From the moment we made our reservations over the phone through the time we arrived and got to play with their 3 adorable dogs to having a breakfast fit for royalty in the morning, our experience with Fred and Liz at the Plum Pudding Inn. It truly did feel like we were staying with family. Great location close to Knoebel's. Amazing personal service.

My wife and I arrived a day before our daughter and 3 young children arrived. We went to the bed and breakfast in town to pay the balance and pick up the key to the duplex. We followed Fred, the owner. We could not believe the run down condition of the home. We enterned from the back into the kitchen. Immediately, there was an oder of mildew present. The kitchen cabinets were dirty. The top of the refridgerator was filthy. We went about cleaning the kitchen with Fred. Fred asked his neighbor tenant to help. After a few hours of work we left for dinner and a trip to Knobels park. Returning 3 hours later, Fred and the neighbors were still at it. We found some dishes stored in the cellar entry way. After Fred and the neighbors left we set about washing all the dishes and laundered all the towels from the upstairs bath. The beds appeared to be OK, but we were just not comfortable with anything. Good thing we arrived ahead our family.

Liz and Fred are friendly enough but the place is old,rundown and not clean. When we arrived after a three hour car trip and lots of traffic we could not wait to get to our room and freshen up and get ready to go to Knoebels with my two grandchildren, 11 year old girl and 2 1/2 year old grandson and my daughter, his mother. We could not believe the appearance from the outside. Sheet rock lying against the house, the backyard was horribly dirty with a pool that was old, closed down and had black dirty water in it. We went into the living room that was so cluttered with furniture and debris that there was no place to sit or stand for that matter. We were in shock. Liz is an older lady who is visibly physically not well. She could hardly get up off the chair. The dining room and kitchen were so old and unkepted that we cringed at the prospect of eating anything there. Fred escorted us to the Western Room, It it right on the street, old, small room, bathroom has not been updated in at least 40 years. Old used looking colored and faded towels. The bedding was old and fadded and did not appear to be very clean. It was only about 5:30 pm so we paid because we were embarrassed and felt sorry for Liz and Fred but this was no excuse for this mess. As we looked around more we realized there was no way were could stay there. It was just dirty and horrible. I don't know how they can stay in business and the board of health has not closed them down. We called a lovely place we had stayed in several years prior and we lucked out and were able to get a room immediately. We then went back into the living room where Liz and Fred were and told them we were leaving and apologized to them but said to them that is just was not what we expected. They were upset, and could not understand why but they did give us our refund. Maybe at one time many years back it would have been a decent placed but not anymore. We felt very sorry for them because they are probably just trying to make a living but it is unfair to people who will be traveling long distance and then have to deal with this situation. Their website is very deceiving because it was done years ago. There is also a photo of Liz and Fred and you could see that they were at least 25 years younger then they truly are. Knoebels is great and so reasonable. The only problem we found was alot of smoking allowed in the park except for the little kiddie area. Otherwise it is a great place to go for kids of all ages.

My family and I were traveling to Knobel's(which was BEAUTIFUL) for the first time to celebrate our 2 year old's birthday. I had contacted Liz & Fred from the Plum Pudding Inn they informed me they also own a large two bedroom cottage which was available. We were thrilled and booked it. We were stuck in traffic forever..and didn't get to Elysburg until close to midnight..and with a 2,3 and 6 year old that's a bit of a nightmare in itself. We just wanted to get to the cottage and relax. We arrived at the Plum Pudding Inn paid for our 2 nights upfront and Fred took us over to the cottage. As soon as we pulled up I was shocked at how unkempt the walkway and out door area was, as we walked in Fred informed us the outside was "Asbestos Tile!!???" It was so late we just wanted to get inside. We walk in and the smell of mildew beats you over the head then you notice the stained carpet & furnishings, and finally the mismatched stained sheets hanging from the windows The curtain in the front room that was furnished with an out dated couch and a large broken TV had what looked like a large uncleaned vomit stain all over the bottom of the curtain. We kept that door closed to try to keep the children away. There was no bathroom on the first floor. We went upstairs to see the bedrooms and the bathroom..the bathroom was actually pretty clean (although the toilet was broken) the two bedrooms were large one with a queen bed and a bunk bed the other with a twin bed and another bunk bed. These rooms had sheets hanging from the windows, broken air conditioners with no knobs, dirty carpets, and filthy old mismatched bedding.At this point we were all really upset and incredibly grossed out, but had to try to make the best of it. Luckily I had one set of sheets with us and I put them on the cleanest looking bed so our two oldest could try to get some sleep, and was crying and just praying that they would not get bitten by BEDBUGS!! After they were asleep I tried calling all the other local hotels..they were all booked! As I was in the room with the queen bed I sat down the I looked at the sheets they were COVERED in HAIR!!! I was horrified!! We take the baby downstairs and we are all freaking out we couldn't sleep the baby (who's birthday was the next day) would not sleep and was up until 4am. My husband kind of slept sitting up in a dining room chair against a wall. I put several towels down on the couch and laid next to the babies pack and play..it was a NIGHTMARE I cried most of the night..this was our first family vacation and I felt it was ruined:( Fred had told us he would have breakfast foods in the fridge ( which was surprisingly clean) there were eggs, juice, and bacon. I made the bacon which was fine but when I scrambled the eggs I needed to throw them away because they were not at all fresh..which was just the "perfect" end to our stay. We obviously were not going to stay the whole weekend so we had to cut our vacation in half and leave a day early. This filthy disgusting hovel ruined our first vacation.. and I would NOT recommend this place to my worst enemy. I guess it would be ok for a bunch of teenagers to hang out in, but it is absolutely NOT for a family with young children. One thing I do need to say is Fred and Liz are very nice people and I feel bad I have to give such an awful review but I would hate for any other family to go through what we did. Trust me STAY AWAY but if you choose to stay there..remember you were warned!