The Horn of Plenty

Our second visit to this fabulous place. In the most glorious location with wonderful views, also access to places of interest such as Lydford Gorge, Devil’s Cauldron, Cotehele, Buckland Abbey, Tavistock and Dartmoor. This time we had the Gourmet three night stay. We had a very friendly warm greeting. Our ground floor room, described as ‘cosy’ was more than adequate size with every comfort, the balcony was lovely to sit on in the sunshine, with the views to behold. The food and service were outstanding. Sitting enjoying the views. The flavours and presentation were exquisite. Breakfasts too were delicious. A special shout out to the lovely Sarah. We really loved our stay and are looking forward to the next one.

We stayed for a 5 night break (18-23 May 2025) as part of short holiday. I note that we have been coming to the hotel every year since about 2017, so this must have been our 9th annual visit; which must be recommendation indeed. We stayed in Room 3 on this occasion. It was very comfortable, spacious and welcoming, with a superb private balcony. Gourmet food has always one of the main reasons for coming to The Horn of Plenty and we have never been disappointed. We comprise a “true veggie and a no-fish” couple which one might assume presents some challenges to the chef and his team. However, the restaurant manager and the chef have always ensured that we had good choices over the five days (even though you had quite a short menu in previous years). The new menus are terrific and enable comprehensive choices for our menu preferences. In particular the A La Carte was a great addition to the Table d'Hote and Tasting menus. My wife was particularly impressed with the new menus, and she said that the Tasting menu during our stay was exceptional (Tom the chef, had organised some interesting and superb alternatives to the fishy and non-veg courses). In particular, Tom had prepared a bespoke course of mushroom tartare for us instead of one of the fish dishes. It was superb. Sarah, Douglas and the team were particularly professional, attentive and polite, even on occasions when the tables were very busy. The lady who served our breakfasts on several mornings was also very attentive and helpful. It was good to see the owner for a few days while we were there and we were glad that the high standards of the hotel had been well maintained and improved, with some upgrading and re-decorating, despite the alleged current period of fiscal hardship within the hotel industry and the wider UK.  We would have found name-badges to be a useful addition to your services; we would have liked to mention particular staff members, but appreciate that they might prefer to be "anonymous".  We look forward to seeing the staff and hotel again on our next trip  - and also thank them for arranging the good weather for us all week.

We arrived early before we could check in and our room was not ready and unfortunately there was a private function so could not have lunch. However the very nice lady on reception gave a couple of options and we visited a pub she recommended which was good. The welcome we received was really good and were taken to our generous modern room with enquire bathroom. The amenities in the bathroom were excellent power shower, bath and commodities you would need. We have a package which included dinner and this was a real treat and served by friendly helpful staff. Would highly recommend a visit as you would recieve a great welcome