We have been going to Orcas for 20 years and this place is a gem. We spent the morning walking around the farm and then walked to the trailhead at the Turtleback Preserve. The hike to Raven's Ridge was spectacular. The owners were wonderful and had a plate of cookies waiting for us after a long but relaxing day. The also called in a reservation at a local restaurant for us. A great breakfast and experience. We will definitely return.

We found Turtleback Farm Inn in "A Thousand Places to See Before you Die." We use this book on all our trips and have never been disappointed until now. We are big fans of Trip Advisor and use this site as well and have had many a good experience. We are not that hard to please and often read some of the reviews on trip advisor and think this is the type of person that will never be pleased when we read a bad review. I say all this to let you know we are in general easy to please. Anyway, Turtleback Farm Inn is a beautiful setting. It has great curb appeal and the farm it is located on is beautiful. The walk to the pond is nice and we enjoyed the one friendly sheep. Sounds great, right? What makes the experience not great is the unfriendliness and the attitude of the Innkeepers. I have read some of the glowing reviews of Susan and Bill on this site and I really wonder if we are talking about the same people? We stayed in the newer part of the building and opted to have breakfast delivered in our room every morning. It was nice to have breakfast in our PJ's on the balcony, but I will say the food was quite a disappointment. It was marginal at best. The room is nice, but we both wondered if our sheets had been changed before we entered the room and the heater never worked. I feel bad giving a bad review, but staying here totally tainted the experience of our entire trip. The Innkeepers were downright rude and acted annoyed to answer any sort of question at all. I think at one time, this was a lovely place to stay, but they have grown tired of having a Bed and Breakfast. I wish I had read some of the bad reviews on Trip Advisor before booking a stay here as the other reviews were right on. If I could do it again, I would not stay at the Turtleback Farm Inn. The experience left a bad taste in our mouth and we do not plan to return to Orcas.

We stayed in the Bosc room in the newer building for four nights. The room was just shy of being perfect. It was spacious, beautifully appointed (hard wood floors with an oriental rug), had a very comfortable bed, four windows, French doors to the deck, and a large and lovely bathroom. The view of their farm/meadow with the hills in the background was lovely and peaceful. The only criticism I have of the room was the lack of blackout window treatments. The shades were very pretty, and it would have been tough to do blackout treatments without losing the delicacy of the shades, but the room was bright and sunny in the morning, so unless that kind of light doesn’t bother you, bring eye shades or just get up.

The breakfasts were good but not as good as the room. The homemade granola, which I ate with yogurt, was great. The small fruit salad was nice. The hot dishes were decent but not particularly elegant or distinctive. The best one we had were lovely fluffy pancakes. Sitting out on the deck eating breakfast was a pleasure, and the service (including owners Susan and Bill) was great.
I have never seen a B&B room made up so quickly as here. We would go to breakfast at 8:00 a.m., and upon our return, maybe 30-60 minutes later depending, our room was already made up. It’s terrific to come back to a clean room before you’ve even left for the day.

We didn’t see much of Susan and Bill during our stay, but I’m sure if we had had questions, they would have been happy to answer them. We didn’t get the feeling that they were unhelpful, just not affirmatively inquisitive about any needs we might have. Their grandson Jason was able to answer any questions we had, anyway, and he provided several recommendations for hikes.

Overall, the positives so far outweigh the few minor negatives that the property well deserves a top rating. We were sorry to leave and would happily stay there again.

I found the location to be quite beautiful. the room was tired looking and the bed is not comfortable. the hostess is not very friendly, seems like she is just performing her routine. We did not feel welcomed. we had arranged for a breakfast to go since we had to leave before 8am, and that was disappointing. A paperbag, placed in our room the night before, consists of banana, apple, orange, 1 small ziplock bag full of granola, 1 bag of old pastry. Needless to say, we left early, went to East sound coffee shop called Teezers (http://www.teezerscookies.com/teezerscookies.html) and got some amazing fresh pastry.