The Ancient Mariner

Location: 42 Lime Street, Bridgwater, GB

Star Rating: 4 Stars

Property Type: Inns

About this Property

Important Information

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Check-in: 03:00 PM - 08:30 PM

Check-out: 11:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Arcade/game room
• Birdwatching nearby
• Free WiFi
• Terrace
• Garden
• Luggage storage
• Hiking/biking trails nearby
• Sailing nearby
• Breakfast available (surcharge)
• Arcade/game room
• Mountain biking nearby
• Smoke-free property
• Billiards or pool table
• Free wired internet
• Wheelchair accessible parking
• Free self parking
• Computer station
• Birdwatching nearby
• Fishing nearby
• Horse riding nearby
• Wheelchair-accessible van parking

Guest Reviews

• Stephen (10/5): - Friendly place full of real people
• ADRIAN (10/5): Great value large room. - Great value in a lovely village. Good ales and food.
• Philip (6/5): - Owners very pleasant but only took over the business on the day we arrived therefore things were a bit tops turvy. Having said this they tried their best to make everyone comfortable.
• Adam (10/5): - Room was large and comfortable. Staff were friendly and helpful. We really enjoyed our stay
• paul (8/5): - All great big clean room nice bathroom all tiled great breakfast nice staff BUT just so cold in the room only had under floor heating got the room to 16c had to watch tv in bed to keep warm could not get the towel in the bathroom to work. It had a button like the ones you turn lights on and then they go off slowly as it had a tiled floor again just so cold when having a shower you need your socks on to walk in just to use the loo but I would go back but only in the summer
• Verified traveler (8/5): Good country pub - Great very dog friendly hotel. With good parking and excellent food. Close to a number of interesting walks in the amazing countryside close by. Good breakfast too! Helios.
• IAN (10/5): - Very friendly and helpful staff. Nice bar, really good quality food. The rooms were huge, spotless, modern, comfortable, great bathrooms. Perfect.
• Peter (6/5): - Breakfast was not as good as expected. My breakfast was served with a dried up fried egg with bits of egg shell. That said overall a pleasant stay good value for money.
• Christopher (4/5): Disappointing - I found the room very nice. However it was not particularly clean. The shiwer head leaked badly and i had to refit the toilet seat. Breakfast was disappointing. The tables were sticky from the evening before and the eating experience was very disappointing. There is absolutely no way that i would stay in this place again.
• Lynn (10/5): - The room was excellent, very clean abd spacious. The pub is very traditional and had a great atmosphere. Food was also good. Would definitely visit again.
• William (10/5): - The staff and regulars were super friendly. A good welcome given. My only problem was wifi being intermittent in the room of my accommodation. I would definately stay again and recommend it
• richard (10/5): Friendly place - Very friendly atmosphere. Food was very good Well priced Will return Thanks
• Arturo (10/5): - It was a good stop over place for us, spacious, clean and quiet rooms, with a great pub to boot. Pet friendly, and while we didn’t have the dog, as we were just passing through, there are great walking places in the area. Good food and friendly service… exactly what we were looking for! Thanks to the Ancient Mariner for keeping the good old local pub tradition, welcoming us, and of course well fed and sheltered for the night.
• Jenny (8/5): Lovely stay - Lovely clean and spacious apartment. Accommodation we couldn’t fault. The pub was nice but only problem was that due to covid the restaurant couldn’t open and there was nothing else within ten miles to get food. We had a lovely stay though!
• Jenna (10/5): Great staff and service - Staff were very helpful and accommodating. The breakfast was great and the rooms were spacious with free parking. The only downside was that the beds were hard
• Peter (10/5): Well worth stay - Great service Lovely setting Historic site Good food Excellent real ale Room comfortable and large Wi-Fi not the best but workable
• Lisa (10/5): - Very nice accommodation and very friendly manageress Kerry. Lovely breakfast
• lee (10/5): A quick stop over - Very happy with the price and the service
• Verified traveler (8/5): Clean and Comfortable - Clean and comfortable, with friendly and helpful staff.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Clean, spacious, comfortable and modern rooms adjacent to the pub. We stayed on a Monday when at the current time the pub isn’t open so we had no noise although there are limited food options in the village.
