The Coonamessett
Lobster-red farmhouse
Coastal Cape escape
Angle for a stay at the Coonamessett, a coastal crashpad in fishing-hotspot Falmouth. Rustic-luxe rooms and pond-facing terraces are your bait; you’ll be hooked on modern New England fare at Eli’s Tavern and all things seafood at waterfront shacks. While fiancés tie the knot at this white-washed boutique, you can too: casting lines on the harbor or at one of Cape Cod’s pristine beaches. With its bikes to borrow and laidback locale, this halcyon escape is a real catch.
Food & Drink
Top Table
By the roaring fireplace in crisper months; spend balmy summer evenings on the greenery-flanked terrace.
Dress Code
Preppy and nautical are the MO – walk the walk in breezy linen pieces, stripy knits and deck shoes.
Hotel Restaurant
Eli’s Tavern takes cues from the hotel’s farmhouse heritage, with vaulted beamed ceilings, wooden furnishings and duck-egg-blue details. Traditional New England fare gets a modern makeover, and indulgent stand-outs include the generously stacked cheeseburger and moreish spinach-artichoke dip. Cape Cod’s community spirit prevails at Eli’s, most palpably at weekly events, where nights of Jamaican cooking or local oysters are filled with the hum of neighborly nattering, regardless of where you’re from.
Hotel Bar
Eli’s Tavern pays homage to one of the den’s regulars from back in the day, Eli, who would buy two drinks — one for himself, the second for anyone who might need ‘one more than they can pony up for’. This sense of hospitality still flows freely at the inn, and you too can channel Eli’s generosity by paying forward a pint or a cocktail, which the bartenders dole out to lucky patrons (so keep your fingers crossed).
Last Orders
A light Continental breakfast is served daily in the lounge from 7.30am–10.30am. Eli’s Tavern is open 11.30am–8pm, Monday to Wednesday; 11.30am–9pm, Thursday to Saturday; and 11am–8pm, on Sundays.
