Harbor View Hotel

So here’s the good… This is where we spent our wedding night back in 1996, got married at the Old Whaling Church. Fast forward to 2016… First time we’ve come back to the Harborview since then and we ended up getting the same room we had 20 years ago! This can’t be any more special… Spectacular views and warm inviting staff, set just far enough away from busy downtown Edgartown to be really peaceful.
And now the not so good… I wanted to give 5 stars however there are details that just don’t live up to that… No towels at the pool if you show up late afternoon, restrooms in the lobby running out of paper towels… Gelato was lumpy (?). Details that $ 500+ a night should provide. Everything should be perfect in my opinion at this price point but was not. Overall outdoor of the hotel needs a refresh (mildew, moss, broken shingles, chipped paint — high floors).
I’d still come back, but mostly for nostalgia than overall quality.

Visited for New Year’s Eve 2015. Had great accommodations in the Captains Cottages. Beautiful 2 bedroom suite with a large common room. Clean, modern, comfy. Bed and linens were top notch. The public areas of the hotel were beautiful. NYE party was elegant and lively. Three bands and a DJ in three different spaces, plus a great buffet. The food was amazing and plentiful. Fireworks were spectacular at midnight. Hope they repeat this event, and I heartily recommend it!

Beautiful hotel, awesome staff, nice clean room, and good food. We are here for our Honeymoon and I couldn’t ask for a better place to spend it. I have no idea what the other Unilocalers are talking about. They are what South Park made fun of. Great place.

Rented a moped from Oak Bluffs and rode down here to have a drink on the deck. Very expensive, but I guess the fact that you’re already on the Vineyard means that you have money to burn that day.
They give you plastic cups, but suck it up. You’ll deal. After you get a good buzz, walk down to the lighthouse and pretend you’re a Kennedy. Great stop on a day trip, but not to hang out all day. Edgartown is perfectly quaint, with narrow streets, good eateries, and plenty of charm. But there’s not a whole hell of a lot going on. Head back to Oak Bluffs for the night life :)

My husband and I stayed here over labor day weekend and found the service at the hotel to be basic and below the standard of similar luxury hotels. For example: turn down service only gave us towels and did not clean our room, no shuttle offered from ferry, no warning of huge wedding the weekend of our stay (NOISE & loads of people), no welcome amenities, no water bottles, no bikes. We arrived Friday night at 10pm to learn the kitchen was closed and there was nothing they could do to help us get dinner.
I highly recommend the White Elephant in Nantucket over the Harbor View. The best part of the Harbor View is the location — everything else is completely overpriced. The water in the shower was lukewarm at best. The bathroom fixtures are comparable to a $ 100/​nt hotel. We could hear everything going on in the room across the hall. The sheer curtains in the bedroom did nothing to help us sleep through the blinding sunrise at 5:30am.
Save your money and stay elsewhere!

Just spent three awful days at the hotel.
I had a standard king size room that was small, dirty and poorly kept. The rugs were so dirty we didn’t step on them in bare feet. The housekeeping was dreadful and when they didn’t refresh the tissue box I called and they brought us half a box of tissues. Can you believe for $ 600 a night they send half a box.
We ate at the hotel Resturant which was horrible. The prices were high and the food was dreadful. We ordered the avocado and crab salad, when I asked for more toast the manager said he would get some. We are still waiting for the toast.
We understand the season is short but this was robbery at its best.
Just a terrible experience. Go anywhere but here, as it will surely disappoint

Thank you to Darlene the concierge for being so friendly and helpful! She recommended a fantastic sail to me with Captain Kurt on his ‘Nantucket’ Cat boat and it made my visit. What a way to end my weekend! Thank you, Darlene!

