If you’re looking for a cute place to escape from your stay-at-home situation during the pandemic, unfortunately, this is not it. The place was not what it was advertised to be, so I’m writing this review so future guests are more prepared with the accommodations.
Pros: there’s a lovely screened in balcony on the same floor as the Airbnb out front that wasn’t mentioned in the listing. We didn’t explore the backyard.
Cons: Most of my disappointment with this listing involved the kitchen, which makes cooking very difficult. A non-functional kitchen is fine if you’re looking to eat out in the area, but we weren’t Bc it’s a pandemic and we just wanted to be near the water. The listing says the kitchen comes with “pots and pans” but there’s only one pan- a Wok pan. The kitchen isn’t stocked with salt or pepper or oil or really anything you’d need for a meal. So I feel that the kitchen was incorrectly advertised.
Most of the bath towels were stained. This may be a function of no dish towels or paper towels being available, so we had to use the smaller bath towels as napkins and to clean up the kitchen. Further, even though this property is relatively close to the beach, they don’t provide any beach towels, so be sure to bring your own!
General notes about the area: The neighborhood, though quiet, isn’t walkable as there aren’t any sidewalks and every house looks the same. And it’s not particularly inviting since every house is raised up off the street a few feet (which makes sense Bc Cranston is close to the water). Driving around this area of Rhode Island is not nice and virtually everything is a 20 minute drive away.
We ended up leaving a night early of our two night stay because we were more comfortable being at home, having a full functional kitchen, and being able to walk around the surrounding area (with a mask of course).