Sarah B.
Yelp
Talk about unexpected!
If the makers of the classic movie "Dirty Dancing" needed to re-shoot some film... they could bring their production crews to this inn right now and simply start filming. Blast from the past, retro kind of place.
You drive and drive and drive out the peninsula to get to the Boothbay area, then to reach the inn you drive down another rural highway, turning onto a smaller rural road, then carefully curving through an unusual rural residential grouping until the road ends into the water and the inn is to your right.
Old school from the get-go, hubby and I at age 47 and 49 where the youngest people we saw there in late June. Beautiful, jaw dropping setting... you are literally very near the eastern most point of land in the lower 48 - and the fabulous sunsets and sunrises that go with such.
You check in with the quaint folks who work there, and are given a map to go find your room. Thee are multiple buildings, each with a name, and some private cottages, too.
One interesting lesson with this trip.. while traveling the coast of Maine, you are going to encounter lots of lodging establishments that are multi level and do NOT have elevators. Really wishing I had brought less stuff, or at least lighter smaller bags, but thank goodness my husband is awesome.
Other interesting point is this inn like many other businesses is not year round. They pretty much operate April - October, which might explain why renovations don't happen.
Our room was large, and had a beautiful view where we were directly on top of the office where you checked in of the main house. It was sadly lacking in updates, however, with a very dated country décor from late '80s early '90s is my guess. The bathroom was small, and one of those where you had to shut the door to turn around in there, I really hate that in a hotel, with fair water pressure that wasn't very consistent on temperature. Our rate was only $125, and when you factor in the setting... I'd say that was still a good deal despite the shortcomings.
One surprising plus that you wouldn't normally even think about is the room had two luggage stands, that was helpful. Adirondack chairs line the sea walls where you can go and sit and enjoy the sunset in peace. Several folks staying in some of the other buildings were doing so on their porches, etc. as well - it is a very tranquil place.
Your stay includes a continental breakfast buffet that you can upgrade to the full buffet (in an adjacent room) for only $8 each - nice to have options. We did also have a light dinner (Margherita Pizza, $10 and a cheeseburger, $11 - we had enjoyed enough lobster by this point in our trip) in their dining room after we checked in and had relaxed a while... it was fine. They had a special deep dish raspberry pie ($6) that with ice cream was really exceptional, I will say. The biggest selling point is of course the fact that it's there, and you don't have to drive the 20+ minutes back to civilization.