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Reviews of The Babbacombe Hotel

3.5 out of 5
The Babbacombe Hotel
The Sea Front, Babbacombe Downs Road, Torquay, England

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 42 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 86 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic stay
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The view on are balcony was wonderful the staff were so nice kind and helpful
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Babbacomes best Hotel
Everything was 100 % wonderful
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Aneesah

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stay vacation
Hotel bed was amazing and comfy but chipping in wallpaper and paint
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good spot for a base for a couple of days, bus stop outside for Torquay and further afield, model village just up the road.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Clean room with great sea view
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Travelled with partner
Very nice overall we would go again
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Susan

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short weekend break
Brilliant short break. Staff were great. Just what the doctor ordered!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short Trip
Nice short stay, relaxing.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Hotel very clean and decor looked fresh. Staff very friendly and helpful. Lovely view of the sea from my room and all public rooms. Would stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely stay. The staff are very helpful. Very peaceful. Nice sea view.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Clive

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great view
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Agnieszka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautifully located
Friendly staff. Clean, nicely decorated and cosy room. Well located.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed at the Babbacombe hotel for 3 nights. The room was comfortable and the sea view was breathtaking. We stayed on a bed and breakfast only basis and the breakfast was good. A choice of fruit, cereal and hot food
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melanie

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well-situated, pleasant hotel with good staff.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

claire

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good food
Lovely location, was impressed with the quality of the food. Room was quite basic and plain but fine for just 1 night.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pauline

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Definite 10/10 if only it had some parking.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Zofia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again
Lovely staff all polite and busy. Lots of staff. Happy hotel, bustling along. We had a sea view room which was perfect. Nicely renovated - would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Guy

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would look forward to returning
Can't thank the staff enough for going the extra mile and on multiple occasions at that - not least getting me sorted with another nights stay during the rail strike (they were at capacity). Everyone provided exceptional service and it was very much appreciated - even the night manager was happy to give advice of when to get the best photos over the bay. The hotel is in a perfect location overlooking the bay (definitely worth paying extra for a room with a view or better still a balcony). The hotel itself looks nice, bright and is spacious, offering plenty of facilities for guests to use. The rooms were recently decorated with modern ensuites and are well kitted out, including a fan which was great at cooling us down during the heatwave. Great value for money.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Jeff

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Are stay was great. Perfect room with a sea view. Great friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

JENNY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
babbcome hotel
Great location ,good staff ,clean rooms ,great breakfast . the only negetive is paying £10 night to park .but plenty of free spaces around the hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

n

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

Jan

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Anton

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just had a long weekend first time in Torquay definitely be back and also to the babbacombe hotel loved everything hotel /staff / area
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Stuart

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice view
Nice view good service clean and pleasant hotel but expensive for quality of hotel paying for view
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well kept and run hotel Great breakfast Staff polite helpful Definitely go again
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice enough no thrills service
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

N

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
1 night at the Babbacombe Hotel
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good overall had a noisy room but was moved to another room which was quiet
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Gary, Calverton

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
The hotel catered mainly for 2 coach parties, food was buffet breakfast and a limited evening menu. The room (with balcony) was much smaller than expected with minimal facilities. The room also smelled strongly of stale tobacco, the staff did quickly change the bedding, pillows and sprayed deodoriser but the smell still lingered. Rooms 33-39 including the more expensive balcony/sea views are very noisy due to being directly above the evening entertainment room, there were no alternative rooms available. There is also no option to charge drinks or food to the room everything is 'pay as you go'. Overall an average hotel somewhat overpriced and disappointing food service which encouraged us to eat out every night with a good restaurant (Hamiltons) and 2 pubs within walking distance.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great walks and fabulous views.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

4/10 Poor

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness
No Meal, No Parking ...
I would have thought that a pretty basic requirement of a hotel is to provide an evening meal. Not the Babbacombe apparantly. We were only told at check-in that the restaurant was fully booked, there only seemed to be one 'sitting' and they made no effort whatsoever to offer alternatives or try to suggest other places nearby. So after a 4 and a half hour drive from West Sussex, we had to go out again in search of something to eat. Luckily for us, a nearly hotel (The Royal) couldn't have been more helpful, giving us an excellent meal. We returned to the Babbacombe for a coffee and my wife asked for a liqeuer coffee. The young barman, while doing his very best to be helpful really should have asked a supervisor for advice, because he had absolutely no idea how to make a liqeuer coffee. It ended up being made with milk and not cream! Also, it is not at all obvious from the website that there is virtually no parking at the hotel and they email you AFTER the booking is confirmed to offer parking at £10 per night! On the positive side, the room was OK and the breakfast was well-cooked and generous. At checkout, it was pretty perfunctory and we were not asked at all if we had enjoyed our stay. Overall impression - they do pretty much the minimum they can get away with. Disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely stay,it is a nice hotel and staff were friendly and welcoming we would definitely stay again in the future.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Jake

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

kay

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Great view hotel
From the minute we checked in we were treated very well,when we opened the door to are room there was a really awful smell, but it soon seemed to of disappeared, we had a fantastic sea view which was great all staff went above and beyond for us, we opened the french doors and could not shut them, but went to reception and they came straight round to sort it.We didnt have cooked breakfast so couldnt comment but we had a meal at night which was very enjoyable. The curtains were quite badly stained on the bottom of the lining, the radiator in the bathroom the pipe work had seen better days and was as rusty as anything.But all in all a lovely stay with lovely staff
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Jocelyn

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a good couple of nights … we enjoyed the service .all the staff are friendly and accommodating.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Single room clean and comfortable. Lots of door slamming from other rooms otherwise very quiet. Full of residents so obviously popular. Outside and entrance could do with refreshing. Didn’t have time to sample breakfast but included in very well priced room rate. Should have been told I needed to reserve parking.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

2/10 Terrible

Stephen

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No parking at this property, was met by a arrogant man who demanded I move my car before even greeting me, advise everyone to steer clear of this hotel unless you’ve prepaid one of the few spaces which hotels.com doesn’t offer this service.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021