Need to know
Rooms
14
Check–Out
11am. Earliest check-in, 3pm. Both are flexible, subject to availability.
More details
Some rates include a continental breakfast (£22.50); à la carte options are extra.
Also
Owner Matthew is from the third generation of a local family of restaurateurs. Unearthing old hotel guest books tucked away in dusty cupboards, Matthew and Iselin discovered the hotel’s starry past amid entries from David Niven, Susan Hampshire, Chay Blyth and Gerald Durrell.
At the hotel
Maddie's, yoga studio, e-bikes to hire. In rooms: free WiFi, smart TV, free bottled water, espresso machine and kettle, Velvé bath products.
Our favourite rooms
All rooms are dressed in a grown-up palette of soft pastels with designer furnishings, such as Designers Guild fabrics, Tate & Darby rugs, Abi Overland prints and Collectiviste light fittings. Second-floor rooms are better tucked away from the bar and restaurant, and include deluxe double room 14, which has harbour views from its wide windows. First-floor sea-facing rooms come with French doors and modest balconies.
Spa
There’s no spa at the Moorings, but the hotel has a dedicated yoga and pilates studio on the first floor, open to guests and locals, which hosts two or three classes each day.
Packing tips
You’ll want to channel fisherman chic: pack chunky knits, hardy denim, big-pocket coats and serious boots. For nights in the restaurant, add glamour with a change of footwear, plus cashmere, layers of shimmer or statement jewels.
Also
With no lift, sadly there’s no access for wheelchair users due to the age of the building.
Pet‐friendly
No pets allowed at this food-focused Jersey stay. See more pet-friendly hotels in Jersey.
Children
Up to two children (under 12) stay free in an extra bed and cot bed if in the Harbour View Family or Deluxe Castle Facing Double rooms. Please let the hotel know if you’re travelling with little Smiths in advance, so they can set the rooms up.
Sustainability efforts
The hotel’s efforts to tackle waste are evident not just in its recycling practices and use of refillable bath products, thermos flasks for fresh milk, glass bottles over plastic, and compostable coffee pods, but also in its considered re-use of some pieces of furniture already in situ at the hotel before its overhaul. Old armchairs were reupholstered and inherited side tables and chests of drawers slotted into new room schemes. The hotel’s bars are made from an old slab of mahogany that a local carpenter had been waiting to use. Locally sourced meat and seafood is at the heart of the Moorings’ restaurant ethos.