Lifeboat Inn St Ives includes 7 rooms and is within 600 metres of Zennor Circular Walk.
The centre of St Ives can be reached within a 15-minute walk. This inn is nearly a 5-minute drive from Carbis Bay Beach and not very far from Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden. Nature lovers will appreciate the proximity to Porthmeor Beach, which is approximately a 10-minute walk away. There is Porthkidney Sands Crescent-Shaped Beach 10 minutes away by car, while St Ives bus station about 5 minutes by car from the hotel. For those travelling from afar, Penzance airport is 15 minutes' drive away.
All of the allergy-free rooms are complete with complimentary wireless internet and a cable flat-screen TV as well as an electric kettle, and some of them include a dining area and a kitchen. A separate toilet and a shower along with such comforts as hair dryers and bath sheets are also featured. Staying at this accommodation, guests can enjoy view of the sea.
Breakfast is offered in the restaurant every morning. Serving a wide range of dishes, Rajpoot Tandoori Restaurant and Lulu's can be reached within 5 minutes' walk.
Located in front of Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, the 3-star Palma Guest House St Ives has a sunbathing terrace. The beachfront guest house is a good starting point for exploring St…
The 4-star Hilton London Metropole Hotel, located a 10-minute drive from Victoria and Albert Museum, offers a swimming pool, Wi-Fi in the rooms. Staying at the pet-friendly hotel, guests can discover…
Book for US$185
8.3
Very Good
Based on 429 reviews
Read reviews
Facilities
Internet access
Wi-Fi
Parking
Parking
Services
24-hour security
Eating places
Restaurant
Bar/ Lounge area
Kitchen features
Electric kettle
Cookware/ Kitchen utensils
Children facilities
Children's menu
Leisure facilities
Live entertainment
Room features
Heating
Sitting area
Dining table
Bathroom features
Washing machine
Free toiletries
Devices
Flat-screen TV
Decor
Carpeted floor
General facilities
No smoking on site
Allergy-free rooms
Smoke detectors
Fire extinguishers
Key access
Pets
No pets allowed
8.3
Very Good
Based on 429 reviews
Read reviews
Location
Show on map:
Attractions
Great restaurants
Transportation
Local attractions
Moomaid Of Zennor Ice Cream Parlour
200 m
New Craftsman Gallery
100 m
Sloop Craft Market
200 m
Tate St Ives
250 m
Tate Gallery St. Ives
250 m
St Ives Parish Church
150 m
The Market House
150 m
Airports
Penzance
13 km
8.3
Very Good
Based on 429 reviews
Read reviews
Rooms & Availability
All of the allergy-free rooms are complete with complimentary wireless internet and a cable flat-screen TV as well as an electric kettle, and some of them include a dining area and a kitchen. A separate toilet and a shower along with such comforts as hair dryers and bath sheets are also featured. Staying at this accommodation, guests can enjoy view of the sea.
Please, select dates to see available rooms.
Checking available rooms
Searching rooms…
Checking available hotels
Searching hotels…
8.3
Very Good
Based on 429 reviews
Read reviews
Gallery
Reviews
Read reviews
Write a review
Gerald
2024-05-02
7/10
The staff are attentive and helpful people. The positives include perfect and efficient location and parking on site.
Norman
2024-04-24
5/10
The venue is absolutely brilliant and lovely with extremely friendly staff. Terrific service during my lovely stay. Easy parking on site. Amazing location next door to restaurants and bars.
Really noisy area.
Charles
2024-04-23
9/10
Extra special stay, homey and great place for celebrating birthday. Beautifully decorated units with a view and helpful staff. Good food, unbeatable location in turn boasted that stunning views over the harbour.
Colin
2024-04-11
8/10
Liked our wonderful stay in winter. Everything was brand-new, including super friendly staff. The food was incredible and the bar was lively. Its location was amazing and stunning right by the seaside promenade. Plus, main attraction such as Mary's Shell was 3 km from this hotel.
Austin
2024-03-31
7/10
We had a pretty nice bedroom. The polite and welcoming staff made a good impression.
The staff we met were very rude.
Iain
2024-02-08
8/10
Nicely decorated rooms with hypoallergenic pillows. Attentive staff, comfy beds. Good dishes, central location in a beautiful part of the world.
