Martha’s Vineyard Boutique Hotels

Award-Winning, Modern Boutique Hotel Options on Martha’s Vineyard

If you’re planning a stay on Martha’s Vineyard and want lodging with contemporary interior design, boutique hotel ambiance, and high accolades, here are three excellent choices. All are members of the Martha’s Vineyard Lodging Association, with design flair, great amenities, and award recognitions. Perfect for those searching for boutique hotels on Martha’s Vineyard with a modern design, or wanting to stay at an award-winning boutique hotel on MV.

What Makes a Boutique Modern Stay Special

Before introducing the properties, here are the traits that make these stands out:

• Innovative, thoughtful interior design (mixing modern, vintage, art, local touches)
• High-quality amenities
• Small scale, independently owned and not part of a hotel group or chain
• Strong service reputation
• Award-winning with awards that reflect not just luxury but authentic, design-led, guest-centered stays
• Stylish common areas, not just pretty rooms (lobby, outdoors, hallways)

Here are three member properties that deliver on modern interior design, boutique feel, and awards. Each offers something a bit different depending on what you value most.

1. Faraway Martha’s Vineyard (Edgartown)

Design & Ambience

• Located in Edgartown, this property transformed the classic New England architecture of the Kelley House and its adjacent historic buildings into a boutique campus.
• Interiors are a blend of mid-century inspired furniture, hand-woven rugs, vintage finds, and modern decorative touches. Natural materials, large windows, warm palettes, art pieces, botanical touches.

Awards & Distinctions

• Holds One MICHELIN Key, which signals a “very special stay” with exceptional service and a design- or experience-driven property.
• Travel & Leisure Best Hotels Award 2024

Best Match If You Want:
A larger boutique property with multiple food & beverage venues, richly detailed interiors, strong design identity, and a stay where each corner is Instagrammable but still comfortable and relaxing.

2. Nobnocket Boutique Inn (Vineyard Haven)

Design & Ambience

• Small inn (fewer rooms), renovated historic manor house with ultra-modern interior touches, art, clean lines, local character, attracted to those who prefer intimate and curated design rather than big scale.

Awards & Distinctions

• Awarded a One MICHELIN Key
• Condé Nast Readers’ Choice Awards 2021, 2024 & 2025
• Strong credentials: far more than just décor, it ranks highly in travel-awards for customer service.

Best Match If You Want:
Quieter, more intimate, strong service, design details you’ll notice in everything: lighting, furnishings, toiletries, ambiance.

3. Hob Knob Boutique Hotel & Spa (Edgartown)

Design & Ambience

• Boutique scale, combining classic Vineyard architecture with updated interiors that respect the setting while offering modern comfort.

Awards & Distinctions

•  One MICHELIN Key hotel.

Best Match If You Want:
A balance of boutique feel, good location, and a property with more rooms but still personal from staff/service.

Award Summary: MICHELIN Keys & More

• Faraway Martha’s Vineyard – One MICHELIN Key. Travel & Leisure Best Hotel Award 2024
• Nobnocket Boutique Inn – One MICHELIN Key. Condé Nast Readers’ Choice Award 2021, 2024 & 2025
• Hob Knob Boutique Hotel & Spa – One MICHELIN Key.

Which to Choose Based on Your Preferences

Here’s how to pick from among the four, depending on your priorities:

Final Thoughts

All three of these lodging properties offer modern design, boutique atmosphere, and strong reputations. If I were choosing for myself:

• Pick Faraway for a splurge and a visually memorable stay.
• If looking for high-design and intimate, Nobnocket would be ideal.
• For a balance of location + design, Hob Knob is strong.