Let me start off with a positive, the hotel was very accommodating in changing my reservation for me last minute due to poor weather conditions, and I was very appreciate of that. The front desk agents were very nice and informative, and they even allowed me to check in early at 11am with no additional charge. Unfortunately, that’s where the positives end!
Now for the bad… first of all, walking into the room, there was a significant temperature change from the outside to the inside. It was warm and muggy in the room, and it was at least a 5 – 10 degrees hotter in the room compared to outside. I shrugged it off, made sure all the A/​C setting were correct, then we left the room to start our adventures for the day. Once we got back to the room, all three of us were extremely warm and completely uncomfortable. I called the front desk to let them know about the A/​C, and they sent maintenance to look at it. They changed the filter and gauged the temperature and immediately said the temp was already going down (yet there was no change in the room). So we left once again, and we ventured out to do more sightseeing. Once again, we got back, and it was miserable!!! The sheets on the bed were moist from the warmth in the room, and we were all uncomfortable. I called the front desk, and they switched rooms for us. I was extremely happy, until I walked into the new room, and I was still extremely hot and my arms were sweaty after only a few minutes in the room. I called to inform the front desk, and they sent a fan up and gauged the A/​C in the new room. Once again, the maintenance guy said it was cooling down, yet I was looking at the temp gauge over his shoulder and read 75.3 degrees!!! How is that cooler!!! So after we left for a third time, and we came back after dinner to the new room and had to open the door just to get the temperature down. Since when did we have to depend on the outdoor temp to cool down a room that was over $ 400!!! So I called the front desk once again, and «the manager on duty,» aka the front desk clerk, informed me that the maintenance guys and bellman said the room was cool and A/​C was working. When I asked if the A/​C gets below 75 degrees, he said yes. Well, when maintenance was in the room it clearly stated 75.3, and it is still the same temperature, so how is the A/​C functioning properly when it is still hot in the room. Needless to say, I haven’t even been here for a full night’s stay, and I am ready to check out. I will not EVER come back to this hotel, and I will not recommend it to anyone, unless sweating is what they like to do.

When you come to this hotel, the first thing you expect is having a clean and decent room! The main entrance and the lobby completely mislead you into thinking that the room you will be staying in is as neat and clean as their main entrance.
The first thing you will notice when entering your room is the numerous stains all over the carpet as if they have never had them washed, you will never want to remove your shoes. Second, the bathroom was outdated and dirty in which I also found a spider in the shower during the very first night. Btw, I recommend taking showers in flip flops otherwise you might be taking the risk of getting a disgusting fungus.
The headboard behind the bed was all dusty and disgusting. They clearly haven’t dusted it in months.
It is a room with very unhealthy conditions. They should renovate the rooms and have a better trained cleaning crew! We had to pay $ 520 the night to take a risk at getting sick in here.

6/24/15−6/26/15…We thought the Harbor view was ok, but nothing great.
The rooms seemed ok except for a couple concerns in the bathroom. The floor wasn’t completely clean, and we were surprised to see that the bathroom had no exhaust fan.
The check in was friendly and informative as was the check out. The pool was literally just opening the day we arrived after a long construction project, so we seemed to luck out. Some areas of the outside of the building seemed a little weathered, but I guess it’s expected after a the long brutal Winter we had.
The front porch area was probably the highlight of this Hotel… great views over looking the Bay and lighthouse. The rocking chairs were a nice touch.
This Hotel was also close enough to the downtown are where it only took about 7 minutes to walk to the restaurants, shops, and dock, but far enough away where you had the privilege of some privacy.
My biggest problem here was the drink prices at the pool…$ 20.00 that inc. tax + tip on the bill for a Strawberry Margarita /​and frozen drinks is just an absolute insult to your guests. I understand your going to charge a little more, but to take advantage like that is pretty rude and a lack of respect for your guests… To the owners: be grateful guests are choosing your hotel, and lay off on the greed.

Stayed here for three days mid week before the season got started in mid June. What a fantastic hotel. Great service, great food all the help and privacy you want or need. Quiet but plenty to do, awesome views and just a great place to hang. Will be back

This hotel looks lovely and beautiful from the outside, and it does have rich history and exquisite views. That said, the furniture in the lounge area and the furniture in my hotel room both had distinct stains on them. Additionally, my room was on the 4^th floor and with no assistance from hotel staff, I had to drag two heavy bags through narrow walkways and up numerous flights of stairs myself after an exhausting day. There was no elevator that even went to the 4^th floor. Very disappointing hospitality and customer service.

The pictures made it look much nicer then it really was. There were sunflower seeds in my kids bed when we got there late at night. It said queen beds but they were not. They were supposed to be pillow top beds but it was pillow tops thrown on top of a mattress. They didn’t replace dirty glasses with clean ones. On a positive note the staff was very friendly. Did get free breakfast for the sunflower seeds in the bed.

The hotel needs to be cleaned up and maintenance painting done. Carpets are dirty and need replacement. Wifi doesn’t work. The food in the restaurant was not seasoned very well. What happened Harbor View?

