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    Tidewater Motel

    3.9 (15 reviews)
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    Off the dock in the harbor.
    Brad D.

    It truly pains me to give such a low star rating as our hosts were wonderful and quite funny, but I can't in good conscience recommend the Tidewater very highly for many reasons... Let's start with being charged twice for the rooms in a mix-up that arose from the manager not communicating with the employee who checked us out. Then, let's move on to the rooms (14-16) which are underneath a (not-at-all-padded) stairwell. So when the adventure-club-yeah-dudes gathered for breakfast at the top of said stairs at 5AM - their heavy steps, high fives and "Yeah, bro's!" had me awake for the better part of the morning. It is LOUD everywhere - walls/floors are paper-like. Next stop: the Internet bus was broken down and in flames on the side of the superhighway, people. It worked for 3 hours (ONLY) out of 4 entire days. So yeah, notsomuch... The furniture is in similar disrepair, though being a charming New England shantytown, they can get away with the "decrepit-shabby-chic-by-way-of-the-fleamarket-down-the-street" aesthetic as far as I'm concerned - as long as it stays clean (and it was.) The plus column: right near the (only) store and restaurants. Beautiful views (see my pix). Bagels and coffee. A hilariously grumpy innkeeper, bikes and kayaks to rent, a fair number of TV channels, (tho you have to watch it on an 11" screen from the 80's...) but dude, you're in one of the most majestic landscapes on this EARTH, so why the hell are you watching TV!? GO FOR A WALK or at least read a book... Come on, y'all. In summary, the endearing lack of skills at maintaining a motel is exactly why you go to a place like Vinalhaven - I don't want a friggin W Hotel here, EVER. That said, for $200 a night, off season, I at least expect quiet and working Internet - is that so much to ask...? Please stay grumpy and irreverent - it works, just get the charm to work for you instead of against. You can rent houses here for probably a lot cheaper, I would do that if you can... I'm just sayin.

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    Nice location above tidal stream gives it an extra star. Friendly staff.

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    We enjoyed our stay. Close to everything. Clean. We could hear and see the water and the owner was great. Highly recommend.

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    It is a cozy place to hang out- we rented rms 14 and 16 and shared a giant deck overlooking the harbor.

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    Rockland Harbor Hotel

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    I wouldn't stay here again even if you paid me! Aside from the younger girl working the night…read moreshift, the staff was incredibly rude and seemed to have little to no customer service skills. When I first arrived, my room smelled terrible, like rotting food. I went to the front desk to let them know, and the woman there couldn't have seemed less concerned. I was moved to another room, but it smelled just as bad. I tried to deal with it, but eventually had to ask to be switched again. The third room didn't have the same odor, but instead smelled like it had been doused in cheap air freshener to cover something up. Not exactly a great start. At that point I considered finding another hotel, but it was late and the room itself at least appeared clean. Unfortunately, the noise situation was just as bad. If you plan on sleeping past 6 am, don't count on it. Unless you're on the top floor, you can hear every footstep from the room above you. The floors seem to have virtually no soundproofing, and I heard the guests above me constantly throughout my stay. The location is great, I'll give it that. But honestly, that's the only positive thing I can say about this place. The customer service is awful, the staff is rude, the rooms smell bad, and the lack of soundproofing makes it nearly impossible to relax. Save yourself the headache and stay anywhere else.

    Good location to Rockland and main st but the place is a little tired and looking like it needs a…read moreremodel. Looks much better in the pictures. We had a room with a balcony but you can barely fit two chairs on it and not much of a view. The staff was nice enough. They need better coffee than what they serve downstairs. The coffee was weak and not good. We walked to Atlantic bakery and got coffee both mornings.

    Inn At Ocean's Edge

    Inn At Ocean's Edge

    (28 reviews)

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    This place is a joke. I literally hate it. I would give it 0 stars if I could…read more We paid a lot of money to stay here and they tell us while checking in that we're staying in the "noisy room" where the kitchen is above our room so there's going to be stomping all over our room from above. Early in the damn morning. Starting at 6am. They're not even trying to sugar coat it. They legit said it's called the noisy room. They said they sent a confirmation letter stating this would be the case but we looked and double checked and no email was sent. They didn't even call us to get a confirmation as we never confirmed and it shows on their computer system that they don't have a confirmation from us. A phone call would've been freaking nice at least we could've looked for another place to stay. We are supposed to stay for 4 nights in this geriatric hotel. Their solution is for us to move around to different rooms 3 times during our stay and still have to stay 2 nights in the "noisy room". Imagine paying close to $700/night and staying in the "noisy room" as they call it and not being able to sleep as late as you want to as you have to get out of the 1st room they put you in. Wake early in the morning again, and pack your stuff up AGAIN and move it into the noisy room for 2 nights, then do it all over AGAIN for night 4. So at no time during your vacation can you relax and sleep in or comfortably settle in your room. Or even be able to sleep with all the noise. Moving around to different rooms 3 freaking times during a 4 day stay!!!! . This is supposed to be a luxury stay/hotel. Not musical hotel rooms. This is ridiculous. Wtf. I am beyond livid. And they don't even have a manager on site until tomorrow. No one is running the place. Just a front desk clerk. No one to help with luggage or if you have any issues (like the one we're having now). Literally one person that's manning the desk/hotel. They've totally screwed us and we have no one to talk to to even try to fix this. Just the hotel front desk clerk. Had we known we wouldn't have ever booked this place and now we have no other place booked plus there's no refunds or cancellations. It's absolutely mind blowing they think this is acceptable. Maybe if we were WHITE, they would be more forthcoming on providing us a better solution. If you're dumb enough to book here make sure you're ok with them totally ruining your vacation/stay and charging you a premium for it. Also, I think the minimum age of the occupants here is like 80. Everyone looks like an extra from the movie "Cocoon". Oh their solution was to give us a crappy discount and free breakfast and move us around 3 times. Wow, that's total BS. F your rooms, discount and your breakfast. I hope they all choke on it. As far as the rooms go, they're not very nice. Not what I would call luxury by any standard. It's decorated like an old lady's house. Everything looks old even though they said they just remodeled it. Was their vision board for the remodel based off someone's grandmas house from the 90s. Because that's what it looks like. It's the summer and their AC is super weak so I'm dying of heat in this muggy weather. As I said there's only 1 person running the place so if you have any issues then you're screwed. Also the mini fridge doesn't work. Also if you smoke then forget about it. You can't smoke on the entire property. You have to walk far, way up this hill away from everything and everyone. By the time I'm up the hill I'm too out of breath to smoke. They make you sign a contract saying you won't smoke. Wtf. Screw you. I do what I want. I will try to smoke anywhere but that hill out of spite. God, I hate this place. So be forewarned. Don't make me say I told you so.

    What a gorgeous wedding venue! In my lifetime I've been to about 30 weddings and this by far was…read moreone of the top locations! Granted you need to hope for good weather, but my cousin was a very lucky lady in late September. I liked how big the property was - plenty of room for people to spread out, enjoy their food, or be on the dance floor. The sunset over the water was epic! We even saw bald eagles flying & fishing off shore. This location is so picturesque (heck even the bathroom was cute for selfies). The bride and her parents were blown away by the overnight accommodations too! I saw pics with the view of the infinity pool. Staff was wonderful, everything was spotless clean, and best of all the crowd & bride and groom had an awesome time!

    Tidewater Motel - hotels - Updated September 2026

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