The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant

Premier Double Room | Premium bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Luxury Double Room | Bathroom | Combined shower/tub, free toiletries, hair dryer, towels

Double or Twin Room | Premium bedding, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

4.1 / 5.0

Excellent(222 Ratings)

Inn in East Dorset District

1 full bed

Reasons to book

Well priced for this locationProperty prices in this area are generally higher

Includes essentialsGarden, Internet / Wifi, Balcony or Patio and more

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About this inn

Inn in Wimborne with free breakfast and a coffee shop
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free inn has a bar/lounge and a coffee shop/cafe. Free continental breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include a garden.
The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant offers 10 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Beds feature premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Amenities

Internet / Wifi

Balcony or Patio

Garden

Map of East Dorset District

Nearby attractions

Longleat

47.3 mi

Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World

34.8 mi

Hawk Conservancy Trust

54.4 mi

Stonehenge

43.7 mi

Available Rooms

Basic Double Room

1 Double • 86 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Double or Twin Room

1 Double • 10 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Premier Double Room

1 Double • 12 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Luxury Double Room

1 King • 14 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

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The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant

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4.1 / 5.0

Excellent(222 Ratings)

Inn in East Dorset District

1 full bed

Reasons to book

Well priced for this locationProperty prices in this area are generally higher

Includes essentialsGarden, Internet / Wifi, Balcony or Patio and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this inn

Amenities

Internet / Wifi

Balcony or Patio

Garden

Map of East Dorset District

Nearby attractions

Longleat

47.3 mi

Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World

34.8 mi

Hawk Conservancy Trust

54.4 mi

Stonehenge

43.7 mi

Available Rooms

Basic Double Room

1 Double • 86 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Double or Twin Room

1 Double • 10 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Premier Double Room

1 Double • 12 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Luxury Double Room

1 King • 14 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Ratings and reviews

4.1 / 5.0

Excellent(222 Ratings)

2.5 / 5.0

Nov 2024

Lovely rooms, good bar, fantastic food.

1.0 / 5.0

Aug 2024

Location poor due to traffic noise at night No Parking . The room was over looked by general public so had to keep curtains closed. Breakfast took a long time to come but was nice

2.5 / 5.0

Jul 2024

All good staff were great, was on the top l floor so only for the fit

4.0 / 5.0

Jun 2024

First appearance was off putting, the building is old and in need of some 'curb appeal' and repainting. The room was very clean but very dark decor. The breakfast was excellent and staff friendly

5.0 / 5.0

Jun 2024

Good!

2.5 / 5.0

May 2024

Really enjoyed my stay. Excellent breakfast. Very helpful friendly staff.

5.0 / 5.0

Apr 2024

We had a really pleasant stay, friendly staff and excellent breakfast. Parking is limited but found a spot near by.

5.0 / 5.0

Apr 2024

Loved everything about The Minster.

2.0 / 5.0

Mar 2024

Great one night stay in one of the premium rooms. Gorgeous room in the eaves. Lovely welcome on check in and good service throughout. Food very tasty and extremely well presented.

5.0 / 5.0

Feb 2024

Excellent staff so helpful lovely food overall a very nice stay

2.5 / 5.0

Jan 2024

This was my families third stay at the Minster Arms and it went great. Hannah (manager) and Penny (asst manager) took wonderful care of our family. Great service! The food in the pub was also amazing. Very warm and friendly atmosphere. Highly recommend the place!

1.5 / 5.0

Dec 2023

lovely room allthough a bit ackward up the stairs to get to it in the eaves. service good and very polite and helpful

1.0 / 5.0

Dec 2023

arrived too the pub was ignored by the bar staff for a good five minutes not a hello or nothing. room hot water tap not working and very cold in the room carpets where stained and ripped and stains on the walls. shame as could be a lovely place with some minor adjustments

2.5 / 5.0

Nov 2023

I nearly didn't book because of the bad reviews but glad we did, had a wonderful time! Lovely room and great breakfast!

2.5 / 5.0

Oct 2023

Room was great couldn’t fault it bar and food was fantastic will be returning again when working in the area

4.0 / 5.0

Oct 2023

Lovely place to stay. Very friendly staff. Unfortunately the Expedia website is misleading - there is NO on site car parking. The only parking available is in Pay & Display car parks nearby.

0.5 / 5.0

Sep 2023

Had to request my room to be changed due to unclean toilet - I won't give any details here, use your imagination. My room was changed, didn't have the same issue, but there is an overall feeling that the cleanliness not a priority. In addition, gappy timber sash windows did not filter out any noise whatsoever. I had the worst sleep for a long while - it felt like I slept in a tent in the middle of a roundabout. I'm not exaggerating. Noise and lack of cleanliness makes it impossible to recommend this place. You've been warned - read the other reviews.

