Double Room, Ensuite

Reviews of New Inn

4 out of 5
New Inn
Dowlish Wake, Ilminster, England

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 153 out of 220 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 220 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 220 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 220 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 220 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

richard

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value and excellent home cooked food both for diner and breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ruoxi

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very cosy hotel, our family had a great time there and the breakfast was fantastic!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Jennifer

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

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall it was a great place to stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great find. Traditional pub. Good food.
Stayed for one night to break up the journey to Cornwall. We received a friendly welcome on arrival and got checked in quickly before being shown to our room. Room was spacious enough for a family of four, with a decent size bathroom. We had dinner in the restaurant which was good size portions at good prices and tasted great. The breakfast was also great and each time the service was friendly and efficient. This is a lovely little traditional pub in a beautiful village and I would happily recommend to anyone wanting somewhere for an overnight stay.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A nice welcome and pleasant overnight stay with evening meal and breakfast but pub lacking atmosphere in spite of it being a Saturday night.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colin

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

10/10 Excellent

Diana

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendlyness of the owners.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Andrew

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stop over on the way to Falmouth. Great country pub with B&B, good food and very helpful, friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rhian

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We are a family of 4 and stayed in their family room. Absolutely amazing! The room was spacious, bathroom super spacious! Tea, coffee, hot choc and biscuits with kettle and tv. The staff here are amazing. So helpful and the fur-staff Roxy and Dora were super cute! Breakfast was fully cooked and so tasty. We had the curry for dinner and it was delicious. Thank you so so much, we wished we could have stayed longer. Would definitely stay here again anytime.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
New Inn review
Very nice hotel, hostess was very friendly. Room was spacious.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Richard

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely little room, the green emergency light kept me awake though! Smaller bed but lovely little room for a stopover
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Reliable, good value place for a short stay.
Stayed for one night midweek to break our journey to Cornwall. The New Inn offers everything you need for such a stay, with a nice pub dinner, comfortable adjoining rooms, free parking and a cooked breakfast. My main feedback is that a little more could have been offered at breakfast time like some fruit and yoghurts, and a muffin or similar. And the bed was not as comfy as I was expecting. Otherwise, 9/19. Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

jacqueline

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

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

8/10 Good

Tracey

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
We enjoyed our stay and breakfast was great.We had a lovely meal in the restaurant.The room was a good size and refreshments provided. We had a comfortable night stay, but there were a few cobwebs which was a shame. Overall stay was very pleasant .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

C

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay
We stayed for 3 nights. Lovely accommodation. Very clean and excellent facilities. Lovely owners. Very friendly and welcoming. Breakfast was lovely. We had a meal Saturday evening. It was lovely. Very reasonably priced
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Stay
Very pleasant stay, staff excellent, great food and a lovely area. Well behaved dogs are welcome and have a lovely time playing with the two very friendly pub dogs. Will certainly go again.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were behind the restaurant. This quaint inn is exactly how I pictured an English inn to be like. Big wooden door and so convenient to the dinner and breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

sharon

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely amazing!
Amazing Staff, Amazing hospitality. Amazing Food. Amazing welcome. Had a 3 night stay in family room with double bed and bunk beds. Loads of room and plenty of storage space. Breakfast was delicious. Had 2 evening meals. They were so filling and delicious, only wished we were staying another night for "Curry Night ". All staff were friendly and superb with our Authentic adult son. Even gave him one of the Hotel polo shirts!
Stilton and garlic mushrooms.  😋
Beautiful village.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely stay at the new inn,food very good.only down side it closes in the afternoon till 6o'clock, which we did nor realise until arriving.cobwebs on ceiling could do with a good brush down,but overall a lovely 2 nights
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Jill

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Malcolm

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

10/10 Excellent

Gethyn

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Peaceful
This place was far off the beaten track, but in a beautiful village. Lots of character. I got there late and left early so, didn't use the restaurant unfortunately
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

James

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Did not stay. We left after seeing the room. Would like refund. Kitchen unhygienic, seen when door open and was shocked. Cracked surfaces unsealed edges, dirty equipment. Does not comply to hygiene standards.Room had dirty worn floor mat and dirty cushion on desk chair. Ensuite had old dirty lino on floor with grime around the edges and the glass access passageway beside the out of order disabled toilet smelt of urine. We could not stay in such a dirty, unfit for purpose place. Staff were lovely but the older man in kitchen had no gloves and dirty uncovered hair, (nor did his lady assistent) when preparing food nor did either wear any aprons etc. Very lax altogether. We request a full refund. It is a beautiful property and friendly staff but they seem to have lost heart in what they do and it needs a complete clean and overhaul before it should be allowed to continue to let rooms and to serve food.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful, peaceful , friendly and welcoming , hosts were perfect. Pub food was advertised as home cooking and it lived up to its billing, perfect. We had a wonderful stay to and from Cornwall. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

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

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night business stay
One night business stay . Clean tidy and comfortable, Rm1. only downfall lacked spare 3 pin plug to charge phone. Good food and breakfast all cooked fresh
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
the people were ever so good with us Nothing to much trouble But for Business a breakfast that starts at 8 not good for us
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

10/10 Excellent

Gordon

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

10/10 Excellent

Penelope

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Miles

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cosy English pub with friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Selim

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value for money
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Paul

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Peter

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We liked that the room as self-contained which certainly helped as we had our dog with us. Food was very good. The owners and their staff were friendly and helpful and we shall certainly be back when next we are in the area.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Penelope

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value, excellent hosts.
We stayed on a Monday but didn’t realise this was the pub’s day to close so no food or drinks were available. It would have been very quiet if it hadn’t been for the torrential rain on the tin roof! Excellent breakfast, one of the best I’ve had.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Alison

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Set in a very pretty village and close to Ilminster.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A hidden 4 star gem!
Welcoming overnight stay in very secluded village a few miles off the main A303. Great food. Chose to eat at premises that evening. Good menu choice with quality service. Cooked full English the next morning was also very good. Recommend the local produced cider sold on the premises & to visit the producer approximately 1/4 mile from pub. Good free WiFi on premises. Only slight negatives:- Stayed in room 4, lots of cobwebs above & behind beam over bed also dusty under bed. Painted bath panel not very good visually. Frustratingly only two power sockets available. Recommend putting additional photographs on accommodation site to further promote this lovely place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very clean and comfortable stay, great menu and knowledgeable staff who are very friendly. Should I be in that area again for business I would not hesitate to use the New Inn again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022