Pier Blue Inn is overall a very good motel with very friendly and helpful staff and a good location on on Route 1 on the outskirts of Old Saybrook, across the street from an excellent café called the Tea Kettle. The King Deluxe room was spacious and had a full-size refrigerator/freezer, a rare treat in motels. The room was not very quiet though. Sound carried a lot through the walls and ceiling, a problem in a first-floor corner room, and the king size bed had the noisiest springs I have ever slept on. With a better bed I would give the Pier Blue Inn five stars.