St. Ives is an inspiring location and the cliff top hotel opens out onto some stunning sea scapes whether from bedrooms, dining or communal rest areas.
The staff are generally good and pleasant, the breakfast really very good plus, rooms are of a good size.
However all areas of the hotel are shabby, smelly, and in a very poor state of repair, or rather disrepair, and maintenance; there are around 6 car park spaces for more than 80 rooms; no provision whatsoever for “disabled” guest parking; the hotel is so inaccessible with lots of stairs across sloping levels, no ramps and a single, poor, limited access elevator that you wonder if the hotel complies in any way with the Equalities Act!!
So, beware and be warned, the hotel is not for the faint hearted or those lacking mobility.