We stayed in this bed and breakfast for 3 nights and it was nice. We were in the cottage in the…read moreback and it was comfortable. The bed was big and comfy, it has air conditioning, and a more or less fully functioning kitchen. The bathroom is a bit small but fully functional. The Inn-keeper is super friendly and lovely. We arrived very late and he was so nice about it. His breakfast was simple but very nice. I very much appreciated that he put coffee out at 7am, even when breakfast doesn't start till 7:30. The house is a bit cluttered, as is the back yard. I think cleaning that up would really revitalize the place. The location is fantastic. It's basically a block from the main drag. And you get a parking spot, not that parking is that hard in Salida. That said I once had to park 3 blocks away from something! *gasp* For a weekend away to enjoy this cute town and the river, this place is a good choice.

The best thing about this place is the location.. The bed…read morewas soft, breakfast was so so, the hot tub was at best warm. Our room was clean, the rest of the house a bit overwhelming with so much stuff and not a very clean feeling. Hosts are friendly.

My husband and I spent 4 days here. We planned to go into Buena Vista for lunches, however once we…read morearrived we didn't want to leave. Good thing we brought enough food and snacks. We spent hours in the private hot pools, walking the creek, watching wildlife and just relaxing.

Beautiful cabin! From the moment you enter you enjoy the decor the ambience and the amenities!…read moreThere are currently only 2 cabins next to each other, each cabin sleeps 8 people. 2 bedrooms with king size beds and two queen size sofa beds. There are lots if towels, pillows and sheets. The kitchen has everything you may need to cook. Coffee maker for both K cup or regular brew. There is something to do for everyone, from boards games to children's books and crayons. Each section of the cabin has separate speakers for music which is controlled by the Ipad in the room. Definitely pet friendly since I saw dog treats on the counter. There is a natural hot spring pool on the deck with lots of seating area. We stayed for 3 days there while we went kayaking and for sure our accommodations were fabulous. I would definitely book this place again.

My wife and I stayed in room 210 for a night and had a wonderful experience! The space was…read moretastefully decorated and renovated nicely. We've had mixed experiences with boutique hotels, but this is an example of one done well. It's conveniently located downtown on Main Street (upstairs) and is a perfect way to either visit the city, or enjoy a night while passing through. The front desk is virtual in the form of text messaging, which we had zero issue with getting our room code and to check out, and we found they responded to our inquiry about parking promptly. The parking lot is off of Railroad street in a public lot that we had zero issues with. The electronic locks for the rooms took a moment to understand, but worked fine to lock/unlock the room. (Hint: Double tap the logo and the keypad appears). Though the pricing can be a bit expensive, it seems in line with what you can expect to pay in mountain towns. Overall, our stay at The Inn left us with the feeling that we got what we paid for, and we would absolutely stay here again.

Very nice renovation of space in an old building within walking distance of shops and restaurants…read morein Buena Vista. Anything else you will need within a mile or two. Plenty of parking close by. Nice decore, plenty of hot water and good bathroom. Sent text 2 days prior to visit. No response. Directions didn't say that door needed to be locked electronicaly when you left the room. For first 24 hrs I couldn't get the door to lock. I was told that the doors needed adjustment. The safe in the room was already locked when I arrived. Was told they couldn't find the key fob to open it. Took a day to fix. New toilet had 3 or 4 problems. Installed incorrectly. I fixed a few of the issues to keep it from sticking but still could use some work. I didn't have any noise issues. The restaurant below closes at 9pm. I stayed 3 nites and was hiking most days and going to bed at 8-9pm. The mattress and pillows were fantastic as well as well functioning A/C and a good ice machine. There are no dressers in the room. Not even luggage stands. You Have to work out of your luggage from the floor. Not good for this level of Inn. No usable chair in the room. There was one "sling" chair that was not easy to sit on and zero back support. I like a chair to read. I don't like to have to sit in the bed whenever I used the room. I sat in the chair to put on my socks and boots and the chair tipped over and my forehead struck the edge of the bed leaving a half inch cut. Minimal blood. Trash, trash, trash!!!! There was one trash can located in the bathroom and no place to empty trash. Hydrate, hydrate. I used a case of water and 16 bottles of Gatorade. Nowhere to put the empty bottles. There are 25 steps to to rooms. I am athletic older man. It was painful to carry multiple 40 lb. suitcases and packs up those stair. The Inn did send me a text...... on the last day, asking what they could do to improve my stay. To little too late. I have been gone for 4 days. I had expected the INN to reach out to me personally about my issues. I expect the owner to respond to this review. That is all u can expect for service during you stay.... The perfunctory virtual response. This place has potential but alot to learn about hospitality. I sincerely wish them luck.

