We stayed here As a part of a hiking vacation. The location is fantastic! The app trail literally borders the inn heading towards mt Minsi. As other reviewers stated, check in and check out was a bit odd trying to find someone, but we expected that and it didn't bother us too much. We weren't given checkout instructions and so we just left the key somewhere obvious. Our room was on the 4th floor with no elevator, but again we expected this and didnt mind. We were put in the wrong room at first, but the staff fixed it a few hours later when we were able to find someone, no big deal.
The actual rooms were recently renovated and looked great with a nice mix of unique antiques. Wished they had a full sized mirror somewhere since vanity mirror in bathroom was the only one. The ac is a window unit and worked well, also the unit helped to block out any noise. The room was great, only two minor complaints: the room is so bright once the sun is up...dark curtain option would have been nice, and the door in our room had a two inch gap at the bottom that you could see the hallway through. We solved this privacy issue with shoving a towel in the crack.

This place is exactly what we expected due to the reviews on this site and a would stay here again when we do this hiking trip another time.

My boyfriend and I spent a Saturday night at Deerhead -- he is a big jazz fan and the Deerhead has a reputation for showcasing great jazz musicians. When we first arrived, I was not impressed by the outside of the Inn -- it's rather run down. However, the rooms were recently renovated and we had a nicely decorated and clean room on the 3rd floor. The room had central ac and the beds were comfortable. All staff from check-in to our waitress were pleasant and accomodating. The food was very good in the restaurant and the music was great! Overall we had a very pleasant experience at the Deerhead!

My boyfriend and I stayed at the Deer Head over Memorial Day weekend and had a low-key, relaxing time. The hotel itself was built in the 1850s and has an old-fashioned, lived in charm. The staff was accommodating, even with our late arrival. The room on the top floor was clean and comfortable enough (no AC, but 4 windows). The bathroom had been recently renovated, which was a plus. The food in the restaurant is good and the evening jazz (Th-Sun) is great. DWG is a small town, but there are a few things to do. The Deer Head is across the street from a 50s-style ice cream parlor and a couple blocks away from a lovely little Italian restaurant called Antelao. There's also a great bakery called the Village Farmer a few minutes down the road, where we bought sandwiches to take on our canoeing and hiking adventures in the DWG National Recreation Area, which is a ~7min drive away. All in all, a nice, restful getaway. We'd do it again.

I stayed overnight recently. As soon as I went to bed, a dog in the next room started to bark! This went on for awhile with no one quieting it so I went to the room. The door was ajar so I didn't go in but I could hear the dog sniffing around at me. It was quiet after that so I went to bed again. Soon enough the dog's owners started to talk. I spent an hour and a half debating whether to bang on the wall and yell, shutup or more politely, knock on their door and tell them that the walls are thin. Could you please keep your voices down. Eventually at about 1:30 am things quieted down enough and I fell asleep.

Otherwise it is a nice place. Clean, simply decorated. A beautiful Victorian building with wisteria growing all over the side. GREAT jazz and good food.

It would be nice if the staff was more professional and available by phone - there was no phone in my room (nor tv which is fine). My room was on the third floor so be prepared to walk up several flights of stairs!

The room was more expensive than I feel it should be but the food was reasonably priced.