Bel and The Dragon-Kingsclere

Location: Bel and The Dragon, Swan Street, Kingsclere, gb

Star Rating: 9 Stars

Property Type: Inns

About this Property

Policies

Check-in: 03:00 PM - 09:30 PM

Check-out: 11:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Parking
• Restaurant
• Pets allowed
• Non-smoking throughout
• Board games/puzzles
• Outdoor furniture
• Staff adhere to local safety protocols
• Guest rooms disinfected between stays
• Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
• Physical distancing rules followed
• Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
• Cashless payment available
• Fire extinguishers
• First aid kit available
• Sanitized tableware & silverware
• Contactless check-in/check-out
• Invoice provided
• Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
• Smoke alarms
• Shared stationery like menus, pens are removed
• Guest room sealed after cleaning
• Physical distancing in dining areas
• Key access
• Food delivered to guest room
• CCTV outside property
• Process in place to check health of guests
• Screens / Barriers between staff and guests for safety
• Television in common areas
• Free wired internet
• Self parking (surcharge)
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Internet access
• Housekeeping on request
• Japanese garden

Rooms Available

• Double Room

  Featuring free toiletries, this double room includes a private bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. The double room features a wardrobe, an electric kettle, a carpeted floor, heating, as well as a flat-screen TV. The unit has 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • TV
  • Telephone
  • Hair dryer
  • Radio
  • Desk
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Alarm clock
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Cots
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Feather pillow
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access

• Deluxe Double Room with Shower

  Providing free toiletries, this double room includes a private bathroom with a bath or a shower and a hairdryer. The double room provides a wardrobe, an electric kettle, a carpeted floor, heating, as well as a flat-screen TV. The unit offers 1 bed.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • TV
  • Telephone
  • Hair dryer
  • Radio
  • Desk
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Alarm clock
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Cots
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Feather pillow
  • Smoke alarm
  • Key access

