Bluff View Inn

The great view and location were more than canceled out by the horrible mattress. Turns out the mattress was almost 20 years old. I have never slept on such a bad mattress in my life and thinking about all the dust mites and other crap in such an old mattress is just disgusting. I emailed the inn keeper to discuss this issue before leaving a bad review but it’s been a week and I have yet to hear back…

Worst night sleep. Mattress so hard that your body doesn’t make a dent. Hard to consider anything else when you’re awake all night. 4am & writing this. Had a better night sleep at a quality inn. And would probably get a better night sleep in my car, if it wasn’t so cold out. Just because the house is old doesn’t mean they should decorate it with ancient, outdated, rock hard mattresses. What were they thinking. For what they charge, this is criminal. And what’s worse is that the Innkeepers don’t give a damn. If you eat healthy, there is no plain food at breakfast other than bread, sliced tomatoe and some tasteless melon. Can’t even get a hard boiled egg.

Stayed here again for a second time. We still love the Bluff, and staying at the Inn, but be wary of the Chambliss room; where we stayed before. This morning at 8 a.m. they power washed the sidewalk right behind this ground floor room waking us out of a sleep. We later learned all the hubbub was due to a visit from CNN because of a later political telecast. Our bad luck. It’s still an excellent place to stay, but next time we’ll ask for a less noise prone room. Oh well.

Really cute place right by the river, great views and cozy place. However, i feel like the place could have been a little cleaner. I really liked our room it had a nice fireplace and very antique furniture as well as fixtures. Breakfast was provided but it was served at their coffee shop which was quite good. very convenient walking distance to lots of restaurants, museum, aquarium and other activities.

We spent three nights here while in Chattanooga on business.
Lovely location in a clean safe neighborhood, walking distance to lots of restaurants and to the River Walk. There is a bikeshare station around the corner, too.
Fireplace! Terrace! Very quiet. Gorgeous view. Loved the sculpture garden across the street.
In-​room toiletries were great, loved the scents. Nice big bathroom.
They cleaned our room every day even though we had the «do not disturb» sign up. This is a pet peeve of mine as we keep our room quite clean and neat and really don’t need housekeeping to come in every day of a short stay.
Staff was polite if a bit reserved.
Food at the complimentary breakfast (at Rembrandt’s) was not as yummy as we expected, given how awesome the coffee was there. For example: eggs were pre-​formed, fruit was flavorless and cold.
The windows in the room were sealed so we could not air out the room, it was stuffy. The bed was super squeaky and the outlets hard to access. Not dealbreakers, but inconvenient enough that we grumbled.
We’d consider staying here again if we were to return to Chattanooga. That Rembrandt’s café was just steps from our room — and stayed open so late (I think 9 or 10 pm) — was a huge plus for us.

It’s been years since I’ve stayed at the Bluff View Inn, but all the memories from several stays are good ones. The Café is downstairs, Tony’s across the parking lot, Rembrandts coffee in the same block, and short walks to Hunter Art Museum and the Walnut Street Bridge.

Wonderful staff that treated us well. Our room was pretty small, but we knew that when we booked it. Breakfast options were fantastic. Overall, a very classy place where you certainly get more than what you paid for. I would come back again.

Stayed in the bryan room. Beautiful views. Very quiet and relaxing. Breakfast at the café was yummy.

I had never stayed at a bed and breakfast before… perhaps I should start with that!
The bed and breakfast experience is unique… and not quite my cup of tea. All of the buildings in the Art District, which the Inn is located, have the same owner. There are multiple homes that make up the Inn and so some of my family stayed in other houses next door or across the street. It is its own little neighborhood of houses and restaurants… adorable! They even have a bocce court and sculpture garden.
The Inn is nice and probably one of the best hotels in Chattanooga. My mother’s room was gorgeous with a huge tub and shower. Mine on the other hand was a little less spectacular. Definitely nice but not a wow. And the counter space in the bathroom was nonexistent.
You can also hear everything going on in the house… which is expected in an old house but strange for a hotel. But another peculiar situation was that there was a bar on the first floor. My boyfriend and I went downstairs to grab a drink while waiting for my mother only to find that the house was rented out for a rehearsal dinner. I felt like I was crashing a party just to get to my room.
It was a charming experience but do not expect extravagance.

This place has great rooms and wonderful staff! We filled up multiple rooms (an entire house and then some), and all of our guests where treated wonderfully. The rooms were beautiful and the breakfast was great. The rates were mostly less than the hotels in the downtown area.
I highly recommend the Bluff View Inn!
The restaurants here, Tony’s pasta and back end café, and Rembrandt’s are wonderful too!

Great spot. Excellent service and view of the Tennessee River. Tuna was wonerful.