Best Hotels near Essex Historical Society, Essex

This is a jewel of a hotel in this part of Connecticut. It was clean, the rooms were nice, comfortable beds and the staff was friendly and helpful in a reasonably priced hotel. Will definitely stay here again when traveling to the area. I especially liked that the rooms didn’t have that stale musty smell that you run in to in so many of the moderately priced hotels.

It took 3 rooms to get it right. My granddaughter wanted a bagel for breakfast and they said there was no à la cart. I had to buy a full breakfast for $14 so I was very upset that we could not by one bagel so I went to the front desk and the lady let her have a bagel so I think they need to fix that. Then there is supposed to be bar there there was no bar. They shouldn’t advertise a bar and when you get there, there isn’t one. Just make sure you check out your hotel first before going.

The Super 8 in Old Saybrook is located across the street from a large shopping center including a supermarket with a take out restaurant. Next door is an Italian restaurant; one of the best I've ever eaten in! The location is marvelous as the town center is only a few miles and the town's public beach, as well. The staff here at the Super 8 is always friendly, courteous, welcoming and warm. The housekeeping staff sees to the immaculate condition of every room. There is a pool which unfortunately was closed due to COVID 19 but the staff can't be held responsible for this. I have recommended the Old Saybrook Super 8 to friends and work colleagues as well many many times. I wouldn't recommend any place that I wouldn't be happy to stay myself. Thanks again to the Super 8 staff for a wonderful stay. We'll be seeing you again!

I booked this hotel sight unseen, never read a review as I usually do BUT it was a great experience overall. It’s close to 95 but I couldn’t hear the highway. The people were VERY nice, the grounds are clean and professionally landscaped. It was inexpensive and SUPER CLEAN! I travel fairly frequently and in the last 3 years, it’s the cleanest place I’ve stayed in. No fooling. The towels were wrapped in plastic, no dirt in the corners. The breakfast was even nicer than what you usually see in a lower priced hotel. Solomon and staff do it right. There’s also a good diner, right across the street.

We have been staying at this property for over 12 years. I think the property has two management changes. While I appreciate new leadership and I am happy that they have the other property and we can use their pool and beach, I was disappointed with some new policies. One my daughter has type 1 diabetes and although check in is at 4 the hotel would previously make an effort to let us in earlier if possible, so her supplies could be refrigerated or taken out if a hot car. This year we were told of the new policy of paying for this. This staff took our essentials and put them behind the desk, but it seems quite petty to pay 50 something dollars per hour for an earlier check in. This isn’t a seedy motel having customers pay per hour, so this isn’t a great policy. When we checked in their were at least 3 other guests who were upset with the policy and noted they would not have booked here if they had known. Second, parking. We have always parked here for free. Although, the free municipal lot was touted as the easy option, I wanted to let you know there are at least two homeless men living there. So the other night when we had to move the car at 8:00 I had my 9 year old and 15 year old with me and it wasn’t an ideal situation to be in especially when I am paying a very decent amount for a “luxury” hotel room. Again, these complaints were also mentioned by other guests who we encountered. Finally, on our last night. I inquired about staying another night especially if there was an unoccupied room for one night. We even mentioned we would change rooms. I would assume tomorrow that late in the game if a single room hadn’t been booked there might be a price reduction. I was informed they no longer do that. We were willing to stay and even change rooms and pay just not the ridiculous current price on the website. We were told they no longer do that, so now a room that could have brought in revenue will sit empty. Perhaps you are making that money back on parking….the staff was amazing, but obviously have their hands tied due to the hotel policies. It was disappointing since again we have been regulars there for over 10 years. It doesn’t seem like repeat business is what they are going for or there isn’t any appreciation for those customers who have been coming for years.