Having read a few of the reviews I feel I have to have my say on the hotel and the Makepeace family. I am due to arrive at the hotel in mid July 2008 and this will be the 3rd time! I am a company director and have had the good fortune to stay in some of the top hotels... more

Stayed for 3 nights in June, was really blown away by the landscape around the hotel. It sits in a cool little valley above a small cove with a tiny little beach, very scenic and pleasant. I was a bit baffled though by the signs on the road leading to the hotel, maybe I'm nitpicking here but they are dark... more

My husband and I stayed at the Soar Mill for a New Year Break. We had stayed there before in May 2005 and had a great time then. This time the whole atmosphere was one of a family party. Everybody was very welcoming and friendly, the food was excellent (especially the cream teas every afternoon) and the whole 5 days... more

I know this review is rather old but after reading so many disparate comments on Soar Mill I feel I have to contribute. I have no argument with the standard of accommodation or view and the TV provided was of good quality. The main problem I had was that the pitch and putt facility was merely a field with a... more

When we arrived we were welcome as if we were friends of the family. A very calm and relaxing place to stay with good in house management. Whatever was asked for was attended to without delay. We did have dinner for the 3 days we stayed and found the food very good and never did we feel rushed. A lovely... more

We visited the Soar Mill Cove Hotel for the third time in April 2007. As a family we love this hotel as it has something for all of us. Our children enjoy the beach (and for a fit family like us- the walk to it!) the outside space, the pool, the lovely high-tea menu and the very friendly staff. For... more

I write this review as I sit in the dark, empty "Bolly Bar". A contemporary Champagne bar it is billed as ... however the sticky floor, flat champage, 10 light bulbs out, no staff, no music doesn't really help with the ambience. At £ 10 a go for a Kir Royale (after having to tell the champagne waiter what one... more

We stayed in May 2006. Prices exorbitant, food mediocre at best, decor frankly astonishing in the worst possible way (curtains in dark purple and gold horizontal stripes, with matching awning over the headboard). Funny smells in dark, dank corridors. Tiny swimming pool (more like a paddling pool). Unhelpful staff. But the thing that aggrieved me most was being charged a... more

As the saying goes; we do not remember days; we remember moments and I am sure I will remember the moment we stumbled on the Soar Mill Cove Hotel for a very long time. I live and work in central London so getting out of the big smoke is vital to my sanity & as I also have two little... more