Barnsley Resort

We just finished a Birthday Girl's Weekend. Our experience with Barnsley Resort was been almost a love/hate relationship. Our original weekend was scheduled in January. A snow/ice storm was in the weather forecast and it was very stressful for our hostess to get the reservation cancelled due to weather. The only option was to reschedule to another weekend. The house that was reserved was not available but the reservationist gave another larger house at the same price. We were very excited to have been rescheduled. (The storm did hit and we would not have been able to travel home until Monday). I had read about the Kingston Cottage and was very excited to see the expanded wet bar. Because the previous house had a full size kitchen and dining area it was assumed that the Kingston Cottage would have one. At the time of the reschedule nothing was mentioned about the lack of a kitchen or dining table. Imagine our surprise when we walked it and there was NO STOVE or Dining Table. There was a bar with 2 bar stools. The kitchen had a very large selection of cocktail glasses, plates and silverware. No coffee cups, dish clothes or towels , sponge, bowls, pitcher or items needed for mixing cocktails. The group who arrived early had to go to the beer garden for dinner when they had planned to cook dinner. There is an AWESOME Ice machine. The beds are comfortable, the porches and rocking chairs are nice and the seating arrangement is nice too. However, there were extra guests in the form of roaches. When we called on Saturday morning to mention that we had discovered the problem we were told that is unusual for the Kingston Cottage to have bugs. Our group believes that the Kingston Cottage is not rented very often and that explained the bug problem as well as lack of kitchen supplies. When we requested coffee mugs and a bowl to mix waffle batter both items were delivered promptly but still for the cost of the rental it was very disappointing that the items were needed in the first place. We had reservations for dinner on Saturday at Jules and the meal was delicious.

Unique resort with beautiful cottages and amazing grounds. Loved the fire pits and chairs throughout. The service was wonderful.

We attended the first Christmas Brunch hosted at Jules, and it was the worst experience that we have ever had in the 20+ years we have been going to Barnsley. This is not what we have come to expect from Barnsley. The menu was sub par, the food was not prepared well and when served was not played well and cold. Soup was cold with no spoon provided. We would have preferred to go to the Woodlands where we have never had a bad meal. Jules doesn't even come close to matching what the Rice House had to offer. Grossly overpriced. Last year we attended the Easter Brunch which was awesome, but because of our experience at Jules, we will not return this year. What has happened at Barnsley over the years is sad, we have had so many great memories there.

This is my first time coming here but it's really lovely. I didn't expect a resort like this to be close to Atlanta but self-feel country so it was really quite nice. I sincerely recommend this place.

Great Resort! It has been many years since I have been here and it has only gotten better. Such a great setting. We stayed in the Inn, but there are also cottages which look like they would be a great option.