The Drydock Inn is more of a guesthouse than a hotel. The owners are hardworking friendly folk but don't expect to get a lot of attention-- they are busy with running the restaurant and the Inn. We enjoyed our stay, the room was very clean, comfortable and well kept. We actually stayed in two different rooms, one on the north side of the building and one on the south side. There is a working kitchen downstairs for the restaurant, so the room on the south side caught the odors of what was cooking-- but the air conditioner was quiet and blocked the odors, so just close the window and turn on the A/C. We visited Bar Harbor during our stay and were glad that we were not staying there-- no real character and no Maine flavor. SW Harbor was much more "Maine" for us.

The room we stayed in seemed to be pretty clean and neat. Nice and pleasant owners. Tasty food in the restaurant downstairs. We parked for free on police parking lot just a block away. BUT!!! the smell in the room horrible, like if someone was smoking there non-stop. Or possibly it was just a stinky odor from the old furniture (VERY old beds and mattresses). We couldn't get the smell out, not with fan on nor with windows opened (we couldn't really open the window until 11 pm 'cause kitchen was right below our room and all food smell just went up). Secondly, the beds were awful. Boxspring was so broken that almost touched the floor. And every time you turn, the bed was squeaking so load that everyone woke up. First night we almost didn't sleep. Beds definitely have to be replaced there! I don't like to leave a bad review, because the place itself was nice and quiet, only half an hour drive to Acadia park, plus owners are very pleasant, but our experience there was bad: constant headache from smell and sleepless night. Maybe that was just our room. Hopefully, other guests were luckier

My husband and I stayed in Room #1 - a little suite actually. It was clean, well equipped and the bed was really comfy. We ate in the restaurant downstairs - all our meals and appetizers etc were really really good. Among the 6 of us taking a long weekend, we had rooms 1, 2 and 8. Everyone was happy, we ate well and we slept well. We even rode our mountain bikes from there to the Acadia entrace at Eagle Lake - only 10 miles, and it made me feel less guilty about having dessert that evening (we then rode 17.8 on the carriage trails). Overall I'd rate it a 10+ and give the owners a big thank you for making the weekend fun and stress free.

This was our second year staying at the Inn. Their location made it so easy to get to everything. This year we did the bike trails in the park. We were able get the shuttle around the corner from the Inn at the post office. Shuttles have bike carriers and are FREE and go anywhere you would like. We took the Shuttle to Eagle Lake near Bar Harbor and road our bikes around the Park for 4 hours. Returned Eagle Lake and took the Shuttle to downtown Bar Harbor then Back to Southwest Harbor to the Cafe Drydock & Inn, way to easy!!
The folks at the Inn were so helpful in answering any of our questions. The rooms were clean and very comfortable. We have booked our rooms for next year. that right rooms. We had some friends along this year. They Liked it so much they are joining us again for next year.