Love Hotels St John River by OYO at Fort Kent ME

Hotels
2.6 (15 reviews)
2185 Saint John Road , Fort Kent , US

Free
Children allowed

Facilities

WiFi available
Free WiFi
Parking
Free Parking
Non-smoking rooms
24-hour front desk
Room service
Laundry
Luggage storage
Meeting/banquet facilities
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Review Highlights

Pros:
Occasional helpful manager who issued a refund
Some rooms reported as clean/housekeeping good
Close to downtown (about 15 minutes) in at least one report
Cons:
Property appears abandoned/boarded up or uninhabitable
No on-site staff / check-in by phone only; rude or absent staff
Charged despite being inaccessible or closed; refused refunds (reports of scam)
Electricity not connected in at least one report
Poor room condition: stained bedding, poking springs, dead flies, missing kitchen items
Remote location with poor signage and unplowed access in winter; GPS errors

Categories

Cleanliness
1.5
Multiple reports of dirty/stained bedding, dead flies in bathroom and strong odors from basement; while one reviewer said housekeeping was good, overall cleanliness is poor and inconsistent.
Service
3.5
Mostly absent or remote staff, rude check-in by phone and no on-site personnel in many reports; one reviewer noted a friendly manager who issued a refund, which improves this score slightly.
Location
3
Location described as remote and poorly signed with GPS errors and unplowed access in winter, but one review notes it is about 15 minutes from downtown and otherwise in a decent area.
Room Quality
1.8
Rooms described as run-down, pictures not matching reality, uncomfortable beds with poking springs, busted stairs and generally poor condition.
Amenities
2
Missing basic items in kitchen (no mugs, few plates, no coffee initially) and intermittent utility issues (reports of electricity not connected), indicating poor amenities.
Value for Money
1
Multiple reports of being charged for inaccessible or unusable property, refused refunds and descriptions of a 'scam' — very poor value.
Food and Beverage
2
No on-site food service mentioned; kitchen facilities were incomplete (no mugs, limited cookware) and lacked basic provisions.
Overall Experience
6
Overall experience is negative due to accessibility, safety and refund issues, but occasional positive notes (friendly manager, some clean rooms, proximity to downtown) temper the score.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2026-11-05 14:29

Property Description

Luxurious Accommodation
Experience 4-star comfort at Love Hotels St John River by OYO at Fort Kent ME with well-appointed rooms and top-notch amenities.

Modern Conveniences
Enjoy free WiFi, room service, and a 24-hour front desk for all your needs during your stay in Saint John.

Comfort and Style
Relax in rooms featuring a TV with cable channels, a private bathroom with free toiletries, and some with a convenient kitchenette. Unwind in air-conditioned rooms with a cozy wardrobe for your belongings.

Book your stay at Love Hotels St John River by OYO at Fort Kent ME and indulge in a premium hotel experience.

Important information:

Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
A deposit may be required at the property.

Check-in and check-out hours:
Check-out: 10:00 AM

Location

Guest Reviews

2.6
Based on 15 reviews
Cleanliness: 1.5
Service: 3.5
Location: 3
Room Quality: 1.8
Amenities: 2
Value for Money: 1
Food and Beverage: 2
Overall Experience: 6
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Marie-Soleil • couple • ca
1
NE RÉSERVEZ PAS LA
Pros:

Rien NE RÉSERVEZ PAS LA sauf si voulez vous faire frauder

Cons:

L’établissement a prit un dépôt $ et nous a chargé la chambre mais il n’est pas accessible en hiver. Donc vous payez pour un hôtel inexistant. Il a fallu qu’on se trouve un autre établissement pour notre séjour.

2026-04-15 • via Nuitee
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Helen • young couple • us
1
We followed GPS it took us to an old falling down building you could stiil she love motels by St joh
Pros:

Nothing

Cons:

We never made it there it was all boarded up.

2025-06-25 • via Nuitee
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Kurt
2
Pros:

Terrible experience. Reported to expedia and will report to the state. This is a scam, property refused to refund after they told expedia we showed up after they close. So they close at 3, exactly an hour after check-in? Ok, that makes sense....scam scam scam. Property is absolute garbage, electricity not even connected. State has deemed the property uninhabitable.