Great Hotel at a fair price. We checked in not knowing what to expect and were pleasantly…read moresurprised. Clean, comfortable beds, great water pressure and good coffee in the morning! Perfect base camp for our 3 day mountain biking adventure. Will definitely come back.

Quick overnight and wanted to be away from the business of Salida. The owner is very nice and…read moreoffers very good coffee in the morning. Reasonable rates and less than in Salida. The renovated rooms are very clean and the beds comfortable. Lots of nice planters and areas to sit outside your room and enjoy the mountain air. Only downsides are that there are no pet friendly rooms and they have bright lights outside that keep the rooms illuminated inside at night. I would stay here again, but because of the no pet policy will have to look elsewhere.

This was nothing special, but was a positive experience none the less. The room was neat and clean,…read morethe TV worked, the shower had hot water. We had enough towels, quiet neighbors and plenty of toilet paper. The building is right on the main road, so it is easy to find and the location was quite convenient, since there was a good restaurant a few doors down, a breakfast/coffee shop almost right next door and a 7-eleven across the street. My chief complaint are the pillows. You need a good pillow to get good sleep and it felt like I was laying down on a plank of wood. I woke up with a crink in my neck and so did my friend. If you do stay here, bring your own pillows! ** The map here on Yelp is completely wrong about the location of the motel. It is on the main road that goes through the middle of town (Rt. 24) and sits between Oak and Mill Streets. For some reason Google maps it wrong. **

Stayed July 7th, 2018…read more I don't mind inexpensive, old, run down, but clean roomed motels. This fits the bill. The air conditioner made noise, but didn't blow cool air. The woman at the desk was almost hostile so I didn't think it worth asking for another room. The room was basic, with a 90s tv we didn't turn on. The beds were fair - the kind that bend when you sit down. The sheets were old, thin but clean. The bedspreads were almost quiltlike - made out of real, fairly thick material - rather than the shiny, satiny material normally found in inexpensive motels. I don't know whether this is good or bad. Mike Rowe in "Dirty Jobs" takes the bed spreads off the bed in every motel he stays in. He doesn't trust what's happened on them. There were two bath towels, no more, no less. The price was a total of $104 for two queen beds. I asked what the cost was in the winter and the unfriendly innkeeper said $69 plus taxes, etc. The front desk area was cluttered and filthy. There were animal heads on the wall behind the stone faced lady that hadn't been dusted since the 60s. Off to the right of the woman's shoulder was a calendar with the face of Donald Trump glaring pugnaciously at you. I didn't read the bold phrase underneath his head. The next cheapest motel with rooms was $170 or so. I would stay here again, but would look at the room first and make sure the AC worked.