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Very clean room, extremely friendly hosts and delicious food. The location in a lovely village close to lots of walks and across the street from the Coleridge House was ideal. Poor internet connection but that's not what I was there for! I definitely would recommend.
• Verified traveler (6/5): Could improve on customer service.... - After the last 12 months, you'd think the hospitality industry would be jumping through hoops to encourage business, however....The landlord struggled with the concept that someone may require breakfast prior to 8.30am (M-F). After making various excuses for not providing a take away solution, he eventually agreed. As someone who travels around the UK on business regularly, i always try to stay at independantly ran hostelries, and most are very accomodating.
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Size of room excellent comfy bed did have to change room as ceiling lights not working but done quickly
• Nikkole (10/5): - Property was very clean and comfortable. The food was very good and the staff was amazing! Would highly recommend!
• Verified traveler (10/5): - A great little find. Clean, welcoming and very good value for money!
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Im disabled. Brilliant all round!!! Staff very helpful. Customers freindly. All good. Can not fault.
• Ralph (6/5): Could easily be made excellent, but falls short. - Pub food was excellent, both evening meal and breakfast. Room was modern but spoilt by the most uncomfortable, rock hard bed I have ever experienced. Little things spoilt what could have been an excellent stay: Unable to turn down heat it was set at 22 degrees which for us was way too hot to sleep. Conversely , the heated towel rail by the shower didn't work; There was no where to hang a towel by the hand basin; the wet room shower was good, BUT the silicon sealing had a lot of black mould on it.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Great Room nice friendly pub good car park and nice reasonably priced food
• Susanne (8/5): Passing by - We were passing by on our way from Cornwall to Bath and it was perfect for that
• Verified traveler (8/5): Ancient mariner - Pleasant, efficient welcome on arrival. Character pub, good food and service. Nice location. Accommodation in a nice setting to rear of pub so nice and quiet. Large rooms with large en-suite, tea/coffee etc, tv, hairdryer, comfortable. Only down side was cleanliness of room. Dust very noticeable under beds, cobwebs around wall lights, carpet a bit grubby, shower in need of re-grouting, new silicone and shower hose in a very poor state due to lack of cleaning! Radiator needs refurbish or new. Also at night when lights are off there was a green light in the main light (some sort of sensor I presume) which illuminated the room which was quite annoying. I prefer a dark room to sleep in. I did hear that management were going to update the rooms decor and improve the cleanliness, in which case I wouldn’t hesitate in re-booking.
• MummyJo (8/5): Good and bad - Room was nice and large and clean. Sadly there was no hot water at all at 2100 when we wanted to shower. Every tap ran cold. Strange night lights on the ceiling of the room kept us awake. There did not seem to be a way of switching them off. We ate in the bar and had some of the best steaks we can remember. Beer and wine both good. Staff charming and eager to please. Breakfast was mediocre at best, with no black pudding as advertised and only 1 slice of toast per person! Really not sure the sausage was 'local pork sausage' . Strangely the whole place shuts down straight after breakfast and there is no way to check out and pay your bill. We posted the room key through a letter box and now have to go through the whole thing of phoning to pay bill and have the place send us copy receipts for expenses. Very odd and no mention of that anywhere.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Spacious room with large comfortable bed. Quiet courtyard outside . Hotel manager and his wife most friendly and helpful. Excellent area to explore nature.
• Sean (10/5): Great for the family - Didn't get a chance to see the local area right at the door step of the hotel. Used it as a jumping point to go further from home. Nice place. friendly staff. Food was good for breakfast and we had a meal in the evening there as well. The family room was big and spacious.
• Andrea (8/5): Loved this place - Without a doubt the best place we stayed during our trip to the UK. Not planned but so glad we stopped. HUGE ROOMS and bathroom. Nice pub food and breakfast the next morning.
