Beware the Mansion. It has changed!! New owners, or new philosophy ?...either way, it's a great disappointment. I stayed at McBirney Mansion in Feb. 2004. It was absolutely wonderful! It exceeded my expectations and was better than the glowing reviews I had read. When a friend and I planned a trip to Tulsa, I insisted we stay at the McBirney Mansion. I told her about it's beauty, the wonderful staff, the glorious breakfast, delightful evening treats, and all the great little details. I fully expected everything to be the same. It didn't take long before our disappointments began mounting. As we entered our room, the door knob came apart when we tried to close the door. This began an almost comical list of broken or damaged items in our room: a lamp with a loose lightbulb socket, refrigerator and shower doors that wouldn't close, wobbly headboards, burned-out lightbulbs. As we walked around the once-beautiful grounds, we found empty, muddy flowerbeds, trash laying on the ground, bottles laying under the bushes, and many of the exterior parts of the mansion in terrible condition. The evening's appetizer was once a lavish mini-buffet of cheeses, dips, crackers, fruits, wine and various beverages. The evening dessert was freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and coffee. During this stay, my friend and I walked in to the living room to find a small tray with two wedges of brie, one plain and the other with strawberry jam poured on top, and a scattering of crackers. The second night's appetizers were six pinwheels (from Sam's Club). We had to request the wine and there were no other beverages (there were a few sodas and water in our room refrigerator). We never saw the evening dessert. We were given a slip of paper on which we were to circle our choices for breakfast...three versions of egg, bacon, sausage, fruit, cereal, yogurt, muffin and beverage. Then we were to mark the time we wanted to eat. We turned that in and went to eat our crackers and cheese. Breakfast was fine, but nothing special (breakfast is the same every day). We had to make our own cereal and choose our yogurt from the assortment of plastic containers in a bowl with ice. The staff was pleasant, but that's not enough. If we had not already paid for two nights, we would have gone to a hotel.
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