The Mount Pleasant Hotel

Nothing

The property was beautiful but the only minor downside was that the shower was difficult to regulate.

The decoration is rather 70s style.
But we warmed to it and brought back lots of happy memories of family holidays in the past.

Room (17) on the top floor, directly above kitchens at the side of the hotel. Bathroom in particular smelled of fat and cooking smells which was deeply unpleasant - there appears to be no professional venting to the kitchen which is good because no fan noise, but bad because smells permeate the fabric of the building in that area. Couldn't open the windows to clear smell because of kitchen below. Tip: Keep the bathroom door closed at all times. No bar, no room service, no snacks available between breakfast and dinner. Breakfast is served from a menu and was oddly bland, not particularly generous - only one egg even if that's all you ordered; One poached egg, one boiled egg etc., Porridge was freezing cold on one morning - just out of the fridge. Lack of cooking smells in the morning leads me to believe breakfast is cooked in advance and heated up which in addition to lack of professional venting, also explains the blandness of the cooked breakfast which was a bit weird. Nowhere to sit with friends indoors in the late evening to have a chat or nightcap before bed - everything locked up by 10pm including the lounge - I get fire regs but still .. Hotel prices for B&B service.

Please replace the vintage carpets. The smell downstairs on arrival is akin to an older persons care home. At least our room didn’t replicate that.

I know Sidmouth is a very attractive and rightly popular destination, but I felt the price was just the wrong side of being not great value for money for the size of room.

There was a temporary chef which must have created challenges, but to be unable to prepare gooey poached eggs on toast as requested was a bit disappointing. To be fair, when we laboured the point on the second time, the eggs were perfect.

Shame there was no bar

The walls are way too thin and you can hear the people and Tvs in the rooms to the sides of you. We had a problem with person in the room next door to us with his rude manner and loud tv. Of course this is not the hotels fault but the tvs are placed on the walls that back on to the place someone is sleeping. A note in rooms to be respectful about volume wouldn't go a miss. Would personally prefer a buffet style breakfast where you help yourself to the continental items before a cooked breakfast is served. Didn't like having to order cereals etc. We also really didn't like late breakfast being only open from 8.15 -9.15. Limiting time when you are awake earlier and want to eat. There was a morning I was awake an hour and a half earlier than this time and I went for a walk because breakfast wasn't available yet. Wouldn't suit business persons who need to have an early breakfast and go.
I also wasn't keen on everyone in the dining room for breakfast at the same time. Dinner service also 6.30- 7.15. Very restricted time wise and have never witnessed a dinner time like this. Didn't suit so we didn't bother to have.

We would have preferred a garden view from our room with its king size bed.

Would have liked a small bar

During heat wave, Could have a fan in the room