This was our first stay of our three week New England Vacation. We reserved all our reviews until the end of the trip, so we could evaluate all of the B&B's, Inns, hotels as a whole in comparison to the others. This B&B was lovely, along the drive we the scenery and residences kept getting nicer. The room was on par with the other locations in most regards. There was a mini kitchen and extra sink, nice extras. The floors creaked the most of any place we stayed, but we never heard anyone else walking around. We had like a mini suite, very nice, especially for the price (only $114 a night)! Everything was very well maintained and the dining area was large, bright, and had lots of style and mirrors. There was a large wrap around porch and simple out side sitting area. This B&B was very quiet, and out of the way, save for another B&B right next door that looked even better. Can't remember the name of it at the moment, but we immediately wished we had stayed there (it could have been a lot more expensive though). We only stayed at the Maples Inn for a couple nights, well worth the money, excellent location to visit the Tigin Irish Pub (live music), the Wadsworth Atheneum, and the Bruce Museum of Art & Science.

Beautiful property, lovely room (dove porch #208) owner very nice over the phone but....next morning at continental breakfast we arrived at 10am (the letter left w/ our room key said breakfast was available until 11am). Staff arrived about 10 minutes later, ignored us and proceeded to make themselves toasted bagels as they removed breakfast items (starting with orange juice and coffee) and did not ask us if we were done. we were in the middle of breakfast and had planned on having coffee on the wrap around porch. we felt so rushed and almost pushed out that we did not finish eating breakfast, gathered out things and left. we have stayed in a number of bed and breakfasts and have never encountered something like this before. hopefully it was a fluke, we notified the owner via e-mail but received no reply and decided to let others be aware of our experience

A lovely treat, traveling on business, I found this slice of heaven, with reasonable rate which vilified my expense account manager, plus a continental breakfast included really helped my daily allowance!!!
I have re booked for future visits, and will be back again and again.
Managers cocktails at arrival is a splendid touch, in front of a warm fire!!!
Thanks Maples for a great experience, be back soon!!!

On a whim I decided to stay at the Maples Inn rather than a chain hotel closer to I-95 during a one-night business trip through Connecticut. My stay was a real treat: the "lobby" (really more like a sitting room) smelled wonderful when I entered and the fire was crackling invitingly. The innkeeper was exceedingly pleasant and happily gave me a restaurant reservation for dinner. There was complimentary wine set out for guests to enjoy.

The rooms are decorated in a sweet country style, and there are several nice touches. There were also a few modern amenities I don't always expect at inns or B&Bs, including a hair dryer and cable television. I also got a good high-speed wireless signal, though it required a password and I never got around to asking what it was.

Breakfast was very nicely laid out with cereal, bagels, yogurt, hard-boiled eggs, muffins, fruit, etc. I had a delicious blueberry muffin and enjoyed the New York Times in the breakfast room. I wish I hadn't had to rush off to a meeting -- I would have been happy ensconced there all day.

The innkeepers graciously allowed me to check out an hour late (after returning from my morning meeting), and they were both delightful once again upon my departure. All in all it was a fun, restful respite from the normal business travel routine.