Willows Resort, Charlestown

My family and I just stayed at the Willows for the weekend of the Charlestown Seafood Festival and thoroughly enjoyed our whole stay. We stayed in a 2 bedroom "efficiency" overlooking the beautiful and quiet pond and were also provided a cot for the youngest child to sleep on. The rooms were clean and extra pillows were provided quickly when we requested them. We rented the canoe (although there was no rental fee!) for an hour on Saturday morning before heading out to the Seafood Festival for the afternoon. Once back from the festival we were able to relax by the impressively large and clean pool. That night we watched fireworks held at the Seafood Fest right from the pond dock at the Willows. Sunday morning was busy at the restaurant found above the front desk lobby, but service was quick and the food was great! I suggest the homemade french toast with a side of hash! (: Checkout time was 11 am, but with a simple phone call to the front desk we were able to checkout an hour late, free of charge. If you're looking for good family fun with tons of things to do, don't hesitate to book a weekend at this place---you won't regret it!

My husband and I checked into our room on my birthday, for a two night stay. The room had a musty smell, thought we could air it out, turn on the a/c, we cleaned the air filter as it was filthy. The result, still musty! The vent in the bathroom did not vent properly only to add to the odor. It was awful to think I had to sleep there that night. Needless to say, we barely slept. After checking with the clerk in the 'hotel lobby' (that stinks too), she let us look at 2 other rooms, just as bad. Lucky for us, they refunded our money for 1 night. So much for a nice getaway on my birthday!!!!!! The website is substandard. I wouldn't recommend this place to ANYONE!

we checked on on July 3rd 2010. we entered our room which had the worst MOLD smell you could have ever imagined it was terrible. The bed linens were disgustingly dirty. we then saw a web full of bugs underneath the tale and it was visable we took aa paper towel and collected over 20 bugs it was terrible. we went to the front desk and showed them this and explained the room was unacceptable for anyone to stay in and cancelled our reservation for the 4th of July weekend and luckily found a room at the beautiful Winnapaug Inn. this property is terrible.

The surroundings were beautiful and there was plenty to do. The pool was large and very spacious. We only had breakfast but it was very good and took at less half hour to get it, not busy in restuarant the day we went. The bugs were a big problem in and out of the room. The room were loaded with webs. I moved night stand and could not believe the junk behind it, (food,bobby pins, dead bugs and more webs). Bed was hard as a rock. I wouldn't stay there again.

Very good value if you have AAA, we paid $149/night for a king, and that was last minute on a weekend in Aug. The place is not modern, but clean, and the grounds are very pretty with a huge pond for kayaking- which they provide for free. The pool is very nice, although there was a crazy mosquito situation when we were there- even with bugspray, they were swarming all over, back to nature? I found there to be nothing to do after sundown in the town, but I am from NYC, and possibly jaded. Close to Newport and Mystic, its funny though after being at the relaxing hotel, those touristy places seemed too much! I would recommend it for people looking for a peaceful vacation

My husband booked this as a surprise 30th anniversay trip as I have always wanted to see Newport and the surrounding area. The building smelled terribly musty, I could hardly breathe when we walked through. I would not recommend for anyone with any allergies . I moved the curtain in our room to adjust the airconditioner and the back of the curtain had black mold on it. The t.v. had lousy reception, you could not see the picture clearly on any channel even though it was hooked up to cable or satellite. I feel that we were ripped off on price as we paid $197 per night for just a room, not an efficiency as my husband thought we were getting. The web site is not clear on the price that you are actually going to pay. The room was definately not worth $197 per night. We could have stayed somewhere really nice for that price. The only thing going for it was that it was convenient getting around the area with little or no fuss.

The price was right (especially off-season) and it was great to have a kitchenette. The management was welcoming and courteous--good people. You can't beat the location and the pond, but the rooms themselves (at least ours, which was in the building detached from the main one) was not a four star room. If the Ritz is a five-star hotel, I don't see how the rooms here get a four and a half. It was clean, but cramped and nowhere near modern. That said, I would definitely stay again with pleasure!

My family visits Rhode Island every year and usually it is a hassle to find a nice and affordable place to stay. When we look for homes right on the beach they are usually not nice or unclean or have a water limit but last year my uncle stayed at The Willows Resort and loved it. The best part though was jumping in the pool after spending a long day at the beach it felt so great to refresh myself. At first i was scepticle until i checked out the location and the hotel rooms, it was AMAZING. First of all, we were so close to the beach that i could walk there plus you get clean rooms. For all you moms out there, is vacation really a vacation when you stay at a house and have to do the dishes and clean the house when you leave for the deposit I sure don't. Staying at the willows was great because of the maid service and the Game Room for the kids. I sure wish we stayed there last year but we will be leaving for Rhode Island in 5 days and i have already got my bags packed because guess where i am staying? You guessed it, THE WILLOWS RESORT!!! I hope you get a chance to visit and i hoped this review helped you to decide where to go this summer or the next. Bon Voyage, ILOVERHODEISLANDCHICK

It had a lovely, laidback atmosphere. We were there from Sunday to Sunday. We stayed in a one room apartment (really a cottage) with a view of the pond. We rowed a boat, went to the pool two times a day, and visited all the nearby towns. The seafood festival in August was awesome! It was good for adults and children alike (in our case 2 and 5). Dishwasher, washer and dryer, screened in porch. Great! Met people who stayed in efficiencies for a weekend and were stilll happy. I highly recommend it. Good value for the dollar.

My husband and I loved it very much and plan to go back again next summer. The weekend we went, it happened to be cloudy, so it was not much of a beach weekend, there were so many things for us to do that Canoeing, Boating, Tennis, Billards etc... and we took advantage of them all.