The Fountain Inn

Location: Fore Street, Okehampton, England, EX20 1AP, Okehampton, GB

Star Rating: 3 Stars

Property Type: Inns

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 04:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Check-out: 10:00 AM

Instructions: Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact this property in advance to arrange check-in.

Amenities & Facilities

• Free breakfast
• Free WiFi
• Garden
• Conference space
• Free breakfast
• Smoke-free property
• Wedding services
• Free self parking

Rooms Available

• Deluxe Quadruple Room

  Featuring free toiletries, this quadruple room includes a private bathroom with a walk-in shower and a hairdryer. This quadruple room has a tea and coffee maker, a wardrobe and a flat-screen TV. The unit has 3 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Telephone
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Shared toilet
  • Additional toilet
  • Interconnected room(s) available
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Smoke alarm
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Key access
  • Window
  • Carbon monoxide detector

• Deluxe Suite, Ensuite (Room 6)

  1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

  Layout - Bedroom

  Internet - Free WiFi and wired internet access

  Entertainment - Flat-screen TV with digital channels

  Food & Drink - Coffee/tea maker, electric kettle, and free bottled water

  Sleep - Memory foam bed, premium bedding, and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and a hair dryer

  Practical - Desk, phone, and highchair

  Accessibility - Visual fire alarm

  Need to Know - No housekeeping

  Non-Smoking

  Connecting/adjoining rooms can be requested, subject to availability

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • Telephone
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Private bathroom
  • Electric kettle
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Shampoo
  • Premium bedding
  • Free WiFi
  • Memory foam mattress
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Highchair
  • No housekeeping
  • Soap
  • Visual fire alarm

• Double Room, Ensuite (Rooms 1,3 & 5)

  1 Double Bed

  Layout - Bedroom

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Entertainment - Flat-screen TV with digital channels

  Food & Drink - Coffee/tea maker, electric kettle, and free bottled water

  Sleep - Premium bedding and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Shower, free toiletries, and a hair dryer

  Practical - Desk and highchair

  Comfort - Fan

  Accessibility - Visual fire alarm

  Need to Know - No housekeeping

  Non-Smoking, pet friendly

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Electric kettle
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Shampoo
  • Premium bedding
  • Free WiFi
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Highchair
  • No housekeeping
  • Soap
  • Visual fire alarm

• Twin Room, Ensuite (Room 2)

  2 Twin Beds

  Layout - Bedroom

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Entertainment - Flat-screen TV with digital channels

  Food & Drink - Electric kettle and cleaning supplies

  Sleep - Premium bedding and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Shower, free toiletries, and a hair dryer

  Practical - Desk and highchair

  Accessibility - Visual fire alarm

  Need to Know - No housekeeping

  Non-Smoking, pet friendly

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Private bathroom
  • Electric kettle
  • Toilet paper
  • Shampoo
  • Premium bedding
  • Free WiFi
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Highchair
  • No housekeeping
  • Bathroom grab bars
  • Soap
  • Visual fire alarm

• Family Triple Room, Ensuite (Room 4)

  Layout - Bedroom

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Entertainment - Flat-screen TV

  Food & Drink - Coffee/tea maker and electric kettle

  Sleep - Premium bedding and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and a hair dryer

  Practical - Desk and highchair

  Accessibility - Visual fire alarm

  Need to Know - No housekeeping

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Desk
  • Private bathroom
  • Electric kettle
  • Toilet paper
  • Shampoo
  • Premium bedding
  • Free WiFi
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Highchair
  • No housekeeping
  • Soap
  • Visual fire alarm

