Portland, Maine, United States

Blind Tiger Portland – Carleton Street

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Style

Red-brick refinement

Setting

Flâneur-friendly West End

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Earning its stripes in the city’s leafy West End, Blind Tiger Portland – Carleton Street is a revamped Victorian home turned intimate guesthouse. Easy-on-the-eye interiors run through each carefully considered space, from the raffish screen-free bedrooms to the fire-warmed social corners. The staff at this bon viveur’s basecamp are your in-the-know hosts ready to point you to quaint cafés, local breweries and Maine’s catch of seafood eateries, and ensure your daily homecoming has all the creature comforts you could wish for…

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

Six, including one suite.

Check–Out

11am. Check-in, between 4pm and 6pm.

More details

Rates include a breakfast bar with toast, oatmeal and yogurt.

Also

Due to the building’s historic nature, this guesthouse is not suitable for guests with reduced mobility. There’s no elevator, and every bedroom is accessed by at least one set of stairs.

At the hotel

Picnic blankets and baskets to borrow, a help-yourself pantry and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: climate control, wine glasses and corkscrew, bathrobes, hairdryer and Lather bath products.

Our favourite rooms

The individually designed bedrooms at Blind Tiger Portland – Carleton Street are made all the more alluring by high ceilings and original ornate cornicing. Pillow talk becomes particularly seductive in sage-green Saoko; Little Bird was the home’s former master bedroom, and Norumbega overlooks the back garden.

Spa

There’s no spa at Blind Tiger Portland – Carleton Street, but staff can arrange sauna blankets and in-room massages with advance notice.

Packing tips

The city’s blossoming culinary scene means forgiving waistbands will come in handy. Lean into the trendsetting aesthetic with a film camera, too.

Also

Portland has more than one Blind Tiger, thanks to Carleton Street’s sister stay around the corner, Blind Tiger – Danforth Street.

Children

Little Smiths are welcome, but as there’s no specific kit or rollaway beds, this guesthouse is better suited to older children who can sleep in their own room.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Guests gather round the convivial table in the dining room for breakfast.

Dress Code

If your pajamas are a stylish matching set, then you might be able to roll straight from bed to breakfast as you are…

Hotel restaurant

There’s no formal restaurant at this guesthouse, but each morning, staff whip up a day-starting spread of toast, oatmeal, yogurt and seasonal toppings.

Hotel bar

The guesthouse doesn’t have a bar, but the glasses and corkscrew in your room allow you to enjoy a glass of wine, chez vous. You’ll also find plenty of watering holes along Congress Street or in Downtown Portland, which are both within strolling distance.

Last orders

Breakfast is served daily from 8am to 10am.

Location

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Address
Blind Tiger Portland – Carleton Street
46 Carleton Street
Portland
04102
United States

You’ll find Blind Tiger Portland – Carleton Street in the maple tree-lined West End of Portland, a short stroll from galleries, cafés and boutiques.

Planes

You can connect from most major US hubs, such as New York City and Chicago, to Portland International Jetport, which is a 10-minute drive from the guesthouse.

Trains

Amtrak’s Downeaster route, between Brunswick and Boston, calls at Portland daily. From the station, it’s a short cab ride to the hotel.

Automobiles

Portland is easy to navigate by foot, bike or bus, but should you drive, there are passes for off-street parking outside the hotel for $20 a day (but you’ll need to book your spot in advance).

Worth getting out of bed for

Blind Tiger Portland – Carleton Street’s West End co-ords place you within wandering distance of locally loved haunts. The historic Old Port quarter and downtown’s Congress Street are lined with indie boutiques, cafés and vintage markets. Cultural pursuits continue at the Portland Museum of Art, where work by New England artists hangs alongside European greats. Portland Head Light is a postcard-worthy stretch of craggy coastline and Atlantic Sea views, or take a picnic (the guesthouse has baskets and blankets to borrow) to small, sandy East End Beach for sunset skies, and to Higgins Beach for endorphin-raising surf. 

Local restaurants

Fragrant curries and soul-warming soups impress alongside street food at Boda, a Thai restaurant with zesty cocktails. The clue is in the name: at New England-inspired seafood bar Eventide Oyster Co., you’ll slurp freshly shucked delicacies and scoff lobster rolls à la Maine. Date night delivers at contemporary Chaval, where you can flirt over talk-of-the-town tapas and an extensive wine list.

Local cafés

Bean aficionados flock to Bard Coffee for their single-origin brews and in-house roasts. Tech-free Tandem Coffee and Bakery ensures all eyes are, rightfully, on their frothy coffees and fluffy cinnamon buns.

Local bars

You can tour family-run Bissell Brothers Brewery before quenching your thirst for local ales at their taproom. Bespoke cocktails glint like gemstones in the candlelight of the Jewel Box, a lively haunt with vintage furniture and a curved bar.

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this mid-century-inspired hotel in Portland and unpacked their flea-market finds and locally brewed beers, a full account of their epicurean break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Blind Tiger Portland – Carleton Street in Maine…

Blind Tiger Portland – Carleton Street may be the smaller of two townhouse stays (you’ll find its slightly larger sister hotel around the corner on Danforth Street), but it’s big on polish: individually styled bedrooms showcase local artwork and vintage furniture finds; cozy communal areas achieve a home-away-from-home feel, and original features like intricate cornicing and high ceilings dazzle throughout. This Victorian-era guesthouse occupies a leafy corner of Portland’s West End ’hood, which is quietly set back from center-of-the-action Congress and Commercial Street. On paper, Portland sounds like a fashionista’s idea of heaven: specialty coffee shops, local breweries and indie boutiques feature high on daily agendas, but the community is positively free of pretension. This trait is best admired in your happy-to-help hosts, who can recommend spots for Maine’s famous seafood and late-night tipples, or beaches for picnics with the hotel’s blankets and baskets. Blind Tiger is a basecamp we’ll be wild about for a while…

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