The Crown at Marnhull

Just stayed at the Crown Inn with our motorhome. What a perfect pub. The staff were excellent and Monty made us feel really welcome. We ate in the dining area and the food was perfect (rib eye steak, steak & ale pie). The bar are was full of local people from the village and very welcoming to strangers. There is a good story with the place as well with Tess of the d’Urbervilles. If anyone says the village pub cannot survive they need to think again. You just have to know how to do it properly!

We had a roast dinner here 3 weeks ago which was very good, so we were looking forward to another one today. Very disappointed. I ordered the pork, which I couldnt eat as it had more fat on than meat and the meat did not taste very nice at all. When asked was everything okay we did say that the pork was not nice. Nobody came over to apologize. We paid the full bill, but we won’t go back.

Stayed here as part of a walking holiday. Beautiful decor in keeping with the age of the inn and you really feel the history of the building. Lovely pub and restaurant, we ate breakfast and dinner there and both were outstanding. The staff were all lovely and the place is spotlessly clean.

We stayed at the Crown this weekend (husband and young baby with me) and we had the most fantastic time. We phoned ahead to arrange a room with enough space for a travel cot and found the staff to be really helpful. The room itself was decorated really nicely and to a higher standard to what I expected from a room at a pub. We had everything we needed for our overnight stay and a lovely breakfast the next day. We will very much be staying again when we are travelling again to visit family.

Yesterday I stayed at The Crown Inn, Marnhull, Dorset. The room I stayed in was very odd: the bed had a large step all around the base, concealed by a cloth frill. When I first got out of the bed my foot slipped on the cloth frill which was concealing the step and I nearly fell on the floor. Additionally I hit my ankle against the wooden step every time I was near the bed. I told the proprietor this when I paid my bill as I checked out. He took violent exception to what he apparently perceived to be unjust criticism of his establishment and shouted at me several times using the most foul language before assaulting me by trying to push me out of the door. I pointed out that I was only making a comment on the room I had just paid him to stay in. No other customers were present or no doubt he would not have behaved like this, but a cleaning lady saw and heard all this. She seemed too scared to help me. As the proprietor is a large bloke and I am aged around 80, am disabled and frail, it was difficult for me to resist the proprietor’s attack. Probably I should have called the police, but I decided that posting a notice to warn other prospective customers was the most effective action to take.

We booked for a one night stay. We had a lovely time talking to the management team and locals. We were made to feel extremely welcome. The room was very comfortable with a large bathroom and powerful shower. Our breakfast was first class. Highly recommended. We hope to be back in the very near future.