Morrill Mansion B&B

Had a lovely stay here with my boyfriend over spring break while visiting Portland! David was such a great host and Morrill Mansion is a perfect place to stay, cannot say enough praise for this B&B!
The rooms were beautiful, keeping the antique charm while also having newly renovated bathrooms, and the beds were so comfortable! Breakfast each morning was delicious with many different options; there’s a different hot option each morning with fresh made pastries or cold cereal and toast. Each afternoon there were also fresh cookies in the sitting area!
We spent most of our time in Old Port, which was a 5 min drive or a 25 min walk (plenty of parking in Old Port so it wasn’t a hassle). However, this is a great location near restaurants on Congress St. David was wonderful and made our stay in Portland memorable. Highly recommend to anyone traveling to Portland!

My husband, son and I stayed in one of the two suites at the inn over the long weekend and enjoyed our stay completely. As anyone who has traveled with a teenage child knows, having the separate room for our son was such a great solution. There are also two public sitting areas with comfy chairs, coffee, tea and hot chocolate, and an abundant choice of DVDs, books and games if you want to stay in. We’re looking forward to our next visit!

Just had an amazing stay here. The room and bathroom were absolutely beautiful. I was leaving early in the morning prior to breakfast so David put together a breakfast plate in my fridge for me. I would definitely recommend to anyone traveling to Portland!

Rooms and grounds were Very clean and nicely decorated. Owner was very accommodating and friendly.
However, The location is not in city center — ²⁰⁄₃₀ min walk from city center.

This is a great B&B. The owner was so helpful when we stayed there for my son’s wedding. The breakfast is all home cooked and delicious. It’s within easy walking distance of many restaurants and the old port.

Meticulously maintained with obvious pride by the delightful owner who made us feel welcome. The smell of freshly baked muffins wafted from the kitchen. The rooms are small but perfectly appointed with everything we would need. The owner’s attention to detail is remarkable.
Although it’s not in the busy downtown, we found the location quiet and convenient, within a vigorous walk to the waterfront. Close to bars, restaurants and music galore. A great find!

This B&B has great food, a great atmosphere, a great host– what more could you want? The feel of this place is very cozy and old time-​y. Definitely recommend it!

Just got back from a stay there and I was so impressed. The rooms were so clean and well stocked, the beds were extremely comfortable and the towels were enormous and so soft. David, the host, was very nice and personable.

David, the host, is wonderful!!! I cannot say enough good things about him and this B&B. The home is very cozy and David makes you feel right at home. Upon arriving, we were checked in and taken to our «back cove» room on the 3^rd floor. The back cove is spacious with a beautiful bathroom, a TV, and even a little jar of yummy complimentary chocolates and water bottles.
The bathroom is LOVELY! I couldn’t have asked for better water pressure (and the water was hot!).
On the second floor there is a small living room with tons of DVD’s to watch in your room, books, and homemade snacks (we had delicious whoopie pies one day and chocolate chip coconut cookies the next day).
One of the highlights of my stay was the breakfast! David REALLY puts a lot of effort into preparing delicious and fresh breakfast dishes every morning. This isn’t your regular eggs and bacon– he made turkey sausage egg soufflés, raspberry cream, fresh fruit crumble, the best French toast I’ve ever had, fresh preserves, very fresh fruit, yogurt, breads, and hot coffee.
I could go on and on. Great host, great food, and great location. Thank you David.

Great place to stay. David greeted us warmly and as he checked us in chatted about local eateries. We are both vegan and he went out of his way to recommend great local restaurants and provide amazing eggless French Toast, Custard, pancakes! There are extra nice touches like water for tea and coffee in the hallway (and I must apologize for us using up ALL the coffee packets), chocolates in the room, snacks in communal rooms.
The Inn is perfectly situated — 10 minute walk from everything (well, 30 minutes to the harbor…)
We’re looking for reasons to come to Portland just to be able to stay here again. (Can’t wait for the next Maine Red Claws basketball season!)
Only question — what’s with the insanely high beds! :)

I had never stayed at a b&b, or been to Portland before, but Morrill Mansion was the perfect place to stay. David was very helpful in suggesting places and narrowing down things we had researched. It was a really nice, clean place with tons of space. Breakfast was casual and filling. I would recommend this to someone who wanted something different from a hotel.