1.5 / 5.0

Sep 2023

Basic room very very basic. Bathroom good but toilet would benefit from a good dose of Harpic100 to remove stained limescale All carpets were worn and stained.

1.0 / 5.0

Sep 2023

Comfortable, with good staff .

5.0 / 5.0

Jul 2023

The lady behind the bar who checked me in was superb and would like to thank her ...

1.0 / 5.0

Jul 2023

We stayed here to save a long journey home and back again after my fathers funeral. Check in was OK, the young bar staff did this. I asked when check out was and they said anytime between 8 and 11. Breakfast would be in a hamper outside the room left that night. We stayed in the bar for drinks and dinner which was fine. We went up to the room where I was delighted to see a beautiful roll top bath. Just what I needed after the day I had just had. The bath was filthy, with the previous occupants dirt and scum in it! The headboard was stained and so was the carpet. The breakfast hamper had stale croissants in. No butter or even a plate to eat them off. The cereal bowls were wet, no milk for the cereal. The whole place just felt grubby and shabby. When we went to check out, all the doors to the pub were locked. I was expecting to see a person to hand the key to and to give them feedback about our experience. The manager was meant to call me back and hasn't bothered. It seems as though they just dont care when you look at the reiews on trip advisor. I just wish that I had checked, but I was not in the right mindset when I booked!

1.0 / 5.0

Jul 2023

Difficult to find room. My room key opened another room. The stairs are too step. No signs to rooms. Room was not cleaned Not enough coffee. HAD to fill the kettle in the shower. The little shower attachment didnt work. Shower was too hot. Breakfast horrific. The bed was incrediabkw

2.0 / 5.0

Jul 2023

Maia was fab. The room , however wasn’t. It all felt unloved . Breakfast hamper was ok, nothing special . No coffee and no one to ask

3.0 / 5.0

Jun 2023

Was very disappointed with the breakfast set up - hamper outside the room, which was also filled with sugar-overloaded foods! Not what I had planned when taking my dad there. However, staff were quick to rectify the situation with no hassles. Sadly lacks management there to make the place, the once vibrant place it used to be. Cleaners also didn't pay any attention to those of us staying more than one night. Again they need clear training and management. Location is great: staffs were helpful and friendly but some love and care needs to be given. Plus clearly let people know there is no breakfast service, only a hamper left - good for those maybe stopping the night for business. Still enjoyed our break in Wimborne but little things could make big difference there!

5.0 / 5.0

Jun 2023

Very comfortable, clean, quiet good food. Would stay again.

1.5 / 5.0

Apr 2023

Room was set out well and molton brown toiletries were lovely. The bad side was the unclean room. Toilet bowl dirty with in grained dirt, a scrub with bleach would have sorted it out. Pillows had a clean pillow case in but the pillow inside was showing and was yellowed and old. Shower was dirty again with ingrained dirt and sealant was peeled. Bed was very comfortable however.

1.5 / 5.0

Mar 2023

Our second time at the Minster Arms but a bit disappointed this time around. We didn't know breakfast was continental and left out side the room the night before, compared to a lovely full English cooked to order last time we stayed. Nice room, very comfy bed and Molton Brown toiletries, but we won't be rushing back.

2.5 / 5.0

Feb 2023

Great stay! Really nice place! And the charcuterie and cheese board in the restaurant was amazing!!

2.0 / 5.0

Feb 2023

The hotel is just a short walk from the centre of the small town of Wimborne. The building itself must be quite old with some uneven floors, a maze of corridors and old style windows. My stay was mid week and the place had more of a wine bar ambience than a pub. Internally the building was quiet though my room did face the road onto a small roundabout which was busy at peak times. The room had a quirky selection of furniture and the bed was comfortable. The en suite bathroom and toilet were modern with a particularly good shower. Sadly there was no cooked breakfast just a box provided outside the room with cereals, pastries, juice etc. At my time of stay the evening meals were limited to cheese and charcuterie but Wimborne is a little gem and there is a wide variety of places to eat.

1.5 / 5.0

Feb 2023

I guess the Minster Arms is going through a tough time. Breakfast used to have a great selection of Continental and cooked breakfast. Now a tatty hamper delivered outside the bedroom door! Room was OK for the price but had a very small window which made it dark. Various maintain issues in the room. The Resturant is now closed and only bar meals. No body around in the morning and no instructions on how to check out.....actually no instruction manual at all in the rooms.

3.0 / 5.0

Feb 2023

There was no hot water in the morning. All the guests staying that night commented on it. I don't like having a luke warm shower so this was disappointing.