I must admit I was a little terrified during my stay because of the notices everywhere in the room…read morewarning of potential extra charges for this or that. It just set me on edge a little so I made sure I took photos of everything before we settled in to the room and when we left. Having got that out of the way, The Slackwater Inn is a comfortable little motel with limited number of rooms which have been renovated and decorated to make it stand out from the crowd. We opted for a King room with patio and mountain views. It gave us what was promised. We loved the contactless aspect of obtaining access to the room. After 2pm, we received a text with the passcode for the room. Perfect. We were able to pull the car up right in front of the room, key in the code and voila, the room awaited! Things we really liked about the room, apart from the contactless check-in, was in no particular order, a smaller room upon entry which housed the fridge, microwave, coffee maker. There was also a desk and chair, and a breakfast bar style table with two stools. This room also had double doors which led into the bedroom. I saw someone else complained about noise from the road during the night, however, I closed these doors when we went to bed and didn't hear a thing. The bed was comfortable. There is definitely a lot of space in the room so you don't feel cramped. Having the patio area also added to the feeling of space. There's a flat screen tv (which we didn't use), a ceiling fan and what appears to be two other methods of heating/cooling. There's a sliding door which opens onto the fenced patio area. The sliding screen door was very difficult to get to slide, so once we opened it, we left it open. It also had tears at the top. We had our dog travelling with us. They do ask that dogs not be allowed on the bed but they provide a dog blanket just in case. We put that on the bed, along with the two clean blankets we got from our car, just in case, our pup sneaked up on the bed during the night. The bathroom is cute and very functional and clean. It's been completely remodelled away from the stock standard modular bath/shower you get in so many motels to a fully tiled, step-in shower with lots of room. The water pressure could be better but the shower was hot. Nice touches in the bathroom? Hairdryer and a make-up removal towel. I can see why they provide the towel so they do protect their white towels (also quite good quality). They also provide another towel for any spills or dog mess. They are quite firm about cleaning up dog messes on the patio lest you receive an extra cleaning charge, however, I found another dog's mess on our patio. I made sure I cleaned that up, as well as the other trash that was in the area, so we didn't get dinged for that. You can see the pattern of being paranoid about getting extra charges. Their business model is like an Air BnB There is a gate that leads from the patio area to a dog run out back as well. They had a well-stocked doggie-do bag dispenser there to make sure you had no excuse to not clean up after your dog. The Slackwater Inn is not located in BV itself but a little village just outside called Johnson Village. It's only a five minute drive into downtown BV and we went into the downtown area for dinner on the night of our stay. The room has a folder with all kinds of information in there including restaurant menus, motel rules, etc. All-in-all our stay at the Slackwater was enjoyable and reasonably priced. There was an additional, non-refundable pet deposit but that is fairly normal for pet-friendly places. It is exactly as described on the website and it would be a perfect home-base if you're in the area to explore the many activities and sights available in the area.

All the notices everywhere do make you paranoid of extra charges but we also took pictures of…read moreeverything. We also were traveling with our dog and loved the doggie comforter they supply for the pups. We did utilize this. The room was super cute and loved the little patio and dog area. I am happy we had our dogs poo bags as there was nothing in the dispenser located in the dog run. We are both firefighters down here training the local department. We absolutely noticed the smoke and co detectors. Kudos to you!! I will absolutely stay here again if we come again. Cute, clean and contactless. Thank you Slackwater Inn for being dog friendly! Our dog travels everywhere with us so I am very appreciative of it.

We stayed one night at this cute hotel and we loved it. The owner Jimmy was fantastic. He was very…read morefriendly and had a very welcoming personality. After checking in, he offered us a cold beer or water, which was really cool. He even gave us a 15% off coupon for the nearby steakhouse. Our room was clean and rustic which was perfect for the Colorado mountains. We sat around the firepit with other guests and Jimmy even came out and sat with us. He told us that his wife does a lot of the decorating and she sure has an eye for making the place look great and fun. Overall a great experience. We highly recommend staying here and we will again. Thanks Jimmy for a great time!!

We booked a room through Expedia that turned out to not suit our needs- the owners were very…read moreaccommodating in getting us an Expedia refund and moved us to a better room ( for us) at a good rate. Nice place great people

We absolutely loved staying here. The whole place is beautiful; gorgeously decorated, comfortable…read moreroom with stunning views. We loved being surrounded by nature, watching the deer and relaxing amongst the trees. Mostly we really appreciate the warmth and friendliness of the owner, Paz. What an incredibly welcoming host. To top it all, we were greeted each morning with a delicious breakfast. We can honestly say it's one of the nicest places we've ever stayed. Thank you Paz for your generosity and for making it such a delightful stay. Hope we can return one day.

Had a lovely stay, and the host - Paz - was so welcoming. We had a group of 10 people, and she made…read moresure everyone was comfortable, well fed, and well taken care of. The property itself is beautiful and has amazing woodwork by her husband, adding to the great experience for our group.