The Fox Inn

The fox inn is a wonderful place. Well in the country making it quiet and peaceful but lively particularly at weekends. The food was top rate. Unfortunately the organisation was somewhat erratic especially at breakfast when utensils, bowls, plates missing from tables and the buffet running out of juices and coffee for later sittings. Notwithstanding the staff were very quick to supplement when asked but at an establishment of this quality you don't expect to ask. Also odd but the dining room was not opened throughout our stay and on Thursday and Friday people were being turned away. Lastly the dinner/lunch menu was limited to the same dishes every day we were there with only limited antipasto specials. Notwithstanding this we all had a great time.

Room was spacious, clean&tidy however the b&b is in the middle of nowhere&a total pain to get to. The closest competitor selling warm food is a 15 mins drive away down horribly tight single file county roads. Staff were friendly but clearly inexperienced& altho well under capacity we still managed to get a couple of elephants move in next door at 9pm which disturbed our sleep until gone 1am. Being an historic pub steeped in history we planned to eat there in the evening upon our return from Dorchester. However the food choice is limited&pretentious&far too complicated for the type of establishment it is. We asked if we could have the elebarate burger dumbed down (replace the veiny cheese with any other form of cheese!) &this was declined, so we ended up driving the 25 mins back into Dorchester to eat elsewhere. Utter madness when the staff were wandering about moaning how quiet they were. Wifi non existent, in room or most of the bar. We did find a thimble area of the bar where it worked but that was it. It was advertised as having wifi on the Expedia site, so a little disappointing when normal phone signal is non existent also. Concerning if anyone needed to get hold of you In an emergency. As I say clean&tidy& pretty spacious room with staff essentially polite. Basic stuff like a half decent menu would have got them additional business. Breakfast was ok,few choices for breakfast none of which included beans which we needed to ask for&no hash brown.Poached eggs v.undercooked

It was all a bit odd. We were given initially keys to 2 rooms and the rooms were not made up. Finally the third room was offered but no keys. The next day the room was not cleaned, towels changed and we had to ask for more tea and coffee and wash up our cups. Breakfast was tasty and room warm. Staff friendly.

Pretty location and very friendly, helpful staff. Food good and breakfasts plentiful. Room a little bit worn plus the Bed was spacious but not very comfortable so needed an extra quilt to pad it out, but loved the cuddly Fox left on the bed and the staff were extremely helpful/tried to make things right.

Our stay was very nice the hotel is being updated the food was excellent

Absolutely fantastic,could not have been more helpful. It was exceedingly dog-friendly, beyond our wildest expectations. I would not hesitate to reccomend it to anybody!

The Fox Inn is a beautiful old building, peacefully located in the Dorset countryside. All the staff we met were friendly and helpful. We stayed in a king size room, but to be honest, I couldn't see much difference between that and the double rooms. Unfortunately there was a problem with our central heating in the room, so as we walked in it was freezing cold (we stayed in March) and therefore not very welcoming. After two requests and a couple of hours later the problem was fixed and we were able to enjoy the rest of our trip. Although the room was comfortable for us, I couldn't help notice that it could have been a bit cleaner. There were tea/coffee stains on the bedside cabinet and the inside of the bathroom door was dirty with what looked like spillage stains, but overall the room was clean and tidy. It would also have been nice to have some information available in the rooms, with the history of the Inn and the owners, wifi code etc. We had a very enjoyable evening meal in the restaurant, but were slightly disappointed with our breakfast. I ordered eggs benedict which were described on the menu as coming with 'hand carved thick ham', but when it arrived came with bacon. It wasn't mentioned by the lady serving us so I just tucked in, but I wasn't able to eat it anyway due to the overpowering taste of vinegar. Overall we did enjoy our stay, I just feel that with a bit of tweaking, our stay could have been 'lovely' rather than just 'ok'.

We spent one night in the Fox en route to visit family. The hotel is quite nice and the room was very clean with a comfortable bed. Breakfast was excellent. The only disappointment was the evening of arrival. We decided to eat in the pub. Service was awful, I think they had some new starters, but even so, we waited a very long time to be served our drinks & our food. What had food wise was very good, but we found the menu very limited and pretentious. Apart from fish & chips and an expensive steak, there was nothing on the menu that was of interest. We ended up with a starter and a plate of chips. After the 'meal' we went back to our room and ate popcorn and biscuits. Also we were woken up ta 6.15 on a Sunday morning by the 'noisy neighbours' whose footsteps you could here and the TV was blurting out. Very noisy. I'm not sure if they were particularly noisy or the walls are just paper thin. I don't think I would stay there again although they are dog friendly.

A very relaxing and welcoming stay.

Great place good food except the sausages with breakfast were awful!!!! Would stay again though, just wouldn't have the sausages!!