Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls

So freaking fun! We booked this place back in July to come in December with our pups. There are 3 cottages on the grounds that are dog friendly. The cabins are quaint and minimal in amenities so there is not much a dog can ruin. However, if you plan your day right and take your dogs hiking during the day, they should be snoozing in the evening so you and your sig other can escape to walk the grounds and have a romantic dinner at the inn. I thought the food for dinner was knockout. We live about 45 minutes away from the inn and have actually tried to make a reservation for dinner because we heard how fantastic it was. However, they do 2 seatings for dinner and if there are not enough people to fill the first seating, they will close early and not do the second. Just a little something to note if you want to come here to eat. The food did not disappoint. We ate and drank like kings and afterward were able to just walk back to our little cottage. We stayed two nights. The first night we planned to have wine, cheese and cook a meal in. I gave it only 4 stars because I got the impression on the website that there was a full kitchen in the cottages. That is not the case, at least with our cottage (Trillium). There was only a small kitchenette in the bathroom with a minifridge and microwave, some paper napkins, plates, and plastic utensils. There were also 2 wine glasses. Thank goodness the only thing we brought to «cook» was brie en croute. Otherwise we’d have to trek ALL the way to the inn for happy hour (sarcasm :)). This was a great place to bond with our dogs as a family. They had so much fun sniffing and exploring the grounds and hiking. There were also some deer right outside of our front door so we had to hold the dogs back when they saw them. What an adrenaline rush for them! :) All in all a fantastic family vacation getaway. I think we will plan to come back every December.
Edit: how did I forget to mention BREAKFAST??? It’s complimentary and from 8 – 10 every AM. There is a fresh fruit and homemade granola bar to enjoy while you wait for your hot breakfast to be served! We had a lovely server for breakfast named Asia each morning. Like Asia says «we’ll feed ya til you’re full!» Tasty tasty tasty.
A tip: if you are staying in a cottage and are going back from the inn after sundown, take your lantern (provided in the room) with you!
Update: updating my review to 5 stars. Love that the business owner replied back so quickly and cleared up confusion about cottages versus cabins :) Thanks!

My husband and I found this gem last year and we just returned for our second time. The cabins are well appointed and quiet. The grounds are beautiful and clean, with lots of nice touches like a rooftop garden with sitting area and a swing. Breakfast is included in the price of lodging, and don’t miss having dinner during your stay because the food is excellent. This Inn is located right next to the Hocking Hills State Park and the staff will be quite happy to recommend some highlights in the area. I highly recommend this location for a special occasion or a quiet getaway or a nice gift that anyone would appreciate.

This has become our annual stop before doing our little hikes to Ash Cave and Old Man’s Cave. It is an oasis of civilization in a rugged area. We enjoyed burgers, soup and sandwiches. Prices for sandwiches and burgers ranged from 8 – 15 $. The hamburger patty was handmade with premium beef. The homemade soup and chicken salad sandwich was so good! I wish I took pictures.

Loved the Inn & Spa — it’s pretty, quiet and has great food & a great staff. Love it.

This place is AMAZING!!! From the cute cottage that was dog friendly to the restaurant. Simply awesome. To start they even had a dog bowl and some home made biscuits for our dog waiting for us. Coupled with the breakfast, oh the sadness when we had to leave! Side note: they recently got chef Anthony back, smart move, his scallops are to die for!!! Such a treat!

