The Crown at Marnhull

Visited twice in a week. Excellent menu, massive choice, big portions and quality ingredients. Very friendly staff too. Highly recommended. They have specials each night of the week like Tuesday night is curry night. Brilliant value food.

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!

Three of us visited today for lunch. Each of us had something different and really enjoyed our meals. The menu is very varied with something for everyone’s taste and appetite. The venue is lovely and comfortable with lots of historic interest. The service was friendly and attentive without being overwhelming. We will definitely be returning in the near future to further sample the menu of delights . Highly recommended.

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.

Super friendly staff. Great atmosphere on. a Friday evening. My fish and chips were the best I’ve ever had - a big portion and the tartare sauce was excellent. Service was timely and efficient and the staff all seemed keen to ensure that everything was ok and that I was happy which was nice as a solo diner. I’d definitely go back next time I’m in the area for work. Noise from the road is initially quite noisy but it certainly quietens down overnight.

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.