Captains House

Unfortunately, room 7 was not suitable for a 6-foot-4 and 5 foot 9 couple in the eaves with a box en suite |Booked through a 3rd party/hotels.com advertising free parking, bed and breakfast, hairdryer, toiletries. No hairdryer and I've never been to a b and b with no shower gel.|Upon arrival very welcoming man, said to park down the end of the single width road with free parking 6 pm to 10 am. Had to pay after that. |Went to the room 3rd floor with a pretty view from 3 small windows but not big enough for 2 people to work their way around the room|We were told a cooked breakfast is an extra £10 p/p |Our booking was sold as bed and breakfast. He said if not we get continental, that's fine as I would expect croissants, yoghurts, fruit etc. This wasn't what we got. Small fruit bowl., toast and 3 types of cereal in tupperware.|We asked to move rooms as I had to bend over just to get my side of the bed with a bad back wasn't what I expected and a dressing table under the eaves, that couldn't be used. |Number 7 would new fine for a single person |When you need to use the bathroom, In the night holding your hands up to make sure you don't bump your head wasn't my way of fun. |The owners were friendly, clean but not what we expected. Hotels.com or the 3rd party booking site should state continental breakfast. On street parking chargeable. No shower gel/hairdryer and if you are in the eaves, should stipulate. |Very pretty building. Sadly we won't be coming back to lynmouth although devon and Cornwall is our favourite getaway.|Tip go into the tourist board as they can sell you parking tickets for the car parks in lynton and lynmouth.

The Captain's House has a beautiful garden, but that's the only nice thing I can say about it. The owner was rude and acted like Basil Fawlty from the TV show. When we asked for a simple latte, he told us they only serve cream teas and then rudely asked if we even knew what one was. We just wanted drinks, but he pushed us into buying what he called "homemade" cake. There was no visible price lists and we were charged a convenient round £20. When we chose to pay by card, it irritated the owner, and we were subjected to further sarcastic comments. I was then told to follow the owner inside, and had to wait for his wife to get off the phone to clear the line so payment could be made. The tea was fine, but the cake didn't taste homemade at all. To make things worse, when we asked to use the toilet for our young children, his wife told us we were not allowed to use their facilities and said we had to use the public toilets up the road. This is a B&B, so they should have facilities for guests. In short, the the location is lovely, the food OK, and the owners unpleasant. Save your money and go somewhere else in Lynmouth where you'll be welcomed.

Well what can I say that already hasn’t been said. The previous comments are all true. On arriving we had the hard sell of the cream teas, we ordered one and my husband and I had cake each and tea, that was £25, there was no menu or prices so he can charge what he likes. The cake was lovely and a big slice but a slice of cake and tea £8 really!!! It’s such a shame because it’s a wonderful setting in the garden by the river.

Wish we had read the reviews before visiting! We thought it was a lovely setting and was surprised there wasn’t more people there, but we would try the cream tea. £16 for 2 tiny scones each, a small bowl of cream to share and the same of cheap jam ( we couldn’t work out what jam it was meant to be) like other people have mentioned there is no toilets as “it is a guest house “ as we were told and he wanted payment asap. Shame, but we won’t be back.

after a scenic walk we decided to stop off for some tea and coffee. we were greeted by the old chap rather bluntly and we met him with the news of seating 7 people. he rather quickly hobbled over to go gather 7 chairs and an extra table. we all tucked into the garden and practically got told what to order.. “cream teas?” we disappointed him with only one cream tea to share and the rest drinks. when received our order one of the mugs had some rubbish in it. as well as poor service, a general question of “where are the toilets?” we got a firm finger pointed across the bridge and quite rudely told to use the public ones. overall, lovely garden, food was okay but the terrible service rules over. we suggest he may debate a potential career change. we guide him away from hospitality..a memorable session of afternoon tea but i don't fancy ever taking a walk down memory lane.

Every disparaging review of this establishment is absolutely true. The proprietor has the social graces of Basil Fawlty down to a t. Go for the comic value but do not waste your money on the cream tea simply enjoy his version of a 'continental breakfast' (to include warm milk and tepid orange juice concentrate). He doesn't burden his guests with variety of choice- it's toast and cereal for you. Every conversation is stunted and cringe to the point of entertainment. Go, but lower those expectations!

A place best avoided in my honest opinion. Despite a lot of negative reviews, we didn’t have bad service… but we did, as others have mentioned, end up with cream that I suspect was off (only realised after consuming to didn’t raise this issue). I also was rather surprised to be told it’s £16 for a pot of tea and x2 supermarket cream teas. Grossly overpriced and no menus at all to indicate of pricing before ordering. A very quick demand for payment seconds after items placed on table. Can’t deny that visually it’s very pretty, especially on a summers day. With that being said though, it’s a real shame that feedback from customers had evidently been ignored. Personally I would give this place a miss.

Having just visited avoid at all cost|We popped in for a drink and cream tea, no prices a very rude man appeared took our order and demanded we paid up front cash only.|The scones were warm but that is the only positive, they tasted artificial and we're very small. The coffee was cheap instant coffee put into a coffee pot, undrinkable. £15.00 for something that was inedible.|Someone asked for a cold drink and was offered ,,,lemonade with a quip about liking "to keep things simple" All this served by a very pushy man and chains across the door.

This is a pretty little bed and breakfast owned by a funny (that's 'Ha! Ha!') couple who take great pride in this lovely old-fashioned place. We sat in their sunny garden, surrounded by colourful blooms and all had cream teas. The tea is drunk from traditional tea-sets from 1930's. The tea is good, the scones are wonderful and not dry. No fruit in them (I don't think they belong) and the clotted cream comes from a local farm. It is delicious. We weren't as impressed with the jam but we delighted in the whole experience. We are looking forward to coming again next year, if not sooner!