1.0 / 5.0

Feb 2023

The room itself was clean and comfortable but we were very disappointed by the breakfast and we had trouble contacting the venue team both before and during our stay. Be aware that breakfast is a few items in a box left at your door the night before. There was a small cereal box each but the milk had gone off before the morning, probably because the heating was on full in the room all night. Other food was cake - a muffin and a pastry. There was no one in the venue to ask for more milk and we realised it is generally un-manned which explained why we couldn't get through on the phone before we arrived. If the venue could improve the breakfast, we would recommend it as a place to stay.

2.0 / 5.0

Dec 2022

The inn's computer had broken, so they didn't actually know we were coming, but they couldn't do enough for us, even going out to purchase non-allergenic bedding as my wife is allergic to feathers. The room itself was lovely and the bar cosy, with a real fire in the grate. Only downside was the restaurant menu was quite limited (due to time of year) and the breakfast selection also quite limited - only "continental" options and not even brown bread.

4.0 / 5.0

Dec 2022

Lovely Pub, we stayed here many times and we have always enjoyed it. But our room this time was so small, you walked through the door and you fell on the bed where it was so small. No wardrobe just hanging rail sticking out from the wall no dressing table mirror which is a nightmare when you’re trying to do your hair or make up et cetera. It’s stated on the website full English breakfast. We were informed the next morning that it was only Continental. They did give us complimentary drinks and in all fairness, the staff are very friendly very efficient and very apologetic.!!

3.0 / 5.0

Nov 2022

My room, which was nice and clean was facing the round about. I had asked to have a different room, but was told that the hotel was full. However there was only 2 more guests! The breakfast was poor.

1.5 / 5.0

Oct 2022

Disappointing. I used to stay at The Minster Arms pre-Covid and loved it. This was my first stay this year, and unfortunately is likely to be my last. The evening meal was still as lovely as ever, but the room was very cold. When I first went in, the window was wide open (in October) and so I shut it. I expected the radiator to come on (it was set to maximum) but it never did, and so the room remained cold all night. The bathroom towel rail was warm though. Worst was the security light on the ceiling which just illuminated the room all night and was very off-putting, to the point I had to cover it using sticky notes until the room became dark. In the morning, it was frustrating that breakfast now didn't start until 8am - too late for business travel, then disappointed that they no longer do a cooked breakfast - because it used to be great. There was no Breakfast Tea available, and they had forgotten to turn on the Urn so they had not hot water for guests. In fairness the staff did make me a pot of tea and another equally frustrated guest when asked. The window cleaners were in during this breakfast going between guests and their tables which was a little off-putting, and when I went to raise these issues with the staff when I checked out, there was no one around. I left my key on the bar and left. I know times are hard in hospitality - which is why I stayed there - but they do need to bring back a little more attention to detail and reinstate the hot breakfast.

2.0 / 5.0

Oct 2022

Room lighting was very dark and no full length mirror in the room. No plug socket close enough to bathroom to use hairdryer nesr a mirror. I did ask for mirror but not available Breakfast wasn't served until 8 30 so on 1st morning i missed it as was on way to work. On day 2 went to check out at 8.30 and bar area was in darkness and all locked up had to leave keys in room door and no breakfast was being served even if i had wanted it. Room was booked with breakfast?,?

2.5 / 5.0

Sep 2022

We had a lovely one night stay here! We actually stayed for our wedding night and the room was comfortable and had a very large bath and shower. It was clean and the staff were very friendly. Thank you!

4.0 / 5.0

Sep 2022

Really liked the two chaps in charge nice menu room tiny no shelving in the bathroom to put stuff easily rectified surely very handy for town minutes away

1.5 / 5.0

Aug 2022

Business trip, the room allocated was facing the main road, this resulted in early morning traffic noise as no secondary double glazing. Also the continental breakfast was very limited on choice. Could maybe supply some cheese, ham, only marmalade choice of jams.

FAQs

How much does this inn cost compared to others in East Dorset District?

The average price for a rental in East Dorset District is R 1,965 per night. This rental is R 429 above the average.

Is parking included with this inn?

Parking is not specified as an available amenity at The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this inn?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this inn. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this inn is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant?

We found 4 amenities for this rental. This includes internet / wifi, balcony or patio, tv, and garden.

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The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant

Inn in East Dorset District

Reasons to book

About this inn

Amenities

Map of East Dorset District

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Basic Double Room

Double or Twin Room

Premier Double Room

Luxury Double Room

The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant

Inn in East Dorset District

Reasons to book

About this inn

Amenities

Map of East Dorset District

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Basic Double Room

Double or Twin Room

Premier Double Room

Luxury Double Room

Ratings and reviews

FAQs

How much does this inn cost compared to others in East Dorset District?

Is parking included with this inn?

Is there a pool at this inn?

Is The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant pet friendly?

What amenities are available at The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant?

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