5 Best, Genuine Boutique Hotels in Portland Maine in 2026

The Francis Hotel is an 1881 era mansion-turned-boutique-hotel in Portland’s West End. From the outside, the house fits perfectly into the collection of grand brick buildings lining Congress Street. Inside, nobody’s trying to pretend Billy the Kid is still at large. There’s gorgeous parquet flooring, sure, and carved-wood fireplaces in the common areas, but the walls gleam with fresh paint and the furniture is decidedly modern.   What are the rooms like? Number of rooms: 15 Room types: Suites, Kings, and Queens ranging from 300–600 sq ft. Style: Roomy, simple,… > Read Our Full Review

This new West End offering to Portland, Maine’s hospitality scene is the quintessential luxury boutique hotel. The Longfellow hits right, despite feeling a little young, and super-clean, for a quirky ol’ town like Portland. It’s the perfect place though for the unashamedly attached to creature comforts. In keeping with the local aesthetic, it’s a red-brick building that looks simple from the outside. The sleek newness of the outside might need a few years to settle in, but inside, literally and figuratively, the hotel fits perfectly into the city. The wood-paneling… > Read Our Full Review

Blind Tiger’s Portland offerings include two houses in the calm, stylish West End of the city. Both houses, set on Carleton and Danforth Streets, feature the same high quality synonymous with the Lark Hotel Group and its growing army of perfectly chic boutique hotels. They’re both housed in stately, quintessentially New England, red brick houses we’d be delighted to come home to each evening. Carleton Street, the 1869 Victorian, is a hair more residential, allowing for slow wanders around the West End’s architectural charm. The Danforth Street location is closer… > Read Our Full Review

This Old Port hotel, set as it is in the Portland Press Herald’s former Gannett Building, is the perfect boutique hotel for admirers of the written word. Sadly, you’ll no longer find hordes of camera-wielding Jimmy Olsens, though it’s not out of the question that you’ll see a Ron Burgundy type. The hotel still attracts its fair share of high-profile writers and performers; it’s a lovely place for anyone to spend a night. With a stash of vintage typewriters, letterforms and homages to Maine literaries on the walls, some might… > Read Our Full Review

More of a chic temporary (or not so temporary, if you prefer – there are long-term options) apartment than a hotel room, The Docent’s Collection in Old Port allows you to really live a Portland life. In many cities, this type of accommodation can feel a bit contrived, But Portland’s the kind of place where pretending you live there is far more rewarding than being a tourist. Just wandering the streets is more enjoyable than visiting any museums, and the markets and bakeries are as buzzy, and as upscale, as… > Read Our Full Review