Bristol Harbor Inn

The area is fine for relaxing and sightseeing. Hotel was clean. There is no coffee at all on site. Only in a little shop in walking distance.

Stayed here during RWU college orientation. It was a perfect location and proximity to the school. And since my son was staying overnight for orientation and the parent portion of the orientation was over the location was a great place to walk around and discover the cute shops all around historic Bristol.

The Bristol Harbor Inn made a mistake with our reservation and treated us badly during check in. This is a beautiful boutique hotel located in lovely Bristol Rhode Island with a nice staff. The only glaring issue is the new General Manager not owning up to the mistake and making us feel welcome.

tldr: They won't honor room reservations, they won't apologize, and they'll act as though you're unreasonable to expect otherwise. I can't speak to the rooms because I didn't stay. I had reserved a 2-bedroom suite on their own website a month in advance. When I arrived just after check-in time, they first tried to tell me that I had been "upgraded" to a room with a kitchenette--but only one bedroom. When I said I wanted the room I reserved, the clerk immediately summoned her manager, who not only didn't apologize or explain what had happened, but proceeded to behave as though I was unreasonable for being upset. He repeated that room types were never guaranteed (this was NOT prominently mentioned on the website where they are very happy to offer and also charge more for the specific type of room) and told me he'd give me 15% off the rate of the room they'd downgraded me to, and I could take it or leave it. Everything in the vicinity was completely booked, I had driven five hours, and I had my kid in the car. I was about to take it when I belatedly thought about their completely crammed parking lot with "event parking" signs outside and asked whether there was going to be an event with loud music all night. Yep: there was a wedding booked and music was going to be going until 11pm. At that point I'd had it; I took a refund and drove half an hour to the nearest available hotel. Anyway, it's bad enough to not honor a booking, but what was worse was not even any acknowledgement that they'd done anything wrong. At the absolute minimum, if they had at least notified me by email when they gave away the room, I could have made other arrangements without wasting the better part of an hour getting to the hotel and navigating the mess of their parking situation. They decided to let me turn up and get ambushed instead. Also, based on the layout of the place, if there is an event going, you will absolutely be listening to the music for as late as it goes, and parking in the lot will not be reserved for hotel guests.

At least our fifth visit to this remarkably well located inn directly on the bay. Always quiet despite weekend weddings. Staff extremely accommodating Love the 6 am to 6 pm coffee shop with fresh pastries maybe a one minute walk from our room. Bristol is quiet, safe, excellent for walking either in town or along the water walkway. Only mention sometimes on weekends parking can necessitate an off site lot 5 minutes away. Other perk…it is closer to Newport than the hotels in Seekonk and Providence.

I used this hotel for accommodations for my daughter's wedding. They would not allow me to rent out the bridal getting ready room because the wedding was not going to be held at the property, a formal room block for guests was not offered, and the bride and groom wedding night room was not cleaned for them to use when they arrived after the wedding ( it was the room that was used for the bridal party getting ready room and I specifically requested in person that this room was to be cleaned for the bride and groom that night). At 11:30pm the only staff person at the property could not clean the room, therefore their wedding night was spent in a dirty room!!!

This is a perfect location in Bristol! We loved the seaside boardwalk and walked it several times in the short two day stay we had. It was so convenient to have have so many excellent dining choices within walking distance. The room was well appointed and comfortable. Check in and check out were seamless.

Lovely place! Perfect weekend in Bristol visiting colleges with our teen. The hotel is conveniently located to walk to restaurants and coffee shops - with fresh breeze coming off the water. The hotel is gorgeous! Every amenity is perfect - cozy beds, quality cotton bedding, thick towels, extremely clean....just right. The staff are amazing! Kind and knowledgeable = we are already booked to return! Great stay!!

Our daughter was celebrating her Confirmation this weekend, and we had some family traveling in to celebrate with her! It was perfect for all of us to stay right in town! You can’t beat the location right on the water. The staff is super friendly! The hotel is so clean! It has a very New England vibe everywhere you look! We walked to many different restaurants as well! Our room had a fireplace, and we greatly enjoyed the ambiance.