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Nantucket, MA · Nantucket

Brass Lantern Inn

An 1846 Greek Revival on North Water Street, family-run for decades — seventeen rooms, a garden patio, the kind of place guests rebook a year out.

Refined AmericanaHistoric InnRomantic · CountryClapboard & Porch
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7.9/10Very good.How we score
Why we’d stay

A refined Americana interior, in a historic inn. Google guests rate it 4.9★ across 366 reviews.

Best for
a romantic weekendfamiliestime on the water
Best time to go

Late May through September for the water; September in particular, when the crowds thin and the ocean's still warm.

Our verdict

Very good. A genuinely good independent hotel — the sub-scores tell you if it's your kind.

Rate
from about $375/night
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Brass Lantern Inn is a refined americana hotel in Nantucket, MA, part of the Nantucket. An 1846 Greek Revival on North Water Street, family-run for decades — seventeen rooms, a garden patio, the kind of place guests rebook a year out.

It sits in our Refined Americana category, occupying a historic inn, with a romantic · country mood and a material palette that leans clapboard & porch. 17 rooms. Independently owned and operated.

On the property

  • Activities: PADDLE, BIKING.

A full review is still ahead

We haven’t published our first-person write-up of Brass Lantern Innyet. When we do, it’ll land in the same voice as our Piaule, Troutbeck, and Inness reviews. In the meantime, the facts on the right and the tags above will tell you most of what we know.

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The Le Hotelist Score
7.9/10
Very good.
Assessed September 2026
Design7.2

A refined Americana interior, in a historic inn.

Location7.7

Walkable from Old Historic District.

Service9.2

Google guests rate it 4.9★ across 366 reviews.

Value7.9

A luxury rate (from about $375/night) for the room, setting and design you get.

Quiet7.5

10–25 rooms.

Based on the data we have so far; expect small revisions as guest reviews and our editorial deepen.

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