The Blennerhassett Hotel

Absolutely amazing. Such a beautiful hotel. Food and service was amazing. Bar is a great place to hang out…then u need to make your way to the speakeasy. Such friendly employees and guests

We love everything about this hotel! It is our weekend getaway place! We always have a relaxing time every time we visit!

We had a family dinner and everything was good. Food was great servers were great. It wasn’t until I tried to get a suprise for my inlaw’s for there annaversary. Asking the front desk if they had any kind of suprise. The manager was talking to me after 15 minutes waiting at the front. When she finally got there. 1 minute into the conversation completely disregarded me and started talking to another person that had just come in. I wait patiently for about 30 seconds until I interrupted. I finally got the final goal I was reaching for. That moment of disrespect from the manager told me everything I need to know about the place. Just imagine you in my shoes. You would feel the same. Nobody wants to be disregarded. So in general Overpriced- great waiters- horrible management.

so much better than your standard hotel and great food in the restaurant at a reasonable price

This 5 Star hotel deserves every star it has...Clean, friendly staff, beautiful furnishings, and more. This was my first experience here and I was pleasantly surprised. The room was a poster bed, Tv , easy chair, desk, and more. The plush bathrobes were great also and unexpected. I will really stay here again and again when in parkersburg WV. You cant go wrong here. Cafe was great food, quick and attentive service. cooked to perfection. Even if just for a good dining experience this is the place.

The hotel is gorgeous, exterior and inside as well. The library had been turned into a Peanuts themed Christmas display. Great historical displays of politicians who visited over the years, and photos everywhere.

The restaurant was very good.

The rooms are cramped and outdated, and frankly make a visit to the hotel a little less special. Probably because the hotel was built with just a common bathroom on each floor, it seems like the individual bathrooms were fit into the original space of the room. Maybe better for a couple in one room, but a standard double was too small for our party of three ('g wife and I and our 20 yo daughter).

A few other oddities left me with a bad impression. When booking in the hotel website I was promised special perks for booking directly with them. It turns out that this was supposed to be a fruit and cheese platter, but it was never offered to me when checking in. Later I was told that they had no way of knowing that I had booked directly with them, which just seems odd.

Finally, a surprise 3% credit card fee tacked onto my bill after checking out was pretty unusual. I know that it's hard for businesses to make a profit these days, but why not just charge more? A hotel just doesn't seem like the kind of business where paying cash is a frequent option, but maybe I'm not their typical customer. I spend about 30 nights a year in hotels for business mostly, and have never seen a charge like this before.

Beautiful hotel, great restaurant, probably better for a visit to look around and eat than staying overnight.

This hotel is simply magnificent! They host a shelter animal in the lobby, and visitors can elect to walk the dog and love on them during their stay. The speakeasy is a special treat, with period style entry and historical prints/artifacts on the walls. Everything is just amazing. We will definitely be coming back!!

Attended Thanksgiving Dinner at Blennerhassett. What was offered for this dinner was great food; however, Thanksgiving meals SHOULD ALWAYS SERVE DRESSING, AND MASHED POTATOES WITH GRAVY. These two items were noticeably missing from this years offering. Also, after this Thanksgiving meal offering to serve about 400 people, the hotel essentially stopped serving food or drinks to the guest who were checked into the hotel to stay overnight. Plus, all the nearby restaurants were closed because of Thanksgiving holiday. This left us eating peanuts from a bag!!

We (myself, wife, two kids) stayed at the Blennerhassett Wednesday night before Thanksgiving and Thursday night, in a Junior Suite as we have before numerous years. My in-laws also stayed for those nights. Our room was very nice as usual. Extra towels and pillows were provided as requested. We love the little courtyard on the 3rd floor and the fitness room (although one of the treadmills is broken). The Christmas tree displays were also wonderful to look at.

The Thanksgiving Buffet was wonderful with one exception ... no stuffing. That was a disappointment. How does one have Thanksgiving without stuffing?

The only other suggestion I would make is to please have some type of breakfast for guests Thanksgiving morning, and some kind of dining option Thanksgiving evening. I know all of the staff have worked hard, long hours for the buffet, but if you are staying at the hotel on a holiday, there are no other options nearby. Even the Tim Horton's was closed. Luckily my wife packed yogurt and apples else the kids would have been really hungry that morning. We had a 1 PM reservation at the buffet so the adults were okay going without dinner that evening, but we had to buy snacks for the kids. And ... the bar closed at 7 PM Thanksgiving evening. Next time we may just stay at a VRBO nearby where we at least can prepare some food.

We stayed at the Blennerhassett Hotel on our way back from Chicago to Virginia.
The hotel is downtown Parkersburg with other historical buildings surrounding it. It's a nice area in which to walk. The parking lot for the hotel is behind the hotel.

We love staying in historical hotels and the Blennerhassett Hotel is a very nice historic hotel. It has been furnished with older pieces of furniture and the lobby and bar area were very nicely furnished and inviting. The lobby was decorated with Christmas trees decorated by local businesses when we visited, which were beautiful!

The young lady at the front desk was friendly, knowledgeable and efficient.

