Alley-McKay House Bed & Breakfast

Wonderful magical place! We enjoyed our stay and plan to come back! Food and hospitality was superb! Room was very comfortable and had great ambience.

We took a chance staying here based on reviews from this and other sites. Glad we did. It’s comfortable and the owners are very accommodating and friendly. You won’t be disappointed with the breakfast and snacks either.

I’d like to start by saying that I am the daughter of a woman who on average, changes hotel rooms three times per trip. Even at the Ritz. So despite my love of food trucks and a long history of couch-​surfing, I do in fact know what a five star hotel stay is like. And I would like to say also, that when given the chance I would now choose a B&B over a hotel any day, especially if it’s in Texas.
The McKay House Bed and Breakfast played an integral part in this Blue State Chick absolutely falling in love with Texas and the Texans. After weeks of living on sprouts and unsweetened almond milk in smoggy Los Angeles (in preparation for a movie I was filming round those there parts) I found myself happily throwing caution to the wind here. A somewhat hipster version of Eat Pray Love, if you will.
Hugh’s breakfast creations were legendary amongst the whole cast and crew. People would sneak over from other B&Bs in the area to taste these foreign yet addictive feasts. Half the time, I didn’t know what I was eating. Wild Southern versions of Polenta Pie, Egg Sandwiches, Pizza Omelettes. Sounds weird, but it was incredible. I don’t even think some of the things were Southern per say, but merely from The Magical Mind of Hugh. Three kinds of butter. Five kinds of juice. Three kinds of Breakfast MEAT. Three kinds of syrup. Hugh also met up with us at Joseph’s Riverhouse BBQ which turned out to be awesome as promised. (By the way, city folks should stay away from any pizza in that town. Other people recommended it…)
Hugh is one of the genuinely, most easy and nice guys in the world, and he and his wife Darla, seem to have life all figured out. Work, play, family, food, rest, and entertainment in perfect harmony. Little son Atticus (basically a walking advert for Talbott Kids) spends mornings making imaginary chocolate on the back stairs with the newly adopted kitten, christened «Scout». Although Atticus seemed to come around more once Hugh figured out we were good people.
Hugh encourages that the house be used for social gathering at the long breakfast table, on the backyard patio, and the front porch swing and rocking chairs. He offered many times to accept dinner deliveries to the house to accommodate our odd movie-​making hours.
The rooms are all different in size, décor, and personality. One night you go to bed with flowered sheets, and the next night there might be choo-​choo trains. Beautiful canopy beds of gauzy silks and upholstery sculpted into gigantic flowers. Every bed I tried was quite comfy. I particularly liked the «Gentleman’s Smoking Parlour» which was delightfully perfectly fit for a 13 year old girl.
Although this is a Bed and BREAKFAST, we found ourselves coming home late at night to fresh cookies and notes saying there was red velvet cake in the big kitchen fridge. (Hugh keeps the kitchen unlocked, in case of midnight munchies.)
I look forward to returning.

I have stayed at the McKay House with Hugh and Darla and Atticus for 4 years now for my long weekend getaway in October. They are fantastic! Darla makes some of the best homemade desserts I’ve ever had in my life. They are very accommodating if you have special dietary needs too.
The breakfasts are fantastic and the rooms are quaint and very clean.
They treat you like family when you are there and my girlfriends and I just love it. We’re heading back again this October.