Boyden House Inn B&B

Wonderfully restored 1872 inn with lovely porch. Walking distance to downtown and Lake Michigan. Very reasonable rates. Our stay was made even more special by the innkeeper, Shelly, who was intent on making everything just right. Nice breakfast. We'll be back.

Boyden House looks nice from the outside, great front porch. BUT it’s falling apart. The chair in our room had four extremely wobbly legs and I feared it would break if I sat in it. The sofa in the common room sunk to the floor when sat in. Some people call old charming but here it’s uncomfortable and unsafe. Blinds in our room were broken. Breakfast is one option served from 9:00-9:30 with no flexibility. Not very accommodating.

This is a beautiful bed and breakfast and the location was excellent to walk to downtown. The room was very clean and comfortable. My complaint is that the breakfast was the skimpiest breakfast I have ever experienced at a bed and breakfast especially considering the cost to stay here. The breakfast consisted of yogurt with granola and fruit and a couple of slices of ham. We did walk to a wonderful bakery for a cinnamon roll because we were still hungry. This will probably keep me from staying here again.

This beautiful bed and breakfast has many lovely rooms to stay in . The home is centrally located to multiple eateries and shopping downtown. As well as several other towns you may want to see. Shelly manages the home and does and outstanding job. She prepares wonder breakfast daily, and baked cookies in the evening. She overs you great hospitality and conversation. Shelly thank you so much for making our vacation there fabulous .

Stayed at the Boyden House over the 4th this year, in the honeymoon room. Pros: great location… easy walk of 7 blocks to main downtown. Honeymoon room has its own entrance and small private balcony. Shelley was friendly and made a good breakfast. Cons: room is very tired… furniture and bed are old and need replacing. Small frig in room would be ideal since only frig is a steep 2nd floor up in main house. Carpeting is old brown shag. Blinds in definite need of repair. Water pressure in shower is very low and takes a long time to heat up.