Reviews of The Skowhegan by KasaReviews of The Skowhegan by Kasa

DON’T STAY - IT’S HORRIBLE - REALLY ! Likes: The room was big and expectantly clean Dislikes: NOISY! NO WORKABLE HVAC!! This place is an ECHO CHAMBER! We could hear everyone in adjacent rooms and far down the echoing hallway!! HORRIBLE! !! I retired from the construction business and it’s my opinion that this renovation was meticulously done WITHOUT proper engineering and consideration for the comfort of the occupants!!!

DON’T STAY - IT’S HORRIBLE - REALLY ! Likes: The room was big and expectantly clean Dislikes: NOISY! NO WORKABLE HVAC!! This place is an ECHO CHAMBER! We could hear everyone in adjacent rooms and far down the echoing hallway!! HORRIBLE! !! I retired from the construction business and it’s my opinion that this renovation was meticulously done WITHOUT proper engineering and consideration for the comfort of the occupants!!!

It was a beautiful place but it also has renters. I could hear the hair dryer in the next room and the halls echoed. It reminded me of a college dorm. It had a German restaurant as part of the building that was great and had a band. So if thin walls do not bother you then you will love it.

I wish they had a vending machine for drinks.

Extremely Disappointing Experience. Would Not Recommend Unfortunately my experience here was extremely disappointing. Within 10 minutes of arriving (around bed time) I had to leave because I could clearly hear dogs whining persistently and scratching through the wall. The noise made it impossible to comfortably enjoy the room and I did not feel I could stay under those conditions. What made the experience even worse was the lack of any meaningful resolution. The issue was not resolved and after contacting the hotel I was told that they would not provide a refund because of the cancellation policy. I understand that cancellation policies exist but I find it unreasonable to be charged for a stay I had to abandon almost immediately due to disruptive noise. The hotel’s response expressed apologies and said my feedback would be shared with the team but that does nothing to address the money lost or the experience itself. It was hours to get home that night in order to get a decent night sleep with the few remaining hours I had left that night. Based on my experience I would not recommend staying here. I expected a comfortable place to stay.. not to have to leave within 10 minutes and still pay for a room I could not reasonably use.

Extremely Disappointing Experience. Would Not Recommend Unfortunately my experience here was extremely disappointing. Within 10 minutes of arriving (around bed time) I had to leave because I could clearly hear dogs whining persistently and scratching through the wall. The noise made it impossible to comfortably enjoy the room and I did not feel I could stay under those conditions. What made the experience even worse was the lack of any meaningful resolution. The issue was not resolved and after contacting the hotel I was told that they would not provide a refund because of the cancellation policy. I understand that cancellation policies exist but I find it unreasonable to be charged for a stay I had to abandon almost immediately due to disruptive noise. The hotel’s response expressed apologies and said my feedback would be shared with the team but that does nothing to address the money lost or the experience itself. It was hours to get home that night in order to get a decent night sleep with the few remaining hours I had left that night. Based on my experience I would not recommend staying here. I expected a comfortable place to stay.. not to have to leave within 10 minutes and still pay for a room I could not reasonably use.

Rooms were clean. Place was absolutely beautiful. Had a slight confusion on main door after check in but was able to message them and get clarification almost immediately. We will be returning

What a unique and beautiful place to stay in Skowhegan! We were able to go the restaurant in the building for dinner and walk to get coffee in town in the morning before we left. We highly recommend. The walls are a little thin so keep that in mind when there is an active community staying there.

Very nice place

Absolutely stunning apartment. There aren't enough stars. Well appointmented and clean. Very good restaurant downstairs. Would highly recommend it.

From check-in to check-out, my stay was a simply beautiful experience. The hotel's seamless, contactless check-in concept is brilliantly executed. Inside, the room was pristine and remarkably spacious, enhanced by stunning 15-foot ceilings and expansive windows. The bed was nothing short of divine. As a Lifetime Marriott Platinum member, I have exceptionally high standards for hospitality, and I cannot recommend Skowhegan by Kasa highly enough.

This place was clean, spacious, and comfortable. It was a 4 minute walk from a huge antiques store in the downtown area of Skowhegan. There were beautiful views around the area, and places to get and eat food close by.

If you need to cancel you will only get 1/2 of the charge. The place is too expensive for that.

Clean, neat, apartment and cool location. Likes: Great space and apartment. Good location. Clean, neat environment. Nice common space. Dislikes: There was some noise from underneath/outside the building. However they did have a noise machine. Self check in was OK, could have been easier but we got in.

The rooms here are pretty spare, but well put together. The hotel is very clean. But the walls are paper thin. You can hear every word of the person’s conversation in the next room, which is why they give you earplugs and the room comes with a white noise machine. Also the fact that there are no humans working there is just creepy. There’s no one to call to get more towels. There’s no warmth, just a keypad and text message. Check-in requires biometric data, which they don’t tell you about.

