INNESS

INNESS is a 220-acre property in Accord, NY where the design of the rooms, the menu of the restaurant, the layout of the golf course, and the working farm are all part of the same idea. The 12 farmhouse rooms and 28 cabins are scattered across the land between the Catskills and the Shawangunks, and the experience is less "hotel with farm-to-table dinner" than "farm where you can also sleep."

It opened in 2021 and quickly became the property the Hudson Valley press writes about when they want to write about Hudson Valley hospitality. The Michelin Key in 2024 confirmed the obvious. It's not the cheapest way to spend a weekend up here. It might be the most coherent.

The setting

Accord is a small Rondout Valley town between Kingston and New Paltz, off Route 209. The drive in narrows quickly: state highway, then county road, then the gravel lane that loops past the cabins. The Shawangunk ridge is on the horizon to the south, the Catskills wall behind you to the west. There's no town to walk to from the property, which is the point.

Within twenty minutes you have High Falls, Stone Ridge, and the Mohonk Preserve. Kingston's Stockade District is thirty. New Paltz, with the Wallkill Rail Trail and a few real restaurants, is the same. The land itself does most of the work, though — pasture, pond, wood, ridge.

The building

The farmhouse is a restored 19th-century structure that anchors the property; the cabins are new-build, designed to read like a vernacular farmhand cottage at scale. Limewashed oak, pine, wool, stone, timber. Low rooflines. Standing-seam metal. The interiors are restrained — pale walls, long sightlines, almost no decoration that isn't useful.

Public space is concentrated around the farmhouse: a bar, a fireplace room, a dining room with proper proportions, a porch that's more often used than not. None of it is showy. All of it is solid.

The rooms

Forty keys split between farmhouse rooms (12, smaller, more historic) and cabins (28, bigger, more private, each with a porch). Cabins are the move if you want to disappear; the farmhouse if you want to be near the bar and the food. Bathrooms are generous, beds are good, and there are no televisions in the cabins by design. Rates start around $595 and climb sharply on weekends.

Food & drink

The restaurant is the social engine of the property and runs on what the farm produces. Wednesday through Sunday, lunch and dinner, weekend brunch. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays — plan accordingly. Non-guests can book, but the dining room is small and weekends fill out. The Michelin Key is on the property, not the kitchen, but the food is taken seriously enough that locals drive in.

On the property

A King-Collins-designed nine-hole golf course is the headline. It plays low to the ground and is, by every account, very good. There's a spa, a sauna, a swimming pool, miles of walking on the land, and a members' club layered on top of the hotel for people who want to keep coming back.

• King-Collins 9-hole golf course
• Spa with sauna
• Outdoor pool
• Hiking, biking, paddle on the property's pond
• Working farm — vegetables, livestock, pollinators
• Year-round, with the calendar shifting around the restaurant's days

Who it's for

• Couples whose idea of a good weekend is breakfast, a long walk, dinner, repeat
• Architects and designers who want to see what a contemporary American resort can look like when one editor is in charge
• Golfers who'd rather play nine quietly than eighteen at a club
• Anyone considering a Hudson Valley wedding venue who actually wants to come back as a regular guest

Who it's not for

• Travelers who want to walk to a town for coffee
• Anyone allergic to "lifestyle hotel" pricing — this is firmly at the top of the regional market
• Big groups looking for a party scene; this property is calibrated for quiet

Nearby

Mohonk Preserve and Minnewaska State Park, both world-class hiking, are within thirty minutes. Westwind Orchard in Accord is a five-minute drive for cider and pizza. Arrowood Farms in Accord makes its own beer. Stone Ridge Orchard, High Falls' Mid-City Steak, and Kingston's Ole Savannah are all in range. The Ashokan Reservoir loop drive is one of the best in the state.