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The Thistle Inn

2.0 star property
Enjoy the free WiFi at this Boothbay Harbor hotel

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Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
  • Bar

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55 Oak St, Boothbay Harbor, ME, 04538
  • Place, Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Boothbay Region Land Trust
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Boothbay Harbor Marina
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Airport, Rockland, ME (RKD-Knox County Regional)
    ‪67 min drive‬

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9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
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  • 1 Queen Bed

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8.4 out of 10
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  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the neighborhood

Boothbay Harbor

In Boothbay Harbor .With a stay at this Boothbay Harbor hotel, you'll be steps from Opera House at Boothbay Harbor and Boothbay Region Historical Society Museum. Boothbay Region Land Trust and Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library are also within half a mile (1 km).

What's nearby

  • Opera House at Boothbay Harbor - 2 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • Boothbay Region Land Trust - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Boothbay Harbor Marina - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Burnt Island Living Lighthouse - 8 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Barrett Park - 15 min walk - 0.8 miles

Getting around

  • Brunswick Station - 46 min drive
  • Wiscasset, ME (ISS) - 27 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Circle K - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Pinkham’s Gourmet Market - ‬20 min walk
  • ‪Tugboat Inn - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Harborside 1901 Bar & Grill - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Boothbay Lobster Wharf - ‬16 min walk

About this property

The Thistle Inn

Enjoy the free WiFi at this Boothbay Harbor hotel
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Self parking is free.

This Boothbay Harbor hotel is smoke free.

  • 6 guestrooms or units
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
The Thistle Inn offers 6 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers and complimentary toiletries. This Boothbay Harbor hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices).

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • In-room microwave
  • Mini-fridge

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)

Parking and transportation

  • Free offsite parking
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Mobile key entry

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests will receive an email within 72 hours before arrival with check-in instructions and smart lock details; access will be through a private entrance
Prior to arrival, you must complete online registration via a secure link
Guests are recommended to download the property's ResNexus mobile app before check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Private entrance, smart lock

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, and debit cards. Cash is not accepted. For guests' safety, the property includes a smoke detector in each accommodation. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions and guests can access their rooms with a mobile device.

Property is also known as

The Thistle Inn Hotel
The Thistle Inn Boothbay Harbor
The Thistle Inn Hotel Boothbay Harbor

Frequently asked questions

How close is The Thistle Inn to the airport?

The Thistle Inn is 16.3 mi (27-min drive) away from the Wiscasset, ME (ISS) airport, the closest popular airport to the property.

Does The Thistle Inn have an airport shuttle?

Airport shuttle services are not available at The Thistle Inn.

How close is The Thistle Inn to the beach?

This hotel is 4.7 mi (13-min drive) from Hendricks Head Beach and 6.4 mi (11-min drive) from Grimes Cove Beach. Don't forget your sunscreen!

Does The Thistle Inn offer free breakfast?

The Thistle Inn does not offer free breakfast.

Is there a casino at The Thistle Inn?

No, there is no casino at this hotel.

What time is check-in at The Thistle Inn?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

Is there free parking at The Thistle Inn?

This hotel offers free self parking.

Does The Thistle Inn have a pool?

The Thistle Inn does not have a pool.

Does The Thistle Inn have a restaurant?

Yes, there is a restaurant on site.

Does The Thistle Inn have a spa?

There are no spa services available at this hotel.

How close is The Thistle Inn to downtown Boothbay Harbor?

The Thistle Inn is 0.2 mi away from Boothbay Harbor.

The Thistle Inn Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 86 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 27 out of 86 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 86 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 86 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 86 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Charles

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Beautiful Boothbay Harbor!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Rick-Linda, Windham

Historic building connected to 5 star restaurant and charming tavern. Fantastic location to all attractions in the village of Boothbay harbor.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quaint room with a large bathroom. Well kept. Steep stairs to our room. Very nice!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Vicki

Liked: Cleanliness
Loved the quaintness of the rooms, though the stairs to the rooms were steep and treads were short. The food at the restaurant was really good.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Comfortable bed but no elevator

Good, quiet location with parking walking distance to the main part of town. It’s not an Inn with a front desk but we were aware of that. Getting your luggage from the parking lot to an upstairs room could be challenging for some. On the upside, the bed was very comfortable and the room was clean. I would only recommend for travelers are able to manage stairs with luggage and are just looking for a comfortable place to sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Mette, San Anselmo

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Sheila

Traveled with family
Disliked: Room comfort
Third floor you better bed in condition to climb 2 step flights of stairs. Furniture not comfortable..
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Deb

Traveled with family
We liked that it was close to shops and restaurants and it was a nice size. Not having to check in in person worked well. There was a window ac that you couldn't run at night because the curtains were blocking the air flow. Open curtains meant no privacy in the bedroom with restsurant guests on the porch. Couldn't run ac and microwave at the same time. As far as wifi, your better off using your cellular data.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Bobbi

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Ann

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service
We were stunned that no staff was available to answer questions either in person or on line. I don’t recall if the initial information included the steep stairs we had to climb to our room. We couldn’t carry our luggage so just had to pull individual items out of our parked car. Don’t stay here if stairs are at all a challenge.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was a nice place and convenient to the water, shops and restaurants
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Joseph, Tybee Island

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
No one to help with baggage and a flight of stairs, (steep and narrow). Room key a metal key that can easily be duplicated. internet service (non existent). No ice if you want ice. Lovely room. Nice shower. The stairs and carrying bags upstairs was difficult for an 80 Year old
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Needs an upgrade