Reginald
2024-01-24
7/10
It was a wonderful stay for 2 nights for a birthday trip. The extremely friendly and best staff provided all the necessary info. The location was excellent, the next door restaurant, convenient to go everywhere. Moreover, it was 3 km from a shaped beach.
Albert
2024-01-21
7/10
We loved it. All in all - had a brilliant 1 night stay. The hotel had a very central position close enough to Lifeboat Inn, restaurants and the alleyway next door. All of the staff was affable and exceptionally nice.
Steve
2024-01-07
7/10
Lovely place, lovely beds, best staff. Large clean bedroom. Very central location, at a walking distance from a famous Victorian entertainment complex. Located next door to restaurants and bars.
Arthur
2024-01-07
7/10
The units are spotless, new-fashioned with comfortable beds and the bedroom.
Wendy
2024-01-01
7/10
The decoration was cosy, great-sized and newly renovated room. The beds were extremely comfy and the staff was supper friendly. The location couldn't be more stunning in the pub-pay as you go affair. The great service and the attention to detail!
Mike
2023-12-22
9/10
Homely hotel with excellent view over the bay, great restaurant. Spacious bathroom and spacious room.
Peter
2023-12-19
9/10
The location was perfect, with restaurants and bars right by the hotel. Our room was not only spotless, but tastefully decorated.
Sally
2023-12-09
7/10
Overall it was reasonably spacious and pleasantly furnished, with a separate bathroom. The staff there were welcoming and exceptional. The hotel was in a marvellous location, in the pub-pay as you go affair. Besides, the property was 4 km away from Sandcastle Waterpark.
Andrew
2023-12-07
6/10
It had a marvellous location adjacent to the sea, restaurants and shops. The breakfast was tasty and plentiful with a beautiful view to choose from.
There was parking to be added.
Robert
2023-12-06
7/10
Truly enjoyed how homely and absolutely brilliant the property was. The bedroom was recently renovated and spotless. The food was perfect and the staff was nice. The location was fab - close enough to the beaches. Also, Cleveleys Front Promenade was 2 km away.
Simon
2023-12-06
8/10
The breakfast with impressive coffee and top rate, for example was excellent and the people were polite there. The venue was in a very central location adjacent to the seaside promenade, a side alley servicing the next door restaurant and St Ives rail station and the open top bus excursions.
Charlie
2023-12-03
9/10
The location is marvellous and fab, adjacent to an alley where everyone at night seemed to smoke and make a lot of noise, the Restaurant downstairs and everything, including the train station - couldn't be better. The breakfast is excellent, the room is recently refurbished and spotless.
William
2023-11-29
7/10
The location was stunning and good for me. The stuff turned out to be superfriendly. The double room with a view had all necessary amenities.
Jamie
2023-10-22
8/10
Accommodating and amiable hotel employees all round. Particularly good, fab location close enough to make a lot of noise, St Ives rail station and the open top bus excursions, and the harbour £2 return.
Chris
2023-10-22
8/10
The units are big and fashionable with amazing views over the harbour. The location is marvellous and fab, at a moderate distance from a charming pottery museum.
Elizabeth
2023-10-04
9/10
The staff was polite, the bathroom was modern style. It was in a very central setting the next door restaurant.
William
2023-09-29
9/10
Amazing very central location really close to the harbour and the sea, restaurants and shops. The breakfast was excellent with croissants, views over the harbour plus top rate, and the staff were nice.
John
2023-09-29
8/10
Liked large and newly remodelled double room with a view, wouldn't mind staying there all day. The hotel location was amazing and stunning rIGHT in the center of the town.
Stanley
2023-09-11
7/10
The setting was stunning, short walk to a side alley servicing the next door restaurant and bar as well as the train station. The staff were supper friendly and the room was stylish.
John
2023-09-10
9/10
The property's location was perfect and nice, right on the harbour.
Stefan
2023-09-09
7/10
Its location right by restaurants and bars was perfect and nice.
Stewart
2023-08-30
7/10
We had great, excellent breakfast with views over the harbour, lovely view, impressive coffee. The location was lovely - next door to restaurants and bars. The staff were extremely friendly at all times, the rooms was great modern.
Dave
2023-08-28
7/10
Reasonably large room with extremely comfy bed and smoke detectors for safety measures. Incredible and lovely meals. The location particularly good and magnificent in the old town. Accommodating and amicable staff and attention to detail.
