Landmark School had their annual fundraiser at Olio this past Friday evening and it was awesome! I…read morelove the spacial layout, lighting and floor.

Where do I even begin to describe what an amazing venue Olio is? We had toured and booked Olio in…read moreJanuary 2024 (the only venue we toured) and just had our beautiful wedding on October 4th. Sarah was there for us quite literally every step of the way. We had also used Sarah's coordinating business Without A Hitch and worked with Allison who is now a part of the team at Olio. Their professionalism and kindness went above & beyond. We are so thankful to have found this amazing venue and to have celebrated our wedding there! I cannot recommend Olio enough.

Excellent site to visit! Beautiful views! We had a great docent lead tour. Our guide shared lots…read moreof details and did a great job trying to answer our group's many questions! Learning about the different architectural phases of this property was very interesting. The Secret Staircase is special! Gift Shop was a fun stop! Friendly staff. They have their own parking lot with ample and FREE parking while you visit. Now that's a plus. Everywhere else in Salem is paid parking, including the Peabody Essex Museum (park and hike!) Highly recommend visiting The House of Seven Gables if you are in the area.

My mom and I toured the House of the Seven Gables when we spent a day in Salem a week or so ago,…read moreand it was one of the highlights of our time in Salem. The house dates back to 1668, when it was built for a wealthy sea captain and merchant. It remained in that family for three generations before it was bought by another family. The house is mostly famous for being the setting and subject of a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who was a second cousin of Susannah Ingersoll, who lived in the home for years. In 1908, the home was purchased again, this time by a woman who made it her life's mission to restore the house, protect it for posterity, and to turn into a museum that could be visited by tourists to Salem. The home was renovated many times (by different owners of the house) - it didn't even always have seven gables, but that's a part of its interesting story! We learned all of the above and more from our tour guide on a guided tour of the house. Our tour guide was great - friendly, informative, and interesting! After our tour, we explored Nathaniel Hawthorne's birthplace home, which was moved to the grounds of the House of Seven Gables to avoid demolition. It was a great way to learn a little more about Hawthorne. There was also a gift shop, where my mom and I both bought copies of The House of the Seven Gables, stamped so we always remember where we bought it. Our tour was interesting, and the house is striking and fascinating. It's well worth a visit if you're exploring Salem.

The Cellar, underneath the Inn. First time going to this place, we arrived when they were opening…read more The door was locked, so we sat in the rocking chairs. Someone that works there had walked past us several times, and opened the door. We wandered in, and she said the restaurant was in the basement. When we left, we saw a sign for Cellar. Not knowing the restaurant was named the Cellar, the sign wasn't clear/meaningful. Anyway, we got there eventually. The decor was pretty nice (definitely more bar than restaurant). We chose a table in a quiet corner, which was beneficial and not. The wait staff was very friendly, but we were a bit out of sight out of mind for them. All the food was great, and the cocktail was expertly made, exceeding expectations. They have popovers as the table accoutrements, which are a personal favorite of mine! As mentioned above, I'd consider this a (speakeasy decor) bar with food options, that would be a solid social/meet up spot, with great drinks.

