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Reviews of The Countryman Inn

3.5 out of 5
The Countryman Inn
East Knighton, Dorchester, England

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 96 out of 180 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 61 out of 180 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 180 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 180 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 180 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

john

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great food and drink. Excellent service. It is an old fashioned hotel - with everything to comes to mind from the description. If you want ultra modern than this is not for you. If you want charm and old fashioned then this place is great.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

cliff

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good staff, parking, great food.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I have used this property on many previous occasions. The staff are friendly and very helpful. The food is reasonably priced.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful Inn with a friendly and helpfull staff. Very picturesque surroundings
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Business traveller
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great pub with great rooms.
I’ve stayed here a few times now for work. Very impressed with the friendliness and service of staff. The room I stayed in was excellent and spacious with a superb shower. Really comfy bed with nice duvet. I’ve eaten off the set evening menu in the pub/restaurant, food very good and great value. A must stay if you are in the area.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

jo

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very welcoming friendly staff. Delicious evening meal and breakfast. Room was clean, comfortable and cosy. Will definitely recommend and return. Very good value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Paulo, Mamaroneck

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Average rooms, bathroom barely OK bar, food, drinks and staff awesome.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Happy 😃
Lovely Room comfortable beds great location
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Wonderful stay staff very welcoming and room was lovely. Food was very good and a nice friendly atmosphere in the pub area too
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean rooms, lovely garden.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Travelled with partner
Historical property, quiet this time of year (end of Sept) and friendly staff. Great food too. Well worth visiting if you’re in the area! Close to the Tank Museum and good local taxis.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Lindsey

Liked: Cleanliness
Rooms are clean but a bit sparse. Overpriced for what it was, I won’t be back.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Malcolm

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable
A very comfortable hotel with friendly service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

D A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasant
Very nice 3 night stay. Evening meals were good - though service poor on the second night. Breakfasts ok, but would have preferred a continental option. happy to recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb
A very peaceful and relaxing night spent in the bar for a meal and drinks. Our room was spacious and comfortable, equipped with everything you need. We enjoyed a cooked breakfast in the morning. The food evening and morning was delicious and a good range of options.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

ROBERT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Vulnerable to noisy neighbours
Everything was fine but walls were quite thin. The risk is then getting noisy neighbours which unfortunately we did and ended up not getting to sleep until late
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sophie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff. Comfortable clean rooms. Close by taxi to the castle
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely character building, with friendly helpful staff .
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jill

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Katie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Another Quality night away, thanks to Hotels.com. This Pub had absolutely everything we wanted in a stay. Spotlessly clean, lovely comfortable bed, fab view of the rabbits in the field. Every single aspect was perfect for us. Really pleasant staff, throughout, but a special shout to the reception/barman/waiter/ all round lovely feller who gave us extra special treatment the whole stay. Highly recommended.
What a nice welcome!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Freda, Leavenworth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Rooms were lovely. Spacious and freshly decorated. However the day we visited the kitchen staff came down with Covid so there was no evening meal. Also it was VERY hot and the morning staff seemed to have had a poor night of sleep (as did we all). They did not know what was available in the kitchen (we asked for gluten free bread and oat milk and they had to check). Service was slow and we weren't offered jam with the toast
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Jeanine

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean room. Nice bed. Friendly staff. Very pleased with our choice. Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stewart

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing little find
Lovely place on the country. Shown to our room which was amazing. Clean and plenty of room for our family. We arrived late but they accommodated us for food as the kitchen had closed. Lovely garden and lots of parking front and back entrance.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lee

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The countryman Inn
Only stayed the one night but have stayed there before I find the countryman Inn a very comfortable place to stay highly recommend it and the food is great
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Brandon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Relaxing and quaint. Simple and comfortable rooms and a great beer garden.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The property was ok,no room service in 3days, management trying to run it because no staff, like faulty towers because they hadnot a clue restraunt no wine list ,the menu was geting smaller by day same with breakfast as they ranout of produce, excuses given were puerile. Highlighting their inexperience,totally out of their depth.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jaime

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A real gem
The Countryman is a gem! The pictures do not even come close to accurately representing the atmosphere. There is a cozy pub and restaurant, outdoor dining and activity area, and the rooms are very comfortable. Donna and Dave are wonderful hosts. The food was great, and you feel right at home. We were disappointed we only stayed one night!!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ponpen

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Jim

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Jade

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Miss

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

sarah calliopi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely hotel, good service. Sadly kitchen closes at 20:15 but they allow you to eat delivery food on premises also Internet not good
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyable one-night stop over with our dog - staff very friendly and lovely breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and comfortable
Great welcome with friendly staff. Comfortable. Food and drink good value for money
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A good place to stay
Friendly reception. Good sized room, clean and comfortable. We enjoyed a meal in the evening which was good. The service was good and the atmosphere relaxed .I was grateful they managed to provide breakfast when the breakfast staff were unable to be there because they had COVID. I would happily return. Very close to the fabulous World Heritage site at Lulworth Cove
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ellie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel and room were ok, the reception staff were a bit rude, our meal in the restaurant was awful and some of the food was inedible and overpriced.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

patricia youtan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful day and night!
The owners were extremely welcoming the suite was fabulous and the bed was so comfortable we could have stayed in it all day! Wonderful breakfast and such a lovely time!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lush
Our stay as 2 adults and 3 children amazing hotel room really spacious warm and value for money, Owners were lovely and the food outstanding highly recommend this place to anyone thank you very much Williamson family
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Warm, comfortable and friendly stay for a working trip…
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Country man
Food seems very commercially microwaveable
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Simeon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

MARK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Enjoyable stay, good food, comfortable room and friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Kei

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021