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Reviews of King's Head Hotel by Greene King Inns

3 out of 5
King's Head Hotel by Greene King Inns
The Square, Wimborne Minster, Wimborne, England

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 148 out of 413 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 171 out of 413 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 67 out of 413 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 20 out of 413 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 413 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jenny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff excellent breakfast comfortable bed
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Susie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice traditional and good service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Jean-Noël

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A good place to stay when visiting Wimborne
The King's Head is located in the centre of Wimborne, so visiting the lovely town is ideal. The hotel has its own car park which is a bonus. The room was spacious overlooking the Minster. It was a bit noisy with the morning traffic. The decor is traditional and a little tired but still OK. If you like a soft bed it's ideal but if you like a firm mattress it's not ideal. The main thing was that the room and bathroom were clean. The staff was helpful and friendly. The restaurant serves good food and breakfast was good.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic improvements required!
Where to start…. Food terrible, no taste whatsoever and the waitress almost dropped my food on top of me! Instead most of it went on the already dirty table, whilst I sat next to a dirty chair! Then in my room…broken toilet, hairs on the bed, fire alarm going off in the middle of the night for no apparent reason and no milk for coffee! So many basic improvements required!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little break
Lovely clean room, with views onto the square. Comfy clean bedding. Parking is available 1st come 1st served. But parking on high street. Very centrally located.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We stayed here on our wedding night along with many of our guests. The hotel staff did an amazing job of rallying round to enable us to get checked in before the wedding (even coming in on a day off). Massive thanks to everyone for the team effort 😁🙏
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janice

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

4/10 Poor

Carol

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Checking in the staff could not be more welcoming and helpful The second night the fire alarms went off at about 12.30 midnight it was extremely worrying because there were no staff at the property or answering the out of hours phone number we had to call the fire brigade ourselves
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Understand it is due for refurbishment
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marsha

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very good.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

jamie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Tracy

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Food (breakfast) very good . Staff lovely
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Lack of car parking
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommended
For the price paid this was excellent value for money and is therefore highly recommended. Location very central, lovely staff and free parking.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Kate

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
My room was extremely hot, even though the outside temperature was cool. I asked for a second electric fan which just about made the room temperature bearable. The room and bathroom could have been cleaner but were acceptable. The area just outside the entrance and the car park were spoilt by litter. On a positive note, the staff were friendly and quickly brought me an extra fan.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Honesty
Hotel very tired, old fake flowers everywhere, decor poor Very short staffed, long wait for breakfast - felt like Fawlty Towers room very noisy from heating system in attic Staff who were there were friendly and helpful but so under pressure
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

JOAN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly though under pressure staff Sticky tables
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Philippa

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was great, excellent staff and Mgr. Amazing location in middle of town. EXPEDIA WERE A TOTAL CON ! SAVE MONEY AND BOOK DIRECT ! YOU MIGHT EVEN GET BREAKFAST WICH I DID NOT. THANKS EXPEDIA NEVER AGAIN
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Christopher

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

4/10 Poor

Michael

Business traveller
Liked: Room comfort
Disappointing stay, have been here before last year and it was good but lack of hot water and poor breakfast made it my last time .
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Monique

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location
Hotel in perfect location. Staff extremely competent and friendly. Food good with enormous portions. Bed and pillows a little hard. No mechanism on door to bathroom. Water luke warm not hot. Otherwise it was an enjoyable stay.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff very helpful.close to the show
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Stay
Hotel is very central,and convenient for the pubs and shops.My room was spacious and quiet,even though it was at the front of the hotel.Some of the staff working in the bar need some better customer service skills and improve their communication with each other.One bar lady serving with a green dress on on Saturday the 18th March was fantastic.I would stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

Stephen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Not what I expected....
No heating, no hot water, unable to run a bath (water and lack of flow & pressure); got a complimentary breakfast as a result. Limited food availability. None of these were the fault of the hotel, but my porridge had frozen lumps in it, and an elderly female who asked for toast was told to "do it yourself" despite clearly having mobility issues. It's these last 2 which compelled me to write this review. Superior room was on the front, overlooking the main road. With wooden sash windows, none of the noise was blocked out, so cold and noisy wasn't condusive to a good night's sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Michael

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Happy to stay!
We had a lovely stay at the kings head. Room was ok and dinner was very good even though there were some shortages in the menu. Breakfast was very good. We were well looked after by the reception staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

angela

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Craig

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

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

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

8/10 Good

Angela

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Angus

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at The Kings Head, very pleasant welcome, staff all very friendly, room absolutely superb and facilities really good - I would certainly stay there again - great comfortable stay
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was nice , bar area was comfy and breakfast was good
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overnight stay
Room & check in was fine. Very limited menu. A wait on food which we were told about. We didn't choose to have breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Grayson

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Perfectly located in the center of Wimborne. Hotel rooms are old and need renovation specially the bathrooms. Room overall was clean, but very hot. Windows had to be kept open at all times and a small fan was placed in our room as well. Best thing is location, and the pub downstairs is quite decent.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

martin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

G

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

6/10 Okay

Stephen, Portola Valley

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Parking spaces are very limited, so be prepared to end up parking somewhere with limited wait time, or further away in a relatively expensive long stay car park. The hotel itself is old and in need of some upgrades, but room 25 I had this time was comfortable, and with double aspect and windows could stay cool. The great thing about this hotel is it's central location, with quite a few pubs and restaurants within 5 minutes walk.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Chi keung

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice period features. On-site parking, great location in the middle of Wimbourne next to the square.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Hazel

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Shane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The staff wereso helpful was amazing A lady called shana on reception went out of her way to help find certain places .nothing was too much trouble
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Daphne

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

George Valentin

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