3 Best, Genuine Boutique Hotels in West End in 2026

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

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