Chebeague Island Inn

United States , Maine Coast - ME
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND, 61 South Road
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8/10

Excellent

21 Sep 2025

Margie

Charming and easy access to the Golf Course

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jul 2025

Rob

Great place to go and relax for a few days.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2025

Judith

Great, old-style Maine island inn. The beadboard walls, wraparound porch, comfy furniture and spectacular views all add up to make it feel like a classic Maine getaway. The staff is amazing, and attended to our every need. Can't wait to go back!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Jul 2025

Danielle

Nice place but rooms could use a major update

2 nights as a couple while the kids are away. The location and hotel surroundings are nice, but the rooms are old and not well maintained. There is however a great porch with ocean views

Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Jun 2025

Joseph

The location is perfect with the golf course right next door and sitting up on the hill overlooking the harbor. The restaurant serves wonderful meals, one of the best lobster bisque we’ve ever had. The wrap around porch is awesome with heaters.
In saying all this, the inn needs some TLC. Our room had paint chipping on the walls and all
around the shower. The shower head was awful. There isn’t a main door to the front desk and the one our driver brought us in was like we were walking into a shed, very weird . We will go back to the restaurant but we wouldn’t stay over.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Sep 2024

Shawn

Met our expectations

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Great public spaces, rooms need cleaning/updates

The staff was great, we had an excellent dinner, and the porch and "living room" of the Inn are great places to hang out. The rooms desperately need updating even just to replace rusty furniture. The room also wasn't very clean, including noticeable amounts of hair on the floor and a greasy mirror hanging in the bedroom.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2024

Verified traveler

It was lovely and relaxing.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2024

Deborah

The staff were amazing; Alex and Dave were so helpful and kind and enchanted my daughter. The perfect place for peace.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2024

Michael

Quintessential old coastal New England Inn. Lovely property with dark hardwood floors, tongue and groove walls and ceiling fans to move around the cooler coastal air. The rooms are small but clean and available with or without private baths. The inn offers a restaurant with excellent farm/sea to table menu options. The wrap around porch provides amazing sunset views and views of the harbor and golf course. Spotty WIFI and no TV’s ……. So don’t come if you need to be high-speed connected but a great place to tune-out for a couple days!!!!

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2024

Cory

Wonderful staff and service. Misho was a great driver. Beautiful island retreat.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2023

Jirair

Maine Island Life

Scenery is Heavenly. Very Friendly Staff.
This Old Charm Inn on Chebeague Island in Maine, Service is excellent and Very Clean and Affordable.
Meals and Drinks are absolutely delicious.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2023

Brian

A well deserved four star rating!

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2021

George

It is amazing right on the water and. Very relaxing. Favorite place to stay on whole trip.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2021

Toni

Remember no television and you share a shower/ toilet with others on the same floor

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Sep 2021

Dawn L

Staff and residents were very helpful and friendly. It's a beautiful place.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

The view is beautiful from the front porch. I went to relax and recover from work which worked out perfectly. The service was great and the food was excellent! Would definitely return.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Wonderful front desk. Very nice views. Great staff

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

Location old fashion charm,the porch, and great restaurant on site

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

The check-in process is very unique. If you are one to check-in late, i recommend not to even stay on the island. We called a couple weeks in advance, no return calls. Called when we got on the ferry to get more info, no amswer again. The ferry dropped us off, thankfully after hauling our luggage up the hill, the Inn was the only building with lights on within sight. Reception, my teenagers are better with lunch guests at our home. I wish them luck. It seems you either are used to island, or you learn by fire, i recommend to stay in old orchard beach, its where we will probably stay next time. First and last.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Oct 2019

ANGELA

We loved our visit. It was Like going back in time. However, you do need to allow time for the Ferry ride to the island and plan around that. We left from Portland which was an 1 1/2 hours to the island. Chebeague Bay was beautiful, relaxing and peaceful. Just what we needed.

Partner

4/10

Poor

14 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Hair in the shower stall. Kitchen fan below our window going most of the time. Food nit cooked to order, had to send back.
The manager did adjust our bill.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Wonderful stay! Weaves sitting on the porch for cocktails and the cheese plate was delicious! Clean room, very luxurious sheets! The bikes were very old and needed tune ups but it was nice that they were available for guess. Will be back!

