Seagull Inn

Friendly welcome to this nice B&B. Good breakfast served to the room. Walking distance to excellent restaurants. This is based in a lovely coastal village, with great architecture and perfect snapshot of Americana. The owner was very welcoming and was a pleasure to chat to. Good parking outside.

Very sweet place. Wonderful breakfast, cozy room, friendly proprietors and perfect location.

Although the innkeepers are extremely nice and friendly, and the overall location is wonderful, our experience in the "Shed" was terrible. The shed is a separate, very small structure next to the house. Of course the buildings are historic and therefore old, but we never expected the room to be in such bad shape: intensely musty, dirty stained carpet, bugs, saggy bed, and absolutely no ventilation. The Shed was very, very musty and stinky--and yet all the windows were permanently bolted shut. (Is it even legal to nail windows shut?) We had to leave the door open to try to air the room out whenever we entered, but the musty, mildew type smell was pervasive and constant. To say it was gross is an understatement. There was even some mildew on the shells on the wall of the bathroom. It was also disgusting that there were bugs all over the place--especially in corners of the room and the bathroom. Initially I thought they were rat droppings, but think they were pill bugs and spiders. They didn't even clean corners of the room before arrival--so dirt and bugs were already there, and then more came during our stay. The carpet was so old and stained and didn't even lie flat. They put floppy throw rugs over parts of the carpet--I guess to try to hide it. I tried not to walk on it bare footed because it gave me the creeps. But it was the terrible smell that made it almost impossible to be in the room for any time. Unfortunately, even the bed was quite saggy! It is very soft and you dip into it (we are normal size humans)...and the only two pillows given weren't great. So sleeping wasn't easy with the sagging, the bugs, and the smell. It is sad and unacceptable that the owners are ignoring the state of this room. In our opinion, the Shed is unfit for guests. We were totally creeped out and almost left early, but we wanted to enjoy the beauty of Mendocino. I think that some of the other rooms in the house have been upgraded/updated, but the Shed is in desperate need of attention, fumigation, new carpet & cleaning. The breakfast was OK, but mostly a large pastry (or similar) and coffee, and a tiny juice. They give about a tablespoon of yogurt (literally) and a bit of cut fruit. But this is hardly the kind of breakfast we've gotten at other B&B's and they only have certain rigid time slots for getting your food. The front garden is pretty, but the back patio and sides are also in need of serious maintenance--an arbor was falling over, the plastic tables and chairs were dirty and had cobwebs, and there was junk lying around. Again, the innkeepers are very kind, and perhaps some of the other rooms are worthy of a visit, but stay clear of the Shed until they fix these issues.