Bow Roof House

Just amazing. They are so nice, very quiet and cute little house with a nice patio. Super close to the beach, the oyster pond and to main st. We just parked our car and walked the entire trip :)

For the price, is definitely a consideration for a place to stay when in Chatham. I would return.

In general the stay was nice. The house is older - but clean. The carpet is old - but that matches the age of the home. The exterior is not in perfect repair - but no safety related issues. The AC in the room was a window unit - but worked fine (didnt really need it during our stay). In general the accommodations fit the price point of the B&B compared to others.

The people running the B&B are friendly and work hard. They seem to be related, or at least come across like they are helping out Vera - who is the older lady that owns the place.

The emphasis on the morning breakfast was focused on a quaint and high-quality. That didn't necessarily meet with how we live. For example, the coffee is made from a percolator coffee pot. So the coffee tasted great and they offered quaint small coffee cups. Note my wording choice of cup vs mug. In our Starbucks-centric life, we enjoy/need coffee by way of the 12 oz. coffee mugs we brought with us rather than the 4 oz-ish cups provided.

The worst part? The percolator coffee pot used to create that delicious coffee only had a ~20 oz capacity. On top of that the percolator takes a significantly longer time to make that delicious blend. So the wife and I only filled our mugs 3/4 the way, but still coffee was at short supply when we were there. The solution? To combine their focus on giving a quality product with the culture of the times by buying a 2nd percolator.

We were given the choice of an English muffin or bagel and juice (orange or cranberry). Again their focus was on quality than quantity. We have stayed at many B&B's over the years. We have stayed at some that offer a limited continental breakfast. Those limited breakfasts or normally presented in a buffet style where you could select what you wanted, prepare it yourself, and go for seconds if you please. Here again, the staff pampered you by preparing the bagel/muffin and juice for you. I chose the bagel on the first morning. The bagel was of good quality. It was toasted to a fine e crispiness with a little bit of butter and cream cheese on the side. But I didn't dare ask for a second. The look on the staffs face as we went for more coffee as they watched us fill up or coffee mugs was enough - I didn't want to compound their stress by asking for another.

Again the staff worked hard. I felt I was imposing on them. They didn't come out and say it. But there were some non-verbal that I was reading that was telling me "Com-on man! That's not what we do here. You are expecting more than we are capable." At first I thought it was me - but my wife felt the same.

Again it is a nice quaint place, but I think there are small changes they could make to provide a service that meets the sign-of-the-times.