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  • 733 Post Road
     Wells, Maine 04090
    (207) 646-6044 Website
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Great location, Average Resort

  • July 20, 2008
  • Rated 3 of 5 by bmesser from Ashford, Connecticut
The Sea Mist is a motel conversion so is missing a lot of the features we are used to in a timeshare resort although typical for most Maine seacoast options. We had a one bedroom, which consisted of two connected motel units. Since my daughter ended up not going, we had room to invite my brother and sister in law to stay a couple nights with us. It was nice to be able to open up the rooms and then close for privacy at night. When it was just the two of us we spent most of the time on one side but used separate bathrooms and the extra refrigerator space.

There is just an under counter refrigerator with no freezer compartment. There were so many shelves, I took one out and used it for a dish drainer. There is a small sink and small older microwave. Neither toaster in either unit worked well either. Since it was just the two of us we made do for breakfast and lunch and ate out for dinner. There was service for 4 in each unit.

The mattresses were hard. There was a sleeper sofa also which I imagine would be uncomfortable as it was older. The bathroom consisted of a small sink outside the toilet/shower area. A small open closet space for hanging items and a three drawer dresser was pretty much the space available for storage.

The rooms have free wireless internet and a desk and chair if you want to set up your laptop. The air conditioning works fine but it is the hotel kind that only has the option of running constantly. The noise gets to me eventually but if we shut it off it was too hot. Our window was painted shut so we could not try to sleep with the outside air on cooler nights.

There are two plastic chairs outside the door. If you can sit away from the AC exhaust it is nice to sit in the shade and enjoy the ocean breezes. You can barely get a glimpse of the ocean from the top floors. This is a two story motel, no elevator. We were in units 204 and 205. We did not arrive by the 10:00 check in time so we called ahead and they had our keys and a map to our rooms in a drop box. We checked in the next morning.

The staff was friendly enough. The friendliest was a young male housekeeping / maintenance person that I would guess was not local. He did not speak very good English but he had a smile on his face and always said hello with a smile if we ran into him later in the day. Some of the others were a little grumpy in a typical Maine style. (We’re originally from Maine so have run into this all our lives.)

There are no activities at all. There is a PC in the entry way to the front desk if you need internet and don’t have a laptop. I did not notice a printer. There is an ice machine in the same room but it did not always keep up with the demand. My husband used the pool and hot tub, which was not used very much. It did appear to be nice and clean.

There is no laundry facility so you have to go down the road. We just did laundry once since this was a bit expensive. Housekeeping does towels and trash daily and changes the sheets mid week. The location was the best part of the stay. The area is very nice.

Our dinner recommendations:

Pizza Napoli in Ogunquit, Route 1. New York Style pizza with a light crust and great tasting sauce.

Fox’s Restaurant next door to Nubble Light house at Perkins Cove in York. We searched high and low for fried lobster and my brother in law found it here. You get 2 ½ lobster tails fried in a fine cracker crumb "batter" served with melted butter. Fantastic. Their other entries were very good as well and you get the view of the water and the light house while you eat. If you prefer, there is outside seating from a separate walk up window where they also serve ice cream. Their home made wild Maine blueberry pie was great too. I had to take mine to go because I was too full.

Our other dining recommendation is Perkins Cove Lobster Pound. This has a view of an inlet where some boats are docked.

All are casual dining restaurants.

Although it is missing elements, I would return since it is such a good location. I wish they would set up a small laundry area though.

Sea Mist Resort of Maine

  • July 18, 2003
  • Rated 3 of 5 by jeem1234 from orange, Massachusetts
Best Things Nearby:
The beach. York's Wild Kingdom and miniature golf. Marginal Way, a well kept walkway along the beach in Ogonquit, which takes right along the ocean with great veiws and plenty of rock climbing for the kids.

Best Things About the Resort:
The resort is centrally located. There is a grocery market and pharmacy nearby and, within 10 miles, a Wal-mart. a must for every family. :) The beach is only one mile away.

Resort Experience:
The room was small, yet clean and comfortable. The staff was helpful and friendly.

I do recommend bringing plenty of extra towels (which I luckily did) for the pool and beach, as they charge $1 for extra towels for the pool or room (which was not stated in the brochure they sent me). They never mentioned a VCR in the room either, as I would have brought movies for the kids. They do rent movies at the front desk. I'm not sure how much though because they were older movies that we were not interested in. They seem like they are out to make a buck any way they can. There was no usual package in the room describing the area attractions or amenities or restaraunts, which I usually find very helpful. If you wanted any of this stuff, you had to go to the front office, which closed at 10pm, so if you wanted a late night pizza, you had to guess which one was closer.

  • Unit Type: Studio
  • Activities: Not Available
  • Amenities: Very Good
  • Unit Satisfaction: Very Good
  • Family Friendliness: Very Good
  • Service: Very Good

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