• Peter (10/5): Very Good countryside accommodation - Very warm, comfortable and spacious accommodation with a well appointed bathroom. Plenty of free parking and very good breakfast, cooked to order with not any undue delay. Thoroughly recommend this hotel.
• GERALD (10/5): Go again - Would certainly visit again
• Jillian (10/5): Poet's Corner - We are wandering around Europe and the U.K. so we don't have any planned destination. We arrived in Bridgwater wondering why it is called The Ancient Mariner so far inland only to discover Samuel Taylor Colleridge lived across the road. We stayed in a modern stable like accommodation at the back of the Inn. The rooms were clean and very spacious with enormous bathrooms. The gardens were delightful and the meal in the Inn was delicious. A great find for weary travelers.
• Roger (10/5): - I've stayed over at the AM on several occasions. It is extremely convenient and hassle-free with good quality amenities
• Peter (8/5): - The only disappointing thing about the night was the staff having a party until 1.30am. The room was hot and we could not open the window as it made it even noisier as the party was outside at the back of the hotel.
• Richard (8/5): Good venue - Check the post code as Sat Nav took me 3 miles away. Venue was very pleasant and welcoming, with the accommodation out the back. Good selection of food and ales, and good to see locals which says a lot. Would have liked to see other types of food other than english
• David (6/5): Good food, clean and comfy bed - Great food, very clean room in good condition, but the Wi-Fi in the room didn't work, and combined with no signal (Vodafone) because the location is in a picturesque yet small village I had to sit in the bar/restraunt to get WiFi that worked.
• Richard (10/5): Recommended Pub B&B - This is a great place to stay. A lovely old hotel that serves good food, and friendly staff. The accommodation is in a separate block to the rear which means no pub noise. The rooms are large and spotless. Would be very happy to return.
• Verified traveler (10/5): Old & New - An out of the way spot. The "Ancient Mariner" itself is an ancient rural pub. The accommodation is a newly built spacious block discretely behind, with a generous carpark
• Anne (10/5): lovely hotel, well run, clean - Good breakfast, lovely walk in wet room, good area to holiday in
• Richard (10/5): Delightful suprise! - We found this delightful business on this site.It really is first class!! The staff,all areas,are polite and helpful.Nothing being too much trouble. Most of the bedrooms are in a separate built single story block adjacent to the well kept pub.The large car park is on the same level,so no stairs to worry about.Dog friendly I think but check first. Excellent breakfasts,very good food and snacks are available lunch time and in the evenings.Real fires,stone floors etc,etc.We will visit again. This is really an excellent pub,not an hotel but with accommodation that strives and offers hotel standards of every thing.Very highly rated!!
• SJC (10/5): Comfortable, quiet, huge bed - The room was very quiet, set back off the road in small village. Bed large and comfortable. Room very spacious and clean. Breakfast is part serve yourself (cereals, fruit, fruit juice and yoghurt), part waitress service (cooked breakfast).
• Verified traveler (8/5): Convenient Transit Stop - Stayed here to avoid Devon/Cornwall Friday night traffic. Nice comfortable room/bathroom and an enjoyable bar meal and breakfast. Overall very satisfied. Satnav using postcode sent me to a Lime street in another Village 2.5 miles away, very strange. Only worked properly when we entered Lime street , Nether Stowey.
• Zoe (10/5): Just book, you will not be disappointed. - Great place to stay, I will be going back.
• Verified traveler (10/5): Excellent place to stay! - Modern & roomy accommodation with much appreciated underfloor heating! Coffee making facilities, biscuits & complimentary water in room. Large ultra comfy bed. Spotless white linen and lovely white fluffy towels. Excellent breakfasts & evening meal. Very responsive and friendly staff & good service - nothing too much trouble.
• Alan (10/5): Hidden Gem - We knew we were going to be traveling in this region of England, and choosing the Ancient Mariner was truly like throwing a dart on a map. The town of Nether Stowey is a quaint english village off the beaten path, and the Ancient Mariner is a true gem. The friendly staff,large rooms,and great food made our stay here one of the highlights of our vacation. I would highly recommend going out of your way to stay there, I know we will.

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