Brookside Inn at Laurens

We were very impressed with our stay and Matt was a great Host. The breakfasts were delicious and was a great way to start the day. Matt also made great suggestions about what to do and eat in the area.

Warm...friendly... Like being in your own home... Character...relative surroundings.... Atmosphere

This historic home has so much potential if it would be kept up by the property owner. Just a fresh coat of paint and the overgrown landscaping cleaned up would make a world of difference. Our entire stay reflected the lack of interest of the host/owner. We chose the largest, most expensive room with a private bathroom, yet when I peaked in at other rooms they were better decorated and the shared bathrooms were updated and nicely tiled. Our room needed updating. Tacky decor and a tiny bathroom with a prefab shower and lights that didn’t work. The room was dirty, the glass table next to the bed was covered in fingerprints and glass rings. Upon entering our room I found the trash in the bathroom hadn’t been emptied. My first instinct was to pull the sheets back and look to be sure there wasn’t any bedbugs. I’ve have never worried or done that where I’ve stayed before. The view out our window was of trash lined around the garage and the overgrown landscaping. Then there’s the breakfast and snacks. If you love sugar you will be very pleased, but if you like to eat healthy you’re out of luck. No choices at breakfast or health/allergy considerations, you get whatever the host is making. We were served scrambled eggs, bacon coated in brown sugar, and pancakes loaded with sugar pearls! The snacks offered is Halloween size candy and lunchbox size packages of assorted chips. No fruit, no healthy bars, no yogurt. If you just need to stop for one night this place will be okay enough.