Quiet, unique and luxurious. Stayed in the Osprey suite. Amazing view out across the bay to Bell island. Watched the sunset each night from the double jacuzzi bath. The staff are polite, friendly and unintrusive.

This was my second stay. Top notch service and facilities even in January. Stayed in the Dovekie Suite this time round and was pleasantly surprised overlooking the cove and the roar of the waves. Not as noisy as the signature suites under Atlantica which never ceases to please either. Will be back again.

My wife and I just returned from a three night trip to Newfoundland. I had read a review that mentioned The Beach House, and how nice it was, and we decided to reserve a room there for the first night, and then stay downtown St. John's for the other two nights.
When we arrived at the Beach House, we were totally amazed at the view of Portugal Cove and Bell Island. The hotel overlooks Conception Bay, and you can watch the Ferry go back & forth to Bell Island. We stayed in the Sand Piper Room, and it was breath-taking! Wonderful room with a million dollar view of Conception Bay. The room was very clean, and very modernly decorated. It also had a walk out balcony, where we sat and watched the boats in the Bay. We had made reservations at the Atlantica Restaurant, as suggested by previous reviews. Our dinner was amazing. We highly recommend it, but you must make reservations, as locals dine here also. The restaurant is not that big, but has a great view of the Bay. Upscale dining. (not cheap)
We were sorry to have to leave as we had reservations downtown St. John's for next two nights at Blue on the Water (which is ranked #1 in St. John's on Tripadvisor). It was nice and location was close to stores, restaurants, and George St., but to be honest, not even close to the experience we had at the Beach House. We ended up checking out early, and spending our last night back at the Beach House. We stayed in one of the Signature Rooms, which was very, very cozy. No walk out balcony, but a great view.
The staff was wonderful.
We will be back soon.

We stayed at the Beach House in their Piping Plover Cottage for 3 nights while visiting St. John's .... and felt that we could not have chosen a nicer place to stay! The cottage is nicely decorated, looks like it has been recently updated as everything is quite new, clean, well equipped for cooking, has a separate bedroom....and best of all, lots of picture windows to enjoy the incredibly beautiful views. The private deck has a couple of "Muskoka" chairs and there is a shared BBQ on a patio next to the cottage.

It is a two unit building, with the Puffin Cottage below, however, the lower unit was unoccupied while we were there so it was very quiet.

This cottage is at their main site in Portugal Cove (as others have mentioned, some of their accommodation is 10 minutes away although it appears that most units are at the location where we were).

We were glad that we stayed in Portugal Cove for our 3 days in St. John's ... the drive each way was approx. 20 minutes, but well worth it for the luxury of having such a nice place to stay. (The airport is midway between P.Cove and St. John's).

We took the ferry to Bell Island to explore it for an afternoon.... had a great time! Don't miss the lighthouse and a tour of the mine if you go.

A couple of previous reviews mentioned poor service, but the few times that we requested items, they responded right away. We didn't eat in their restaurant so can't comment on it, but noticed that it was quite busy on Saturday evening.

All in all a wonderful time and I would highly recommend it!