Inn by the Sea
On a private beach south of Portland — sixty-one suites, a genuinely good restaurant, and a dog-welcome policy that means it.
A refined Americana interior, in a contemporary new build, with a restaurant worth booking on its own. Google guests rate it 4.7★ across 541 reviews.
Spring and fall — fewer people, better rates, and everything's open.
Very good. A genuinely good independent hotel — the sub-scores tell you if it's your kind.
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Inn by the Sea is a refined americana hotel in Cape Elizabeth, ME, part of the Portland. On a private beach south of Portland — sixty-one suites, a genuinely good restaurant, and a dog-welcome policy that means it.
It sits in our Refined Americana category, occupying a new-build contemporary, with a monastic · nature mood. 61 rooms. Independently owned and operated. The restaurant is notable on its own merits.
On the property
- Wellness: SPA.
- Activities: PADDLE.
A full review is still ahead
We haven’t published our first-person write-up of Inn by the Seayet. 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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A refined Americana interior, in a contemporary new build, with a restaurant worth booking on its own.
A destination-nature setting rather than an in-town base.
Google guests rate it 4.7★ across 541 reviews.
A luxury rate (from about $400/night) for the room, setting and kitchen you get.
25–50 rooms, and built for stillness.
Based on the data we have so far; expect small revisions as guest reviews and our editorial deepen.
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