I had dinner at The Bell Inn & Tavern with my mom for an early Mother's Day celebration since it's…read morewhere she wanted to go. She and much of my family really like this place and rave about it, but my overall first impression was definitely a mixed bag. My mom made the reservation for Saturday at 4:45pm in the dining room. We arrived a little early, so she showed me around the beautifully renovated building. When we checked in with someone, they redirected us to the bar area downstairs as they were holding a private event in the main dining area. Okay, not a big deal to us. However I could understand if someone else might get a little annoyed at being told they had to go to the bar area when they specifically asked for the dining room on their reservation. I have to say that I do love the downstairs bar area, it's classy and has a vintage speakeasy vibe. We were quickly greeted by one of the guys working the bar who was super nice and did a great job. For a drink I started with their version of an espresso martini, which was a good start to the food experience and gave me high hopes. They brought us out some popovers which to me were just okay. For an appetizer we got some buffalo chicken dip, which was quite delicious. For dinner my mom got a Caesar salad (which I tried a little bit of and thought was good) and a flatbread pizza that was on special. I decided to be a little bougie and went with the braised short ribs, and I regret to say that the dish fell flat for me. The short rib did come apart okay when I stuck my fork in it, but it was kind of chewy, bland and overall really didn't have much flavor. The menu also states that the short rib is served with broccolini (which is a milder, sweeter version of the green vegetable) but it came with regular plain broccoli instead, which I was also quite honestly disappointed by. With all that being said the polenta was my favorite thing on the plate. I'm a little conflicted. The place is beautiful and the staff is so nice. But with how much it was hyped up to me, I was a little let down. I'm kind of thinking that I should've went with another dish? I really want to truly love this place, so I'm sure I'll be back with family at some point to give them another chance.

The farm was recommended to me by a few locals from here. It was a good find. The farm had miles…read moreand miles of orchids surrounding it. It was easy to find because of it. It is located on a cool road. Before you reach the farm, you come across historical landmarks. The farm is a good place for little ones. It has a petting and feeding area. A nice playground and a you pick area. It also had an area with flowers. Inside the store is found vegetables and fruits, both fresh and preserved. It had some other items like seasonings, candles, candy, and baked goods, I got something sweet called stop the .... I don't remember the third word, but it got my attention. It tasted like a well-made apple butter. I liked it. The cinnamon bread was a little on the dry side. I can see why it would be good for French Toast. I found the service nice. The young ladies working the counter were helpful. Cool farm to visit.

I grew up on the north shore and remember visiting Brooksby Farm when I was a kid…read more I visited on Sunday with my 2 kids for storytime and wow has it impressively changed - all positive!!! 1) There's stuff for kids now! Storytimes, playground with views of the animals, a hayride, and more! I highly recommend the storytime. They read 2 stories, sang hello to every child, had songs/rhymes, played with a parachute, crafts, and even apples, donuts, and cider - all amazingly free!!! The playground was fun for my 2 year old son and 7 year old daughter, but best for the 1.5-6 age range. There are rest rooms beside the farm store, but they're medal toilets with no seats, so my daughter refused to use them. (I don't blame her.) That's the only thing that kept this from a 5 star experience. We'll be back soon. Worth the hour drive from where we live on the south shore.

Great stay at the Hawthorne--had dinner in the tavern, great food and cocktails. Room was clean…read more They said it might be hot and they could bring a fan up but temperature was fine. Great location--right in the center. Two things of note--we stayed on the 6th floor, room 622. The 6th floor is the pet-friendly floor (we didn't have any pets), and my husband opened the door to get ice and there was a mini Doberman pinscher (cute!) desperate to get in our room. Then the owner came around the corner and could not figure out why he wanted to get in our room so bad. My husband went in search of the ice and saw the couple with the dog was staying in the room that would be exactly parallel to ours on the other side. I had a great sleep. Husband did as well except around 3 or so he was awoken to a hard poking several times on his shoulder. He said I was dead asleep and facing away so it was not me. We are both FAR from superstitious and don't believe in ghosts etc, so his mind went to someone broke in--but everything was locked up quite securely. He even checked under the bed! After the fact we found out about its ghost stories with specifically the 6th floor--specifically room 612. Again we were room 622, so does 612 (with the doggie) mirror ours? Other people have also mentioned getting poked as well, which we again didn't see about the hotel till after. So between the desperate dog and the poke, probably nothing--but most creeped out I've been in a while!! (Not so creeped out that we wouldn't go back!)

