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Apparently they removed my text, OK fine I will redo. Staff was unpleasant at check in, the room was terrible as pictures show below. I swear the filter on the AC unit was never cleaned causing my and my wife's asthma to act up. The door was clearly busted into and painted over, the AC unit was dripping water onto the bed and floor, we wiped if off only to have it reform as the pic shows. The bed frame paint was peeling off from the dripping, the floor was wet behind the bed so who knows what mold and damage that caused. For what they charged this was horrible!!!!

The view of the harbor from the screen door of room 4301 which is hard to access and more of a landing area.
Kim J.

Very disappointing! We just spent July 10 & 11, 2023 there for our 43rd anniversary. My husband booked a harbor view room in early May but we got the worst possible room. Make very sure of the room you are getting! Room 4301 in the "cottage" building is a retro-fitted attic garret (see picture of definition). You cannot walk upright in it without bumping your head due to the severe slope of the ceiling (see picture). The "cottage" is the former LaChance cottage next store to the original historic estate. We stayed at LaChance in our 30's when it was an inexpensive boarding-house type hotel which then had shared bathrooms but it still retains the same look. Trudging up three flights of stairs wasn't easy then, and not happening In our 70's. This garret room shouldn't be rentable without caveats. While there was a screen door view of the harbor, the outside was more of a landing and not a sitting area (see picture). It was too much when we found a toilet cleaning brush inside the closed lid (see picture). We were by told by a clerk there was only other room available with a supposed "garden" view at $20 a night more (see picture of view). We took it because we wanted to walk upright in our room. Apparently the manager was wise enough to not charge us extra and gave us a $100 credit after we expressed our extreme disappointment in our stay. The pluses are the historic nature of the former Madame LaFramboise house. The exterior grounds are beautifully maintained. The light breakfast is a plus. The location is not far from town.

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Tina C.

Everything was good except for the continental breakfast. Pretty bland and the same every day. We ate it once and went out the other days. Other than that staff was fabulous, informative and friendly. Room was spotless. They changed the towels each day. The bed was comfortable. It is an old house so if you want the luxuries of a hotel don't stay in an B&B Inn. The room we had was tiny and had no windows so I imagine could be possibly stuffy in summer. Other than that it is very charming and located close to town, in walking distance. Plus you have bike rentals half the price of other places. If I would suggest an upgrade, ceiling fans and a better

Broken handle on balcony door.
L C.

The Good: Every person at the Inn was very friendly, polite and helpful. For example, I booked our room online and then immediately realized that we would be missing the last ferry and would have no way to use our room the first night I'd booked it. Our reservation was supposed to be firm -- no changes or cancellations. But, when I called to explain the situation, they removed that night from the reservation without any questions or hassle. The Bad: Our room was so dirty and run down. I would never recommend anyone stay here. -- The baseboard heater was broken and it was repaired with decorative duct tape. The sink, although plastic and not ceramic, was cracked. -- The plastic handle on the sliding door to the balcony was broken. We were there in the off season, and there was no one else using the (shared) balcony. But there was still an old cookie and crumpled napkin right outside our balcony door for several days. -- There were so many dirty corners and edges: the tops of switch plates, the top of the backsplash in the bathroom and the lower shelf of a console table were all thick with dust. The blades of the ceiling fan were filthy. I had my two young kids with me. When we had to peek under furniture to recover lost toys, it was gross -- dirty carpet, a big hair ball, trash from some previous occupant of the room. -- The grossest part. My son has asthma and ended up having serious breathing problems while we were there. Nothing like this has ever happened before, and I think it was partly related to the dirty room (although, of course, this is speculation). We had to leave the island and go to the nearest hospital for a couple of nights. I alerted the front desk staff before we left. When we returned, I saw something on the floor that looked like a potato chip. We had snacked in the room one rainy day, and I wanted to make sure to not leave a food mess. But, when I leaned down to pick up the "chip", I realized it was actually someone's long, broken off finger nail. It definitely made me wonder if someone had been taking advantage of our empty space (that we were still paying for) while we were at the hospital. It's possible nothing like that happened, and some poor person just broke a nail while cleaning our room. However, it was the straw that broke the camel's back. tl;dr I have stayed a lot of different places at a lot of different price points. I have never once experienced anything like this. It was my first time on the island, so I have nothing to compare it to. But, I hope there aren't many other places like this one. I think you would be better off anywhere but here.

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Excellent service, food and atmosphere by the water. Worth the visit for boaters and non boaters alike

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