It’s not that the experience was horrible, but they misrepresent several things on their website that you should be aware of, and the food is not great.
We spent one night in a «King Cottage» for our anniversary. The website (at least when we looked at it — it may be updated when you’re reading this review) told us that these cottages were in solitude, each on their own 2 acre plot. However, when you get there, you are actually in VERY close distance to the next cottage. If it truly is on a 2 acre plot, I don’t know how they are measuring the acres… maybe directly behind the cabin? Put it this way — if you and the inhabitant of the cottage next door were both on the porch, you could easily hold a conversation without shouting. We were very disappointed by the solitude.
Also, they say that there is wifi, and the website makes it sound like each cottage or cabin has it. Not true. There is one room in the main building that has wifi, and you can connect while you are there. Otherwise, the cottages do not have landlines and your phones will not work. Now, we are NOT the people who must be on our phones all the time — the reason we went out there was to «unplug». However, if there were an emergency and there is no landline, our phones don’t work and all of the staff at the office «retire for the evening» (as they put it) by 8:30 pm, what were we supposed to do? We were nervous and put off by that. I can live without wifi, but they need to add landlines to the cottages and cabins in case of emergency.
There is nowhere (and I mean NOWHERE) to eat around there, so eating at their restaurant is pretty much the only option. We just wanted to stay comfortable and eat in our cottage the night we arrived, so we ordered takeout from the restaurant. They were VERY serious about us being there right at 6:30 to pick it up so we didn’t hold up the people trying to clean up and leave for the night. When we arrived right on time to pick it up, we waiting over 20 minutes for it. We ordered a crab and avocado bruschetta-​type appetizer, I had ravioli, he had chicken (all of these recommendations came from the clerk who checked us in, who swore they would be the best we would ever eat…). The appetizer was complete soggy mush, to the point that we could not finish it. My dish had 6 tiny ravioli and no side, and his was dried out. And it was $ 60, to boot! They did give us some delicious wheat bread and butter with it — ironically, the free bread was the best part of the meal. But at the end, we were both still hungry.
Breakfast was decent. The toast and granola were both phenomenal, everything else was pretty mediocre. I make better scrambled eggs at home.
The grounds are pretty nice. We laid in a hammock for a while after breakfast and it was peaceful.
Overall, it is way overpriced (we paid $ 270 for the night) and we would not return. As we have discussed this with friends, it sounds like there are nicer places in the Hocking Hills area for you to find.

This is a really cute and cozy little cabin restaurant and the service was excellent — but the food seemed way overpriced for what we received. I knew it would be pricey, but the food quality was just not there to support the prices. Many people in our group ordered the marinated chicken breast with orzo for $ 21 and it looked pretty sad. They said it tasted okay, but it was nothing special. I had a steak and mashed potatoes and again, fairly bland and boring for $ 28! It seemed like we were paying for the location. I would likely not go back, but it was a nice night out except for the food.

Another place I thought I’d reviewed. Sigh.
Sweetie and I checked it out as a possible wedding site. Beautiful, but just too far out of town during the winter.
Service was excellent, showing us around and explaining the amenities. They have their own wifi– a necessity in the hidden-​away Hocking Hills. There’s a nice little gift shop.
There is a range of rooms, from a tiny «hotel» to cabins. The location is amazing, nestled in the hills. The banquet room would be perfect for a party, and there are cool outside areas as well. We will be back for a weekend getaway. And the food.

Revisited Hocking Hills State Park and stayed here after having had lunch here before.
This is a lovely Inn which includes wonderful rooms, a spa, gift shop, and restaurant.
We stayed in a room with a queen bed. The room was quaint and provided us with books, scrabble, iron, ironing board, fly swatter (yes, fly swatter), decent towels (thanks for the one extra — a gal likes to have the extra for her hair), 2 robes, an electric fireplace (did not use), a refrigerator, coffee maker, glass wine glasses and cork screw (nice touch), shower gel, shampoo, and conditioner right in the shower, and an assortment of amenities such as shower cap, emery board, and body lotion. Note, there is NO TV. YAY!
Oh, and the sheets were oh so soft.
Downstairs from our room was a common room with a do-​it-​yourself wood stove, sitting area, magazines, and a game table with games. It was a nice area to come sit by the fire and enjoy wine we brought.
The gift shop was nice and they did have a selection of wines and cheese in a refrigerated case.
Breakfast was provided with the stay and was quite ample. The first day they had a egg and veggie casserole (we didn’t partake but it sounded good). We, instead, opted for oatmeal loaded with everything, bacon, juice, and coffee, along with fruit and yogurt. The second day we had wonderful cinnamon French toast, a muffin, and bacon with, again, juice, coffee, yogurt, and fruit. Again, all this was included in the price of our stay and thoroughly enjoyed.
We had dinner the second night as part of a package we purchased. For 40.00 a person, we received an appetizer (cheeseball of sorts with crackers), salad or soup (we chose a house salad), entrée (I chose mahi-​mahi with mango salsa and my husband chose filet mignon) with a side vegetable (we both chose broccoli), and dessert (I chose a chocolate torte and my husband chose a berry cobbler). The dinner was good, though not stellar on all points. The filet mignon was excellent while the mahi-​mahi salsa was way too spicy for such a delicate fish. The cobbler was very good but the torte was just average.
The restaurant is in an old log cabin that is quite attractive and cozy. It’s surprising that they can push out the food as well as they do given that the kitchen is the size of a small house kitchen with room for the chef only.
We didn’t partake of the spa but the menu options are plenty and I definitely want to visit the next time here. We just couldn’t fit it in this time.
This place knows how to do put the customer first — every single employee we met greeted us warmly. Misty was there for our very late arrival and checked us in and answered our questions about the park and the annual winter hike. Then, lo and behold, she was there bright and early the next morning, as well. This seemed to be the case for several employees. Our dinner chef was the morning chef the very next morning. Bless them all!
We were here to partake of the 50^th annual winter hike from Old Man’s Cave to Cedar Falls to Ash Cave. They estimated well over 5000 people partook of that event and I believe it!
This place is pricey but oh, so worth it if just every so often you want to feel pampered.

