Last weekend I attended a writing workshop in Maine. I signed up late, so while all the other…read moreattendees stayed at a neighboring property, I ended up at the Waterford Inne. And don't tell anyone (no shade to the other inn which was also beautiful), but I lucked out! I live in LA, so Maine in itself is like another planet to me, but the Waterford Inne was like a magical escape into a world of relaxation, complete with an enchanting orchestra of bullfrogs, owls, chickens. I even got to experience a thunderstorm! (That right there is worth five stars from Ms. It Never Rains in California!) My mom was an antique collector, and right away I knew she would have approved of the gorgeous antique rugs, furniture, and wall hangings. The bed in my adorable room was super comfy and the delicious farm fresh breakfasts (The eggs came from the cluck section of the enchanting orchestra I mentioned earlier.) were served in the spectacular barn of wood walls and giant beams that was somehow huge and cozy at the same time. If I didn't have a retreat to go to, I could have sat in there all day. My lovely hosts Kember, Jack, and Sam took great care of me. I highly recommend going to this charming inne before everyone discovers it and it's always booked. I'm attaching pics and yes, that frittata (with asparagus and herbs from the garden) is as good as it looks! BRAVO!

Husband and I made a reservation for their tasting menu. It was such an amazing experience…read more It starts with a cocktail hour. We chose to sit in the living room where the records were playing out of. And the cocktail menu was unique and amazing. We took in the room and the vibe. It was lovely. The Munch paintings on the wall. The books casually laid about that were epic flip throughs. Then the tastings. We moved back up our assigned table and we were served like 10 different tastings. It started with oysters, then vegetables, a fish pairing, more vegetables from their garden, and another meat and three deserts! Now without getting into specifics it was full of local flavors so exquisitely combined. We didn't even do the alcohol pairings, but the food stood alone. It was fabulous. The chef did an amazing job. If you get a chance, the service, the environment, the drink, and the food was amazing. Highly recommend!!!

Arlene greeted us with open arms and was very sweet! Honestly, she is my new favorite person. She…read morewalked us up to a $225 room (and gave it to us for much cheaper) with prime water views and made us feel at home and cozy. The beds were SO COZY i did not want to get out. There is a bowl of candy at the door with a guest book full of positive comments . Books, board games, bottle openers, a KEURIG, any toiletry you may have forgotten - including a lint roller, is at your fingertips. There are restaurants, bars, and water activities all around this location in walking distance. When I am in the area again I will definitely be staying here. You should too.

We had a brief but enjoyable 2-night visit here; our first trip to this part of Maine. It's a…read morebeautiful part of the state and this B+B is a great location to enjoy it. Carol and Dennis were very friendly, our room was very clean with a great view of Long Lake, breakfast was tasty and filling, and we will certainly be back!

The Tarry A While Resort is a place reserved for individuals who yearn for days gone by. The…read moreHighland Lake is the centerpiece of this majestic property. The rooms are neat and very clean. The bed is comfortable and the shower is better than expected. Great water pressure and lots of hot water. There are no TV's, but who needs one here. The resort has a great game room housing both a pool table and ping pong table. It's the perfect place to bring your family. Donna, the innkeeper, understands how to manage this expansive property. It has a wonderful cooked to order breakfast and Friday night Lobster Dinner. Dan, the owner is very hands on working the property from dawn to dusk. We can't wait to come back!

Elegant but simple, lavish but tasteful, cheap but expensive. Haha! All seriousness, I can't…read moreremember a vacation where I had a better time at an affordable rate where the simple pleasures were taken care of. Summer days have never felt more relaxing than when you're by the water in one of their many lounge chairs. If your'e with family, like I was, there's paddle boarding, a game center, picnic areas, and beautiful scenes. Dan and Roseana, and really the whole staff, were so welcoming, warm, and accommodating to our every need. No request went unanswered. If you go you must stay for the weekend, or at least until Friday if you're staying during the week. Their lobster bake by the water is so enjoyable; it's a true Maine experience. In fact, it's more than that. It's a Tarry A While experience. You can't get that kind of community with delicious food anywhere else in Maine. I will definitely be going back and will always ask friends and family to come with me!

