The Golden Ball Cottages

Unfortunately we arrived late due to delays on the ferry crossing but the staff went above and beyond to supply food and drinks at eleven thirty in the evening. The rooms were very clean and the facilities were good.

Would have given an excellent rating for the visit, however we had a leak on the bathroom floor on arrival, there was no spare toilet paper. Also only two cups in room but it was booked for four and cottage four one of the guest scalded their hands from the hot water tap.

A lovely, spacious apartment with everything needed for your stay. Dog and child friendly. Fantastic views overlooking the river and a great pub serving delicious food. What more could you want?!

Nothing

Lovely views across the estuary, the pub beer garden/field is handy for a dog owner as it's fenced in off the road and the pub is dog friendly.  Parking outside the room was convenient.

Booked for 3 nights but only stayed for 2. The room was tired and everything dusty. Bed was extremely uncomfortable with painful springs, making sleep impossible, and a leaking shower left the carpet wet and smelling damp by the bed. Shower water pressure was bad. Heating was erratic during freezing weather but hot tap was always scalding, no WiFi, and basic tea/coffee inadequate, only half a toilet roll supplied for 3 nights. Fridge was tiny and only held a bottle of milk. Check in was disorganised with no prior information provided, limited food options/times at the pub, seemed disinterested, although the pub owner Lucy was helpful and finally managed to check us in, she said there's no WiFi signal which had read about prior. I understand that the owners don't manage it and it is up to the pub, so communication isn't joined up. However, for the price, a comfortable bed, working shower, hassle free check in and WiFi are not unreasonable things to expect.

This place was an amazing stay for new year. We took our new pup for 2 nights and the facilities were lovely. Exactly like the photos and the owners and staff are so accommodating and went the extra mile for us! The cottage was super clean and lots of fresh towels. There’s a fridge and kettle which is handy. Room was warm and the thermostat was easy to work. Even if there were any issues which there wasn’t, I know Lucy would have helped to sort it! There is a pub in the main building that’s absolutely lovely. Prices are cheap and they also do food (just not on mon and tues I think). We had toasties and they brought them over to the cottage for us which was lovely. We found a path down by the water to walk the dog and then visited the half moon bay for a lovely coastal walk. Was exactly what we wanted for a quiet stay. 10/10 would definitely come back 😊

Nothing! Everything was great.

Was a lovely little cottage which does not offer self catering. Easy parking and within a couple of miles to a supermarket.

The lack of facilities to have hot food. Unfortunately the hotel doesnt have catering after a certain time on a Sunday. Sadly i was not aware of this. The cottage is out of the way and i couldnt get anyone to deliver. Took me a while to work out how to get the heating going. Think that it would have been helpful if the member of staff who showed me to my cottage could have quickly explained the the heating.

Nice and quiet, spacious, good shower, lots of towels and dog friendly. Warm and cosy once we worked out the thermostat settings.

Hot water was scalding as noted but no plug meant it was not safe to wash hands in the very hot water. The bed was a bit squishy and cotton sheets would have been nice but we slept ok.

The location, ease of use, accommodation and friendliness

Mattress has seen better days but serves the purpose