Seven Acre Dairy

We just came back from our stay July 3-5. It was our 2-year anniversary, and we absolutely loved the setting (both 7 Acre and Paoli), history, restaurants, and vibe. Within 15 minutes of arriving, we were at the creamery for soft serve. Then we had a couple of beers while sitting with our feet in the Sugar River. Perfect start. Our room (Swiss Room) was comfortable and clean, and we got a mini-tour when we checked in about its history and original features. The HVAC was pretty loud, so we appreciated the white noise machine in the room. The only thing I'd suggest is to have more hanging hooks throughout the room for drying towels, keeping stuff organized, etc. Also, hooray for solid hinged bathroom doors -- nobody wants those sliding "barn doors" for bathrooms. Nobody. We dined at Little Cloud for breakfasts and dinners on both days of our stay, and the only disappointment was Petite Nuage was unavailable. Highlights included Butter Lover, Brick Sticks, the short rib, schnitzel, strawberry sundae, and breakfast biscuits -- the best restaurant biscuits I've ever had. FOH was friendly and stayed on top of things, and we could see through the open kitchen how hard everyone was working. All of the staff we interacted with were friendly and made us feel welcome. We walked around Paoli and picked up art and jewelry from local artists, and enjoyed live music at the Mill on the 4th. We'll definitely return.

​I had back-to-back bad experiences over the past two days that point to some pretty major organizational problems: ​Visit 1 (Sunday): Stopped in for ice cream. Out of the 4 total flavors on the menu, 2 were completely sold out—including standard vanilla. ​Visit 2 (Monday): Met a friend for dinner during their advertised "Pizza Night" (scheduled for 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM). The experience unfolded like this: ​Ordering confusion: We were instructed to order at the bar. After waiting behind 3–4 people, the bartender tried to redirect us to the cafe line, which already had 10 people waiting for ice cream. She agreed to take our order only after I pointed out how long the cafe line was. ​POS issues: The bartender struggled to run my payment. She eventually resorted to manually typing in my full card number into the POS system and asking for my zip code. ​Out of stock early: Shortly after ordering, a staff member rushed out of the kitchen to inform us that the pizza we ordered was sold out. This happened around 6:00 PM for an event advertised to run until 8:00 PM. ​Refund breakdown: I changed my order to an item of identical cost to make it easy, but an adjustment/refund was still required. It ended up taking 4 staff members crowding around the POS system to figure out how to process the refund. ​Running out of half your ice cream stock on a Sunday is bad enough, but running out of food 2 hours into a 4-hour featured event—combined with staff struggling through standard POS transactions—feels systemic.

We spent 2 nights for our 40th anniversary and it was the perfect place for a getaway. We booked a sauna with a cold plunge in the Sugar River and it was amazing. The staff was very helpful and looking for ways to make our stay enjoyable. Loved the general manager of the restaurant.

Monday pizza night is the bomb! The pineapple pizza I had last week was one of the best pizzas I’ve ever had. Seven Acre doesn’t disappoint, such a great community gathering spot, beautiful location on the river, they bring some wonderful musical acts, and the food is really good. I definitely recommend checking out/spending time at seven acre!!!