Is Mad River Barn pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much does it cost to stay at Mad River Barn?

As of 31 Oct 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Mad River Barn on 1 Dec 2025 start from ฿6,761.36, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Mad River Barn?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Mad River Barn?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime.

Where is Mad River Barn located?

Situated in Waitsfield, this inn is 0.1 mi (0.1 km) from Mad River Valley, and within 3 mi (5 km) of Mad River Glen Cooperative and Green Mountain National Forest. Camel's Hump State Park and Sugarbush Ski Resort are also within 6 mi (10 km).

Mad River Barn Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Martha

8 Oct 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Charming place, although the restaurant and pub were closed. Breakfast was very good and welcoming.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Kelsey

26 Oct 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Clean room, but it was a simple design. There were no chairs or TV and the beds were a bit hard and uncomfortable. The breakfast was our favorite part, the food was delicious. The location is good (between Stowe and Woodstock) and you can easily get to Waterbury and Waitsfield. Parking was easy as well.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Harriet

16 Oct 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Such a cute, special place with nice touches everywhere!

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

11 Oct 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice little hotel with friendly staff. Perfect for families. Great breakfast in the morning.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tae

11 Aug 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Staff is very friendly and the beds were very comfortable. The property itself is beautifully landscaped

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

kieran

5 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Food is great

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Carrie

12 Aug 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Mad River One Night Stay

Stayed here on night only in the middle of a college tour trip. Checked in about 8pm...noone at the desk, key was left on desk with receipt and room number. Definitely "contact less" which I did not mind at all!!! Our room was in Barn-B3 specially. Room was plenty big even with a Queen and Twin bed. Bathroom was large with a lovely walk-in shower. All the basics supplied....beautifully manicured grounds/gardens. Comfy beds, clean linens. Breakfast included was made to order...delish. Would stay again but would request a room upstairs if available as whomever was staying above us had kids that sounded like they were going to come through the ceiling at any time right up to almost midnight.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bill

27 Feb 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Excellent vibes

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mary

12 Jun 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We had a wonderful stay, unfortunately we could not stay for long:( We arrived late but the owners left all the needed information available at the front desk with candy and muffins!! The next morning the cook provided a wonderful made to order breakfast of french toast and omelettes for our family! The rooms and the inn are extremely clean and decorated so well! The beds and linens are so comfortable! We hope to be back in the area this winter for skiing and would gladly stay again:)

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

melisssa

2 Mar 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Great vibe!

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

23 Mar 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Mad River Barn has been nicely updated, while keeping its quaint inn feelings. Convenient to Sugarbush Resort. Good food. Clean. Reasonably priced.

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Jennifer

1 Mar 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The staff and owners are terrific. The restaurant food and breakfasts are delicious. Overall the atmosphere is friendly and fun and welcoming.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Travis

25 Feb 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very unique and quaint Inn! You definitely get a Vermont wilderness vibe with this barn and the attached restaurant and bar, I would highly recommend this place as a rental for anybody visiting the Mad River Valley for the ski resorts or other outdoor activities! If you're an astronomy buff or astrophotographer this place is great for low light pollution on clear nights to see all the constellations as well!

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

6/10 Okay

Skylar

7 Feb 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

Good accommodations for number of people. Limited parking and owner had dog barking for hours in the middle of the night which kept us up. Would probably look for quieter accommodations in the future as the accommodations were primarily intended as a place to sleep.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Camille

27 Jan 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Great location minutes from mad River and sugarbush ski areas. Great food and beverage options between the pub and restaurant, and complimentary breakfast! We look to stay here each time we visit the area.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christine, Natick

2 Jan 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very spacious room, comfortable beds, full size bunks, and the food is delicious. Daily breakfast included.

Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Christian

15 Dec 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

New, roomy, quaint, and quintessentially Vermont with an updated, modern feel. Really great (included) breakfast, awesome common room and bar! A few outdoor hot tubs and a kids game room would make it the best place to stay in MRV...

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Ann-Marie P.

25 Oct 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Staff & service

Customer service

The Mad River Barn was our most anticipated stay of our 9-day semi annual trip to VT. The entire feel of the place was right up our ally. As with many travelers, most don't book direct from a hotels main website. Had we done that we would have seen a clear breakdown of the different room and crisis would have been averted. As it were, we booked a room on hotels.com which had a photo of a farmhouse room not the bunk room. As a couple we would have never booked bunk beds. It was a later check in and after seeing the room we quickly brought it to the receptionist attention. I think she was equally surprised when she pulled up hotels.com and saw the same photo we did. With it being peak season, no other rooms were available. The young lady offer us a refund, which wasn't going to work as we had NO other place to stay in town. When we reached out to the manager, she told us that we were offered a discount on the room?? I think if that was case we would have gladly accepted it. We didn't appreciate that response. It wasn't about the money, it was about the "Barn"not paying attention to the details on hotels.com. It's unfortunate as they seem to have gotten all the details correct at there facility. In visiting the hotels.com website it appears that the image now matches the room. You will find many great reviews, which are probably spot on. It's a shame they didn't do the right thing and refund the money? We were right and they should have made it right. They didn't!

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jorge

14 Oct 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

What an amazing, albeit brief stay. I would stay there again especially for ski season. Breakfast was fantastic!

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lyle

11 Oct 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Unfortunately because of covid, pub & restaurant were closed. However, the chef fixed a fantastic breakfast every morning which was included. A good base for going either direction to shop or leaf peep. Bed was comfortable & the main inn was full, so we were had a room with 4 extra bunk beds. If you had a family or friends with you, that would be the way to go. No alarm clock or coffee pot in room. And, it was fairly noisy in the room above us. It’s a wooden structure so you could easily hear people walking. But, overall a beautiful property & we would stay there again, just would try to get a room in the main inn. Book early - they said they are already full because of the ski season starting.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Dawn, Temperance

10 Oct 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Very nice surroundings inside and outside! Very clean! What we were disappointed in was that the bar/restaurant was closed and paper thin walls and ceilings!! You could hear everything—people walking upstairs and in the hallway—just wasn’t very soundproof!

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Joyce

10 Oct 2021

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

We stayed for two nights and first impression was that the place was a cute industrial rustic mix with some modern touches. We had a barn room and it was on the smaller side but sufficient for 3 guests. One of the smoke detectors was chirping in the middle of the night but the staff replaced the batteries the next day The surrounding area is beautiful especially during foliage! It's a cute place to stay

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

9 Oct 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very enjoyable stay and great breakfast!

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

Patricia

8 Oct 2021

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

Beware all Elderly Patrons

There are no elevators or provisions for elderly patrons or the handicapped. We had to lug suitcases up several sets of stairs to get to our room in the Annex. My husband fell on his shoulder on the stone outdoor stairs trying to get a small roller suitcase up the stairs. We didn’t know the kind of accommodations we had reserved until check-in and then all rooms were booked so that we could not change rooms. However, breakfast was great!

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Mary

7 Oct 2021

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities

the beds were horribly uncomfortable, as were the rock hard pillows. from room 5b all night long there was a slow CONSTANT banging heard through the walls. no tv was a shocker in this day and age. the restaurant was not open and area restaurants had over 1 hour waits. we went to bed hungry. woke up tired and miserable with a funeral to go to. I wish I never heard of the mad river barn. we stood at the reception desk to ask a question with the clerk on the phone planning a wedding and never said hold on to see what we needed or acknowledge us in the least bit. we left without any assistance whatsoever.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

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