We couldn't have been happier with the catering for our wedding! The food was absolutely delicious,…read morethe service was outstanding, and everything was beautifully organized. Our guests couldn't stop complimenting the meal. Thank you for helping make our special day so perfect. Highly recommend!

The good, you get a nice number of bedrooms to spread out. It's close to the mountain. But that's…read moreabout it It is an expensive place for a meh experience. For the price we could have easily booked a beautiful updated hotel mountainside with amenities but felt the private pool would be worth it and we like to be able to put our young kids to sleep and hang out together playing games. Honestly the pool isn't great. Even keeping covered all day it was pretty cold to be in it. Basically only the kids swam because the adults were shivering. It's also carpeted with leaves a lingering musty smell throughout the house. The kitchen is small, the bathrooms are outdated and In general it wasn't amazing. Maybe if it was affordable it would have been worth it but at the rate of over $6000 for 4 nights it wasn't up to the standards you would expect. You need to provide everything yourself. Sheets, pillows, towels, toilet paper we forgot hand towels and had to go buy them it's just obnoxious. Again just normal hotel amenities but when paying so much you would expect to have things provided. We rent Airbnb's and vacation homes a lot, to be more comfortable than a hotel and this was significantly less comfortable. The owners are so stringent we were scared to even ask for the pool temperature to be warmer or the slippery ice conditions out front to be addressed after they treated us so aggressively over the phone before checking in. You'll pay a hefty cleaning fee but also be told to basically scrub and clean everything yourself or they will charge your security deposit. I think we paid $550 for them to vacuum? Besides just sub par updates it is frustrating to be spoken down to so rudely and assumed to be some kind of bachelor party when you're just 3 families with kids. If you set your hopes very low and pay half the price maybe then it would have been a worthwhile place to go. Otherwise the pool at cranmore mountain looked great.

Attended a wedding here this past weekend and was blown away! The venue was absolutely gorgeous and…read morefeatured amazing 180 degree views overlooking a fall-colored forest. The ceremony was held amongst the trees a few hundred yards from the barn and the cocktail hour took place right outside the barn overlooking the gorgeous view. The reception was held indoors and required little decoration due to the already beautiful and rustic setting. Norway is a small, somewhat remote town, but given the experience I can see why the couple choose the venue. Five stars!

This venue, as well as it's owner Anthony, have saved my wedding day. After having my previous…read morevenue unexpectedly cancel on me and leave me stranded, I found this gorgeous location. I reached out to Anthony and was met with warmth, compassion, understanding, wise business sense and quick responses to any questions I had. This location is in the process of building a barn as a wedding reception venue. The blue prints of this barn as well as Anthony's passion speak for themselves. Their barn will be done in early summer with a wall of windows overlooking a mountainside. The "cabin" (more like a mansion) is breathtaking. I can honestly say that I am completely confident that with my wedding in Anthony and his crew's hands, it will be gorgeous and successful.

This venue and it's proprietors are amazing! Their very first wedding was that of my daughter! The…read moreproprietors were always extremely helpful, accommodating, and friendly! Since they started this business, I have now become part of the staff and some of the negative comments being made on this site are from people who took a small misunderstanding and unfairly blew it way out of proportion in saying that the owners are prejudice against gay people. Had I been aware that a showing was scheduled and that the owners were out of town, as a staff member, I would have tried to be there to do the showing myself, however, I was also out of town attending my own cousins gay wedding.

