Roulhac Mansion - Indoor lodging in Memphis - 810 E McLemore Ave, USA

It is breathtaking. It was beautifully decorated and very clean. Margie was the most helpful host and nothing was too much! I would recommend the Roulhac to anyone wanting to stay in Memphis rather than impersonal hotels or motels. Its good old fashioned hospitality. When we booked this hotel from England, we didn't know what to expect, a gamble which paid dividends.

My husband and I spent our wedding night in the Isabella sweet and we loved it. Yes, the decor is over the top, for sure, but we liked it. It was an experiance. The lady that ran the place wsa lovely and knocked on our door to get us up for breakfast. " I don't want it to get cold!" ||I grew up in Memphis so the location is dicey but it was very quiet and it didn't bother me at all. I am sure we would stay there again. ||It does feel a bit like you are staying in a place decorated by "The Ladies Man" from Saturday Night Live, but honestly, for me that added to its charm.

This was our 4th trip to Memphis, but this one was by far the best!!||We are University of Kentucky fans and were in town for the Liberty Bowl. I had originally booked a chain hotel outside of town, but really lucked into The Roulhac when we decided to stay in town.||We wanted to be near town and the stadium. The Roulhac gave us everything we could have wanted and more. We stayed in The Isabella House and it was perfect as was the entire staff. Margie greeted us upon arrival and really took care of us during our stay as did Larry and Martha. ||Breakfast was outstanding both mornings and they really went the extra mile when we asked for early breakfast on our day of departure.||Margie hugged us as we left and we assured her we would be back!||What a wonderful experience!||Vicki & Frank|Louisville, KY

The building is exquisite! The rooms are extremely quiet. The mansion is charming and amazingly clean. The neighborhood at first glance was a bit worrisome. The buildings are a little rundown around the Roulhac but are better than surrounding blocks. The locals were nice and the neighborhood was quiet. There is a police station down the street if that is a worry for you. The Stax Records Museum and Academy of Music is just down the street. The Soulsville company is cleaning up the entire neighborhood and building a 'mini Beale' complex across from the museum. Many of the surrounding houses and neighborhoods are the birthplace and houses of many of the Rock / Blues and Soul sensations of the 50's , 60's and 70's. The Stax was our favorite visit our entire stay in Memphis and was less than a block from the Roulhac.||Margie and Neefy, manager and caretaker of the mansion were a pleasure to have met. They made the stay 100x times more enjoyable than just the charm of the house itself could do. Our first evening Neefy called us a cab to take us to Beale Street. MArgie pulled in to the mansion 30 minutes after we had called for a cab. She said hello and Neefy told her we were waiting on a cab, she asked us how long, we said 30 minutes and Margie said "that is too long. Hop in the car and I will take you down. There is no reason to wait for a cab that long." She took us straight to Beale and 3rd and told us not to hesitate to call the mansion if we needed anything.||Beale is a short , easy drive from the mansion and parking near Beale is cheap and easy to find. Memphis was great but Roulhac was the best! Love Margie and Neefy, they made us feel like family and we awoke everyday anxious to sit and talk with them after breakfast. Oh! And breakfast each morning was fantastic! You will not get that kind of great food in a hotel or restaurant!

The roulhac was a very nice place to stay. I stayed in the Alama room which is in the back of the mansion. We were given a tour of every room and each room was outstandingly decorated. I though I could decorate but WOW!! The on ground maintenance is available anytime you need them. The host was very nice, attentive and makes you feel like you are at home. Some of the reviews are negative about the neighborhood . The home is in a neighborhood right down from the Stax Museum and you do see people and life moving about in the neighborhood but when you close your door, you are in a whole other world. Our stay was quiet and restful. I would revist.

This is a very "Of the beaten path" kind of place but the staff was as nice of people as you could ask for. They catered to our every need. The mansion is in a rough community or so it seemed but the perimeter has a wooden fence up to deter anyone looking for mischief. The room we stayed in was an outlying building in back of the original mansion and it was great. We toured the main house and it was really nice and well kept. Thanks to the staff for their Southern Hospitality and the breakfast was great. I hope this review sends you more business because people will be suprised.

I'm laughing as I read some of these reviews and remember our stay at the Roulhac last September. We had the gentleman greet us with a grunt and point for parking too.. and we were confused as to where to enter, what to do with our bags, etc... no one there seemed to know what was going on. The lady that ran the house had apparently just ogtten out of the hospital, and clearly wasn't ready to be back on the job. We finally got up to our room... and yes, the decor was very overdone and not to my style, but it was still quaint and clean, and our room and bathroom was beautiful. Breakfast the first morning was a train wreck... food was OK, but there were only four people (one other couple, myself and my husband) and they all got food except me. The lady acted upset because she had to bring another plate out... I could hear her in the kitchen saying, "What's the problem? What does she want?" LOL Oh boy~ They behaved that morning as if they were put out that we were there in their way. We barely got more than a grunt of acknowledgment when we would come and go. Location is a bit off putting because of the neighborhood, but no one bothered us, and it is close to all the 'attractions' of Memphis. That's just Memphis, so it didn't bother us. Breakfast on the second morning was an entirely different experience. Must have been her twin sister because she was very friendly, and it was a great deal more enjoyable. All in all, a memorable experience, though probably a singular one as I'm not sure we'd stay there again.... I'd recommend you try it just once, for the experience.

The neighborhood was very run down. The furniture on the front porch is chained down. Our room was very crowded and the bathroom was tiny - it had to be a small closet previously. You had to get in and move towards the toliet or shower to be able to shut the door. The breakfast on Saturday was fine, but no one had enough to eat. On Sunday morning, they served burritos and hash browns from McDonalds. We couldn't believe it! If I wanted to eat McDonalds food on Sunday morning, we would have stayed at MOTEL 6. Decor: gaudy