Inn at the Olde Silk Mill

Went here for a wedding and loved it! That being said, I can’t speak for the rooms but did have family who did and said it was nice and cute. As a venue, this place is super cute and classy. Exposed brick and string lights from the ceiling. Separate room for gifts, pictures and the coffee bar was set up there as well. It was a bit cold but the outside had cute seating as well. Staff were friendly and food was good but could’ve eaten more (most weddings). Nice dance floor area and they had a back drop for selfie booth! Fun! Cute town around as well. We stayed at courtyard Marriott in fredricksburg less than a mile away. Lots of food and bars in the town as well as shops. Great location.

I realize this is a very old building but still they need to fix the awful noisy/​squeaky floors. Rooms are near the reception hall (for weddings etc) and can get obnoxiously noisy. I was on conference calls in my room and had to mute my phone constantly – and once I finally had to open my door and looked out at excessively loud group (at 830pm) and they quieted down. well, didn’t take long for yet some other over-​excited people to pop up (naturally) near this «event room». First time I flushed my toilet — it wasn’t working so they came 1.5 hr later (during my conference call of course so I didn’t get to check her work, not to mention having to mute my phone on/​off during her «repair» work) — at least thankful she showed up, but when tested it few hours later, water swelled up again. Ceiling had a thick cracked line across the entire width. I only looked up because of the constant squeaks every time person above paced around.
I came here as a quick getaway to do some writing and get other work done but not the best place for that … DO NOT GET A ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR BY THE RECEPTION ROOM. @11:15pm, and sporadically thru @2am, people pounded away fast-​walking and loud-​mouth talking in the halls, sounding as if 400-​pounders are pacing up and down frantically. Very class-​less and inconsiderate crowd. Night temp was 47 °F, and their room thermostat is locked up so no one can touch it, it’s set for AC at 70 °F, and at times cold air STILL blew out at this outside 47 °F temp ! by 3am I was so tempted to just drive back to my home in McLean VA, roughly 1 hour away. Cold room and bad reviews on their bad breakfast didn’t help either. So yes! I’ve never done this ever in my life — I Left this place at 3am, thank G I had a nice comfy home just 1 hour away. *** This place needs a much better mgmt. It still has a lot of potential to turnaround the Motel 6 like issues into a very nice B&B ** Lastly, this is the longest review I ever wrote on this dinky so called B&B. Most all my reviews are short.

I went to a friend’s wedding at the Old Silk Mill, and I liked the event space. Love the exposed brick and the helpful staff. I believe the space they provided for her to get dressed (first floor parlor) along with her bridesmaids was perfect. The event space was very beautiful, and I would definitely return. It was convenient to have the hair salon in the same complex as the venue, and you can set up packages for your wedding or event.

Have to agree that this is not a bed and breakfast. It has much more the feel of a motel 6, from the outside and within. The staff was adequate. The room was small, loud, and shabby. And breakfast consisted of your choice of store-​bought bagel, fruit cup, or cereal from a dispenser. Holiday inn has better selection and at a more reasonable rate. It was really not worth the price and should not be considered a B&B. We were disappointed.

This is the second year we have attended the New Year’s Eve party at the Inn at Olde Silk Mill.
The first year, NYE 2013, had positives & opportunities.
2013 Positives: great music, bottle of FREE champagne at our reserved table, 1 – 2 hours of OPEN bar.
2013 Opportunities: ran out of food by the time we made it through line & bathrooms were not adequate for size of venue.
NYE 2014 had MAJOR opportunities & failures. They made some improvements.
2014 Improvements: food was hot & plentiful. Granted, we made sure to quickly get in line before the masses. Bathroom situations was better with 2 stalls for the ladies. Outdoor space was enclosed with a heater — yay!
2014 opps/​failures: 1. The event information stated that the $ 135 per couple ($ 150 after tax & more expensive than last year) included a drink ticket for a specialty drink. NOBODY received this drink ticket or a complimentary drink. When I inquired I was brushed off by 2 bartenders & told they would find owner. I believe she was the intoxicated barefoot lady at the table closest to the bar, yet never spoke to her.
2. No open bar, no drink ticket. For the price this was ridiculous.
3. The event info also stated champagne for each table. Instead of placing champagne at each table or delivering to tables, flutes were filled and placed on the back table. By the time my table realized this & attempted to get «our tables champagne» it was gone & we received blank stares from the staff.
3. The band was good but CCR & the Eagles are not what I would consider dance music. Save yourself the $ on a band, get a DJ & bring back the free drinks.
I like the idea of this place for NYE. It’s local, it’s pretty. But I don’t know we will attend in the future due to the lack of value for the cost. I have included a picture showing that we were to get the bubbly & a free drink ticket — neither of which happened.

I feel like I should preface my review by stating that I have never stayed here, and probably never will, since my parents live nearby.
I did, however, get married here, and several of my wedding guests spent the night. None of the people who stayed had anything bad to say about it, and quite a few of them were super-​impressed.
But — and I really want to emphasize this point — the customer service and the people there are absolutely amazing. As an event venue, the Silk Mill is amazing. The front desk people were okay with me and my bridesmaids running around like crazy people (during the rehearsal and the day of the wedding itself), and as far as I knew nobody else was even at the Inn during our event. Now, I’m sure there were other people there based on the number of cars in the parking lot, but the staff were very good at making sure that random hotel guests didn’t wander in to our event.
If they run the hotel side of their business even half as well as they run the event side, they’ll be a wonderful place to stay.

