Aqua Blue Hotel

The staff was very nice and the surrounding neighborhood was very quiet and quintessential New England. Very lovely.

This hotel is a complete scam. The front doors do not work, so anyone could just walk in. Furthermore, what makes it even worse is that a staff member is not always at the front desk during night shifts, so truthfully anyone could just walk into the hotel. The rooms were absolutely disgusting. The entire hotel needs a new paint job. There are scuff marks all throughout the room and halls. The wood outside of the building needs to be redone. The hotel says it offers a pool and hotel deck which is not true. The hotel has ZERO amenities and I have stayed at nicer motels. We tried to leave early and change our reservation. The hotel told us they could not make the adjustment so we left early and paid for an entire night that we did not use. I would avoid at all costs.

The lobby smells. Front doors don’t work.. we stayed for 2 nights on the 3rd floor. Elevator marked inoperative 40% of the time, couldn’t use. Room condition ancient. Exterior room /deck area paint peeling badly worn. Pool unavailable and were told it’s under construction. Paid >$700for the 2 nights, I was totally ripped off. Don’t make the same mistake I did. Avoid.

Arrived for a long weekend. When I booked, it did not say anything about the pool being closed for renovations. Which is a reason I booked, in case we had rainy weather (and we did). The front doors were broken and there was construction material in the lobby. The lobby is very dark and the lobby bathrooms are on the second floor. Front desk agents, friendly but didn’t give us an overview of the property. Didn’t mention coffee in the lobby and didn’t mention the pool was closed. There was a deck area to sit, with a lot of seats and a nice view but it wasn’t maintained and the cushions were everywhere. There was caution tape on part of the railing. We had what would be considered a balcony but no access to the deck area. The windows in our room were huge, no curtains, just pull down roll shades. Since we were on the level of the deck everyone could see into our room. So the blinds stayed closed and the room felt Like we were in the basement. The bathroom was extremely small. A cruise ship has a bigger bathroom. The first morning we were woken up by the cleaning staff banging on all the doors announcing their service to clean. The doors are very thin and you can hear people opening and shutting the doors all morning and evening long. The cleaning staff was amazing and very attentive to anything we needed(towels). There are several shops to check out and restaurants close. if you are going to the beach the location is great but the hotel needs some updating for sure.

Great location, friendly staff, clean room. My 2 teenagers loved the outdoor lounge on the second floor with beautiful views of the ocean.