Hillsdale House Inn

This Inn has Victorian style decor with very nice owner. Poor Lighting in our room with only two small lamps at our bed. We did have a king bed with a very comfortable mattress. Internet was spotty and not very strong. There is no counter in the bathroom for toiletries. The shower was good. TV was not working but owner replaced it. All the shops and some attractions ere within walking distance. Breakfast the first morning was granola parfait, sausages and pancakes. Second morning was scrambled eggs, bacon and toast. No juice, but tea or coffee.

Great spot. 2 blocks from Historic district. We had a smaller room but all the essentials. Great bed and pillows. Very quiet well off the street. Tricky to find after dark as numbers and signage are not lit. Breakfast was yougurt, oatmeal fruit cup, mini muffin. Frenchtoast was room temp with 2 slices of bacon. Staff was great.

Left feeling really underwhelmed by this inn. The furniture was rickety, towels frayed, there was a large stain on the carpet and the shower door was threatening to come off its runner. Breakfast was adequate but not great. The staff carried out their roles in a perfunctory way,

We just spent 2 nights at HHI and I will write a very honest review here. The check in with Teresa was good. She showed us to our room and gave us some basic details. After some fiddling by husband, we managed to get the TINY t.v. working. The bathroom was tiny featuring a shower with rickety doors that wouldn't close properly and a sink you could barely wash your face in. The entire set up of the room was terrible. Nowhere to put your luggage. The chair by the dressing table was very uncomfortable. The lighting was pretty much non existent. I realize it is an old building but it definitely could use some updates. The breakfasts were cold and I believe were cooked ahead of time. We only ate 1/4 of the food. The one positive thing was the set up of the dining room with tables all set quite nicely with tablecloths, silverware and lovely tea cups. Since there are no refrigerators in the rooms, I had requested one of the servers place a couple of canned beverages in their fridge for the next day when we would be returning from an excursion. She said she would and that if we were not back by 4 p.m. she would put them on ice and leave them in the common area. Upon returning from our outing and craving our cold beverages, they were nowhere to be found. The kitchen area was locked and of course no one answered the phone calls we made to guest services. The next morning we requested the beverages and she went to retrieve them, with no apologies for not making them accessible to us. WE left them on a desk in the hallway for just a few minuted while we went to our room to grab some things. Upon our return, they were gone! Someone just took them! The service staff didn't seem to care one iota! No help offered to us in hopefully finding our drinks. Just so uncaring and "ohh well, too bad". The entire service staff left a lot to be desired. One service person named Stacey was exremely rude to us (and to everyone). She just seemed to be so inconvenienced by the entire procedure. I would highly recommend if she can not be pleasant to guests, she should seek more suitable employment. I have never encountered such unpleasantness in the hospitality industry ever! I would not stay at this establishment again and I urge anyone considering it to look elsewhere.

We stayed two nights participating in a bike tour (which BTW is phenomenal—E-bike recommended). Hillsdale has the feel of a country inn in the typical Nova Scotia Victoria architectural style, somewhat larger than the typical B &B. It has charm and feel/smell of a house built in the early 1900s, somewhat dilapidated, with a very large back yard containing beautiful trees and flowers (even a magnolia!), unmanicured. The rooms were small but adequate, clean and well supplied, with window AC and musically creaking hardwood floors. Nice location for touring, the beautiful Royal Annapolis Gardens two doors down.

Have stayed off and on over the years, with different owners. Latest stay was disappointing. It appears not looked after, flower planters at front entrance had dead flower or weeds, there was a store flyer pack sitting on the front veranda the two nights we were there, grass uncut. Room was fine, though wifi was very spotty, had to keep changing server. Breakfast looked like it was already prepared, and came out cold one day and barely warm the next. Options to drink were tea, coffee or water, no juice. Ext time will probably try another B&B in Annapolis Royal.