The Hob Knob
A Gothic Revival inn on upper Main Street, nearly 100 years of hosting the Vineyard's quietest half.
A 17-room Gothic Revival inn on upper Main Street in Edgartown that's been hosting Vineyard guests for nearly a century. The Hob Knob is the quieter side of the island's hotel market — no resort scale, no waterfront frontage, just a clapboard inn on the historic stretch of Main with a spa, a farm-to-table breakfast, and a Michelin Key it earned in both 2024 and 2025.
It belongs to the small Edgartown Collection (three properties), but it runs as its own thing.
The setting
Edgartown is the dressed-up half of Martha's Vineyard — white picket fences, captain's houses, the harbor that the J-class boats fill in August. Upper Main Street, where the Hob Knob sits, is the residential end. You're a five-minute walk from the harbor, the bookstore, and the row of restaurants on Main, and a two-minute walk from where the village turns into a quiet residential block.
The ferry from Woods Hole comes into Vineyard Haven; the drive across the island to Edgartown is about twenty minutes. South Beach and Katama are a short bike ride or a five-minute drive.
The building
A Gothic Revival house, painted clapboard, with the kind of porch that's actually used. Interiors lean refined-Americana with Victorian holdovers — velvet, brass, lime-washed oak in the renovated rooms, fireplaces in the public spaces. The hotel has been welcoming guests for close to a hundred years, and the bones show it in good ways: tall ceilings, real woodwork, walls that aren't sheetrock.
The rooms
Seventeen keys across standard rooms, deluxe rooms, and a small set of private suites. Some take pets. The configuration is varied enough that picking the right category matters — suites get more space and better light; standard rooms are smaller but priced accordingly. Beds are deep, linens proper, and bathrooms feel residential rather than hotel-spec.
Food & drink
A farm-to-table breakfast comes with the room, served in the dining room or on the porch. Afternoon tea is also included. The hotel doesn't run a public dinner restaurant — for that, you walk down Main Street, which is the right move. The Michelin Key here is for the property as a whole, not the kitchen specifically.
On the property
A small inn, with the amenities sized to match.
- Full-service spa with treatment rooms
- Farm-to-table breakfast and afternoon tea included
- Concierge for ferry, beach, and dinner reservations
- Bicycles for the ride to South Beach
- Closed in deep winter; check before booking off-season
Who it's for
- Couples who'd rather walk to dinner than be driven to a resort restaurant
- Vineyard regulars who've done the harborfront hotels and want quieter
- Travelers who care that breakfast is included and good
- Spa-and-bookstore weekenders, not boat-club ones
Who it's not for
- Families needing a pool and a kids' program
- Anyone who wants direct beach frontage from the hotel itself
- Travelers expecting full restaurant service on-site through the night
Nearby
The Edgartown Bookstore on Main. Atria for dinner. The Square Rigger and Alchemy for casual nights. The Vineyard Trust's whaling-era house museums. South Beach and Katama for the ocean side. Chappaquiddick on the On-Time ferry — five minutes across the harbor — for Mytoi Garden and the Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge. Oak Bluffs for the gingerbread cottages and the Flying Horses carousel.
