Historic Boone Tavern, Berea
About the Hotel
Rooms & Suites
The Historic Boone Tavern features guest rooms with handcrafted wooden furniture, high ceilings, and crown molding. Each room includes a flat-screen TV, coffee-making facilities, a work desk, two bathrobes, and free Wi-Fi. Bathrooms provide all-natural amenities. Options range from scholarly full rooms with double beds to queen rooms and double rooms with two double beds. The Executive Suite features a Jacuzzi tub and a separate shower. Junior Suites have a king-size bed and include a Boone Tavern signature robe and slippers. Pine Croft Cottage includes three bedrooms with queen-size beds, a kitchen, a dining area, a comfortable den, two bathrooms, and a back patio with a gas grill. Boone Tavern supplies all necessary amenities. ADA guestrooms are available.
Dining Experience
The Boone Tavern Restaurant serves Southern cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The menu includes appetizers, salads in two sizes, unique sandwiches, and hot entrees. Boone Tavern Signature Dishes feature ingredients from Berea College Farm, alongside homemade desserts. The restaurant serves breakfast with pancakes and a Big City spread with smoked salmon bagel, onions, and capers. Evening dining includes appetizers, salads, entrees, daily features, and desserts. The restaurant features local specialities and Southern fare. The restaurant sources regional Kentucky Proud ingredients. New Crafted restaurant, bar, and lounge opens in June.
Things to do
The Berea College Visitor Center & Shoppe offers BC college gear and hand-made student crafts, campus tours, and craft industry demonstrations. Guests can visit the Frost Cafe or Boone Tavern Restaurant between 5 pm and 8 pm. Nearby attractions include the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea (3.5 km), the Forestry Outreach Center, and hiking trails in the Berea College Forest. Guests can rent bikes at Get Outside Kentucky and kayaks or paddleboards for Owsley Fork Reservoir. Special lodging packages include trail maps, guides, and bagged lunches. Live music is available in the garden on select evenings with grilled fare by the Berea College Farm Store.
Location and Access
Boone Tavern is located on College Square in Berea, Kentucky, where the old Dixie Highway intersected with the campus. The hotel is near PeaceCraft (0.3 km), Boone Trace Marker (0.3 km), Student Crafts on the Square Gallery (0.3 km), Gallery 103 (0.3 km), Appalachian Fireside Crafts (0.3 km), and Union Church (0.3 km). It is 80 km from Blue Grass Airport. The hotel is near a parade of shops including a hair salon, jewelers, bookstore, art gallery, fudge factory, and coffee shop.
Hotel Services
Boone Tavern provides complimentary parking, including reserved spaces for handicap and 'Green' vehicles and two plug-in stations for electric vehicles. Complimentary bicycles are available. The hotel offers high-speed Wi-Fi and computer stations in the lobby. Boone Tavern hosts meetings, events, and weddings for up to 150 guests. The hotel uses locally grown and 'Kentucky Proud' ingredients, with options for homemade snacks, Boone Tavern coffee, and Boone Tavern Spoonbread. The hotel offers an opt-out button for hotel lists and online marketing.
Select your room type
Price and Room Availability Calendar
Getting around
A list of all available modes of transport
Facilities
General
- No smoking on site
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
- 24-hour reception
- VIP check-in/ -out
- Express check-in/ -out
- Pets allowed
- Rooms/ Facilities for disabled
- Wheelchair access
- 24-hour security
- Luggage storage
- Allergy-free rooms
- Lift
- Vending machines
- Smoke detectors
- Electric vehicle charging station
- Fire extinguishers
- Key access
Sports & Fitness
- Hiking
- Cycling
Services
- Room service
- Housekeeping
- Welcome drink
- Happy hour
Dining
- In-room breakfast
- Restaurant
- Bar/ Lounge area
- Picnic area/ Tables
- Dinner
- Packed lunches
- Special diet menus
Business
- Business centre
- Meeting/ Banquet facilities
- Fax/Photocopying
Children
- Cots
- Board games
- Children's menu
Facilities for people with disabilities
- Toilet for disabled
Spa & Leisure
- Garden area
Room features
- Air conditioning
- Heating
- Garden furniture
- Tea and coffee facilities
Bathroom
- Free toiletries
Media
- Flat-screen TV
- AM/FM alarm clock
Room decor
- Carpeted floor