Location,

Didn't like the fact you order food and they slap on the service charge before you even get the food, caused a bit of a heated discussion, especially after charging us a corkage charge because we opened up a special bottle of fizz for my friends 60th birthday. 3 rooms, 2 nights, spent reasonable amount of money, and could have wavered the charge, 2nd night we spent 500 quid over the pub across road, no extra charges there!!

Lovely location. Breakfast was very good quality ingredients (would have been better with butter for toast - salt/pepper) Really helpful evening receptionist. Comfy Bed & nice clean room. Good powerful shower.

Room 8, on the Ground Floor with parking spaces going right up to the window. Guests parking late do disturb you, the same with the main entrance door, you hear it every time it's closed. Sadly, room got cold quickly and then in the early morning the heating pipes made a loud frequent banging noise as it starts to warm up the radiator again. Sadly, no butter given with toast or salt/pepper. The chap who delivered it said to give them a shout if I needed anything but there's nothing in the room telling you how to get hold of them. Also requested decaf tea and it certainly wasn't, which again was a shame. I would definitely stay again before deciding whether this was just unfortunate set of minor issues - but I wouldn't stay in Room 8 just due to its location within the hotel.

The staff - reception, bar staff, night porter, breakfast waiter - were all super friendly and helpful. My room was clean (and odour free despite being dog friendly) with a truly comfortable bed. The hotel is genuinely dog friendly with dogs allowed in all areas including the breakfast room. My room had room for my soft crate for my dog and a water bowl dog treat and poop bags were waiting for us in the room. Breakfast from 7am was perfect for me, going out early to a Gundog event. 10/10 Bell Inn. Warmly recommend and will be back next time I’m in the New Forrest. Thank you!

The offering at the continental breakfast buffet wasn’t that great (although the cooked breakfast, inclusive in the price of my stay, was excellent!)

Great location 10 minutes away from Paultons Park, so spent the night at the hotel, before driving home in the morning. The restaurant staff were excellent and incredibly helpful - the garden was great for kids too!

The staff on the front desk barely looked up when we came in to the hotel, didnt explain where our room was, so we were left to find it ourselves. Despite it clearly stating on booking.com website that an extra bed for our 2 year old would be free, they tried to charge me £40 for it. I said no, and they agreed to waive the charge - however the receptionist still attempted to get £40 from me upon checkout!!

The communication from the hotel before arrival was good. The room was tastefully decorated and the bathroom was nice. The atmosphere in the bar & restaurant was pleasant. The location was perfect for Peppa Pig World, which was the main reason for our visit.

The room was on the small side. Once the 2 Z-beds for the children were set up, there was very little room to move around. The room faced a busy road, so there was quite some traffic noise from around 6:30am (we stayed on a weekday). All in all, I found the price we paid for the room to be on the steep side, particularly considering breakfast was not included.

Staff members, both in the hotel and the bar/restaurant area were excellent, and very friendly. Rooms were clean and modern, including the bathrooms. Car park was large and off the main road. Hotel is dog friendly and the dog friendly bar area had plenty of space between each table. Food both in the evening and breakfast was also excellent.

Rooms were uncomfortably warm on arrival as the towel rails in each of the bathrooms were on full blast (the weather was unseasonably warm for the beginning of May). Hotel maintenance turned off the heat almost right away, but it did take some time to cool down.

This is our second visit to The Bell Inn from returning having had such a wonderful previous experience. Once again we were not disappointed - we had the very same very warm welcome at reception and this excellent hospitality continued throughout our stay. Our room was comfortable, clean and well appointed. We ate in the bar both for dinner and breakfast and both the food and service were excellent. We love that they’re so welcoming to dogs too! The Bell Inn is our go to place to have a wonderful stay when spending a few nights in the New Forest and we can’t recommend it highly enough and we can’t wait to be back!

Lovely little hotel, which was nicely presented and had ample parking. Our only little niggle was that on arriving there was no hot water in our room however that was quickly resolved when reported to reception. Our shower in the morning didn't have much pressure and wasn't overly hot. We ate in the restaurant on the evening of our arrival...delicious Steak. Breakfast was equally as delicious in the morning, although we had to ask for butter for our toast and milk for our cereal. We were at breakfast for 7.30am and the breakfast staff had only just arrived. We would stay again.

Nicely decorated interior , great location, good food in the evening restaurant, reasonably priced.

The room was extremely basic and wasn’t as clean as I’d expect. Thick dust on skirting boards , hairs and grime in bathroom and furnishings tired. No mirror at dressing table, no phone in room and drinks/water not replenished or beds made daily. Every other couple brought their dog, so great for them, but a bit much in the restaurant when every table has dogs (some not so well behaved). We thought it was expensive for the time of year and the breakfast was £20 each and very overpriced!

Location and accommodation excellent just like it was when we stayed here in July 24

Ordering Unfortunately the meal we on Saturday evening was poor ( the meals and service on our previous visit were excellent) this time however the three staff at front of house were rushed off their feet our table was booked for 7.30 the starters were delivered to our table and hour after ordering and the mains took another 45 minutes after the starters were cleared the quality of the food was not anywhere as good as our last visit, we complained to the staff and received a reasonable discount on the price of the meal. Would we stay here again - probably because of the accommodation and location but would eat elsewhere.