In-room safe, free cots/infant beds, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews of Meadow Oak

3 out of 5
Meadow Oak
LOSTWITHIEL ROAD, Bodmin, England

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 38 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 67 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Eric on 8 Sept,2023
Thanks Jon for your 10. It is always great to know we got it right.

8/10 Good

Brian, Tamarac

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice room with bikes available to ride the camel trail.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Eric on 14 Aug,2023
Thank you for your review. Glad you had a good stay and enjoyed the e-bike. Have a great time in Cardiff and the rest of you adventure. If you ever return you can expect a warm welcome..

8/10 Good

Ken

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recomended
Meadow Oak was a great place to stay, very clean and comfortable , towels and bedding included and we were supplied with some milk, bread , butter and cereals even though it was self catering, Eric was very friendly and offered us advice on places to visit and the hot tub was a bonus !
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Eric on 7 Aug,2023
Thanks Ken for such a great review glad you got to use the hot tub! You will always be welcome at Meadow Oak

10/10 Excellent

Ve

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Eric on 1 May,2023
Thanks for the 10 and you kind words you sent earlier. ie :-(This tiny hotel is cosy, clean, calm and the manager is very friendly and attentive, perfect for a visit to Cornwall) You will always be welcome at Meadow Oak. Thanks

8/10 Good

Gillian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Eric on 25 Sept,2022
Thanks Gillian for taking the time to leave an review it was great to meet you even though only briefly.

10/10 Excellent

Birgit

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Eric on 10 Sept,2022
Thanks Birgit for your 10 it lets us know we did get it right

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Generous and welcoming owner
Eric was super helpful and provided plenty of information ahead of the stay. He even went the extra mile to drop me off at the nearby Lanhydrock Golf club where I charged my EV (shout out to Mark from the club too for working the charger!). The parking is a little tricky so needs care especially in the dark but a bonus compared to other b&b with none or only on-street parking. Breakfast was self service but use of the kitchen meant you could cook your own eggs. Eric also offered free use of brand new electric bikes and a hot tub but we didn't have time to make use of it. It would be a big bonus if he could add EV charging to his facilities, we'll come back in the future!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Eric on 5 Sept,2022
Thanks for the great review and it was my pleasure to help. I have already got 1 child seat to try on my e-bikes and will look more into posibly getting a EV charger in the future. It was great to meet you & gmyour family. I hope to see you again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

April

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Eric on 5 Sept,2022
Thanks for the 10 see you again I hope

10/10 Excellent

Emilian

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Jean

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Eric on 4 Sept,2022
Thanks Jean for being great guests you will always be welcome at Meadow Oak

10/10 Excellent

Rika

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Eric on 9 Aug,2022
Thanks Rika James & Orenso for the 10! Very glad you enjoyed your stay. Hopefully will see you again in the future. You will always be welcome at Meadow Oak

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Eric on 8 Aug,2022
Thanks for taking the time to review your stay and thankyou for your positive mark. You and your family wll always be welcome.

8/10 Good

Emil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cornwall ❤️
Very good experience! Everything is beautiful. I love Cornwall. I hope see again. Many thanks.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Eric on 18 Jul,2022
Hi Emil thankyou for a great review. Hope to see in the future. Thanks for being such great guests

8/10 Good

Shama

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely room in a large cottage with self-service breakfast provided. Friendly owner who was keen to ensure that we enjoyed our visit.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Eric on 6 Jul,2022
Thankyou for you positive review. I am happy we helped provide you with a enjotable stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family visit
The accommodation was excellent. Everything provided that might be needed. Clean with particular emphasis on protection from Covid. Only negative is that we had difficulty locating the property from Bodmin as the small signpost was obscured by bushes. I would suggest trimming those and maybe putting up a larger sign to assist first time visitors.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Eric on 28 Jun,2022
Glad you enjoyed your stay. The trees that obscure my sign has a tree presavation on it so not allowed to even trim without first obtaining permission. But I agree it does need trimming. The goole map is a great way to find us though. I do hope you will return in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Eric was lovely and made me feel really welcome. The room is a basic B&B and a little on the small side but honestly I was only there to sleep and given the excellent location (and very reasonable price for the area) it was perfect. You've got a fairly free run of the rest of the house with a lovely large kitchen and garden, way more amenities than I expected, and it appears that there's even more to come. Thanks for the great stay!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Eric on 19 Jun,2022
Thanks for taking the time to review. My other room is slightly larger if you want a larger room. But both roons can sleep 3 comfortably. As you say the amenities I suppy is good and I alway strive to make improvements. Great to hear over all you felt it perfect and well priced. I hope to see you again in the future.

