We stayed here for Christmas and it is really good value for money. We have stayed here before, so did know what to expect from the hotel. This time we had a second floor family room at the back of the hotel, which was spacious and comfortable. We had views over towards the hills, the only real noise being the seagulls first thing in the morning! Our only problem was parking, as the hotel has a small parking area at the back, but this was soon resolved. The staff are always very helpful and we felt quite at home. The meals were good and we had the same waitress for the duration, which was nice. She got to know our 15 year old son's choices so well that she didn't really need him to tell her what his selections were!! We have enjoyed both our stays and would stay again should we find ourselves back in Sidmouth.

Fabulous New Year break. Smallish room on the third floor but very clean and comfortable. Mattresses and linen very acceptable.
Excellent food (outstripping the 2star rating) and the staff were extremely helpful, friendly and polite.
Really convenient location and good value.

We travelled with woods Coaches who have never let us down with their hotel choices and they certainly did not fail us on this occasion. We had a good-sized sea view room on this seafront hotel and having nothin but praise for the food and the service. The hotel was busy, coping with two coach tours at one time but they were well organised and served us well.

I'm sorry if some previous customers were disappointed but we would happily return.

Overall good value for money, appreciated by all our family Christmas group - with two of us from the Baltics, seven from Germany, two from Switzerland, and one from England, age range 6 to 86, different income brackets, hence the choice of hotel. We had a third floor double bedded room with sea view (and sound). Another of the group had a first floor room with balcony. Both were satisfactory. The management were much in evidence, the staff (almost all from Central Eastern Europe) courteous and efficient. The standard of food was overall very high - e.g. the breakfast porage and fish (kippers and haddock - both the "real thing" without artificial colouring), memorable venison and calf liver for dinner. Though the hotel was full (100+ guests) space was always available in one of several lounges. This reviewer is a seasoned and regular traveller in Europe, used to mainly 4-5 star smaller hotels, so was pleasantly surprised.