Devon Torquay
Torbay Rise, Torquay
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated October 2026 · paw rating built from 1 verified guest review 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 Torquay / the Devon and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 10.0/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- Paw rating sits on a single confirmed pet review - expect movement as more data arrives
- Pet fee: £25 per pet per stay - research-verified; confirm at booking
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 1 pet-mention guest review sourced from major booking platforms - 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 12 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 10.0/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: October 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
- Pet fee: £25 per dog per stay.
- Only dogs are accepted, and no other kinds of pet.
- Dogs must be booked in and paid for in advance, and extra dogs can be agreed in writing before arrival.
- Dogs must be kept on a lead in and around the grounds, and may be off the lead in the designated fields or the orchard while under close control.
- Dogs must not chase livestock or wildlife.
- Free poop bags are provided, and waste goes in the grey bins at the rear of the property.
- Muddy dogs should be washed off at the outside taps in the rear garden, never with the white towels provided for guests.
- Dogs must not be left alone with free run of the property.
- Dogs are not allowed in the swimming pool area or in the bedrooms, but may go on the sofas if the throws provided are used.
- Stair gates can be provided to control where dogs can wander.
- Dogs that bark continuously cannot be accommodated.
- A £50 charge applies if the property needs extra cleaning, or if dogs have been in the bedrooms or on an uncovered sofa.
Pet-friendly summary
Torbay Rise is a large villa on Old Mill Road in Torquay, let as a whole property and set up for the kind of trip where three generations and a couple of dogs arrive at once. The ground floor is laid with hard flooring through the hall, which removes most of the anxiety of a wet dog coming back from the coast, and there is enough room inside that people and dogs are not constantly negotiating the same doorway.
What sets this one apart is that the house rules are written down properly rather than left to guesswork. Dogs only, and no other kind of pet. They must be booked and paid for in advance at £25 per dog per stay, with extra dogs agreed in writing beforehand. Outside they stay on a lead around the grounds, with off-lead running allowed in the designated fields and the orchard under close control, and no chasing livestock or wildlife. Indoors, the bedrooms and the pool area are out of bounds, while the sofas are fine provided the throws supplied are used. Stair gates are available on request, poop bags are free, and there are outside taps at the rear for washing a muddy dog, which the guest towels are explicitly not for. A £50 charge covers extra cleaning or any breach of the bedroom and sofa rules, and a dog that barks continuously cannot be accommodated.
Guests bringing dogs report the house is thoroughly equipped and comfortable for a long multi-night stay. Two practical warnings are worth carrying over: the lounge carpet is cream, which makes the towel-at-the-door routine non-optional, and the grassed part of the garden is not fully enclosed, so a dog inclined to wander should not be left loose out there. The garden is also smaller than it first appears if the plan was throwing a ball, and a local park tends to fill that gap.
Babbacombe, Anstey's Cove and the wider Torbay coast are short drives away for proper walks, with the usual seasonal dog restrictions on the main town beaches worth checking for your dates. Best suited to a family or group with well-drilled dogs who will read the house rules and follow them, because this is a well-equipped base with clear expectations rather than a free-for-all.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Detailed written house rules for dogs
- £25 per dog per stay
- Outside taps for washing muddy dogs
- Stair gates and sofa throws provided
- Cream lounge carpet needs watching
- Garden grass is not fully enclosed
About this hotel
Torbay Rise is a large villa on Old Mill Road in Torquay, let as a whole property and geared to family celebrations and multi-generational stays. Hard flooring runs through the ground-floor hall, there is a swimming pool on site, and the owners set out a detailed written policy for guests bringing dogs.
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Location
Old Mill Road, Torquay, TQ2 6HL
