The Sloop Inn

Location: Bantham, Kingsbridge, gb

Star Rating: 8.5 Stars

Property Type: Bed and breakfasts

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Check-out: 10:30 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Non-smoking rooms
• Restaurant
• Pets allowed
• Non-smoking throughout
• Kid meals
• Staff adhere to local safety protocols
• Guest rooms disinfected between stays
• Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
• Physical distancing rules followed
• Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
• Cashless payment available
• First aid kit available
• Sanitized tableware & silverware
• Shared stationery like menus, pens are removed
• Property cleaned by professional cleaning companies
• Physical distancing in dining areas
• CCTV outside property
• Screens / Barriers between staff and guests for safety
• Face masks for guests available
• Television in common areas
• Free wired internet
• Internet access
• Japanese garden

Rooms Available

• Budget Double Room

  Offering free toiletries, this double room includes a private bathroom with a walk-in shower and a hairdryer. The double room offers a tea and coffee maker, a carpeted floor, heating, as well as a flat-screen TV. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Shared toilet
  • Additional toilet
  • Electric kettle
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Window

• Small Double Room

  Featuring free toiletries, this double room includes a private bathroom with a walk-in shower, a bath and a hairdryer. The double room features a flat-screen TV, a tea and coffee maker, a carpeted floor, as well as heating. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Shared toilet
  • Additional toilet
  • Electric kettle
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Window

• Superior Double Room

  Offering free toiletries, this double room includes a private bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. This double room offers a tea and coffee maker, a flat-screen TV and sea views. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Electric kettle
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Window

• Superior Family Room

  Offering free toiletries, this family room includes a private bathroom with a bath, a shower and a hairdryer. The family room offers a tea and coffee maker, a wardrobe, a carpeted floor, heating and a flat-screen TV. The unit offers 3 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 5 (3 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Shared toilet
  • Additional toilet
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Cots
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Window

• Family Room

  Featuring free toiletries, this family room includes a private bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. This family room has a tea and coffee maker, heating and a flat-screen TV. The unit has 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Electric kettle
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Window

