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Reviews of The Brace of Pheasants

4 out of 5
The Brace of Pheasants
Plush, Dorchester, England

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 214 out of 285 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 57 out of 285 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 285 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 285 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 285 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had an excellent stay in this lovely old but very comfortable Inn. Hospitality and friendliness could not be faulted. Real ale and a hearty breakfast - what more could you ask for!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great find, excellent stay
This is a real gem of a place, Matt the owner was a wonderful host. The pub is cosy and inviting and the food was excellent. Will definitely go back
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dave

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Holiday stop over
Rooms were great and clean, food was really good
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Peter

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

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolute gem
An absolute delight. Beautiful surroundings, rooms, food, wines and excellent staff. A must return place.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short stay
Off the beaten track, which was part of its charm. Lovely evening meal. Great breakfast. Friendly staff. Had a relaxing break with family.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Short Stay - what a great find!
Amazing location. Great accommodation. Food was superb too
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Roy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disappointed
The service was good. Food was good, with staff coping well with my wife's food allergies. However the accommodation is highly unsuitable for anyone with even slightly limited mobility. The narrow staircase, the cramped room, the changing levels in the en suite, the uneven floor, the low ceilings made for an uncomfortable experience, such that we did not stay for the second night we had booked (but were still charged). The full view of the toilet available to any passing hikers is also disconcerting.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mandy

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Beverly

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Magical Retreat
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Emine

Liked: Staff & service
Very polite and friendly staff and a lovely area to drive through. Double bed was two singles pushed together which wasn’t the most comfortable ! Our main issue was with the breakfast, honestly awful. Would have preferred not to have eaten.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ann-Marie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

SAFWAN

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julie

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

10/10 Excellent

Trudie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
An amazing country restaurant with fab garden rooms. A great welcome from Caroline on arrival. Beautiful room with mega sized bath with your ow bitro
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exceptional
From the welcome to the room and the breakfast. Everything was exceptional. Very impressed with the quality comfort and cleanliness of our room. The bed, the linen and the pillows. Extremely comfortable and a high standard. Would definitely stay again and would highly recommend. Hard to find, but well worth persevering!! Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

deepika

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing little inn with delicious food, very comfortable and tastefully decorated rooms; the staff and owner are so friendly and helpful. Great location for walks
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Tom

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
lovely pub with nice food
lovely place to stay with nice rooms. no phone signal . Breakfast does not start until 8.30 which was a bot late for a business trip. they did offer to make a baguette the night before.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Caroline

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

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

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Soraya J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would go back in a heartbeat!
This was an absolute gem! Beautiful rooms, fabulously delicious food, best gins & beer. The thatched pub was so quaint & it really was delightful. The service was second to none with really friendly staff. Our only regret? We only booked for one night 😔.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lara

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Iain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy Traditional Country Pub
Lovely traditional country pub with a great food offer, stayed in a room in the main building which was cosy, welcoming and very warm which was needed on our arrival day. Bed was very comfortable and location of the pub meant a peaceful nights sleep. Tasty breakfast set us up for the day ahead, will definitely return.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Darryl

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

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

10/10 Excellent

Angelo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location for somewhere quiet. Excellent food and service.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rodney

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a unique property with a great pub, outside potential for an event and a friendly staff. Breakfast was wonderful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

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

10/10 Excellent

Katrina

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

8/10 Good

Christopher

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not a place for me next time I’m up that way.
My son found this hotel, but forwarded the link to me to book and pay for our two rooms as he was busy in his office in London. My son later sent me a message saying that he was having to bring his dog with him, but it was ok as he had contacted both The Brace of Pheasant and also the sailing company we were due to sail with the next day re his dog. I arrived first coming from a different direction to that of my son. However, I was an hour later than I had expected due to a road being closed on route, plus, having difficulties finding this accommodation. The gentleman who showed me to the rooms I had booked became annoyed with me when I said that I was not the one with the dog ! He said they didn’t have dogs in the rooms there, I explained that my son had informed me, after I had booked, that he had phoned and been told this was ok, and that was unhappy with his manner towards me over this, and that he would have to speak to my son when he arrived. He later told my son the dog would have to sleep in the car overnight, my son told him fine, but nobody in the area would get any sleep as the dog would bark all night, the dog did then sleep in his room with him without any problems. I later found out this place does have one room only where a dog can sleep, but that this was already booked prior to our visit. A pretty old pub, not in my opinion very good for anybody with movement difficulties, also is a very remote location, that said, it’s peaceful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gabriella

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service and lovely cottage!
Very welcoming staff especially the lady I think her name was monika. Clean tidy and even accommodated me arriving early . The cottage had so much character, would stay again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

DAVID

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We reported niggle to the owner. Average for average hotel but the experience was good and the staff were friendly, helpful & professional. We would recommend to friends.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Anura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place. There arent many places like the ol english cottages where you can experience such high quality accomodaion. Breakfast could have more variety/amount
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Valerie

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

2/10 Terrible

Gary

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Expedia completely failed to communicate the need for the twin room as booked through them. Only a double available, decided not to stay. Will not use Expedia to book accommodation again. Hotel staff helpful, Expedia useless
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Brian

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brace of Pheasants - lovely
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

stefan nicholls

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
ticks all the boxes, cobwebs and all
food and service was great, location really rural as we wanted. no bath or shower towels and the room was host to 5 spiders and lots of old cobwebs. the bed was spacious, comfortable and we slept well. there was a choice of two ales on tap, both were pleasing. overall the room was very pleasant and could do with some minor up keep where nails have popped the plasterboard, grouting/silicone is below par. thats just the nit picking. sink and bath were huge, great water pressure, coffee and tea as usual, lovely biscuits (walnut crunch and lemon with stem ginger) , body wash and lotion were new to us and very pleasing to use. we would go back again
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Delightful pub full of warmth and excellent hospitality. Dinner and breakfast were both delicious. The owner and staff couldn’t have done more to make our stay more enjoyable.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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