Guest Reviews

• Jayvibes (9/5): Highly recommend and personalised attention to all detail. Great breakfast also included. - Excellent Hotel chain. Great attention to detail. Very helpful staff. Great menu and food was exceptional. No QR code ordering which seems prolific and results in lower standards. This is my third stay at Bel and the Dragon and wouldn’t hesitate to return. Keep up the great work Nothing
• Tony (9/5): Great stay - All very good really, staff were all very pleasant and welcoming from arrival through to departure. The room was not huge but had character and was very comfortable, very large bed. Bathroom good size, hot tap needs a new washer though. Shower was very good. Breakfast excellent especially the bacon. Evening meal was good. Nothing really, would happily stay here again
• Pascoe (9/5): - Whole experience Nothiing
• David (10/5): Very relaxed and wonderful food - Lovely atmosphere, great building Car parking a little limited
• Lynn (10/5): Enjoyable stay - Excellent food, both dinner and breakfast. Staff very helpful and pleasant Free parking. We will return Nothing, couldnt fault it
• Steve (9/5): -
• cristina (9/5): - Albergo tipico campagna inglese. Tutto perfetto dalle came alla cena
• lee (9/5): Comfortable - Location and friendly atmosphere Room was nice and staff very friendly.
• Chris (10/5): Excellent stay - Room was excellent and nice touch with a complimentary glass of Gin Evening meal and breakfast where very well cooked and very tasty Nothing
• _susie_carman (10/5): Excellent family meal - Had a wonderful meal here this evening- food was fabulous and service spot on - relaxed atmosphere and altogether excellent experience
• Paul (9/5): We will definitely stay here again - Spacious room, superb dining and phenomenal friendly staff
• Matt_dad (10/5): - Lovely, characterful inn. The rooms aren't huge but the facilities and little touches are excellent. We only stayed one night for a nearby family event but it's the kind of place we wished we were staying longer to make more use of the facilities such as the lovely beer garden, shared drawing room with games and drinks and the breakfast was fantastic with great service and lots of unusual choices alongside a classic full English. Hope to stay again if we have the opportunity. Honestly nothing
• Thalia (10/5): -
• Dan (10/5): Quality stay for an excellent price - Quality of room, complimentary drinks, wonderful breakfast. Staff were attentive and welcoming Little noisy as we were in the room above the bar, but it is an old building so not unexpected. Didn’t cause any issues at all for us
• James (10/5): -
• Ross (10/5): -
• Judith (9/5): Lovely, comfortable pub in a beautiful area. - Helpful, efficiënt, friendly staff Limited car parking
• Brown (10/5): -
• ROBERT (10/5): - Fabulous dinner and breakfast. Very comfortable bed and room. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly. Liked the extra touches of sloe gin in room and whiskey in the lounge area Leaving
• Julie (10/5): Great stay we will be back - Everything. The staff were friendly. The food was excellent. The room was comfy and well equipped. Nothing
• Howard (10/5): - Staff were pleasant,friendly and helpful,food was delicious
• IAN (10/5): Overnight on the way to Highclere Castle. - Superb location for our trip to Highclere Castle. Very friendly welcome. Really nice staff throughout the hotel. Super bedroom. Excellent linen. Fresh towels. Really really good evening meal. Super breakfast. Great choices at both meals. Brilliant value. Just felt the hotel went that extra mile to make our stay as good as they could. Would highly recommend.
• Thalia (8/5): -
• Susan (10/5): - Lovely staff, very welcoming. Excellent food, lovely wine list. Room was comfy amd cozy, bed was really comfy, and underfloor heating in the bathroom was a bonus. Breakfast was fab, with lots of choice. Lovely extras like gin in the room. Really.good value for money. Thank you! Nothing
• Susan (10/5): -
• John (10/5): -
• Shaun Oakenfull (9/5): - Everything except the size of the room which was very small. The room was very small.
• Matthew (10/5): -
• Peter (10/5): -
• Teeheeitismee (10/5): First time in the area - Table for 7 lunch time first time in the area The welcome was great very speedy Service & accommodating The menu 2 course was rather lovely different type of menu Everything was served hot even the plates very delicious indeed Impressed & would return again for more food
• Derek (8/5): Six of us stayed for the evening and really enjoyed our stay. - Lovely quirky old building. Really nice food. The staff were excellent.
• Nicola (10/5): Great stay thank you and would definitely come back - Was pleasantly surprised at the quality and friendliness of the staff
• Cleaver (9/5): -
• Kenneth (9/5): -
• Mnico3 (10/5): Absolute Gem - I booked this room for 1 night after visiting highclere castle. This turned out to be a great decision. What we found was a cosy and friendly country pub with great rooms and amenities. From the check in to check out the staff were all friendly and efficient and actually seemed to be enjoying their work. The room itself was amazing. The furnishing were all very cute and of quality. The added touches like the bottled water and the complimentary sloe gin were very nice. Add to that a lovely little drawing room with sofas , complimentary whiskey and books and magazines was a great touch. We had an afternoon tea so come to our evening meal we went for several small plates. All of which were amazing. Breakfast again was really good. Eggs Benedict was my option while my wife had the full English. Both excellent. I don’t normally write reviews and I stay away a lot. But this place deserved a mention for the excellent touches and service it provides. Thank you.
