Submission date: 2006-10-22 - Date of Stay: September 2006
Submitted by: Bridget - From: United Kingdom
Type of Traveller: Special Interest/Event - Age Group: 26 - 30
Great Location, shame about the Owners
We booked the Penmorvah Manor Hotel for our wedding reception in September 2006. When we initially met with them in May 2005, we were welcomed by their wedding planner and restaurant manager and discussed our plans in great detail.
We chose the venue because of the wonderful setting, overlooking the Helford River and whilst the décor was chintzy and dated, the place had a homely feel.
As the wedding day drew closer and we began to discuss the final arrangements, it became apparent that the hotel no longer had a wedding planner or restaurant manager.
We were being dealt with by the owners and their attitude, surprisingly, was not on the same courteous level as the wedding planner. Everything seemed to be too much trouble and communicating with them proved difficult, if not impossible; having triangulated conversations via us, the receptionist and the owners.
When we asked to arrange a food and wine tasting, as previously discussed with the wedding planner, we were told that...Read more
The Penmorvah Manor is a lovely hotel set in beautiful well-kept gardens, with a view over countryside to the sea beyond. The hotel is justifiably proud of its superb "Helford" restaurant, which produces a different 4-course menu every evening to a very high standard.
The original old Manor house is full of character and has some charming olde-worlde rooms. A bridge corridor connects the Manor house to a newer block which houses the majority of the rooms. Unfortunately, at the time we visited these rooms were of a very much lower standard. The Manager assured me that they are due to be refurbished in 2006, but that didn't help us and we moved into a room in the Manor house after a couple of nights.
My advice is to book a room in the original part of the hotel for a great stay at a lovely country Manor hotel. If you have no choice but to book one of the newer rooms don't expect much from the room, and treat yourself to dinner in the excellent restaurant to make up for it.
