Booked the largest room but, alas, it was small, stark and sterile with a dark hole (no windows) of a marble bathroom. The only color in the all-white box of a room was the red No Smoking sticker on the boarded-up fireplace. No place to sit comfortably, unless you count a short outdoor furniture piece in this bleak room. Strange, not hip, decor with limited yard sale-style furniture, i.e. no headboard on the bed and no area rugs. One tiny closet. Worn-out carpeting leading up the public stairway. High hopes dashed. Save your $$$ and sanity.
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16 March 2010
The Vanessa Noel Hotel is housed in a lovingly restored 1840's building and the original footprint was preserved during the recent renovation because it is a historic property. The room that you stayed in is not small and is comparable in size to most standard rooms in other hotels and guesthouses on Nantucket. The VNH has been written up in numerous travel and fashion publications such as Boston Magazine-where we have been awarded “BEST OF NEW ENGLAND” multiple years, the Boston Globe, Travel & Leisure, New York Times, and Vogue to name a few all praising the refreshing, minimalist style and high quality aesthetic of the interiors. Countless guests call us and request the front desk for the brand and formula of the custom blended paint colors which created the creamy walls with golden under tones, sky blue ceilings and ultra high-gloss white trim that we use in each bedroom. The beds draped in custom Frette linens with nine pillows, marbled bathrooms complete with Bulgari bath products, flat screen televisions with DVD's and fully stocked mini bar makes the VNH by far the most luxurious and comfortable hotel in town and we share multiple guests with both The White Elephant and The Wauwinet hotels. The sofas and chairs are designed by Loyd Loom manufactured by Janus et Cie, a world renowned manufacturer of refined interior furnishings which are used in high-end private homes worldwide. The tables are designed by Armani Casa.
There is a full service commercial kitchen in the hotel where all of our breakfasts are prepared for our restaurant and from which waitresses serve and busboys clear. There has never been a hot plate set up in the restaurant/bar to prepare breakfast foods. We have many guests who return year after year, thrilled to be able to enjoy such a high standard of service and comfort in such a convenient and ideal location.
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