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2203 Post Road (US Route 1), Wells, ME 04090
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Tallwood Motel
Ranked #21 of 24 hotels in Wells
3.0 of 5 stars 26 Reviews
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Mount Vernon, New York, USA
1 review
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“What a mistake - Unprofessional, dishonest, A rip off!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 November 2010
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My sister and I stayed here in August for 2 nights while we were tying up loose ends before my September wedding in Maine. I had stayed when it was under different ownership and, although it was a budget motel, it was clean and the owners were friendly.

When we checked in, I looked at the room and, although it wasn't the Ritz, it was clean and no bugs so we stayed. The pool was green so we couldn't use it but figured that we wouldn't have time anyway.

We stayed 2 nights. It wasn't that bad but I wouldn't stay there again because it had just gone downhill.

Then, 3 weeks ago, I got a surprise $179 charge on my card from Tallwood. Apparently, when we checked out they never "checked us out of the system", according to Adeel. I was charged $95 at the end of August and then, in mid October, I see another charge for $180 on my card. I called the office and spoke with Adeel who argued with me and threatened to hang up on me if I didn't stop talking. He did not believe me so I faxed over the statements to prove to him that I was over charged - never mind the fact that he charged the card without calling me to let me know that he had not charged the correct amount in August. He was supposed to have the charges reversed TWO WEEKS AGO and still nothing. And now, no answer when I call.

Unprofessional does not even begin to describe the owners of this motel. I wouldn't stay here for free. And now, I am going to start disputes with the credit card companies, a letter to the BBB, and to the Chamber of Commerce. What an ugly mark on a beautiful city.

  • Stayed August 2010, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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San Francisco, California
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6 reviews 6 reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Motel 6 is better than this place! Smelly Room, Dishonest, Unknowledgable, and Bugs!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 October 2010

Yes, you read it, bugs. Got bit twice by something in the middle of the night, and they were NOT mosquitos.

We were sent to this motel after our original motel was overbooked. Our previous motel got the confirmation for us and said that this place would honor our original price booked at the original motel. We really had no choice to stay at this place because we had arrived late at night, and everywhere else was booked over the holiday weekend.

The room was smelly, moldy-like, beds were crammed in, no lights in the closet area, no plugs to plug any accessories into, the remote on the tv was held together by duct tape, the toilet felt like an amusement ride, and the towels were so thin, they were worse than 1-ply toilet paper.

The guy who checked us in had no idea of where any maps were, or of telling us about any of the activities in the area. All he did was open the door to a dark garage and said, "have at any of the pamplets which someone else comes in and stocks".

To top off the stay, he charged us more than their own going rate for a nights stay. No wonder they were so happy to oblige in taking us off the hands of the other motel. I found this tidbit out when we got to our next destination , which actually had functioning wifi in the room.

The next morning, nobody was at the front desk to check us out so, like everyone else, we left the 1970s keys on the counter.

Awful!!!

  • Stayed October 2010, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“GROSSSS!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 September 2010

Tallwood Motel Wells was dirty, gross, and just bad.

You will get a dirty carpet, dingy screen door, bedbugs, and a crappy bed with stained sheets.

Oh, and moldy pretzels underneath the bed.

good luck !!! GROSS!!

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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“nasty and dirty nightmare”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 September 2010

don't waste your time or money ! If you like the smell of hot urine, broken chairs , black mold on the shower curtain , toilet paper in the toilet along with clumps of hair , to say nothing of the pitter-patter of little feet on all the spiders, then this is the place for you I don't think the adams family would stay here, and if you think the people that own this land fill are going to help you ,then you should realy think again .The desk clerk is one rude lier ! His favorite word is NO!! So do yourself a favor and stay away from this nightmare !

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Fletcher
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“DISGUSTING”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 September 2010
1
person found this review helpful

All I can say is that if anyone reads this and stays here it is your own fault. We arrived for our stay on 9-3-10, paid for our rooms and then went to them, room 27 and 31, room 27 had blood stains on floor, spiders everywhere, mold on shower curtain and a funny smell, room 31 had paper and hair in the toilet, spiders everywhere and smelled like urine in room, we proceeded to the owners office to get out money back, didn't happen, we even called the police to see if they could help us, no can do the officer said, we went back to the owner to try to reason with him, no doing, according to there policy, which he couldn't give to us, ther was a cancellation policy of three days, and since we had just checked in we wern't allowed our money back, we checked our credit card slip, it indicated that we checked in on 9-3-10 and were checking out the same day, and below that it said nights of stay, 1, we have sinced filed a return of money with our bank, please NO ONE STAY HERE, IT IS DISGUSTING, THE OWNER IS VERY RUDE AND DOSEN'T UNDERSTAND REASON. Fletcher Vermont. Not to be even ruder, I wouldn't recommend this to my X wife...Wish we had taken pictures, we had camera's but were not thinking of that once we tried getting a refund, we just wanted our money back and go on our way...

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 2203 Post Road (US Route 1), Wells, ME 04090
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