Talland Bay Hotel can be hired in full for weddings, milestone birthdays, anniversaries, private dinners, retreats, reunions and launches, with the bedrooms, gardens, bar, restaurant and staff given over to one group. The hotel stands above the sea between Looe and Polperro on the south coast of Cornwall, and its 20 bedrooms let the whole party stay on site, so guests eat, celebrate and wake up in the same place.
Seminars and company events
The hotel does not sell day meetings or conference packages. Its private hire offer covers retreats, launches, reunions and private dinners, which suits a leadership team or a client group that wants the house to itself for a night or a weekend. The team asks organizers to describe the plan and then shapes the use of the rooms, the menus and the timings around it.
Weddings and receptions
For a wedding, the hotel is reserved for the couple from 12 pm on the day until 11 am the following morning. The whole building is included: the gardens, the sea views, the bedrooms, the bar and the restaurant. Ceremonies take place with a sea view, reception drinks are served on the terrace, and dancing can move into the garden after dinner. Four packages set the base: Bronte, Austen and Quinn are exclusive-use packages with accommodation, reception drinks and canapés, the wedding breakfast and an evening buffet, while Sparks is a daytime-only hire with drinks, canapés and the wedding breakfast. The larger packages add a DJ and a dance floor. Every package includes a complimentary bridal suite, and guest bedrooms are offered at a reduced rate.
Rooms and capacities
The hotel does not publish guest numbers for its spaces. The event day uses the restaurant, the lounge and bar, the terrace and the sea-view gardens, which double as the setting for photographs. Organizers should ask the team for the seated capacity of the restaurant and the number of guests the gardens can take.
Accommodation
Talland Bay has 20 bedrooms, each designed around its own theme, and every room accepts dogs. For exclusive hire, the bedrooms come with the house, so the group sleeps on site. The hotel also runs holiday cottages.
Catering
The kitchen holds two AA Rosettes and is led by head chef Glen Merriott, who joined the hotel in 2009 and rose through the brigade. It cooks with Cornish and West Country produce and serves set lunches, dinner, Sunday roasts and a nine-course tasting menu. For weddings, the packages include the wedding breakfast and an evening buffet, with Champagne and wine options. The hotel also makes its own gin, Talland Bay No. 3.15.
History and setting
The hotel looks out over Talland Bay on the south Cornish coast. Its interiors are bright and playful, with colorful themed rooms, and the gardens face the sea. The coast path and the fishing villages of Looe and Polperro are close by.
Getting there
Google places the hotel at Porthallow, near Looe, PL13 2JB. Looe and Polperro are the nearest villages, and the event team takes inquiries and books tours of the hotel.
