Is The Downs Babbacombe pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property. There's a fee of GBP 10.00 per pet, per night. Service animals are exempt from fees. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much does it cost to stay at The Downs Babbacombe?

As of 4 Nov 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at The Downs Babbacombe on 11 Nov 2025 start from NZ$229.21, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at The Downs Babbacombe?

Self-parking is available for GBP 10 per day. There is free parking nearby.

What time is check-in at The Downs Babbacombe?

Check-in start time: 3:30 PM; check-in end time: 9:00 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

Where is The Downs Babbacombe located?

Located in Babbacombe, this beach bed & breakfast is within a 10-minute walk of Babbacombe Beach, Babbacombe Model Village and Gardens and Bygones Victorian Museum. Kents Cavern Prehistoric Caves and Princess Theatre are also within 3 mi (5 km).

The Downs Babbacombe Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

7 Nov 2023

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

A perfect place to stay.

Perfect place to stay in our first visit to Babbacome. It’s a friendly lovely place we can’t recommend it enough. Friendly helpful staff and owners. Breakfast fabulous. We would definitely stay there again.

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Peter

21 Apr 2025

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

Downs babbacombe

The hotel is good with a queen size bed and overlooks the seafront. However it is a lot more exxpensive than the hotel next door. We didnt have a breakfast as they only serve until 9.15am

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Lorraine

28 Aug 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

When we arrived there was no staff to check us in we had to wait until someone turned up me and my husband both have bad backs and we had to climb 2 flights of stairs we won’t be going back there

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Geoffrey

21 Jul 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Fantastic breakfast!

Lovely position with great views over the bay, room was small but had everything we needed, breakfast was fantastic!

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Michelle

12 Sept 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Hotel review

Great location near to the beach, shops bars and restaurants. Regular buses into local areas. Extremely helpful staff who were happy to help with anything. We didn’t eat at the hotel but breakfast and evening meals were available with a well stocked bar. The steps to the room were steep but we were informed about them before we arrived and were happy with our choice. Room dated and very small but had a beautiful view and all the usual commodities. Clean and tidy. Unfortunately, the mattress was uncomfortable which meant we didn’t sleep well.

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

23 Sept 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very warm welcome, super breakfast, comfy bed and beautiful view

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

17 Sept 2019

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Only here for one night but everything was perfect, stunning views of the English Riviera

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

10 Sept 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

I think the word is consistency. Somethings are really good others not so good. If they were to spend money on the not so good the Downs would be Excellent. It was very cluttered. My husband is blind and for a person with no sight it was an assault cause. Stair lift on the stairs. Running machine in the back entrance tables and chairs in every corridor. The bed was 2 3ft beds pushed together which isn’t exactly what was promised we were told a large bed. The sink in our bathroom wasn’t fit for purpose. Too small to wash in more water on the floor than the sink. My husband really enjoyed his Omelette he had for breakfast, but the bacon was smoked and my boiled egg was watery and undercooked. Neither to my taste the bread used for toast was thin tasteless and clearly cheap bread. Personally it needs to be de cluttered, the bacon should be unsmoked as used in every single other hotel I have ever stayed in and offer a good selection of toast for breakfast white bloomer, seeded, granary. All of which aren’t expensive and would leave a much better customer experience in my opinion.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Paul, Old Harlow Essex

29 Jul 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Beautiful room with balcony overlooking Babbacombe Bay. Breakfast to die for and varied selection and very friendly staff. Very dog friendly and amenable. Ed the owner (also) Chef very pleasant. We will have a return visit. Paul & Pat Bidgood.

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Elliott

26 Jul 2019

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

Great

Very Clean and friendly. Lovely views.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Gordon

21 Jul 2019

Disliked: Room comfort

Guest house very tired really needs updating

Good points, view, comfortable bed, berries at breakfast, refurbished bathroom with nice toiletry products, easy free parking in local roads. The bad, was told it was a 6' bed it was 5', the room described as compact (we had a phone call before to tell us) it was tiny and no where to sit inside. Breakfast served only between 8.30 and 9.15, we got down at about 8.40 first day and got served at about 9, the second day we were down at 8.35 and got served at 9.10, the lady serving was run off her feet and did apologise for the wait due to a full house. We could hear every sound from adjoining room, which meant they could probably also hear us.The place is very tired, our room (11) really does need a good decoration and was overpriced for what we paid. We were disappointed with the general condition of the hotel I know the hotel has numerous accolades but the above views are honestly held.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Dave

