My husband and I purchased the Doe Run Inn's "weekend package for two", hoping to get a couple days of peace and quiet after our wedding in Louisville. We couldn't have asked for a better time, and the price is unbeatable--just $219 covers a 2-night stay, plus 2 dinners, 2 breakfasts, and a lunch at the Inn's fantastic restaurant! The Inn is surrounded by idyllic scenery, and the rooms are cozy and charming, furnished with beautiful antiques. It doesn't have all the amenities of a hotel--no TV, not many toiletries (only soap and lotion, so bring your own shampoo), but I don't think anyone comes here looking to stay in the lap of luxury. The charm and tranquility of the place more than make up for anything the Inn lacks, though, and I think that's what most people are looking for if they come to stay at the Doe Run Inn.

Also, though the rooms are non-smoking, smokers can enjoy that the Inn's designated smoking area is a large, rustic porch that overlooks the creek. Some of the best moments of our weekend were out on that porch, where we saw deer, fireflies, and LOTS of hummingbirds.

The staff--the folks behind the desk, the waiters and waitresses in the restaurant, even the cooks--were nothing but friendly and helpful through our entire stay. They made us feel so welcome and looked after.

This is to say nothing of the restaurant, which serves up some of the best home cooking you're ever likely to taste! Nothing we ordered was anything short of delicious (I highly recommend the fried chicken!). The restaurant serves big helpings and has several buffets throughout the week, including a seafood buffet on Friday and a breakfast buffet on Sundays (FYI: With the exception of the Sunday Breakfast [because you can't order off the menu that day], the buffets aren't totally covered by the weekend package, but you can get them for a very reasonable $5 extra). All lunches and dinners come with an order of nosh: double fried bite-sized pieces of cornbread, served with a warm brown sugar and molasses dipping sauce. Most dinners, I believe, also come with a small salad; if you're so inclined, I strongly recommend trying out the homemade blue cheese dressing!

Though we're moving to New York soon, I have no doubt that on our return trips to Kentucky we'll stop in at the Doe Run Inn again.

NOTE: I have not been to Doe Run Inn since the new owners have taken over.

I miss the Sunday mornings mom would wake us up early to tell us we were going to Doe Run Inn for breakfast. Even as a small child I enjoyed sharing a wordless meal of biscuits, gravy and hot tea with mom on a cool fall morning on the screened in back porch.

I truly cannot put into words the breath taking scenery. I spent many an hour wandering the land seeing nature at it's best. As I grew older I found more and more solice in wandering the land.

One of my favorite past times was going downstairs to the gift shop to buy hand crafted, scented soaps to put in my dresser drawers. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered the gift shop was no longer. Doe Run Inn lost some of it's majesticness at that point. However, that can never take away from the beauty, serenity and history of the Inn.

As a little girl and still to this day I dreamt of being married on the island. I spent endless hours sitting indian style on the island watching the water letting my mind clear and daydreaming.

It has been several years since I have been to Doe Run Inn. I was far from impressed with the hospitality of the staff. Again however, that will never take away from what Doe Run Inn is.

I will be returning in a few months. I am excited to see the changes and the unchanged.

If you are looking for all the amenities you are looking in the wrong place. Doe Run Inn is about the beauty of rustic charm, nature, antiques and history of the land and mill.

Although I was there as early as the spring of 1995, I still remember the beauty of this place. It was under different management then, so this review may not reflect today's DRI. My emotions were a bit skewed because I was on a date with the girl I loved and subsequently married in May of that year. But the setting was very romantic for us. Later we returned as a married couple and spent the night in one of the rooms in the portion that was built by Thomas Lincoln. There were huge rough-hewn beams on the ceiling and all our room furnishings were the most exquisite antiques. I know we slept well that night and the next day dined in the restaurant. The food was good and the prices for all were fair. I don't know if I would want to return again to stay after reading some other reviews. It seems the new management has different ideas. They were just making changes in late '03 when we returned with some friends to show them around. They had done away with the downstairs gift shop by then and that was a big negative to me. Things have changed.

I would have loved to tell my family and friends that I was checking into a rural inn that had no or limited cell phone service that way I could have checked in at my leisure and not had to worry anyone. Instead I had people in three parts of the country waiting on a call to make sure my travels were safe. Everything else about The Doe Run Inn was great and unique for the money! Celebrate The Doe Run Inn as the place to get away from it all(my cell phone started getting service again within a mile) that way one can warn their people not to stay up all night waiting on a call!