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3 out of 5
The Pecking Mill Inn
Pecking Mill, A371, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, England

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 108 out of 220 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 72 out of 220 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 220 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 220 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 220 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Leslie

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Very nice and friendly manager and staff
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good views from room and a comfy bed. One thing I would add to the room is a chair, nowhere to sit. Breakfast was nice
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Bill

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed one night property a bit tired could do with a makeover however landlord and owner very friendly prices excellent we ate in the restaurant food was very nice. Room was fine for one night might be a bit small for longer stays. Breakfast cooked to order for me a bit small but then included in the price . We do plan to stay there again when visiting the area.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff very friendly
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value for money. Friendly host.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly and helpful landlord (made us an early breakfast), thank you!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is anyone way to describe this property and that is outstanding. Nothing was too much trouble for the Owner very clean well presented friendly B&B.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Trudy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Kim

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My stay was short arrived late and left early. Room was Clean and as advertised. Staff were friendly and helpful. I only had a toast and tea breakfast by choice but it was very nice and on time. Would definately stay again
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Spacious family room with separate sleeping areas.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nikki

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pecking Mill Inn is very quaint and quirky, I received a warm welcome and found it very accommodating, my room was clean and tidy with adequate facilities for showering and making a hot drink. The bed was extremely comfortable and although on a roadside there was no noise from passing traffic. There was ample parking and the food I sampled was delicious. My host was enthusiastic and took time to talk to me and ask me if there was anything additional I required.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thankyou
Very warm friendly welcome, good food. Lovely stop over for the family
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

stewart

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very pleasant place to stay.
This was exactly as described on hotels.com. Very friendly and helpful. Nothing was too much trouble. Lovely evening meal with vegetarian options. Breakfast was lovely and again vegetarian options. Lovely open fire. The room was very well presented, clean and very comfortable. Location is close to Wells, which is exactly what we wanted. Thank you both for a lovely 2 night stay. Would definitely recommend and return.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Deborah

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cannot fault the owner or the evening food. Shame the room was very noisy especially the bathroom which was also freezing cold. The room was basic but ok, a tad too hot which contradicted the bathroom. Breakfast was ok - but included in the room rate, the place needs modernisation.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were extremely friendly and helpful, nothing was too much trouble. Gluten-free sausage and toast available. The bed was very comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Joyce

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Excellent food and large portions, very friendly atmosphere
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathy

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely old pub with rooms in a newer extension, some furniture and fittings dated but adds to the charm and taking into account their rates found it good value. Menu varied with good portions. Good cooked breakfast but would have liked more options. Staff very friendly. Deserves to be better supported. Will be booking for next year.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Charmaine

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect stay
Absolutely wonderful stay , food was amazing had the sirloin steak and garlic mushrooms which were cooked to perfection , breakfast was wonderful , sausage was amazing , really good value and owner was so helpful and went the extra mile , would highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dale

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely pub
Lovely old pub in rural area. Stayed there before 3 years ago and returned because it was good location to visit surrounding area. Very comfortable and friendly atmosphere. Recommended.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Frances, toronto

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Delightful owner and very helpful Went for a run in the morning behind the inn and was great Food was good and reasonably priced Would definitely stay again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Inn although an older property, the owner absolutely made this one of the best stays I've ever had. His attention to detail and help with any needs from chargers, hair brush, breakfast time, exact food orders was absolutely incredible. If I'm back in this part of the world again, I will definitely stay there not because of the quality of the property and amenities, but the genuine kind person Jeff was to making the stay a very personal experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Grace

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Fantastic value price wise and location wise and service. Jeff is amazing
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Jim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Stay
Lovely old English hotel. Lots of character. The food was fabulous. Phil, owner was so welcoming and friendly. Pippa, the waitress, was just lovely. Great location, definitely be back!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

William T

Not bad comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Amanda

Liked: Staff & service
Show stay
Lovely staff and great service. We wanted somewhere close to an event we were attending so fit our requirements.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Karl

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Stay, Nice room
Nice location, for the show grounds and a visit to shepton mallett.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Debbie

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Phil

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect!
Beautiful old inn with lovely and accommodating owners and staff. Great family room setup, with two rooms and an adjoining private door. Our family had a lovely stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We found the room clean and comfortable although a little tired. Some redecoration wouldn't go amiss. The breakfast was excellent and the staff were very friendly and helpful. We have booked again for next year
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Ivor

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfortable stopover, disappointing pub
The staff (manager & manageress?) were friendly and pleasant. Food was okay (I don't think there were "home cooked" signs, which is fair enough as I don't think it was). Everywhere was clean and the Bed was comfortable. No problems at all as a place to stop for a night while in the area. Any small gripes I might have are more about the Pecking Mill Inn as a country pub. "Free house" these days generally suggests more than one ale available, even if they're from the same brewery. Some well-heeled locals were parked in front of the bar pumps, talking loudly about the world, including some indiscreet words about the sexuality of someone they all knew. When a French family had finished eating and gone to their room, the group then talked loudly about the French - not negatively, but again it was loud and indiscreet, impolite. It's something that happens in country pubs sometimes, when they feel as if they're run by a small group of the locals, rather than for all of the paying customers.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Gemma

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value accommodation, clean friendly.
Cottage style accommodation, pub and restaurant. Excellent landlord, friendly and nothing too much trouble. Food and resteraunt were very good. Enjoyed my stay. Busy Road at the front so would prefer rear of property accommodation if I Visit again.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Gemma

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family stay for Longleat
We just had a two night stay at The Pecking Mill to visit Longleat.. A warm welcome when we arrived and this continued through out our stay. The family room is in fact two adjoining rooms so lovely and spacious.. Some of the decor is a little tired and could be improved. But for the price it was little Gem.. The owner does everything from cooking to being a friendly face..
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marjorie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Vey nice stay.
We had a lovely one night stay before heading home to Cornwall. The owner was very friendly, and as he runs the business solely on his own (bar, catering, cleaning etc), did a grand job. Our room (7) was a two bed adjoining rooms was extremely nice and fully recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Jane

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Leonard L

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

adam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
quiet and peaceful
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best thing, noise level was fine....
Single room, ok bed. Very dated bathroom, dated carpet, not clean. Light curtains facing the A37, noise ok but every time a car went past, the headlights shone into the room. 1 very flat pillow given. I slept in my sleeping bag and used my own memory foam pillow. Horrible blanket on the bed (how many times does that get washed?). No info given on breakfast, I missed it. Not worth £51.70. Stayed in hostels that were better.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Darrell

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Debbie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
WONDERFUL HOST
Had a lovely stay. I was well looked after and had the best vegan sausages ever!! Wonderful host!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

john

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
trip to longleat
It is a lovely hotel and the food was excellent.Very clean and cosy but the room was small and the bathroom and shower were very small and me being a big man couldn't manage to get fully into the shower. But overall it is a lovely quaint place and we had a nice stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Lisa

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Value for money
Provided you give advance notice they are happy and willing to provide gluten free breakfast and advice on dining options too. Nothing was too much trouble.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

tammi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What a lovely gem!!!
They went above and beyond for my dietry requirements and nothing was too much trouble. They checked everything with me before serving and even got me some gf bread and sausages. The room was perfect, clean and bright. The bed was so comfy! The staff were so friendly welcoming and id definitely return if passing this way.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Janice

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Milen

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

6/10 Okay

Rachel, Crawley

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The owner is lovely. Doing most of the work with a helper. Bedroom wasn’t clean enough and could do with modernisation.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023