Melville House Newport

It was a great stay.

Overall great! We loved it and will be back. Staff was very helpful, the room was cozy, and you can’t beat the location! Only a 5 minute walk to downtown. Only downside was we kept finding so many flies, and a couple bees in our room. They were all by the windows so we assume the windows aren’t in properly or something. Only felt like a minor inconvenience though for what we got!

Historic building, small but quaint & comfy room. Tiny but very clean bathroom & shower. Staff informed us of small rooms & bathrooms in advance. Staff was very helpful & wanted to make our stay with them & Newport enjoyable. Staff advised us about restaurant week & made helpful suggestions. Highly recommend a stay here.

I loved the location on Clarke Street, it was close to the places I wanted to visit. The room was comfortable and clean, and the staff was helpful.

While I scheduled a stay at the Melville House, they overbooked and offered to “upgrade” me to an attic room with a hole in the ceiling covered by a piece of plywood, a concave king bed, a toilet that didn’t flush, and a ghost that sat down on the edge of my bed in the morning. The Wynstone was not the upgrade I was expecting.

I felt like part of the family! Much of the staff has been there for years because they treat everyone like family! Owner actually went to get me soda that I liked and stocked the refrigerator! Amazing historic place, convenient, and cozy

Unique historic property and hospitable staff

This was a short vacation to Newport and we thought a stay at an Inn would be nice. We booked online and contacted by Rick before our planned arrival. He also met us on our arrival, helping set us up with parking. The house sits on a quiet tree lined street along with other homes of the same era. He asked about our needs and shared the size of the shower (small). We agreed it would be fine. And while it did work for us it was indeed small. Other than the shower the bath is old and small. Floor tiles were old and cracked. The fixtures were dated as well. Taking a seat on the toilet required a bit of aerobics as the sink partially over hangs it. The GFI outlet didn’t work at all even after attempting to reset it via the buttons. My wife had to use a household extension cord that was extended to an outlet in the room in order to use her hairdryer. Two other non GFI outlets in the room had only one side that would hold a plug in place. The wall paper and paint showed their age. The bed was comfortable with clean linens. The flat screen TV was set on top of a dresser and worked fine. This is a colonial era house and is without any real insulation between rooms or the foyer. This resulted in a rather loud environment. The noise from the front door opening and closing as well as other room doors was high as was that from the steps which are wood and uncovered. While some of this was exacerbated by one set of guests it was just the same loud and disturbing. Wrong room perhaps?

Rick, Otelia (my apologies if I misspelled) and the whole staff made me feel completely at home in this quaint, quintessentially New England B&B. It is no frills but I loved every minute and you have all you need. You cannot as for a better location! I was right down from Bellevue Avenue to tour the « cottages » and I was right around the the corner from America’s Cup Avenue and Thames Street for great restaurants and pubs and just staring out at the water. Loved this place!