Excellent hotel in a prime location in Downtown Kansas City, just a block away from the streetcar…read morestop. It's super easy to get around, from City Market to Country Club and everywhere in between. I stayed for a business conference at the convention center. The skybridge connection is great and makes it easy to go back and forth. The room was clean and modern, with a nice desk area to get work done at. The hotel was busy with football fans and convention goers, but the staff did a great job keeping everything moving. I also love the bar/restaurant options within the hotel. I'd be happy to stay here again and will be on the lookout for Loews hotels at other destinations going forward!

I recently spent three nights at the Loews Kansas City Hotel, and it was one of the best hotel…read moreexperiences I've had. The hotel is absolutely beautiful, the rooms are lovely, and there is a beautiful bar area, a full service restaurant and a great grab-and-go bakery. It is also connected directly to the convention center, which was perfect during an August heat wave. It's within walking distance of several other great hotels, restaurants and places to relax after a long workday. On my first night, I missed the room-service deadline and needed some caffeine to stay up late working on a project. A very sweet person in Guest Services somehow arranged for someone to bring a few Cokes to my room well after 11 p.m. I was so appreciative. I do wish they had vending machines on the guest floors. I wouldn't even mind paying the exorbitant hotel price. I'm a caffeine addict who doesn't drink coffee, so I need my morning soda! I loved Red Wheat Baking Co. downstairs. The sandwiches and hamburgers were excellent, and it was so easy to run in and grab a quick bite. We also ate at The Stilwell, and it was wonderful. Our server recommended a delicious entrée and appetizers that really hit the spot after a long day at the convention. The housekeeping staff was wonderful, the front-desk staff was great, and they were even nice after the second time I lost my room key! Overall, it was a wonderful stay, and I'm already looking for another excuse to visit Kansas City and stay at this beautiful hotel again.

This place is very, very nice. My wife and I were in town for a weekend getaway/Valentines…read moreweekend/celebration of life for our friend who passed recently. The staff are very friendly and attentive, the house is, I would say circa 1930's to 40's. We were in the Spanish room, rather small, it does however have a full bath. Some of the other rooms have bath tub/jacuzzis for an additional fee. The breakfasts were great, our second day's breakfast was a Valentine theme with a heart shaped egg and pancakes, in the room, there was a chocolate rose, very thoughtful. If you are in the Independence, Kansas City area and looking for some place to stay, this would be a great place to unwind, escape from the craziness of life for a weekend. I want to revisit this B&B sometime in the spring or early summer when the leaves are on the trees so I can enjoy the patio, I looked out the French doors into the patio area and thought it would be nice to sit out there on a beautiful night.

This was our first B&B, and it exceeded our expectations. Debbie, the end keeper has an infectious…read morepersonality. She made the stay memorable. The other guess for the weekend all pledged to return to Woodstock for a reunion, it was the first time patronizing a B&B for us all. Thank you Debbie and your staff for a wonderful time. YOU ARE THE BEST!!! Go RAMS:)

When we arrived on Sunday it was very hot outside and we were thankful for the cool lobby. The…read morecheck in desk was incredibly helpful and upgraded us since we were there to celebrate my husbands birthday! She explained many features of the hotel to us, as well as recommended the Paranormal tour. We settled into our room and got our swim suits on to explore the pools. I had stayed here in the late 80's as an 10yr old with my family and remembered some of the features. Was sad to see the waterfall pool had been closed in the early 2000's. But we enjoyed the European Lap Pool in the basement. I remembered it being a trek down some weird hallways. It was just as I remembered it, just a touch modernized. The water was incredibly refreshing after our hot afternoon at the Cubs/Royals game. There were a good number of kids in the hot and cold tubs, so we didn't get to enjoy them. We went upstairs and enjoyed the outdoor pool as well. It had thinned out over dinner time and was relaxing to enjoy. The Paranormal tour was EPIC and I highly recommend it. Being clairvoyant myself, it was very interesting to be able to put others encounters to what I was feeling in the hotel. While I never SAW a ghost, I could definitely feel their presence in certain places around the hotel. The next day, Monday, we enjoyed the pools again in the morning We booked the Grotto Experience, which I have to say was subpar for me. I didn't know much about it other than being told it was a must do and involved thermal hot and cold experiences. I'm not a fan of either. While it was just us, and one other couple for part of the time, and just us for most of the time, I was able to relax on the lounge chairs while my husband experienced the sauna and the steam rooms. Not my cup of tea. I did sit in the hot tub on the edge, again too hot for me. My favorite part was the ice cold peppermint towels. I was able to put one over my head and go into the steam room for a little while. I would not do it again though. We had a relaxing afternoon and enjoyed the pools again in the evening. Two things: 1)I would like coffee, nothing fancy, just black coffee and sugar/creamer offering in the lobby. I don't do fancy coffee so the coffee shop didn't appeal to me. 2) we were on the 4th floor and did the steps a LOT because of the small single elevator serving the whole hotel. So if you come, be ready to wait for the elevator or use the stairs. Overall we really enjoyed our stay for my husband's birthday. It was incredible to experience the hotel again through adult eyes and see things I remembered and enjoyed as a small child 35 years ago. Will return again soon!

