the Inn keepers were wonderful incredible and very gracious , Food was great home cooked from garden and local farms. Beautiful gardens and large pond with fish. Great walking area .Away from town enough to not hear traffic or airplanes.
Henri and Nicole are wonderful keepers clean neat and creative. I look foward in seeing them every year. Have been returning for five years now. They charge less than other places and the home cooked food is far better. We never smelled bad odors always like spring the pond suite was light and airy and well ventilated. We will return in the spring.

This is hands down the best bed and breakfast we have been to and we have been to quite a few. we were seven of us and got two rooms and a "suite". The hosts were friendly and left us alone for most of the part. Here are some of the details

- This inn is far from civilization on the way from the ferry to the town of eastsound. We enjoyed it as the whole purpose of our trip was to get away from the city and be close to nature, so we didn't mind it.
- Note that you would be staying in someone's house. Every room has its doors but it's still part of the house so you may hear some people walking around. We didn't mind it as we were one large group that took over the whole house.
- The little pond is beautiful. We sat on the dock in the night and sipped a little Woodford Reserve that I had brought from seattle. Perfect.
- The hosts are charming and very friendly. Feels like you are staying at your distant uncle's house. Henry cooked us a delicious breakfast of egg soufle and puff pastry with smoked salmon.
- The house is heavily decorated and it treads the fine line of between charming and kitschy (depending on your mood)
- One thing is that, if you stay here, you WILL need to drive to the town to buy or eat anything

We hope to go back.

I have stayed at this B&B several times and always look forward to returning. Henri & Nicole are wonderful inn keepers and I have been well fed each time I stay. I have loved watching them develop the property and I always look forward to what new thing they have done. The large beds are wonderful as the hot tubs for each room are. It's pure tranquility for me.

I was sorely disappointed with this place and would not recommend it to others. The biggest reasons are described below:
a) the 'pond suite' is the basement of their house with a bedroom and living area, but it had a dank musty smell, was cold and dark, and was not well ventilated. Although sliding doors opened to a deck and pond, the screen door would not operate properly, and the wasps were so plentiful, we couldn't get air into the place.
b) a second bed was in the living area and I had assumed for their $200/night charge, it would include the use of that bed - but alas, they charged me $25 PER NIGHT for my son to sleep there, saying it was for the extra cost of washing the sheets. We never even had them change the sheets! This was an undisclosed fee, and while I contested it with the host, he insisted it was a required charge. It is standard that when you rent a room, you rent the entire room, and this was clearly a rip-off.
c) they clearly do not wash or change everything between guests. Kitchen linens were not clean, they had stale gummy hard candies in a dish, and there were dead bugs lying around the windows. In the bathroom, they give you an assortment of USED hotel lotions and shampoos and what appeared to be leftover toiletries from previous visitors. Ughh!
d) although the hosts are from France and the food was not bad, it is not what I would call healthy and plentiful. The small egg souffle and croissant were fine, but watch out for the baked brie in puff pastry and three very tiny creme puffs with ONE strawberry. They make a good cup of coffee, but they certainly make no attempt to keep your cup full.

The grounds and location of the Old Trout Inn are not bad, but it is certainly not a place to which I would ever return and I certainly don't recommend it no matter how 'charming' the advertisements and other reviews are.

Quel domage!