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

We had a second floor room with a view of the garden. Actually it was a view of the street and the driveway. We requested a private bath. The total for the two nights was almost $700.00. Our bar and food bill was nearly 500.00. You need to pay $30.00 to park for two nights and 16.00$ per person R/T for the ferry. The island real estate is privately owned and the are no sandy beaches. I took my walks on the pavement..not ideal. There are many more beautiful islands to visit in Maine. We're moving on next time.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Aug 2019

Robin

Beautiful location. Loved the bikes! Front desk staff were very helpful regarding island. Rooms were delightful...farmhouse chic. Front porch had comfortable chairs to enjoy the view! Our experience at the restaurant was not very good. Vegetarian options were very limited...very expensive...and not very good.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2019

Michelle D.

The Perfect Maine Summer Get~A~Way

Everything was easy from booking to driving to shuttle to ferry to hotel arrival and check-in! The Chebeague Island Inn is a beautiful, quaint inn settled on a hill overlooking the ocean. The Inn has extremely clean rooms along with majestic garden and ocean views. Excellent service and a carefully thought out menu featuring locally sourced food. Easy to bike the entire island , beaches everywhere and very kind staff to familiarize you with island life. A memorable overnight stay..we will be back !

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Such a beautiful place! We had a great time riding bikes around the island.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Jun 2019

John

Island visit

Great place, shared bath, clean, great setting, though dependent on ferry to get there, and can’t take cars.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Oct 2018

Andrea

Chebeague Island Inn

We love the Chebeague Inn and golf course. We have family there so it is always a wonderful experience. There isn't much to do except relax and enjoy.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2018

Katie

Such a beautiful Inn right on the water with incredible staff and delicious food. Quiet and away from everyone but still so much to do!

6/10

Pleasant

09 Sep 2018

Jill

Lovely location with a great porch. Enjoyed playing board games and enjoying the sunset. Room was small. No air conditioning which was a problem for us at night. Old bed and way too soft, saw shoe marks all over the white painted floors. Doors had to slammed to shut properly. Enjoyed smores over the fire and great view of stars. If we returned we would probably not stay at the hotel anywhere around the summer. Very disappointed that there was no pool to use on a 90F+ day (no life guards available at rec center) or any kayaks to rent anywhere on the island. If we were to do again we would have a meal or two there and enjoy the porch, My husband nor I would stay overnight again.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2018

Beth

Beautiful setting, very clean, welcoming staff. We had a relaxing and lovely time.

6/10

Pleasant

25 Aug 2018

Withheld

We had a few issues w/our room
Otherwise all was good

6/10

Pleasant

21 Aug 2018

Kim

Basically a really expensive night of dorm style living. There was a sink in the room but the toilets and showers were common/shared. It would have been fine had they been clean and kept up (aka have staff check in on them every hour) but that was not the case. When my boyfriend and I went to dinner and came back to our room someone had, evidently, come in and prepared our bed for the evening (rolled the blankets down, took pillows off the bed, etc.) which I felt should have been mentioned at check-in. There was no air conditioning - which could be uncomfortable in warmer temperatures. I also found the staff to be a little snooty. The building and property is beautiful but definitely not what I expected based on the website.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Aug 2018

Judy

The Inn is beautiful with the charm of a bygone era. We loved sitting on the expansive porch, relaxing and reading, and taken in the beautiful ocean vista. The staff were extremely helpful and tended to our needs. Dinner in the dining room was fabulous. And the island was fun to explore on the inn's bikes.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Aug 2018

J&R

Everything great but room hot from sun exposure.

8/10

Excellent

10 Aug 2018

george

Not much to complain about...

It should first be said that it is the only hotel on the island. But aside from that, it is really a beautiful experience. It would be nice if the rooms were slightly larger and have private bathrooms. But once you go past that, not much to complain about.
We also experience the hottest part of summer of 2108 there and... for the first time ever we missed not having air conditioning in the room.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

10 Aug 2018

Rick

There is no A/C so it can get rather warm on very hot days / nights. Staff was wonderful. Food was very good but the portions were rather small and pricey. Breakfasts were more than enough. Service was very slow especially at dinner. Bikes are there for your pleasure to explore the island or they will give you a tour. If you want total peace and quiet where you want to totally relax, this is the place. Grounds were beautiful.

8/10

Excellent

09 Aug 2018

Christian

Two nights at the hotel

Unusually hot for August; hotel provided a fan which was very helpful. Setting is very peaceful; we spent an afternoon on the porch just talking and relaxing. Great view of the bay.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

An outstanding experience due to the location and staff! Though there is no air conditioning, the ocean breeze keeps it comfortable.

