My husband, who’s family owned a home just down the street from the hotel, spending all his childhood summers there, and I, came to spend a few days at the hotel expecting all of the good things offered in the hotel description. We were quite surprised to find that quaint in this case equals primitive in that the rooms are very sparsely furnished with a bed, two hard back kitchen like chairs and a dresser. The only 2 pillows on the bed were in decorative shams and when I asked the restaurant manager ( the only person at the desk off and on the entire time) for extra pillows he was directed through a phone call to corporate to tell us to take the pillows out of the shams. We had to take toilet paper from a lobby bathroom because there was only an almost empty roll in our room. They offer room service but I don’t know how they manage that as there are no phones in the rooms and at least on this weekend finding someone at the desk was spotty. They say they offer free breakfast but that turned out to be a Kuerig coffee maker set up in the upstairs hallway with a selection of juices in a mini fridge and a plate of mini muffins. While all of this is certainly not what we expected from the advertising the worst was not being told about a key pad for the main door or being given that key code. We had been coming in and out through a screen door(and didn’t even know there was a keypad) until we came back from breakfast across the street on Sunday morning to find we were totally locked out of the building. There is no one on site until the restaurant opens and there was no one in security when we looked for someone there. It was pouring down rain and we had no recourse but to call the number on the hotel website for corporate which I did getting a recording both times. My calls were NEVER returned. Eventually after some time, we were able to find another person staying there who was given the code and we finally got in. We were scheduled to stay another night but we checked out when the restaurant people came in that afternoon. If there is anything nice to say about this experience it would be that the upstairs porch was pleasant, even in the rain but that might be because it offered the only comfortable seating.
Also, Jamie, who runs the restaurant, when he was there, did his absolute best to help us as these problems arose. Bottom line, it is not what is advertised, there is no one on site to deal with problems on weekends, they say they have security but we couldn’t find any evidence of that and something we were really looking forward to was a very disappointing experience.

My husband and I along with our 16 year old granddaughter recently spent two nights at the Wellesley Hotel. When booking there was little to go on as far the rooms as no room photos were available. Loving historic hotels and buildings I took a chance and booked two nights. I should note that my husband and I are no strangers to older buildings as our own home, where we have lived for over forty years is over 100 years old. We expect quirky but not neglect. So let me start by saying what I thought was good. The downstairs lobby, bar area, dining room, porches and exterior were obviously well cared for and presented nicely. Dinner here gets good reviews, although pricey. Breakfast is provided across the street (via vouchers) and was good. Even the upstairs hall was fine and is where there are numerous little shops as well as the guest rooms. Since the shops close early, 3 p.m. I believe, we never got to check them out. Our problem was the room we booked. If I had not met several guests the next morning as we were leaving I would have assumed all rooms were similar to ours as far as condition etc. Not true! Both of the guests I met were pleased with their rooms and offered to show me. (They had the St. Lawrence Suite and Room #3, both of which faced the St. Lawrence and overlooked the upstairs porch.)What a surprise! I would have been happy as well. When I showed them our room, ( South Bay)they immediately understood why I was not happy. First, we had two rooms, one with a double bed and one with a single for our granddaughter. Our room had a ceiling fan, hers did not. Our windows which overlooked the back roof and kitchen exhaust fans had no blinds, were dirty and cobwebbed, and had wooden sticks to hold the window up, which was okay, but were so short the entire window couldn’t be raised. We used the trash can with the stick to fully open the window as the room was hot. We also bought a fan for our granddaughter’s room when we went out later. The bathroom had a psychedelic paint job....panels of bright green, lavender, I think....a rusting shower stall and a window with no blinds. I kept finding small insects in my soap dish in the morning. Nothing on the walls, simple curtains hung at the two bedroom windows with no tie backs so you could let the air in. This was not a bargain room and was the same price as the St Lawrence Suite across the hall that had: dust ruffles on the beds, blinds in the bathroom, a new fiberglass shower stall, a vanity sink, cleaned windows, tie backs for curtains, cute baseball bats to hold the windows up, pictures on the walls and fans in both rooms. The room presented very differently....clean, and care taken to make it homey. The room down the hall was similar but without the new shower and vanity. Also the second room had no bed but was more of a sitting room. Obviously, our room had not been redone as the others had, but yet the owners continued to book it without putting just a little effort in to make it more pleasant. Paint is cheap as are a few pictures, bed ruffle, ceiling fan and a coat of paint in the bathroom and a cheap blind. There was no excuse for not caring enough to take a day and fix up that suite. I should add that another issue was finding someone at the desk. On our last day I had to go into the kitchen as I wanted to check out and report that we were missing a second pillow (very odd) after our room was made up on our second day. Maybe they were short a pillow?? And also to express my disappointment in our room after seeing the other two rooms. The staff were friendly so I have no complaints there and obviously the condition of the rooms is the responsibility of the owners.
So, book with care and I would suggest the St Lawrence Suite. Also, to do again, I would only book one night on the island as there doesn’t seem much to do there (we did enjoy riding around the town to see the quaint Victorian homes) unless you are into water sports etc.