Need to know
Rooms
16, including three suites.
Check–Out
11am, but flexible, subject to availability (give as much notice as possible). Earliest check-in, 4pm; if checking in after 10pm, you’ll need to let staff know.
More details
Rates include the Richard’s tapas-style breakfast plates.
Also
There’s a ramp entrance to the building, and the hotel has one accessible King Deluxe room on the first floor, although its shower, which has a step, is not roll-in.
Hotel closed
The hotel opens from April to October.
At the hotel
Garden with day-beds and a fire pit, lounge, concierge, free WiFi. In rooms: 43-inch smart TV, wine glasses and corkscrew, black-out shades, individually controlled air-conditioning, waffle bathrobes, and Lather bath products.
Our favourite rooms
With its sailing and whaling past, Martha’s Vineyard’s style has an ‘aye aye’ for maritime details, but we like the cleaner, more modern cut of the Richard’s jib. Its façade is classic white clapboard, but rooms are decked out in black, white and gray (with flashes of purple and green), furniture is sculptural and eye-catching, and graphic prints brighten the walls.
Packing tips
Bring any biking and boating wear and stock up on snacks and drinks (the hotel doesn’t have minibars or a bar, but there’s a corkscrew and glasses in your room).
Also
The Richard is in good company in Edgartown, a sister (brother?) property to other Lark Hotels, the Christopher and the Edgartown Inn.
Children
Kids can stay, but there’s only one two-bedroom room (the Lark Suite). However, there’s a lot for kids to do on the island, so this could serve as a homebase for those with tweens and teens to lay their heads after fun-filled days.