We have veen using Beach Real Estate to rent a vacation house on Block Island for over 10 years…read more They are extremely professional, proactive and easy to work with. Recently, we also worked with Mary Stover as our real estate agent for a real estate transaction. Highly recommended!

Beach Real Estate is the most accommodating Real Estate office on the Island. Beautiful houses and…read moreall very clean! I'd highly recommend renting from these ladies. Mary and Nancy are very knowledgable about the Island which is helpful if you are new to Block Island. I'm looking forward to my yearly summer trip and a warm welcome from Mary and Nancy as always! I hope you enjoy your stay as much as I did!

Can't recommend this business highly enough! Robin is fantastic! She works tirelessly and is…read moreextremely responsive to any issues that might come up while renting a vacation home on Block Island. Because of a mix-up not of her making, she quickly and effortlessly pivoted and placed all seven of us in another wonderful house during our stay, effectively saving our vacation! We stayed at Smiling Through on Cooneymas and the owner Jim was also a delight to deal with. Thank you Robin and Jim!!

We've worked with a few realtors on BI and have rented properties directly from owners. Our…read moreexperience with the folks at Offshore was fantastic. They helped us find a lovely property for our wedding and supported any guests that needed help finding accommodations as well. They make the whole experience very clear for both repeat visitors like us and new visitors alike. Highly responsive, super easy to work with, and incredibly pleasant....Highly recommended!

Very short walk from here to the ferry area where all the shops are and about 3 blocks from the…read moreBlock Island Grocery store. This resort is small and cozy. We were briefly in the studio (Note no private bedriom as stayed in RCI), but were upgraded to the one bedroom. It has two full beds in the bedroom and a sleeper sofa in the living/dining/kitchen room. Plenty of storage for clothing, with 2 tall chest of drawers, 2 tall dressers and 4 short dressers, 2 of which house dual vcr/dvd playets, but have an extra shelf for smalller items. A small area in kitchen "pantry" has metal hangers. Two bathrooms, one is full, the other is a 3/4 and has a cruise ship type shower, yet is big enough for a square one. The caretakers are super nice and friendly. They also have a large room with a computer, magazines and a large collection of books, DVD's and videos to borrow.

We are timeshare owners. Decor is lacking. Bathrooms in our units, 4 and 5 have not been updated,…read moremold growing between vanity and bathtub. When we checked in there was a leak under kitchen sink and black mold in both toilet bowls. Kitchen has not been remodeled either. We want to give our week away to anyone willing to pay transfer fees. Very displeased with how far downhill this resort has fallen. Community room no longer offers hot or cold water (always empty our entire week) or coffee. Couldn't be more displeased.

The Hygeia House has many things going for it. The location is great, close to town, but not in…read moretown, walking distance to the New Harbor, up on a hill where it receives a refreshing sea breeze, comfortable, relatively spacious rooms for the period in which the house was built, and reasonable prices including several "shoulder" season discounts not offered at other island B&Bs. In my opinion, its best feature may be the inn keeper, Lisa Starr, who is a former state poet laureate, a vibrant and entertaining host. I'm not giving it 5 stars, because Lisa saves her creativity for her poems, not her breakfasts, which consist of bagels, muffins, fruit and cereal, nothing to write home about.

One of the few inns we could find to stay in off season…read more.. Pro's -on the cheaper side for island prices $85 -friendly staff -free continental breakfast (doesn't matter if it's just muffins/toast and juice and coffee. It's free and for the price of the room which was 85$ seemed like a good deal).The only other place on the island off season open for breakfast was the grocery store so i was happy for these tasty treats in the am to start my day -Free wi-fi -a nice shared living room with smallish tv is you wish to check out the news. Also a closet with games if its raining and you're out of things to do - nice outside space to sit and enjoy the quiet of the island away from the main city -clean rooms with private bathrooms -felt like staying at your grandma's house :D -Use of a shared fridge to store drinks etc -beach access is about a 5 min walk down the road. The inn itself is about a 15-20 mins walk from the ferry/town. Cons -only one pillow per person which is old and THIN and barely a pillow. By the time we returned back to sleep we couldn't find the lady who helps to run the place to ask for another pillow each so we both kinda had a horrible sleep. The bed was also hard , old and squeaky. Would be have been an okay-ish sleep with better pillows -The bathrooms, while private, all have doors that are accessed from the hallway. Our hallway bathroom door didn't lock and the wood wrapped which means we didn't even bother locking our door as anyone could gain access into our room from the bathroom door. We mentioned this to inn keeper and all we got was a blank stare and an assurance that the Inn was safe and our stuff was safe. We left nothing but clothes in the room so we weren't overly worried but still seems a bit like they are setting themselves up for problems. Not everyone can be trusted. -the house is lit up at night but the road access can be a bit tricky d/t the lack of road side lighting. I actually fell trying to traverse the area at night. Bring a flashlight. if you will be out after dark. We plan on returning to BI this season and would consider staying here again tho....so all in all a nice place to stay

I just returned from the most wonderful, relaxing and just downright special stay at the Darius in…read moreBlock Island. The owners (sisters) Becca & Christy are so sweet and comfortable to be around. From all the little details in the rooms to the home made rosemary shortbread & delicious complimentary breakfast, I am a huge fan if this place & cant wait to return. Thank you for a fabulous experience.

The Darius in on Block Island, my wife and I have stayed there quite a few times we absolutely love…read morethe place they make a homemade breakfast every morning with fantastic coffee. The rooms are very clean and the owners make you feel very comfortable very reasonable by Block Island standards can't wait to go back.