Guest Reviews

• Dawn (6/5): Really lovely location. We enjoyed dinner in the bar area. Bed quite uncomfortable. - Nice location beside the sea I found the bed really uncomfortable so unfortunately couldn’t sleep very well
• Lisa (10/5): Welcoming Natural Polite Fun with good food. - Quaint and in keeping with the locations Very well laid out. Clean comfortable and the design has created space with the rooms There was a leak on a downward pipe while it rained. I know this will be mended So all fine.
• John (9/5): - Nice room, good bathroom, well equipped. Breakfast was not available until 9.00am which is a bit late if you are walking the coast path.
• James (8/5): - A nice comfortable room In a convenient area for me. Good TV services. A good restaurant down stairs. Staff were nice. It does close for a few hours in afternoon so if you arrive at the time it's closed you would have to wait. You can hear some noise from the bar at night.
• Samuel (5/5): It was adequate. - Location. The kitchen was not operating. Floors were squeaky. It was noisy. The TV was small.
• Stephanie (8/5): - Good location for coast path walking. Restaurant was lovely. Good breakfast.
• Michael (8/5): -
• Terry (10/5): The property was fantastic. Great friendly staff and really chilled. - The location is beautiful and very peaceful. N/A
• Richard (8/5): -
• ActiveAlison (10/5): A great find - Perfect location, friendly staff and great pub. Those tiny roads getting there!
• Martin (8/5): -
• Linda Hill (6/5): 2 day walking trip - The staff were very accommodating. Rooms are very basic and in need of updating. Breakfast offered for 9am until 9.30am extremely late offering.
• Paul (10/5): Lovely setting and super staff - Breakfast was included. I had the full English. Very good. Two chairs in our superior room would have been perfect. Everything was super coean
• Mark (10/5): - Wonderful location, superb food,very friendly helpful staff Nice rooms, Breakfast could have been a little earlier
• Ann-Marie (10/5): Excellent communication, comfortable bed and excellent food. One of the best breakfasts! - Excellent communication, comfortable bed and excellent food. One of the best breakfasts!
• Susannah (6/5): Did the buisness! A little far away or at least awkward roads. We were attending our granddaughter’s performance in King - Good comfortable bedroom and nice breakfast. Pleasant staff. Bathroom down steps and room itself would not have suited anyone with mobility problems Breakfast not until 9.00. Would have liked it earlier.
• Katherine (8/5): STUNNING location. Characterful Inn. Welcoming staff. Loved it. - The location! Stunning place to be. The staff were lovely and welcoming. Great to be able to eat there too. Thought it was going to be a noisy night over the bar, but it was quite really early on which was fab.
• Selina (9/5): Restful, relaxing, enjoyable and comfortable. - Breakfast was lovely and good service with local products. Evening meals again good choices with local produce. The room was comfortable and ours had a good view. Nothing, very happy with everything.
• Dilys (10/5): - Great food . Good location . Friendly staff
• Lesley (9/5): - Breakfast was excellent Nothing
• Paul (8/5): Good. - Great location. Friendly, helpful staff. Good value. Room clean and comfortable. Old building and not much sound insulation between our room (2) and bar area below. Quite noisy until bar closed at night. Had full English for breakfast but fried egg under done one morning - yuk.
• Amy (9/5): - Friendly staff, great location and delicious breakfast
• Rachel (10/5): -
• Heike (8/5): Great, dog friendly country pub with good food. - Great, dog friendly country pub with good food. We needed somewhere to out our heads for the night. When we arrived on Sunday afternoon, the place was very busy. It is obviously very popular with the locals.
• terry (10/5): - The location is perfect for the neach or walks. Rooms 1 and 2 have great sea views. Food is very good. The staff are very friendly.
• Natalie (10/5): great stay at the sloop. helpful staff, clean and comfortable room. Def recommend - very friendly welcome, cosy pub- loved the log fire limited parking and tight to get in
• Diane (9/5): - Atmosyand location
• Lez (10/5): - Clean and tidy room great location Nothing
• Holly (9/5): Great place to stay, perfect location and lovely accommodation. - Had a great time, lovely staff, lovely room, lovely food. Will definitely come back! Nothing
• Vivian (8/5): -
• Sarah (10/5): -
• Roger (5/5): Great location, shame about the room - Great location, good food Tired, filthy carpets, flies in the room, heating thermostat on radiator not working
• Douglas (8/5): - - -
• Jackie (8/5): - Convient. The breakfast
• Barry (9/5): perfect - really good pub with great food great location very clean and warm room
• Louise (8/5): Good break , hampered by storm Galetti! We will stay there again! - Reasonable choice and nicely cooked ,good service Would have been nice if we could have had breakfast a little earlier
• gemma (8/5): A lovely place in a lovely location !! - Breakfast was adequate. The bed was uncomfortable.
• Carla (9/5): Loved it, if the bed was bigger we would definitely be booking again . - The pub is lovely, food was great. Room was really cute and well kitted out. Bed was too small for us .
• Justin (7/5): I slept well in a comfortable bed and the sloop is very near the beautiful beach and cliff path - Good breakfast, lovely village location next to the beautiful Devon coast. Great pub below the Accomodation for drinks! Bedroom was nice but maybe consider new carpets
• Angela (8/5): Staff were friendly and helpful. Resident dog dougie was very welcoming too. Lovely room and well equipped. Great little - Room was well equipped and clean and stylish. Lovely pub and location excellent if we were staying longer The bed I’m afraid was too hard for us. Personal choice.
• PAUL (9/5): provided everything I needed for an overnight stop, even the Guinness was good - excellent breakfast, plenty of choice, more than enough, and it was hot. for the price, it would be difficult to improve on.
