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2.5 out of 5
Narragansett Inn
1 Ocean Avenue, Block Island, RI

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 75 out of 217 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 61 out of 217 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 39 out of 217 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 22 out of 217 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 20 out of 217 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

5.8/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Norman, Little Compton

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Water views and nearby restaurants
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jack

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very friendly and this is a classic BI hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michelle, Newport

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Steven

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service
We were MISLED by your site, YOUR Email confirm said NO Air Conditioning, so we booked at another hotel and cancelled your booking, AND we paid for the Trip cancellation insurance. We called the very next morning after booking at night and it took 5 calls, three hours to get anyone and then Expedia denied the booking or help, even though we have 5 emails from Expedia. And the Hotel then called after we booked a 2nd hotel to say they did in fact have AC! Refund our money as you are required to do, either by your mistake or the trip insurance!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Logan on 1 Sept 2023
Hi Steven, You are correct, the Narragansett Inn does not have air conditioning, tv or wifi. Sorry for any difficulties you had with Expedia. You are always welcome to book direct with the properties for first hand information and customer service.

2/10 Terrible

SANDRA

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Deborah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I enjoyed my stay at this laid back no frills hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rooms were not as advertised in photos.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Cynthia

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Charming old hotel. Needs work, but is like an old home.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Darlene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clean, never a wait for the shared bathrooms. Great location!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Craig

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
CC and MC Visit
Very quaint and original to early 1900’s Inns. The look was nostalgic and views were beautiful from a wrap-around front porch with plenty of seating. Breakfast time could be extended slightly and more variety of snacks. It could use mirrors in the room and more comfortable mattress. Overall we enjoyed the stay. The staff was very friendly and accommodating to our needs.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Celeste

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

AILEEN

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
The property had a good location but it could have had Wi-Fi.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Keith, Huntington

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Glenn the Desk manager was Excellent
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Narraganset Inn was clean, friendly staff, and in a good location
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lori

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Brenna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Andreia

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Stacey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The Inn is classic and very pretty on outside. Inside is very basic- we had a full bed, a little sitting area with a round table, and then a bathroom. The shower was extremely small- barely able to move. The windows were missing screens - so unable to open all but 2. There’s no AC in the rooms- extremely hot. If all windows were able to open it wouldn’t have been as bad. Staff was very nice. While they couldn’t give us a late check out they did allow us to use the upstairs shared bathroom to shower off when we returned from the beach at night. It’s not luxurious, but the price is one of the best on island. If you’re willing to not have an AC and no pool then you should stay here. The location is in New Harbor- not the center of town, but close to several really great restaurants. The Oar, Dead Eye Dicks, Shoals, Payne’s- breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

maryellen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
See Glenn at front desk Made out stay perfect!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ned

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Charles

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Very small rooms, no a/c.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Joy

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We really enjoyed our stay. The building is historic and well kept. The staff was very friendly. The cleaning staff kepps everything very clean, including the shared bath. We had a fan in our room, which kept it comfortable. We really enjoyed our four day stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Super friendly
It was a cozy small inn, staff was super friendly! Slightly annoying the windows wouldn’t stay up with no air conditioning (some windows did have wooden props to hold them up but not all) overall I was able to book a room on the 4th of July for the day of and it was a nice quiet place and we could see fireworks right outside our window.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Mercedes

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Kevin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Yikes. Shared bathrooms are still a thing?!
Really don’t know where to start, but shame on me maybe for not reading the amenities and overall info more carefully. 1 or 2 shared toilets with the entire floor, and 1 shared shower. Whole place is very dated. How it has a 7.2 rating is perplexing. No A/C, walls and ceiling are beyond paper thin, beds just uncomfortable, staff just seems indifferent overall.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

James

Stayed one night … might be alright if you’re eighteen, but not for me. Compare it to the bunk house in Yellowstone.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming Inn
Narragansett Inn was very charming, comfortable and clean! It is in a beautiful location near the harbor, in a quiet neighborhood. I highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sophie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet, quaint property with basic amenities on block island. The staff were welcoming and the room was basic but clean and comfortable. Location has beautiful pond views and is a short 1.2 mi bike ride from the beach and downtown
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kristen