Our room had two queen beds, as well as a desk and a small dresser with a TV. The bathroom was a good size with a combined tub/shower. The water took a long time to heat up when we took our showers and it was difficult to adjust the temperature.

The hotel is at the corner of two main streets in Parkersburg, and we could hear quite a bit of road noise, which made it difficult to sleep.

All in all, we were glad that we stayed at the Blennerhassett, but I am not sure that we would stay again due to the road noise and the shower issues.

I went to our our wonderful blennerhasset hotel today for Thanksgiving buffet. I am sorry to say that the last two times I have ate at the hotel ,it was not good. Well they did not disappoint today either. Their food was not even mediocre at best. For the price they charge, it was just terrible. I talked to one of the owners, Lee Rector and he said I quote “that was not his department and he got the chef for me to talk to. “ He also said he had some great comments on the food i always thougjt that the buck stops with the owner. I guess not at the blennerhasset hotel.
I talked to the chef and told him that all the food we had was cold not warm or hot but cold.

The Brussels sprouts were hard not cooked and cold

The carrots were hard, cold and not cooked

Potatoes were cold and not fully cooked.

The salmon was terrible and cold

The ham was cold

The prime rib was good but also cold

The stuffed mushrooms were cold

The turkey was dry and cold

As a group we found nothing on the buffet that was really good

There was no butter on the buffet for the rolls and when they brought it out it was frozen solid

I also have always thought that ice tea has ice in it not a glass of warm tea with no ice

The chef told me that all the vegetables were fresh and the staff tried them, and they were good . That is great but they still need to be cooked My experience the chef or sous chef should be checking the food I have 10 years in the hotel business as a director of catering and the chef is either incompetent or just plane lazy.

He said he would check the water in the chaffing dishes well this should be done every hour on a Buffett and also check your sternos to make sure they are lit. There should be someone working the buffet to check on food, food temperature and making sure there is plenty of food.

Myself and my party were very disappointed with the experience.

I must also say no discount or a sorry for your experience was offered.

They use to have great buffets and brunches at the hotel but not anymore. What a shame that this hotel has let their food standards fall below par.

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I usually love staying at this hotel, but unfortunately this stay was different. We booked for two nights. The morning after the first night’s stay we wanted to shower up from our long drive. The water was a disgusting brown. We notified the front desk and were told that is was the city working in the area. When said we will leaving and checking out, we were told maintenance worked on the boiler and did not flush all the lines. Strike one on management not informing reception to tell us at check in.

I was told the manager would work with Expedia to refund the second night and offer compensation for the water condition on the first night’s stay. Left my number but was never called back, strike two. I called that afternoon, but the manager was gone. Left a message for them and my number to call back. Opno call back the next day, strike three.

I had Expedia call and they talked to a manager named Jane. She refused to refund as I chose to check out. Strike for.. There’s no crying in baseball.

I later called the hotel and was told that Jane was gone for th.enday a mere 60 seconds later. I was forwarded to the HR Manager, also gone for the dayland left a message.

Completely unacceptable for a hotel of this price point. Although the reception staff were kind and tried to be helpful, there was never a manager available and no one else that could help. Plus, the management reuses to talk to their guests.

I've never experienced anything like this in a hotel before!!! Dirty water in our guest room. No kettle to boil water, no drinking water to brush our teeth. No information from the hotel management.

We very much enjoyed our stay. Everyone was very welcoming. Our room was so pretty and comfortable. It wasn't busy, I'm sure because it was a Monday in early November, which made the night quiet. Dinner was fabulous. My husband had crab cakes and I had the calamari and she crab soup that was absolutely to die for. It was overall a lovely and delightful stay

I'm sorry that I cannot be more positive. Our stay didn't meet our expectations which were a somewhat historical experience. As an example the ceilings are made of white drop tiles. The rooms are badly in need of renovation. The person checking us in, who is usually the face of an organization, was very unfriendly which got us off to a bad start. We did find the rest of the staff to be helpful and friendly.

Absolutely enchanting stay! The hotel is beautiful and our room was huge and well appointed. The staff were lovely and so welcoming and kind to our dog. There will never be another hotel that can top this one and I’ll never stay anywhere else when visiting my local family there.

My fifth visit to this hotel over the past 12 years. Lovely historic hotel with an excellent restaurant and lovely rooms.

I surprised my husband with a weekend trip to the Blennerhassett Hotel and we went to the Blennerhassett Island Mansion by Candlelight event. We also visited the Historical District, Museums, Winetree Vineyards, and Fort Boreman. Everything was amazing!
The Blennerhassett Hotel is beautiful and like stepping back in time. Loved the Speak Easy. Our room was clean, quiet, spacious, and very comfortable. The staff was friendly and helpful. Check in and check out was smooth. The outside areas of the hotel were decorated beautifully. The food was good but we did have to wait an hour to be served. I think they have a few problems with the kitchen help maybe. Our servers both days were excellent though.
We will definitely be going again and we highly recommend the Blennerhassett Hotel.

It's a great place to stay.the parking is a little tricky the lot is small and fills up quick

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