Inn at Cedar Falls is long in the tooth. The lovely website photos must have been taken long, long ago.
Should you happen to stay — be sure to read the fine print — there is a $ 35 «travel insurance fee” — what a con.
Tea time is Kuric coffee — do it yourself — along with yesterday’s mushy cookies.
Rainy day? Good luck. Their library consists of hand-​me-​down books not worthy of your time… this is not an adventure, even for the most romantic. In a word, «dud».
Hope for sunshine so you can hike. Ash Cave is worth a visit.
You may be excited by what they promise, well, maybe fifteen or so years ago but not today. Old is not rustic and the charm is long gone.
Menu is executed by junior staff, I suspect still in culinary school. Accommodations are old, very outdated and bland. Avoid.

This review is for the restaurant. My wife and I attended for dinner. Excellent food and exceptional service. Would highly recommend.

We were extremely excited for our dinner at the Inn during over anniversary trip. We were so thrilled to have found a restaurant that advertised their willingness to work with people with food allergies. I loved the menu and we truly couldn’t wait to celebrate our anniversary at this location. We made reservations 2 weeks ahead of time and indicated on the reso the details of my allergies as well as the fact that it was our anniversary.
Upon arrival, we were still excited. The décor is positively charming. This is what helps to keep their star rating a 2! Our table wasn’t ready so we bought some items in the gift shop, assuming that we would love our meal and want to commemorate the Inn.
We sat down and I looked at the menu and almost started crying. It was different than the one advertised on the site. I literally had tears in my eyes because there wasn’t a single entrée that I could eat and I had my heart set on the scallops. Our server greeted us and read the note that described my allergies. I asked about the advertised menu and she said they changed it. (Side note, I checked after our visit and the incorrect menu is still advertised. Not okay.) She suggested that I order the steak. I do not eat red meat, which was in the note she held in her hand. Ugh.
We ordered cocktails that took 15 minutes to get. They were so weak on the booze that it was basically offensive. We each had 3 and didn’t even feel a buzz! For 60 dollars of alcohol, we better feel buzzed, please. They were also underwhelming.
I wanted to order soup and asked if it was gluten free. She said she would check with the chef– she reported back that «chef wasn’t sure if it was gluten free, so they weren’t serving it to me to be safe.» It was a carrot soup, which would traditionally not have flour– amazing that «chef» didn’t know.
She proceeded to bring us bread after we ordered gluten free meals and it was in our reservation that we have wheat allergies.
Obviously no one had any idea about allergies, which is okay, not all restaurants do. BUT DO NOT ADVERTISE ON YOUR SITE THAT YOU DO. It was just so false.
I ended up getting a lame salad and some not very fresh shrimp cocktail with generic cocktail sauce.
My husband got soup, which was okay, and the cod entrée which was mediocre. Certainly not worth a 20+ price tag. They are making a KILLING with their food costing.
The server mentioned that we were getting free dessert. Then later asked if we were thinking about ordering dessert– hence paying for it.
The service was slow, since we weren’t enjoying ourselves we really just wanted to leave and forget about the mess, but everything took forever.
If you don’t mind being overcharged, this may be a good place to go. If you have any allergies, etc, don’t bother. They have no idea, despite declaring that they do.

Had dinner recently and the four of us each had an outstanding dinner. My wife had the scallops with gnocchi and the sauce was unbelievable. Two of us had the baked filet with mashed potatoes and Broccolini, outstanding. His wife had the chicken and it was also great. We had a very pleasant evening and would highly recommend the Inn.

