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Melville House

2.5 star property

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Property entrance
Fireplace
Interior entrance
Standard Room, 1 Double Bed | Room amenity
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Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
39 Clarke Street, Newport, RI, 02840
  • Touro Synagogue
    2 min walk
  • Thames Street
    4 min walk
  • Bowen's Wharf
    5 min walk
  • Newport, RI (NPT-Newport State)
    17 min drive

Room options

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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed | Frette Italian sheets, premium bedding, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • 270 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Frette Italian sheets, premium bedding, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Standard Room, 1 Double Bed

  • 305 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the neighborhood

Newport

With a stay at Melville House in Newport (Downtown Newport), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Newport Mansions and Touro Synagogue. .This guesthouse is 0.3 mi (0.4 km) from Ocean Drive Historic District and 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from White Horse Tavern.
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What's nearby

  • Thames Street - 4 min walk
  • Bowen's Wharf - 5 min walk
  • Newport Harbour - 8 min walk
  • Newport Mansions - 3 min drive
  • Cliff Walk - 3 min drive

Getting around

  • Newport Ferry Station - 6 min walk
  • Newport, RI (NPT-Newport State) - 17 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Brick Alley Pub & Restaurant - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Gas Lamp Grille - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Drift Cafe - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Bar 'Cino Newport - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Melville House

Guesthouse with free parking, near Newport Mansions
Melville House offers 7 air-conditioned accommodations with irons/ironing boards. Beds feature Frette Italian sheets and premium bedding. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 7 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with showers are provided.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
Free self parking is available onsite.

Languages

English, French

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Built in 1750
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Frette Italian sheets

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:30 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
The host will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Guests planning to arrive after hours must contact the property at least 48 hours prior to arrival.

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Melville House Newport
Melville Newport
Melville House Hotel Newport
Melville House
Melville House Guesthouse Newport
Melville House Newport
Melville House Guesthouse
Melville House Guesthouse Newport

Melville House Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 164 out of 314 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 89 out of 314 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 28 out of 314 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 21 out of 314 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 314 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff. Our room was adorable, bed was comfortable. Jetted bathtub was a surprise and worked well. Would absolutely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

John

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Be aware that when you book a room on this site, it may not be the room that you get. Once we arrived, we were given a key to check out a room on the third floor in a different building. It was a shotty room with unsafe locks and a lot of narrow stairs. I feel it was a way of forcing us to upgrade which we didn’t feel we should have needed to do. Management told us that they would throw in breakfast which we had already paid for online, but was never taken off of our bill.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Sara, Doylestown

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location! It’s quaint and very authentic New England. Very charming property. We were schedule for the Mellvill House and got upgraded for $60 and it was very very worth it. Great experience. Easy walk downtown.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Scot

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Winfield

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joshua

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Parking was easy and the service was nice and the room decent and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Amanda

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to downtown!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great staff
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, comfortable, good owner.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Traveled with partner
Wonderful hosts. Room was lovely and clean. Quiet in the area. Easy access to everything.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Nickolas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very close to the shops and parking is available in the property.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really felt welcomed and had a great stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Olivia

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Vivienne

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's a period inn so I expected a small room. The room itself was quite nice, however, the bed mattress was extremely hard and uncomfortable. The room lock worked, but the main building lock didn't , so the building wasn't secure. Also I didn't receive any housekeeping service during my stay. Newport accommodation is always expensive and this was no exception, but the next time I visit I will spend my money elsewhere.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Casey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cool place spread across quiet historic street
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ana

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice place to stay very typical of the newport old houses. They manage to keep the spirit of the place without being too rustic too old.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

gaelle

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Very well situated, right in the old part of Newtown. Quiet neighborhood and close to the busier streets. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Kindly let us stay past the check out hour. We didn’t get a room in the house we had reserved (not in Melville but in an adjacent house) and the room we got didn’t look like the pictures posted on line. It was a little poky but since we only wanted to use it to sleep in, it didn’t bother us much.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mario

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was a great stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Arthur, Denville

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall great! We loved it and will be back. Staff was very helpful, the room was cozy, and you can’t beat the location! Only a 5 minute walk to downtown. Only downside was we kept finding so many flies, and a couple bees in our room. They were all by the windows so we assume the windows aren’t in properly or something. Only felt like a minor inconvenience though for what we got!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023