Guest Reviews

• Peter (9/5): -
• Kat (9/5): -
• Steffi (5/5): It was adequate - Nice location Shortage of staff, carpet in our bedroom had not been vacuum cleaned, we had not realised that the kitchen was closing down the night of our arrival
• Adrian (5/5): -
• Trevor C (8/5): Great for a short stay in Okehampton -
• Kim (9/5): - Excellent value for money comfortable clean and lovely location Staff at breakfast could of been a bit more friendly
• Melanie (9/5): Very pretty room in a perfect location. Staff were lovely - Clean and in a perfect location. Room was very pretty
• Ed (9/5): -
• shannon (8/5): - Food and location was good
• White (9/5): -
• Clews (9/5): - Excellent all roiund.
• Sharon and Jason (10/5): Super friendly and helpful - Staff are friendly and helpful
• David (8/5): We will be back again in the future - A nice breakfast we had a private table in the bar area not much of a view The weather
• Billy (8/5): -
• Guy (8/5): - Location was good central to everything. Excellent food and staff very friendly helpful and professional
• Matthew (8/5): Cosy, welcoming and wonderful friendly eccentric staff. - Breakfast was excellent. Next time I shall ask for a room nearer the ground floor. I am old and found the stairs a bit challenging!
• Gwen (6/5): -
• Inga (6/5): - Pub przyjemny ale niestety jedzenie to porażka,pokój cichy i wygodne łóżko
• amanda (8/5): - The location was good the food good beds were comfy We had two rooms one the headboard was dusty and the shower extractor was dusty. room two smelt of damp wet doggy smell and carpets need a good clean.
• Martin (9/5): -
• Andrew (9/5): - Very pleasant place to stay and staff look after you
• Sheila (9/5): Estancia cómoda y agradable. - La habitación era muy amplia y las camas eran muy cómodas. El baño está completamente renovado y muy limpo. Se encuentra justo en el centro de Okehampton y hay muchos pubs a su alrededor. Trás preguntar varias veces por el chat de Booking al personal sobre ciertas dudas, no se obtuvieron respuestas.
• Karen (10/5): Fountain Inn - a good rest! - Lovely old pub, but up to date warm room with ensuite. Able to stay with our dog. Parking on site. Delicious food, great selection and karaoke if we fancied joining!! Nothing
• Argyle1966 (8/5): Nice old pub with a modern touch.opp - Nicely decorated clean and comfortable No breakfast available in winter
• Rebecca (7/5): -
• Christelow (7/5): - It says on website you get a fabulous breakfast but I am afraid you don’t we have stayed before and had breakfast but it seems you don’t get one anymore so you should take it off website it was expensive only could get the biggest room there for two nights didn’t come in room to empty bins or clean
• Rebecca (9/5): Nice comfy stay - was perfectly located Beds comfy Nice size room Parking was difficult to find 2 keys would be better as there was 2 of us I had to wake my mum up to let me in the front of the building
• Jill (10/5): Perfect - Lively staff very central fabulous room and parking Nothing all Good
• Ann (9/5): - The staff were charming and it was cosy and homely. We had an activity to go to which meant we would be back just as the kitchen closed so a meal was kept by for us to pick up when we got back. The food was great. There are no staff on hand in the morning though I recognise with such good value something's got to give. And we got a fantastic breakfast in a cafe across the road.
• Digby (4/5): -
• Danny (9/5): - Staff were excellent and helpful really made the stay special. Noisy outside the window from people leaving the bar. But it's alright.
• Clive (10/5): -
• Catherine (10/5): - The Inn is in a convenient location with car parking facilities and good outdoor space. The room was clean and welcoming, and the staff were universally friendly and helpful. We had a good breakfast, and as a vegan, I appreciated the choice. The the pub was lively with a great ambience. I would definitely book again when I am in the area. All good.
• Suzanne (2/5): -
• Kathryn (4/5): Disappointing & dirty - The bar is great and staff lovely The room was awful, mattresses were so hard, the bathroom was really dirty mould in shower, hairs and dust all over bathroom, macerator for toilet which kept going off all night. Not pleasant and certainly not worth £130
• Darren (10/5): -