I’m letdown to see the poor reviews for this place! Yes, the outside is not beautiful. When we drove up we just kept driving because we thought the outside reflected what would be on the inside and thought «um yikes, let’s waste some time downtown before we have to spend time in there». But it was nice inside! Total surprise! To anyone getting this from a livingsocial deal: get it! Good deal! This place is nice inside with a free breakfast, and the town of Fredricksburg is fun to bop around in for the day. What more could you want?

I don’t even where to start with this place. let’s start with the front entrance. This is a MOTOR INN at best NOT a Bed & Breakfast and they really should be ashamed of themselves for putting this place in that category.
The place smelled like an old basement. The décor was not charming AT ALL. For example, at the top of the first flight of stairs sat a foyer table that was obviously broken; really simple things can help a first impression or hurt it; this was the starter for what ruined it for me. The room did not smell fresh and the floor was not clean. There was residual trash from the previous patrons. The Wi-​Fi that was advertised did not work, they gave us a key to type in, the key didn’t work and attendant couldn’t help us. WTF???
A Bed & Breakfast should have a decent breakfast, right? How about barely fresh fruit, store purchased bagels and small boxes of cereal. We ditched that crap and went to the Hardee’s across the street which had a better fare… SMH! This place had the audacity to charge $ 179/​night for this CRAP! Never again. THIS PLACE IS NOT A BED & BREAKFAST, you are better off staying at Motel 6 (at least they keep the light on for you).

Our visit to Fredericksburg’s Olde Silk Mill was one of my Christmas presents. It was also part of a Living Social deal. I wanted to go on a small mini-​vacation for a weekend, and it was a nice distance outside of the city. We pulled up, and my husband didn’t believe that was actually where we were staying. It didn’t really look like a B&B.
We walked in, and the gentleman behind the counter was very friendly. We went up to our room, which we were able to select in advance online. It was what you would expect of an inn in terms of décor. Our view was of a construction lot behind the building, rather than sprawling green garden, which I had pictured in my mind. The window fixtures did make some creepy noises in the middle of the night, as well.
Breakfast was good with bagels, small pastries, cereal and juice. Nothing fancy, but it did the job.
The town of Fredericksburg was fun to explore, a bit of an old-​fashion charm to it, and is in walking of the Inn. We drove to the more modern Fredericksburg in the evening, and were a bit disappointed and missed the historical version we saw earlier that day.

The Inn was quaint and charming, but lacked much in the aesthetically pleasing category.
It looks like a strip mall from the outside– not quaint or charming at all. The customer service we received fom the receptionist was also far from steller.
Our stay was part of a Groupon deal, so dinner was included in our stay. However, dinner was not at the Inn– it was a half-​mile away at a restaurant that the check-​in receptionist wasn’t familiar with. He didn’t have the address availbe, nor did he know how to spell the name so we could look it up online. When he called to get the correct spelling and an address, he called the wrong number. !!! I was extremely disappointed, since the whole purpose of us getting a B&B with dinner included was to avoid having to drive around a strange town at night. The restaurant was also a bit fancier than we’re brought clothes for, so we had to make a trip to buy more appropriate clothes. We also got so lost with the vague directions from the receptionist that we would up not even going to the «mandatory» restaurant.
Our room was small and although we had a sitting room and a bedroom, they were connected by the bathroom, which made getting ready in the morning inconvenient to say the least. I felt that the photos were deceiving in terms of room layout.
The walls in such an old establishment were so thin we could hear our neightbor snoring in the middle of the night, but at least the bed was comfortable.
Overall I was pretty disappointed with our stay. The website shows a beautiful river bridge, but our room overlooked a vacant parking lot and the front faced a Hardees. The river isn’t even visible from the Inn.

The name sounded so… romantic and seductive. And since I’m not a B&B kind of gal (but my beloved husband is), this seemed like a good compromise for a romantic getaway… a potentially cool B&B.
I should have remembered that episode of Gilmore Girls (season 2, «Road Trip to Harvard»…yes I’m a fan, shut up), where Rory says, «a cool B & B. That’s like saying an understated Nicolas Cage movie.»
Yup. Basically, there’s no such thing.
Yet — the Inn at the Old Silk Mill wasn’t without it’s charms.
When we arrived, I was a little disappointed. Instead of an old romantic silk mill — it was a large gray building — more reminesent of an old warehouse, then silk mill — yet, I still had hopes (never judge a book by the cover, right?). I had booked a queen suite, which had a bedroom, private bath, and a sitting room/​parlor. When we got to our room, I was suprised by how tiny it was (the bed took up an entire room) and the only way to get to the connecting parlor, was via the bathroom. A little odd.
However, I can not deny that the room was charming, and the bed was marvelously comfortable. The duvet on the bed was a patchwork of silk remnants which was pretty cool (but unfortunately the only suggestion that this used to be an «olde silk mill»). Still… for a B&B it wasn’t bad — just not quite what I had hoped.
So why does this place still get a 4 star review from me? Well, because the customer service is *outstanding*. To start with, when we checked in, the receptionist/​concierge outlined a map of the town, and even gave us some hints on where to go for dinner. She gave us recommendations of places to visit and things to see — all without being pushy or overwhelming. Then, when we checked out, my husband left a book in the room — and they immediately called (we were still in town getting coffee) to let us know that they found our book. I’ve been to hotels where I’ve left an entire bag and I wouldn’t get a call — it was excellent that they called us over a book.
I have to say, B&Bs are just not my thing, but if you’re into B&Bs, I can definitely recommend this one. It’s quaint, old fashioned and the staff is wonderful… I suppose I just wish that there was more of the «silk mill» part showing through this establishment.