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Reviews of Blue Ball Inn

3 out of 5
Blue Ball Inn
Steven's Cross, Sidmouth, England

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 58 out of 105 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 105 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 105 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 105 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 105 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
In a beautiful area, staff were so friendly, conscientious, breakfast was amazing, especially their pastries. Overall 10 plus!
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent food and comfortable rooms. The staff were very friendly and efficient. Would definitely stay at The Blue Ball again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Jason

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great cozy feeling thatched property. Welcoming staff, clean comfortable room, fab breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Louise

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Tracy

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So convenient for the donkey sanctuary just up the road. Lovely friendly staff and our room was just right.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Blue Ball Top stay
Excellent atmosphere, comfortable and relaxing, great food, friendly and attentive staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leigh

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous country pub, everything you expect from this type of property.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A building steeped in history great food and extremely good and efficient service
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gregg

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My stay at the blue ball was really good,beyond anything that u would expect as good service! The rooms are good size and well furnished and u have tea, coffee etc and home made cookies! The staff were great, looking after us with food cooking near time of close and early breakfast, I recommend this completely.perfect. Gregg white. / surrey
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cath

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hard bed....
The blue ball inn is very nice,the only thing we found was the bed was very hard.... Breakfast could of been abit better as in cheap sausages and bacon. Staff very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christine, Dorchester

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Being so close to our home we enjoy just a short break without too much travel. Brilliant car park, though we do not have a dog, it is dog friendly. Good menu. Room a bit claustrophobic as facing onto main road the windows were closed plus secondary glazing. . We like our windows open with fresh air. It got a bit hot and airless. Lovely clean bed, towels and bathroom. Good powerful shower. Good quality complimentary soaps etc. could have done with a place to put things like make up etc. also Power sockets were not in right place to plug hair dryer in to see in the wardrobe mirror. An old pub burnt down and rebuilt perfectly but modern things like sockets so important. As for Wi-Fi…oops complicated and not successful on a couple of our appliances. Other than these little snags we really enjoyed our short stay of three nights, welcomed by the staff who were very stretched due to staff shortages.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Chris

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Staff & service
Meet and greet.
We were struggling to shower, we cant use a bath, mobility issues, my wife could not get out of shower without my help. Toilet dirty, needs a good clean, bleach and brushing needs to be a regular item on cleaning jobs. Bar food poor choices, and main meals far to expensive for us, we are both retired and cannot afford this venue. Hosts ok but they never asked how we were etc. The first morning at breakfast 25th. Sept. the lady on duty didnt greet us very well, the attitude was all wrong. I think she was the wife of the manager, if its a 3 star hotel, we were surprised, too expensive for 3 stars. sadly a disapointng stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Chelsea

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A fantastic experience, I just wish we had stayed longer. Food in the restaurant was 10/10. Hope to return.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Shahid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Inn
Great location with Parking, all as expected. T.V a bit fiddly to operate. Our Room faced the Road which is fairly busy and Noisy. Breakfast was lovely and great portion.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Barry

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

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here for 3 nights at the beginning of July 2023. The accomodation, staff and the great restaurant (my wife thought the trout she had one evening was wonderful) were all 5*. Would I stay there again? Most definately....
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
Very warm welcome, beautiful, large clean room and lovely cooked breakfast. Great location for Sidmouth, Seaton Ottery St Mary etc.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with partner
Room and food excellent staff great only a one night stay but really enjoyed it
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The perfect stay.
Outstanding in every way. Wonderful location & character. Lovely staff and delicious food at a fair price. Can’t wait to return.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The atmosphere of the property was amazing. The staff were brilliant. Clean, the old English pub amazing and dining experience lovely
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Natshalie Fernando

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Paul

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely weekend away.
We had a wonderful 2 night stay, lovely clean and comfortable accommodation, super friendly staff, especially at breakfast and check in. So nice to be comfortable in such a beautiful old building with modern facilities, plenty of parking and a very warm welcome. Perfect.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

FIONA

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Sylvia

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Debra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Devon Dream
Wonderful staff, food and surroundings. Couldn’t have asked for more.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Melvin

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic hotel in fabulous condition and excellent food
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Corinne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Warm, Comfy and Friendly Inn
My Son and I stayed overnight, as we had travelled from Derbyshire to attend a funeral the next day. We arrived late and was greeted by a friendly gentleman. The room was very cosy, warm and comfortable. The breakfast was really good too. We would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Quaint property with lots of charm, but road facing room with lots of traffic noise ruined the experience overall. Restaurant for dinner was overpriced with small portions.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Blue Ball Inn at Sidford
Warm welcome on arrival from young Will. He even carried my partners bag up for me. The room was perfect, nicely decorated. Breakfast was excellent for us ,recommend the veggie cooked breakfast. Great value for money and even free parking on site. The Blue Ball in at Sidford is a great place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
So so.
Lovely old Inn in cute area. Car park opposite. Beautiful in the pub area and nice room with cool artwork and period furniture. Comfy bed. Good size shower. Unfortunately it is tight next to the road with means noise all night. This was worsened by the extremely hot temperature inside the room. Very good breakfast with wonderful service.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a lovely cosy pub, food was excellent, quick service. Room was very clean, everything you want for a stay, good breakfast to wake up to. Would definitely recommend, and would visit it again. Thank you Blue Ball lnn.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Mary P

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely old hotel/pub
Bed was very comfortable and food good especially the breakfast. Water took a long time to drain from bath seemed to be slightly blocked. The staff were really friendly and helpful. There was a relief manager in charge and whilst he was helpful and cheery most of the time, he was not used to the hotel side of things which he freely admitted. We would definitely book again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We stayed one night as we have done before. The inn was as welcoming as ever and the room and breakfast were as we would expect from past experience. We would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Norman

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Isobel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Janice

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good pub stay!
Food was great, room was comfortable, staff very pleasant.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff were all so helpful and cheerful. Disappointed we had cold water in shower for 2 days but we’re moved to a new room on 3rd night. No milk pods in room for drinks and fresh milk was sour by morning. The televisions on wall are so very small and kept pixelating. Breakfast was yummy 😋. Location was brilliant with good parking.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A highly recommended Inn
Would highly recommend this Inn for a lovely stay, with great breakfast. Room was cosy and well equipped, free parking, drinks and food in restaurant was fantastic too. All staff were very attentive, nothing was too much trouble!!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jeremiah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely night
We had a lovely time from the moment we arrived, the staff were very friendly and welcoming. Our room had not been checked so whilst we waited we were kindly offered a free drink which wasn't necessary but was a nice surprise. The room was clean and the bed was comfy for a good nights sleep. There was a decent choice of food for breakfast too with a nice full english to start the day.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Andrea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely pub, we usually avoid them but this was an exception. Staff were superb, very helpful and breakfast very good. The only negative points tv too small and bathroom needs updating but otherwise very good.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
A lovely large room with tea/coffee supplied. The bed was huge and comfortable. Clean and decorated to a good standard. Breakfast was freshly cooked and a very generous portion.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

david

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really good pub with rooms, would recommend if visiting East Devon.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Glen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. My dog was made very welcome.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021