The St Ives Bay Hotel

3.5 star property

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Beach nearby, white sand
Double Room, Sea View | Room amenity
Bar (on property)
Terrace/patio
Lobby

Reviews

6.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Pet friendly
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
The Terrace, Cornwall, St Ives, England, TR26 2BN
  • Porthminster Beach
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • St Ives Harbour
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Carbis Bay Beach
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Newquay (NQY-Newquay Cornwall)
    ‪52 min drive‬

Room options

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Family Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Superior Double Room

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Twin Room, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Superior Twin Room

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Double Room, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

The St Ives Bay Hotel

3.5-star St Ives hotel walkable to St Ives Harbour
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.
The St Ives Bay Hotel has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English, Polish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily full breakfast available for a fee: GBP 5 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 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

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 15.00 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 5 per person
  • Pet fee: GBP 15.00 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

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 124 out of 584 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 145 out of 584 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 127 out of 584 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 99 out of 584 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 89 out of 584 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

6/10 Okay

Elizabeth

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Marcus

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Extremely small room, poorly decorated and very dated. This should not be offered as a double room, the bed is barely big enough for two (even with an extremely small partner). Advertised as a sea view room but the amount of bird mess on the windows made it a very unattractive view.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Great view

Lovely view. Good location. Hotel looked a bit tired but the room was clean. Pillows were too plump. Would probably suit most people but too high for me
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Kate

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Property needs major revamp. When you book a superior room you expect the best. Bathroom was basic but spotless and looked new but the rest was awful. Windows just as well be open
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Lisa

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Minnu Ann

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

8/10 Good

Krzysztof, Basingstoke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Uladzislau

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Need refurbishing
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Shaun

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

4/10 Poor

Ben

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were not what they said they were online and the conditions were terrible, the carpet was coming up with stains on it, there were holes and stains on the walls, the window had a crack with duck tape along it and let a lot of wind in too, the bath room had paint coming off and the shower trickled out! The area is amazing but the hotel was pretty crap in all honesty! Definitely not what we saw only or worth the money!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Deborah

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ok

No one around when we tried checking in Had to hunt to find a member of staff
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Simon

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Super location, overlooking the station and Porthminster Beach. Staff were friendly and the bed comfortable. Lots of dining options in St Ives, a short walk away. If you're looking for good value, this is a great option. Breakfast was buffet-style and you could ask for freshly cooked poached or fried eggs if you didn't want them scrambled. Plenty of cereal or tinned fruit options. Coffee was very nice. Would have preferred sightly nicer bread for toast and small pots for jams and marmalades would have been a nice touch. Some of the floors are sloping in the hotel and I was awoken my first night around midnight for an hour while the people in the room above moved around, creaking the floors. I asked the manager if all rooms were like this and he said most likely, yes. He said planning permission had been sought from the council to rectify the works needed at the hotel, but these had been denied so far as it's a listed building. So you can see why the owners are reluctant to invest heavily in cosmetic redecoration in a property that really needs a substantial overall. In the meantime, it needs to fill its rooms at the prices it can. Seems to be able to do that quite well with lots of retirees arriving by coach. I'd happily stay here again, but I wouldn't bring my wife until it's been upgraded.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Amrendra

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Ray

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was clean and the staff were very pleasant.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

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

Beautiful Views

It’s a lovely hotel, it’s a shame it’s quite run down,but very convenient for a stroll in to St Ives, & beautiful views
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kate

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disgusting very dirty very unhelpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The staff are amazing at this hotel. The breakfast was great and buffet with porridge/a range of cereals /fruit/yogurt etc. lovely bread too! We had a sea view and it was amazing looking over the beach and the small train . Nothing was too much trouble for the hotel team. Thank you x. We will come again soon. Ps bus stop right outside the hotel to many top places to visit. Train station a few yards away to Penzance, st Erth and more!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Jane

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The bedroom window was hanging by a piece of metal and the blind was blowing in the wind as we couldnt close the window! 2 inch gap all around it! The mattress was dreadful and the duvet was so thin we thought it was a sheet! Had to ask for extra blanket due to the wind blowing through! No sleep at all! £90 per night is cheap, but that shouldnt mean it is filthy! Took some pics, unfortunateley cant upload them here! Hallways and carpets filthy.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Aiden

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Kind and hospitable staff, a clean and tidy room. Food was reminiscent of home cooked breakfasts. I hope to return next year to enjoy the sights and sounds of st ives , and the ever welcoming atmosphere of this hotel
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Jesse

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Cheap for a reason

Rooms are dead cheap because the walls are dead thin and you can hear the zombies next door coughing and snoring loudly.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Donna

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

KATHRYN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025