• Jacqueline (10/5): -
• Ross (10/5): -
• Nathan (10/5): The best stay we have had anywhere - This stay was the nearest we have had to perfect and we have stayed at a lot of places , the food was amazing , the room spotless and clean , the snug area was lovely we just spent the evening chilling in there , the staff were super friendly Nothing
• Angela (9/5): From start to finish we were treated very well by the staff and really enjoyed our stay. - The room was spotless and had everything that you could need in terms of towels and toiletries, tea and coffee, water, even sloe gin to try! There was a residents only lounge with complementary whisky and board games/books/magazines. We had a lovely meal in the restaurant which had a very varied menu, not the usual pub grub. There were very few plug points and no USB points to charge phones/ipads.
• Jonathan (10/5): - Everything: the building; the room with wooden beams; the complimentary drinks in the room and the lovely guest lounge. The staff were welcoming and helpful. We will stay here again.
• Thomas (9/5): -
• 245katee (10/5): Total gem of a place - We stayed overnight here after a day at Highclere Castle. Just 10 minutes away by car from highclere .. What a fabulous place .. staff really friendly Food was brilliant evening meal and breakfast menus very tasty. Served hot and no long waits Cocktails very good value Also whiskey and sloe gin free in your room. Cozy little upstairs lounge with board games and cards if wanted again free whiskey tipple if wanted (lovely touch) Room was warm and comfortable fabulous toiletries.. modern en suite and spotlessly clean. Shower was very good. Tv and a radio, hairdryer good quality one too. Definately 10/10 for everything hope to stay here again
• Ross (10/5): Comfortable and so well looked after. - The staff are amazing Nothing
• Michael (8/5): Fully met our expectations and very convenient for our visit to Newbury Racecourse - We were impressed by the warm welcome and the service overall - arrival, dinner, breakfast. The rooms are on the small side but comfortable and quite well equipped. The food was good (especially the Snacks menu at dinner) and fresh. The wine list was especially ambitious and fairly priced Bel and the Dragon delivers on the claims in their website so no complaints!
• Roy (9/5): - The accommodation was clean and the staff were very friendly.
• Claire (10/5): Felt very spoilt, beautiful building, great staff. - Had lots of character, the staff were so very helpful and friendly, complimentary slo gin and whisky. Very enjoyable stay. N/a
• Mary (9/5): Comfortable with welcoming friendly staff - Room: cosy bed, very comfortable Breakfast superb Dinner: good choices Some road noise.
• Vince (9/5): Brilliant - A great breakfast Menu, qaulity was great. Nothing
• Deborah (9/5): Would recommend everyone to stay here if they are visiting Highclere. - The room was very comfy extra touch was the gin to try the breakfast was delicious also was the evening meal.
• Allan (10/5): -
• Kate (5/5): - The breakfast The noise
• David (9/5): - Very good service from the staff 👏
• Darren (8/5): - Location Room needed a bit more lighting
• Patricia (5/5): It's OK parking a big problem. - Staff were lovely rooms great nice and comfy. Breakfast on 2 mornings was nice . Drinks very expensive evening menue poor and expensive. Couldn't get a nice cup of tea went onto coffee . The pain problem was the parking carpark always full and had to park on the road .
• Jennifer (10/5): Wonderful - Everything No parking spaces on arrival so had to park on another car park and walk with our luggage in the rain
• ANDREA (9/5): Lovely stay - As always fantastic establishment with lovely atmosphere, staff all excellent and very helpful Nothing
• Claire (10/5): -
• Jeremy (9/5): -
• Siobhan (10/5): Cosy Christmas stay - Very cosy, super clean and wonderfully welcoming staff.
• Richard (9/5): - Lovely pub in a nice location with warm and friendly staff. My room was warm and cosy with everything I needed.
• Kay (6/5): Delicious food, but very small room for 2 people. - The evening meal was excellent. The double room was very small and compact. There was nowhere to put folded clothes e.g no chair.
• Alan (9/5): very enjoyable - all very good nothing
• Darren (8/5): -
• edwin (8/5): Great overnight stay, excellent food, great staff and parking - Enjoyable stay in a well appointed room, Evening meal was excellent, as were all of the staff. The room was very cold on arrival and only had a small electric panel heater. The room warmed up by nighttime but would be better to be greeted by a warm room on arrival on a cold evening.
• Fay (10/5): Will find an excuse to go back . 😀 - Gorgeous building. Not a straight line anywhere. Fab facilities. Stunning guest chill area with complimentary spirits. Most comfortable bed & pillows. Can’t recommend enough. Forgot to mention the fabulous breakfast &lovely staff.
• Dr_Marc_B (8/5): Great place to stay - Nice overnight in a gorgeous old building. Very nice staff. Complimentary whiskey in an upstairs lounge. Great sleep. Nice breakfast.
• Sorrel (10/5): -
• JGlover (8/5): - The upstairs residents' lounge with complimentary whisky! Access to Highclere excellent. Very good evening meal and breakfast Room was small and rather tired but otherwise clean and acceptable for one night.
