We had a lovely stay in the Garden Room! Sitah is extremely easy to work with, very responsive, and clearly wants people to enjoy their stay. Her sweet dog Bella is adorable, and will come say hi if you want her to (I’d recommend it). She’s not aggressive at all about it if you’d rather be left alone, but I enjoyed her visits. She seems to know not to come into the room. Sitah was lovely with our dog, who LOVED the place and had fun with Bella. The gates at the deck can be closed, and a larger area can be gated off too. The room itself is cute, perfectly clean, and well equipped. Sitah ground us some fresh coffee too and brought us some 1/2 and 1/2. This room has coffee maker, mini fridge, microwave, plates and utensils in a separate room (the laundry room, which is also convenient for hanging towels). She provided water glasses, wine glasses, and glasses for each person for the bathroom (which I genuinely appreciated!), and a pitcher to fill with water. Washing dishes is awkward, since there’s no real sink in that room, but we managed. The deck outside has some lounge chairs and a small table with enough chairs to sit at.
The room is not large, but the light is great with the skylight and the French doors to the deck. The hot tub is at one side of the deck, which you don’t see from your room, so it still has privacy even if the other room is occupied. Note that there really is no shower in the bathroom, just a deep bathtub and a handheld shower-type faucet, and I wouldn’t recommend the bathtub for anyone with weak knees. The double bed is shorter than I expected, but it was comfortable. Also very quiet. I’m a fussy sleeper and had no trouble sleeping. The one thing I would be prepared for is that the bathroom wall is open at the top, which means you’d want to be comfortable with hearing everything that goes on in there, including the most aggressive-sounding flush I’ve ever heard! The toilet has a pull-chain tank above it, so it’s very cute but kind of funny how loud it is. We were here in March, and some of the Rhododendrons were blooming off the deck. I’ll bet it’s beautiful in the later spring and early summer in full bloom. We had one day of rain and two half days of perfect spring weather, so we could open the doors to the deck. The baseboard heater works great too. We had our daughter with us, and she slept up in the loft, but it might be a tad cozy if the weather were bad for the whole visit, since there’s not really a table and chairs in the room. Keep in mind this is cute and funky, clean, quiet, and sweet, but not really upscale perfection. And Sitah is eager to help with whatever else you might need.
The location is very quiet, and the property is nice and secluded. It is about a 15-minute drive to basically anywhere down some windy roads, so I’d recommend brining some snacks and maybe a bottle of wine. We stopped at the Nob Hill Foods in Felton on our way in and grabbed sandwiches and burritos for later, and the next day we stopped for takeout at the Empire Grille on the north end of Felton—though it might have been fine to eat out too.
The location is excellent for a quick trip to the beach—we went to the dog-friendly Davenport Landing beach, and our dog wore herself out running back and forth and swimming. It’s also an excellent location for the Roaring Camp & Big Trees train and Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, which we visited on the rainy day. The park has one trail that dogs are allowed on (on leash), and you can walk up to 6.4 mi round trip (which we did, and we were all beat between the walk and the rain, which was actually kind of nice). A couple of restaurants near the beach looked really good too, but we didn’t get to them. Maybe next time!
I’d recommend this spot, especially since Sitah was so easy to work with! She would have allowed us to check in early, though we didn’t manage to get there early, and since she didn’t have anyone else checking into our place, she was *extremely* generous about our check-out time, which we really appreciated.