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Reviews of The Horn of Plenty

4 out of 5
The Horn of Plenty
Gulworthy, Tavistock, England

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 66 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 83 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful quiet hotel, room had everything you needed and the staff very efficient and friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Sh on 29 Feb 2024
Thank you for this positive feedback. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay and we hope to welcome you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
1 night stay
Stayed over for a wedding near by, very friendly, rooms were incredible, quiet and spacious. Definitely stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alec

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Stephen

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023
Response from JMV on 23 Sept 2023
:-(Must do better next time!

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic location, peaceful and comfortable rooms, delicious and interesting menu. Highly recommended.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023
Response from JV on 23 Sept 2023
Thank you. Always good to hear that our guests approve of what we are doing !JV

10/10 Excellent

Daunton

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from JMV on 23 Sept 2023
Thank you :-)

10/10 Excellent

P N

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Justin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

lorraine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a gem of a find ..it’s a country house close to Tavistock Devon..you will need a car. The restraint is Michelin rated and it does not disappoint. The breakfast was outstanding with many choices. If you are lucky enough to stay here you’ll want to return again.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ralph

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A PERFECT stay - all aspects of the property and location were excellent - calm peaceful comfort . The staff were ALL very friendly and significantly helpful- thankyou
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

KAREN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Outdoor grounds in countryside
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

SengChong

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were all very helpful and friendly. Excellent food and service. Beautiful location.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Our stay was amazing, restful and peaceful. The staff were very attentive and friendly. Have already recommended this hotel to a friend.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Karen and the Horn of Plenty team on 20 Mar 2022
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such lovely feedback. We hope to welcome you back soon With thanks The Horn of Plenty Team

10/10 Excellent

Ray

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022
Response from Karen and the Horn of Plenty team on 20 Mar 2022
thank you for your feedback

8/10 Good

Eddie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Incredible location surrounded by beautiful grounds and countryside beyond. Service was warm, friendly and attentive. Only things I’d change: - zip together mattress was so soft it was hard to get up from - I would definitely have eaten here had the there been something to choose other than the single fixed menu. The breakfasts were very good.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022
Response from Karen and the Horn of Plenty team on 1 Feb 2022
Thank you for your review and we are happy to hear you had a lovely time. We do have the set menu, the tasting menu and the evening lounge menu to choose from in the evenings so there is plenty of choice, i'm sorry if you were not made aware of the options.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Response from Karen and the Horn of Plenty team on 26 Oct 2021
Many thanks for your rating.

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021
Response from Team Horn of Plenty on 12 Oct 2021
thank you for your feedback

10/10 Excellent

Carl

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021
Response from Karen and the Horn of Plenty team on 26 Oct 2021
Many thanks for your rating.

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel and friendly helpful staff
Beautiful setting and lovely comfortable accommodation - Would highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from Team Horn of Plenty on 12 Oct 2021
thank you for your lovely feedback

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Nice looking property and lovely location. However, rooms are a bit tired and dated now. We stayed in the coach house - the decor is a bit tired (old ikea lamps & cushions and bedding that is a bit tatty). The room stunk of wet dog & the cleaning of the room was pretty poor. Lots of dust in the corners, scum around the shower screen & mould above the shower cubicle, which is inspiring given the fan did not work in the bathroom. I note the owners comment on lots of other posts that comment about cleanliness, informing people that they have a UV machine; whilst this is great it’s a decontamination machine, it doesn’t take away the need for regular cleaning. The hotel is clearly catered for the older age group (nothing wrong with this). Would not recommend unless cleaning is improved and basic decor is updated (it wouldn’t take a lot). Has the potential but sadly not worth the price tag of > £200 per night.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from The Horn of Plenty team on 20 Aug 2021
Thank you for your feedback which we take very seriously. Our team of housekeepers work extremely hard and especially in these times they are usually so thorough, so I am surprised to read your comments. I have sent your review on to our housekeepers who I’m sure will take your feedback on board. With regards to the comments about the décor, we are a traditional country house therefore the décor reflects this. We cater for all age groups here and we get a lot of walkers and hikers as well as those who just want to put their feet up and relax, I’m sorry you did not enjoy your stay but we do hope you would give us the opportunity to change your mind in the future, I feel you may be better suited to one of our new coach house rooms which are more contemporary; these with large TVs and Neptune furniture.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
An excellent property is a lovely location easily accessible from Tavistock. We stayed in one of their dog-friendly rooms which was modern and furnished to a very high standard. Staff were lovely and welcoming and breakfast was delicious. Only had one night this time but we will surely be back.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from The Horn of Plenty team on 20 Aug 2021
thank you for your lovely feedback and we are so pleased you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to welcoming you back in the future

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful stay at the Horn of Plenty. Wonderful hotel and excellent service. My one complaint was that the shower water flow was poor at points (and water stopped at one point). Otherwise couldn’t find fault. We ate at the hotel restaurant as well and the food was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Karen and the Horn of Plenty team on 13 Jul 2021
Thank you for taking the rime to leave your feedback, we are very pleased to hear you had an enjoyable stay, the water problem is one we are working on and hope to rectify very soon. We hope to see you again in the near future.

