Merrill Farm Inn

Absolutely loved our 2 floor loft room! 3 beds, 2 bathrooms and the most comfortable bed I have ever slept in! Wonderful, caring and professional staff and during our stay they were decorating for the holidays which makes me want to come back again around Christmas with the snow and scenery!
We stayed 2 nights and should have stayed longer since it’s in the center of everything and we loved the room! We definitely will be back again!

My boyfriend and I stayed here for one night while on vacation and it was recommended to us by a family friend. The online photos are very deceiving. we chose to stay in a cabin and online it shows photos of log cabins that are spacious and cozy inside. we got to our cabin (which was not log, just a regular one room building). it was right on the saco river which was a plus. we went inside and the inside was plain white with a full bed (site said queen) and a very small bathroom. pretty disappointing. outside was great though. we had a deck with a two-​person swing and were right near the pool which was fun and clean. our cabin had a path that took us right down to the river which was so beautiful and another path close by that took us to the canoe rentals. the scenery is breath taking and the inn is on the main road near all the stores and restaurants. other than the room appearance everything else was great, quiet and relaxing.

Stayed at Merrill Farm Inn last weekend because we booked the Saco River Tubing. The price was great and everything was very clean. Patti and Sue were a delight at the front desk. Our only issue was with our room. We had called and reserved a large loft for 8 people after reading on the website that large lofts sleep 6 – 8. Well despite our reservation for 8 people our room only slept 6 in the 3 bed loft we got. We ended up going out and buying an air mattress and it wasn’t the end of the world but be absolutely sure your room sleeps the number of people you have at least a week before your reservation.

4 – 5 stars based on value.
Loft room was great for us. Two separate living areas and three queen beds.
Quaint B&B feel with older (but not worn) décor. Comfy spaces to hang outside of room (nooks). This would be a good place for a family reunion.
Breakfast was good. fresh muffins, cereal, breads (I saw the owner making them up). Coffee and juice.
Location is just south of outlet shopping.
Plenty for kids to do too (golf putting, pool table, games and puzzles.
Nice to sit in front porch and watch cars go by.

Really loved our stay here. We were driving around the park and looking for a good place to stay but we were a little far from Conway and Bartlett and had yet to swing around into the towns. We booked ahead not knowing what we would find. Originally we booked a small cabin for two. When we got to Merrill’s Farm Inn we noticed how big and cute it was. We got our room keys with no problem. The lobby was like a main house with a restaurant (or bar, I’m not really sure which because it seemed closed for the day by the time we swung in) and a sitting room and a small section of books you could probably borrow and read. We got to our private cabin and it was adorable BUT we really wanted to have two nice beds. The cabin was obviously supposed to be romantic and for a couple. There was a little fire stove you could light for ambiance and a giant tv and the bed was big and nice and there was a couch with a fold-​away bed but it was one of those things that just seemed like it was mostly used as a couch and not a bed. As adorable as the cabin was, we called and asked to switch to a room with two beds. The people at the front desk reminded us that the couch bed folds out but we still asked to switch and were pleasantly surprised by the new room we were given. Our new room was a split room with an extra loft space that had it’s own big bed and tv and sink on top of a normal room. This set-​up was excellent for us and there was still a couch in the room so it was basically huge. A room like that could easily make two couples comfortable and give them enough privacy if they were staying together. It was really a great set-​up. We were just two people needing two beds and I actually loved that the beds weren’t next to each other like in most hotels (though I have seen on the site that Merrill’s does have rooms with normal beds right next to each other if you’re looking for that). The only thing with the loft is you have to be careful going up the stairs if you have bad balance. There’s a railing along the wall to hold onto but there is nothing keeping a person from falling off the stairs. I had no problem and completely loved the loft bed. Our view was nice too because we could open the window and feel that we were on a second floor looking out over the farm/​inn.
The breakfast was a good start too, just basics. The pool was nice, a decent size, and early in the morning I saw people cleaning everything so they are very thorough. Every bit of the staff was friendly and great, from the lobby to the cleaning staff to the breakfast bakers. We even had someone come out to our loft room and make sure we were satisfied right after our switch (which we definitely were).
I would like to add that everything in the loft room was newer and cleaner than in the cabin. The beds especially were very nice and comfy in the loft room. The bed in the cabin didn’t have the big fluffy comforter and the mattress might’ve been different but I didn’t actually sit on it so I can’t really say. There was no weird smell in the loft room (like you get with some hotels because they are older and in need of renovating and replacing things). The bedding was nice, the flooring/​carpeting was nice, everything looked freshly painted. The cabin had an outdoorsy feel with wood flooring and it really felt like a cabin. The loft room had a the opposite sort of feel. So you can pick what you’re going for whether it be a new home feel or an outdoorsy romanticized b&b sort of cabin experience. The bathroom was normal, nothing weird or off-​putting and nothing that made it stand out.
There was just a good variety going on here and a lot of room choices.
I would definitely want to stay here again. Of all the places we stayed in the past week this was easily my favorite.

