Balfour Arms, Exeter

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This twin room has a tea and coffee maker, a carpeted floor, flat-screen TV, as well as wine/champagne for guests.

Category	Facilities
Others	parking, bar, wifi, food.
Miscellaneous	Non-smoking rooms, Non-smoking throughout, Designated smoking area.
Accessibility	Walk-in shower, Upper floors accessible by stairs only.
Bathroom	Body soap, Conditioner, Toilet paper, Shower, Hairdryer, Shampoo.
Room Amenities	Carpeted, Non-feather pillow, Iron, Trash cans, Clothes rack, Desk, Interconnected room(s) available, Ironing facilities, Heating.
Food & Drink	Room service, Tea/Coffee maker, Restaurant, Kid meals, Wine or champagne.
Safety & security	Fire extinguisher, CCTV outside property, CCTV in common areas, Smoke alarm.
Services	Wireless Internet.
Cleaning services	Daily housekeeping.
Media & Technology	TV, Flat-screen TV.
Services & Extras	Towels, Linen.
Common areas	Games room, Garden, Shared lounge/TV area.
Reception services	Invoice provided.
Entertainment and family services	Children's playground.

About This Property

Balfour Arms has a garden, shared lounge, a restaurant and bar in Sidmouth. With free WiFi, this 4-star inn offers room service. The property is non-smoking and is situated 2.5 km from Sidmouth Beach.

Guest Ratings For This Property

8.0

Based on 600 Reviews

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Comfort

8.7

Cleanliness

8.7

Value For Money

8.6

Facilities

8.4

Guest Reviews

Rita

young couple

1.0

Bad

We did not stay at this property for the reasons stated above.

The member of staff was polite

It was situated too far away from the seafront. The bedding and bathroom appeared clean but there were crumbs visible on the carpet. No clean towels were available at check in time. The property was shabby and unkempt.

Published on 01 Jan 2024

Adele

young couple

8.0

Very good

A bit further away from Sidmouth front, parking and breakfast included and good prices, just noisy as rooms above bar,

Good location with parking included and reasonable price

Noise as room above bar, things missing when went for breakfast like cutlery, butter, bowls for cereal , missing cups in room so couldnt make a brew in the room

Published on 30 Dec 2023

Kevin

review category business travellers

5.0

Passable

Basic pub with rooms - dont expect anything more.

Good local pub with rooms

Service and cleanliness was hit and miss - breakfast chef did not turn up on the first morning. Pub is open until late on some nights - can be noisy.

Published on 21 Dec 2023

Michael

young couple

4.0

Disappointing

Becky was on permanent duty, cleaning running the bar and dealing with reception in a cheerful and efficient manner

Convenient well priced, Becky was hard working and cheerful

The room while having crisp clean linen was tired and in need of a good sort out. The main light lamp shade required removing and thoroughly cleaning the dust was evident in the evening when the light was on, see photograph. The bathroom sink liquid soap dispenser was mucky.

Published on 18 Dec 2023

Paul

solo traveller

8.0

Very good

Very Good one Night Stsy

Bedroom very comfortable and well equipped with everything expected. Desk/Dressing Table in correct location with mirror over and plug socket next to mirror. So many hotels around the world get this wrong. The Balfour gets it right! Complimentary tea coffee making well stocked as was bathroom accessories.

Nothing really just a little convoluted to get from Bar Reception to get to the bedrooms. WC seat was off of its hinges. Forgot to mention on checkout

Published on 16 Dec 2023

Peter

young couple

10.0

Exceptional

The Quiz gatecrashers Scooby2

Friendly staff,scrummy food, good sized room and excellent entertainment with Simon the Quiz master, great to see a pub put on different events to attract customers which you could tell everyone enjoyed.

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Published on 14 Dec 2023

Kevin

young couple

8.0

Very good

Functional, comfortable and good value

Bedroom was a reasonable size with a large double bed that was comfortable. Shower room was a good size too.

Breakfast buffet choices were rather limited and cooked breakfast was somewhat overcooked but had generous portion of bacon to go with the fried egg and sausage. Although the room was comfortable it was slightly marred by the sounds of coughing coming from the adjacent room for most of the night. This may have been a young staff member who appeared in the morning and appeared to have a smoker's cough!

Published on 12 Dec 2023

Leslie

young couple

5.0

Passable

would only stop there again if we were desperate.

the breakfast was below average.

when we were ready to vacate our room we could not find anyone to give the keys to.

Published on 08 Dec 2023

Sarah

family with young children

1.0

Bad

Nothing

Loud music rave till 1.15 in the morning. The floor was bouncing . Not warned about this in advance. On arrival we were informed that the chef had decided not to start breakfast until 9.30 am , so we had to go without.

Published on 06 Dec 2023

Rebecca

young couple

6.0

Pleasant

Friendly staff, good breakfast, big bed

Can hear conversations in the pub word for word from the bedroom so it's pretty noisy, the corridor was quite dirty and smelly and the bathroom wasn't very clean - mouldy shower, dirty towel rail etc

Published on 01 Dec 2023