Address: Anchor Cottages, Hope Cove, Kingsbridge TQ7 3HQ, United Kingdom
Phone: +441548561294
Rating: 4.5
based on 263 reviews.
Location
Pros:
"The terrace is also the perfect location, for watching the sunset over the beach."
"Lovely beach front with some spectacular sights in all directions."
"Wonderful beach and village with fantastic walks on the South West coast path."
"Such a beautiful part of Devon."
"Beautiful place! We walked down to Hope Cove from where we were staying."
"Location is stunning."
"Gorgeous little Cove. Cooked tea on the beach whilst watching the sunset."
Cons:
"Heard it is difficult to park there. Roads are also very narrow."
"Good location if you don't mind navigating a few narrow, wiggly lanes to get there."
"Away from the hustle and bustle. Difficult roads to navigate to get here."
"The carpark adjacent to the Hope and Anchor is owned and run by a private parking company which I noticed has had lots of poor reviews with users receiving unjustified fines."
"Only drawback was the narrow road to get there and paying for parking."
"The road to the beach for us was very annoying as it has very long and narrow parts."
"Parking bit of an issue, you'd be very lucky to get a free place and it must get mega busy in high season."
Service
Pros:
"Staff were polite, friendly and efficient."
"Food was very nice & service friendly and without fuss or intrusion."
"One of the best places to eat in the South Hams. Delicious food and friendly, efficient staff/service."
"Despite being rushed off their feet, the staff were lovely and extremely helpful."
"The staff were friendly and worked extremely hard."
"The staff were very friendly and helpful the waiter who served us, called Sam, was very attentive and helpful."
"The staff were welcoming, attentive and friendly."
Cons:
"Meals are a hit and miss. Service is also a hit and miss."
"The Hope and Anchor use a rather strange system to complicate the process of purchasing drinks."
"We was turned away by manager Ryan."
"Service is poor. Waitress simply forgot to bring drinks, twice!"
"The service was too slow though, it wasn't busy when we arrived but we had to wait too long for mains and desserts."
"Terrible customer service."
"Food mediocre, unsurely manageress and when trying to express our disappointment failed to offer even a hint of an apology."
Cleanliness
Pros:
"The room was spotlessly clean and welcoming."
"Spotlessly clean."
"Rooms are great - we stay in the coast view family room, with king bed and sofa bed for our daughter."
"Very comfortable, spotlessly clean room with a lovely sea view."
"It was our second time staying here, in a deluxe sea view double, with our daughter & dogs. The room was clean & comfy."
"A beautiful room with decor that is right up my street and a delightful window seat looking out to sea."
"The rooms (we were in room 15) are excellent, with all you need included, coffee machine, fresh milk in the mini fridge, top of the range elemis toiletries etc etc."
Cons:
"Whole place needs a good scrub."
"Was greeted with dirty tables not cleared after an hour of people leaving."
"The room is tired and the bathroom was falling apart."
"The family of spiders living above the door to our room also did nothing to help my arachnophobic daughter."
"Family room, tiny window, no view, height of summer resulted in condensation dripping off all of us in the morning."
"Cleanliness needs to be improved."
"Couldn't get a coffee and the ladies toilet was disgusting."
Food
Pros:
"Visited the bar for a Sunday lunchtime meal, had the beer battered fish and chips which had delicious crispy batter, crispy chips and lovely minted peas. One of the best pub fish and chips I have tasted."
"The food was very good (though not exceptional) and the portions were generous and well priced."
"Food good value. Hunters chicken very good large piece of chicken with great chunky chips."
"Enjoyed the most delicious calamari ever."
"Good quality food and a very enjoyable evening."
"The fish pie was the best fish pie I have ever eaten. It was creamy and so moorish."
"What a Sunday roast it was. It was cooked to perfection from the meat through to the gravy."
Cons:
"Meals are a hit and miss. Service is also a hit and miss."
"They had run out of fish pie (but we weren't told this when we received the menus and they had run out of chilli jam as there was none in our halumi burgers as stated in the menu but we weren't told about this either when we ordered or when the dish arrived."
"All the atmosphere of an airport restaurant but service much less efficient and friendly."
"The food was slightly let down by the French fries which were either over cooked or re cooked and hard all through."
"I ordered scallops and could tell straight away that they just weren’t right. They smelled absolutely terrible."
"The crab mac and cheese was dry, dusty, most flavourless and unforgiving experience of my life."
"The food was amazing, service equally so. Four different meals, all superb."
Accommodation
Pros:
"Stayed five nights, the Hope and Anchor is situated right on the waters edge in beautiful Hope Cove."
"Rooms are great - we stay in the coast view family room, with king bed and sofa bed for our daughter."
"A huge bed, lovely decor, proper coffee machine, lots of elemis toiletries, sparkling bathroom."
"Our room was spacious and very well appointed, fridge with water and fresh milk daily, Nespresso machine, king size bed."
"The rooms (we were in room 15) are excellent, with all you need included, coffee machine, fresh milk in the mini fridge, top of the range elemis toiletries etc etc."
"Cosy, newly refurbished pub and guest house in a stunning location."
"A beautiful room with decor that is right up my street and a delightful window seat looking out to sea."
Cons:
"Only issue was the heating was not working in our family suite but we were given a fan heater in addition to the wall heating unit."
"The room is tired and the bathroom was falling apart."
"The family of spiders living above the door to our room also did nothing to help my arachnophobic daughter."
"Family room, tiny window, no view, height of summer resulted in condensation dripping off all of us in the morning."
"The only thing in the room I think was needed was a kettle as the coffee was only ever Luke warm from the machine."
"This place used to be a warm, comfy, rustic, traditional village pub. Then the brewery renovated it and sucked all that out."
"We did have a couple of issues with the room - not ready when we arrived and then a broken lock on the door."