The room we stayed in was not well thought out. Even though there was space we had a TV table as our kitchen table and the microwave and refrigerator were in the bathroom. We only had one roll of toilet paper and climbing into the shower was challenging. We were on the first floor, so people kept walking by our windows for the restaurant. The restaurant patrons also had to walk by our room to go to the restaurant. It was very loud at night because of the restaurant.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Susan

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is NOT An INN! It is a pretty room in an old house. There is no innkeeper, no housekeeping. No public spaces. Just your room which has a private bathroom. And a tiny coffee machine with no instructions and a good selection of teas. our room was spacious comfortable. The bathroom floor is slick, no rugs anywhere. Up two very narrow sets of stairs. It is an historic home, after all. At 75, I could not bring luggage up. I unpacked at the car and took what I needed up in a small backpack each day.. if this works for you , great! If you are expecting to be welcome at a charming New England Inn, this is NOT the place, Oddly there was an elegantly inscribed envelope for “Housekeeping” ! There was none. No one at all ever made up the room, swept the bare floors, Replenished anything during our 3 night stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Trevor

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
The best part was how close it was to walk to the harbor. It wasn't super clean, chip crumbs found under bed etc. The air conditioning was annoying and loud. Our door was difficult to unlock and I hated that there was no deadbolt for safety. No staff members there. It was a weird vibe being above the restaurant, like we didn't belong there......the front door was also wide open during the restaurant service hours....anyone could just walk in. We did need to call Florin and he was wonderful.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

DANA

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The inn is conveniently located near restaurants and shops. There is a restaurant on the property as well serving seafood meals and pub food. The only thing we didn’t realize is we had to park across the street down a small incline. We parked there after unloading the car but when we went to park there a 2nd time someone asked us to move. Overall, the inn is clean, quiet and fairly priced for its location.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Problematic, Poor Service

No one was there when we arrived on time. We didn't get an email giving us the door and room password. No one was there. We made several calls, left voice mail and was told they didn't like my attitude and was told to "talk to Expedia.' Narrow, hazardous stairs, no path to the parking lot. TV hard to operate, no channel guide, no coffee, just tea and no instructions on how to work the Kerug. We were there 3 nights with no housekeeping though we put the sign for it on the doorknob.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cathy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great stay

The bed and pillows were so comfy. Great location too
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

JOSEPH

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bare-bones room. One chair, extremely poor lighting, no table (had to place drink glass on the floor), saggy-in-the-middle bed, bed mattress 46 inches above the floor, no pictures or wall decorations, no housekeeping: waste baskets overflowing after 4 days, no beds made or linens available even if we wanted to change them ourselves: management had the audacity to include a housekeeping tips envelope, TV service offers only reruns of programs dating back to late 1950s (were it not for our smart phones we would never known Trump bombed Iran), stay not inexpensive considering how little our money bought. Built in 1862, this property desperately needs TLC and professional hospitality management that that knows what it's doing.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Denis

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was not decorated. It made the room very cold and unwelcoming upon arrival, and the empty hooks made it feel like the place was just robbed. The air conditioner is a window unit, which was (very) loud in the rain; and just as loud when running. There was only a table and lamp on one side of the bed (I had to place my eyeglasses and watch on the floor). The bed is also too tall in my opinion and has very squeaky springs. Parking for the inn is across the street, in a gravel, unlit parking area, surrounded by abandoned vehicles. It is a short walk but requires crossing a dangerous intersection and walking thru grass down a rocky hill. It’s terrible. I know the restaurant isn’t related, which is a shame. There were take-out containers in the lobby for four days – the entire stairwell smelled like rotten food. The first two nights we stayed, the staff from the restaurant slammed dishes and argued (outside) from closing til 11 pm. Lastly, our kcup selection was limited to Sleepy Time tea & decaf coffee, and the Keurig was filthy. Oh, and we found extra towels on our own (a buffet in the hallway) – there were no instructions on where to find them. None of these issues was worth a call or a complaint to the restaurant, but the annoyances and inconveniences combined for an overall experience I’d rather not repeat. Limited to 1500 characters, I had to trim down my comments.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Monique

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Okay

I had no one to speak to. Went to put my bags in the car and I returned the door was locked. Very noisy and outside light kept me awake. AC was not on, so the room was very hot when we arrived. Had to figure out how to get key.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Nancy

Traveled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not at all what I expected! I don’t mind that there is no one there to greet you but it would be nice to be able to ask questions about the area and room conditions. No one was ever there!! Some of the issues we found were the following. No soap at bathroom sink and not then found the container in shower was also empty. Very, very little parking. The coffee maker, although a Keurig, was not as easy as it should have been. The day we were leaving there was only one regular coffee. Plenty of Sleepytime, decaf and breakfast tea. I don’t even want to discuss the TV. Most of our issues could have been easily attended to if there was someone on the premises. There was a phone number to call and leave a message. Then they texted us! No human contact ever. I’m a regular business traveler and have never had issues like this. I had heard great things about the Inn. I hope our experience was just an aberration.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ronald

Traveled with family
We reserved and paid for a room in advance, and then found out that the room was on the second floor and required climbing a long flight of stairs. My wife is unable to climb stairs because of a disability. When I contacted the Thistle Inn, I asked for a room on the first floor. This was their response: "Good morning, we only have one room at the ground floor that’s occupied and the building had no elevator. Thank you!" Not accommodating at all. I have written asking for a refund, and have asked Expedia to help mw receive a refund. As of this moment, I have heard nothing.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I’ve stayed at several different places and Boothbay Harbor over the years. I enjoyed that everything was no hassle. We arrived late due to snow on our way up and my only slight complaint was I wish someone could’ve turned the heat to the room on. Other than that great stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024