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Reviews of The Belmont Hotel

4 out of 5
The Belmont Hotel
The Esplanade, Sidmouth, England

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 71 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 29 out of 71 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 71 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 71 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 71 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Mark

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Belmont. We would ask for a bigger bathroom next time. You could hardly brush your teeth in the sink due to the cabinet above. Bedroom was fine although there was no fridge or mini bar unless you requested one, no bath robes ( a lot of hotels do have these now) Quite upmarket hotel, dining was good with some lovely meals, but don't order the crab salad starter which was a total joke due to how tiny it was. I think it had one piece of cress with it, and the amount of crab was a laugh and one main course of lamb was very poor quality, but apart from those 2, all the rest of the food was great but over priced. Jacket and tie for dinner was fun, everyone making an effort. The staff were brilliant, helpful and friendly, with the general manager, Tim, always ready to help. The bar manager, Stewart, was fairly abrasive with my wife when she asked for tea, stating that he was far too busy at the moment! Good location for the seafront, free parking. I would give it 9 out of 10.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

LESLEY

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Lovely bedroom with view of cricket ground. Staff helpful and pleasant. Lounge attractive and food very good. Bedroom would benefit from a safe, a fridge and dressing gowns. Will be interested to see how the use of sister hotel swimming pool and spa will work out. Many thanks to staff for looking after us.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Shanna, Austin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A great location by the sea
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

MIKE

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A truly wonderful hotel! Great staff, great food — an absolute delight!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ronald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice weekend
Great location, lovely front decking area in the sun with sea views. Old fashioned style hotel. Breakfast was good though used cheap bread for toast. Lovely room overlookkng the gardens, though the shower was compacr for.larger persons and shower lacked power on 3rd floor.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rajagopalan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was one of the best hotels we have stayed in outside of London. The room was very clean, decor of the hotel very pleasant, staff attentive and very close to the beach. Breakfast was good and so were the room amenities. Would love to go back.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Alan

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dennis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was difficult at times, especially housekeeping beautiful place
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very friendly staff. Hotel in a good position. Shame about the weather.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First class service. Very helpful friendly staff. Would like to stay there again. Food excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

JA

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Jack

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a lovely stay on Saturday. Very friendly staff. Great room and view. Comfortable bed. Finished with a delicious hot breakfast on Sunday. We will definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Arlette

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Breakfast was good service was good but disappointed with the tea pot and coffeE pots made of stainless steel and the coffee wasn t nice at all. We travel all around the world in fabulous hotels never experienced this if you want like a good cup of coffee you need to pay .£15 for breakfast terrible indeed .very sad indeed
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Agnese

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, excellent service. The spa is in the hotel next doors, but very accessible and well kept.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Clive

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We’ve stayed many times over the years. The service was excellent, but the food particularly the Salmon Fishcake starter was well below the standard we’d expect.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great seafront location, easy to walk into town. An lovely hotel with old fashioned values and high quality service.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ryszard

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Larry

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing sea view, good brekky and comfortable bed.
Beautiful historical hotel going through some renovations. I was lucky enough to stay here on a very reasonable rate I think due to scaffolding and works being carried out on the front of the hotel. Even with the scaffolding the sea view and watch the sun coming up in the morning was just spectacular. Bed was very comfortable. Breakfast was excellent with good local produce cooked well. Hotel had that old world feeling and naturally guests generally seemed of more mature years but a nice overnight stay for business. Only slight criticism was that the workies on the scaffolding were outside my room windows at 8.15am but were not meant to start until 9am. All in all, lovely night's stay and would recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Almost perfect
Wonderful location. Our room was really lovely. Spotlessly clean & with everything you'd need. Super king bed. Staff were professional, friendly & efficient. Only downside was that as the hotel is currently being refurbished externally, scaffolding encases the front facade. Whilst this didn't detract from natural light in our room (we would have had a seaview), we had to keep our curtains drawn from 9am as there were workers on the scaffold directly outside our window. Shame. Perhaps as a gesture the hotel could have offered something, however small, to compensate.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good experience all round, apart from ..... rather dull breakfast, coffee needs to catch up with the 21st century norms.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from The Belmont Hotel on 16 Sept 2021
Thank you for taking the time to review your visit to The Belmont Hotel. We are pleased to hear that overall you enjoyed your stay, but disappointed that your breakfasts and coffee didn’t meet your expectations on this occasion. Your comments have been noted. We look forward to welcoming you back to the Belmont Hotel in the future. Kind Regards