• Joy (9/5): We booked The Fountain as we were attending a family wedding. It had a car park. - The room was lovely. The staff were very nice. I didn't ask for a quiet room during booking. I asked for accessible access for an elderly disabled person. The manager kindly accommodated my mum's mobility scooter in a store cupboard outside on the ground floor. Evening meal was good, but I waited 15 minutes at the bar for service. It was a 16th century building with 2 very steep flights of stairs up to our room. My mum is elderly and it was a challenge for her. Breakfast was disappointing. My mum asked for bread butter and marmalade. She was presented with two very thickly cut doorstops with 2 butters and grapefruit marmalade. As a heart patient, grapefruit is the only fruit she cannot eat. I asked for wholemeal bread. It was unavailable. I went to the bakery across the road and bought one and had it sliced. i presented it to the member of staff on breakfast duty and asked if it could be toasted please. Back came 2 slices of charcoal!!! I am also on medication, cannot eat white flour or grapefruit. The marmalade was grapefruit. After breakfast, we popped out to Peacocks before getting ready for the wedding. We were only gone half an hour. On our return, we found the building was locked up and unstaffed. My mum had to wait with her mobility scooter outside the locked front door and I had to yomp round the back of the building, go through the car park and managed to get in that way. No mean feat when I have had major knee surgery recently. I then opened the front door, but my mum couldn't bring in her scooter and had to leave it outside the front door, lift her foot over the very high threshhold to be able to access the building. Mum already had her outfit on for the wedding on, as the 2 flights of steps would have been too much for her to cope with more than once a day. I then ascended the stairs and got ready for the wedding.
• Sue (10/5): Excellent - We were upgraded on arrival due to them not being able to find the key for the room we had booked. Nothing
• Simon (3/5): -
• Jennifer (8/5): -
• John (6/5): - No heating on arrival, but resolved later that night with a portable heater.
• Garry (7/5): -
• Alan (9/5): Room was tidy and the bed was very Confy - Location good. Didn’t have Breakfast. All good
• Fiona (8/5): - Great location. Room was good and well appointed . Bathroom very good . Staff very helpful. My husband felt a little cold in bed. Perhaps a bedspread or blanket would be helpful. There was no sugar .
• Edward (10/5): -
• Burt (8/5): - Staff members were fantastic. I wouldn't say i dislike anything
• coxy (10/5): -
• Trevor (9/5): -
• Stephan (9/5): -
• MARK (7/5): Quick overnight stop over - Lovely Room comfortable and just what was needed for me. Food in bar was excellent No coffee in room - checking at 4pm is quite late normally 3pm at others latest. No breakfast option not even toast and coffee.
• Seldon (7/5): Comfortable but cold! - Location very good Room very cold! Sink had issue toilet had issue! No staff on hand to resolve these issues! Shower good!
• SUSAN (6/5): Pleasant but could be better - It has a free car park attached which was useful as parking in Okehampton is difficult The bar was pleasant and we had a good welcome Our room wasn’t serviced on the second night and we ran out of coffee and hot chocolate We were disappointed that no breakfast was served and we had to walk to Wetherspoon forvthat
• Tracy (7/5): -
• Stephen (10/5): -
• Sheila (7/5): Very spacious accomodation. Okehampton a good base for walking, has supermarkets, restaurants etc - Very large double room, even a table to seat 4, plus an adjoining fair-sized room with 2 single beds. Characterful room with old beams, lovely modern bathroom. Location in centre of Okehampton is excellent Arrived 20 minutes early and were disappointed we weren’t allowed to check-in til allocated time, 4pm. Some sleepy flies flying around (November), room basically clean.
• Alex (8/5): A lovely little pub, in an ideal location, which has the majority of things you need and nice Staff. - Great location, with easy, secure parking around the back. The Staff were friendly, Breakfast, Dinner and the local Jail Ale very good! Room was quiet enough ( apart from rad noise ) and the TV had been fixed since my last visit. Wi-fi wasn't brilliant and as I was staying 3 nights, I would have expected someone to check on me/the room and replaced some of the items used, such as fresh water, teabags etc. Also I did raise the air in the towel radiator was noisy a couple of nights, plus couldn't get the towel fully dry as it needed bleeding, but nothing happened.
• Ann (5/5): It was ok, convenient location. - Comfy beds, very clean. Lovely shower. I felt that the room per night £112.50 was quite over priced considering that breakfast was not provided. When I asked about breakfast I was told that they are not offering breakfast at the moment. inconvenience to have to go and find somewhere else to eat.
• julian (8/5): Loved it - Good breakfast, right in the heart of oakhampton
• Woodburners (3/5): -
• Meena B (2/5): - Nothing just the fact that we had a bed to sleep in. 1. Lack of professionalism from the manager 2. No clear communication 3. Awful upon arrival - Sat in the car from 9am till 4pm 4. Overflowing toilet 5. Heating very low temperature in the bedroom hence sleeping in gold room 6. Leaking toilet had to walk in cold wet towel when using toilet 7. No fan extractor in the bath room 8. Heater in the bathroom not working hence towels stay wet and cold 9. No housekeeping to take the used cup and put clean cups 10. Food wise - no standard at all every chef cook as they want. 11. Risotto was like vomit no parmesan cheese 12. Mushroom horribly made for breakfast, felt disgusting 13. Staff was rude at diner time, had to wait 30 minutes for dinner 14. Asked to talk to the manager, the answer was she does not have time to come to see you she is going to Bristol......