• Linda (9/5): - Superb location. Nice atmosphere in the pub and it was an excellent breakfast. Couldn't fault it.
• Linda (9/5): -
• Judith (9/5): Comfortable stay in friendly Inn with excellent food. - Good location for coast path. Friendly staff. Rooms small but comfortable. Evening meal and breakfast excellent.
• Richard (7/5): -
• zimple (5/5): - The room was clean and warm when we arrived and the room was warm throughout. The heating in the ensuite was on when we arrived but had not come on until approx 8:45 am in the morning which was too late for us to have a shower before breakfast. Both room and ensuite were pretty small but still represented good value. The woman who showed us to our room clearly resented doing so telling us we had booked late and she had to come back having gone home and she never made either eye contact, smiled nor made and unnnecessary conversation either then nor during the whole of breakfast service. My full english was very good but my wife's scrambled eggs were pretty awful - over cooked and a small portion. All toast etc came with the breakfasts and tea. The help yourself buffet at breakfast was limited in choice. Had we seen any hint of the reputed staff friendliness we would have stayed for dinner but instead went in Kingsbridge.
• Bryan (9/5): Excellent value - Very good location Slightly cold rooms
• Marian (9/5): Very comfortable & appealing accommodation in a stunning location - Parking was easy to find & very close to the inn. Room was nice & comfortable. It was well equipped with extra heating available, hanging facilities, hooks for coats, blackout curtains etc. Bed was comfortable & bedding was clean & soft. En-suite was good & shower was lovely. The man who booked us in & served us at bar & for evening meal was friendly, approachable & was extra helpful. He carried my bag when I explained I had a bad back, & he offered to our table to serve us. We were very happy with both our evening meals (pheasant pie & fish n chips) and our breakfast. All were delicious & good portion sizes. The decor throughout was lovely. We were impressed with how close the property is to a gorgeous beach & stunning views. So many positives. Well done! Our only niggle was the lady who served us at breakfast. We got a very frosty welcome. To be fair we were 5 mins late, but I apologised & explained we hadn’t been able to find my husbands medications & in the end he had to go to the car to search for them (where they were thankfully found) We were told she was about to clear the table. There was no conversation & certainly no friendliness. Although we didn’t delay over our breakfast, we found it slightly off putting that the toilets were being mopped out whilst we were eating. Such a shame, as the rest of our stay had been a 10/10. A very tiny issue was that the shower bottles were difficult to actually get anything out of them.
• Mandy (8/5): -
• Marion (9/5): Always a fabulous stay at the Sloop. - Fantastic location, great food, lovely staff. Pub sign hanging outside our bedroom was noisy, as it was swinging in the wind !
• David (9/5): Sloop inn bantham - Absolutely fantastic. So clean, food was amazing. Hosts were so friendly. Breakfast was superb. Good choice of cereals, juices and any sort of egg with the breakfast or on their own. The menu in the pub itself was great. So much choice and v v good quality. The first night in room 4 the mattress was v uncomfortable, but they changed us to a different room on the Saturday and it was fantastic
• Tom (9/5): -
• Teresa (8/5): Great location for Bantham beach, evening meal excellent abd stsgf friendly - Staff very friendly, food was excellent - great location for the beach. Room was a little small but we only slept in it - from phoyy to is expected to be a bit bigger,
• Shelley (10/5): -
• Hywel (8/5): - Wonderful location. The roads are very narrow. The food did not match the location.
• Josh (9/5): -
• Liz (10/5): A very warm welcome and great room. - Fantastic welcome from the staff and warm and cosy room. Both the evening meal and breakfast were superb. Would definitely recommend it.
• Mel (6/5): Okay, but a bit spoiled by the old mattress and pillows - Location, food was excellent. Was clean enough Room was tired and small. Bed was very uncomfortable, pillows old and lumpy.
• Bowle (8/5): -
• Hywel (9/5): - Great setting. Breakfast at 9. For me, earlier the better.
• Andrew (10/5): Lovely place to stay , great food, great breakfast, lovely staff , -
• Mark (10/5): - Everything was great Nothing
• Xia (7/5): - The bathroom is very nice and spacious; population location and the breakfast is very delicious
• Elizabeth (9/5): Fabulous food and staff were very friendly . - Excellent location for us walking SW Coastal path .
• Tony (7/5): -
• Hans (8/5): Conveniently located on the Coast Path and affordable -
• Iain (9/5): Delightful gastro pub with lovely rooms - Very comfortable rooms with good bathrooms en suite; brilliantly relaxing after a day walking. Excellent dinner in the pub cooked to a good standard washed down by some lovely beer and wine! Having to go outside to access the bedrooms
• Sally (7/5): -
• Kathrin (9/5): -
• Amanda (8/5): Great place to stay, yummy food and great staff - Great location. Lovely food and comfortable rooms. Dog friendly and nice staff. Limited parking. For breakfast some fresh fruit would have been lovely.
• Matt (10/5): -
• Martin (7/5): Good location & food but can be noisy. - Good location, friendly helpful staff. Good food, excellent breakfast. reasonable prices If you are a light sleeper or a person that likes an early night the noise from the bar below the rooms is intrusive. It doesn't quite down until around 11:45pm. the car parking is inadequate, we don't have a big car and struggled to get un.
