The Bell Inn

5.0 star property

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Honeymoon Room | In-room dining
Terrace/patio
Honeymoon Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds
Terrace/patio
Honeymoon Room | Living area | 32-inch Smart TV with cable channels

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Bar

Explore the area

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2 Washington St, Peabody, MA, 01960
  • Place, Witch House
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Peabody Essex Museum
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Place, Salem Witch Trials Memorial
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Airport, Boston, MA (BOS-Logan Intl.)
    ‪24 min drive‬

Room options

City Room

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
(6 reviews)
  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

City Room

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(5 reviews)
  • 16 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Luxury Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(5 reviews)
  • 37 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Luxury Room

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(15 reviews)
  • 37 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Royal Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • 60 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Honeymoon Room

  • 60 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Deluxe Apartment

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Single Bed

Deluxe Apartment

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Single Bed

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About this property

The Bell Inn

Luxury inn with 3 restaurants and bars/lounges
Along with 3 restaurants, this smoke-free inn has 3 bars/lounges and coffee/tea in a common area. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, concierge services, wedding services and a communal living room are on-site. Housekeeping is available on request.
The Bell Inn offers 8 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary bottles of water and complimentary bathrobes. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Pillowtop beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. 32-inch Smart televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include designer toiletries and hairdryers. This Peabody inn provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered on request and an iron/ironing board can be requested.

Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at The Bell Inn. During your stay, you'll be within walking distance of Pickering House. Features include free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking, plus 3 restaurants.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Enjoy American cuisine at The Bell Inn & Tavern, one of the property's 3 restaurants and 3 bars/lounges
  • Cooked-to-order breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Services include a concierge, luggage storage and wedding services
  • Just a 3-minute drive from Witch House and a few minutes from Pickering House
There are 3 restaurants on site. You can unwind with a drink at one of the 3 bars/lounges. Public spaces have free WiFi. The luxury The Bell Inn also features multilingual staff, coffee/tea in common area, and concierge services. Self parking is free.

This 5-star Peabody inn is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a cooked-to-order breakfast daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
The Bell Inn & Tavern – This bistro specialises in American cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, dinner and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered.
The Cellar – This bistro specialises in American cuisine and serves dinner and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
The Courtyard (Seasonal) – This bistro specialises in American cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy al fresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Onsite parking available only on request
  • Free uncovered self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Onsite parking includes off-street options

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: USD 5 to 25 for adults and USD 5 to 15 for children
  • 3 bars/lounges
  • 3 restaurants
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Couples/private dining

Restaurants on site

  • The Bell Inn & Tavern
  • The Cellar
  • The Courtyard (Seasonal)

Conveniences

  • Guidebooks
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping on request
  • Multilingual staff
  • Proposal/romance packages
  • Wedding services

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 3 accessible parking spaces
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Front entrance ramp
  • Handrails in stairways (76 centimetre high)
  • Lever door handles
  • Lift (91 centimetre wide door)
  • Visual fire alarm
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk (76 centimetre high)
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • Communal living room
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Dressing gowns
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch smart TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Champagne service
  • Free bottled water
  • Meal delivery service

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Electrical adapters
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Mobile key entry

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 9:30 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Guests are recommended to download the property's StaynTouch mobile app before check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Access code, front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 50.0 per day.
  • Cots (infant beds) are available for USD 50.0 per day.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Deposit: USD 50 per accommodation, per night

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately USD 5 to 25 for adults and USD 5 to 15 for children
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 50.0 per day
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 50.0 per day

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve on-site parking
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
The front desk at this property is open daily from 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
Guests arriving after 9:30 PM must make advance arrangements by contacting the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. Guests are recommended to download the property's StaynTouch mobile app before check-in.
Property Registration Number C0446162290

Property is also known as

The Bell Inn Inn
The Bell Inn Peabody
The Bell Inn Inn Peabody

The Bell Inn Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 177 out of 230 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 230 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 230 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 230 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 230 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Donna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful room! Excellent historical landmark. The negative is a lot of outside traffic noise mostly from sirens.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bushra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean room. Free parking.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is haunted.. but the food is good the drinks are good.. it definitely is a vibe.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Marguerite

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

ruby

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel & friendly service
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Thresa, Kansas City

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel was a perfect first stay on a multi- leg trip. We had a lovely light filled room on the 2nd floor. We also had the best fish I’ve tasted in years at the restaurant downstairs. Delish! Our only non-5 star experience was with the lady who was supposed to be checking in guests. She sat at one of the tables in the main floor where you enter with her back to us on the phone for > 10 minutes. We stood there wondering if she was a guest. We literally waited until a guest walked through and pointed out that she was the one supposed to check us in. That’s the only unpleasant snafu during this stay. Perhaps next time we visit, there will be someone at the entrance who will greet the guests.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Julie, Fairfax

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I'm so glad we found this place. Rooms were clean, staff was friendly. Lots of parking available.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mindi

