Very Euro in feel. High ceilings, fireplaces in the rooms, comfortable beds. We could tell the exterior grounds are gorgeous, even though the weather was wet and gloomy during our stay. Our room, though lovely and clean, will need some help soon. The luggage rack was unusable, stuffing was coming out of the lounge chair, the sink drained slowly and the comforter was skimpy. Thankfully, the mattress was excellent, and the place has plenty of character, so we would stay again.
There are coffee pucks in the room and a huge variety of teas in the lobby. The included breakfast was a credit for the coffee place in the building. Friendly service with smoothies, breakfast sandwiches, bagels & muffins, etc. I would use the credit for food and have the coffee from the room, which was better. There is a great candy store accessible to the lobby with lots of cool vintage candy as well as Tennessee produced sweets.
We ate at Brumley's, the on-site restaurant the first night. The entrees were decent quality, although appetizers were mostly deep fried bar food. The vegetarians in our group had to have the single meat-free side salad and a lukewarm baked potato. This was the case throughout the area - not a foodie town, so in context, this was pretty good.
This is a grand old building that they have not spoiled with inappropriate remodeling and we appreciate that! We would come again. I would stay here over a chain any day!