The stay wasn't bad, but it really was just okay. The advertised $93 a night isn't too bad. Once you add all the extra fees like cleaning fee, air bnb fees and everything it worked out to be $143 a night. This place is by no means worth almost $150 a night as it is a bare bones hostel. I was expecting the cabin to be small but the way the photos are taken makes it look a bit bigger and nicer than what it is in reality. It's still quite cute though! The sheets and pillows were not the greatest quality, pillows were pretty lumpy and we did bring one of our own just in case. I've stayed in many hostels so I get it, it's a hostel not a hotel. Which is why it was fine, but nothing fabulous. For $93 a night all in I would have been like "ya this is totally worth it". The cottage isn't clearly marked as the cottage so we went up the the main house just to double check. The ad does state that even though we are staying in the cottage we were still allowed access to the main house and welcome to use the amenities. Well, when we went up to the house just to check we had the right place as the cottage, it certainly didn't seem like we were welcome up there at all. WOW was the person who we spoke with incredibly short with us and rude. Made us feel pretty unwelcome from minute one of showing up. She answered the door and was very curt and short with us like we were of a great annoyance to her for even bothering to ask and obviously that's the cottage. We weren't planning on or trying to go in, but she actually blocked the door like we weren't allowed to enter even if we had wanted to. However, we were not the only ones confused cause a couple times random people came up to the cottage trying to get into it thinking it was the tiny house. As that was our first experience with the place it was pretty disappointing and kind of put a bit of a damper on the trip. Additionally, the check in email stated there was a parking lot and to ensure we didn't block any one in. Both mornings that we were there we woke up and were blocked in by multiple cars, so that rule isn't really enforced at all. Not the end of the world, but inconvenient and slightly annoying. We ubered to downtown the one evening cause we didn't want to deal with gettin the car out and being blocked in. Lastly the wifi in the cottage doesn't really work. We were able to get it to connect to our laptop (it was slow but worked), but we were not able to get it to connect to our phones. The few times we got it to even find the network it would disconnect a few minutes later and the network could not be found again. Not the end of the world as we weren't working that weekend. Wouldn't suggest staying in the cottage if you require decent consistent wifi, especially for your phone. In reality if it hadn't been for the extremely rude staff member we encountered upon our arrival we probably would have enjoyed the place more.
Pros:
Great location. Really enjoyed the neighborhood and being able to walk to explore shops and bars in the area, while still also being a short trip to downtown. The cabin is cute and it's nice to have your own little place (expensive for what you get though). The cabin was clean and we were provided with dishes, fridge, stove. All the stuff we needed if we wanted to cook at all. If I stayed here again I would probably pay less and just stay in the house and hopefully feel more welcomed.
Overall was a good stay. Not fabulous but not bad either