Aaron
2023-08-17
8/10
The rooms were huge with a view, the staff were superfriendly and outstandingly accommodating.
Geoff
2023-08-15
7/10
Its location is efficient, close enough to Tate gallery, lovely beaches and great shops, and the waterfront.
Sean
2023-08-10
8/10
The hotel's location was particularly good, near to all the bars, shops a restaurants, and an alley where everyone at night seemed to smoke. The breakfast was tasty and plentiful with views over the harbour; the staff was best.
Willie
2023-08-07
9/10
The location was great and stunning - just a walk down to everywhere we wanted to go.
Frank
2023-07-21
9/10
It had great and fab location not far from the harbour side, everything, including the train station and a side alley servicing the next door restaurant and bar. I also had quick access to Porthminster Beach.
Jim
2023-07-17
6/10
Plentiful breakfasts with impressive coffee. Super friendly and outstandingly accommodating staff and amazing location right on the waterfront! Based just off the center of the town and the pub below.
Quite small bathroom, really noisy room.
Michael
2023-07-06
8/10
The rooms were spacious with hypoallergenic pillows. Hotel's location was marvellous and brilliant, in the pub-pay as you go affair.
Ted
2023-06-30
7/10
This was a really amazing stay for 2 nights for a birthday trip. The daily breakfast was savoury and plentiful with impressive coffee and a beautiful view, as for instance. The staff was best and everything was brand-new.
Anna
2023-06-14
9/10
Great value, homely hotel with great service.
Phil
2023-04-30
6/10
The hotel was homey, nonetheless I stayed for 1 night only. The breakfasts here were savoury and plentiful with top rate, impressive coffee plus views over the harbour. This accommodation had a very central setting close to centre of St Ives.
The staff were exceptionally busy, didn't expect that coming.
Eileen
2023-04-11
8/10
The hotel was located next to restaurant as well as the train station.
Cecil
2023-03-31
7/10
Liked the price of our double room and its essentials. The bed was extremely comfy and bathroom was huge. Every employee we encountered was accommodating. The location was prime, just next door to bars, and the restaurant. Moreover, it was not too far from St John.
Alan
2023-03-22
7/10
Homey and lovely hotel overlooking sea, we had a such wonderful experience here. The restaurant was great with lovely fresh food, we ordered tasty dishes. The staff was superbly friendly and outstandingly accommodating and made us feel comfortable.
Tommy
2023-03-18
7/10
Overall the service was great! We ate at a great restaurant with lovely fresh food. The staff was welcoming and polite in managing every request.
Harry
2023-03-09
5/10
Incredible food, terrific service and excellent view of the sea and harbour. Fabulous and cosy unit with a comfortable decor. Spectacular location down a big hill, savoury breakfast. The hotel of choice in St Ives.
Very rude staff!
John
2023-03-06
7/10
The units are new-fashioned, newly remodelled. The location of the hotel is stunning, close to a side alley servicing the next door restaurant and bar. Also, it's at a moderate distance from an original museum.
Dan
2023-02-28
7/10
The food was tasty and we liked the variety. Location: the hotel was short walk to the Restaurant downstairs.
John
2023-02-27
7/10
The location is brilliant and stunning, right on the waterfront. And it's short walk to the bars as well as the train station.
Edward
2023-02-23
9/10
I ate at a great restaurant with lovely fresh food. The bathroom was reasonably spacious and it had a shower, a hairdryer and bath sheets for my convenience.
Peter
2023-02-15
7/10
Our accommodation was set in a very central location right by the town, and the harbour.
Stuart
2023-02-13
8/10
The staff was efficient and excellent and around most of the time. The location was incredible and stunning, next to the alleyway next door as well as centre of St Ives. Plus, Porthminster Beach was set nearby.
Clare
2023-01-24
8/10
Everything there was great. The staff was exceptional, the room was immaculate and huge. The location was brilliant and best possible for traveling around St Ives, close enough to the sea front as well as St Ives. Also, St John was only 1 km from the accommodation. The downstairs bar was nice.
Philip
2023-01-15
9/10
I stayed here 1 night and thoroughly enjoyed it. The location was exceptional, within easy walking distance of a charming pottery museum.
Alan
2023-01-02
8/10
I had delicious food for breakfast with views over the harbour. Welcoming and accommodating staff and everything was great. The location was spectacular and efficient, close to a parish church.
