The Park at Mawgan Porth

We (like many others) have been going to The Park for years. Our son was only one when we first stayed, he’s now seventeen. When we first started staying The Park was amazing! We loved everything about it. It was eco friendly, there were herb gardens for each property, the decor reflected Cornwall perfectly. With many of the lamps doted around each property being made from local drift wood. The decor even inspired me to become an interior designer. Many years later the park has slowly fallen into disrepair. When items have been broken over time they’ve been replaced with cheap items bought from places such as ‘The Range’. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this if you are paying for a budget holiday but ‘The Park’ certainly does not charge budget prices! When we stayed in October I was sat in what used to be called ‘The Kitchen’ but has now been renamed ‘The Mojo’…I mean why? What relevance does that have? ‘The kitchen’ was a perfect name. It did exactly what is said on the tin. Anyway I digress, whilst sitting there the new owners were discussing replacing the bar…with I believe a marble work top. I remember sitting there and thinking why? It looks perfectly good as it is…rustic and perfect for a Cornish restaurant. Maybe the money should be spent on bringing the accommodation up to date. Making sure things like heated towel rails work so your towel doesn’t end up being wet for the entirety of your holiday. Or an oven that heats up enough to cook your pizzas in less than an hour but no money is being spent on Shepherd Lodges that sleep two and a spa aimed at singles or couples. The families who have stayed here for years and future families seem forgotten. As a previous review has commented, ‘The Park’ closed for maintenance for eight weeks at the beginning of the year. As we knew this was happening we booked again for Easter in hopes serious changes would have been made but after reading that review, it seems this has not happened. With less than two weeks to go to our Easter Holiday. ‘The Park’ called to let us know we could no longer have breakfast at ‘The Mojo’ Monday to Wednesday as they’ve stopped serving breakfasts on those days and the Sunday dinner we’ve been having there for years was also cancelled as they’ve stopped serving Sunday dinners! This is incredibly disappointing. Breakfasts at ‘The Park’ have always been amazing. In fact the food has always been good. I don’t understand why they would stop serving on certain days/times and why do that now that now before the Easter Holidays. The best thing about the park beyond a shadow of a doubt is the incredibly hard working staff. They are beyond amazing!!! We know for a fact they have tried in vain to inform the owners of what needs to be done. Their jobs (especially the cleaners) are made so much harder by the properties being in such disrepair. Yet they still manage to be so friendly and helpful. They are an absolute joy to see each holiday. I only hope the faces we kno

I really want to love the Park but the ‘luxury lodge’ was anything but! We’ve stayed at The Park before in a caravan and it was great but thought we would upgrade to something with outside space. That was our mistake. The furniture was tired, old vinyl sofa and coffee table that needs skipping, tiny TV with only freeview (no Netflix, which in a ‘luxury lodge’ you would expect). Bathroom and kitchen were fine. Outside space was quite small but OK. We did once again enjoy the facilities at The Kitchen, lovely swim followed by breakfast, which really is The Park’s best asset.

We really enjoyed our recent visit to The Park. Over the fortnight we ate several times in the restaurant, at different times of the day. All food was excellently prepared & presented, and Tracey & Charlie were terrific hosts. The steam room, sauna (politely monitored to ensure over 16s only) and indoor pool were always clean and never overcrowded, so were much appreciated by our family. The biggest surprise was the enclosure of goats, both big & small, which kept us entertained several times. We were always made to feel very welcome, so will definitely be back.