The Green House Shortlist*
Bournemouth, Dorset
Good Hotel Guide Review
Ethical hospitality is a priority at this ‘friendly, really special’ hotel, in a handsome Victorian villa close to the seafront. From the community vegetable garden and sustainably sourced furnishings to the solar panels and beehives on the roof, a green ethos has been built in to the place. Smart bedrooms (some snug) are decorated in pleasing, earthy tones; they have ‘crisp’ organic bed linens, ‘soft pillows’ and ‘proper fluffy Fairtrade-cotton towels’. ‘We were delighted we weren’t provided with pointless single-use-plastic toiletry bottles.’ The Arbor restaurant serves food all day; naturally, chef Andy Hilton’s unfussy modern menus use organic, Fairtrade and locally sourced ingredients. The result: ‘delicious’.
Hotel details
Address
4 Grove Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH1 3AX
England
Telephone
01202 498900
Bedrooms
32. 1 suitable for disabled.
Open
all year.
Facilities
lift, bar, restaurant, in-room TV (Freeview), civil wedding licence, private event facilities, 1-acre garden, terrace, parking.
Background music
in public areas.
Children
all ages welcomed, not in restaurant after 7 pm.
Dogs
not allowed.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B from £119, D,B&B from £179. À la carte £35. 1-night bookings refused Sat in peak season.
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