Reviews of The Smugglers Rest

Excellent Breakfast!

Overall atmosphere

It was fine, but parking was a bit uncertain

Lovely location, excellent breakfast very clean and modern friendly welcoming owners

The staff were incredibly helpful and the most wonderful location in a quaint English village..perfect in every sense

Nothing not to like

We always stay here the breakfast is amazing and the restaurant food is second to none .we always stay in the Lee room nice and comfortable! We park our car and never use it until it’s time to go home ,we walk everywhere partly to burn of all the lovely food the smugglers rest deliverer 😊

We like the friendliness and the whole experience

Stacey & Will welcoming, friendly and super helpful. Went out of their way to help when we had forgotten to pack something we needed. Will organised our parking permit which made things alot easier on arriving. Room very clean and extra comfy bed. Breakfast amazing, a lot of choice on the menu, set us up for the day. Location great 10 mins walk from Holiday Park where our young family were staying. Loved the welcoming we received from Kingsley on entering the building! Thank you both (and Kingsley) for a lovely stay.

Nothing not to like

Had a great stay at the Smugglers, room was comfy and beautifully decorated with some nice touches including a Nespresso machine (pods replaced daily) Breakfast was exceptionally good, with great variety to choose from, all very well presented and tasty Big shout out to Will and Stacey the owners, well done both and keep up the brilliant work !

Can't fault it !

Charming very friendly, helpful, hospitable hosts. Convenient for walking the SW coast path with a local bus stop outside the door. Delicious wide choice for breakfast included and very good high quality but expensive dinner menu. Mortehoe is a lovely little village with 2 pubs, popular fish and chip shop, another take away restaurant and a small post office, no food store. Busy in the evenings with campsites close by.

The ‘Lee’ was a small double room as advertised but much smaller than expected, very warm and slight disturbance from rooms above and next door.

Excellent breakfast Location Staff

Very small room /bathroom No wardrobe

Ideal location for what we wanted, Will & Stacy were great hosts, friendly, helpful and very welcoming. Great choices for breakfast (we didn't eat there in evening) Very quiet at night as well, overall we enjoyed our mini break at Smugglers Rest Would we come back again? Yes we definitely would

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The property has been renovated to high standard and well maintained. Quality of the restaurant food is fantastic - including a broad breakfast choice and fabulous food quality. The Bistro was equally great, plus a lovely atmosphere. The property is in a great location. The owners made us feel at home. We will be back! Thank you 🤩

We can’t fault the property.

Lovely b&b friendly hosts , they make you very welcome . Rooms great and the food is fantastic. Just a short walk into Woolacombe.

A very good breakfast, a good variety, and better quality than many we have had.

The Smugglers Rest is a very special place. We wanted to get away for a weekend and simply enjoy some time together in peace and quiet. We were warmly welcomed by Will right from the start and were able to check into a very cosy and stylish room straight away. At first we ate in other pubs, but were quickly won over by his wife's cooking skills. It starts with incredible mussels, continues with delicious seafood pasta and ends with an incredible chocolate fondant. The team at The Smugglers Rest simply knows how to make guests feel very comfortable and at the same time impress with high quality. Thank you for your time!

Loved our stay at Smugglers Rest. Will and Stacey made us feel so welcome and at home. Would highly recommend

Will and Stacey (and Kingsley the retriever!) welcome their guests very warmly to their delightful home, which soon feels like your home too. The room we had was enormous with a seating area as well as a spacious bathroom with bath and a huge shower. Extremely comfy bed, lots of hot water and a deeply peaceful night’s sleep. The breakfast was delicious and we also ate on 2 evenings in the bistro - exceptionally good food and a chilled vibe. Be aware that the restaurant is not open every evening. Mortehoe is a charming small village, though there are 2 pubs to choose from (not to mention the tea room which does the best cream tea ever!) and you can walk directly out onto the coast path in either direction. We saw seals and kestrels out near Morte Point - such a delight! Woolacombe is just a short hop down the road with its 2 miles of sandy beach and there are numerous small coves for a swim too. Croyde and Ilfracombe within 20 minutes drive and we can recommend a boat trip to Lundy Island - we saw puffins as well as numerous seabirds. Car parking is directly over the road - just buy a 4 or 7 day pass. We can’t wait to return to this little slice of heaven!

Nothing! One small observation - we would have appreciated the offer of fruit / cereal for breakfast, but it has to be said that everything on the menu (pancakes / smoothie bowl / omelette / cooked breakfast) was top notch.

Lovely room (exmoor) and fantastic friendly hosts. Dinner was amazing, and the breakfast choice was really good. Despite the heatwave outside the property remained a reasonable temperature

Bed was a bit soft for my liking

The breakfasts were amazing, and the hosts were very helpful.