This was absolutely the best B&B I have stayed in during my travels! This place is awesome! The staff were spot on. Friendly and helpful in every way! Best breakfast I have had in a number of years and soooo delicious. Don’t get me started on the delectable nightly snacks available for all patrons. Soooo good!
Perfect!

My wife and I just stayed 3 nights at Morrill Mansion and had a fantastic stay. We stayed in the Burnham Room on the 2^nd floor which was a very comfortable room with a cheery spacious bathroom with a nice jetted tub. The inn was very clean and had many comfortable touches, from good Wi-​Fi to nice sitting areas on each floor with snacks and beverages set out at various times of the day (including incredible homemade whoopee pies!). David’s breakfasts were hearty and delicious — we enjoyed an egg soufflé one morning with lobster in it, French toast with an apple compote another morning, and other items on the buffet (at various times) included homemade cherry muffins, berry custards, a pineapple and cherry crisp, turkey sausage, fresh fruit, good coffee and juices, and a variety of bagels, toast, cereal and yogurt. No one will go hungry!
We very much enjoyed the West End neighborhood the B&B is in, and for us, it was a great respite from the busy Old Port area. Yes, the Morrill Mansion is about a 20 minute walk to the Old Port (or quick 5 minute drive) but it’s an easy and interesting walk, and it’s only 10 minutes on foot to numerous restaurants on Congress Street and in the West End. and to the Portland Art Museum. We were blown away by the incredible Victorian and Queen Anne homes just blocks away and highly recommend to everyone staying at the Morrill Mansion that you take a 30 – 45 minute walk around this neighborhood. Ask David and he will point you in the right direction but basically, you want to walk on Western Promenade Ave. and hit all the cross streets. The homes were simply amazing. We would definitely stay here again and will recommend it to friends/​family.

My partner and I stayed here for a few days this September. It’s in a nice neighborhood and the owner, David, is very helpful and accommodating. It’s not tacky, like some of the B & B’s I’ve visited. The room was modern and comfortable. It was in walking distance to downtown. We brought our bikes, which David let us lock up in a bike shed. Breakfast was wonderful, as well as the afternoon snacks! There is always coffee and tea available on every floor. He even let us check in early, which I appreciated because I was exhausted. I gave it 4 stars because our room didn’t come with a parking space. We had to park on the street during the week, and at the hospital up the street on the weekend days after 5. All in all, it was a great experience, and I would stay there again.

I am happy to be able to add another five-​star review for Morrill Mansion. I stayed there for only one night on a recent trip to Portland, but I would have been happy to stay longer, and I will be happy to book again if I return.
I called a number of B&Bs on the ride from Rhode Island to Portland, as this was quite the impromptu trip, and all of them were booked, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that Morrill Mansion had a couple of rooms open. David, the innkeeper, greeted us upon arrival and was very helpful in suggesting restaurants that we might want to visit based on our likes and dislikes. He obviously knows a great deal about Portland and is passionate about its culture, which is a great attribute for someone who does what he does!
After we checked in, David showed us to our room, the Vaughn room, which was very nice, cozy, and very reasonably priced to boot! It was a medium-​sized room with a big comfy bed, plenty of bottled waters in the mini-​fridge, and so many of the comforts of home that one desires in a B&B. David even has a sizable collection of movies, which actually came in handy as I was getting over a cold during our visit and we called it a night relatively early.
There is a living room on every floor with hot water to make coffee and a plate of home-​baked goodies that I could not partake in, but I was told that they were absolutely delicious.
In the morning, we enjoyed quite the breakfast spread. There were scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, home fries, fresh fruit, some kind of yummy berry and oatmeal crumble, as well as toast, bagels, cream cheese, and yogurts. Yum!
I am not super familiar with Portland, but I believe that the B&B is in the West End, so it’s a bit of a walk to get to the Old Port, which is where most of the action is in this city. Maybe fifteen minutes, though, nothing outrageous. I personally like to walk through a city to get to know it, so this was not a problem for me, however if you’re looking for somewhere super central, this might not be the place for you.
All in all, however, I have zero complaints, and I would gladly recommend Morrill Mansion to anyone visiting Portland!

