Hotel Meudon

Amazing setting with lively gardens and a walk to the secluded beach. The staff are amazing friendly but not intrusive. They made us feel like we mattered and were beyond helpful. Hotel is clean, cosy and well appointed. We were there for our 40th wedding anniversary and they were fabulous. Great food. Great afternoon tea and cracking breakfast. Highly recommended!

The hotel is in a wonderful setting with private gardens and walks down to their own private cove. The staff are all pleasant and engaging, making your stay relaxed and enjoyable. Highly recommend booking a break away here.

We were disappointed. For "vintage" read "run down". The cottage needs a thorough clean, especially in the bathroom - black grouting is not a good look in the shower cubicle or around the toilet. There were only 2 dessert spoons and 3 glasses in a cottage for 4. The steps leading down to the entrance are extremely hazardous at nighttime and we had to ask for bushes to be cut back so we could access the front door. Restaurant service was very slow (not all the tables were taken).

This hotel is dated but I thought the location rare and magical. Quiet and Private. Staff freindly and engaging.

This was our second visit to Hotel Meudon and our last. Sadly the Hotel has deteriorated considerably, everything looks tired. Rooms are now only cleaned every other day, but for some reason we were missed on our third day and as a result our room was not attended to for our four day stay. Had to ask for a toilet roll, bottles of toiletries were empty on arrival. Service in the restaurant from a very young team was fine but we were not informed a 10% service charge would be added to all food and drinks. No wonder Freddies bar was always empty. We did complain to reception that we were disappointed with our stay and were told a lady called Abby would call us to discuss our complaints. Nobody has bothered to call. Hence delaying our review.

I booked my stay here as an anniversary present for my fiancé, and we both had a wonderful time. Being outside of Falmouth made it the perfect place to relax and unwind, yet close enough to go out and have fun without having to spend a fortune on taxis at night. The staff were all very helpful, the room was very cosy, and the views are spectacular! I don't think I could ask for anything else! Can't wait to come back

The hotel setting was lovely with a beautiful garden and a private beach; albeit an arduous walk from the hotel for the less mobile. The staff were friendly and the cream tea fantastic. Food was good, but the staff lacked training and direction. Management seemed totally absent. The hotel bar was out of stock of nearly all Scotch Whisky brands and the young lady serving behind the bar, while friendly, hadn't a clue. Similarly with the waitress at dinner; no knowledge whatever about wines.

While the hotel is set in a beautiful area, just nine minutes from a stunning beach near Falmouth, I must be blunt: I wouldn’t stay here again. Our experience started on a rocky note with a young, somewhat overwhelmed staff member greeting us late on Friday. When I asked for an iron, she admitted she didn’t know where to find one and suggested it might be brought up after 9 a.m. the next day. We were leaving at 8:30 a.m. – hardly helpful. My husband then asked for a glass of wine, and although there’s no bar, she offered to bring it up from the restaurant. It arrived nearly an hour later; she’d apparently forgotten our room number. It set the tone for what turned out to be a weekend full of unfortunate details. Our first night was loud, with people running up and down the corridor and significant noise from next door. Then came breakfast – minimal variety and disappointing quality. My husband left half his order on the table. Returning late Saturday night, we found the front door locked with a number to call for access. After multiple unanswered calls, we finally reached a groggy staff member who let us in, although my husband had by then found the unmarked side door. Another night’s sleep was interrupted by loud guests and thin walls. To top it off, the bathroom layout is an oversight at best: the shower window is so low and open that it gives diners in the restaurant a free view, leaving privacy at risk. And the windows themselves lack safety stops – not exactly confidence-inspiring. The gardens, though lovely in photos, are clearly difficult to maintain and looked scruffy in person. Pathways are overgrown, and any dreams of enjoying morning coffee with a view of the ponds quickly vanished. All in all, if you’re after a genuinely relaxing, four-star experience, look elsewhere. There’s potential here, but the lack of attention to detail was too evident to overlook.

Not quite the paradise that the website suggests. We booked for 3 days of rest and relaxation but were very disappointed. The welcome was good, though there was no offer to help with luggage. The bedroom - not the cheapest category - was comfortable enough and adequately furnished but had no individuality and could have been in a hotel anywhere. The en-suite shower room though small was very good, however. In the evening we expected to find other guests having pre-dinner drinks but the bar and lounge were deserted, though this was perhaps hardly surprising considering how dark and gloomy the bar was, as were other public areas. The centre of the restaurant where we were seated didn't seem to be lit at all, not even a table candle. We bought drinks from the bar, carried them to a table and subsequently carried them to the restaurant. We were outraged then to see that they were subject to a service charge on our final bill which we insisted be removed. Nobody offered us a menu, or came to take our order, or to let us know when our table was ready. The food was adequate, but quite ordinary, rather like the bedroom. The side dishes were ridiculously priced at £5. During our first night the fire alarm sounded twice in the small hours. False alarms both times, but very upsetting just the same, and there was no explanation or apology the following day. There went our restful weekend. Breakfast, like dinner was a disappointment. For people like us who don't want a cooked breakfast the 'continental' offering was especially poor. Only one type of pastry - croissants - and only one type of jam - strawberry inevitably. No ham or cheese or anything even vaguely resembling a proper choice. The tea and coffee smelled and tasted strongly of chlorine. Clearly the tap water needs to be filtered for making drinks. It is true that the hillside location of the hotel and the sub-tropical gardens are very attractive, but this cannot make up for the hotel's shortcomings. The walk down to the beach and coast path is very pleasant but the beach cafe (owned by the hotel?) and promoted by the staff was resolutely closed even though it was the weekend. Anyone who has read this far will not be surprised to know that we could not bear another night and we abandoned our stay a day early even though it meant we lost money. Oh, and I nearly forgot to mention the buckets catching water leaking through the roof. So I recommend you read all the reviews both good and bad before deciding to stay here.