Excellent experience — stayed in a cottage and brought the dog. Everything was perfectly tailored to add to an ideal experience. Comfortable bed, jacuzzi tub for two, outstanding restaurant, spa for couples massage, not to mention that it’s right in the middle of all of the best trails in the Hocking Hills. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a pampered experience and doesn’t mind spending the money to do so.

My spouse and I truly enjoyed our time at this inn. We stayed in the treehouse and thought it was a charming cabin. It is on two levels with porches on each level. The upper level has a comfortable couch and chair and a complete kitchen.
Our first night we ate at the restaurant. Other than my wife’s filet ordered rare being cooked-​through, food and wine were very good. Food is fresh. The bre
ad was good but half of ours was still frozen in the middle! Service is very competent and attentive. You pay a premium price for dinner, and in general they meet expectations. Let me finish comments on the food by saying I ordered the duck. I love duck when well-​prepared and have had in fine restaurants all around the country. I thought this preparation was excellent. The duck itself was an excellent piece of meat and it was very well cooked. The citrus fruit and rice that went with were lovely. I’d go back just to have that dish again.
The second night we wanted to chill in our room so we used the kitchen and I made dinner. It was a well outfitted kitchen for the type of place. Then we watched a long string of Games of Thrones on the DVD player. Yep, a perfect waste of time.
We noticed how clean our cabin was. Really clean. Everything in the room was nice, with antiques all around. It comes with a whirlpool tub for two which was relaxing.
Hotel grounds are beautiful. The rooftop garden is cool. We also thought the common areas were great — super comfortable furniture.
This inn is right down the road from several great hiking areas. If you don’t want a long drive to the main parks in the area, this is an ideal location.
The staff is friendly and helpful.
There were business meetings going on while we were there and it looked like they were enjoying their stay, as well. They had a buffet for dinner and the food looked awesome!
I personally would recommend this place to anyone. I’d happily return.

Lodgings are ok, even nice but a little overpriced. Restaurant is ridiculous. Appetizer of «scallops» on menu for 11 $ is one scallop !!! Maybe in New York but not rural Ohio. Waited 55 min for dinner after ordering and gave up and asked for the check. Whole dining room (5 tables) were comparing notes and complaining To be fair food I got was good. Just priced crazy and kitchen was lame. Wait staff ok. Maybe even good. Would never go here again for a meal.

Very impressed.
Took the hubs here for his birthday while we were spending the weekend in HH. The place was lovely and in a fantastic setting. Our server was equally lovely, enjoyable and friendly.
We went all out– appetizers, wine, dinner, dessert, after dinner drink. The final bill was high, though expectedly so, but it still made the little trailer park girl in me shutter a little bit.
But the food was excellent and I couldn’t complain about a thing. Will definitely make a point of stopping by again.

I’m a fan of this place, BUT…
TreeHouse Cabin — Awesome. Full kitchen with a small refrigerator allows you to make your own meals if you want to or at least keep some wine and cheese in the frig. The cabin is 2 stories with 2 balconies. One of which has a swing which is so nice to sit on and have a glass of wine after a day’s hike. The bed is very comfy and I loved the sheets. Couldn’t figure out what they were made of, but the sheets are so soft. Plenty of room so two people can get alone time without leaving. No TV. You park right in front of your cabin. Downside — 1) Mice in the cabin. Don’t leave food on the counter. 2) No WI-​FI. There is only WI-​FI at the restaurant and it’s spotty. Pretty much assume you will be disconnected for the whole weekend you are there. 3) They give you all these phone numbers to call if you need anything, but since you can’t get cell service and there is no phone in the room you need to hoof it to the office.
Spa — Terribly overpriced for what you get and I wouldn’t do it again. The massage and facial were ok, nothing special, but they don’t have wet/​dry saunas, hot/​cold plunge, jacuzzis, pools, or a deck to sit on with waiter service — all the amenities you get free when you get a massage at a higher end place. No, their «spa» is a cabin just like the cabins you rent. It’s a bit tight, the rooms are a tad cold, and you are not getting a 5 star massage. My massuse was actually playing Christian music at one point which I didn’t appreciate, but thankfully the CD changed to normal spa music. Their spa prices should be about $ 80 for a massage, but instead you are paying the same price as if you had all those amenities and you don’t. Also, the facial is $ 45 and only 25 minutes. You can get a better facial elsewhere for that price.
Restaurant — Very good. They take risks for sure with their food although those risks are not always hits which is why I’d say the food is very good vs. excellent. Their strawberry cosmo and filet mignon were fabulous. Their salads are wonderful as well especially since they make their own dressings. The berry cobbler was outstanding, BUT there needs to be more cobbler to go with all the berries. They need to be more balanced. The berries mixture is wonderfully sweet without being too sweet or tart… just right. They have a bottle of AWESOME champagne for only $ 18 on the menu I’d highly recommend. They have a garden on the property that they use for the meals which I love. They cultivate their own honey in hives on the property (although well hidden and protected from visitors). Their breakfast eggs, bacon and muffins are outstanding — you have to get the muffins! Downsides — The hallibut is boring and bland, the crème brûlée is good, but the edible flowers while interesting and a culinary risk do not taste very good at all i.e. eating lavender is like eating a small bottle of perfume. I wouldn’t order their berry french toast again as it is more like a bread pudding than french toast. If you leave before the restaurant opens, they’ll make you a breakfast of fruit and granola, but included in the price of your stay is a full breakfast. I felt a little cheated on that because how hard is it to fry up a couple slices of bacon! I did appreciate that they even put a breakfast for us to begin with because they could have just said «no». They also scrounged us up some famous muffins which were were very appreciative of.
Overall property — The staff is very helpful and warm. The property is dotted with gardens and beautiful. They also have a set of trees with a series of three hammocks that you can read or snooze in which are very comfortable. Good location to do a hike at Old Man’s Cave.

