King John Inn

Really lovely inn where we stayed for a night. Delicious dinner and breakfast with excellent service. We had roast dinners, which were generous sizes; there is a good wine menu and tasty cocktails too. We were well looked after by Dominic and Nick

Such a comfy, welcoming, stylish hotel. We had a real treat of a stay. Cosy restaurant with open fire was just what we needed after a long drive down and we slept deeply in the comfortable bed. The room had everything you might want for a short stay - good hairdryer, nice soaps and shampoo/bathfoam. Although there is no phone reception there is wifi and the tv in the room allowed us to login to Netflix etc.

We enjoyed our 3 night stay - the breakfasts were excellent and everyone was very friendly but we had some reservations: We were originally booked into a first floor room but the steps from the bar are very narrow and steep which my wife could not manage. The alternative route via an external fire escape was not acceptable on a cold, damp dark February night. We were therefore offered a courtyard room which was newly decorated to a high standard but the lighting was so minimal that we had to use torches to read. I asked for a standard lamp but none was available so from the hours of 5pm to 11pm we lived in darkness. The in-house wifi worked well in the pub but the signal was often lost in our courtyard room so we often had to go in to the main building to log in to the Butcombe site, and re-enter all our details again . The room lighting and the wifi are issues that can be rectified but the difficult access to the rooms in the main building is a major obstacle - if the courtyard room had not been available we would have had to try to find somewhere else.

Our third stay here and a beautiful room as ever, super comfy bed and a lovely roll top bath and walk in shower. The breakfast was superb and evening meal we had the night before was wonderful, well done to all the team for making it a great experience again, have recommended to clients an d friends

Lovely pub welcoming environment very enjoyable meal. Very friendly staff who took our order and expedited our food to the table with minimal fuss. Food was great and we all commented how we would definitely be come back for another meal. Thanks

Celebratory birthday dinner with family. Food was very good. My main wasn’t very hot…was changed without fuss however, second main had gravy. As I don’t take gravy this was quickly rectified…fresh main on the table, apology by way of removing cost from final bill. Service fantastic evening saved!