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,... more

The hotel is marketed as being 'sleek' and offering 'every imaginable comfort'. However, the latter could not be further from the truth. While the hotel is decorated in a more 'hip' manner than most traditional Nantucket B&Bs, the Vanessa Noel does not offer any of the creature comforts one would expect for a room costing nearly $400/night. In my recent... more

We stayed at The Vanessa Noel hotel in June so I am writing this review a bit late. Like many other hotels in Nantucket it is overpriced, which is par for the course. It is in a good location, that is the best thing about it. It purports to be a trendy, cool place with an all knowing owner (Vanessa... more