Soar Mill Cove Hotel
A single-storey hotel enfolded in a gorse-clad valley, a stroll through National Trust land to the eponymous cove, has been in the Makepeace family for three generations. More
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A single-storey hotel enfolded in a gorse-clad valley, a stroll through National Trust land to the eponymous cove, has been in the Makepeace family for three generations. With flexible family suites and high tea for tinies, it happily accommodates children. Book a cove-facing room for ‘a wonderful view down to the cove with the sea beyond’. Readers have differing opinions on the contemporary, unfussy rooms, which have full-height glass doors to a patio. ‘We had a spacious family room,’ one tells us. ‘The beds were very comfortable, with good-quality sheets.’ Another praises a ‘good-sized room with comfortable chairs’, a ‘well-designed bathroom with the best shower in a bath I have ever seen’. A third reader, though, decreed his country-facing room was ‘simple’ rather than ‘stylish’, while another complained of a ‘dated, windowless bathroom’. Opinions on the food are less divided. ‘Food was first class. Wonderful soufflé, pan-roasted salmon, hand-picked Salcombe crab.’ Awake to a full Devon breakfast and take a packed lunch to the beach. ‘The night sky was a deep navy with stars aplenty.’ (Richard Bright, SR, and others)
Hotel details
Address
Soar Mill Cove
Salcombe
Devon
TQ7 3DS
England
Telephone
01548 561566
Bedrooms
22. 21 on ground floor.
Open
all year.
Facilities
lounge, bar, restaurant, coffee shop, in-room TV (Freeview), indoor swimming pool, spa, gym, civil wedding licence, 10-acre grounds, EV charging, public rooms wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
in restaurant and bar.
Children
all ages welcomed, no under-7s in restaurant after 8.45 pm.
Dogs
allowed in bedrooms (£15 per night), bar, coffee shop.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £249, singles 25% discount, family from £319. À la carte £39. 1-night bookings refused Fri, Sat and holiday weekends.
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