The Esplanade Hotel by Compass Hospitality

3.0 star property

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Beach/ocean view
Property grounds
Point of interest
Reception
Lounge

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Pet-friendly
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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Esplanade Road, Paignton, England, TQ4 6EG
  • Paignton Beach
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Dartmouth Steam Railway
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Palace Theatre
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Plymouth (PLH-Plymouth City)
    ‪58 min drive‬

Room options

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Double Room with View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Twin Room with View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

Family Double Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bunk Bed

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About this property

The Esplanade Hotel by Compass Hospitality

Hotel with a 24-hour front desk, a quick walk to Paignton Beach
A restaurant, a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, self parking, a 24-hour front desk and a banquet hall are on-site.
The Esplanade Hotel by Compass Hospitality offers 83 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and a hairdryer. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. This Paignton hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps. Bathrooms include baths or showers. Housekeeping is offered on a daily basis and an iron/ironing board can be requested.
During your stay at The Esplanade Hotel by Compass Hospitality, you're just a quick walk from Fairy Cove. Features include free WiFi in public areas, plus a restaurant and a bar.
  • Free Wi-Fi (speed: 25+ Mbps)
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Full breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Self-parking available for a fee
  • Services include luggage storage
  • 6 minutes by foot from Paignton Beach and a 3-minute drive from Paignton Zoo
  • Dogs welcome for a fee
Along with a restaurant, there's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. Limited parking is available for a fee and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

This 3-star Paignton hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a full breakfast daily from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
On-site venue – This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Parking on site (GBP 6 per day)
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Daily full breakfast available 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: GBP 12 for adults and GBP 6 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Family friendly

  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; check-in end time: 9:30 PM
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets: GBP 10.00 per pet, per day
  • Only dogs are allowed
  • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for full breakfast: from approximately GBP 12 for adults and from GBP 6 for children
  • Self-parking fee: GBP 6.00 per day
  • Pet fee: GBP 10.00 per pet, per day
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

Property is also known as

Esplanade Hotel Paignton
Esplanade Paignton
The Esplanade Hotel
The Esplanade Hotel by Compass Hospitality Hotel
The Esplanade Hotel by Compass Hospitality Paignton
The Esplanade Hotel by Compass Hospitality Hotel Paignton

The Esplanade Hotel by Compass Hospitality Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 32 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 53 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 42 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 23 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 167 reviews" "

6.8/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Julie

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Few problems during the stay of 2nights. Window latch broken. No cold water out of the basin tap. Shower trickling. However although these issues arose the professional staff were fantastic. From the time we arrived till when we left, we were treated exceptionally well. Fantastic customer services!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Alexander

Liked: Staff & service
Feels in need of modernisation - creaky floors, doors which shut with a bang, lift not working. But staff were friendly and the room very comfortable. For the (low) price, it was fine.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Linda

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Dave

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was ideally located near main strip, staff extremely helpful with recommending places to eat evenings and breakfast. only downside is not enough plug sockets in rooms to charge phones but other than that a lovely stay
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mandy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly and helpful staff room comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Tom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Dominic

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A few teething problems but all sorted staff were nice and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A decent place
The friendly and helpful staff ensured I had a comfortable stay, the room was chilly one night, as the heating didn't work and the staff supplied a heater immediately, the shower was rather small but suited me fine, overall I got a good deal on the room and have no complaints, the hotel is clean & cosy.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

James

Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lee

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Is surprisingly good . Lift was not working but I always use stairs parking costs extra £6 but free parking starts 100yds away .breakfast is quite expensive extra ,but Spoons is just round corner Would happy stay again
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very friendly hotel breakfast Very good had a few issues with heating and the TV but was dealt with ASAP the bedroom was nice and we had a lovely view of the sea unfortunately the main lift was out of service during our stay but they managed to find a room with a sea view on the first floor
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jon m

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was a nice room and very up to date shower and v as long as I have up to date tv and bed and shower im happy and for the price you can’t complain but yeah close to everything
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nathan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Jeremy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room was fine,shame the lift was out of order!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Nirajbala

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The hotel was lovely but the bathroom was very small and the water trickled rather than running properly. So showering took a lot longer. The heating in the room was on quite a lot and as the room was very small so it got unbearable in the evening and window could only be opened slightly. We could not contact the staff from the room as there was no telephone although the leaflet about the hotel which was given when checking in advised to call reception for any issues that arose. It was nice for the price we paid but not sure if l would book the hotel unless we got a bigger room with a larger bathroom.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Russ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good location. Reasonable hotel.
Good budget stay... and would stay again at the right price
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Callan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My stay is based on a last minute £44 booking - value for money was 100% All staff were very friendly and pleasant. Room was clean and basic. My only negative was being a man over 6 foot it was almost impossible to use the toilet or shower. Unsure if all the en suites are that small, we had room 137. You have to sit on the toilet at an angle! Im sure would be fine for those 5"5 and under. Id book again for the same price.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel needs a little TLC but the staff more than make up for that . Kim and her team give the hotel a fantastic, professional, efficient but more importantly a great welcoming family feel. Seldom have we been treated to such kindness and frienship. We cannot recomend this hotel enough. Kim, ian, sarah, laura , acacia, francis charley thankyou so much, see you all soon, good luck in all you do.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Jacqueline

Liked: Staff & service
Clean friendly but needed a bit of TLC
Staff were friendly and very helpful, lovely sea view from room but room could have been better everything looked half finished needed a bit of TLC and lift was not working. Dinning room was beautiful and the whole hotel was clean. We didn’t pay a lot for hotel so really couldn’t complain would stay again but in different room.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Claire

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Upon arriving we were greeted by a lovely & very helpful receptionist, we enquired if there was a seaview room, which he organised for us. When we got to said room we found a hole in the bathroom door, electric socket had been smashed off the wall, door closer has been pulled out of the wall & sweet wrappers & sweets on the carpet. We headed back to reception to inform them, a different receptionist was there, who was equally helpful, offered to move us, as she only knew about the hole in the door!! She asked me to send the photos I took via email to her. We said we'd stay in the room as long as we wouldn't be blamed. As were only staying overnight. Beds were comfortable, seaview was lovely, shower was nice & hot, Tea tray was well stock, the room was quiet for being on the seafront. Downstairs looked lovely but we didn't eat or drink so can't comment. The lift was broken
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024