The woman who answered the phone tonight was incredibly condescending and sarcastic when I had a couple of questions about their inn. I had just been online and was literally about to press send on booking several days at Merrill Farms Inn. I let her know that if she was already being rude and talking to me like I was foolish for having questions, why would I want to stay there? I could still hear her yelling and arguing with me when I went to hang up on here. Very poor customer service. I would really hope this woman was not the owner. It’s too bad because I know people who had just stayed there and liked it.

My boyfriend and I stayed at the Merrill Farm Inn this past weekend for a weekend getaway in North Conway. The hotel was very clean and so very homey feeling! It didn’t feel like a «hotel» whatsoever! This was really the best part of our stay. There was a sitting room with games, and one with a fireplace. There was a hot tub that you could pay $ 5 for the half hour and have the whole thing to yourself as well as a sauna that was open to use. In the summer there is a pool, but we did not see that. And of course, there was complimentary breakfast in the morning consisting of fresh baked muffins, cereal, toast, and bagels. It was delicious! Overall, we had a very good time at the Merrill Farm Inn and was so very reasonably priced!

We arrived here on a Friday night with our dog, glad to find a pet friendly establishment so close to North Conway. We were given a cabin — very small but cozy enough, and as it was just for the weekend we thought we could manage just fine. It was rather late so we went to bed immediately and did not examine the room too closely. In the light of day, however, things were much more subpar. There was trash on the ground all around our door and all over the yard near where our cabin was located. As other reviewers have noted, the mattresses are both squeaky and very uncomfortable. There were cobwebs everywhere and dirt in corners — a maid doing the bare minimum. When I went to take a shower, I discovered mouse poop on a towel and in the shower (there are pictures). I’m hoping the management will ultimately rectify this but as of this stay I would NOT recommend staying in this establishment and I will be reporting them for the unsanitary conditions under which they are operating. I have no comment on the food as I was too afraid to eat here given all the other things that I found within my room.

We stayed at the Inn during Blizzard Nemo in one of the cabins. The cabin was perfect, although I wish we had a couch. The breakfast and cookie time was delicious and the staff was really friendly and helpful. The parking lot was plowed and the walkways shoveled. I will definitely be back again. The inn is not new but everything was clean and felt very «New England».

We stayed here during Feb vacation and had a wonderful stay. We stayed in one of their cabins which was extremely cozy, had all the necessities as well as some extras — a great gas stove in the livingroom that warms the whole cabin, frig, stove, oven, micro, cable TV, DVD/​VCR player, and 2 nice beds with very comfortable firm mattresses. They had a nice continental breakfast with cereal, fruit, etc and a «cookie time» every afternoon with homemade cookies and hot apple cider. Yum!
The motel is close to everything in N. Conway but is outside of town so it isn’t hectic. There are dozens of great restaurants nearby. We ate breakfast at Banner’s and dinner at the Moat Mountain Smokehouse, and recommend both for good food at good prices. We went snowmobiling and were happy to return to our nice, warm cabin afterward.
This is not a fancy place — but I don’t like fancy, expensive places. It’s a very well kept old inn with nice rooms and modern conveniences. We would love to stay at Merrill Farm Inn again!