I had used 1830 Wedding Barn as my wedding venue October 12, 2019. We had booked them May 6th,…read more2018. During the time that we had booked them, and were under contract with them, to the date of the event they had changed many aspects that they had originally sold us on. They had told us we had the week of the wedding for all of our needs, the entire day before the wedding for rehearsal/set up, our dog was allowed to be in our wedding, the day of the event we had from 10 am to 10 pm to arrive and departure, as well as to clean up Sunday morning. October 5th, 2019 The wedding barn sent out an email outlining new guidelines of the venue. In these guidelines they state no animals, all clean up must be done the night of the wedding, we now only had 2 hours the Friday before for rehearsal, dinner, and for decorations, and a max time the reception could be is 4 hours. Rehearsal day, I was told to arrive a little bit earlier to unload decorations before the rest of my bridal party/family showed up. We had set the time for everyone to meet at 5 but the venue had told me to arrive closer to 3:45 to be sure I had most things set up (conversed in person and through email and text). I had walked into the barn and nothing had been set up (tables, chairs, and special curtain we had paid $150 to be put up). I had walked in and instantly looked at the girl who I had spoken with to make this plan and said "wow, your hair looks amazing". She greeted me with attitude, "Is rehearsal dinner not at 5?". Taken back by her remark, I had explained that she had told me to come in early to deliver decorations (I am sure wedding season is busy and everyone needs a little reminder sometimes.) She then snapped at me stating that I only had 2 hours to be there. She did not recall telling me to come early, though there were texts, and emails confirming it. We had also spoken prior to the rehearsal about my legal contract and that they agreed they would honor "what ever was in the contract". In the contract it was written that we had ample time the week prior and the entire day Friday to set up. If anyone else reading this had gotten married, they understand how stressful it is in general, (especially the day before) and having to process and deal with substantial changes a week prior, I was incredibly stressed out. After being greeted with such attitude I had just broken down and cried. We had many other issues with the wedding and we were about to call the entire thing off right then and there. Day of wedding, there was no organization of the staff at all. I had shown up with my friend and we were told to drive around back so that I wouldn't be seen. As soon as we had driven out there we were screamed at for driving on their grass but had been instructed to drive down that dirt road. They had also screamed at my poor grandmother for driving around back since she was unaware of where to park, since they were not directing traffic coming in (many witnessed that had written me statements). TO note they would not allow any of my vendors to arrive at the Venue before 12pm, though the contract stated they could get there at 10am. They had shut my DJ down at 7:45 telling him multiple times to turn down his music and rushed us out the door by 8:30. This included us rushing to clean up our own wedding and many valuable things went missing afterwards. We were under contact for our wedding and wedding schedule to end at 10 not be rushed out the door the entire day. My vendors, who have written statements, felt uncomfortable by the venues presents and tried to avoid them at all costs. One had noted smelling strong alcohol on one of them during Rehearsal as well as the day of the wedding. My event coordinator/wedding planner also did NOT have a pleasant experience with them at all. There are so many other things that had happened to make our experience subpar but at the end of the day they knowingly violated our contract stating, "we didn't expect you to remember all the things that we sold you on in our first meeting". I totally understand the need to change and improve each wedding, however with big changes like these we should have been notified prior to a week before the wedding and a new contract should have been issued to outline their changes or giving us an option to move elsewhere if their new changes didn't work with us. I only ever plan on getting married one time and unfortunately every time we look back on the day we deeply regret choosing this facility or even having a wedding in general. With all the stress they had put us through we should have just eloped. I know some people had a great experience with these people but I am just sharing my personal experience that I encountered.

Great summer get away. Family run. Awesome lobster casserole and fish chowder next door.read more

My family has been coming here for something like 45 years in a row…read more From the beautiful sandy beaches to the plentiful water sports and great sunsets, WIP is an amazing place. We love the Burnhams and the kids love their weekly ice cream social. Get away from it all and enjoy warm water in Maine (as opposed to the shore)! I'll be back again, 2 weeks from today!

10 out of 10. Beautiful place with lots of common rooms to relax in. Great hosts. Great wifi if you…read moreneed to work. We had a great time.

The Perkins House is a beautiful bed and breakfast in the small, quaint town of Cornish, ME. Our…read morehosts Gretchen and Keith were warm and friendly and we felt at ease with them in their gorgeous historic home. We stayed in the "Vintage" room which was spacious and yet cozy. The bed was very comfortable. We were able to open the large bedroom window and feel the lovely cool Maine air. The adjacent shared bathroom was large and so luxurious with its double sinks. The home is beautifully decorated with a variety of antiques and special touches.The library and sitting room common areas seemed both stately and comfortable at the same time. The entire home was clean and inviting. A scrumptious homemade breakfast was the icing on the cake! Wonderful. The wraparound porch is large and the garden area and is calming and serene. The flowers around the home are magnificent. There is also a raised screened in porch area off the kitchen to relax in. The home is close to Sebago lake and the New Hampshire border and you can easily walk to the center of town to do some antique shopping or eat at Krista's restaurant. We very much enjoyed our stay and highly recommend the Perkins House and plan to return. 4.75 stars.