Walnut Street Inn

We decided to book this inn because their commercial on our local PBS made it sound lovely and romantic. We booked the most expensive room. My husband told them we were celebrating our 50th anniversary. Well, our “lovely room” was two houses away in a dingy house. We climbed a dirty carpeted stairway to reach our room. The couch looked dingy, there was heavy dust on the bed frame, the fireplace didn’t work. The jetted tub did work but had a sign that warning not to do this or that or it would not work or shut down properly. The room wasn’t worth a third of what we paid. As for our anniversary, the inn did not recognize it. At breakfast, coffee is excellent but if you do not want the entree of the day, you get one of those premade omelets. After we had almost finished eating, my husband flagged the waiter to ask for some water. The waiter said, “Sure and we also have orange juice.” Second day, it was the same. No water or juice unless we asked for it. Very very disappointing and way overpriced.

This was our second stay at the Walnut Street Inn. Close to downtown Springfield, so fairly centrally located and within easy reach of Commercial St. and our other favorite places. Stayed in the large and lovely McCann suite (it's really more than just a room). As indicated in the title, everything, including breakfast, was great. Staff is both friendly and attentive. The ONLY negative of this room is the street noise - it comes straight in through the beautiful, old, single-paned windows. Located at one corner of a 4-way stop near college apar**ents, you can hear everything, including conversation, way past your bedtime. Bring good earplugs if that's an issue or choose another room. We stayed in the carriage house last time and were blissfully unaware of outside noise.

Cute rooms, some in main house, some in carriage house out back. Nice patio outside. Breakfast was a feast.

Very nice property in fun walkable part of town