2025-05-23 • via Nuitee
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Verified traveler
2
Do not stay here
Pros:

The hotel is down a long unplowed road so was not able to get to the hotel because of the deep snow. Tried calling multiple times and no answer. Ended up stranded because nothing from the hotel said it is snowmobile access only. Still got charged for a hotel that we were not able to get to. Would not recommend for anyone traveling to the area.

2025-03-15 • via Nuitee
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Jason • family with young children • us
1
Bad
Pros:

Nothing

Cons:

Pretty sure this place is no longer even open. Looks like it has been abandoned. Booking should remove the listing.

2024-10-16 • via Nuitee
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Pamela
2
Run down
Pros:

We never completed checkin. The photos are not of the current property. They one had one room in any condition to be used, and it was not comparable to the photos listed. The manager was new, and helpful, and did issue a refund.

2024-08-16 • via Nuitee
K
Kelly • solo traveller • us
4
Disappointing
2023-09-21 • via Nuitee
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Matthew • solo traveller • us
1
Basically a scam.
Pros:

Nothing

Cons:

No one at property. No one answered the phone or reached out til 8pm after I made other accommodations. Refused to refund money. Garbage “hotel” and worse parent company.

2023-09-07 • via Nuitee
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lisa
4
Stephen King Setting
Pros:

Motel looked abandoned. No signage on road. No on-site check-in. Had to call a rude out-of-state person for check in procedure. This motel is not in Fort Kent, it's in Saint John Parish. Housekeeping was very good. Bed was like a prison cot. My back is still sore. Busted stairs so you have to walk up a grassy slope. Pictures show what this place really looks like.

2023-09-06 • via Nuitee
B
Bethany
4
Pros:

Very run down. No staff onsite, manager on phone was friendly. Lives out of state but informed us there was a maintenance staff who lived in the area if anything was needed. The pictures and descriptions don’t match the site. Cleanliness of our room was good but overall condition of buildings looked abandoned upon arrival. Good if your looking for a cheap place to stay. 15 minutes outside of downtown but not a bad drive.

2023-09-04 • via Nuitee
F
Francisco
10
A place to be
Pros:

Great place an amazing service ….

2023-08-28 • via Nuitee
A
Aqila • young couple • us
3
Poor
Pros:

The location was good. Nice area but please check the room before guest please. We just founded sad how these little mistake of hotel makes hotel look so bad.
These are small small things that can be fixed easily that I listed in my what I didn't like. And you'll get positive reviews. Only stayed cuz we spent most of the time with my son in school and the place was closed to his school.

Cons:

For the price we weren't expecting a luxury room. Strong smell in the room Very hard to ignore coming from basement. I'm lb140 and every time my body touched that mattress, I felt the poking of springs everywhere. There was full kitchen but no coffee maker, so we asked and they provided one but again no coffee mug to drink in or to make any coffee in. Each kitchen cabinet were labeled with cups cutting board but only 6plates, two pans. No bowls, mugs empty cabinets dead flies in bathroom. Larger oily stained comforter. Inside kitchen cabinet big wholes toward basement

2023-08-27 • via Nuitee
V
Verified traveler
4
Cheap but disappointing
Pros:

Couldn’t get the TV to work as we did not Roku or Paramount accounts. The bed was old and uncomfortable, there were stains in carpet, the light had a frayed end and the water smelled like sulfur so not shower for us. No one on site to talk with

2023-08-23 • via Nuitee
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Gail • family
6
Pros:

The rooms were fine but there was no signage so you couldn’t find the place. Then when we got there no one was in the office, just a number on the door to call. We had to wait for someone to give us a code to our room. When we left no one was there so we left the key. I’ll check my credit card to see what goes on.

2023-08-19 • via Nuitee
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Denise • young couple • us
1
SCAM HOTEL!!! BOARDED UP WINDOWS
Pros:

Nothing

Cons:

DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE. IT IS A BOARDED UP RUN DOWN PLACE. STRAIGHT OUT OF A HORROR SHOW. NO BODY WAS THERE.
BOOKING.COM NEEDS TO CHECK OUT THESE HOTELS BEFORE THEY PUT THEM ON THEIR SIGHT.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!! PHOTO'S INCLUDESD FOR PROOF!!!!
ALSO THEY HAVE A COMPLETE DIFFERENT NAME ON THE BUILDING. THIS IS THE CORRECT PLACE. I CALLED THEM AND THE GUY WAS WATCHING US ON THEIR SECURITY CAMARA. REALLY CREEPY. WE LEFT AND GOT ANOTHER HOTEL. NOW FIGHTING TO NOT GET CHARGED. THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE CLEAN ROOMS.

