Chateau Merrimack seems like a once-grand hotel that has fallen on hard times, as if in a war zone. Sometimes things work, and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes the breakfast is laid out, and sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes there are towels, and sometimes the whole place is out of them.
The grounds are beautiful, the pool structure is peaceful, and the Chateau is out in the country at the same time it is a peaceful, 10-minute drive to downtown Lowell. It just seemed like it was the first day for the whole staff after tge experienced staff disappeared.
Friends said that Chateau Merrimack’s previous incarnation, Stonehedge, was much more expansive with a better restaurant and far fewer cacancies. As it was, we were there in the middle of the summer and, while we enjoyed the quiet of few guests, we also wondered how the staff might accommodate a wedding or convention.
Our room was beautiful and the hotel itself was peaceful, but the staff and service were uneven, even slipshod, and we were glad that we weren’t depending on the hotel for internet or food.