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Eric on 29 Nov,2021
It was a pleasure tk have you stay again! See you soon on your nest visit

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very friendly and clean
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Eric on 21 Sept,2021
Thankyou Stephanie for your review and I must stay away more often. if I can get full marks when I am away! I am glad you have enjoyed your stay. I hope you will return in the future.Next time we will meet!

8/10 Good

Julie

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Eric on 16 Sept,2021
Thanks Julie for taking the time to mark Meadow Oak. Hopefully will see you again in the future.

8/10 Good

Glenda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very handy for the Eden Project and visiting Bodmin and the surrounding area
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Eric on 8 Sept,2021
Thanks Glenda for taki g your time to review Meadow Oak. Much appreciated hope to see you both in the future

8/10 Good

Aivaras

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Eric on 20 Sept,2021
Thankyou for you review Aivaras it was great to have you stay.

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay
Very comfortable stay. Lovely welcome and room was great. Facilities were plentiful and a good selection of breakfast cereals and toast.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Eric on 28 Aug,2021
Hi Anna thanks for the 10 and you very positive review. I am very happy to have made you break a good one! You will always be welcome at Meadow Oak

10/10 Excellent

P

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place
Very pleased with the accommodation. The room was very clean and well equipped and the host very friendly and helpful. Would recommend this place for short or even longer stay
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Eric on 30 Aug,2021
Thanks for your review and the 10! It lets me know I have got things just right! I do hope if you return to Cornwall you will book with Meadow Oak. You can be sure to get a warm welcome. Thanks

8/10 Good

Alan

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Eric on 20 Sept,2021
Thanks Alan for your review mark it was great to have yoau stay

10/10 Excellent

NAJWA

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay!
We had a lovely stay, room was clean and necessary covid considerations were in place. Eric is very welcoming making it a conformable stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Eric on 24 Aug,2021
Thankyou Najwa for giving Meadow Oak such a positive review. It is always nice to hear we have reached your expectations and know you enjoyed your stay. I hope you will think of booking again at Meadow Oak again in the future. You know you will always be welcome.

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Eric on 20 Sept,2021
Thanks John for your review mark of 10 It os always great to recieve what Meadow Oak strives for! I hope to see you in yhe future.

10/10 Excellent

George Cosmin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Eric on 22 Aug,2021
Hi George thanks for a 10 it is alway my aim to make your stay a perfect one! It was a pleasure to have you all stay. You will always be welcome at Meadow Oak.

10/10 Excellent

Lei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was very clean and Eric is a very friendly host. The challenge for us was breakfast. This is self service but was a bit disappointing. We arrived to have breakfast before going out to a wedding and found only a couple of slices of bread , some cereal and some off milk. Fortunately there was another bottle, but we had to wash our cups and remake the tea. There was no butter jam/ etc readily available. This meant that we ended up going out for breakfast during our stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Eric on 4 Aug,2021
Sorry to hear you was disapointed with the breakfast. There was bread also frozen for toast should the fresh bread in fridge runs low. There was butter eggs jam & marmalade marmite ketchup olive oil to cook with salt & pepper.in the kitchen for guest use. Surprised you didn't see it all as you must have gone in the kitchen when throwing all you unused produce in the kitchen bin.Also ground coffee in the kitchen and instant both in the kitchen & breakfast.Not sure what you mean about having to remake your tea as it is self service where you make you own tea! You are responsible for washing & drying your own dishes. I have tried to make things safer for my guests by suppying each guest group their own tee towel during these times. And ask guests after they book to confirm you are Ok with Meadow Oak's risk assessment. I only advertise that cereals milk coffee tea & sugar and is advertised as self catering. The milk that had gone off was with a use by date of today 2nd August.though it had gone off as you say. I check use by dates. All I can say I am very sorry you was disapointed with your stay as I try to go beyond what I advertise. I usually explain this to guests but didn't get a chance as you only saw me very briefly when you arrived and never indicated you were unhappy even when you messaged me to let me know you had decide to leave early to give yourself a rest day on your return. Being on the weekend I was available if you had any question or needed anything I would have done all I could to help make you stay what you had hoped but I dont do cooked breakfasts as I work during the week and have found on the whole most guests are very happy with what I offer. It does upset me that you was disappointed. It is as advertised as self catering not self service breakfast.