This was the singular best experience I have ever had with Martin P.
He planned it all, drove and pulled it off. This seriously was the best weekend we’ve had in 12 years together.
Stayed in pet-​friendly Trillium on a chilly november night. Watched a (losing) buckeye game the next night. Great food, massages and nothing to do but play games, hike and be together.
Giant jetted tub with scented bath oil.
Maybe we can do it again sometime.

The two star rating is based only on the restaurant experience, we did not stay at the inn or use spa services.
My husband and I were down in Hocking HIlls for the weekend and decided to stop in for lunch. It was was a beautiful day so we sat outside. I have to say the two stars that I did give this place were based on the fact that it is a beautiful, charming, relaxing setting… otherwise it would have been a one (or no) star experience.
We were the ONLY customers there… outside or in, which always makes me a little nervous. About 10 minutes after we were seated, our server arrived and took our drink order. She was a sweet girl but it seemed that she had little or no experience/​training with serving. We got our drinks and placed our food order: I got the chicken salad sandwich and my husband ordered the angus burger.
Then…we waited… and waited… and waited. I’m not sure if there was no one back in the kitchen or if our server forgot to enter our order but it ended up being 45 minutes before we got our food. We actually took turns getting up from the table to look around the grounds because we were getting bored! During the first half hour our server came out a few times and said that the food should be ready soon… the last time she came she said, «sorry for the wait, those burgers take a really long time to make.» The last 15 minutes before our food arrived we didn’t see her, or ANYONE else; it was a ghost town.
I was really hoping this food would have been worth the wait. It wasn’t. My husband’s burger was quite dry, either from overcooking or sitting under a heating lamp too long (he requested it be cooked medium rare). The chicken salad was good but the bread it was served on was stale or dried out. I ended up scraping the salad off the bread and eating it separate.
Our server was no where to be seen while we ate and we had to wait a very long time after requesting our bill to get it; I was about to go inside and ask someone else if they could get it for us. We were told to go next door to the gift shop/​Inn lobby to pay. There was a couple ahead of us checking in for their stay and they had lots of questions so we had to wait another 10 minutes just to pay our check.
I’m sure the appropriate thing to do would have been to say something to someone about our food and experience and usually we would have but honestly we just wanted to get on with the rest of our day.
I’m sad to not have a positive review of this adorable place because it’s so rustic and charming and has so much potential. I’d love to give it another try either at the Inn, the spa, or the restaurant but everything at this place is pricey (food, rooms, spa services*) so to me, it’s not worth the gamble considering during our stay in HH we stayed in a really nice two bedroom cabin with a hot tub for less than the price of one of the rooms at the Inn.
*I’m not saying some of their their prices are not in line with the rest of the *upscale* industry, but regardless, it’s still a lot of money to spend when you don’t feel like you’re getting upscale service.