Holm House
Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Style Deco-fuelled modernity
Setting Penarth's Victorian seafront
Holm House is a cwtchy* 1920s boutique hotel in Wales sitting atop 'Millionaires Row' on the outskirts of Penarth, 10 minutes from Cardiff. Brazilian mahogany panelling and working open fireplaces blend with cool Osborne & Little styling and slate-grey corridor tunnels. A bedside brass bath here, a deco triptych mirror there; the effect is an ultra-glamorous vision of Twenties/Noughties luxury. * (That's 'cosy' to the non-Welsh.)
Need to know
- Rooms 12, including five suites.
-
Rates
Double rooms from $188.17 (£120), excluding tax at 20 per cent.
Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (£120), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
- More details Rates include full Welsh breakfast. Dinner, bed and breakfast rates are available, and include a three-course dinner with champagne and canapés.
- Facilities Spa, gym, hydrotherapy pool. In rooms, flatscreen TV, DVD player, free WiFi, Tassimo drinks machine, Aromatherapy Associates toiletries, bathrobes, slippers.
- Poolside The black-tiled indoor pool has views across the gardens.
- Check-out 11.30am; check-in, from 2pm.
- Children Under-eights stay free; older children are £50 extra and cots and camp beds are available. There's no babysitting, but there are kids' menus and high chairs in the restaurant, and staff will prepare packed lunches or heat milk.
Food and drink at Holm House
-
Hotel restaurant
Purple-patterned Osborne & Little papers stretch around Brazilian mahogany panelling and over balloon-backed chairs in Neale’s Restaurant, where head chef Jake Keward demonstrates his fresh approach to fine dining.
- Dress code Laid-back to the nines.
- Top table A window seat overlooking the gardens, or in the mirror-lined Salon Privé dining room for 10.
- Last orders Breakfast is served 8am–10am Monday to Sunday. Lunch runs from midday to 2pm in the bar or restaurant. Dinner is served between 7pm and 9.30pm.
- Room service Available 24 hours: hot food until the restaurant kitchen closes; after that, the night porter can bring you cold platters and snacks.
-
Hotel bar
Serving cognacs in winter and bellinis on the terrace in summer, the bar is open until the last guest leaves.
Holm House Marine Parade, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF64 3BG
Join us – it's free!
Sign up now for exclusive hotel offers, money back on every booking, and Smith extras (like the one below) whenever you book with us. more
Smith extra at Holm House
A selection of homemade shortbread and welshcakes and a five per cent discount on spa treatments.
Current offers at Holm House
In the know
Our favourite rooms
Bron-Y-Glyn is the largest, most romantic suite, with a black lacquer four-poster and a brass bedroom bath with sea views. Gold-infused Skomer offers high glamour, with a high bed to match. Flatholm, a suite on the second floor, has a copper bedside bath. Adjacent to the Spa, the Court junior suite is a luxurious all-white loft cocoon, ideal for a weekend of pampering. Of the smaller rooms, we like Gwentlands overlooking the courtyard. Essedene is the best room for families – it has a sofa bed and kitchenette.
Packing tips
An elasticated waistband and gym kit.
From the Guestbook…
We visited for our pearl wedding anniversary, so booked one of the suites. Amazing views of the channel and with beautifully warm November weather we were able to take coffee on th...
more
