Dog Friendly Cottages in Padstow

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Lindsay - Verified booking

  Just returned back from a lovely weeks' stay at Grooms Cottage.

  A beautiful, well presented 3 bedroom cottage in St Minver. It has everything you need and more, plenty of crockery, cutlery, tea towels, tea bags, sugar, milk there on arrival etc, and a lovely complimentary bottle of wine. It has the added advantage of a full-size dishwasher (you get a couple of tablets so you may need to stock up on a few more), washer and tumble dryer. Beds (only slept in the 4-poster) which was comfortable but the mattress could probably do with updating, but it wasn't uncomfortable in any way I'm just used to a firmer mattress. Great outdoor space on two levels with table and chairs on both, we were hoping to be able to BBQ but the weather unfortunately wasn't on our side, beside this the grill does need some attention before summer. The only downside that I have to mention and its not directly relating to the cottage, is the fact that that pub at the top of the lane is now closed and seems to have been for sometime. This was something that we had as a must on searching for a cottage, so to find it closed was slightly disappointing. Thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Grooms Cottage and have fallen in love with Cornwall, we will definitely be back!

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• Paul - Verified booking

  Firstly, I want to make clear we are very fond of this property and have stayed here numerous times.

  It makes it all the more disappointing that we have had such a negative experience this time. We stayed here last year and reported that the bread knife was missing from the knife block - it still hasn't been replaced! it's very frustrating to return from the excellent local bakers with a freshly baked loaf and have to hack it apart with an unsuitable knife. Our main problem was with the downstairs, the armchairs are looking very grubby and worn out. Apart from that, one of them is a potential health hazard, so much so we didn't use it at all, the front legs are 'wonky' and one of them looks on the point of collapse. There is a general air of neglect otherwise, the door handle to the main bedroom comes off and did so twice, two of the loo roll holders likewise, all for the sake of a small retaining screw. The grill tray in the oven was caked in the charred remains of previous meals. I had to scrub it with a scourer myself, surely this should be clean for each new customer? We won't be returning until we are sure these issues have been addressed, the attention to detail is sadly lacking.

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• Victoria - Verified booking

  Several relatively small issues but all add up when put together.

  1. Needs a clear bin routine. No grey bin for general rubbish, was told to leave black bags outside, clearly this wouldn’t work with foxes, cats, seagulls etc... 2. Very limited supply of bin bags. 3. All crockery mis-matched, chipped etc... 4. Kitchen utensils extremely cheap & flimsy! 5. Beds and pillows extremely uncomfortable, hard, lumpy or past there best. 6. Outdoor seating, clothes line, pegs have clearly lived outside for many years without any maintenance, cleaning etc... 7. Outdoor paving dirty, uneven, wobbly. Again very little maintenance or cleaning. 8. Not peaceful or relaxing due to hammering, banging, power tools from the maintenance men starting at 8:30 - 17:00, every day from the owners property, next door. 9. Private driveway used as a shortcut by maintenance men. 10. The Fourways Inn at the top of the road is a lovely warm, friendly local pub serving excellent meals and drinks! A much needed escape. OK and would be perfectly acceptable but certainly not at this price. More 2 star than 5 star!

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• Dr Joanna Hansen - Verified booking

  We had a lovely holiday here. Cottage was very clean and modern and comfortable. The only things that would have improved it was a bit more attention to safety e.g. the upstairs windows had no child safety catch (which in the twin bedroom where children are likely to sleep seems an oversight). There were also no oven gloves present which led to my husband burning his hand whilst trying to retrieve dinner from the oven. Also some feedback -the welcome bundle (which was very nice) had coffee, but the property had no cafetiere to brew it in, and there was also tea provided but no teapot. For a week's stay in which we had paid a lot of money for the cottage, it would also have been nice to be provided more loo roll - 3 rolls isn't very generous for 7 people for a week. Aside from these things, the property was well equipped.

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• Julie - Verified booking

  The cottage provided plenty of hot water and heating.

  White goods were sufficient and equipment was well covered although rather in need of replacing especially cooking utensils which were rather thin for the electric cooker and not overly clean. We felt the property was very tired. There was only two of us but had there been more, a three bedroom accommodation, then comfortable seating in the lounge area would have been hard to find. Also a feather settee, leaking feathers, not good for allergies Such as mine. The tumble dryer needed some encouragement to work, big thump, and the main door lock needed removal after locking ourselves in. The owners were very helpful on both issues. We just think they are a bit 'out of touch' with users expections these days. A perfect location for all the best beaches in Cornwall however and we had a good holiday.

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