Austin Hotels

"It's difficult to find a good place to stay near Mammoth Cave. This railroad inn is a good place. The owners breakfast, and room are all great. The inn has two bedrooms, and the other one was empty. The inn sits by a double RR track and the trains are noisy BUT no train came by all night. The bed's great. Decor is Victorian; there's a gift shop there focused on their high tea side business. Downsides: Rocky Hill is a tiny town with no amenities and not even anything worth looking at. The inn is old but not pretty to look at on the exterior. It does have a nice, long covered porch. We weren't told in advance (not that I noticed) that there's a no-alcohol rule at the inn. It's 20 minutes to the cave from there. I've been in many caves, and while Mammoth Cave is the world's longest, and the visitor center and staff are great, the cave itself is not very much worth seeing. There are many more-interesting caves in America. But if you need a nice place to stay, close to Mammoth Cave, this is it! Recommended."

"Everything was really nice. Breakfast was great. trains every two hours next to our front room was not something we were prepared for. We realize there is nothing the hotel can do about it"

"Old, needs updates. Room smelled weird"

"Parking was easy. Restaurant nearby. "

"The shower head had GREAT water pressure and the fridge kept our leftover food cold. Those are the highlights. The room smelled fine… until you got near the bathroom and then it smelled like a urinal. The sink was dirty. Everything about the room was simply run down. Old exposed wall anchors from where the TV used to be. Peeling (or partially peeled off) 35 year old wallpaper in the toilet/shower area. For as strong as the water pressure was in the shower, I’m surprised the toilet could flush the water in the bowl (really weak flush). The sink countertop front facade was dangling. There is an exposed gap at the bottom corner of the door to the outside. The gutters outside of the room were ineffective. The lighting was terrible throughout. The beds were two different heights and of differing firmnesses. The pillows were as soft as folded up sheets stuffed in a pillow case. “Continental breakfast” was practically non existent (there were two cereal dispensers with no bowls, spoons, or milk; there was a toaster with no bread or pastries; coffee wasn’t even attempted in the coffee pots). We asked for water and ice to fill our refillable water bottles as we checked out and all he could offer was a room temperature Coke. This was the worst place I’ve stayed. Period. I don’t have super high standards and I know the area doesn’t have a lot, but I would have preferred to sleep in my car. If the price was half of what we paid, it would have been too much. Terrible value."

"Clean and very peaceful."