10/10 Excellent

Lina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Eric on 13 Jul,2021
Thankyou for the 10 Lina! It means a lot to meet and even I hope to exceed my guests expectations! You and your family will always be welcome at Meadow Oak

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Eric on 6 Jul,2021
Thanks for taking the time to scorw Meadow Oak a 8/10 I do hope you will return in the future when next in Cornwall

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Eric on 30 Jun,2021
Thanks for taking the time to score Meadow Oak a 10. It is always great to know we met with your expectations. It was a plesure to have you stay. Many thanks

8/10 Good

Samuel

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Eric on 22 Jun,2021
Thankyou for taking the time to review your stay. I hope you enjoyed your stay and will return in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Eric on 27 Jun,2021
Many thanks for taking the time to give Meadow Oak full marks! It lets me know that we have met with our guests expectations! I do hope if you come back to Cornwall you will think of booking with us again. Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Przemyslaw

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My family enjoyed their stay at the Meadow Oak B&B. Best to say…We will be back! There is no better place for us, everything was top notch. A big thank you to Eric.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Eric on 6 Jun,2021
It was a pleaure to have you and your family stay at Meadow Oak. You will always be welcome.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room facilities very good.. Parking OK but tight parking.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Eric on 6 Jun,2021
It was a pleasure have you & your family stay. at Meadow Oak. You will always be welcome at Meadow Oak

10/10 Excellent

Dominik

Stayed 5 nights in May 2021
Response from Eric on 5 Jun,2021
Nsny thanks for the 10. I am happy we have met and reached with you expectations! If you should return in the future you can expect a aarm welcome.

8/10 Good

Anthony J

Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Eric on 5 Jun,2021
Thanks for taking the time to mark us on our performance. I hope to see you all in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice self-catered getaway guesthouse
We enjoyed out stay at Meadow Oak: parking is a tad fiddly, and we were the first guests since lockdown restrictions were eased, but the location was perfect for us and the owner was very helpful. We offered a few suggestions which were well received. It is fully self-catering for breakfast, so you still have to tidy and was h your own dishes, and there's no cooked breakfast available which could put some folk off. The accommodation is under the eaves, so I wouldn't recommend it for especially tall guests, but the spa bath was lovely and there was a hot tub outside that the owner offered to get ready for our use (too cold, sadly). Overall a lovely stay for us.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Response from Eric on 24 May,2021
Thankyou Rachel alway happy to tecieve a 10! it was a pleasure to have you both stay at Meadow Oak. I am always happy to hear surgestions and will alway try to improve where I can. Tea bags kitchen roll and also coffee will be added to the breakfast /dinning room. Thankyou for your imput. You will always be welcome at Meadow Oak. Thankyou

4/10 Poor

Nigel

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
This is not a bed & breakfast
This is a bed and cereal. I'm looking at my booking from Hotels.com, as i write. It says free bed & breakfast but self-service. No problem there. The previous B&B in Moretonhamstead was self-service. Breakfast there was juice, ground coffee, yoghourt, cereal, toast home-made jams and fruit (also £10 cheaper). At Meadow Oak it was cereal and i don't have cereal for breakfast. I expressed my disappointment to the host who replied that different B&B have different breakfasts and that his was more self-catering. Well it's not self-catering either. The dining room and accomodation are the owners and after we had booked, we were sent a risk assessment notice saying that "Hotel guests will be encouraged to use take-aways rather than to cook at Meadow Oak". So no self-catering then. The room is fine. The bed comfortable but this is not a good bed and breakfast.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Eric on 12 Oct,2020
This is a self catering bed & Breakfast! I accept what we supply is the basics of Cereals Tea Coffee Sugar & Milk. You only have to read all the other reviews to see everyone else has always loved what Meadow Oak offers. Until now! Most love Meadow Oak for its uniqueness! Maybe an cereal complainer! Forgive the pun! A Bed & Breakfast feel with the freedom to be able to cook your own breakfast lunch or dinner. The risk assessment for covid19 was done and sent out to each guest to agree and accept it! Nigel failed to respond even though it was sent to him twice. It does say as he mentions that Meadow Oak was encouraging it's guests to eat out or to order takeaways and has allowed also eating in the guest rooms all to reduce risk and to hopefully improve my guests experience while keeping them safe. This doesn't mean guests can't cook a meal during their stay but only to try and reduce risk of too many in the kitchen at once. The only other guest was out early on business. So the kitchen was certainly open for these guests to use and they never once asked about whether they could use the kitchen. Nigel Green was rude throughout making myself uncomfortable. He fails to mention they both recieved an complimentary home made Strawberry flan on their first day and also offered on their second day. When they couldn't get the TV to work I sorted it out with a smile. When he asked for bread for toast I gave him some of my own bread and when he started moaning he had no jam I also gave them a new jar even though I don't generally supply this. Which they then failed to use! I use to only supply 3 different cereals but now offer a wider range! Nigel Green who says he doesn't eat cereals ate cereals every morning! and on the last morning when taking his bags to his car! I said are you coming back for your breakfast he made a snide remark. "No cereal!!!" Then he later came out of the breakfast room complaining there was no weetabix!!!! When I produce some weetabix from my stock he seemed more disappointed that I had some!!!!! I go out of my way to try and make all my guests welcome and their visit special and that also goes for Nigel Green & his wife but I have never met such a difercult Guest in all my years! Sorry they didn't like theirs stay! Rather upsetting for me but I did everything the same as for all my other guests! There was no pleasing these guests! I certainly wouldn't accept a booking from these again! Not ever felt like this before. We are and will continue to be a self catering Bed & Breakfast and during these uncertain times we have the safety of our guests and all at Meadow Oak at mind and in future I will not tolerate rudeness or guests who ignore our rules to help keep everyone as safe as possible. I am normally pleased to made a great memory for the vast majority of my guests, sadly not on this occasion

