Watership Inn

My fiancé and I had an excellent experience at the Watership Inn. They were the only inn with a room available the second weekend in August, so I was a little skeptical. No reason to be though! This 5 star rating isn’t because the Inn is a 5 star hotel — it’s because, for the price, location, absolute cleanliness, friendliness of staff, and ease of reserving, it was a 5 star experience. The Inn is very quaint and our room was very small (they’re all different though) — if you’re looking for modern amenities and a large spacious room, then this isn’t it. But, hey, it’s Provincetown, you don’t go to hangout in the room!
I would absolutely book a room here again.

The Watership is an always dependable guesthouse. I have stayed there many times in many of the rooms. Staff is friendly, warm and helpful. You can tell the owner and managers want you to be comfortable and happy. They’re reasonably priced for the town and as good or better than the luxury guesthouses nearby! Stay and be happy!

I had a good experience at the Watership.
The rooms are nice. They have fans/​air conditioning, private bathrooms, and a lot of them have deck space. Everything was clean.
The staff were very friendly and helpful. They always said hello and goodbye and answered questions. I thought I might have mistakenly left a notebook behind after checking out, so I called the inn and they checked the lost and found for me over the phone (they didn’t have it, turned out it was hidden in my luggage, but the point is they handled the situation professionally and courteously).
They offer a continental breakfast of muffins, coffee, fruit, and cereal. It can be nice to have conversations with the other guests at breakfast.
The central location of the inn is also stellar. It’s about a thirty second walk from Commercial street, no exaggeration.
The rates are amazing, considering everything you get by staying here.
I’d stay here again.

Will never stay again! Use with Caution!
Room: Cooks Cabin– Tiny outdated and dirty (lube and wrappers found on floor)
Amenities: None-​Laughable at best
Management: A joke
The story (sorry its long) is about our stay at the rude and decrepit Watership. I recommend you give it a read if you plan on staying there.
My boyfriend and I recently stayed at the Watership inn (September 2012) to rest up after a Charity 100+ mile bike race that ended in P-​town. At booking we were informed of a 2 night minimum which was fine, we needed the extra days’ vacation at the time. A week prior to the stay we discover that we needed to return a day early and decide to request to cancel our 2^nd night from the Watership. We receive and email back from the Watership informing us that if they are able to rebook the room for the 2^nd night they would return 75% of the cost room.
Upon arrival, my boyfriend checked in, paid the remainder of the bill and asked if anyone had booked the room for the second night. The desk attendant told him that no one had at that time. With no one renting the room we went to bed, and slept in thinking we had all day to explore P-​town.
We got up that day (our eventual day of departure) and went out to brunch and shop. I received a call at 12(noon) from an unknown number, while eating brunch, and let it go to voicemail. After brunch, around 45 min later I checked the voicemail and it was the Watership stating they had booked the room and we had missed checkout which was at 11:30am.
I promptly called the number back and told them that we were never informed of the re-​rental and we would return immediately to pack up and go. The associate from the Watership was extremely rude and condescending on the phone. This continued when we arrived and tried to check out. They stated that «we were 2 hrs past check out and no longer would be getting a refund». We stated we were notified by vm post checkout time and once we got word came back immediately. We again requested our 75% back and if they did not give us our money back then we would not check out we would actually stay the night out which we paid for. They again refused again claiming we had spent half the day there (even though we were never notified of our need to check out). I told them again, they were to either give us our money back or we would not be checking out till tomorrow.
With that the rude and «sassy» manager put on a show and threw his hands up in the air and said «fine» just don’t ever come back here again. From that point on, we were escorted throughout the property by «staff», we found that are room had been entered and cleaned prior to our arrival and our stuff had been moved (which they had no right to do). We met the manager at the desk on our way out and he handed us our receipt for the refund and walked us out to our car. He continued to act creepy and stand next to the house staring at us as we packed the car up. I swear the man didn’t even blink. We were on our way and will never go back to that small, outdated and crazy B&B again.
Buyer beware!

If you’re looking for a place with a small unclean room (found half used bottles of lube under the bed), and prissy/​dramatic staff, stay here. Otherwise, avoid at all costs!

Watership Inn has two apartments with kitchenettes… Both are very nice.

I have been staying @ the Watership exclusively since 1994 & won’t stay anywhere else. The ambiance, rooms, service, amenities, parking, location & staff are five stars. During those years, I have visited friends & toured other guest houses and while there are other houses that are more plush, the prices are stratospheric. In 1994, on my first trip to P’Town, I wound up staying directly on Commercial Street. Between the noise & not being able to get any sleep until 2 AM & no parking, this wasn’t for me. As anyone who has been to P’Town knows, parking is a big plus. While walking around, I found the Watership & made reservations for the next month. After that, I was in P’Town once a month for 2 or 3 years & always stayed @ the Watership. The manager @ that time joked that he «couldn’t get rid» of me. I love the location because since I moved to Fla., I visit for 10 days every summer and I don’t want to party every single day. The Watership has a perfect location. If you want to «veg» out, there are decks off of most of the rooms. If you want to party, shop or «bar hop», it is less than a block to Commercial Street. Breakfast is good with homemade muffins\coffee cake, the orange\cranberry is «to die for.» I usually can twist arms to get it twice while I am there. If you are looking for comfortable & clean accomodations with a friendly, helpful staff at a reasonable price, you must try the Watership. The only drawback here is that it is getting popular, and reservations are absolutely required. I usually make my reservations while I am there for the following year!

This place was a pretty decent place to stay in Ptown. The location is great. Just off Commercial in the heart of everything. We stayed in one of the 2 bedroom apartments. It was ok but the bedrooms are on the main floor while the one bathroom is upstairs off the kitchen. Most of the fixtures in the kitchen and bath are pretty outdated. The small box style TV had Comcast cable. They had a free breakfast but it was only cereal, fruits and muffins. The grounds are small with no jacuzzi. The unit and home is decorated more old country style than anything cape cod.
The staff was very pleasant. They gave us a parking space for our friend who was visiting which was nice. They gave us a password for wifi, but we couldn’t find the network.
After a bit too much Ptown Partying we were up late and didn’t want to leave by 11am checkout. Unfortunately we had to pay for an entire half day stay just to do a late checkout, which was at 2pm. I thought that was a bit excessive. Most 4 star hotels will give you until 1 for free and till 4 or so for an extra $ 25 bucks. For us it was over $ 120. Oh well, our fault for having so much fun the night before!
Overall it was a great trip but I’ll definitely shop around next time we go to see what else is available.

We loved this place and have stayed more than once at different times of the year. It is clean, quiet, friendly, close to everything. The staff was more than welcoming and couldn’t be more helpful. We will continue to stay here. Staying in the lower apartment in the rear building we had a small porch and the rear garden to sit out and sun. The guests are friendly and most had been ther before. There is onsite parking, always a need in PTown. Central enough to everything that for the first time in my 20 years of vacationing in PTown, I parked the case and didn’t have to drive anywhere, even the supermarket or restaurants.

I love the Watership Inn! It is so cozy. The two rooms at the top of the spiral staircase are the two best rooms because they offer extra privacy and sun decks.
In the winter there is a roaring fire and it is a great place to drink red wine, chat and play a game of scrabble.
Central location, a great staff, clean & comfortable — this is my favorite B&B in Provincetown.