The Bull

Location, lovely building, great food, dinner and breakfast

Bedroom bit warm, open windows bit noisy during rush hour

The bull has alot of positives, nice room and bed and TV great selection of wine and nibbles nice heavy curtains great shower food was very good

steep stairs to the room, room had a bad smell on arrival, the bathroom mirror had some bizarre lighting that you could not see to shave in etc.... the blinds were broken window latch was broken sink drain had bad smell, breakfast was ok but full English was nothing special cheap tomatoes doesn't help the taste and the wanted to charge for extra coffee and juice...

Quiet room Very comfortable bed

As unable to ventilate the bathroom via open window, it had a stale smell and impossible to dry large bath sheets. Nowhere to put toiletries

Breakfast was ok

Service

Convenient for my purpose, great breakfast with very friendly lady behind the bar

My room smelled musty

Beautifully decorated and cosy rooms. In a lovely location. Fabulous range of beverage and snacks available in the room.

That there was an extra £20 surcharge for my dog to stay that I wasn’t aware of when booking. We were only there for the evening and he slept in his own dog bed. He isn’t allowed on our furniture or beds at home so he is well house trained 😁. So for us it was an extra £20 for nothing really although I do understand why they charge it as I’m sure not all owners are as responsible, just would have liked to have known before I booked.

The bar staff.

1) Building Maintenance Work . We arrived tired and hot after three days consecutive walking on the South Downs Way. We were told at reception that there was currently no hot water as the builders had gone through a pipe. (in fairness this was resolved within an hour). We were shown to our room which was small and very warm, at this price point I was expecting air conditioning, or at least to be comfortable. When we opened the single glazed window we were greeted with the noise of a compressor, exhaust and paint fumes, and painters shouting . There was a hammer drill operating on an adjoining internal wall. This stopped before we went to bed and restarted in the morning. 2) Value for money. Very poor. No breakfast included, no biscuits, but an extensive array of overpriced snacks and drinks in the room to purchase, which judging by the dust on them had been there for a while. This room was twice the cost of our previous accommodation and I was expecting a lot more. 3) WI FI Free, but requested lots of personal details to log in. Why is this invasion of privacy necessary? 4) Language used in emails. Quote "We're determined to be great at looking after everyone perfectly, but we need your help with that (pretty please). If you have a spare moment (big ask incoming), " Am I a three year old child? Also I don't need conversation starter cards in my room to help me converse with family. I already know my wife's favourite colour. In summary we found the Bull to be overpriced and felt that making money was the overriding consideration as opposed to the comfort and enjoyment of the guests. I think that if accommodation is being offered during intrusive building work we should have been forewarned either on the booking site or in subsequent emails prior to our stay so we could have made an informed choice as to rebooking a quieter venue. Alternatively a reduced rate should be applied.