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous location, friendly staff! Highly recommend staying here.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Linford

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My wife and I travel a lot and are generally not picky. But this was disappointing. As my wife told the front desk employee, we paid a luxury price for a youth hostel experience. The walls are paper thin (thanks, dude coughing two feet away from our head across the wall all night), the entire house is super noisy (stairs, doors, etc.), the quiet hours are not enforced (so many loud drunk people coming in at 1-2 am), the bathroom on the 2nd floor was shared by 4-5 rooms and was nasty -- the shower especially, my wife had no hot water for her shower in the early evening (!!), the room was very small and the bed surely not a queen as advertised, no AC, and just a rundown joint in general. To top it off, when I reported that the ONLY outlet in the room didn’t work, she was like, oh, that always happens, here I can fix it. And came up, pulled the bed from the wall, and wiggled the adapter until the lights came on. I was like: uh, I’m an electrician, and that is a super fire hazard! She shrugged, but I insisted she get an extension cord so we could plug in to a safe outlet. I can't believe we paid over $300 per night for this hole. The only positives are: location and access to other New Harbor establishments; and the $15 buffet you have access to 1.5 miles away at the 1661 Inn (which, by the way, feels much more like a "real" hotel -- actually a nice place to stay and eat). I’d look elsewhere unless you like youth hostels and fire hazards.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay!
Great location, the staff was great, overall very convenient and accommodating. The rooms are very basic but exactly what you need. Will definitely be staying here again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Andrew on 9 Sept 2022
Thank you for the review, we look forward to your next visit!

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It reminds me of my own house
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Andrew on 9 Sept 2022
Thank you for the review, we look forward to your next visit!

8/10 Good

Lauren

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Based on some of the other reviews of this property, I would say if you're not familiar with old homes or you're a "fault finder" by nature, then this probably isn't the hotel for you. However, if you're a glass-half-full kind of person, then I think for the price, this is one of the best values on the island. Yes, most rooms have to share a bathroom but we never once encountered a delay in our schedule because of having to wait, etc. - it simply didn't happen. And yes, the bathrooms are original with some tile repair that wasn't the best in the world, but the water flows, the soaps and shampoos smell wonderful, and if you look at the news - it's light years better off than the people in Jackson Mississippi's water supply right now. The perfect spot in the early afternoon or late evening is on the expansive front porch, where there is always a great view and a nice breeze. The staff are very friendly and accommodating. To sum up this review, if you want AC and perfection, pay $1,000 a night and stay elsewhere. If you want the very best you can buy for your dollar and can pretend you're living at the turn of the 20th century, then I think you'll be pleased with choice. We survived - and thrived - for a whole week here.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Andrew on 9 Sept 2022
Thank you for the review! We love the older, charming feel of The Narragansett too and we look forward to your next visit!

8/10 Good

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Holly

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The outside seating area is beautiful and you can hear the live music at night and sit by the water to listen.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

karen

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Neil

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just very old and over priced , needs to be updated
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Andrew on 24 Aug 2022
We're sorry that you were disappointed with your stay. We try to be as clear as possible that The Narragansett is over 100 years old, unrenovated and very basic accommodations. We hope you enjoyed your time on Block Island even if you didn't enjoy your say with us.

10/10 Excellent

Tracie, Highland

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff and view at this property are absolutely wonderful. The property is old but clean. We found it charming. The muffins and coffee in the morning are delicious and there are a couple of places to get a bite to eat next door. It is an easy mile walk into the town. We will stay here again. Please remember there is no air-conditioning but the screened window opens and they provided a fan. The view in beautiful. The bathroom was shared with others on the floor and was clean with fresh towels.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Andrew on 19 Aug 2022
Thank you for the review, we are glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to your next visit!

8/10 Good

Kath A.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Like: fabulous water view, great rocking chairs on veranda, staff were happy and helpful, fluffy towels, and true sense of a vacation spot from days gone by. Less preferred: definitely "charming" translate needs some upgrades..old furnishings could berepainted or replaced. Lack of mirrors. Better lit walkways in back of bldg. All in all I would happilyreturn
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Andrew on 19 Aug 2022
Thank you for the review. We are glad you enjoyed your time on Block Island and look forward to your next visit!

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Great staff
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022