I stayed at the Lovett Inn twice recently, in May and July. It's proximity to where I was working and to restaurants made it ideal. (I rented a car but my colleague did not and could easily walk to a wide number of good places to eat.) Great B+B facility with thoughtful touches such as all day breakfast in the old parlor, books to borrow and DVD's to see in your room. Stayed in two rooms and enjoyed the amentities. (Web site does a good job of showing what rooms look like.) I highly recommend ths Lovett if you like B+B's and friendly yet not intrusive hospitality. Also well located in a hip, gentrified section of Houston near a couple of the top rated restaurants in the city.

Well... well well well... Where shall I begin... We made reservations for July 6th and 7th as we attended a wedding for a client of mine. When we looked at the rooms, they did not look like the website pictures looked. We were told there were some cancellations and perhaps we might be interested in staying in a room in the main house instead of the townhouse. He (One of the two gentlemen who own this place) said they were painting the suite above us the following day... Well I actually booked this particular suite a month and a half earlier on-line thru their website: Lovettinn.com. So they had plenty of time to "plan" for us and could have chosen more wisely the day in which they painted the suite above the room we booked. I received no email confirmation from them so a week before we arrived I sent an email requesting confirmation and the reply was two words: YOUR CONFIRMED. And the breakfast was continental and available 24/7. In other words, there was NO cooked breakfast. Well that's ok, but I was a little disappointed. Then we were told that there was a thermostat that was shared between our unit (7) and the upstairs unit and that if we get too cold to just turn off our vents. This was fine.. a non-issue at the time. The following morning, we awoke to heavy thuds and heavy feet and moving... etc. It was loud enough that it woke me up... and then it got really hot in our room, so I went into the shared hallway and turned the air back on because it was turned up to 85. I turned it down to 70. Thirty minutes later it was hot again, so I went out and THE OWNERS TURNED IT UP TO 85 AGAIN. I was furious. I did nothing though because we were going out antique shopping before we had to prepare for the wedding that evening. We left at around 11am and returned at 3:30. The maid had not come yet and once again, it was HOT. AGAIN. We had been back and within 10 minutes the maid came and spent all of 5 minutes in the room then left. Sooo.. we dressed for the wedding and left. The next morning guess what? IT WAS HOT AGAIN because they adjusted it AGAIN while they were painting the upstairs suite AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN. I went to adjust the thermostat and this time I turned it down to the lowest possible setting... We left shortly after 10am and it was not fast enough. I am disgusted as you can tell. The gentleman who showed us the property was pretentious and NOT hospitable. I am shocked that this place is open for business. There is virtually NO SERVICE. FREE is too much to pay. Stay away and save yourself from this nightmare on Lovett St.

Situated in the perfect location in the heart of Houston--Montrose--right off of Westheimer, but not ON Westheimer. And of course everything that's anything can be accessed from Westheimer. Lovely 1920s circa home, beautifully maintained, quiet, very private room in the main house;owner very helpful, pleasant. 24 hour "breakfast", nice balcony, wine glasses in room, movies available in the library, laptop in library, too. Would definitely stay there again.

The Lovett Inn is my new favorite place to stay.

I just spent the most pleasant week in Houston staying at the Lovett Inn. I was here originally on business but decided to stay the weekend and enjoy the 4th largest (soon to be the 3rd largest) city in the country.

The owners have a wonderful home to share and have the true spirit of great bed and breakfast proprietors. They have great attention to detail and have been so helpful and accommodating with a genuine desire to help me enjoy my stay in Houston.

When asking about the city I found them extremely knowledgeable and full of great suggestions. To insure that I had everything that I needed, they would go to the Internet and produced print outs of directions, reviews and up to date information on any topic I brought up. All this was done without my ever having to ask.

The Inn is located in a very quaint neighborhood 5-7 minutes walking distance to the Montrose District. Such great food, museums, a full-sized gym, spas, food stores, pharmacy and even a Starbucks are all within easy walking distance. Location, location, location!

In between the hustle and bustle of seeing the sites and painting the town, I made time to relax around the pool and take breakfast out to my room’s patio and read the paper.

They have some great innovative ideas that make staying at the Lovett so pleasant. The main house is set up with a very easy to use security system allows you access to the beautiful dining room 24/7. They have a wide variety of food available for those late night or early morning hunger cravings! I was especially pleased to see that they stocked the refrigerator with healthful items such as vanilla soy milk, yogurt, whole grain cereals, fresh fruit and juices but also with delicious pastries and cookies. Now that’s what I call a well-balanced meal! The single serve coffee machine is always ready to give me a coffee house grade cup of Joe when you need it whether I am starting my morning or heading out for a night on the town. Also, each room has a DVD player and there is a DVD video library as well as books to choose from for those nights where I wanted to stay in and rest. Their attention to detail really stood out to me and I realized how much work they must have to put in to achieve their success. It must really come from the heart.

I had a friend who was coming to town over the weekend. The Inn has a very impressive website which gives up to date information on what rooms are available along with pictures of each room. I suggested to him that he take a look at staying here. It worked out well because the Lovett Inn also has two townhouse buildings behind the main Inn. Each townhouse has two separate bedrooms, each with it’s own private bath and then a commonly shared kitchen, dining and living room. We each took one of the bedrooms and it was basically our own apartment! It is a great idea for small groups of friends.

Well, enough said. I hope that your stay here is as pleasant as mine was. I have plans to return on business in September and again in October and I know that I’ll be returning to the Lovett Inn.