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The Oge House
Historic charm along the San Antonio River Walk.
3.3
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Historic charm along the San Antonio River Walk.
The Oge House is a historic bed & breakfast and lodging in San Antonio’s King William neighborhood, located at 209 Washington St. This Texas Historical Commission-listed residence blends classic architecture with riverfront access, offering easy proximity to the River Walk, bars, and restaurants. Reviews highlight its historic charm and location, while noting some inconsistencies in amenities and service.
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Elegantly furnished rooms in a restored 1857 stone residence with period decor and modern comforts.
Daily breakfast delivered to your room, featuring muffins, yogurt, fruit, and juice with Keurig coffee available.
Prime location within walking distance to San Antonio's famous Riverwalk and Southtown attractions.
Select accommodations include fully equipped kitchens for convenient meal preparation and storage.
Cozy gas fireplaces in rooms for added warmth and ambiance during your stay.
On-site parking available for guests, ensuring easy access during your visit.
Overall rating
ColinGT GREENE
Kristen
There are so many beautiful, historic homes in the King William neighborhood of Southtown, San Antonio. The Oge House is no exception to this - the house is so lovely to view when you’re walking the neighborhood. The home has been admitted to the Texas Historical Commission + is 100% worth the visit! Per the home’s historical marker inscription: “One of early stone residences of San Antonio. First floor and basement were built as early as 1857 when place was owned by Attorney Newton A. Mitchell and wife Catherine (Elder). Louis Oge (1832-1915) bought house in 1881, after migrating (1845) to Texas with the Castro Colony, serving in Texas Rangers under W.A.A. ("Bigfoot") Wallace, and making a fortune as a rancher. He was a San Antonio business leader and served as alderman and school board president. He had leading architect Alfred Giles enlarge and remodel the house in Neo-Classical style.”
David Reed
Really cool historic place
Learn and Play Preschool Austin
Stayed 2/16-19/24. Number of things were just odd. From the decor to how it was ‘renovated’. 1. Did not like the location of the CHINOISERIE room: Front left, where everyone enters the inn and walks right past your room. The room is right off the front porch and the outside seating area so you can clearly hear people talking outside, 2-3 feet from your bed, through single pane windows. Additionally, the room windows have shear see-through curtains (under drapes) that must be closed if you want privacy or you can see in the room, especially at night!!! Second issue is the drapes naturally have gapes so we had to move chairs and use pillows to keep the curtain gapes closed. 2. This was super odd: our breakfast was brought to us the PRIOR afternoon for the next morning. DON’T waste your $9/pp/day for breakfast: store bought or box made(?) muffin, Yoplait yogurt, juice and sorry looking fruit. You get your own Keurig coffee yourself in the main area. Super underwhelming! 3. The electric fire place advertised was (no kidding) a light bulb behind a plastic cutout colored flame template. VERY misleading on their part. 4. Safety issue: the wood bedroom floor is TWO INCHES lower than the tile floor in the bathroom. THIS IS A TOE BREAKER or fall if you miss it. We ended up rolling up a towel and putting it on the floor to cover the threshold. This is a safety issue (from other reviews) that they are already aware of. Hot water is scalding hot, less than a 1 second burn time that made me yell out in the shower. We were irked that they charged for parking in an ample lot they own; just another way to ‘gig’ you. Over all it was generally clean. The decor is older and mismatched, neither really antique or period pieces. Kinda like your great grams house back in the day. Other than at our arrival and the afternoon breakfast delivery. We saw no staff ever during our three days there and we were in and out during the day. We did like the close proximity to the river walk. PLEASE NOTE: the first 10 mins of this walk does not have businesses so it’s kinda eerie coming back at night with no one else around. We thought the bed was comfortable. Would we return or recommend it? NO. Even with the above mentioned, we enjoyed our time in SA very much.
Chris Turner
My wife and I have stayed here twice, June 2013 in the Newton Mitchell room and again in June 2014. The sherry wine in the lobby was a nice treat. Loved walking over to The Friendly Spot, good food and drinks. Walking down the riverwalk was hassle free. If you're travelling to SA from Dallas it's nice to take back roads and visit Fredericksburg! Oh if you're looking for a nearby H-E-B don't trust Google Maps - we thought there was one right by the Oge House but it was their corporate office, hah! So why 3 stars.. Before we arrived for the second visit (but after booking) we received a Living Social two night stay deal via email for $249. I emailed the contact address two days before arriving asking if we could switch to the deal but received no reply. Once we arrived I asked the lady at the desk to check if we could use the deal. She called the owners and reported that no, we had to go through with our original $488.02 price. Well that put me off from ever coming here again, what a way to burn a bridge. Would consider staying here again if/when ownership changes. Not management, ownership.
Sherry Chandler