Clean, comfortable, with nice touches. Our room was clean with some appreciable perks such as a small refrigerator and sitting area. Unfortunately the weather was miserable the entire weekend with excessive rain causing the pool to be closed as well as the canoe launch. I was a bit disappointed that the hot tub was not opened in the pool’s stead. Apart from that the breakfasts were great — nice muffins, awesome home-​made maple butter, and cookie time was a nice touch. It was also great to be able to check out board games and movies while stuck inside. The staff was very friendly. The décor is dated and the shower/​tub and mattresses could definitely be updated. All in all very reasonable and a good location.

Stayed there during Labor Day.
Couldn’t find a better place for that price! The lady at the counter even gave us a 10%off the room, because the only one remaining was the biggest! She offered us to have a smaller room the day after so we could save some money. Gave us some tips for Mount Washington, offered us to move our luggages from the 1^st room to the other and was really nice!
Room was confortable (even the mattress), cute (antiques), convenient (fridge, DVD player, AC), clean and huge! Even the smaller room had 2 double beds and a sofa bed (which we used watching a movie with the dvd player).
We were happy to use the outdoor tables to eat and drink a bottle of wine.
Good breakfast included. Watch out for «cookie time», you’ll fall in love with that!
Had Wifi in rooms. Probably better in «public areas» or the closer you get to the main building…
Will definitely stay there again if going shopping (5 min driving) or hiking (around 30 minutes from Pinkham Notch)

Definately worth a stay… but you’re paying for space. We stayed in the loft rooms with 2 full beds, TV and bath up top and 1 queen, TV/​DVD, fridge and bath below.
That set-​up was a plus and there is privacy between the floors (unless you need to go to the fridge downstairs). I rated it moderately priced just because of the room space and popular resort area.
I’ll make this one short and sweet, in this popular area with much resort competition, economy aside… this place needs to spring for 2
tweaks to make it an easy 4 stars:
#1
Though my mother was fine with the downstairs Queen Bed, the Honey was on one upstairs full bed with our little guy (4) and I was on the other (No, we weren’t fighting). We swear we both woke up with Polio. The mattresses were crippling to both of our backs, I almost asked my mother to tie my shoes for me.
#2
C’mon, what’s it take to maintain a coffee maker in each room daily so you don’t have to get dressed, get in line at the other building for a coffee to only come back to your room to kick start morning peristalsis?
«Nuf Ced !»

Stayed here for our 1^st wedding anniversary weekend. Was nice and peaceful place. We had rented a small cabin. The picture on their website of the cabin is what ours looked like. It was a big room with a bed, couch, small table, stove, wood burning stove, refrigerator and the bathroom. There was also a small deck outside with a picnic table.
In the morning they served a continental breakfast of coffee, tea, OJ, fruits, muffins english muffins and toast. Muffins were baked fresh at the location itself. Had a variety of them, like lemon filled, peaches and cream, cranberry-​orange, etc. In the afternoon they served cookies and lemonade. A nice touch.
They also have canoes that you can check out for rides along the saco river (we didn’t do this) and a heated outdoor pool (didn’t avail ourselves of this either)
Not a lot of frills, but not bad either. Might consider staying there again.

The price is right for a family inn. Their «continental» breakfast includes cereal, oatmeal, bagels, home-​made muffins, toast, fruit, coffee, tea, etc. And their afternoon «cookie-​time» was a definite plus. The room was a good size, we even got a room with a whirlpool tub! Which was a good thing because my back needed it after sleeping on that mattress. Only complaints I have about that place: the need new matresses, the didn’t have enough towels at the pool for everyone, & couldn’t leave the windows open ‘cuz you could here every little noise in the parking area and the street. Despite that it was well worth the price paid — convenient to all attractions (Mt. Wash., N. Conway, Lost River, etc.), canoes available for playing on the Saco, and did I mention «cookie-​time»?!