Reviews of Rhea's Inn by the Sea 3 stars
42 Aquidneck Avenue, Middletown, RI 02842, United States

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Reviewed: 31 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 8 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewIt was a perfect beach hotel. The manager/owner was so friendly and helpful. The room was cute and clean. Breakfast was very nice - so many offerings. I walked everywhere. It is very close to the beach, and close to the Cliff Walk. Many restaurants are nearby. I would definitely stay here again!
Reviewed: 29 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 19 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewVery close to First Beach. No need to pay for parking or spend time in traffic, just walk over in fewer than 5 minutes.
More of a suggestion than a dislike: I stayed in a first floor room facing the parking lot. A blackout curtain on the window in addition to the Roman shade would help with a feeling of privacy and to keep light out at night from the lot.
Thanks Taryn! It was a pleasure to have you as our guest. The shades in the rooms are dual functioning. One is a blackout and the other is a light filtering. Did you only have the light filtering one down?
Reviewed: 17 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 17 July 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewLoved the snacks and fresh coffee every morning. Close to waking to the sea and made the cliff walk.
Reviewed: 14 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 4 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 29 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewSuper clean, comfy and easy check in!
Beautiful room, clean and close to our destination.
Thank you so much Rebecca!
Reviewed: 25 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 15 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 2 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewLoved the little breakfast area and that there was fresh coffee when I awoke
Rooms are a little small
Reviewed: 25 May 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
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Verified reviewReviewed: 7 January 2025 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 10 November 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewThe room was pleasant and clean, although small. The bathroom was good and the shower was excellent.
When a hotel says it provides breakfast, I/we don't expect that to mean cold cereal, snacky type things, and that sort. In most other places we have stayed, that means a hot meal. I could have gone to the corner store and picked up the things that were offered for breakfast, or I could have brought most of it from home. I think the corrrect term would have been "continental breakfast" and even that would have been a stretch.
Thanks Judith, happy you enjoyed your stay. Please visit us again.
Reviewed: 21 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewThe room was perfect for our overnight. It was in a great location and was a really nice size.
I’m not sure if they offered any food or beverages there, and the setup was a little strange. The lobby seemed to be at the back of the hotel.
Thank you Katherine. Please come visit us again in the future and next time take advantage of free coffee and breakfast.
Reviewed: 14 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewThe staff was very friendly and welcoming. The location is perfect, walking distance to first beach. Perfect for walking to the marathon. The room was clean, the shower pressure was strong which I love.
I loved everything!
Thank you Kathleen! Nice having you stay with us.
Reviewed: 16 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewproximity to beach was great; loved the extra deep bathtub for soaking after a day at the beach !! having just 10 rooms was great but ....
being smaller, no place to sit outside -- a picnic table would be great ...if there was only room !; my lower level room was noisy with the common area; with being so close to the beach and walkable to many restaurants the downfall is the amount of road traffic and noise; brought my laptop to do a few things over the three days but with no table/desk chair in the room or common area I didn't get to use it
Thanks Lottie, sorry you didn't get to use the table and chairs outside by our main entrance or the breakfast common area seating. Sorry room was so close to that area.
Reviewed: 11 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewThe inn was immaculate! Easy location near the beach and mansions. Large spacious bathroom, comfy bed, nice decor.
Can't think of anything. Better than expected.
Thank you Becky!
Reviewed: 7 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewVery nice room. Nice breakfast choices. Very pleasant and helpful gentleman at the front desk. Everything in the Inn was very clean.
The only thing I didn't care for was the water pressure in the shower was really bad. Not that it was a big problem. It just took me a lot longer to rinse the conditioner out of my hair.
Thank you so much. We removed the restrictor on the shower head in that room, so the water pressure is very good now. Thanks for the heads up on that.
Reviewed: 9 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewVery clean and right near the beach and my fav seafood restaurant Flo’s.
Thanks Britt!
Reviewed: 8 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewMe and my daughter were in town for 5 days for the Newport Jazz Festival. Rheas by the Sea is in a good location, near the beach and restaurants, and it's super clean and well appointed. Tony the owner was very nice, responsive and helpful - he graciously lugged our bags up three flights of stairs. The take and go breakfast items were a nice touch.
There was nothing not to like.
Thank you so much Yolanda!