Brackenridge House Bed & Breakfast - San Antonio

Very nice bed & breakfast will stay again! Staff wonderful.

That woman who runs the B&B took lots of time showing us maps and explaining to us what's in the area and how to get down to the Riverwalk. She also was there in the morning to serve breakfast. I figured we picked the right place when two of the other couples there were there for the Texas B&B board meeting and said this was their favorite B&B to stay.

We booked in part because of rave reviews about the host & the breakfasts. However the owners were away & breakfast is not served on Xmas (not disclosed until after we made our non-refundable reservation). Instead we found 2 plates in our frig, with an untoasted English muffin, slice of ham lunchmeat, HB egg w/no salt or pepper, grapes, & 2 grocery-store mini-muffins. Not exactly the 3-course hot homemade breakfast advertised. Location is great, room (Hummingbird)clean & spacious, & bed comfy with nice linens. Location on the first floor in back makes it private & quiet (except for trains at night) but also means one enters from a rather shabby back porch directly off the parking lot & has to go outside & walk around the house to reach the dining room. That porch contains a hot tub & ice maker (both out of order), bistro table with 3 chairs (1 with a cushion), & some wilted plants & empty pots, & had not been swept recently, based on the dead leaves. It does not make a welcoming impression to an inn that aspires to be upscale & charges accordingly. Our interactions with the staff were rather brusque, consisting of her telling us she had forgotten to make decaf at breakfast (despite asking our preference at checkin), & reminding us as we left the dining room that it was time to check out. It felt like the bum's rush. Overall, while there are positives, we were disappointed, given the cost relative to value received. We did not feel welcome at Brackenridge House.

Wonderfully relaxing 2 days for a couple married 43 years :) We had a wonderful time and appreciated the delicious and thoughtfully prepared breakfast each morning. Slept wonderfully in the comfy bed. We were in the bluebird suite. We went to the San Antonio Botanical Garden which I highly recommend! Also Rosarios Tex-Mex restaurant is near by and excellent.

Enjoyed my stay but would have loved to have been met as travelling alone. The breakfast was to die for however I didn't like the location of the hot tub it was tucked into a dark corner and not welcoming also would have love a nice fluffy bath robe with some slippers too but the bed was lovely and really comfortable and there were some lovely guests staying. This is a great neighbourhood with lots to do and great restaurants and bars a stones throw away I would stay there again.