Park Vista - West Jefferson

This is a beautiful place. It feels like a little bit away from home. The staff is sweet and friendly and the atmosphere is comfortable and pleasant. You should go for the cookies!

Our favorite place to go on the Northern side of the Blue ridge Parkway (NC side). So pleased to see it back open after a short closure...it is back better than ever . You CANNOT go wrong there...

Very good food! A Chef and his wife run this quaint restaurant very close to the intersection of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Park Vista Rd.

We stayed at the Park Vista Inn from July 10th through July 13th. When I called to make the reservation, November 27th, they told me check in takes place at the restaurant between 3pm and 4pm. If I wasn't going to be able to check in by 4pm, I would need to call. I told them I would be bringing two pets and they told me there would be a one time pet fee of $25. On Sunday, July 10th, we arrived at 4:00pm on the dot. There were no cars in the restaurant parking lot, the doors to the restaurant were locked, and the hours that were posted said the restaurant closed at 3:00pm on Sundays. We drove up the driveway to the first row of rooms and found the office. There was a young girl, 2 dogs, and 2 men outside. I asked them about check in. They told me to call Amanda. I told them I don't have her phone number. They asked if we knew what room we were checking into. I told them we did not. They called Amanda and Amanda drove up to let us in. I went into the restaurant with Amanda and she asked if I was still planning to stay the 3 nights. I said yes. She quoted me a number and I asked if that included the pet fee. She asked me what kind of pets. I said 2 dogs. She asked me how much they weigh. At this point, I was starting to get nervous because I had just driven from 3 hours away and had the dogs in the car with me. I told her how much they weighed and she said okay. The only paper I signed was the restaurant receipt I was given. See picture. I thought it was unusual that there was no other paperwork. I was handed a key (see picture) and that was it. The room was nice, obviously recently renovated (the first block of rooms is currently closed for renovation). The restaurant remained closed Monday and Tuesday so we had to drive 20+ minutes to the next town to get breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Room service/maid service did not come through until 10:50am on July 13th (10 minutes before official check out time). There was 1 trashcan outside of the block of rooms and it did not get emptied until check out so it was overflowing from all 10 rooms emptying their individual trash cans into it. I'm glad we didn't need extra towels, soap, or anything else because we had no one to contact to get those things. Had I known that we were going to have to drive 20+ minutes into town for each meal, I would have just booked an Airbnb. Usually one of the benefits to booking a hotel is at least breakfast being offered on the property, let alone office staff being around or reachable if you need anything. We were never given a phone number to call after checking in in case we needed anything. We met the people staying in the room two doors down from ours and they said there was food left in the refrigerator in their room.

Great choice to finish off a lovely day along the Parkway. Easily accessible (although parking was tight) off the Blue Ridge Parkway. Views from inside are not spectacular? and as we didn?t have a reservation (didn?t realize how popular this place is) we couldn?t get a table outside. The brisket is a house speciality ?and mine was succulent and tasty! Service was good?but obviously management needs more help for the volume of customers.