Faraway Nantucket

I feel like the people leaving negative reviews haven’t spent much time at hotels directly downtown on Nantucket. Are the rooms small? Yes. Is it loud? Yes (just bring a sound machine and you’ll be fine). Is it over priced? Maybe, but Nantucket is expensive. It’s clean, it’s nice and it’s convenient. The AC gets super cold, the bed is comfy and it has bathrobes. The personal care products are outstanding. You are right in the heart and center of downtown Nantucket. Less than a 5 minute walk to all of the best spots. Even though the rooms are small, they are well organized. The bathroom had a ton of storage space. Could you spend $1000 a night for a larger room somewhere else? Yes, but you aren’t on Nantucket. I almost canceled my reservation after reading the reviews on this app. If you come into it with low expectations, they will be wildly exceeded.

I booked two rooms for a weekend in August—one a petite king and the other a queen for my family of four. When we arrived, we were told that our King was no longer available and that they were giving us two queen rooms in different buildings. I took my daughters to their room 504, which was quite petite but nice and quiet on the second floor. When we went to our room, which was located in a building near the lobby, it was small, cramped, and dark. Not to mention the people passing by while you were laying on the bed. Speakign of beds the mattress was horrible, the AC would roar on and off and the room couldnt hold the temp. There were no complimentary amenities, which one would expect at 1000K per night. I was told repeatedly that management would get back to me on a refund for the room. Guess what it is impossible to speak with a manager. I've called etc. Its like speaking with an ai chatbot. For the amount of money that we paid we could have stayed at another hotel on the island that was much nicer. Ridiculous. I would never stay here again. The only plus was the location.

Loved everything about Nantucket except for our hotel. The staff is not particularly friendly. The room has been clean. But it is loud from 10pm until 1 am and then agains starting at about 5 am to the point where we got very little sleep. There is so much yelling and screaming from the people outside at the bar. It is strange because Nantucket is quiet and relaxing everywhere else. In the morning it sounds like garbage trucks.

We booked an extended weekend stay here in July at a not so cheap rate. After reading reviews thereafter, we sent an email kindly requesting to not get a basement hotel room. To no surprise, we get a room with one covered opaque miniature window, zero art and zero space apart from the bed. So if there is likelihood to book a premium rate and get a closet under the stairs as a room, why take the risk? Bad design Blue Flag Capital.

We loved the Faraway and look forward to coming back!

The location is unbeatable, very nice rooms with one of the best hotel bars on the island. We had an issue with our room and we were provided a different room, which delayed check in, we didn’t get the room until 6ish, but overall the hotel made up for the room mishap.