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The Engine Inn

2.0 star property

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Bar (on property)
1 bedroom
Restaurant
Exterior
Exterior

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pet friendly
  • Parking included
  • Restaurant

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Cripplesease, Nancledra, Penzance, England, TR20 8NF
  • Place, St Ives Harbour
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Place, Porthminster Beach
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Place, Carbis Bay Beach
    ‪8 min drive‬
  • Airport, Penzance (PZE-Penzance Heliport)
    ‪7 min drive‬

Room options

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1 bedroom

Double Room, Accessible, Courtyard View

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom

Comfort Suite, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Trundle Bed

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About this property

The Engine Inn

Penzance inn with restaurant
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free inn has a bar/lounge and a garden. Self parking is free. Other amenities include barbecue grills and a picnic area. Housekeeping is not available.
The Engine Inn offers 2 accommodations.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
The inn offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This Penzance inn also offers a terrace, barbecue grills, and a garden. Onsite self parking is complimentary.

The Engine Inn is a smoke-free property.

The Engine Inn has a restaurant on site.

Property amenities

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Playground

Family friendly

  • Playground

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

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  • Smoking not allowed

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Pets

Pets allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

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 and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

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The Engine Inn Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 29 out of 70 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 70 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 70 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 70 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 70 reviews

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Tatsuya

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Breakfast is NOT included, despite what Expedia may be displaying. It's a property where you have to make do with what's available. The inn staff/owners are quite helpful, and chances are that most of your problems would be solved by asking for their assistance. Be prepared to accept a few hiccups, like the lack of WiFi in your rooms (either borrow the WiFi from the bar and download your stuff beforehand, it treat it as a digital detox?) or the door lock being quite tough to open (it's an old building). Other than that it was a satisfactory stay, location is quite nice and the food was lovely.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Mandy

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

Nice quiet country location

We booked family room for 4, the room had a made up double bed and a sofa which only had a duvet, no linen or pillows. Only 2 mugs for teas. On arrival we were told they didnt do breakfast which was included in our stay, the Landlord then cooked us croissants the night before to take to our room for the morning. The bathroom was clean but the room had webs in the beams and we had 2 massive spiders! The views were great and only 10 minute drive to St Ives. We ate at the Engine Inn in the evening and the food was lovely, a friendly pub with a friendly Landlord.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Juan Carlos

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Jackie

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

kevin

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Greg

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Lynda

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

Has potential

The food and the service was very good. The place itself could be amazing. The thing that let it down for us was the cleanliness. It felt like the whole place could do with a deep clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Jayne

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gill

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Kwok

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

Don't choose this hotel

It is totally unacceptable, We pay £89 for one night, we are late check in about 10p.m. We found that there are many spider nets on the top of the room, white and big, just like a abandoned house just leave there for decades. We request change room, but there are only two and fully booked. Couldn't imagine who would like to sleep over night facing the spider net. And we ask the lady could we refund or refund half to us because we are decide to book another room cause my little daughter is scared to cry. She said we could apply online through hotels.com but she turn around refused to refund us by replying hotels.com, I don't know why the hotels.com only protecting their own interests. It is unreasonable and unacceptable paying £89 for living a room, like this one, it is my first time in my life go to a hotel room like this. Nerver book this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Prabhjot

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

rob

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A pub stay as it should be.

Lovely proper pub stop. Large room. Food was good and well stocked bar. The staff and customers very pleasant which as a lone traveller is always nice. Recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

A

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Staff were very friendly and accommodating and the Inn is in a great location, with generous, spacious rooms. The breakfast was delicious. Our stay would have been perfect if any care had been given to the standards of hygiene. Our room was covered in cobwebs, the shower drain covered in hairs, and the same with the bedsheets. It's a shame that it is not seen as important to not use pillow cases with mascara stains, or to carry out the basic task of vacuuming a rug, which was pretty disgusting. When I mentioned this to the staff, I was told that this was due to the hotel being 'dog friendly'. A very poor excuse for not maintaining basic standards of hygiene. Overall, a few basic steps would have really elevated our stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

6/10 Okay

Alison

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love place to stay, beautiful views, super friendly staff and really cosy room
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Tom

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Hill, Wellington UK

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff were very friendly and helpful. Great old building turned into a wonderful bedroom very quirky
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ken, south wales

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
i enjoyed my stay. because it was peaceful. close to the places to visit. the staff were very friendly,the food was excellent.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020

2/10 Terrible

Chris

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

2/10 Terrible

Tibor

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ross

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Would definitely stay again

Big room and in a great location. The pub is really nice and breakfast was lovely. The host was very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Look beautiful but poor up close.

The Engine Inn was brilliantly located between Penzance and St Ives and had fantastic local views. The room was spacious and had the potential to be amazing. Unfortunately it was not. The bed stunk although the linen was freshly washed. Bathroom was an excellent size, really useful if you require a wet room but covered in mould and people’s hair who had used it before us. No toilet roll and now shower gel etc to use. The room looks beautiful but it’s really let down. Be warned, if you are downstairs the take ear plugs because the noise from upstairs is so loud - not much management can do about that, it’s an old building with old floorboards but just a helpful tip.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020