Clean and spacious, well appointed

Clean, spacious, and well appointed

The rooms were exceptionally nice and comfortable and the building overall is well done and feels safe. Having the Biergarten next door is nice and several other good options nearby.

There is no on-site staff so that takes a moment to get used to but they communicate well via text for entry codes etc. The rooms are outstanding and the building is very nice and feels very safe. Also there is a very good restaurant on-site. If you are going to Skowhegan, ME I'd highly recommend this.

would not come again do not recommend Interesting idea and adaptive reuse , and there the good ends. It was absolute hell trying to check in. The room is bare bones and stinks of cigarette smoke. It is supposed to be handicap accessible but there is no curb cut . Ther is only one very uncomfortable chair for two people.

Large clean rooms, very clean updated building and rooms. Flawless experience.

Very nice place inside…but the first impressions driving in were the conditions of the town, very rundown, little open to checkout. Did have nice coffeeshop in town. Homeless being moved along by the police. No freezer, only fridge. So had no place for frozen items we had. Communication via text messages was good. Living room table way too big, hard walking around it. The view from room was construction material and a power station. Great concept just hope the town follows it. When we told friends who live not far from there where we stayed they responded “that town is horrible” So inside and room nice, but not so much area around it.

The virtual check in can be a drag

Cool vibe, terrible execution Somewhat random location, ok convenience to Colby College. Very nice design and look. Spacious rooms. Concerning security / safety considering no staff onsite: door code to building just posted in front to allow a local business access to the basement gym. No peepholes in room doors. Not clean or well managed. Old bedding left on sofabed, which we re-made with fresh sheets found in a communal closet. Floors gritty. Paid $400+ per night for the inconvenience to Colby (20-25 minutes). No food or drink onsite other than the next door restaurant not open for breakfast.

The room was good, but the access arrangements need improvements Likes: The room was good, but the access arrangements and overly intrusive ID verification made what should have been a simple stay far more difficult than it needed to be. Dislikes: The online ID verification process felt unnecessarily invasive. I understand the need to confirm a guest’s identity, but requiring a copy of photographic ID together with facial mapping/biometric verification through an app seemed excessive for a hotel stay. It wasn’t clear why this level of personal information was necessary or how long it would be retained. The bigger problem occurred when we returned to the hotel in the evening and the code for the main entrance simply did not work. We called support and spent around eight minutes trying several different access codes, none of which worked. The call then ended abruptly without the problem being resolved. We called again and spent another ten minutes trying to gain access. Eventually, a local serviceman arrived. Even he could not open the main entrance, although thankfully he was able to get us into the building through a side door. For a completely staffless hotel, reliable access is fundamental. There really needs to be a secure way for remote support to unlock the entrance when the access system fails. In this day and age, leaving paying guests locked outside for nearly 20 minutes while support tries different codes is not an acceptable failure mode.

Came for the Maine State Firefighters Convention. We picked staying here as it is super close to the fairgrounds. The room was huge, window views were beautiful and the atmosphere was very relaxed. The German restaurant on site is also great.

Great value, excellent bed, very big bedroom and bathroom. All looks new, no complaints at all. Wooden floors, Very good old building renovation. Would stay again with pleasure. No front desk but very good remote support.

This is a beautiful property well located steps from downtown Skowhegan. Unfortunately it was not well built nor well maintained. No soundproofing- you can hear other guests typing in their door codes. Well shut the door between the bedroom and the living room - you can’t- it doesn’t have a latch and is warped. Somewhere in the building an alarm clock started ringing at 430 am and rang until 530am. Towel bar was torn off the wall in the bathroom. Trim missing on bath fan. Bathroom door won’t shut all the way and once you get it almost shut you have to fight to get it open. Toilet seat wrong size and not well attached. It’s like you ordered a hotel room off temu. Looks great in pictures, terrible quality in person.

Sound being able to hear anything else going on inside the building and having staff memeber in the hotel

Great place thank you!

Overall appearance updated and clean. We had difficulty checking in virtually. The room keypad would not accept the codes we were given. Spent about an hour in the hallway while waiting for remote staff to solve the issue. They ending up assigning us to another room and emailed a $25 gift card as a consolation. Room had a few other quirks, (too few towel bars, loose toilet seat) but was basically fine.

This is in a stunningly well-restored old mill building right on the Kennebec River. The rooms are big and bright. The restoration's level of detail is incredible. And the Birtgarten next door is excellent. Highly recommend.

We loved our stay at Kasa (Skowhegan). Perfect location, clean, spacious & easy in/out (after we figured out the checkin process- being tech dinosaurs!). Will absolutely look for Kasa hotels in the future!