The Villas at Gervasi Vineyard

I stayed with one of my girlfriend's at The Villas at Gervasi Vineyard and it was exquisite! The decor and atmosphere transports you to a place not recognized as Canton, OH. We stayed in one of the Double Queen luxury suites and it was very spacious. Plenty of room for 2 people and even 4 people. The bathroom was unbelievable... fully tiled, walk in shower, and a tv too! I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for an escape or even just a nice place to stay.

We had a wonderful time at the Gervasi Villa. We spent a night to celebrate our anniversary and are thinking about renting one of the villas to celebrate the holidays with our family. The accommodations are absolutely gorgeous, as are the surroundings. I would definitely go back and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to others.

We spent two nights here to celebrate our anniversary and highly recommend these beautiful villas that opened Nov 1, 2011. Great attention to detail has been paid in creating each suite - from the door style to the light fixtures, everything is designed to make you feel like you're in Tuscany and they succeeded (except here everyone speaks English :-) You can read all about the amenities on their website. On our first night we took a ride in a beautiful white horse-drawn carriage. $10 for up to 4 people. It was so romantic as we wound our way down the road lined with white-light wrapped trees. On our first night we stayed in a king suite and our second night we paid for a two-level king suite. Both my hubby and I agree there's no real need to spend the extra money on the two-level room. While it's nice, the bathroom and closet are downstairs which, honestly, is a little inconvenient. Since the bathrooms aren't that big, you end up getting dressed in the living room or schlepping your clothes from the downstairs closet to the bedroom upstairs to get dressed. We stayed in the Siena villa, room 503, the first night and Verona 604 the second night. Each had fireplaces but, again, we like the single floor layout better because the fireplace is where the bed is . . . pure romance. In the two-floor layout the fireplace is in the living room downstairs. We spent very little time down there. :-) Also, if you or your spouse get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, you have to navigate the stairs . . . Not safe or convenient when you are half asleep and it's dark. (The stairway has light but you know what I mean.) The villas are set around the lake which is a beautiful. However, there is an active railroad and on our first night a train came thru. It didn't last long but it sounded pretty close. Keep in mind that the doors into each villa and the doors of the suites themselves make a loud noise which reverberate thru the entire villa. Be kind to your neighbors and don't let them slam. Each villa has four suites that share a common area. The fridge in this area is stocked with complementary yogurt, water, soda and juices. There is also ice, a basket of fresh fruit and a microwave. You also have a fridge in your room (where we stored a couple of bottles of champagne). We loved the fluffy white robes from Restoration Hardware and there is a blue ray DVD player in each room. Bring your own movie and microwave popcorn for a lazy afternoon in bed. Breakfast was delivered in a wine box and left in the common area with the room number. There's an in-room coffee maker to brew your own. Breakfast was an assortment of fresh pastry and grapes. We had in-room couples' massages by Divine Touch - they were great. Wish we would have gotten the longer one! We had dinner one night at 91 Wood Fired Oven, just a short drive away. It was excellent. Dinner the second night was at The Bistro at Gervasi. We made reservations online. It was very busy but service was excellent and so was the food. We loved the wings, duck and fig pizza, and the apple and cheesecake desserts. The Bistro was decorated for Christmas and it was STUNNING! It's an old barn built in 1820 something and is full of character. We could not have asked for a better place to celebrate our anniversary. When our desserts arrived the chef had written "Happy Anniversary" in chocolate on the platter. So thoughtful! It was a perfect weekend with the exception of one incident. It's not really the fault of Gervasi's but it is something to keep in mind since you are sharing a common area. We were awoken at 2:15am with VERY loud talking and a screaming baby in the common area. There are signs posted asking people to be courteous, however, this woman was going on and on about her shuttle ride. After 5 min. or so, I got out of bed and poked my head out the door where I saw two Gervasi staff (I believe shuttle drivers given the conversation) and I just said, "seriously?" They hushed up but we couldn't fall asleep for a couple of hours and that morning she had her crying baby in the common area. Gervasi offered to give us the upgraded room we paid for in a villa where there was no one else, so we had a peaceful night. You would think people would have the common sense to keep their crying baby in their own room (which is nicely sound proofed). Believe me, other people DO NOT want to hear that. And how rude is it to be holding a complaint session at 2AM? Some people have NO common sense or common courtesy. It would be great if in the future Gervasi designated "kid-free" villas or set aside villas that are family friendly. They've only been in operation a month or so. Hopefully they will do some tweaking. Minus this inconvenience we enjoyed our stay and a we WILL be back.