My husband and I attended a wedding on Block Island this weekend. We had planned a 2 night stay at…read morethe Sheffield House. Due to the weather, the Ferry service was canceled for 4 days. Diane, the owner, was amazing. She did everything possible to make all the guests feel comfortable. It was a quaint, cozy, welcoming environment. For some guests it was stressful being stranded on the island. Diane helped to make it a very positive experience. I am thankful our extended stay was at the Sheffield house. I highly recommend staying here. Our room was very comfortable and clean. The decor was nice. Diane served breakfast every morning ( coffee, juice, milk, cereal, oatmeal, bagels, yogurt, homemade breads...) I LOVE the Sheffield House. I highly recommend staying here!!

Lovely B/B on a quiet street, minutes from the ferry. Rooms were spotless and comfortable. Loved…read moresitting on the porch. Innkeepers were friendly and a pleasure to talk to. Beautiful yard, both front and back. Downtown is minutes away, walking distance.

Positives - Lovely setting right on the beach and central to restaurants and shopping. Nice front…read moreporch for sitting and people watching Staff is very nice . Negatives - not well maintained at all. Very few amenities in the room and the management has not kept up with basic repairs. Torn screens and broken windows in the rooms as well as poorly cleaned refrigerator where just a few of the problems with accommodations. Paint is chipping on the walls of the hotel and the stair cases are dingy and need upkeep. This is probably one of the more expensive hotels on the island , likely because of it's beach front location but unless they make some big changes it certainly not worth the hefty price tag!

$1,200/night for a 10'x10' room with a mattress sitting on the floor is ridiculous. Nothing has…read morebeen updated in and out of the hotel in years. Maybe never. The only highlight is the view from a small (dirty) window overlooking the beach. The ripped screens make it difficult to open. I'd have given zero stars, if possible, but the shower was actually decent.

Like others, we had. very disappointing experience with Phillips Real Estate…read more The pros: When we complained about the absolutely unacceptable rental we were put in, they moved us to another, better rental. In person, the realtors were friendly. The cons: We looked at photos of dozens of rentals online. We were looking for a small rental to sleep 2 that would accommodate our small dog. After multiple conversations with people at Phillips, we decided to rent Mohegan Cottage. When we arrived, what we found was a lovely view and a "cottage" that was mostly clean but otherwise really unsuitable for anyone other than college students. There were literally holes in the walls, bare outlets, cords ripped out of walls, broken fixtures, and rust everywhere. The "master bedroom" was separated from the main living space by a folding door with no wall. The screen door out to the deck had rips with giant pieces of duct tape over them. The mattress was hard as a rock. The insides of the cabinets were sticky with grime. (See attached photos) We called immediately and were told, "Yes, it's rustic." The next morning, we called and said it was really unacceptable. They offered to find us another place but said that any place that accepted dogs was going to be in this condition (not true), that any place at that price with a water view would be in that condition (also not true - we checked other realtors' sites), and that the owners knew it was really bad and weren't making repairs because they were going to be tearing it down in a few months. They then showed us another house. This one was nicely furnished and comfortable. It did not have a view, but that was OK. They told us there was a farm with chickens on one side and construction on the other. When I asked if other renters had complained about any noise, they wouldn't give me a direct answer. We decided to move to the new house because the first one wasn't livable. However, we soon found that at least three roosters crowed every morning starting at 4:00 a.m. The farm also seemed to have an ongoing altercation, with people yelling at and threatening each other. Again, the Phillips people seemed surprised, and again, we found information online that described at least the altercation issue in detail. Overall, we had a very nice vacation, although we didn't get enough sleep! But the experience with Phillips was concerning, mostly because they were so non-forthcoming with accurate information about the rentals.

This has to be the worst rental experience in our 30 years of vacationing on Block Island. The…read morehouse was a wreck, dirty, unusable and broken furniture, the front of the refrigerator is literally rusting off, dishes in the dishwasher, laundry in the dryer and left over food all over the kitchen. The layers of dust were so thick, I actually took pictures of them. And there was a $160 "cleaning" fee with the rental. When I called to discuss, I was told that there were pictures on the website. The only saving grace was that it was a short stay this time. Will avoid at all cost. If anyone wants pictures, I will be happy to send.

Valentine's Day stay and Emily was very helpful. We called before we arrived and she sent us a list…read moreof restaurants that were open. This way we could make reservations for dinner,etc. She checked us in and made sure we had everything we needed. This is off season and she was by herself. I have to say she handled it very well. We had family on the trip with us who joined us for drinks and she attended to all of us and the other quests. She was the attending to the front desk, bartender, etc. She did not miss a beat. Impressive! We were on the island in Sept. My friends stayed here and loved it. I come often and have had brunch here, but this is the first time we've stayed. The room was spacious. My 10yr old loved her pull out bed. She asked us to stay longer she had so much fun. Our room was the Tosh. The view is great, they have cheese and wine in the evenings and like I said I've had their brunch, it's great. Emily checked us out and I asked if she would be there in Aug/Sept. Told her wood call her to book and I look forward to seeing her. She was amazing!! I also have to give Rita a shout out. I met her in Sept and she was such a gem to my friends who were staying there. They are all very accommodating.

recently stayed at 1661 with my mom and we had an amazing trip. the resort is clean, staff is very…read morefriendly, and rooms are cozy. very conveniently located too. we loved the complimentary happy hour each day and appreciated the complimentary champagne at breakfast too! they have a garden across the street, be sure to check it out because the veggies are so fresh and delicious! i also appreciated the fact that they had a coffee machine in the lobby with some treats/muffins that was available 24/7. water too, so we could refill our bottles at any time of the day or night. can't wait to come back!