We just got back from a great trip to Chattanooga (love the October weather) and were so happy we found the Bluff View Inn. We had our 3-year-old daughter with us, and we were so pleased with the set-up of the Portera/Randall room. The bathroom was very large, our room was spacious and elegant with comfy bed, and her room had a twin bed with lots of pillows to keep her safe if she rolled around or off the bed. We loved the location- art gallery next door and the Rembrandt Cafe for breakfast and sweet treats. Our daughter had fun on the front porch and little yard with trees. It doesn't take much to keep a little one happy.

We stayed here for a family get-away over a long weekend, enjoying all the family activities that Chattanooga has to offer: aquarium, wooden bridge, glass bridge, large park with huge fountains for kids to play in and horse carousel for $1 a ride... We chose the Bluff View Inn for its central location and to be right next to some good restaurants. It did not disappoint in location at all. All the above sites were a very easy walk, and the Italian restaurant in Bluff View was immediately adjacent to our B&B house and very easy to make use of. We stayed in the Mabel Thompson suite, which is ideal for families with kids because there is a fully separable room for the kids, still allowing access to the kitchen, main bedroom/sitting area, and bathroom. The kitchen was full with a large fridge, and the bed and bathroom were comfortable. This B&B has an antique, somewhat European style. Our apt was decorated in antique pieces of dark wood, but the rooms were well lit with big windows and the apt did not feel dark. Our A/C worked well, but our friends next door had a problem - theirs froze the first night. So warning...do not turn your AC all the way down when you get to the room or it may freeze and break for 24 hours!
The breakfasts were good, both at the main house buffet style (weekends only) and at Rembrandt's cafe (a la carte).
Overall the stay was more pleasant than I expected, in large part because of the good size of the room, the location of the Bluff View Arts District, and the good food right on site. Also, for guests of the inn, they do try to get you a table faster now (some prior complaints about this). Although it is not luxury like a 5* hotel, it is quite comfortable and has much more character than a typical business hotel. They also refill sodas and water in your fridge (free for the drinking) every day, which is a lovely touch.

We stayed here for two nights in August 2011 - we were in town to visit a sick family member. Can't say enough good about Emma at the front desk - she was super nice and helpful! The location is very convenient to the river front and arts area. The breakfasts are very good. We had the penthouse on the third floor the first night and a queen room on the second floor the second night. The penthouse is very pricey and I would not book it again. It is extremely dark, with a very small window in the bedroom, and one in the sitting room. The bathroom is reached via the sitting room, and also very dark with no windows. There is no elevator either so you have to carry your luggage up the front steps into the Inn and two flights up to the penthouse. I didn't see other rooms on the 3rd floor but they may be dark as well, because it's an attic with sloped ceilings and little dormers. Anyway, at $265 it is not worth it. The second floor room was about $165 and it was lovely.
The internet was hard to access from penthouse but easily accessed from second floor.

After verifying with two different front desk associates that I was booking "Lookout Mountain Package" I arrive at the Bluff View Inn only to be cutoff at check-in by a manager who assured me that this was not possible as this package hasn't been avaliable for over a year. As a hotel GM myself, I believe that A) if I didn't offer something, I wouldn't advertise it on my website, and B) if a clerk had already made assurances to a guest that they were recieving a package, avaliable or not, I would try my best to honor our commitment rather than presenting myself as rudely as possible as if the mistake were the guests...I love Chatanooga, it is a beautiful city. I even enjoyed my time at the Inn, after being verbally assaulted by the "manager," I would just recommend finding other accomodations if you are ever in Chatanooga, TN. Oh yeah, and if you want the package that isn't avaliable, here is the link: http://www.bluffviewartdistrict.com/subpage.php?pageId=147