Colonial Inn & Restaurant

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  Same as the previous posts. Great owner, great breakfast and the room was not so good. I slept fine after a long hot day on the motorcycle. But my fiancé did not sleep. She has a "thing" about bad hitek rooms. The house could be amazing if it was fixed up. The bar is very cool with a pool table and dart board. The dining room is huge. And the owner, Steve is a very fascinating guy. Just wish the rooms were updated to 1970's conditions.

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  Posted on 07.21.13 Jonathan P.

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  My family has been frequenting this inn for years. The building is on the National Registy of Historic Places and is located in the very small town of Pine Hill right next to Belleayre Mountain.
  
  Steve, the owner, is a great guy. Always in a good mood and cooks up some great food. For breakfast, included in the stay, he makes some mean eggs and french toast with bacon and tea, coffee, hot chocolate, etc. On Saturday nights he runs his Grand Buffet, and as far as I know lately it's a one man job back there in the kitchen. Now, if you are some rich Westchester skier up here with your cookie cutter family who all love to frequent Italian Bistros and purchase $65 bottles of wine then don't get your hopes up - this is not this kind of place. Steve has wines by the glass at $4 and is more interested in cooking a variety of home cooked dishes like mashed potatoes, pasta, chicken parm, etc. He is no Bobby Flay, but he knows what he's doing. Probably my favorite part is the dessert portion. If Steve has his bread pudding out do yourself a favor and grab it before everyone else realizes how amazing it is. To this day it is the best bread pudding I have ever had, anywhere. Nothing I have found compares to Steve's!
  
  As for the rooms located on the second and third floor, they are in need of fixing up, and have been for a while. But over the course of the past two years there have been some great improvements. Recently I stayed in room 4 right at the top of the stairs on the second floor. It was in far better shape that any of the rooms I have been used to. bathroom redone pretty well with new wainscoting and what appears to be fake tile flooring, but new flooring at that. My bedroom was carpeted which I believe was new as well. The furniture has been updated, as well as the bedding, but it still gives that 1800s charm that makes it so interesting and appealing.
  
  The bar is usually open on the weekends and is filled with not only guests but friends and locals in town. It's a fun place to play darts, shoot some pool and have a couple of drinks. Everyone is kind and friendly and loves to get to know each other. If you're lucky you might even find yourself there while a movie is being filmed! A few movies have been filmed there in the past and are actually on Netflix. Check out Stakeland. Many scenes were filmed in Pine Hill and the surrounding areas, including a few scenes in and outside of the Inn. If you watch closely you'll even see Steve!
  
  The Inn is a place that needs some love, but it's easy to love it there. It's no five star grand hotel but it is a nice, welcoming place to stay, eat, and hang out.

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  Posted on 03.20.13 Katie A.

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  Ok - so I should be fair here because the owners are so nice and
  the breakfast they served up was sooooo good!! French toast, eggs,
  bacon, coffee!
  
  BUT sleeping at the inn was not a good experience, it was really
  run down. If you don't mind wallpaper peeling, water stains on the
  ceilings and walls, musty smelling rooms, mold in the shower and
  creaky (VERY VERY LOUD) old beds --- then this is a place you can
  crash!!
  
  The house itself is pretty cool, filled with antiques and friendly
  management, but it was just too run down to relax and get a good
  night's sleep for me.
  
  The room on our door was drawn on with a sharpie pen - does that
  give you a good visual??

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  Posted on 08.23.07 Andrea C.

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