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Country House peace and quiet with ample grounds or gardens.
Accommodation standards star grades
Star ratings, from one to five, are used to assess the standard of the quality you can expect for hotels and bed & breakfast accommodation.
An ample number of easily identified staff, who are able to anticipate requirements. All rooms have en suite bathrooms. Meals are cooked and presented to a good standard using good quality ingredients.Rosette ratings for restaurants
Rosettes are awarded annually to AA inspected restaurants for the quality of their food. Most star-rated hotels have their own restaurants and we also inspect these. Not all restaurants receive an AA award, but will generally serve enjoyable food of a reasonable standard.
Chefs should display a mastery of basic techniques and be able to produce dishes of sound quality and clarity of flavours, using good, fresh ingredients.AA Merit Score of 85%
In addition to the star classification, hotels recieve an AA merit score in the form of a percentage. This indicates the level of quality achieved within each star rating and will help you to compare hotels with the same number of stars.
What the AA said about Meudon:
"This charming late Victorian mansion is a relaxing place to stay, with its friendly hospitality and attentive service. It sits in impressive nine-acre gardens that lead down to a private beach. The spacious and comfortable bedrooms are situated in a more modern building than the main house. The cuisine features the best of local Cornish produce and is served in the conservatory restaurant."
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With more than a decade's experience in quality and innovation, Best Loved Hotels is internationally recognised as a leading source of information for trade and consumer users both at home and abroad, using both print and electronic media.
What the Best Loved Hotels said about Meudon:
A secluded garden retreat in picturesque Cornwall
Nestled on the south Cornwall coast in thickly wooded countryside, Meudon represents a haven of peace and beauty. This former mansion is surrounded by exquisite Cornish gardens, with ferns that are the envy of Kew Gardens themselves, and a private beach at Bream Cove.
The hotel's interior is filled with antiques, oil paintings, log fires, Wilton carpets and fresh flowers. The bedrooms, all with private bathrooms, are light and airy and enjoy splendid views over the garden.
The garden views extend to the Meudon's elegant restaurant, where emphasis is on fresh local seafood and vegetables. Lobsters and crabs are brought straight from the sea by local fishermen while oysters are reared at the nearby Duchy of Cornwall oyster farm. Game, Cornish cream and vegetables are grown by local farmers. A judicial list of wines from around the world complement the menu. Meudon is the perfect centre for the explorer, rich in natural beauty with endless places to visit. You can play golf at six fine Cornish clubs (free in high season), charter the hotel's own yacht, complete with skipper, and cruise the coastline, enjoy the breathtaking coastal walks, or just laze on the beach!
Meudon Hotel's entry on the Best Loved Hotels Website: http://www.bestloved.com
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What the Good Hotel Guide said about Meudon:
'Old-fashioned values' prevail at the Pilgrim family's traditional hotel in wooded countryside on the south Cornish coast. It stands in a subtropical 'hanging garden', at the head of a valley that leads down to a beach. 'We don't know how many times we have stayed in the last 25 years,' one couple wrote. Other returning visitors add: 'Our room was immaculate, serviced morning and evening. Shoes properly cleaned.' Other comments: 'Staff are professional, friendly, but not obtrusive. They left a tea/coffee tray in our room, having remembered that we don't like early morning tea brought by a maid.' 'A pleasant stay in a well-run hotel.' 'A bright, clean room. Thankfully no chintz.' 'Relaxed and friendly; lovely garden, good position.' All the bedrooms now have double-glazed windows; four have been refurbished. The Pilgrims (father Harry and son Mark) 'encourage a dress code of jacket and tie' in the restaurant where the chef, Alan Webb, uses local produce, including fresh fish from Newlyn, for his English dishes on a daily-changing menu. 'British cooking at its best.' 'More than adequate portions, a wide choice.' (Ken and Mildred Edwards, AJW and HM Harvey, LM Mayer-Jones, Bob and Barbara Edwards).
Meudon Hotel's entry on The Good Hotel Guide's Website: www.goodhotelguide.com
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Condé Nast Johansens is the most comprehensive illustrated reference to annually inspected, independently owned accommodation and meetings venues throughout Great Britain, Europe and the Americas.
It is our objective to maintain the trust of guide users by recommending by annual inspection a careful choice of accommodation offering quality, excellent service and value for money.
Our team of over 50 dedicated Regional Inspectors visit thousands of hotels, country houses, inns and resorts throughout 50 countries to select only the very best for recommendation our Guides. No hotel can appear unless it meets our exacting standards.
What the Johansens said about Meudon:
Set against a delightfully romantic backdrop of densely wooded countryside between the Fal and Helford Rivers, Meudon Hotel is a unique, family-run, superior retreat with sub-tropical gardens leading to its own private sea beach. The French name originates from a nearby farmhouse built by Napoleonic prisoners of war and called after their eponymous home village in the environs of Paris. 9 acres of sub-tropical gardens are coaxed into early bloom by the Gulf Stream and mild Cornish climate; Meudon is safely surrounded by 200 acres of beautiful National Trust land and the sea. All bedrooms are in a modern wing, have en-suite bathrooms and each enjoys spectacular garden views. Many a guest is enticed by the cuisine to return: the fresh seafood, caught by local fishermen, and the kitchen's commitment to using local Cornish ingredients creates superb dishes alongside wines from a judiciously compiled list. Rich in natural beauty with a myriad of watersports and country pursuits to indulge in, you can play golf free at nearby Falmouth Golf Club and 5 others in Cornwall, sail aboard the hotel's skipperd 34-foot yacht or just laze on the beach.
Our Inspector Loved: The newly presented en-suite bedrooms, and magnificent gardens.
Meudon Hotel's entry on Johansens Website: http://www.johansens.com
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Very Comfortable Hotel 
Very quiet, secluded 
Garden 
ParkWhat the Michelin Guide said about Meudon:
Landscaped sub-tropical gardens are the abiding allure of this elegant hotel. Antiques, oil paintings, log fires and fresh flowers abound. Comfy rooms, many with views.
Meudon Hotel's entry on Michelin's Website: http://www.viamichelin.com
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Premier hotels in the UK and Ireland have been in the Signpost UK hotel guide for over 70 years. Hotels are inspected annually, selected for their personal welcome and ambience, individual style, value for money and standards of service. Only 400, mostly independently owned, small and medium sized hotels in the British Isles qualify for inclusion into the hotel guide.
What the Signpost said about Meudon:
Meudon is a unique family run luxury hotel set in a timeles sub-tropical valley leading to its own private sea beach at Bream Cove. Public rooms furnished with antiques, fine paintings and fresh flowers and bedrooms all overlook the fantastic gardens. The award-winning restaurant, under the supervision of chef Alan Webb, specialises in local seafood, lobster, crab and oysters.
Tennis, riding shooting nearby. Hotel has its own yacht available for skippered charter. Free golf, sub-tropical gardens and private beach.
Meudon Hotel's entry on Signpost's Website: http://www.signpost.co.uk
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