Rosalie House — Hotel in Great Britain

I wouldn't recommend the Rosalie Guest house, especially given the stay for me and my husband was ghastly and the worst we've ever had! First off, weeks after Boris had reversed all Covid-19 restrictions, we received an email three days prior to our stay saying that the landlady would only admit guests, with a negative Covid test. We found ourselves using a precious day of our holiday to search for a Covid test, which isn't easy in the highest peak tourist season in Cornwall. The 30-minute test confirmed we were both negative. ||||When we arrived, we were so tired and hadn't slept well and were already dreading our stay at Rosalie Guest house. The frosty landlady inspected the evidence and proceeded to take more of our time to explain a very strict set of house rules; masks should be worn at all times when outside the room, breakfasts must be ordered before 9pm the previous night on a tick-box menu, if we needed to leave the building there were several layers of security and so on. ||||There had been nothing in the booking that it was dependant on guest taking Covid tests and none of the other guest houses/hotels on our stay had not demanded it. It was also clear in the advert that parking was provided for, however this turned out to be on a crowded street where we struggled to park the car. ||||We were eventually shown up to our room where there was barely enough room to take our suitcases. Although clean, the room was shabby and dull with safety notices all over the small stand-alone wardrobe; imagine four walls and a bed, an undersized wardrobe and a tiny shower with no bath. We immediately felt depressed and thanked our lucky stars we were only there for one night. By the bed was a six-page plastic document containing yet more house rules and regulations. It didn't feel like a guest house at all, in fact we felt more like we were in a hospital or worse. ||||In the morning there were two regimented breakfast shifts and no room for change. Having not slept well on the uncomfortable bed we were very tired. We sat on a table but were quickly moved, for fear that previous guests had been sat on that table! The young girl serving breakfast looked very stressed and she was wearing a PPE hospital style apron. We asked for coffee and when we didn't receive any after 15 minutes, I started to help myself. "We're not allowed to let you touch anything!' she said apologetically.. We waited for what seemed like ages to be served and left the breakfast room at 9.47am where our order was wrong, my poached eggs were rock-hard and the 'Cumberland sausage' tasted like a factory produced mystery meat job made out of gristle and sawdust!. All guests had to vacate their rooms by 10am so no margin for relaxing. Don't these people know that they're ruining people's holidays by making us leave so early? ||||Overall, this experience was underwhelming, over-priced and ultimately depressing; we only wished that the unwelcoming landlady had been even a little bit nice to us. Perhaps she was having a stressful day because we're friendly, nice people? A more appropiate career may be that of a prison warden as opposed to hospitality. There are plenty of far better guest houses on Alexandra road, so I'd recommend to avoid this one, you will...

My partner and I spent four nights at this lovely B&B. We were welcomed by Liz, the owner, and immediately felt relaxed and at home. The room was comfortable and we both had extremely sound sleeps, regardless of the very hot weather outside. The ensuite shower provided a nice hot , refreshing end to each of the well travelled days; we were happy. ||I personally ordered a different combination of hot breakfast foods each morning, because Liz organised a pre breakfast form, where one could do this. There was also a standard choice of cereals, fruit, juice and tea/coffee to help add energy to the day's activities. ||To sum up we happily recommend the Rosalie Guest House whole heartedly. A huge thanks to Lizz and her husband for their hospitality and for creating such a nice...

We had a wonderful 4 night stay at Rosalie guesthouse earlier this month, post G7 and were lucky enough to secure some sunny weather to boot. Liz is a very welcoming host and really goes the extra mile to ensure guests have a relaxing stay. She is extremely helpful and knowledgeable about the local area, and is happy to offer tips and suggestions for activities and excursions. There is a wide range of fresh and delicious food for breakfast - I particularly enjoyed the boiled eggs with cheese board and a full English (on different days!)|The rooms are comfortable and well appointed - I slept very well. The guesthouse is very conveniently located for the seafront and central Penzance, and makes a great base to explore Cornwall. We will definitely be back...