Steve Friederich

Review of Amana Colonies Convention and ...

I grew up going to the Amana's. I have been there ...

I grew up going to the Amana's. I have been there a handful of times and look back on those memories fondly. Great shops and food. This was not the case this time. We got there on a Thurs afternoon in February and half of the shops were closed. Looking at the websites for the Amana's it states the hours of the store and they say they are open Monday thru Sunday. Nowhere does it say that they are closed during certain seasons. This was extremely disappointing. We went for lunch and I decided to keep it light because I wanted to save a signature Amana family style meal for dinner. Little did I know that the whole area shuts down with any snow. We tried to go dinner at 6:00 the three restaurants were all closed because of the weather. We had to eat at Casey's instead. I did not come to the Amana's for Casey's (no offense Casey's) I came for German food. We checked in to the Village Guest Suite. It was a nice room with a good price. When I called to make reservations I was told that there would not be breakfast because she could get her pastries from her baker. I told her that was fine because I wanted to get breakfast elsewhere. What she didnt tell me is that this five inches of snow would shut down everything on Friday. So when breakfast came around (which I was looking forward to most) I once again had to eat at Casey's . If she knew I wasn't going to be able to eat breakfast elsewhere and you run an Inn it might be good service to offer some sort of breakfast. I expected better service from a locally owned Inn. If the town can shut down for some snow because of their small town feel then maybe they can make up for that by providing small town service. This is not the first time it has snowed in the Amana's people don't need to overreact so much to that. I was looking forward to reliving some childhood memories, but instead I got very little from the Amana's and don't know when I will be back.