Sweetwater Branch Inn

Whether you're looking for a honeymoon destination, intimate romantic getaway, complete wedding accommodations, a business venue, a great place for your special event, or just to stay the night and be pampered in luxury, you've come to the right place. You have a choice of tastefully decorated rooms or fully equipped cottages ideal for extended stays.

Conferences are held at the McKenzie Hall, a 2,300 square foot central room, with many glass doors that open to a large patio surrounded by the lush McKenzie Gardens. Elegantly designed with exposed truss ceilings, Victorian light fixtures, and crisp white paint, the McKenzie Hall is perfect for business meetings and conferences. Equipped with a full kitchen facility, serving room, and spacious restrooms, the Hall has a 200-guest hosting capacity for hors d'oeuvres or a light buffet menu and a 175-guest hosting capacity for sit-down dinners.

Have your anniversary, graduation party or family reunion in a peaceful atmosphere with a choice of tasteful accommodations, only a few steps away from downtown Gainesville. Sweetwater Branch Inn in-house catering menus compliment any occasion. From light fare to buffets to full-service, sit-down dining. With freshly prepared, original cuisine you'll find menus to suit a variety of tastes and budgets.

Sweetwater Branch Inn offers fine, expertly prepared cuisine in the true tradition of Southern hospitality with a background of Victorian charm. Highly regarded Chef Brian Baskoff freshly prepares some of the most original cuisine found in the area to delight your culinary senses. Sweetwater Branch Inn catering compliments any occasion such as weddings, business luncheons, dinners, or other special events and private parties.

UF Preferred Parents Special
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Romantic Packages
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Celebrate Your Love
Wine or Champagne, chocolate covered strawberries, dozen roses, candles....(more)

Honeymoon Package
Wine or Champagne, chocolate covered strawberries, dozen roses, deluxe bubble bath kit, candles....(more)

• Room rates range from $90 for a single/double room to $245.
• Prices include a full home-cooked breakfast and a complimentary wine and cheese hour every evening.
• Additional breakfast tickets can be purchased for your visitors for just $10 each.
• All rates are based on double occupancy. Rates are subject to change.
• Increases may apply to special weekends such as University of Florida home sporting events, graduation, parent's weekend, Gator Nationals, etc.
• Corporate and weekly extended stay rates are also available.
• Please add $25 for an additional person in room.
• The Sweetwater Branch Inn accepts checks, cash, American Express, MasterCard, Visa, and Discover cards.
• Prices do not include sales tax or county lodging tax.
• Reservations are strongly recommended.
• If you cancel your room anytime after making the reservation, a $10 cancellation fee will be charged to your credit card.
• Weekday reservations require a three-day cancellation; weekends require a seven-day cancellation notice, and Special Events require a 30-day.
• There is no smoking permitted inside any of Sweetwater Branch Inn's properties. We ask that smokers enjoy their tobacco outside on the veranda, the upstairs porch, or in the garden. Smoking guests are requested to respect non-smoking guests. There will be a fee for anyone who smokes in the room.
• Check in is 3 p.m. and check out is 11 a.m. There is a $35 charge for late check-outs.
• Children Under the Age of 6. It is our best hope to be a family friendly inn. We welcome your children but ask that they are consistently supervised to keep noise and activity to a minimum so as to avoid disturbing our guests on romantic or peaceful vacations. Seating is family style and may not be appropriate for toddlers and infants. Children over the age of 4 are more easily managed in the dining room area. We also do not provide cribs or pack and plays.

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