In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The Cabin has two bedrooms and its own living room, and offers perfect seclusion. The four new rooms feature six-foot beds and decked terraces, and can be connected for family groups.
- Packing tips
- Frisbee, kite, binoculars.
- Also
- The kitchen will provide a picnic hamper on request.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A free bottle of house wine with your evening meal
Driftwood
Cornwall, United Kingdom [view map]
- Style
- New England yacht club
- Setting
- Bracing Cornish clifftop
Striking the perfect balance between accessible and remote, the main house of this boutique hotel has an incredible setting, high on a Cornish cliff with spectacular views over the bay and Driftwood’s own private beach. From the outside it doesn’t look out of the ordinary, but the interior has been given a great deal of thought: the furnishings have a comfortable, homely feel, in blues and creams and natural woods – all very, very tasteful.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 14 rooms, and a private cabin overlooking the beach.
- Rates
- £190–£230, including breakfast, newspaper and, in low season, dinner. A minimum two-night stay is required at weekends and on bank holidays.
- Check-out
- 11am (but flexible); earliest check-in, 2pm.
- Facilities
- Private beach, terrace, seven acres of heritage coastline, TV room with DVD/video library, WiFi, parking. In rooms, DVD/video player, free broadband internet access, L’Occitane toiletries.
- Hotel closed
- Driftwood is closed for eight weeks in winter, usually from early December to early February.
- Also
- In-room beauty treatments can be booked if you need some TLC.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Chef Chris Eden was formerly at the Square, and uses fresh, local and organic ingredients when available to produce his Modern European menu; highlights include wonderful fish and seafood and home-made bread.
- Dress code
- Chino chic: deck shoes, panama hats and cable knits.
- Top table
- A corner table in the new extension, or table 6 in the conservatory, overlooking the sea.
- Last orders
- Food: 9.30pm. Breakfast heartily from 8am until 9.30am (10am on Sundays).
- Room service
- Drinks and snacks only.
- Hotel bar
- There’s a wee little bar next to the restaurant, serving all the usual tipples till midnight, but you could also take a glass of chilled wine onto the deck or the lawn and soak in that gorgeous view from a comfortable steamer chair.
Other facilities
- Children
- Warmly welcomed. There is a £10 charge for under-12s sharing their parents’ room (£15 for over-12s), including breakfast. The games room has, among other amusements, a PlayStation. more info
Smith card offer
A free bottle of house wine with your evening meal
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Driftwood
Rosevine
near Portscatho
Cornwall TR2 5EW