8/10 Good

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sunny Sidmouth
Nice hotel with lovely views. Service good. Staff very pleasant. We live in the area so know the hotel well but haven’t stayed there before.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Response from The Belmont Hotel on 16 Aug 2021
Thank you for taking the time to review your visit to The Belmont Hotel. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed the service you received from our staff members, and the lovely views from the Hotel. Your comments were greatly appreciated. We look forward to welcoming you back to the hotel in the future. Kind Regards

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Restaurant and food first class however that’s where it ends, room not 4 star and definitely not worth money paid
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Response from The Belmont Hotel on 4 Aug 2021
Thank you for reviewing your recent stay at the Belmont Hotel. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed the Restaurant and the food, but disappointed that we did not meet your expectations in other aspects of your stay. We hope to be able to welcome you back to The Belmont for a more enjoyable stay in the future.

10/10 Excellent

John, Wellington UK

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
For very special occasions. Convenient for sea front and shops.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020
Response from The Belmont Hotel on 23 Oct 2020
Dear John, Thank you for taking the time to review your recent visit to The Belmont Hotel. We are pleased that you enjoyed your stay, and found the hotel to be in a convenient location for exploring Sidmouth. We hope to welcome you back to the hotel in the future. Kind Regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great room. Very helpful and friendly staff. Good food but a little overpriced.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2020
Response from The Belmont Hotel on 9 Sept 2020
Thank you for taking the time to review your recent visit to The Belmont Hotel. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed all aspects of your stay, including your accommodation, the hotel’s facilities and the friendly and helpful service. We are also pleased to read that the food was good, but sorry that you found it was a little overpriced, your comments have been noted. We hope to welcome you back to the hotel in the future. Kind Regards

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from The Belmont Hotel on 27 Aug 2020
Dear Robert, Thank you for taking the time to review your recent visit to The Belmont Hotel. We are pleased that you enjoyed all aspects of your stay, including the hotel’s facilities and the service, and we look forward to welcoming you back to the hotel in the future. Kind Regards

10/10 Excellent

Steve, Tetbury

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a fabulous hotel next to the sea - it couldn’t be better! Spotlessly clean and operating a tight COVID-19 regime to safeguard guests and staff. Staff are very friendly and accommodation and the food in the restaurant is excellent! We will definitely be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020
Response from The Belmont Hotel on 14 Aug 2020
Thank you for taking the time to write your recent review. We are pleased that you enjoyed your stay and found the staff were very friendly, and that your accommodation and the food was excellent. We are also delighted you felt safe with all the new safety measures we have put in place. We look forward to welcoming you back again to the hotel in the future. Kind Regards

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
reat few days
Very good quality food and lounge and service excellent
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfectly placed for a seaside holiday and for the Folk Festival.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was spotless clean. The accommodation very comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hazel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely
We had a very comfortable stay, the staff were excellent t and our room was lovely. The food was delicious although we would have loved to eat in the main restaurant and experience the ambience of the grand piano being played but unfortunately we did not realise that a jacket and tie was required to do so. Saying that, the meal was still delicious in the Horizon restaurant and the staff were just as attentive.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Perfect location. Character building and beautiful grounds. High quality comfort and good service. Food and drink expensive but good standard and served expertly. I hope to return.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent food in the restaurant, good location on the Esplanade.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was very clean and we received a friendly welcome. All staff were absolutely fabulous. The only drawback was the Swimming, Sauna & Spa treatments being in the sister hotel Victoria. Also paying additional for a sea view room as sometimes when hotels are not fully booked as a gesture of good will they would upgrade customers due to a low none busy season, but fully appreciate if the hotel was very busy. However, our room was lovely & thank you.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Clive F

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Only one faulty!
Very dissapointing Resturant experience which verged on Faulty Towers standards
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Anthony

A weekend in the country
Great place to stay and wonderful countryside to explore. Good service and good food.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

MrsC, surrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel with traditional British standards
Only thing I personally think is that they shouldn’t accept children under 12. It is mainly an older clientele who have paid a considerable amount of money and dont need badly behaved screaming children in the dining rooms. It is not really for families and they should consider this
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautifully presented hotel in a good location and use of sister hotel facilities was very welcome and plentiful. We only had room service from the a la Carte menu and I found the lamb main disappointing and over priced. We also felt £18 per person for breakfast was over price so elected to go to the local cafe instead.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Top class hotel
Amazing service and standards. Food of high standard and very nice. Very nice outdoor pool in the Victoria which it is part of. Staff very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018