19 Jul 2019

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

Happy

Nice little place. Good breakfast comfy bed and great views

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Wendy

28 Jun 2019

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

Great weekend break. Excellent position on the sea front. Very welcoming and friendly staff. Made our dog very welcome.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

John

20 Jun 2019

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

Home away from home

Really homely feel to the place and extremely welcoming. The shower didn’t have much power but that would just need a new head or setting change. Overall it was a very pleasant stay

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Dennis

7 Jun 2019

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

Only stayed one night - But had no problems from checking into checking out - Meals were well priced - Used the Council Car park at rear of hotel would recommend £8 for twenty four hours - Very Good location to get to Torquay Paignton and Brixham

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

31 May 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

We stayed at this property for two nights and I have to say that the view from our bedroom window was beautiful. The staff were very helpful and the breakfast was excellent. However I would be doing a disservice to both the owners of the property and the guests of the future if I did not state a very important fact. We were in room 4 and this was located on the first floor sandwiched between the ground floor and the second floor. As we had a long drive tiredness had taken over and we were into bed at around 1030 pm. which was when the creaking from the ceiling started. I believe the people upstairs had just begun the night and there was non stop squeaking and creaking as they walked in and about their bedroom. This was not necessarily their fault but this went on and on as I tried to sleep in vain. It got so annoying that I wished I could run downstairs and ask to be given a different room but it was too late for that as most b&bs do not have a 24 hour reception, but there was I tossing in my bed till 230am in the morning. At 3am Out of desperation I turned on the extractor fan in the bathroom to drown the noise and finally got a little sleep. I would not be running back to the hotel although it has a lot of good things as sleep is probably the most important of them and if a hotel can deny you that, then I would reconsider where I would be staying.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

23 Apr 2019

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

Excellent location, great staff, wonderful breakfast , super overall

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

15 Apr 2019

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

A comfortable stay in Babbacombe

We had a one night stay whilst visiting Babbacombe Theatre (only 100yards away) so very convenient. Like the Theatre, the hotel is right on the sea front and has fantastic views of the coast. We had a double room at the back of the hotel so no views but it was functional which was all we needed (and also good value for money). Breakfast was included with plenty of choice on the menu. Friendly and welcoming staff.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Alison

24 Mar 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Great location but in need of updating.

This hotel is in need of updating to keep up with today’s market. It was exceptionally clean & our room was nicely laid out with everything in it you could wish for but the public areas let it down. In the dining room at one end was a pile of cushions for the outdoor furniture and at the other end there was a shower curtain screening off an area and in front of that was a piano being used as a storage unit laden with stuff including Christmas decorations. The public loo area for the bar and restaurant was filled with junk and exercise machines and broken chairs etc. In our room we had two very strong air fresheners, one in the loo and one in the room itself and they were overpowering, in the middle of the night we hade to put them outside our room as they were giving us a headache and getting back our throats. Breakfast was very good, apart from the juice which tasted cheap and powdery. I was a bit disappointed with the service too as we were greeted nicely on check in and both mornings at breakfast but on leaving the hotel the owners didn’t bother to come and take our key or check if our stay had been ok instead I just had to hand the key to the waitress. When the owner phoned me prior to our stay I had mentioned that we were there visiting family and we didn’t require dinner etc and I almost feel as though we were less important as we wouldn’t be spending any further money there. It’s a shame as it’s in a great location and could be wonderful but it needs some tlc..

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Denis

20 Mar 2019

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

Great location

Great location, dog friendly and fantastic breakfast

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

15 Feb 2019

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

I liked excellent location, friendly staff and clean room. Being the winter season the place was a bit dead. The walls were thin and I could hear the guest next door snoring! Also rather unusual arrangement with shower; as en suite not big enough, the shower cubicle was situated in the room, immediately inside the door from the corridor. Strange, but it worked!

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Paul

22 Jan 2019

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

Small hotel with good view of bay.

Very good breakfast. Room small but nice. Wanted to have dinner but unfortunately chef was on holiday.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kath

28 Sept 2018

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

Friendly quiet hotel

Lovely quiet hotel with very helpful, obliging staff. Room was clean and comfortable - the only downside was the water pressure to the shower was very low (possibly because we were on the second floor), making showering a slow process. Breakfast good. WiFi worked well.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Julian

22 May 2018

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

Great small hotel with outstanding views.

From the moment I arrived I was made to feel very welcome, my room had superb views of the bay. Breakfast and evening meals were very good.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

EILEEN

16 May 2025

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

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