The Colony Hotel

Enjoyed our short stay. Staff very friendly and accommodating. Would definitely come back. Just a short walk or ride along the coastline to The Bush Estate and into downtown Kennebunkport.

The Colony has a special charm of an old hotel. Take the self guided tour around the property and think about what it was like 100 years ago for city folks vacationing in Maine.

Beautiful local gem that has a lovely history. Our balcony room was especially nice. The welcome sparkling wine was a nice touch and the cocktails in the Marine Room were great. We had a dresser with sticking drawers but otherwise it was a great room.

This place is an extreme mixed bag. The property is very nice. Historical hotel with lovely ocean views. The market/coffee shop is nice though a little sparsely stocked. That said, pretty on par for any hotel. That said, the service is wildly variable. Front desk was super rude when we called to have housekeeping come (they skipped our room two days in a row). But other times, front desk staff was very nice. Depends on who you get I guess which is not great. WiFi in the newer building is horrendous. Not an issue for entertainment purposes but if you have to work on vacation, as many of us do, it’s absolutely awful. Drops every 5 minutes for about 5 minutes and is slow when it works. I alluded to the housekeeping. They appear to pick and choose which rooms they clean as they chose to skip ours twice leading to the less than pleasant interaction noted above. Servers at both the breakfast and Marine Room is equally hit or miss. But most meals you can count on something being missed or forgotten and servers returning to the table only sporadically. It really detracts from what could be a very lovely sea side escape. Overall I can’t say with any level of certainty that I would choose to stay here again. If we had a consistent level of friendly and attentive service as you would expect from any property of this my feelings would probably be different. But being made to feel like an inconvenience for requesting cream for your coffee, a refill for your sofa, clean towels for your room or even to get your check after a meal is not fun and detracts heavily from the experience one expects from a resort property.

Booked the Colony a year ago for a garden view room which included breakfast. We arrived to a room overlooking the maintenance yard and dumpster with a tiny sink and a fan with an extension cord. . Breakfast is not included anymore. We did the breakfast buffet for $19 per person . Service was awful and food mediocre. Only thing good is the location. Won’t ever go back.

Precious family memories are made each year in this charming resort with a world class location. Friendly accommodating staff support a fun and festive stay to warm the heart and soul.