The St Ives Bay Hotel

St Ives Bay is a large hotel which fronts onto Porthminister Beach and the terrace, the rooms are basic but clean and tidy albeit with a slightly dated decor. On my visit, the lift was out of order which made a room on the third floor a bit of a hike (but it's probably better for my health to get the steps in!) The hotel is perfectly positioned if you are using St Ives train station and is only a short stroll from the centre of town. The facilities at the hotel include reception, a bar and a large dining area, there is a car park to the rear (watch out for the birds resting in the rafters and pooping on the cars!) The hotel offers a buffet-style breakfast which includes both continental and full English options. Overall the hotel is good - it looks a bit out of date, saggy and worn but the service provided is good and the views around are fab.

Nice hotel. Location is good. You can see the big sand beach just outside the door.

Good location, nice breakfast and nice view. But hot shower seem too slow working

I think this place get a bad rep beyond what it deserves. It was £116 for a sea view room in the summer in St Ives! The 2nd cheapest hotel in the area that night was £238. Is it budget? Yes! But was it value for money? YES!! Perfect location , friendly staff. Asked where I could buy bottled water, no issues in fetching me one free of charge from the fridge. Don’t book if you want the Ritz, but if you want affordable value for money hotel, in a cracking location, then book this place.

Not happy at all heating is not working I told them 3 times but no fix it was very cold I’m not going to recommend this hotel

Hotel location is perfect. Overseeing the one beach and a short walk to restaurants and shops. However the rest of our stay was very grim. The bed was broken for 3 out of 4 nights despite us reporting this on numerous occasions, apparently it was my responsibility to chase up why it had not been fixed. There were questionable marks in the bathroom on the walls. Grease marks over the walls in the main room, human hair that was not ours all over the floor and a horrific toe nail! All addressed with management but bed fixed for the last night so me and my partner had to sleep in the hole where the divan was broken and no apology for anything. The general area needs new carpets and updating and they really need to stop spraying the air freshener that can only remind you of a care home. Trying to leave we were blocked in by another car meaning we had to get the hotel to track down the owner, luckily they were in the hotel as else we would have been stuck all day. Wouldn't expect £100 a night to be this awful and will never stay there again.

Faultless great price