• Julian (8/5): Characterful and comfortable. - Super friendly staff at the bar and at check in the evening we arrived. The room is compact, but had all the facilities for our one night stay, and the en suite shower room was excellent. The bed was comfy and despite the restaurant being fully booked with 92 guests and a stag party, we had a completely undisturbed nights sleep. Although we didn’t eat in the evening, the menu looked very good, especially the seafood options. Price for a bank holiday Friday, including a brilliant cooked breakfast, was very competitive. A short stroll down the road to the beautiful beach and views over the river Avon. Not complaints as none of it affected us, but things to be aware of. This is a 14th century building so there are narrow stairs to the rooms. The rooms are compact, and the ceiling in our shower would probably not suit anyone over 6ft in height. Parking is very limited during busy times. Access to the village is via a narrow , single track, road. We thought it was characterful, but if you’re picky, you might see it differently.
• dean (10/5): -
• Claire M (10/5): - Staff were really friendly and the chef was very helpful when reversing out out of the car park 😊
• Mike (9/5): A wonderful place to stay and an excellent location. - Everything! Lovely rooms, excellent location and fabulous food both evening and breakfast. The mattress wasn’t very comfortable. I could feel the inside of the mattress and it was slightly down on one side. However, not a deal breaker as the rest of the stay was excellent.
• Caroline (10/5): Very enjoyable, a lovely venue will come again. - The location was good for all we wanted to do as we had family in the village. The staff were all very friendly and very helpful. I enjoyed the cooked breakfast. I really loved the outlook from the room out towards the countryside. We were there during a hot spell so perhaps a fan in the rooms could be helpful
• Ian (8/5): Overall a good stay, I noticed rooms 5 / 6 would be suited for families, it’s a convenient location for the beach an - Good location to the beach and Bantham estate, handy having the rooms above the pub itself for food and drinks. The rooms were a little cramped and could be hot at times along with a little noisy being above the pub but that did die down later in the evening. The rooms met our needs but were very basic.
• Steven (9/5): Superb -
• Christine (9/5): Superb -
• Louise (6/5): Great location but room needs some TLC. - Location and friendliness of staff. We stayed in a family room. The carpets need a good clean. The curtains didn't do the job well; they were flimsy and needed more hooks. Also a blind to allow light and privacy is necessary in this room as people can see in from all 3 windows. The double bed also needs replacing. Some TLC is needed at £140 per night.
• Stephen (7/5): Very pleasant overnight stay in a lovely part of the South Hams - Location, room size and facilities, staff, quiet, check in, breakfast (but some fruit would have been welcome), cleanliness (but see below) Entrance to accommodation, grubby carpets throughout, limited parking on site or nearby, mattress tired.
• Heap (8/5): Very good - Proximity to beach. Nothing.
• Lesley (10/5): Exceptional -
• Fanar (10/5): Fabulous place off the beaten track! - We were welcomed by such lovely friendly staff, helpful with where we should park. A wonderful member of staff called Jamie was very intuitive with which drinks I’d like and was exceptional. The other staff were fun and despite being a busy day had time to chat and be friendly. Thank you for making our stay such fun!
• David (7/5): It was adequate but not spectacular. - Breakfast was plentiful and ok. Room was simple and clean. Tea and biscuits available self service. The staff in the bar were not very welcoming, and the stay was entirely self service, name on a board and key in door. This was unusual for a B&B pub.
• Alison (8/5): Very good - This was our second stay. The location and food were excellent. A great range of beers. The breakfast was very good. No complaints
• Richard (7/5): Good - Breakfast nice. Food generally nice
• Chris (8/5): Great location and food, needs investment - Great breakfast, perfect location for the beach New carpets upstsirs
• Yolanda (8/5): Very good -
• David (9/5): Superb -
• Jackie (7/5): Good - Quirky Good breakfast Small bed
• Russell (6/5): Pleasant -
• Fiona (6/5): Pleasant -
• Rebecca (6/5): Lovely location but some improvements needed... - The location and room 5 were great. Triple aspect room with lovely views. Clean bedding and comfortable bed. Nice bathroom and good shower. Off street parking, good wifi, nice bar, friendly barman. Nice breakfast. Glad we were on the upper floor as the first floor and entrance stairs were rather grubby and smelt very damp. We had to re-make our bed as bottom sheet and mattress protector obviously put on very hurriedly and all bunched up and on the wrong way round. The woman taking orders and serving breakfast could have said good morning and smiled. One of the breakfast juices was out of date and had gone fizzy. We pointed this out and our glass was replaced but the main jug was left out for others to use.
• Theresa (7/5): Good -
• Julie (2/5): Disappointing and would not return or recommend. - Near the beach. Hairdryer had bare wires showing. Room not clean. Dusty and cold. Noisy as wedding guests in the pub. This is a pub with rooms not an inn or small hotel. No reception area. Check in at noisy pub counter. Rowdy pub at night. Swearing in the lane outside the back door at night. Cleaners hoovering rooms at 6pm. Food in pub very average but pricey.45 minute wait to be served and longer between courses.. Breakfast was disappointing. Average.
• Christine (9/5): Really enjoyed our stay here, very friendly staff - Really nice room, very cosy The room was very cosy, a little on the small side but we were padding through on the South West Coast Path so wasn’t a problem
• Graham (9/5): Superb -
• Ralph (8/5): Very good - Bright comfortable room. Short walk down to the beach.

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