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love Love Love this hotel! Can’t wait to stay again! Close to everything in Salem. Super cute vibe, perfect place to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Caroline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room was clean ans the food good. Overall it's a good place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Daniel

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

danyel

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Martha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Crystal

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Darren

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, spacious room and friendly staff. Ate downstairs in the tavern both nights and the food was great plus enjoyed the Tuesday quiz, just wished we’d done better! Basic breakfast but didn’t expect anything so was a nice surprise.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
This was overall a nice place and a good experience but what I'd like people to know is that the staff is very good in person but horrible when trying to get in touch after we left. I was charged extra and when I tried, multiple times to get in touch, no one answers the phone and no one calls back. After a shower, I was looking for a hair dryer. Found the empty bag. Since all staff isn't back in the morning until 11am, I couldn't ask them to get me one or tell them it was missing. I wrote a note and left it in the room explaining the dryer was gone, but i did not take it and them left with wet hair. I was charged $23 so I'm assuming they charged me for the missing dryer. Like I said, I wanted to talk to someone about it but no one got back to me. I hate leaving a review like this, other then that I'd recommend them, room was very tiny as well, just so you know.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Terri

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Deb

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Kirsten, Pickering

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I am sad to leave a bad review as I was so excited to come to this hotel based on prior reviews. However, I would recommend NOT to stay here. Firstly, the cleanliness of the room was not acceptable. There was coffee splashes on the window bench that came off with water so it’s obvious that the room was not thoroughly cleaned. The sheets also did not fit the bed and there were multiple stains on them. On top of the cleanliness issues, there was the issue of so much noise. I don’t know why this hasn’t been mentioned in other reviews, however it was so extremely loud in the room from road noise & it kept us up all night for both nights of our stay, therefore having no sleep during our trip to Salem. I understand that this is an old building, however no soundproofing effort has been made and to pay so much money to stay somewhere and not be able to sleep is unacceptable. You could also hear every word from the other rooms, we woke up to the sound of someone blowing their nose at 7am. Finally, the customer service was poor. I received a charge for over C$800 on my card and I had no idea why at check in. We also received no instructions for the property or check out upon check-in. After calling the hotel, I was told this was a charge taken for incidentals. However, I was not told this and I did not consent to this charge on my credit card. The person I spoke to on the phone did not apologize and they admitted to not having the staff trained properly!? Just avoid this place.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Mersadies

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were very nice
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Heidi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Renovations kept some of the historic charm but a nice updated room and bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

AVOID AVOID AVOID

Positives first - beautiful newly refurbished hotel which is both comfortable and came with all room amenities. Free pastries and fruit supplied for breakfast which was a lovely touch. Now for the reason I would avoid - we arrived on a Monday and apparently the hotel is ‘closed’ on Mondays - no one whatsoever at the property - should have had an email and text message with self check in details and door code to get in which I didn’t get. There was a phone number on the closed sign which you are expected to call - I’m from the UK and it would have cost me a fortune to ring this US number from my UK mobile. Luckily an American lady was just entering the hotel and rang on my behalf. I’ve travelled the world and never before found a hotel that was closed with no staff!So we self check in, we found Jewellry in our room that I sent an email about (no one to hand it in too) - didn’t get a reply until after we had checked out so just had to leave it in the room where I had found it (hopefully it wasn’t sentimental to the loser). And to top it off I am now fighting to be charged what I agreed with Hotels.com on booking - my price was the room rate including tax - the hotel have charged me that total amount as the room rate and then added tax on top…. 4 emails in, I’ve sent the hotels.com details but they are still overcharging me. I very impersonal hotel which I would absolutely avoid. It was our last night of a New England 6 state vacation and has left a bad taste - never again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Corina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay in a beautiful place.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Melissa

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
It’s a beautiful place. The only complaint I have is that I requested an extra blanket and was told housekeeping would bring it that day-they never came. When we returned that evening I told the staff and they brought up a cloth shower curtain and an extra robe. Also the lotion bottle was broken and I couldn’t remove it to fix it so that was super annoying because I purposely didn’t bring any since they said they had it in the room. We never received any housekeeping during our 4 day 3 night stay but there was an envelope left for a tip. Heather did the best she could to make everything right and is the only reason for the 4 stars instead of 3-girl deserves a raise. Would I stay there again? Probably if I couldn’t find somewhere else but I’d request the extra the extra blanket way in advance and ask Heather to personally check, lower my expectations on the housekeeping, and remember to bring my own lotion just in case.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Janessa

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property. Had fun at the speak easy in the basement and the brunch was delicious.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This inn is lovely. The outdoor patio is beautiful. The room, immaculate and the beds comfy. Our shower in the bath was spacious. Plenty of towels and there are even robes if you like. Had a drink in the bar. The whole place is just wonderful. We didn't eat there because we wanted to go to Finz in Salem, but a look at the menu says the food is varied and delicious.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025