When we were walking in Salem, we came across an elderly lady in a wheelchair and she was…read morecompletely lost finding this hotel. We all stop what we we were doing and walked safely to this hotel. I went to the front desk to let the lady working on July 9 around midnight about this guest being lost, and she was extremely rude, annoyed and told me that she the guest has been calling the hotel for three hours asking for help. The lady who is working, the Front Desk has short gray hair and was very rude and obviously did not care about a guest at this hotel. If a guest is lost, wouldn't it be the right thing to do by assisting them instead of complaining about a loss elderly guest who was a retired school teacher? When other people in the hotel were leaving, the same lady was talking to another lady about the guest and talking about how rude they were and how much they were drinking, though when I was there, I did not witness any of this. When I recommend going to this hotel based off of the people who represent this Brand, the answer is no.

I have been at this venue many times and have always left with a very positive feeling. They pay…read moreattention to details. The food is always excellent as is their servers. They are at the top of the line. Very nicely done. Check out the website for themed dinners. We have been to several and as usual there, they aim to please. The latest dinner was a Patron tequila inspired dinner. No holds barred. Fantastic.

I wouldn't even give it one star. went there for brunch before tall ship cruise. the food was…read moredisgusting. French toast hard as a brick. chicken piccata was, I believe.leftovers. also hard and inedible. bacon burnt. the potatoes were ok at best. even the coffee was awful. ever will go here again.

We had a wonderful dinner at Mission boathouse. Our server, Laurie, was very attentive. Even…read morechanging our table to accommodate a noise-sensitive member of our party. The food was tasty with lots of selections. The restaurant had a lovely atmosphere.

My friends and I came here for dinner as a party of five. Our server was absolutely kind and…read moreattentive throughout the evening, and I have no complaints about her service whatsoever. Unfortunately, the overall experience was very disappointing. Our food took over an hour to come out, and when one of my friends received her shrimp scampi, there was a hair in the dish. When another server stopped by to check on us, we explained what had happened, and her response was, "Oh, do you want a new dish?" Of course we wanted a new dish. Would anyone want to eat food after finding someone else's hair in it? We let our actual server know, and she was apologetic, which we appreciated. However, there was no compensation or any additional effort made to address the situation. What was most disappointing was how little concern the restaurant seemed to show about the issue. Between the extremely long wait, finding a hair in the food, and the lack of response from management/staff, I left feeling very disappointed. Unfortunately, the food itself wasn't particularly good either, which made the experience even more frustrating. I would not recommend this restaurant.

would NEVER recommend this place to anyone and will be posting all over social media and then…read moresome!! Management is rude and racist! We've been renting this hall for a while now and Saturday night took the cake! Management literally bothered our guests all night and tried to take the microphone from our DJ. Touching the food and walking around as if they were part of the party crew. Told my sister that because she set up more tables we had to pay more money, which we didn't mind at all...because we have it! Called the cops on us but then lied and said it was the neighbors (crock of shit because one of the neighbors is a friend and said they didn't know what the man was talking about because it wasn't loud) Then said we left the place dirty, thank goodness we took all kinds of picture because we cleaned it better than the condition it was given to us !!! We were even told we didn't have to sweep the floors by the President, I think his name was Tommy, but we cleaned that hall from top to bottom, took out the trash in all. If this were true you would have NEVER given my Sister the deposit back!!! You called her to come pick it up!!! And then she gave you both (Brian and Tommy) a piece of her mind today! They are disgusting owners and own staff said you're dickheads! We agree! Please don't rent from them!

I was there for my sisters 15th bday party, I would like to say that the manger Brian was highly…read moreunprofessional, accusatory and disrespectful. From Friday- Saturday we got nothing but attitude and complaints from Brian and another fellow. All we wanted to do is celebrate a birthday but was interrupted by accusations and were threatened to shut down the party due to some things found. The manager reeked of beer and alcohol as he was yelling at all the minors and guests DO NOT BOOK HERE. Do better.

Best museum in Salem! John really knows his stuff! We stop in every time we're in town.read more

Easily my favorite thing I did in Salem! John is so knowledgeable about Ouija and it was delightful…read moreto hear him share the history and lore behind all of the boards in the museum. His enthusiasm was infectious. Can't wait to come back again!