Beach House Pub Restaurant & Hotel, Lymington Reviews Summary

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Excellent rooms, ours had a great view of the Isle of Wight."
• "I was delighted with the spacious room with access to a private garden which my dog (and me!) appreciated."
• "Our room was superb as was the view across to The Needles."
• "The hotel rooms were really gorgeous, warm and so well decorated."
• "The rooms are characterful (but tasteful!), exceptionally comfortable and full of thoughtful little touches."
• "Our room had a fabulous sea view, and was very elegant and spacious."
• "Incredibly comfortable and well equipped rooms with gloriously comfy beds."

Cons:

• "Carpet hadn’t been vacuumed and the bathroom floor was not swept."
• "No cupboards, just a rail to hang clothes on."
• "The room had no drawers to put my clothes away, just a few hooks on the wall."
• "Room 7 has no windows in the bathroom and is very hot."
• "TV didn't seem to be connected to internet so no Netflix, we ended up watching on a laptop in bed - not up to scratch."
• "Dreadful....very expensive room, lovely bathroom and view however cleanliness of surfaces in bedroom left a lot to be desired."
• "Room wasn't serviced by 3.00 pm awful..."

Food & Dining

Pros:

• "We enjoyed a delicious meal in wonderful surroundings."
• "Great homemade food. Portions are good. Prices are really reasonable."
• "The breakfast was superb - an extensive selection of food to order and a genuinely impressive cold buffet table."
• "The food is always very good."
• "Food was great and the menu extensive, it was very hard to choose!"
• "Food was wonderful especially homemade granola and the sea bream."
• "The food was lovely, my husband had the steak and tanglefoot pie and I had the mini pies, both were excellent."

Cons:

• "Food regular and also I have to say presentation was good just tasteless."
• "The salmon was sticky / chewy and over-cooked as were the vegetables, which didn’t taste fresh."
• "Food was awful overcooked & overpriced very slow service."
• "Very mediocre food and overdone."
• "Medium-well steak was burnt and chewy, rare steak was also chewy."
• "Fish and triple-cooked chips were virtually inedible."
• "The beef was chewy, maybe overcooked."

Service

Pros:

• "Service came with a smile, despite the obvious struggle they had in temperatures up in the high 20s."
• "Very friendly staff. Shout out to Stuart who is funny and accommodating and made our stay more enjoyable."
• "The staff are always friendly and helpful especially with dietary requirements."
• "The staff are extremely friendly and helpful."
• "Staff were very helpful and friendly."
• "The staff were incredibly helpful & polite, and we could not have asked for a better stay!"
• "The staff are friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Will we go back? No."
• "Staff had don't care attitude."
• "His couldn't care less attitude was appalling."
• "Service was really slow."
• "Extremely poor service with long waiting times."
• "The real issue was timing. We arrived at 12:30 and by 2pm we still didn’t have our main courses."
• "Service poor and drinks pricing expensive."

Location & Building

Pros:

• "Quaint hotel right on seaside."
• "The building is just wonderful."
• "Huge stained glass windows which look great from the roadside."
• "Such character in the building beautiful paneling, ceiling mouldings and stained glasswork."
• "This place is impressive the moment you set eyes on it, incredible building, rooms and menu."
• "Beautiful grade 2 listed building."
• "The building is amazing deep in history and the staff are extremely friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "A rather scruffy interior, zero atmosphere due mainly I think to poor lighting."
• "Very much a transport cafe look, again not enhanced by awful ambient lighting."
• "Table was sticky and very unstable."
• "We felt there were rather odd seating arrangements."
• "Carpet s very stained, bath room is in dire need of a lot of work doing &money spending."
• "Only down side really was that there wasn't a chest of drawers to put shirts, jumpers, etc. in the room (No. 21)."
• "It's a little shabby as expected in the front areas. Cracked glass etc."