8/10 Good

Bernadette

Liked: Staff & service
weekend away to celebrate retirement
We had a room in the house which antiquated, lots of dust in between the floorboards. Unfortunately being in front of the house road noise was loud, as we needed the window open as we couldn’t get to radiators to turn down. Food was excellent, including breakfast, location pretty. Thought we had upgraded to deluxe room with balcony from the pictures when booking, this wasn’t so, don’t think I would pay for a upgrade again.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

Nigel

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A 7 night stay
It was a good 7 night stay. The room was spacious and the bath was luxurious! A great base for exploring both West Devon and into Cornwall.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2020
Response from Team Horn of Plenty on 12 Oct 2021
thank you for your feedback

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Flawless
Perfect in every way.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from The Horn of Plenty team on 12 Oct 2021
Thank you for your feedback

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommend for sure
Great place very pleased, amazing views, the room was comfortable and clean, food was great, no complaints.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Carmela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A special hotel in a beautiful setting
Beautiful countryside. Extremely friendly staff. Wonderfully furnished and decorated rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from The Horn of Plenty team on 12 Oct 2021
thank you for your lovely feedback

10/10 Excellent

alan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from The Horn of Plenty team on 12 Oct 2021
thank you for your feedback

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely
Beautiful surroundings, lovely room with sunken bath. Great friendly service
View from our terrace
Bathroom
Huge, comfortable bed
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from The Horn of Plenty team on 12 Oct 2021
thank you for your feedback

8/10 Good

Tom

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The welcome and attention were very good. Both dinner and breakfast excellent. Did not appreciate having to walk back to the font door through sudden storm for my dinner - a rear door for patrons staying in detached accommodation would have been nice! However, the overall stay was very nice indeed and I look forward to my next visit.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Candace and the Horn of Plenty Team on 26 Mar 2019
Thank you for taking the time to share such a lovely review on your recent stay at the Horn of Plenty. We are so pleased to read that you had such an enjoyable time, but sorry to hear that the weather wasn’t all that favourable! We very much look forward to welcoming you back again soon – fingers crossed for sunnier climes! Best Regards Candace and the Horn of Plenty Team

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Idealic place
Great. Wonderful place excellent breakfast and great people
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Clare

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Perfect Getaway
Gorgeous hotel, fab service, lush grounds and amazing food.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Suzanne

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family stay on dartmoor
A great stay overall - the setting, room and breakfast were amazing! However I felt that in some areas (travelling with a baby and a dog) that some of the things that we needed for a perfect stay were occasionally not easy to sort I'm not sure the hotels preferred guests are young families. Extra charge for a cot in the room that wasn't mentioned at the time of booking (although this was removed when I mentioned it at checkout) and no kid options for dinner just a three course set menu. The staff were however happy to help with most of our baby related requests.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

GM, Israel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Superb B&B. Rooms immaculate. Grounds beautiful. Loved our stay. Wanted to extend but the hotel was fully booked due to a wedding.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Gordon, Cornwall

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place. Had a great time. Highly recommended!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel had everything we were looking for. Staff were very welcoming and friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A thoroughly enjoyable stay.
This is a small hotel. So not a huge choice of reception rooms. However that is part of the charm. The room we had was modern, bright and roomy with a huge bathroom. The food at the Horn of Plenty is excellent, my only quibble is that's I would like to see a fish option on the breakfast menu. Apart from the food the best part of the experience is the friendliness and competence of all the staff who certainly go the extra mile! Overall a very relaxing and enjoyable experience in a beautiful setting.

10/10 Excellent

Jack

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An elegant country house
This is an elegant hotel in a beautiful setting. The room was the nicest we had during our two weeks in Europe. The delicious breakfast was served in a lovely dining room with a beautiful view of the Devon countryside. Although we did not have dinner there, the menu looked wonderful. Service was first rate and thoroughly attentive.

10/10 Excellent

Barbs, Gloucs

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Needed an overnight stop, this hotel was convenient for us. Pleased and surprised by every aspect of the hotel Would definitely recommend and use again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kevin, Dorset

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous overnight stay
The Horn of Plenty is a wonderful quality small country house hotel with kind attentive staff.The food flavors excel in all areas. Our room with dog in tow was lovely clean and comfortable with a fabulous view. Thanks very much.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Allison, Mid Devon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
As lovely as ever
We had the great fortune of an invitation to an 85th birthday lunch at The Horn of Plenty and decided to stay the night as well. The lunch was lovely and as beautifully presented and served as ever. We were upgraded to a large room in the main house and enjoyed the lovely views and comfort. Thank you...
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017