Sherwood Island State Park Pet-friendly Holidays

My husband has cancer, and we had to cancel our vacation to accommodate his tests. We live an hour+ away from Stamford, so we thought we'd spend the night there so we wouldn't have to get up early to drive to the testing site. And try to make a fun stay in the middle of this difficult time. So I was disappointed that it wasn't in better shape. Plusses: the room was clean and spacious, the wifi and elevator worked. The sofa was hard but comfy enough, and we watched a couple of TV shows. We didn't use the kitchen, but the counters were damaged. Cosmetic, but it added to a negative overall impression. Minuses: The room smelled of the cleaner hotels use to mask the smell of smoke. The whole place did. The bathroom light was very dim. The shower had a handheld shower head and no door, so the water went everywhere. I cleaned it up. The water temperature was impossible to control and I nearly scalded myself. The toilet made scary noises after flushing, but nothing bad happened. The bedroom lights: 2 out of 5 worked: 1 worked after we jiggled the base and tightened the bulb, the two reading lights didn't work at all. One of them lacked a bulb. The bed was very uncomfortable. Mattress too hard, pillows too soft. I'm a mess of aches today. Breakfast was continental, serve yourself. Your choice of carb, plus coffee, tea, and milk.

Staff very friendly easy check in and checkout

Found it difficult to manipulate my luggage from quest parking lot to room. For the price of of my two night stay it’s outrageous that I had to pay for parking.

Only towels weren’t that clean

Found it difficult to manipulate my luggage from quest parking lot to room. For the price of of my two night stay it’s outrageous that I had to pay for parking.

The parking was easy and secure. The room was clean with plenty of towels. The only concern was that our card key did not work the first day so a staff member had to let us into our room to gain entry.