A seemingly beautiful hotel from another era, but unfortunately past its prime and not kept up very…read morewell. Stayed over July 4th weekend. The lobby is gorgeous and has that early 20th century arcade feel, when each nook felt like it held its own mysteries. The rest of the property is badly in need of a renovation. The pool is too small for the throngs of people using it. My hotel room was dirty and nasty. Tears on the furniture, stains on the carpet, linens and bedding that smelled. Actually shortened my stay as a result. Same with most of the other public spaces. They just haven't invested enough in upkeep over the years. Everything else was overpriced and underwhelming: the restaurant, room service, the spa, even the town itself. There's so much potential to build out a lovely walkable village around the hotel, but like with most such places in Missouri, the opportunity is squandered. It's another impoverished small town that time has forgotten. Bottom line, it has lasted this long because of reputation and because there's not really anything else like it in the area. But that doesn't make it good. If you're in the area, stop by and take a picture and get a coffee at the lobby coffee bar. Then be on your way.

False advertising for this campground/RV/cabins resort. This place was lucky to even get a star…read morefrom us. The camper ground itself I bet was great many moons ago, but it has gone defunct with the newest owner( who I never saw him change his clothes in the 3 days we were there) Extremely rundown, low hanging branches, filth and non running amenities like a so called cafe, game room and such. There were many campers that are lived in long term/full time with junk all around. Showers and bathrooms disgusting with filth, wallpaper handing off walls and spiderwebs galore. DO NOT stay here. You will thank us later. This place only had one good thing and that is the lake itself. Pretty view but uneven rocky, filthy( found a dozen long screws and mousetrap at our site). It poured rain for one day and made the place a muddy slip and slide....... no phone or internet there at all. If you HAVE to stay there, lock up all your belongings.....sketchy residents there.

Pool review only: The proprietor has done some improvements…read moreto the pool and thank God! It went from swamp (last summer) to a decent, refreshing pool this year! Very pleased!

The good points: very clean, well decorated of the period, well priced, quiet, nice porch, nice…read moresun room, bedrooms large with private baths, accommodating to food restrictions and eggs and yogurt w fruit was good Could be better: the potatoes had sugar on them which was weird and not tasty and in combination with a very sweet muffin was over the top sweet. There is a weird rule about no red wine in the house but white is ok. Many other rules that while reasonable, we're not delivered w much empathy; felt our welcome and comments to us were robotic rather than warm. Maybe just me but I have stayed in lots of B&B and it seemed unusual. But if you don't mind those things then you would probably like it.

Night one of three. Beautiful 1900 mansion. The owners are top notch. Two more. Ight a but this…read morewill be on my short list of places to stay when I am in the Kansas City area

My husband and I stayed here this past weekend to celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary. It is a…read moregreat place to escape the everyday life. It truly is such a peaceful place. We loved the set up of the bed and breakfast, that there were things to do there, the bed was so comfortable in the Walnut suite, the homemade breakfast was phenomenal and we enjoyed good conversation with the owners. Would recommend to anyone! We will definitely be back.

Of course the owner of Walnut Waters Bed & Breakfast has "cherry picked" maybe 5 shining reviews,…read morebut there's a flipside to their business demeanor as well. Let me tell you about OUR EXPERIENCE with Walnut Waters starting upon our arrival. The owner-host Rebecca was like a marine corps drill sergeant greeting recruits for boot camp by being overly aggressive in micro-managing our stay by telling us what we could do & could not do starting the moment we got there. She was an obnoxious, femi-nazi type control freak personality. I am handicapped, and our room had access from an adjacent parking level, but I was told that I was NOT allowed to use that parking, and would have to use the stairs. Again, I am handicapped. I was being forced to use stairs as a handicapped person. Secondly, we inspected our room and found it to be 80 degrees in the room which had a lock box on the thermostat to keep guests from adjusting the temperature to THEIR comfort level. (What kind of place does that?) When I asked the owner-host to turn the temp down cooler she stated "You have a fan in your room". I told her that we didn't pay for just having a fan in our room, we paid to be comfortable on a VERY hot July 31st (the heat index that day was 110 degrees outside). Because of the demeanor to NOT facilitate my needs as a handicapped American first & foremost, and because the owner-host wouldn't even cool our room down, I told her we weren't going to stay. She refused our refund. I have since filed a complaint with the Kansas City area BBB.

We were attending a Murder Mystery Dinner in Excelsior Springs and decided to find a place to stay…read moreto avoid the drive home. We stumbled upon Payne Jailhouse Bed and Breakfast. We were amazed at the beautiful house and how it was set up as a Bed & Breakfast! Mark and his wife, the owners, used to live in the house but decided to change it into a nice getaway for guests. The house in the front has the largest room, but expect to walk upstairs, as that is where the bedroom is. The guests from the other three private apartment rooms stay behind the large house; they all meet in the big house (no pun intended) to have Mark's hot, homemade breakfast. Oh, I almost forgot! The house is so clean, I didn't find any old dirt in the corners of the floor, against the walls anywhere. I am semi-OCD and will not go without house slippers. Well, I walked barefoot in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. I'm sorry if that is TMI. I wanted you to understand my point. Do not hesitate to book; do not let the name keep you away. It is not set up like a jail on the inside. The house has history, and Mark will tell you about it during breakfast or upon check-in. Don't hesitate! Book today! You will not be disappointed.

Could not recommend this gorgeous little B&B more. We had this booked for a wedding back in May and…read moredue to covid the wedding was pushed back. Mark has been super accommodating to these circumstances. The room was spotless when we arrived and everything we could of needed was provided. Unfortunately, there was no breakfast for our stay but we can only imagine it would be great. I hope our travels bring us back this way so that we can stay here again! Thanks Mark!

Great experience if you're an avid wine drinker, my friends and i really enjoyed ourselves!read more

Very accommodating & easy to work with, especially during this pandemic! I booked them for my…read moresisters bachelorette party and we all had a blast! The limo fit all 20 girls and they provided snacks and water. The limo driver went above and beyond for us! Amazing service! Would highly recommend!