I stayed at the Mansion midweek for an interview. I don’t typically stay at B&B’s but this experience may have converted me. Everything was so clean and fresh! They even left a plate of breakfast in my mini-​fridge because they knew I would have to leave very early in the morning. Owner is so friendly and helpful, and the inn is super quiet but in a very lively part of town. Loved it, and I’ll be back!

Pros: awesome breakfast… very very clean… very fancy… extremely nice friendly owner… location is great…
Cons: parking not the best but most places don’t have parking (so it’s not that big of a con)…prices are actually higher than the website says

I wish I could do half stars, I’d really give this a 4.5 rating.
We stayed for a long weekend (Friday-​Sunday) and were very pleased with Morrill Mansion. We arrived a few hours before official check in and because we had contacted the innkeeper beforehand, we had arranged an early check in. We were still too early for the early check in so he let us drop our luggage (where it was taken to our room) and then we headed out. This could have been avoided with a rental car, but we chose not to have a car for the weekend, so the innkeeper was very accommodating in that respect.
When we finally did check in after wandering around and eating lunch, the house was great. Nice, intimate layout but still privacy from other guests. Homemade baked goods (whoopie pies one day, peanut butter chocolate bars the net), coffee/​tea station on each floor, comfortable rooms, and a general cozy atmosphere really warmed me to this B&B.
Breakfasts were delicious. A continental style breakfast buffet, but a high step above a typical hotel breakfast. Good variety of fruits, breads, bagels, spreads, yogurt, etc. with some «specialty items» thrown in (pancakes and custard, one day; lobster & egg bake and bread pudding the next). The innkeeper is a FANTASTIC cook.
Checkout is at 11am but our flight was at 6pm, so the innkeeper offered to hold our luggage in the kitchen/​office until we came back to get it later that afternoon, making things very easy since we were car-​less. He was very friendly and chatted with us as we waited for the taxi and was a very organized and social man without being super overbearing and nosy.
The only reason I say 4.5 and not 5 stars is the distance/​area of town. The maps don’t lie, it isn’t super far from downtown, but sometimes it felt a little too removed from the main scene. It would have been 5 stars if it was located 10 minutes east. If you aren’t renting a car, just be aware of this and bring some comfortable shoes :)

My girlfriend and I escaped the city life for a weekend to have a cozy getaway at the Morrill Mansion. I have stayed at a couple b&bs around New England and this was by far the best. The breakfast was top notch, the room was beautiful (I recommend staying in the Burham room, it has a jetted tub and a gorgeous gold ceiling). We did not have a car, the b&b was very accessible to the sweet town via walking. The owner was incredibly friendly and offered some great suggestions for local cuisine. We will most certainly be back!

I stayed at the Morrill Mansion on my first visit to Portland. I wasn’t so sure about the location when I first pulled up, given that it is located near a hospital and is on a fairly busy street, but the building itself is quite lovely. The Bed and Breakfast is impeccably maintained and tastefully decorated. David is friendly but definitely very reserved. He allows you to have your privacy but will also provide helpful suggestions for dining and exploring.
I stayed in the Vaughn room. I was a bit disappointed that it had a standing shower and not a bathtub. After the four hour drive from Connecticut I was looking forward to a good soak. That aside, the room was very comfortable with all of the amenities that you would expect, including a mini fridge and some of the most plush towels that I’ve ever dried off with. There is also free WiFi which was great. I have a bit of a fragrance sensitivity so I was not fond of the plug-​in in the bathroom but I should probably have requested a fragrance free room ahead of time.
Breakfast runs from 8 – 10 and though I came down at about 9:45, there was still quite a bit of food to choose from including fresh fruit, juices, coffee, scones baked by David, chocolate mouse and french toast. Very tasty! Overall this was a great value for money and a gem of a find. I plan on returning the next time I visit Portland. Highly recommend!