The Dowds' Country Inn & Event Center

I have been coming to Dowd’s for 20+ years. This is the only place I stay when in the Upper Valley. This place is superb in every way. Authentic, comfortable, inviting, chill, pure New England — not overly fancy, so if that’s your game go elsewhere. Breakfast is homemade to order. Pure excellence.

We spent 2 nights at Dowd's in a nice large room on the first floor. The administrative staff was friendly and competent. Unfortunately this Inn had no common area where guests can comfortably sit and chat. |It also lacked professional staff in the dining room. Advertised as a bed and breakfast the breakfast choices lacked luster. Dowd's could be so much better with some minor fixes. Their guests deserve more. |

Dowds Country Inn has a lot of character. Our recent stay was excellent. Their hospitality and breakfast are exceptional. We hope to return one day once their tavern has reopened.

This review is for the event side only - I didn’t stay at the Inn but from what I saw the rooms and Inn seemed nice. So for a place to stay this review probably is not relevant. Unfortunately I would not recommend this place for an event. The woman, who I believe was the owner, managing the wedding we attended was the rudest person I’ve ever dealt with. It wasn’t just me, it was a noticeable theme that was talked about by nearly every guest. Many guests actually abandoned their rooms at the inn to relocate to a different venue because of how unpleasant it was. A real shame. The rest of the staff was friendly and helpful. The bar tenders did a great job despite unorganized planning/management (most notably they ran out of glasses and couldn’t improvise or get more for over half an ho

BEWARE if you are thinking of staying at Dowds Inn for a Dartmouth graduation weekend. They have an advance full payment, non-refundable deposit policy, which is OK if you don’t suffer a serious health event such as a heart attack, stroke, injury, etc.—which is what happened to us. When we had to cancel—we had no choice; when asked, Dowds refused to even consider offering a refund. Even after we found another family to book our room at full price. (Dowds had failed to find a replacement—we did it for them). Dowds—who would thus lose no revenue if they refunded us did not do the right thing but rather chose to keep both families’ payments, doubling their revenue for the room. To be safe, choose somewhere else to stay.