The Omni Homestead Resort

We stayed at the Omni Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia from March 29 to April 2, 2026. We were there for my daughters spring break. It is the first time we have been back to the Omni Homestead in 12 years. While still an amazing hotel with great visual appeal on the outside, there were aspects that were disappointing. First was our room, while comfortable, there really wasn't anywhere to sit other than on the bed, no sitting chairs or other furniture to sit on. The door to the room was really weird, at the bottom of the door it went from a normal gap between the door and the floor and as the bottom of the door went to the right toward the opening it angled upward leaving a gap that was pretty noticeable. See the photo I posted. Next was the light fixture in the bathroom, one of the light globes was not affixed properly and if not for the light bulb would have fallen off the light fixture (photo included). Finally, make sure to bring your own toiletries as the Homestead only provides small bottles, not nearly enough for a family of three (photo provided). Our room experience could have been better. Next is the food, we had dinner in the Audubon Room, which is the main dining room and we found the food to be sub-par, to the point I couldn't finish my entree. The food was bland with little flavor. We had a credit for the morning breakfast buffet and found the food to be adequate. The one issue is the unsupervised children getting food from the buffet. I watched a kid probably around 9, maybe 10 use the tongs to dish up a mountain of bacon only to realize he had taken too much, so he put bacon back in the serving pan using his bare hands. Staff should be posted at the various stations to ensure this doesn't happen but this is more on the parents than on the Homestead. That entire pan of bacon should have been removed and replaced with a fresh pan of bacon. I will say the food in the Jefferson's Taproom was tasty, I had the Sheppard's Pie for dinner one night and it was amazing, very flavorful and filling. We also had a very good lunch there on another day. One thing that was also disappointing was the access to the various dining venues. Some were seasonal and you would think that once Spring arrived, those seasonal venues would have been open but they weren't. Not sure what seasons the Homestead follows and when those seasonal venues actually open. We also had a nice meal in Woody's as well. When we originally booked we had planned to do our entire spring break at the Homestead but after seeing what was available for activities we opted to check out on Thursday 2 April, vice staying through the entire week. It was somewhat disappointing with what activities were available. The zipline, which is also seasonal was not yet open despite it being springtime. Not sure when they open or how the they are in service before they are seasonally closed again. We did do a hike with numerous waterfalls, which was nice and my wife and daughter did a horseback ride and we did the Falconry, which was really well done by the third party company. The guy who ran the Falconry activity was extremely knowledgeable and provided a great briefing on the history of Falconry. That was by far the highlight of the trip. Overall, it was a nice getaway but not something I would do again in the near future. While some aspects were very good, there were others that were a let down.

This place is strange it has 4 - 5 Star Amenities pool, spa, golf, skeet. But the rooms are old, dated and beat up. The main lobby is beautiful but it is over run with kids and people walking around in their pajamas. Again just storage combination. And they offer some top rate services like bell hops talking your luggage to your room. But in our case the hart is brought for skeet shooting never made it of the luggage cart to my room. And they couldn't seem to care less. I checked multiple times and the answer i got way there are no hats in list and found. Even when another prison in our group told them the bell hop tried to deliver it to their room. So I had to buy a new hat in one of there stores to go shooting. They didn't offer me credit in one of there shops so I could get a new hat, they didn't oder us a discount off or room cost, nothing.. So I travel all over the country for business and will never have a group at this place ever again. I'm my opinion is a 3 star maybe 3.5 at best.

Our family flew in from LA and 9 of us went for 4 days. With our grown children and 5 grands, ages 7-12, we had an amazing experience! We rented a Mercedes Sprint van and drove from Richmond. We did it all! Spa, Archery, Falcontry, Shooting, Hiking and that wonderful pool! Food was amazing. It was an sheer luxery!

Beautiful property with attentive staff, great food, and interesting amenities. Take the hotel tour, soak in the Hot Springs, take tea every afternoon, play pool in the President's Lounge, and have the Prime Rib Buffet.

Extremely disappointed with our spring break stay at The Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, VA. The hotel is beautiful, but the dining experience was terrible. Slow service, long delays on food and bills, low-quality meals, and wildly overpriced. We also waited ages for basic customer service while watching other guests complain about unclean tables and poor organization. For the luxury price, the food quality and service fell far short. Needs major improvements in the kitchen and staff training. Beautiful property, but the dining spoiled our family trip.