(由 Google 翻译)这是我第三次入住黑莓农场;我之前去过农场和山区各一次。我们去参加了布兰迪·卡莱尔的活动。总体印象是,它已经走下坡路了。第一次去黑莓农场的时候,回家后我滔滔不绝地谈论它。这次完全达不到预期。
我们住在农舍里,它很漂亮,也很豪华,但屋顶漏水,还有蚂蚁。此外,一楼的浴室没有窗帘,晚上洗澡很不舒服。
食物很一般。我觉得选择不够多,食材种类也不够丰富。有一件事让我很困扰,那就是如果你想在客房内用餐,费用不包括在内。我可以理解加收服务费,但把服务费不包含在内,实在是太抠门了,而且要付那么多钱,真的很烦人。
布兰迪很棒,但演唱会真的很短。每张票1000美元,演出期间,她说:“嗯,我本来只打算表演45分钟,你想再听几段吗?”45分钟?几年前我们去看了Emmylou Harris/Sheryl Crow/Shawn Colvin的演出,他们表演了两个小时。感觉太抠门了。
我们参加了品酒会,但体验很平淡。每人450美元,我们只喝了6杯酒和一块饼干。一块饼干少得可怜。Mountain的品酒会要好得多,有很多奶酪和饼干,这正是我们所期待的。乐趣的一部分在于葡萄酒与不同奶酪的搭配。感觉很吝啬,而且葡萄酒都很干,在我看来品种不够多。
我们很喜欢烹饪演示,但时间太长了,他们只给我们每人一瓶水喝,我们一边看着别人做饭,一边看了两个多小时。餐厅就在谷仓里,厨房和吧台设施齐全,我本来以为等位的时候会有人过来提供各种茶点,甚至小吃。厨师很热情,但切菜和准备食材时没人帮忙,而且大部分工作都是在我们面前完成的,所以变得枯燥乏味。而且我们看不清屏幕,因为摄像头镜头被油污弄脏了,这看起来很容易解决,为什么他们不解决这个问题呢?
最后,再说一句气话,我们之前两次去的时候,他们周日都给我们送了盒饭。虽然他们今年早些时候就不提供盒饭了,但只要50美元,我们就可以买一个火鸡三明治和一些薯条带走。我甚至还去看看他们有没有体育课,因为这样就能解释为什么服务水平如此悬殊,但他们毕竟是家族企业。
我本来打算二月份再去参加一个设计峰会,但现在我正在认真考虑。我真的很失望。在填写完他们发来的一份深思熟虑且冗长的评论后,我收到了一份千篇一律的回复,这确实让我意识到他们可能并没有注意到这一点。
(原文)
This was my third visit to a Blackberry property; I'd been to Farm and Mountain once each. We went for the Brandi Carlile event. My overall impression is that it has gone downhill. When we first went to Blackberry Farm, I couldn't stop talking about it when we got home. This time missed the mark across the board.
We stayed in the farmhouse and it is beautiful and plush, but we had roof leaks and ants. In addition, the bathroom on the first floor had no window coverings, which made it uncomfortable to shower in at night.
The food was mid. I feel there weren't enough choices and not enough variety of ingredients. One thing that really bothered me was that if you wanted in-room dining for any meal, it was not included. I can see adding a service charge, but to make it not included is really nickeling and diming and when you're paying that kind of money, it's really annoying.
Brandi was amazing, but the concert was really short. Tickets were $1000 each and during the performance, she said, "well, I'm only supposed to play for 45 mintues, but do you want to hear a couple more?" 45 minutes?? We went a few years ago to the Emmylou Harris/Sheryl Crow/Shawn Colvin show and they played for two hours. Felt super stingy.
We did the wine tasting, which was very lackluster. $450 each got us 6 pours and a cracker. One measly cracker. The wine tasting at Mountain was far superior, there was lots of cheese and crackers and that's what we were expecting. Part of the enjoyment is the pairing of the wines with the different cheeses. Felt very skimpy and the wines were all very dry, not enough variety as far as I was concerned.
We enjoyed the cooking demonstration, but it was far too long and they gave us each a bottle of water to drink while we watched someone cook for over two hours. Being right in the barn with a full kitchen and bar, I would have expected someone to come in to offer a variety of refreshments and maybe even a snack while we waited. The chef was entertaining, but had no assistance in chopping or prepping and did most of it in front of us, so it became boring and tedious. We also couldn't see the screen very well because grease had clouded the camera lense, seems like an easy fix, why didn't they address it.
Finally, as one final insult, both times we'd been before, they had sent us off with a boxed lunch on Sunday. Well, they stopped offering that earlier this year, but for $50, we could get a turkey sandwich and some chips to go. I even looked to see if they'd taken on PE because that would explain the stark contrast in the level of service, but they are still family-owned.
I'm supposed to go back in February for a design summit, but I'm seriously reconsidering it. I was just really disappointed. After filling out a thoughtful and lengthy review that they had sent, I got a boiler plate response, which really showed me that they might not be paying attention.