The positives: If you are looking for a place to stay in the middle of Old Salem, the Zevely is positioned perfectly. This is a quiet inn, depending upon the other guests. During our weekend stay, it was almost full and very quiet. There is a sitting room on the first floor, which is nice for conversations. There are two dining areas. One room just off of the sitting room would be perfect for a large group who wants to share the same table. The sunnier dining room has tables for 2-4. It has a tiny bar area (room for 1) that has coffee, tea, water and an ice machine and guests can help themselves any time. We stayed over a weekend, and they served a small buffet breakfast in the main hallway from 8-10am Sat/Sun. The menu was different, and they like to make casseroles, sometimes offering a veg. casserole. Both days yogurt and hard boiled eggs were available as well as a bread. One day had fresh fruit and the next that fruit was made into a bread pudding, so no fresh fruit except bananas, apples and oranges (which we didn't see until our last day as they were sitting in a window). All in all, a good experience.
Room for improvement: It's a bit confusing when you pick a room online with a name, and you get to the room and they go by a number. Picky, but it would be a nicer, more historic touch to have signs. The inn is more like a small hotel in that the hostess barely spoke to us and didn't ask if she could provide us with information about the area. Yes, there is an information area in Old Salem, yet when we stay at a place that calls itself a bed and breakfast, we have come to expect the host to speak to us, not just sit in the sitting room and read her book away from the guests. It was a bit odd.
A couple of pet peeves based upon all our travels and when we pay this much for a room: we expect good tp, and not the thin scratchy kind. They could easily go to Costco and get some instead of appearing to be miserly. The second is those darn Maggy Moos by the coffee. Fine to put out after breakfast, but during breakfast there should be milk or cream by the coffee. And real maple syrup instead of the low-grade corn syrup type. It's those little touches that make this place average instead of excellent.

Our stay at the Zevely was the perfect one night escape. The room had a comfortable poster bed, a desk, and a view of the quiet side street.The Dutch door was a nice feature to use in the morning to let in the fresh air. We enjoyed sitting on the back porch in the evening.The inn is convenient to all of the shops, the bakery, and the Tavern restaurant in Old Salem.