LAUREL HIGHLANDS GEM~ Art Deco Suite

Chateau Connellsville is a beautiful and unique boutique hotel in a charming town. Positive: Connellsville is charming and the Chateau was unique and beautiful just as described. We loved looking at the eclectic decor, especially the fantastic fireplaces and chandeliers. Negative: There were Keurigs in the room along with a couple of pods. There were lids for coffee and sugar packets, but no cups! There were a few stoneware cups and saucers in the common kitchen, but no paper "to-go" cups anywhere. It would also have been nice to have access to ice and maybe some bottles of water. There were also no cups or glasses in the room to get tap water. I did find a glass in the common kitchen.

Highly recommend! Positive: Wonderful property with eclectic decor.

Positive: Decoration, Comfort, well located. Negative: No negative points.

Unique, quirky, but a work in progress Positive: It is quirky. The bathroom is very pleasant. The kitchen seemed well equipped. The house is spacious. I appreciate the free coffee. Negative: The “concept” is incomplete and hasn’t yet balanced form with function. No curtains means no privacy. I had no bedside lamp and stubbed my toe on a strangely constructed bed base en route from the light switch by the door. I find memory foam mattresses extremely uncomfortable, so I had a fitful night.

Positive: The decor of the suite. Negative: (1) The “breakfast” consisted of 2 vouchers to the breakfast buffet at the Comfort Inn, 0.5 miles away. (2) Did not receive any communication regarding check-in procedure. Luckily another couple arrived at the same time and shared the contact phone number of a staff member. They had received an email with a 4-digit entry code, parking instructions, etc. a few days before arrival. Parking was up uphill and across the street, not very obvious. (3) Kitchen dishwasher was full of dirty dishes. And there were dirty coffee cups on the counter. (4) There were no glasses (clean or dirty) to be found in either the kitchen or the rooms. A couple who were celebrating their anniversary had to drink their champagne out of coffee mugs. (5) Front door did not close fully and lock. As we had a suite on the first floor, we had to go to the door several times to pull it shut and stop the electronic lock from clicking as it tried to lock the door. Additionally, this meant that the location was not secure if there was no one on the 1st floor to engage the lock when others came or went. (6) Our suite did not have a closet or any way to hang clothes, though there was room for an armoire or similar furniture in the room. (7) There were no unflavored Keurig pods in either our room or the kitchen. All that was available was flavored, fully caffeinated pods. Same for the CoffeeMate pods – unflavored box in the kitchen was empty. (8) WiFi was slow and unstable. Any attempt to watch a streaming service like Netflix resulted in buffering errors and the need to restart the TV.