The Trethorne hotel has just changed it's name to the "Blue Sky Lodge, Newquay", possibly in an attempt to move itself away from the bad reviews it's had. Now it markets itself as a happening party hotel for those who like to surf.

Underneath, it's the same old hotel, with bad rooms, worse plumbing, and staff who seem to be totally bewildered all the time. Oddly, because it's now a hostel not a hotel, the prices have risen markedly, and there are fewer facilities.

The renaming has happened so fast, at the peak of the season, that there is just a hand painted sign in the car park calling itself the Blue Sky Surf Lodge. Everything else, from the bill to the bar, is still the Trethorne Hotel.

The accomodation says that "Free car parking is awavilable". Alas, because the car park is full of the staff cars and 2 hostel vans, only 4 car parking spaces are available for guests: I ended up having to use the pay and display around the corner for 2 days, which was expensive. The hostel also says that free wifi is available - oh no it's not.

It's in a good location - just 20 minutes walk from the centre of town. There is a large pool room, and a "lively" bar on site. However the bar is closed for most of the day, and as the hostel has only been open for 3 weeks, most of the staff & the owner are very raw and new: they simply don't know what to do about questions, as noone has ever asked before.

Rooms are utterly dreadful, tiny, dirty, smelling of smoke, and with the worst bathroom I've ever seen. However, it charges the same as a usual hotel.

The hostel is mainly used by stag groups, which is great if you want to party - less so if you don't want to be constantly woken up by the animals partying until 4am.

Stayed at the Trethorne for my brother in laws stag weekend and all I can say is what a dump.
Took at least half an hour to check in and were told we had to pay £30 each bond, when booking out (took 1 hour) they seemed relunctant to give it back.
The rooms smelt, beds were dirty (one was so small that Ronnie Corbett would struggle to sleep on it) and the bathroom needed to be demolished. The breakfast was disgusting, I am not a fussy eater (to be honest I'd eat anything) but this was bad.
I have stayed in a few places on stag weekends and I know it's difficult to get accomodation for a group of blokes but this was one of the worst places I've ever stayed in.
Stay at your own risk!

Bedding towels very clean.Decor newly done.Food quite good.Staff friendly and pleasant. 2 evenings entertainment quite good and enjoyable.
Negatives
A long walk from the seafront. En suite very narrow and difficult to manouvre.Towels not changed over 5 days.We had to ask for toilet rolls at the bar most embarrasing.No glasses in en suite to rinse mouth with after cleaning teeth. We had to move the beds in order to have ease of access to the wardrobe. Not enough surface area in the en suite or bedroom to put things down.No mirror in the room to check appearance.