive cough ... and wheezing and hacking cough. On and on and on. I could hear it plainly thru either the walls or air ducts. I felt sorry for the person, but aggravated that on a day i wanted and NEEDED to sleep in, I was awakened by that!!!! Finally around 7a.m. I got up and went to the grand upstairs porch and just watched the morning unfold (still with distant hacking in the backround.) At a Quality Inn or Best Western, we could have had another room, or much better insulation. Buy yeah, you trade charm and character for cookie cutter rooms, but you KNOW what your'e going to get. BREAKFAST. Right. If you're heavy in to scrambled eggs, sausages, greasy taters, etc, you'll love it. I did NOT taste the food, so I don't know. I keep a heart-diet that includes fruits, whole grains, etc, The only fruit was three THIN slices or honeydew melon. I read a recent article that said:"Vegetarians are easily accommodated." Really? The owner asked why I didn't touch my breakfast, and we told her about what we liked NO thought, or options are available to what you will eat. In fact, they do not even have a micro in the dinning area if you did, want to warm something up. We let the owner know what we preferred for breakfast . . . .however. The next morning I did not go down, because or a SECOND SLEEPLESS NIGHT (more later) but my friends brought up the same three small slices of melon and coffee. There may have been more, but I didn't ask. THE SECOND night, around 1:30 A.M. we noticed an electrical buzz, like a neon light going on and off, above the ceiling. It went on like clockwork.... every 18 seconds. Buuzzzzzzzzzzzz. Again, you'd never hear that at a Hilton Garden Inn. Neither one of us could sleep and really no one to call about it. I went out on the porch and grabbed a few zzzz's... very few. I think like most B&B's that are OLD, historic buildings with character and charm -- you get all the creaks, idiosyncrasies of old age, just like with old people. This house was built in 1845. I would suggest to the owners, since they are not there in the afternoons(mid-week), to have a breakfast checklist that folks can mark selections... so we can eat what WE like, vs. what the owners think is good or healthy. I would visit the building and tour the gardens, but if you're coming here for a good nights rest, you're taking your chances. And ear plugs will do no good, as I had them.

The owner was extremely rude and short with all of us. She would be irritated because we asked questions on what to do and would give short answers. She would not allow a mother with a newborn baby change him in the mansion, she had to take him out in the cold into another building to change him. There was another wedding scheduled right after my daughters so our picture time was very interrupted as they were setting up for the next wedding. When I confronted her about that she said to me that my daughter said that was enough time. Isn't the owner the "expert" and should know whether it woudl be enough time or not? The huge plants that are sitting on the front steps prevented the groom and groomsmen from being seen even after moving our seats. Even when my daugher and I went a few days prior on our own to ask questions and do a "preview" she was short with us and every encountered we had with her she acted as though we were beneath her. It is a beautiful facility but if you are going to just get married there and not hold your reception there (meaning more money for her) she is very disrespectful towards your wedding party and family members. The pictures should have been a fun time and lots of fun shots but because of being so rushed, the poor photographers did not have the time. For the money my daughter and son-in-law paid to get married at this site, I would NOT recommend it at all. When we viewed the site, we were told she had shepard hooks for the flowers then a day or two before she tells my daughter she no longer had them and we had to find our own. Therefore, my daughter had to pay more money for the florist to provide the hooks which were short and could not be seen by the guests because of the huge shrubs alogn the sidewalk. The "runner" they had for the steps was a gawdy pink rug. It was just an absolutely awful experience and do not recommend using the facility for a wedding.

We were very pleased with the presence of the Herlong but very dissatisfied with the service. There was a wedding scheduled only an hour after ours so we were rushed through everything. As we were trying to get photos after our wedding they were already setting up for the next wedding and people were running in front of and behind the shots so we were having to wait and delay on the already little time we had for photos. We were so rushed we missed out on a lot of the photos I would have liked to get. Not only were we rushed we were met with a lot of rudeness. I was constantly told that I was wrong or mistaken. We spent A LOT of money to have our wedding here and I felt like we were just another income to them. My wedding day was supposed to be about me and my groom coming together in the presence of our friends and family. That was definitely the silver lining in it all but being so rushed really took a lot away from it all. The mansion is definitely picturesque but what good is that if you aren't allowed the time to take the pictures. I was very dissatisfied with the quality of our experience especially for the price. I recommend that if you have your wedding here to be sure that you make the stipulation nothing be scheduled immediately after your event.

This is a beautiful old house in the quaintest of towns BUT...Unfortunately, the new owner and staff of this beautiful home have no idea how to treat guests who have chosen this bed and breakfast to spend their special time away from it all. We have been to the Herlong before and loved it with previous owners. The current owners have stuck a mishmash of eclectic low quality furnishings of no specific period, plastic plants, and poor art selections throughout this house. We were treated, as you would expect to be treated as if we were staying at Motel 6. It was a bad experience and we will not be recommending this bed and breakfast to any of our friends and we will no longer stay here under this ownership. We have noticed that many other reviews had similar bad experiences as did we. We should have paid more attention to them and saved ourselves a lot of frustration. There are plenty of other wonderful places to stay when we travel to Florida.

I echo the comments of some of the negative reviews. This could be a great B&B because it is a beautiful house, but the problems make it not really worth the price. There were problems with the a/c not maintaining a comfortable temperature. The coffee was terrible. Breakfast is only served one hour, it is mediocre and there is no flexibility, no choice. Breakfast service by the host was ungracious and unfriendly. There are LOTS of rules and restrictions. BEWARE of the NO SMOKING policy wich they do not post on the website (as least so far as I can find). No smoking indoors is understandable, but they threaten to evict you, make you forfeit payment for the entire reservation and charge you a $250 fee, IF THEY SMELL AN ODOR of tobacco on you (in other words, even if you smoked OFF PREMISIS.) This is beyond anything I've ever seen or heard of. The unhospitable hosts and poor quality just made it an overpriced, unpleasant experience.

This beautiful old home could be a wonderful B&B, but everything has been done as cheaply as possible. From the cheesy plastic hanging baskets to Sweet ' n Low as the only sweetener choice, it was evident that corners were cut wherever possible. When we arrived, we had to find someone to check us in, and were told everyone was "crazy'" since a wedding was about to take place. We were treated as a disturbance rather than welcomed as guests. The Oak Room, where we spent one night, had what looked like vinyl flooring masquerading as wood, rather then the advertised wood floors. There were no carpets or rugs over the floors, just the bare "wood". Our advertised claw foot tub had a chipped and stained finish, so as charming as it looked, I had no desire to use it. Bathroom amenities consisted of one tiny bottle of bath gel and one tiny shampoo-both of the Motel 6 variety. Paint was chipped and wallpaper was peeling. I had to request a hair dryer, and the one provided was so decrepit that the switch didn't work and turned off only when unplugged. The absolute worst thing about our stay was the stain on the bedspread. Breakfast was served for only one hour, and it was mediocre. We have stayed at B&Bs all over the country, some much more expensive and some comparable in price, who know how to treat their guests. More attention to detail could make all the difference, transforming this house into the grand Southern gentlewoman she deserves to be. We should have paid more attention to the negative reviews.

It was a very beautiful bed and breakfast. The room was well decorated we stayed in the Magnolia Room. Very friendly and homely. We had a wonderful breakfast with eggs, sausage and blueberry french toast, orange jucie and coffee. Everyone seemed happy and enjoying their stay. Very friendly