I should have read the comments from past guests. The owner was unfriendly and ungracious. Breakfast was coffee/tea, rolls, butter, jam and a slab of cheese, even though B&B ad states "A Continental Plus breakfast", and the Ledbetter website states "A Generous Breakfast". If you choose to go there, don't expect anything more. Also, when we reserved a room, she said it was $100 for a room with the bathroom down the hall that you shared with other guests, or $115 for a room with a private bath. We booked the room with private bath, but she gave us a room without one - it was in the hallway. Our room was large but included an ergometer and other exercise equipment (which she told us not to touch) as well as numerous boxes, tables, bookshelves, dressers against the walls. It looked more like a storage room. In the morning at breakfast, other guests inquired about booking a room for two days in 2007. The owner spoke in a very brusque tone and told them they had to stay for at least 3 days because it was parents week, saying, "and I need the money - take it or leave it." We understand this is her business, but that is no way to speak to guests. We do not recommend her establishment because we didn't get what we were promised and paid for, - a room with private bath, and an actual breakfast -- and the owner was extremely unwelcoming and discourteous. Her attitude truly spoiled our short stay in Providence.

Not really a B&B. This is a rooming house that serves week old bread in the morning. The owner smokes in the house, which is a problem. The rooms are filled with the owner's personal items and photos. The mattess was most likely decades old. The owner seems put-out by having to have people stay in her home, although she becomes quite friendly if you take the time to break through, which is not really a guest's job in the first place. This is not really a deal in terms of price either. She overcharged me 10% from her quoted price. I would only go back if there were no other alternatives.

This B&B has a great location, but the breakfast is minimal and the innkeeper brusque and unfriendly. Until I read the other comments, I was wondering what I had done to offend her. To be charitable, CC is competent and tries to do what is required. But it all seems to go against her grain and one almost feels that by staying with her, one is imposing.

I stayed here with a friend several years ago on my first visit to Rhode Island. Judging from the more recent reviews I can tell that the hostess has not changed at all. Sure, the location is convenient, but that is the only saving grace of this establishment. Besides, there are other reasonably priced B&Bs that are also within walking distance of Brown University, RISD, the Eastside, and Downtown Providence.

Some of my more "memorable" experiences at C.C. Ledbetter's: we were greeted rather rudely since we arrived about an hour later than expected (our flight had been delayed); she actually shooed me away from the dining table (I was still eating my meager breakfast) because she was expecting someone over for a business meeting; she yelled at me for not closing the front door properly (even though I had) because her dog might wander outside; and the list goes on.

There are so many wonderful B&Bs, inns, and hotels in and around Providence; I regret to say that C.C. Ledbetter's is not one of them.