Samphire Holiday Cottage — Hotel in North Norfolk

Just spent an idyllic week at Samphire Cottage. The house was beautifully decorated, very clean, and very well equipped for a family get together, with big sunny gardens to boot. It’s location 2 mins walk from the coastal path and marshes is really special. Swimming along the marsh creeks at high tide and then trotting home for a warming hot chocolate has to be one of my top experiences of the year! 10 mins walk in the other direction takes you to a Coast Hopper bus stop and the lovely Stiffkey Stores and cafe. We stay in North Norfolk every summer and this is def one of my...

On there webpage they make a big thing of the refurbishment completed in 2004-2005, I would suggest that this was the last time the place was cleaned and the walls were painted! On arrival we were greeted by an infestation of flies in the kitchen and downstairs bathroom. The window sills were covered in dead flies plus the kitchen and appliances were filthy. The bathrooms were filthy with stale urine over the toilet pedestal’s and baths & shower not clean. The rest of the property was exactly the same! Do not stay here, its expensive and...

Had a lovely holiday at Samphire Cottage with our grown up children. There was everything you needed on arrival (tea, coffee, milk, herbs, oils, hand soap, washing up liquid and even dishwasher tablets. The cottage was well appointed and lovely and warm (there was no starter pack of logs for log burner as advertised). The garden was very well enclosed and excellent for the dogs. Direct access to the marshes meant the dogs could go off lead straight...