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Reviews of Old Lyme Inn

3.5 out of 5
Old Lyme Inn
85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 98 out of 133 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 24 out of 133 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 133 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 133 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 133 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful experience. Excellent service.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yuval

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
wonderful
wonderful place, very good service, very friendly, and helpful staff. The room was big and clean, large bathroom. The tea party was wonderful.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great weekend!!
Family weekend. 3 night stay to meet with daughters for a weekend getaway. In allowed for an early check in because room was ready. Jazz club attached to Inn with shows Friday and Saturday night. Inn arranged for show tickets both nights. All the staff were exeptionally accomadating all weekend long from check in to show tickets to allowing us dinner service right at closing time. The dinner and breakfast were both prepared with care and quality. Dining are was very charming. From day one staff called us by name whenever we encountered them and made us feel like home. Because of their service would recommend their establishment. Inn was conveniently located right off the highway and walking distance to lyme sculptuŕe garden and floŕence griswold museum. 10 to 15 minute drive to niantic boardwalk, essex Steam train and ivoryton theatre
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Art lovers
Wonderful room - spacious, on corner with three sets of windows. Very quiet and comfortable. Staff were all so nice, helpful and knowledgeable. A pleasure chatting with them. Great location across the Street from the fantastic Florence Griswald Museum.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

ARTHUR

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything about the stay was excellent. Staff very hey.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jean

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very beautiful place. The staff are extremely friendly and accommodating. The restaurant located at the Old Lyme Inn was excellent and the Jazz Club is a must.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was wonderful! The Inn itself is very charming!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love the Old Lyme Inn
An adorably quaint hotel near the Florence Griswold museum. Cozy and comfy and the staff are welcoming and friendly.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

lynda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Help was fine. Bathroom shower/bathtub inferior (peeling, mold, etc. Occasional silverfish). Bed very creaky.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Teah

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Edwin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Lisa

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Connie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Stay at small Inn
The staff at the Inn are incredibly nice and helpful in every way. The Inn is very quaint and a great location to all the ongoings and sights in the mid-connecticut shore area. We will be back for another visit hopefully soon.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The setting was charming in just the way you'd want it to be. Our room (4) was spacious and cozy and the mattress was fine but there was an issue of the whole bed being too high; being a short person; the staff helped us find a milk crate that was just right for creating the step I needed to "climb into bed"! Overall, a lovely retreat and getaway. Many thanks, Janet Friedman
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Lennovic

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was a unique property to stay for a few days/nights. Very quaint and the staff were so hospitable and nice. Easy access to 95.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

theresa

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly Recoomend Lyme Inn
Chris was outstanding! got our luggage from car. brought us dessert first nite. heated up our leftovers and added a salad & dessert 2nd nite. arranged tix to next door jazz club. checked on our satisfaction with dinner in Lyme dining room. bed comfy. bathroom spotless & updated. quiet, relaxing atmosphere. only problem was thermostat. we dnot understand setting but dnot mention to staff so can't complain. Only coffee&muffin @ breakfast. Highly recommend this Inn!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room was comfortable and Chris at the front desk was friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved the charm of this place, loved dining on the terrace, listening to jazz, very picturesque with wonderful staff. Food great. Service great.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

joan

Liked: Cleanliness
There was no phone in the room. I had people coming for dinner who did not have my cell and I don't on principal give it out to hotels. They arrived and I had no idea they were waiting until I went downstairs early. How does the hotel arrange for wake-up calls? No phone in the room is unacceptable. I was there for 2 nights and the room wasn't made up the second day. As it was Sunday, there was virtually no one around to tell this to until I ran into a very nice custodian who did get me towels, at least. The clock wasn't functional. Fan on the heating/cooling was not adjustable. It blew cold all weekend. There was no bar soap. Again, unacceptable. Squeeze bottle soap is useless. AND there was no conditilner in the squeeze bottles in the shower. And, no, shampoo pretending to have conditioner in it does not work. The was no table height surface and no real chair. Working on a computer on a magazine rack seated in an easy chair doesn't work. The stay was disappointing.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a great time at the Old Lyme Inn. The restaurant was fantastic and the service was excellent. We also saw the Jazz show which was the highlight of our weekend.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janine

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Tosh on 2023/4/24
Thank you so much Janine! It was such a pleasure to have you stay with us and we appreciate your review. We look forward to your next visit!

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely stay. Our room was clean and cozy, though some of the furniture showed visible wear. Comfortable beds and a lovely bathroom that felt modern. The staff was helpful and friendly. Breakfast was a bit underwhelming, but overall, we’d recommend a stay the Old Lyme Inn.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Alison

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This inn is charming, well located and has the fantastic Sidedoor Jazz club - we had a wonderful time here and the staff was beyond helpful! A great place to stay in Old Lyme!

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a very enjoyable vacation.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Randall, Mill Valley

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The town of Old Lyme is charming, and this lovely inn is perfectly situated, right across from the Florence Griswold Museum, right off the I95 for easy exploring, and very quiet and peaceful.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was supper friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

diane

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quaint cozy inn. The staff was friendly. However, I did not receive an itemized bill for my stay. The price listed on Expedia was not what l paid, Also, l was the only person on the premises for two nights. It was creepy walking into an empty inn. If I would have known, l wouldn’t had booked the stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

James, Darien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Gem !!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best of New England
Very comfortable with happy staff. Great suggestions on local walks and points of interest. Old fashioned in the best way
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely inn with great hosts
What a lovely discovery! Gorgeous, historic inn with a wonderful restaurant. Quiet, comfortable and great location to explore from.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Frederick

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet place,close to beautiful small New England towns.Nice comfortable rooms,breakfast plus a very friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I spent a luxurious afternoon on the shady lawn in an Adirondack chair thinking life was good.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Heidi L

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Lovely Stay
We had a lovely stay. The room was spacious, clean and very comfortable. The guest service was great and the complimentary breakfast was delicious.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Theresa, Hamden

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Old Lyme Inn has such old world charm with a very friendly and accommodating staff. Would highly recommend!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Tosh on 2022/7/1
Thank you so much Theresa! We hope you can stay with us again.

10/10 Excellent

Daniel, Woodbury

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A beautiful period inn with charming public areas. The room was dated and worn, however,
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Barton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the crew/jazz/food/drink/ambiance. who can ask for anything more!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Tara

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bridget

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Cozy and staff is awesome
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Carolyn

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The property is old New England and quaint. Some rooms were chilly but bedroom was warm with heat on. Food was mediocre, at best. It might have just been when we stayed. Most employees friendly overall.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

barbara

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Inn
Beautiful property with fantastic staff. Wish we could have stayed longer and hope to return one day.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ronni

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Lyme Inn
The Inn was very nice. We were upgraded to a larger room with fireplace. Breakfast was good. The staff was very friendly and helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Allan

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great vacation spot.
We loved our stay at Old Lyme. The accommodations were clean, comfortable and in a very central area. Great bed for sleeping. However, we were a little disappointed in the Costco muffins for breakfast Monday morning and struggled to find ice to fill our room bucket Sunday night. Upon return to the area, we would happily book again.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021