Harold
2023-01-02
8/10
Brilliant and homey accommodation. Stylish and huge room with a separate bathroom. The breakfasts with views over the harbour. Great stay, as always.
Robert
2022-12-09
9/10
Exceptionally comfortable bed, immaculate room that has an amazing bathroom. The staff are welcoming, everyone. It has exceptional and efficient location for visiting a spectacular modern gallery.
John
2022-12-06
9/10
Great service, although a few employees were very rude. The hotel was in a very central location right on the harbour. Moreover, it was very close to the town and Beach.
Robbie
2022-10-11
9/10
The service was terrific, including exceptional staff and a lovely bar. The location was fab, within walking distance of St Leonard's.
Michael
2022-10-06
7/10
I've had a really great stay for 2 nights for a birthday trip. Everything was great, welcoming staff, excellent views of the sea. It had very central location close to Guildhall.
John
2022-09-25
9/10
I spent our time here lovely. Everything was great, but a few employees were very rude. Sea view here was excellent. The location was incredible and brilliant, for example, Harbour Amusements was at a short distance from the hotel. Having different complimentary drinks in the downstairs bar was a very nice touch. Had access to its wifi, it was free.
Sue
2022-09-23
9/10
Terrific customer care. Spotless, fashionable unit with a view, and pleasant staff. Spectacular, exceptional location in a beautiful part of the world.
Frank
2022-09-18
7/10
The location was brilliant and exceptional, within walking distance of St John. We where there for 3 nights, overall had a such great stay.
Alex
2022-08-20
6/10
The breakfast was plentiful with views over the harbour with brilliant food. The location of the hotel was very central, near the alleyway next door and the harbour.
Well, there was no parking.
Stephen
2022-08-08
7/10
The rooms were perfect and elegant, and the bathroom was stylish with a bathtub. It opened onto sea. The location was brilliant and efficient - ease of access to Bamaluz Beach. Had complimentary drinks in the downstairs bar.
Johnny
2022-08-02
9/10
Enjoyed my great stay in winter. Overall it was new-fashioned and exceptional with a view.
Jimmy
2022-07-08
8/10
Overall very relaxing stay in winter. The stuff and location were fab here. There was a nice restaurant and excellant and accommodating staff. I loved to spend time in the pleasant downstairs bar.
Michael
2022-02-20
8/10
Staff were best, breakfast was hearty, and location was exceptional. The breakfast was included and had lots of meals. Perfect 10/10 overall experience;)))
William
2022-01-18
7/10
I appreciated the details, like staff and location, they were immaculate. It was a fabulous stay, you could leave a car nearby...
Mark
2022-01-08
9/10
I loved the place, its good location and staff. Pretty nice room, huge bathroom. A pleasant restaurant onsite and fantastic views.
George
2021-10-30
8/10
The staff is fantastic, the breakfast great, the ocation is stunning just off the harbour, waterfront, the ocean.
Darren
2021-09-25
5/10
Excellant service, very professional stuff, historic location. I loved hotel's traditional restaurant. Easy walk to the wonderful beach.
Views appeared to be not very nice.
Karen
2021-09-09
8/10
Fairly clean, reasonable value, very cool staff. The meals were healthy. I appreciated a cosy decor and traditional furniture. The beach nearby was nice and the view was brilliant.
John
2021-08-31
9/10
the stay was very lovely. they provided lots of perfect choices for breakfast that was included. stayed in elegant double room with bathroom, comfortable beds plus amazing facilities. the staff was always available at any hour and was exceptionally nice from morning till night.
Robert
2021-07-30
8/10
Picture perfect hotel, the staff were absolutely HELPFUL. Great value for money & newly decorated room with a big size bathroom. The bed seemed comfy and it was clean all around. The coffee bar was lively and the drinks were carbonated. Actually everything was brand-new, my next choice again in St Ives.
Ken
2021-05-21
8/10
Liked it. So polite staff, nice building, so big rooms. King room had central heating and a work desk, everything worked for us. There were lots of restaurants to eat, like Peppers Pasta & Pizzeria that was only 5 minutes' walk away.
Victor
2021-04-06
7/10
Very good staff and a wonderful location. Give my respects to your manager! Room with superb views of the sea! Breakfast was EXCELLANT with plenty of food! A lovely building in the heart of St. Ives. I really enjoyed my 5-nights stay.