2023-07-26 • via Nuitee
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Seth • group • us
5
Don't let the looks fool you - the exterior screams "stay away" but the rooms are far from terrible.
Pros:

The manager was a super nice guy! When we arrived we were worried - the place looked deserted, but when we called the contact number, he was with us in less than 5 minutes, he got us squared away quickly and was really pleasant to talk to, and he made us feel welcome & that we could call him with any problems or issues. The rooms were spartan but had the basic amenities, and it was very clean. We weren't expecting luxury (we're a group of guys on motorcycles looking for a cheap place to stay while riding around in the less-populated corners of the region) so we weren't disappointed by the simple, small rooms, and we've definitely stayed in worse places. There's easy access to a ton of public access trails (for snowmobiles, ATVs, and ADV/Dirt bikes), too. There's a huge common room, bar & live music area in the main building - which was all shut down and gathering dust when we were there in late June. This place appears to be meant to cater to the snowmobile crowd, not the summer motorcycle crowd. But it was in the right place at sort of the right price, and it was clean and dry and reasonably comfortable, so no real complaints ; )

Cons:

The buildings looked like they were one good sneeze away from falling over, the entrance to the (dirt) parking lot was not well marked, and there was no AC. But, to be fair, this is not a summer hotel - it looks like it's meant for the snowmobile crowd. In the winter time, under a couple feet of snow, it probably looks & feels cozy as anything. In the summer time, it looks like you've got a 50% chance of living through the night. Also, the water smelled pretty bad - we showered, but when it was time to brush teeth, we used bottled water. If you get sketched out by being all alone at the edge of civilization with nothing but the sound of the wind and mosquitos to keep you company and nothing but a ceiling fan to keep you cool, this place probably is not for you.

2023-07-25 • via Nuitee
D
Dee • family
2
Pros:

No management to let us in our room. Rooms dirty with bugs. Completely horrible.

2023-07-15 • via Nuitee
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Shawn
4
Pros:

I booked on Expedia, hoping for the best…it looked a little sketchy but was WAY worst in person!!
I could hardly find the property- not marked at all from the road.
It’s extremely run down: huge potholes in the driveway, stairs falling in, windows boarded up… and the office was locked. There was no one on site.
I only got into the room because the man who was mowing the lawn let me in…
No one else ever showed up… No hotel staff, no other people renting rooms.
It says riverfront, and although it’s by the river, there was no view of the river… There was no restaurant or bar or any other facility is available. There was a playground in the back but I couldn’t tell if it was part of the hotel or part of the house behind the hotel?
Said that there was air-conditioning wish there was not. I had to put the fan on high and the room is very hot. I couldn’t open the windows because there was no screens.
It also says that they have Wi-Fi and there was Netflix streaming available on the TV but there was no information about Wi-Fi password so I wasn’t able to work from the hotel and had to leave early.
With all that being said, the bed was clean, and the towels smelled freshly cleaned… The shower pressure was decent. I wouldn’t stay here again, but it wasn’t unclean.

2023-07-14 • via Nuitee
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Kenneth
2
Absolutely Horrible Experience.
Pros:

This hotel needs to be removed from the list. There wasn’t anybody there. We had to call to get a lock box combination to get our room key. The room smelled like cat pee. Shower curtain laying in the shower. Needed to be vacuumed. No pillow case on one of the pillows. We tried making reservations somewhere else but they were booked for our first night so we went to the dollar store and bought towels, pillows, frebreeze spray and PJs to make it happy for one night. I have have strange markings on my leg now…bed bugs? No trash bags so that explains why there was trash outside. I sat outside on my tailgate to watch TV because it was so bad. One lady was upset with me until I told her that I didn’t work there. Another lady never got into her room because the combination wouldn’t work so she slept in her car outside our window for security. She had the better deal. This was an absolutely horrible experience that I feel sorry toward my wife that I subjected her to this experience. This was bad

2023-07-14 • via Nuitee
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James
2
Pros:

This place is a DUMP!! It is falling apart, there are cigarette butts and smashed glass on the lawn right outside the doors to the rooms. I'm sorry to say, but this place needs to be torn down and rebuilt. The only redeeming quality was the manager at the front desk.

2023-05-02 • via Nuitee