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The Lafayette Inn
Category: Hotels & Travel Bed & Breakfast Bed & Breakfast
146 E Main StStanardsville, VA 22973
(434) 985-6345
2 reviews for The Lafayette Inn
2 reviews in English
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Review from Kelly K.
Fredericksburg, VA
10/26/2011
We took our 4 year old camping in the Shenandoah Mountains last weekend, and on our way home, we needed some REAL food for breakfast! We wanted to eat at the Standard again, but they didn't open for another hour, so we popped into the Lafayette. The dining room is really cool. It has two fireplaces! I love historical buildings, and this place looked like it had seen a lot. Our server is one of the owners of the Inn, and he was very nice. We got coffee right away. I tried the French Toast, and instead of the meat, I got hash browns. The French Toast was really good, and so were the potatoes! They were fried wedges, and I could have eaten them all day. My husband got the special omelet of the day, which was spinach, mushrooms, and Swiss. He got grits with his, and when I saw them, I just KNEW they were going to be good, so I ordered a side of grits for myself. They WERE good. I got my son the fruit bowl, and it looked really fresh. Lots of melon, strawberries and kiwi. MY only complaint about this place is the noise level. It was REALLY quiet, which is bad nes when you have a 4 year old in tow. About halfway through breakfast, some music started playing, so that made me relax a little. Another great find in Stanardsville!
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Review from Takaki K.
Arlington, VA
6/1/2008
This is a bed and breakfast in the small downtown of Stanardsville. We did not stay here, but we went to the restaurant which apparently was named Virginia's restaurant of the year a couple years ago.
After a friendly welcome, we went into the dining room whose decor was pretty minimalistic. We had a prefix 4 course meal called 'Taste the Lafayette' ($50) together with wine paring ($14). The course consisted of bacon-wrapped scallop over seaweed salad, seafood gumbo, shrimp over grits, and steak and crab cake. The host explained each dish and the wine that was paired.
Everything was prepared well and the dinner was enjoyable. The scallop was delicious. I had a little trouble with the sauce shrimp was sitting in which was very sweet and ketchupy, and also the sauce over the steak (demiglace?) was a bit too tart. They didn't ask how we wanted to have the steak done and it came out well-done, which wasn't quite the way I wanted. They paired each course with wine from local wineries, which is a nice idea and they were fine, but could have been better.
OK, I'm being picky. It is a nice option for an upscale dinner if you are in the area. Perhaps after a day trip in the Shenandoah National Park which is only 10 minutes away.
