Gaige House

Lovely property but seemed as if it might have lost some of attention to detail and service that must have been present in years past. Grounds needs to be cleaned up a bit, insufficient lighting in the room, breakfast quite lacking (limited choices/variety, grocery store breads from plastic bag, toaster didn't work). Had been on my wish list for years and left disappointed.

Went with my husband to celebrate our anniversary -- it was incredible! Enormous room that was more like a private cabin, with a small courtyard, luxurious bath/shower, private backyard, plenty of closet space and of course a magnificent king-sized bed. Very clean and comfortable. Conveniently located to plenty of wineries, but we actually spent all our time at the House -- lounging by the pool, soaking n the hot tub or just relaxing on the property. Delicious breakfast and complimentary wine and cheese in the early evening. Staff was friendly and helpful. A perfect way to relax and celebrate a milestone in our lives!

This is not a big box hotel, but a GREAT boutique hotel. Walking distance to town, very friendly and helpful staff, updated rooms, good breakfast, etc. We enjoyed happy hour and the fresh baked cookies every day. I recommend you try this hotel; you won't be disappointed!

Fourth visit there in the last fifteen years, and I think our third extended stay in the last 5-6 years. We absolutely love this place. The pool area is always so relaxing. You want a chaise longue? Have at it. You want chairs in the shade around a gas fire pit? Got 'em. Feel like reading or napping in a high quality, rotating (gotta get out of that sun as it moves across the sky) daybed? Yep. As for the daily breakfast, be assured that it is NOT the half-foods you find at most hotels with complementary breakfasts. Trust me on that. We've never done the late afternoon wine and cheese reception, but that's because we're socially inept! Rooms are fantastic. Great beds, lots of TV stations, superb internet, spacious bathrooms, etc. Two really good restaurants right down the road, and if you go past them to the bend in the road, you'll come to a French-owned bakery that makes pastries that are so airy and not-overly-sweet that you'll swear you're in Paris. Can't recommend this place enough.

Let me explain. The Gaige House strikes guests immediately by its grounds and amenities: pool, jacuzzi, fire pit. Air conditioning works very well and rooms are very clean and often reflect the ryokan structure. It’s a 4 star Four Sisters property. As such, we expect a higher standard of offerings. Our room, a studio ryokan, while lovely is simply too dark. Even the myriad light sconces are not enough to read by. The mattress needs to be turned, and directions are needed for using the TV and two remotes. The breakfasts were below average. Hot dishes were overworked (poached egg atop congealed potatoes/cheese concoction). Limited fruit. No bowls for granola. Alas. All of this would be understandable if pricing were more consistent. First of all, a hefty service charge is added to the already high room rate. Then there is the matter of dynamic pricing (shifting algorithms) on a day-to-day basis. Of the two nights, rates shifted $50 lower the closer to arrival date. Management should set its own rates but provide specials in advance. A$500 room should not become a $600 room. Granted, most guests will be pleased by their stay. We just expected more.

We stayed in one of their beautiful ryokan suites and in was pure luxury. Every amenity was perfect and made our stay peaceful and relaxing. From the bamboo lined pathway to our room, to the meditation room and pool, every aspect at Gaige House is designed for comfort and relaxation. The staff was friendly and breakfast was delicious. We’ll be back again.

The ryokan rooms at Gaige House are incomparably beautiful. It is as if they were designed by Noguchi, right down to the stone bathtub and the fountain in the interior Japanese garden. Can’t recommend highly enough! Of course the hotel also houses lovely common areas, nice breakfast room, easy parking, etc.

Gaige House: where paint is more of a suggestion; where no detail is too important to ignore; where loud, rattling things go to have their annual convention; where having someone stomp around above you is really an opportunity to enjoy history. Don't worry, though! There's nobody here to help you after 7 PM, so your problems are best dealt with through self-reflection. Oops! The "meditation area" is literally a partially-covered shed-type structure near the lights-on-all-night pool situation. I loved the stream just adjacent, but had a hard time finding peace while staring into the dining room of the house just past the opposite fence. I didn't have much time to contemplate, though, because the adjacent stack of pool equipment kicked into overdrive right on cue. The amenities don't matter: management is so cheap that there are drugstore air cleaners loudly doing their thing in the corner of every common-space room. If your partner wants to turn in early, don't worry: there's a commercial fridge moonlighting as a turbine just down an open staircase from the room you might want to relax in. Odd off-white fixtures that look like sad leftovers of the early 90s are hacked into every surface where they could possibly fit. The mattress that we sleep on at home cost less than a single night of our booking and yet climbing into bed here made me wish for an airport motel. At least there you know what you're getting: quiet, private, and no pretense. This, by the way, was no different in our actual rooms. I've stayed in two rooms here now, one in the original house and one in the new "Japanese-inspired" suites. Both had the same set of issues, but just to give you a sense, in the more expensive room (the suite): - There was a ridiculous in-room AC unit, perched up on some built-in cabinetry, so loud we had to turn it off right away. - We had a lovely-looking iron kettle and tea set, but no tea available in the room for us to brew. - Our room had a small enclosed courtyard, but there were a few low-voltage cable runs cheaply stapled up and down the exterior of the building. - All of the exterior wooden shingles looked like they were five years past due for some upkeep. - The entire "Japanese" area of the property has cheesy music piped into its ourdoor areas... - ... but don't worry, you can still hear what sounds like highway noise from the adjacent road, even though it looks on a map like it is just a neighborhood-level artery. - There was a gorgeous granite bathtub, but the drain valve in it was broken... so they gave us a plastic disc to plug the bottom of the bathtub with. (It was already in the room, and they didn't seem particularly interested when we mentioned it to the folks in the office.) - There were chunks of plaster missing in the bathroom in a way that exposed some framing hardware. - Our other private outdoor area was impossible to enjoy because a large commercial HVAC unit would cycle and off every few minutes, and would produc

We had a wonderful stay at Gaige House for our anniversary. Our room must have been upgraded since I booked a king room and we were given a suite, which was an incredibly kind gesture. The suite was AMAZING, we were in room 19, the room was lovely and the view out the window was so peaceful. The hotel grounds are so lovely and we also very much enjoyed the breakfast in the morning. We have been recommending it to friends non-stop since staying there!