Stunning. Absolutely beautiful, from the view of the light house and water in the front to the back with the big lawn and pool. I did a site visit here last week to check out the property to see if I want to bring a group here for a meeting. I was blown away as to how beautiful the place is. The guest rooms are all unique and super cute, especially the cottages in the back. Everything has a local flair even the photography which is by a local photographer artist.
The chef prepared us a 5 course meal with wine pairings. Because I’m vegan he made me a special vegan 5 course meal. It was delicious! So amazing, def one of the best 5 course meals I have ever have, if not the best. There was salad, soup, entrée, appetizer, and dessert. So many great fall flavors and mushrooms. I was full as it was packed with yummy veggies and protein enriched veggies and starches. He really knows how to deal with dietary requests. The meat eaters also enjoyed their meal too. The wine was great too.
There was a wedding about to take place when we were there that we were spying on. It looks to be a great venue for weddings. If I could afford it, it would def be a place to consider!

Its off the beaten path is Edgartown, and it is clean, spacious and lovely. WONDERFUL staff, beautiful wrap around porch for a bottle of bubbles, and some friends for an afternoon of views.
We had inner room, so no view for us. But we were serenaded by staff surprises for our anniversary, and its those little details that make it memorable.

This review is about Henry’s. Between 4 of us, we split 5 small plates as follows:
–Littlenecks: clean, fresh, very tasty
–Fried oysters: fried nicely, flavorful dipping sauce (horseradishy?)
–Mac and cheese: very flavorful, chock full of linguisa and cherry tomatoes
–Lobster knuckles: fresh lobster with a vat of butter for dipping, enough said
–Pig cheek bolognese: not bad but I’ve had much better
I thought prices were pretty high for both the quantity and the quality; nothing was bad, but nothing really blew me away either. Still, we left relatively satisfied, so it depends on what you’re looking for I guess.

We needed some downtime and Martha’s Vineyard and Harbor View Hotel was the perfect place. Loved the location, which is steps away from downtown and a lighthouse. it was quiet but not secluded.
We loved rocking back and forth in the rocking chairs on the front porch, while looking out at the lighthouse and the passers by.
Stayed on the third floor room for the first two nights… absolutely loved the breeze and the view. So we decided to add another night. They moved us to a room on the first floor, which was not as nice. No breeze, no view. Had I known, I wouldn’t have taken it.
We had to find a convenience store in the middle of the night to get bottles of water. Mini bar with bottles of water would be a nice addition in every room.
Yes, I would return again…

This hotel is breathtakingly beautiful. When I think of Martha’s Vineyard, this is how I always pictured it. The lighthouse. The beach. The blue lounge chairs out front. This place is just perfect. Great for a romantic getaway. The staff were all accommodating and friendly. Will definitely make you feel right at home and wishing you do not ever have to leave the island.

Harbor View and The Kelly House did a fantastic job hosting my wedding and wedding guests, respectively, for my September 2012 wedding. As an out of town bride planning our destination wedding, I was relying heavily on Alison from Harbor View to be a guide via phone and email for all my wedding needs.
I visited the venue once before the wedding and all the communications between myself and the Harbor View/​Kelly House were thorough and pleasant all the way up to my wedding day.
Our wedding guests (approx 30) stayed in The Kelly House and every one of them raved about how amazing the staff and facilities were. Every one had a two night stay at The Kelly House with not a single bad thing said about the experience.
All the planning came together with the help of Alison for the big day. She took our photographer away for a bit just to go through the whole day with him and how everything would be set up. She even guided our two musicians to their place before the ceremony when I was busy getting ready and getting photos taken.
The bridal party got ready in the Chilmark Room which was right off of the Edgartown Room where we had our reception. We had the room to ourselves and it was a perfect location to get ready.
The weather was beautiful but the gazebo outside of Henry’s Restaurant was the perfect spot for the ceremony with or without a chance of rain. After the ceremony, all of our wedding guests walked «up the aisle» back towards the Edgartown Room following us and we stood on the steps leading up to the Edgartown Room for a group photo. The buildings make a perfect backdrop for photos!
Our reception was held in the Edgartown Room just across from Henry’s Restaurant. Even though the room was big enough to hold over 100 people, Alison arranged the room perfectly to accommodate our 30 people wedding without us getting lost in the room.
Overall, everything was fantastic and all our wedding guests had nothing but compliments for the Harbor View and The Kelly House.