Name: The Nook
Address: Alexandra Road Ayr, St Ives, St Ives, St Ives, TR26 1EQ, United Kingdom
Rating: 9

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Free Wi-Fi

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Pets Not Allowed

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Extra decontamination measures

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Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

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At the guest house

South West Coast Path Section 21 Trailhead

Barnoon Cemetery

St. Ives Theatre

Porthmeor Beach

Barbara Hepworth Museum

Leach Pottery Museum

New Millennium Gallery

St Ives Harbour

Harbour Sand

The Penwith Gallery

Penzance

Newquay Cornwall Airport

The Nook

St Ives

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Lovely large room on the group floor, great bathroom and view of the communal garden. Only one problem, we booked through Booking.com and didn’t get an email Re code for the door . After a phone call we eventually got the code . Probably a 10 minute walk down a steep hill to the beach but having parking was a bonus .

Lovely stay

stayed 2 nights at the nook, room on the ground floor (the only one i think) very nice modern spaceous room, kettle, tea and coffee in the room, king bed, big shower, all very nice the only thing we couldnt get normal tv programmes!
there is a shared kitchen but we didnt use, limited parking and if the place was fully booked i dont think everyone would have a space, also very small and tight to park.
we walked into town but it is hilly, overall we have a lovely time in st ives and prob would stay at the nook again.

the nook

They allocated  us an inferior room to the one we booked. The management then refused to answer our phone calls. As there are no staff present at the property we had no way to register our disgust. The place  advertises  being 5 mins from the beach, without explaining that this is the secondary beach in St Ives, and that the return trip involves climbing incredibly steep hills, which renders it totally unsuita le for anyone elderly or infirm. They then had the effrontery to try to charge a supplement for a second person to occupy a twin room.
I would suggest that this place is best avoided.

Avoid

My partner and I stayed here for 4 nights. Unfortunately on the first night a man entered our room at 3am which was extremely alarming. The hotel have ignored all of my messages regarding this matter. As the hotel doesn’t have any staff on site you do wonder how secure the property is. We apparently had a deluxe room but the bathroom was so small, an older person or family would struggle  with this. Our room wasn’t cleaned for the entire duration on our stay either.

Overall there will be far better and more competitively priced accommodation in St Ives.

Really disappointing accommodation

Very basic place. Both bedroom and bathroom were very small in the double bedroom. Small shower, no bath mat, no hand soap, had to buy more loo roll from the shop round the corner. Said there would be ironing facilities but it’s actually a communal iron downstairs, not your own one in your room. Mini ‘fridge’ was so small you could hardly fit anything in it and it also didn’t get cold. The ‘digital keypad’ on our bedroom door was so hit and miss, and ‘failed’ so many times… very frustrating, it should be easy to just open our bedroom door…! No one around greet/meet us or to ask for help or to answer any queries as they’ve now decide to operate solely online/digitally. If I’m honest I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone or come back ourselves. Definitely not luxury so if that’s what you’re looking for then I would look elsewhere! Overall, just extremely overpriced for how basic and shoddy it was (£400 for 3 nights 😳!) and our customer experience was not great either since it got ‘taken over by new management’. We originally had booked a king sized room and then when it got taken over by the new people, our room miraculously changed to a ‘double room’ but the price stayed the same. They also said we’d have a ‘sea view’ - this was funny because it was actually a view of the car park and houses, but if you look past the house you can see the sea ever so slightly in the distance… but you’d probably be able to see it a bit more if the windows weren’t so dirty and grimy. Reviews seemed to be better with the management before current management, and the photos on the website make it seem nicer than what it actually is.

Very basic and overpriced

Contact less check in, instructions sent via email.  Really easy.  Lovely room, but the shower room was long and narrow, the shower cubicle was fine but on opening the cubicle door you are stuck between the sink and the window.  As in all places we stay nowhere in the shower cubicle to put anything.  Plenty of wardrobe space.  A mini fridge on the floor of the wardrobe, which was really annoying.  But at least we had a fridge!  The coffee machine was great.  As everyone says, the walk down the hill OK, the walk back up - no way!  We had a taxi back up twice.  If you are looking for somewhere to eat try The Hub, basically burgers but lovely, and loads of gluten free options.  If we return to St Ives we would certainly stay at the Nook again.

Three night stay to visit family.

Recently stayed here for 2 nights on a road trip around Cornwall and we had an enjoyable stay.  Our room was a little dark so we often needed the light on in the daytime, but was otherwise very clean and comfortable.  We were left a welcome pack with biscuits and juice, which we thought was a nice touch.  There is a car park, which is a bonus on St Ives.  The trade off is an uphill walk back to the room in the evenings, but we didn't mind that.

We didn't see the owners, which was a shame.  We stayed in 4 other places during our trip where we were greeted in person and it was perfectly Covid safe, so not sure why this is.  The upside was a very quick check in and check out process - all done by collecting key from a box and dropping it off there - very convenient.

We paid £118 per night which we did think was a bit pricey, but this is not unusual in St Ives and we did book fairly last minute.  

Overall I would certainly stay again and would recommend to anyone, as long as you are fit enough for the walk back in the evenings.

Pleasant 2 night stay

Can't fault this place. Good size twin room for my son & I. Clean coffee machine & kettle tea & coffee pods in the room. Comfortable lounge. Runs well with no staff resident in site. Cleaner delightful & very hard working.
Comfortable lounge area for guests.

Excellent

We stayed in September 2021 but no housekeeping or breakfast was provided due to Covid measures.  However, despite the emphasis on hygiene, the bathroom  extractor fan was almost blocked with dirt and the shower head was unclean.
There was a fridge and milk left as a substitute for breakfast but the fridge didn't work and so the milk went solid and sour within 12 hours of our stay.
This is a shame as the concept of The Nook is great with a nice downstairs communal area, parking and a convenient location in to town.

Room cleanliness could be better

Lovely contemporary furnishings. Not as clean as I would hope in this climate. Bed clean and comfortable. Dust on lamps next to bed went to turn on hot handful of dust. A cluster of dust hanging from small cobweb over clothes rail. On suite extremely small and smelt like an old drain. Bin in bathroom stainless still and rusty. No daily cleaning due to Covid to limit contact fir staff and guests. Tiny fridge that didn’t get very cold milk sour after 12 hours of arrival. Two tea bags for 3 night stay . Not replenished. No breakfast due to Covid. Parking good value but tight spaces. It was very peaceful and despite concerns and anxiety over cleanliness relaxing stay.

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