South West Plymouth
1 Elliot Terrace
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated June 2026 · paw rating built from 10 verified guest reviews mentioning pets
Bring your dog if
- You want a whole-property rental - no shared lobbies or corridors to navigate with your dog
- You're basing yourself in Plymouth / the South West and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - Agoda guests rate this 8.6/10 overall
Worth knowing
- Pet fee and any size restrictions aren't published - confirm directly with the property before booking
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 10 pet-mention guest reviews sourced from Agoda - guests who explicitly mentioned travelling with a dog. Each review is screened for pet-relevance, then judged for sentiment to compute the paw rating.
- Not a personal visit. We don't stay at every hotel we cover - we summarise patterns from real guest reviews, paraphrased and never quoted verbatim. Full standard on our editorial policy page.
- Wider context: The property has 390 Agoda guest reviews overall, averaging 8.6/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: June 2026. Policies and pricing drift; we re-check on a rolling basis. Confirm specifics with the property at the moment you book.
- How the paw rating works: Full detail on the methodology page, including the three verification gates and known limitations.
Pet policy at a glance
- Only apartments numbered 1, 1a, 1b and 3 accept pets - confirm room number when booking, especially via Booking.com where the constraint isn't always obvious.
- Extra pet costs apply. Guests have reported around £15 per night per dog (a £45 pet supplement on a three-night stay) at the time of writing - confirm the current rate directly with the property.
- Pets are welcomed with a dedicated welcome pack: dog bed, bowls, ball, treats and biscuits.
- Parking is included with the apartment, useful when arriving with dog gear.
- This is a residential property so guests are asked to keep noise low.
Pet-friendly summary
1 Elliot Terrace is a small block of serviced apartments looking out over The Hoe in Plymouth, and it earns its place on the platform as one of the strongest-evidenced pet-friendly stays in the city. The location is the headline (you're a few minutes from the seafront, the Smeaton's Tower view, and the South West Coast Path running through Plymouth) but the standout pet-traveller detail across guest reviews is the welcome pack waiting on arrival: a dog bed, bowls, a ball, treats and biscuits. That's the kind of thoughtful touch that separates a property set up for dog owners from one that simply allows them.
The pet-friendly arithmetic works out well at this property. The fee is on the lower side for a 4-star serviced apartment in a prime seafront location, the welcome pack means you don't have to schlep extra dog gear, and the ground-floor studio option (mentioned positively in reviews) gives easy access for older dogs or anyone arriving with a lot of luggage. One small heads-up from a recent review: book directly with the property if you can, because the booking-flow through OTAs can run through a chain of emails and verification steps that don't always make the pet-fee clear up front.
Location-wise the appeal is hard to overstate. The Hoe is metres away for early-morning and late-evening walks; Plymouth Sound is in front of you for the longer along-the-front walks; the Barbican harbourside (with its dog-friendly pubs) is a short walk east. For longer days out, Dartmoor's southern edge is about half an hour by car and the Tamar Valley is just across the water. Plymouth itself runs the South West Coast Path through the city, so a path-side stay here unlocks straightforward dog-friendly day routes in either direction.
The honest trade-offs: this is a serviced-apartment block in a residential terrace, not a hotel, so don't expect a 24-hour front desk or restaurant service. A couple of guests have flagged that the booking process can be convoluted, that one apartment lacked windows, and (in one stay) that there was residual dog scent from previous guests in the unit. These are minor caveats against a strongly positive picture from the bulk of pet-traveller reviews. 1 Elliot Terrace will suit dog owners who want a polished seafront-Plymouth base with parking, who value a property that thinks through the welcome (rather than treating dogs as an inconvenience), and who are happy to confirm the pet-accepting apartment number when they book.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Welcome pack: dog bed, bowls, ball, treats, biscuits
- Right on The Hoe seafront
- Around £15 per night per dog supplement
- Pet-accepting apartments are 1, 1a, 1b, 3 only
- Parking included with the apartment
About this hotel
1 Elliot Terrace is a small block of 4-star serviced apartments looking out over The Hoe in Plymouth. Dogs are welcomed in apartments 1, 1a, 1b and 3 with a dog bed, bowls, ball, treats and biscuits waiting on arrival.
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1 Elliot Terrace, Plymouth, PL1 2QL
