ST. Mawes Hotel

Wow, hands down one of the best Sunday roasts ever! The décor of the restaurant and bar area is superb! A seaside retreat! The roast was beautifully layed out. Only thing lacking was the service, however appeared to be learning and were friendly.

Help! Somebody has taken a stunningly beautiful hotel with superb food and furnished parts of it in Swedish Modern Diner. It used to be all dark and poky, a testament to its age, a haven of warm light spilling out across the bay on dark winter nights.
Now it is all bright and cheerful which really works in the rooms, especially as the curtains had not been changed since 1890, but the café and bar are just a little at odds with my memories.
However, it still gets a high rating for what the place does best and that is serve some very interesting local ciders, some great beers and seafood off the boat you will see alternatively bobbing on the grey waters outside or lying keeled over on the mud flats as the tides here can be 25 feet and more depending on the flow of the river Fal.
It is not cheap, but the sea view rooms are wonderful, and the warmth contrasting with the driving drizzle outside made me thankful I was not on one of the boats heading out on the morning tide.
The real reason stick around the St. Mawes is what the boats bring back on the evening tide, some of the best mussels in that part of the world and the crab is outstanding.
The hotel lost two stars for the new décor in the public areas and got one back for the wonderful rooms and the superb local seafood.