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The St Ives Bay Hotel

3.5 star property

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, bed sheets
Bar (on property)
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Double Room, Sea View | Room amenity

Reviews

6.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Pet friendly
  • Free WiFi
$59
includes taxes & fees
Dec 21 - Dec 22

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The Terrace, Cornwall, St Ives, England, TR26 2BN
  • Place, Porthminster Beach
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, St Ives Harbour
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Porthmeor Beach
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Airport, Newquay (NQY-Newquay Cornwall)
    ‪53 min drive‬

Room options

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Double Room, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Twin Room, Sea View | Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Twin Room, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Double Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Superior Double Room

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Superior Twin Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Superior Twin Room

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Family Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Family Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About this property

The St Ives Bay Hotel

3.5-star St Ives hotel with restaurant
Along with a restaurant, this hotel has a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a 24-hour front desk and a banquet hall are onsite.
The St Ives Bay Hotel offers 85 accommodations with coffee/tea makers. Cable television is provided. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. Hypo-allergenic bedding and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The hotel offers a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
The St Ives Bay Hotel has a restaurant on site.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Internet access
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily full breakfast available 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: GBP 14.95 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Family friendly

  • High chair
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Banquet hall

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Renovations and closures

The property is closed between January 30 and March 2.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 20 per pet, per day
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 14.95 per person
  • Pet fee: GBP 20 per pet, per day
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

St Ives Bay Hotel
The St Ives Bay Hotel Hotel
The St Ives Bay Hotel St Ives
The St Ives Bay Hotel Hotel St Ives

The St Ives Bay Hotel Reviews

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 144 out of 657 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 162 out of 657 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 142 out of 657 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 113 out of 657 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 96 out of 657 reviews

6.4/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

5.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Paul

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quite probably the worst bedroom suite that we’ve ever encountered: bedroom- walls covered in stains, carpet worn & filthy, broken pain of window glass & mould around window edge, top opening window wouldn’t close properly, half a lock on outside of bathroom door, all floor area squeaked, as did above us, next door & hallway, could hear light switches next door; bathroom - mouldy grout, rusty towel rail, rusty bin, tiles at end of bath coming away from bath, silvering at bottom of mirror no longer there, bath plug wrong size; Lots of cigarette butts at main entrance stairs, communal toilets on ground floor dirty, smelt damp, no toilet roll in ladies but plenty on floor. It’s no surprise that you pay before you see the room!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Andrew

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beds not good stairwell smelled horribly musty. Staff was very nice location fantastic
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The staff were very attentive and polite. The hotel is in need of refurbishment. The room had everything we required for our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

David

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All good and we had a lovely time be back soon
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joe

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Great stay

Lovely position, easy access to get there by trains & buses, over looking 1 of the fantastic beaches
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location in beautiful St Ives. Close to station, Porthminster Beach and a bustling harbour with lovely shops and restaurants. Very nice staff. Large, Comfortable room overlooking sea. Due to hotel only having a couple of parking spaces, the nearest car park was down a steep hill with lots of steps which would be difficult for anyone with mobility issues. Overall, an enjoyable stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Peter

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The view from our room was amazing .free parking out side was a great plus . Hotel very in of an upgrade . Entrance nice but downstairs hallway leading to the toilets was smelly and needs sorting . Big Gaps at bottom of room doors letting light in at night. Floor boards in room loose the room above we could hear every footstep and movement day and night . Wry loud all floors need sorting . Towel rail in bathroom very rusty . Put sign on door to have room cleaned second day and no one did it . Food and drink can’t comment as did not use them
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Wisdom

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Good, bad and ugly

St. Ives is an inspiring location and the cliff top hotel opens out onto some stunning sea scapes whether from bedrooms, dining or communal rest areas. The staff are generally good and pleasant, the breakfast really very good plus, rooms are of a good size. However all areas of the hotel are shabby, smelly, and in a very poor state of repair, or rather disrepair, and maintenance; there are around 6 car park spaces for more than 80 rooms; no provision whatsoever for “disabled” guest parking; the hotel is so inaccessible with lots of stairs across sloping levels, no ramps and a single, poor, limited access elevator that you wonder if the hotel complies in any way with the Equalities Act!! So, beware and be warned, the hotel is not for the faint hearted or those lacking mobility.
Inaccessible entrance
Stained and smelly carpets
Poor finishing
Flaking, poor paintwork everywhere
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Gary

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room not what was expected not very clean needed some work done on it. bathroom the same
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Nicola

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
St. Ives Bay Hotel was in the perfect location over looking a beautiful beach and within a 3 minute walk from the town. It is also only 3/4 minutes from the train station. Unfortunately this hotel is in dire need of a refurbishment. All the carpets are stained, there was dust everywhere, and the curtains need to be replaced. The shower was no more than a trickle. The road is noisy but we expected that and took earplugs. However the staff were friendly and helpful, the bed sheets were clean and the breakfast was good. We didn’t have the evening meal but other guests said it was also good. The WiFi was free and worked everywhere in the hotel. We where told be a staff member there is going to be a complete refurbishment next year to bring it up to a 5star standard.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous views 😍
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Joanne

Traveled with group
Room was adequate-had all necessary facilities and seemed clean. Carpets in corridors and decor look old and worn-looks like they need an update.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Me and Mum had a weekend break at St Ives Bay was a wonderful stay staff were kind and helpful and breakfast was yummy. A great location close to the beach and town loads of shops and restaurants will definitely be coming back to this place 😁⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ankitkumar

Liked: Amenities
very nice
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

saeeda

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Properrty wants great the bathroom smells of urine. The only plugs available was the ones for TV and kettle so had to swap to charge phones. Beds were uncomfortable. The only good thing was it was near the beach
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Shubert

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worst bedroom ever

Walls dirty, very hot no air conditioning, 1 table fan that too far away
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Trevor

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Freddie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

anu

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was dirty and the toilet was not flushing. The exhaust in the toilet wasn’t working so it was smelly the whole stay. Only good thing about the stay was the beach who was just 10 mins walk. Otherwise, wouldn’t recommend the stay at all.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Syed

Traveled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was dirty. Bathroom really really dirty. Bed was not cleaned properly. No air freshener. Carpet was smelly.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

J

The hotel is quite traditional with a certain smell that characterises its age. Our room is old fashioned with basic amenities.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025