10/10

Exceptional

06 Aug 2018

Thomas

Highly Recommeded

I see from the reviews that you can't please everyone, no matter hard you try... I for one was very happy with everything, especially considering the age and history of the property. Friendly, helpful staff. Very clean room (understandably small).. shared bathroom was well maintained, and I never crossed paths with another guest. Great dining, fantistic views. My most relaxing, best memory after a long trip from California Highly recommeded. Hope I can come back someday. Thanks.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Beautiful, but....

The hotel was beautiful but we were disappointed the staff felt it was too much work to light the nightly bonfire.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Aug 2018

Jacqueline

Excellent old time inn

This is a very nice old time inn. We were in a smallish room with shared bath but it was fine as I never met anyone in the shared bath. The smallish room was OK as it reflects how buildings were built in the day. Linens and towels and toiletries were top notch. The restaurant was very good and the service was friendly and responsive. We used the inn's bicycles to ride around the island. Very easy with gentle hills. There is no TV but good wifi and also many games available in the lounge. We ended up playing dominoes for a couple of hours and enjoyed the change of pace.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Our stay couldn't have been better! Charming inn, lovely guests, fantastic food, beautiful grounds, ...

8/10

Excellent

31 Jul 2018

Laura

Idyllic getaway

We had a wonderful stay at the inn and thoroughly enjoyed our getaway on the island. Lovely grounds and old historic inn, very relaxing time on the beautiful porch overlooking the water, perfect morning for yoga on the lawn, very pleasant and helpful staff. Dinners on the screened in porch were delicious. Would love to return. Our room with shared bath was tastefully decorated, but very small and little room for our luggage/belongings.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Jul 2018

chris

Room as good as expected for remote New England location.
This is about getting away from it all. You don't need to spend any time in the room. There is massive lodge with fire place, extensive gardens and a wonderful porch to gaze across the bay from.

6/10

Pleasant

01 Oct 2017

Kyle

Disappointing island accommodation

Room that we booked was not as advertised...no twin beds,but trundle bed which was not made up upon arrival.The receptionist was unaccommodating. We had to wait until next day to move to new rooms,at additional upcharge. Our original room was falsely advertised as overlooking gardens, in reality it was overlooking the trash cans and food exhaust vans.We came over a thousand miles,and we were so disappointed w/lack of service and very little interest in righting their wrongs. Quite expensive which we were okay with since it was out on an island,but to be treated so poorly was inexcusable.The inn was very nice, but from the RUDE bellhop who picked us up@ the ferry,to several of the other staff,we think that the owners need to be aware of the indifference of the staff...they ruined our stay.As a former owner of an inn myself(14 plus years),I would hope the owners would appreciate this info.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2017

linda

Exceptional staff

Very warm ,inviting experience,every staff members we encountered were interested in making our stay a stay to remember and they succeeded.The dining experience was exceptional from service to presentation to taste. The Inn ,s porch is large and loaded with big comfy wicker to take off your shoes and put your feet up while sipping wine or munching on hot from the oven cookies generously passed to each guest during the afternoon. A roaring fire in the over sized stone fireplace after dinner put the perfect finishing touch to our day.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

It was great!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

No Food at the Inn??

Arrived off the ferry at noon not expecting to be able to check in, but definitely assuming we would be seated for lunch. My wife and I, along with two other couples who arrived the same time as us, were told there were two large parties in the restaurant at the hotel and the staff could not serve us...at all! This was very disappointing. We were directed to another "restaurant" (the only other on the island!) for lunch down by the harbor and no reservations were needed. With a positive attitude, we hopped on the "complimentary" bikes and headed to the harbor. What we found was the harbor store with numerous touristy type items to purchase. The kind girl behind the register pointed us to a refrigerated case that had sandwiches for us to purchase. We took the last two ham and cheese (gouda!) sandwiches and a bag of chips and had lunch down by the harbor. I must admit it was a mumble, yet nice experience. Back at the hotel I shared with the manager what had happened and I hoped his dinner staff would make our 30th wedding anniversary dinner (yes, we had reservations thankfully!) a little extra special for the inconvenience at lunch. She said, "Of course! You are staying here and we want to accommodate your needs to the best of our ability" Dinner was superb, but there was not extra special effort to make the $250 (wine and tip included) meal a special one. Overeall...the website we used over exaggerated the wow factor for this establishment.

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