The Jack Russell

What a find! Nestled in the wessex hills. A quiet place. Peaceful. Great team. Delicious food and very dog friendly. Beautiful room, we were in Great Dane.. Beautifully decorated and we had a small balcony to our room and 2 chairs placed to enjoy the view. Great shower and delicious smelling toiletries. There was a bath too. There was a suggested dog walk which we did before leaving.

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The room and the bathroom are spacious, beautifully decorated to the latest details. Very quiet. Nice snug area with a massive bay window opening onto a balcony and the view onto the field is fantastic. You wake up with the sound of the pheasants all on the fields. The food is very good and excellent breakfast.

The welcoming was poor. No one acknowledged me when I arrived. The manager, Stephane, was talking to a customer and then decided to ignore me and walked away instead of enquiring the reason of my waiting. Finally, a girl stopped and I could tell her that I was there for the check-in. I understand that there were busy from the restaurant and their local customers but they should know that around 3 o'clock, they will need a member of state dedicated to the check-ins. As it was a special birthday for my partner, I enquired for their best table but we were tucked in a little area on a very small table. It is only because I insisted that we managed to have a better and bigger table. However, from there, the service was very good.

Really nice location, clean and cosy

When checking in the man on duty was very aloof and not very welcoming

The rooms are traditionally done but far too dark. Bed very firm and pillows super soft. Had a tick in bathroom shower. Dogs barking at 7am woke us up and kids in breakfast were feral 😬 was a shame as not staffs fault…. When we arrived it looked amazing and grounds are exceptional, sad it didn’t live up to expectations.