Sea Breeze Motel

Absolutely HORRIBLE!!! I cannot warn you enough about this establishment. Completely sub standard conditions and such a terrible experience. Black mold, maybe clean mis-​matched bedding but probably not, broken shower with a note left on the door, inoperable door locks and a complete lack of maintenance. We found mouse poop in a few spots under the tv and on the floors. My wife cried and cried that night because she made the reservations and we were to stay there for 3 nights. Had to do my best to console her and make it known that we would find a new place in the morning. (It was after 11pm at check in). Do your self and your relationship a favor and run away from this ‘motel’.

Someone please buy this place and give it the needed updates/​repairs it needs to make it worth the $ 199.00 a night we paid! We stopped at Rite Aid in town to purchase Lysol wipes and spray probably leaving it cleaner than when we arrived. Shower doors and sliding doors to the deck with the rickety railing were broken as well. Pool was dirty and in need of repair. Too bad because it is a beautiful site but one of the worst places we have stayed. Find another place to stay!

If I could I’d add stars to this review.
Family owned, the front desk is always very friendly and very knowledgeable of the area and things going on in town. Thw rooms have a touch of an «old home» feel, spotless, just warm and inviting .
Plus, your in Bar Harbor.
What’s there to complain about.

There was pee on the toilet seat when I checked in. I asked them if they could clean it or put me in a different room, and the woman literally said, «If you don’t like it, you can leave.»
ALSO, they claim to have wifi, but they don’t. If you want to get online, you’ll need to go sit in the lobby. If it’s open. Which it usually isn’t.
ALSO, there’s no water in the hot tub.
ALSO, it just overall felt kind of sketch. Like we were being spied on… or we should watch our credit cards closely or something. Hard to place the feeling. Just a general, but powerful, unease.
Spend $ 10 more to stay someplace much nicer.

I’ve stayed here twice, for multiple days each time and really enjoyed this place. The rooms are clean, the beds are comfy, and the views are great. I’m looking to book another trip to Maine in a few months and plan on staying here again. Not sure why this place has such negative reviews, I’ve never had a problem here and we would usually arrived late at night, with the key waiting for us on the door. The owner (I’m assuming she’s the owner) has also has always been really nice to us.

My husband & I were so enchanted with Arcadia National Park, we decided to stay an extra night. Unfortunately our beautiful waterfront B&B in Bar Harbour ($ 160/​night) was booked. Trying to find last minute accommodations in town was tough &/​or pricey. We called up Seabreeze and made a reservation. It is 3 miles outside of town on the major route. We paid $ 139 and were disgusted immediately by the room. Our plan after a huge bike ride was to stay in for the night. I couldn’t even shower in there let alone spend any time in the room. It was dark, filthy, & full of mold. For example, the mirror was so greasy that you couldn’t see a proper reflection. This place is worth $ 40 – 50 per night in its current condition. It is bad. Yes there’s a view but the place is so gross, you can’t even enjoy that. No wifi in the rooms either.

This was an absolute disappointment. We paid $ 179 a night, expecting a nice B&B (Bed and Breakfast) but was greeted with this atrocity. They messed up our reservations, they claimed that we reserved a motel room instead of the B&B we thought we were getting. They have a deceiving way of selling by associating this crappy ass motel with a nice B&B, which we later found out didn’t even exist. We prepaid $ 179 per night and, considering the high price, thought we ordered the B&B. Even the confirmation email we got said we ordered it. But when we checked in, they had no idea what we were talking about and said that there was no B&B. So we stayed in the motel room we «reserved» and it was horrible. It made Motel 6 look like a luxury penthouse. Unfurnished walls that left a powder residue on you when touched, small, horrible bathrooms, the shower water would turn ice cold every few minutes and fluctuated like that, and the walls were so thin I was practically eavesdropping on our neighbors conversations. Would not recommend. First of all, they lied to us about having a B&B so we ended up fake reserving a motel. Second of all, that motel was so horrible and so extremely expensive. Dan and Joan, shame on you.

Nice location, but really run down place.
Just on the hot tub, which they feature in their advertising but during my stay wasn’t working: yes, things break and there may be a time lag before they’re fixed. But 5 days went by w/​the broken hot tub during my stay, and the office staff clearly had been told that fixing it was no big deal. I asked about the status every day, and the response was never «we called the repair folks and we hope they’ll come today», but instead «the owner is supposed to come by tomorrow, and he’ll take a look.» (The final explanation I was given before I left was that a guest had broken it. So… not their fault, no need to fix it?)

We stayed there from ⁷⁄₄ night to ⁷⁄₇ morning.
Pros:
It had available room and is near to Acadia National Park.
The view to see the sea is great.
There were deer running around.
The staff at front desk is helpful.
Cons:
When I reserved the room, they charged 50% price.
The restroom to take a shower is too small.

My wife and I traveled with our dog and ended up staying at the Sea Breeze Motel due to a lack of availability any any good establishment.
When you reserve a room they require a 50% deposit and everything is non refundable.
If you arrive late they don’t have staff on duty and basically have a folded up paper with your room number posted outside the office, we didn’t experience that but witnessed it during our stay.
The staff girl we dealt with was friendly but it is obvious this hotel could benefit from a hotel rescue show.
— The view and the wildlife that you can see (we saw a porcupine, deer and a fox) from the parking lot is the only reason we gave them a single star.
— The exterior of the rooms have not been attended to and bugs and spider webs congregate by the doorways.
— Wifi is only available by the lobby, but when you see this place you wouldn’t trust it.
— Interior of the room (314– King) was carpeted (every other room had hardwood flooring) and had cobwebs in the corners. The front door had a water type stain at the bottom and had such gaps around the door that you will spend 30 min killing bugs that slip into the room.
— The bed linen had stains and a random black hair in the made bed.
— The tv is old and boxy (however your not visiting Bar Harbor to watch TV)
— The rear sliding glass door was secured by a 2×4 cut to jam it shut. It leads to a wooden patio. When you look out, you see a sailboat on a trailer and a pickup truck and a dumpster in the woods.
— The bathroom was in disrepair (that is being polite). The wall paper was peeling from above shower, water stains
— There was a sign on the bathroom mirror informing the guest that the hot and cold shower knobs are reversed in the shower. Instead of fixing that they preferred to make a sign.
— When you depart there is no receipt slipped under your door like every other hotel. When you ask for a receipt, the poor staff girl printed out our reservation on a home type printer. So no receipt if you stay. Not that it matters, it’s a no refund hotel.
Final assessment, DO NOT stay here unless you like the above items.