In the mol-ecule of the title compound, C(7)H(8)O(2), the phenol O and hydroxy-methyl C atoms lie in the ring plane [deviations of -0.015 (3) and and 0.013 (3) Å, respectively]. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link mol-ecules into a network. A weak C-H⋯π inter-action is also found.