• Rachel (10/5): -
• Jane (7/5): Great! Would happily use again. - Quaint and central. Narrow staircase is tricky with luggage but all forgivable because it’s a very old character property
• Micheala (10/5): - The atmosphere and surroundings. Not enough diary free and gluten free optio s on the menu. Staff did how ever try their best to accommodate
• Pam (8/5): - Lovely Carvery on arrival. Friendly staff. Reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend it for a Sunday arrival! Probably didn't have the best room. Late booking and only a twin bed left at the top of the building with a steep staircase. It was lovely and clean though and had an electric heater.
• Shirley (5/5): Disappointing. - Breakfast, was poor. Evening meal was very poor as well as breakfast. Pie was cold, chicken tough. At breakfast, poached eggs not cooked enough, butter pats were liquid, not offered jam etc. In room, plug got stuck, mattress was very uncomfortable, such a shame because nice room.
• Ronan (3/5): - Nice Atmosphere When we checked in at 7pm, there was a problem with room no big deal had a pint girls sorted it out , went to room had a shower and came back down for food after a really long day and asked about food and was told sorry to late we stopped taking orders 15minutes ago . I'm thinking if this was my family run hotel, I would have a quick word with Chef and see if he could do a sandwich or something simple for a customer staying in hotel . Also at 10.30 they were calling last orders for drinks and they don't stop until 11 . It wasn't like we were going to stay drinking all night, but we did want to enjoy a drink and a chat without being told to go to bed 🙃.
• James (9/5): - Friendly and helpful staff Room was a nice size and comfortable, and well supplied
• Maria (7/5): Decent place for a few nights in Oakehampton - Good location if you're staying in Okehampton only 15 mins or so walk from station. Really nice breakfast on the whole and the staff were all lovely. Overall not a bad place to stay. The room could have used lets say a proper deep clean and refresh, but decent size bathroom just not what I expected for the price when I first arrived. Most mornings something was missing from breakfast menu, but what was there was nice and overall these things do happen just reason it wasnt 10/10
• Andrew (8/5): - Good location in centre of town
• Christine (9/5): Excellent location and comfortable room - Fantastic family room, plenty of space for us
• Julia (8/5): -
• Caroline (9/5): Lovely comfortable room - I had a wonderful night's rest here on a short visit to Okehampton for a walk on the moor. I arrived quite late having eaten, so didn't use the restauraunt/bar, but went straight to my room. The room was clean, comfortable and well equipped, and a good temperature, as was the bathroom. The bar was quite noisy when I checked in, but I couldn't hear any noise from my room. There was a good selection at breakfast and the food was good. Breakfast was served from 8AM and wasn't super quick, so bear this in mind if wanting to make an early start.
• Anthony (8/5): -
• Mike (8/5): -
• Andrew (10/5): -
• Julie (9/5): Lovely English pub in a beautiful setting. - Location. Good room size. Crisp white sheets and towels. The food is substantial and good value with an extensive menu. Breakfast was really good, served on hot plates. Evening and breakfast staff were absolutely lovely. Both friendly ladies, very welcoming. Not really a dislike - finding and accessing the car park was a little difficult. Male staff on arrival wasn’t particularly welcoming but the evening and breakfast staff made up for it.
• Violeta (8/5): - A lovely place is very comfortable, quiet place only one thing is very short staff, only one person in the bar and breakfast,
• Julie (9/5): Very enjoyable and relaxing stay. Staff were most helpful. - Excellent location by the river. Characterful property with nice rooms and very comfortable beds and big bathrooms.
• Alex (8/5): A lovely little place in a great location, with lovely staff, Drink, Food and Comfort...recommended - Lovely Location, really welcoming Staff, who were friendly and polite. Dinner Food was quick and hot ( had a steak and ale pie, thought it might be a little bit more traditional but was fine , local 'Jail' Ale delicious. Breakfast was very good. Set in a lovely location and had a lovely nights sleep, comfy bed with hot shower next day. For whatever reason, their Wi-Fi connection for me was poor, where going off my mobile data worked fine. Only criticism of the bathroom, a little mould on the ceiling, which could easily be sprayed and wiped with bleach, this maybe due to it being a very old building...so not being too critical here and it wasn't loads. Regarding TV, the Freeview didn't work in room 1 for basic channels as someone had broken the connector at the back, luckily Netflix, etc worked as a smart tv. Also all the lights flickered alittle, even the side light which made it difficult to read in bed ( but again could be an age of building issue ). Rest of the facilities, bed comfort, heat, tea making etc excellent
