"Called in for drinks and food 16/17 May, the food was excellent and very reasonably priced, the real ale was superb, but the highlight of day/eve was the bar staff Tom & Sandra, it was like being in a scene resembling Fawlty towers. Excellent."

"We stayed at Lorna Doone w/c 8th April 2024 in Room 9 (second floor). We previously stayed there 10+ years ago, and we thought it was time to go back and visit Lynmouth. We like to go and visit/explore different places (usually new ones for us) hence why it took us so long to go back there. When we booked our room we found out that the previous owners had left 6 years (!) previously and that Russell and Nicky had taken over the B&B. We thought it doesn’t matter, the ‘new’ owners have been here 6 years so they must be doing something right! Russell welcomed us in and after chatting about breakfast and facilities, he showed us to our room. It was lovely, a big king size bed (two singles put together) and really comfortable. The room was bright and welcoming. The en-suite shower room had a window, which is rare in B&B/Hotel accommodation and something that I like as it allows some air flow between the bedroom and the bathroom. Moving on to breakfast. The evening/morning before you are handed over a sheet where you choose your breakfast. This is a good way of preventing waste. You tick all the items you would like to have at breakfast the following morning, instead of being presented with a full plate of English breakfast (if that’s what you like) and only eating half of it with the leftover going in the bin. It seems that Russell was in charge of cooking the breakfast and Nicky was being ‘mother’ (I think that’s how the expression goes). Perfectly cooked poached eggs, sausages, bacon, black pudding, mushrooms, etc… Delicious apple juice (I would have liked more but didn’t want to seem too greedy!). My other half got chatting to other friendly guests, he’s the chatterbox in our couple, takes after his mother! If that’s your thing, there is a path going up to Watersmeet (coffee stop on the way up and cream tea stop on the way back! Although there are places you can have cream tea at Lynmouth too) and beyond. We were hoping to have a beer at the Rockford Inn but the electricity cables were being changed on the street and so the pub was closed. Pity. On our last evening we went to the Old Merchant, and unbeknown to us, the local shanty singers group was there and started to sing, there was a bucket going around as they were raising money to build a boathouse on the sea front. Despite some of the songs having the lyrics ‘down with the French’ (I didn’t take it personally!), it was a really enjoyable evening and we stayed longer than we would have otherwise and contributed to the bucket takings! Our big surprise was that our host (Russell) was one of the singers and what a strong voice he had! Very impressed! So all in all, we had a lovely stay. Lorna Doone is a really convenient place to be and we have already recommended it to friends. Nicky and Russell will recommend places to eat, most are within walking distance so very handy if you don’t want to drink and drive. I don’t know when we will be back, as, as I’ve mentioned above, we "

"Rude and thoroughly unpleasant man. A physical barrier stops you from entering the front of the house. You have to ring a bell and after a long wait and some terse shouted instructions from the owner who was inside the house, he eventually came out. He would only serve us in the garden seating area and tried to push his cream teas on both of us. We had tea and scones/ cakes to compromise. The crockery was dirty , the tea tasted awful, the cake was sickly sweet and the whole experience unwelcoming. To make matters worse, we realised later that he had short-changed us by £10! (We were hot and tired after a long walk - we had given him £40 but he only gave change of £30!). Very hard to believe it wasn’t deliberate although of course we can’t prove it. God knows what the inside of the house must be like but the reviews online for the accommodation are equally dire. I honestly don’t know how this man is still in business."

"A great place, and location, the staff were great, perfect for me, to roam about Devon and Cornwall, really enjoyed my stay here."

"Great Staff who went above and beyond for us and our family who came and sat in the bar. Nice sized room and kept clean daily for us. 100% recommend this hotel and will be visiting again soon so will be using the Dilkusa everytime."