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short break in Bodmin/Cornwall
We enjoyed the entire duration of our stay at Meadow Oaks and have no complaints whatsoever. The host Eric was very friendly and resourceful in helping us look at places to visit, eat etc. We also found the COVID safety arrangements sufficient and would definitely return when we get the chance to visit Cornwall/Bodmin area again
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Eric on 29 Sept,2020
Thanks David & Marrissa for your great review! It is always nice to know I have achieved what my guests want and have hopefully made your stay that little bit special! You will.always be welcome at Meadow Oak.

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great base for our 3 night stay
Very comfortable base for exploring the surrounding areas. Easy trips to Eden Project and Tintagel Castle plus some nice drives/walks on Bodmin Moor. Eric was happy to offer suggestions for seeing the wild ponies and for local eateries. Hope to be back
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Eric on 23 Sept,2020
Thanks for taking the time to review your stay at Meadow Oak. Thankyou for your great review! It was a pleasure having you both stay. You can expect a warm welcome should you return in the future.

10/10 Excellent

TomAndreea, Basingstoke

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really enjoyed our stay. Loved the hot tub!!! Very nice and tidy room and dining area. Will definitely book again! Thank you Eric.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Eric on 22 Sept,2020
Thankyou for taking the time to give us such a great review! I I garentee a warm welcome on your return

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Eric on 19 Sept,2020
Thankyou Alan for taking the time to review your stay. I am happy you feel your stay was 10 out of 10 and hope to see you again in the future.

8/10 Good

Shiela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Eric has been a great host. Makes us feel comfortable and safe. The place is clean. Parking space is a bit challenging but overall, it’s been a pleasant stay..
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Eric on 3 Sept,2020
Thanks for your great review! I very much hope you will pick Meadow Oak again if you visit Cornwall in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Hayley, London

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay, clean accommodation and friendly host. Room was a great size and homely. It isn't central to the town and you do need a car but we found we were out most of the day anyway and drove into a restaurant. Lovely bonus of the hot tub if you get to use it, unfortunately we didn't have time.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Eric Bidmead on 28 Aug,2020
Thanks Hayley, for your great review. It was a pleasure having you stay here. Hopefully if you get to come back you will get to use the Hot Tub next time.

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent choice for a Covid get away!
We arrived on Saturday late afternoon to a warm welcome and and tour of the house. Paid excellent detail to cleanliness throughout to even include our own tea towels, spray cleaner, plates etc. He even provided a full Covid aware risk assessment. Highlights included the use of battery powered city bikes which were perfect for the local network of cycle routes and the Jacuzzi to relax at the end of the day. Thanks for a really enjoyable week
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Eric on 6 Aug,2020
Thanks Ian, for your kind review! I am glad you and Sophie enjoyed your stay. It was a pleasure have you stay I very much hope you will return in the future. Stat safe

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good place, perfect for our short stay in Cornwall to see the Eden Project
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Eric on 1 Nov,2019
Hi Thankyou for your review it was a pleasure to have you stay at Meadow Oak

6/10 Okay

Philip

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Eric on 23 Sept,2020
Thanks for taking your time to review your stay! I welcome any comments and would like to understand where we might need to improve your experience! I do hope you will stay again the next time in Cornwall.