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| - I stayed at the Arbor House for a short vacation. I stayed in the John Muir suite in the Annex. The building is beautiful, and you definitely feel that the eco-friendly emphasis is sincere here -- this is no trendy "green" joint. The facilities are clean, tastefully designed, quiet, and the guests respected each others' privacy.
This place even turned me on to truly natural shower toiletries (Burts Bees!), which I didn't think I could use due to very sensitive skin. Turns out the commercial stuff I was using before was actually worse because of the harsh chemicals in it.
Breakfast served every morning was nice and plentiful. The air about the place is very laid back -- you can eat as much as you want at breakfast, and take as much coffee to your room as you like (though you do have to show up at breakfast within a one hour timeframe, I think it was 8-9am).
The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is they didn't have a good supply of filtered water (the water filter is in a staff-only kitchen), and I had to keep asking the staff for water... when they were around. When they weren't, I would look in the communal kitchen for a carafe. Sometimes, the carafe was already empty, meaning I had to buy disposable bottles of water. Not so eco-friendly. All they'd have to do is put a couple more carafes in the communal fridge, I'm not sure why they don't. Or install a filtering water dispenser in the communal kitchen. A Brita one that attaches to the faucet is maybe $50.
This complaint may sound petty to some, but I drink a good 8+ glasses of water a day. So it was a little unsettling to find out I would have to prepare ahead and ration water.
Other than that, I would have no hesitation to recommend the Arbor House and I definitely enjoyed my stay there!
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