• Rod (7/5): -
• Kiuti (8/5): -
• Ryan (10/5): -
• Judith and Gordon (2/5): - Not very much tbh Noisy location with little quiet times during the whole night. No breakfast as the chef didn't show up at 8am, we had paid for and needed our breakfast as on a bike trip
• Steve (9/5): -
• Spencer (4/5): Nice rooms poor breakfast sadly - Food was terrible I am sad to say our second year there and the food has not improved sadly
• Robin (8/5): - Wonderful modernisation of an old property, retaining its original atmosphere both externally and above all internally. Very successful upgrade of guestroom to the standard of a good modern hotel. The hotel staff were exemplary, most especially the young woman who looked after us on arrival, served drinks at the bar and served our breakfast.
• Lisa (9/5): - Staff were very friendly. Great old pub with modern facilities On main road so a bit noisy if window open.
• Mark (10/5): - Great Location. Lovely Staff Lots of parking behind.the Inn Friendly local people Nice room Very Nice Full English
• Steven (8/5): - Rooms were comfortable and clean. The bar had a good atmosphere. The landlady was a gem. Ran out of beans and milk at breakfast, but they did a couple of breakfast boxes for those going early.
• Sharon and Jason (10/5): Great find - The staff were friendly and helpful The pub accommodation was great Nothing
• alan (10/5): - The bed was super comfortable, the staff was polite and helpful especially the lady who served breakfast on Thursday, she just couldn't do enough for everyone, exceptional customer service.
• Claire (10/5): Very comfortable family room - Very comfortable family room. Spacious, with separate twin room for children. Very comfortable beds. Nice food & atmosphere in pub
• Brian (8/5): Charming historical premises - Lovely historic building with lots of character. Helpful bar staff with a good selection of drinks. Chef made a couple of blunders with our evening meal but the bar staff helped salvage the situation. Breakfast took some time to arrive.
• Amita (8/5): - Lovely family room, big clean bathroom, great food in the bar King-size bed would be more comfortable
• Ted (4/5): Stay in Chagford instead. - Center of town location is handy, but in such a small town is easily achieved. Food was just below average. Would recommend the Weatherspoons round the corner instead. There was no hot water in the room provided, so management moved us to a suite, in which the heating was not working.
• Bekki (7/5): - Good location in the centre of Okehampton. Fine for one night stay. Breakfast isn't served until 8 am. We had to leave early, but to be fair, they did provide a breakfast bap to take away.
• LISA (6/5): Comfortable, well fed, okay base for a couple of nights - When you walk passed this place on Oakhampton high street, the painted sign says: "public house with rooms". That is exactly what it is - a public house with rooms. Beware if you have small children, or impressionable teenagers as the clientele is weekend-night loud, the air is blue and the foul language goes on into the night, spilling out onto the street under your bedroom window till the early hours. There was WiFi but it only worked upstairs. The all girl bar staff/waitresses' skirts were so short they kept tugging at the hem, their t-shirts knotted up at the back. All except for one but she seemed to be spaced-out and scared when asked for a slice of the chocolate cake from the cabinet behind her. There didn't seem to be any grown-ups around. Our shower wouldn't get hot, the room wasn't cleaned but we were only staying for 2 nights so we could cope. There was tea and coffee and a bottle of water in the room, but these weren't refreshed after the first night. The breakfast wasn't the usual help-yourself buffet, it was table service which was nice but then the food was no more than what would have from a box at Iceland. Overall, okay. It was an alright base for a couple of nights. The potty-mouth language loud under my bedroom window. The all-girl waiting staff in teeny-weeny skirts and t-shirts knotted up at the back to make them extra, extra tight. Our shower didn't get hot.
• C&S (10/5): -
• Steve (8/5): A - Breakfast was good and the young lady who served it charming No coffee in room
• Rosy (8/5): Great stay for one night, with everything on your doorstep. - Great location. Lovely quirky pub. Great food. Free parking. Too many stairs up to the bedroom!

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