Elmdene Hotel is excellent, could not fault it ,its central to all areas,Cockington, Torquay town, Paighnton and Brixam. There is a bus stop just over the road which takes you anywhere in torbay area every 15mins. Andy & Carol are hard working & friendly nothing is to much trouble for them. The rooms are very clean and modern, spotless. The... more

* Excellent location, sea front only 10 mins walk. * Peaceful atmosphere without the noise from the town. * Plenty of off road parking. * Train station within walking distance. * Lovely clean rooms. * Lovely freshly cooked breakfast. * Excellent hosts, who were very friendly and helpful. Overall an excellent stay! more

Stayed at this hotel for 2 nights on 11th and 12th July in room 3. The room was lovely with some nice extra touches, great hospitality tray, chocolates and toiletries all included. Flat screen tv with dvd player and rooms serviced daily. The whole hotel is absolutely spotless, breakfast has a varied menu and full english served on hot plates.... more

Found this hotel on the internet and checked out the reviews on here before booking. The hotel was very clean and modern with off road parking. We had a standard double room which was a good size - excellent shower! Breakfast was very good, plently of choice from either a full English to a bacon sarnie. The hotel had bar... more

Very nice short break. Proprietors were very welcoming and could not have done more, they were there whenever we needed them without being obtrusive. Hotel was very clean and its location was ideal, near enough to the sea front but far enough away to avoid the noise of the boy racers. We will certainly go back again. more

Andy has been Handy. The bar area improved,more room and lighter. Other than that all,is as was, Carol & Andy still run a comfortable, affordable, Hotel.Breakfast still has its varied menu,you can get a bar meal. Your hosts are allways pleasent, and will find time for a chat and a drink in the well stocked bar.The rooms we have stayed... more

Decent modern bedrooms with flat-screen tv. Attentive service - Andy & Carol are warm friendly hosts - even gave us a lift back to the station as it was raining heavily. Enjoyable breakfast too. Would definitely stop here again... more

stayed at the elmdene for the weekend it close to the train station 5 minute walk was really pleased with our choice lovely place to stay the bedrooms are decorated beautifully and so clean and comfortable.we were a party of 5 women we had to rooms and they were right opposite each other.Breakfast was lovely cereal then cooked the scrambled... more

If you want excellent value for money in Torquay, it would be very hard indeed to beat the Elmdene. Everything about the house (a Victorian villa from about 1870) showed great attention to detail - sparkling clean, very comfortable bed (huge in the room we had, No 1), quality and beautifully co-ordinated furnishings, genuine friendliness and a warm welcome from... more