• suewK6002ID (10/5): Lovely building and ambience - Today was my second visit to Bel and The Dragon. We were served by the lovely Chanya who was attentive but not over the top. She was very helpful. The food is top quality, really special. The building has a wonderful ambience with beams and a roaring fire. It isn't cheap here but this place is special and the food was incredible. Parking can be a bit of an issue but you can park on the road.
• John (9/5): Friendly staff, comfy room, great food - On arrival, we were greeted by friendly staff. Our room was comfortable, and the facilities for guests were excellent. The food and the service at dinner were excellent as was breakfast the following morning. Nothing
• Hood (9/5): - Very comfortable room with excellent shower. Breakfast and main meal were beautifully cooked.
• Bethany (10/5): -
• sheils (10/5): - Family Wedding staff and accommodation at the Bel was excellent N/A
• ROBERT (10/5): Great stay would definitely return and recommend - Very friendly helpful staff. Lovely room with comfortable bed and bed linen. Everything was high quality from the tea bags in the room to the lovely dinner and breakfast. We needed to stay because a relative was in hospital in Basingstoke so it was a lovely haven for the night between visits. Nothing, all was great especially staff both in the evening and in the morning they couldn't have been more friendly and helpful
• Lisa (10/5): -
• Philip (8/5): Lovely character hotel with comfortable rooms. - Room and breakfast both matched expectations. Couldn't fault either. Restaurant is a bit overpriced. Food good but portions very small.
• Jill Wood (8/5): -
• Craig (9/5): -
• PHILIP (6/5): -
• Marion (10/5): Arrangeovernight stay to meet up with a friend and it all worked perfectly, thanks to this excell - Lovely friendly staff, nothing too much trouble, from making changes to room specification to accommodate disability before arrival to cheery housekeeping staff offering help with luggage. Cosy, comfortable atmosphere. I'm already recommending a stay to friends... The local refuse lorry not arriving at 5am ... seriously, no improvement necessary
• Stacey (9/5): - The room was lovely and quirky, the food quality was really good. Intimate venue It is a small carpark.
• Paul (9/5): Comfort and welcoming with great food. - The greeting by the reception staff was very welcoming. The room was great with a surprise welcome drink and we were given a tour of the facilities including a superb lounge complete with other tipples. We had a fabulous evening meal and a sumptuous breakfast. All the staff were welcoming and helpful.
• Anna (9/5): Great country pub - Lovely hotel. Very comfortable and clean. Great staff and excellent breakfast.
• R (7/5): - Clean room pump or machine was going on and off all night and kept me awake
• Ralf (10/5): Perfekt! - Das war ein rundherum gelungener Kurzaufenthalt von zwei Nächten. Es stimmte einfach alles. Zimmer, Frühstück, Restaurant, Bar, Service, Preise ... die Umgebung. Mir fällt dazu nichts ein.
• Dennis (10/5): -
• David (8/5): A comfortable stay in a convenient location with a good restaurant and friendly service. - Although Kingsclare does not have much in the way of facilities, it is well placed to explore the local area provided you have your own transport. The hotel restaurant serves good food in the evening and excellent breakfasts. One of the features of such an old building is the varying room sizes. The bedroom was quite small - difficult to place two suitcases but the bathroom was a nice size.
• Sabine (9/5): -
• Thepottersman (10/5): A 400 year old building full of character, service second to none, a residents only lounge and more! What's not to love? - What an incredible place! The room was lovely and spotless, the bed super comfy and breakfast delicious ... but it's the extra special touches and extra special team there that takes this to another level!! There's free drinks on arrival in your bedroom, a very comfortable residents only lounge with more complimentary drinks (see the pics). That was a huge bonus and the staff were brilliant! We were struggling to get a taxi to Highclare Castle so the manager Darren stepped in to make sure we were able to get there and back. The team have a strong family vibe about them and we left feeling as though we'd stayed with friends - A fabulous stay!!
• Steven (10/5): Service second to none, and a residents lounge! - What an incredible place! The room was lovely and spotless and the bed super comfy and breakfast delicious ... but it's the extra special touches and extra special team there that takes this to another level!! There's free drinks in your bedroom, a very comfortable residents only lounge with more complimentary drinks (as you can see in the pics). That was a huge bonus and the staff were brilliant! We were struggling to get a taxi to Highclare Castle so the manager Darren stepped in to make arrangements for us to get there. The team have a lovely family like vibe about them and we left feeling as though we'd stayed with friends!
• Jonathan (10/5): - A really nice overnight stay and dinner at The Swan / Bel and Dragon. The building is delightful - full of beams and historical atmosphere but very well maintained. The bar was certainly very well patronised and appears popular with locals while most of the 9 rooms appeared to be occupied, based on the numbers at breakfast. We had a good evening meal and an excellent breakfast with a wide range of choice. Nice touches were the residents-only sitting room, which is a lovely large room with a vaulted beamed ceiling and a decanter of whisky available for a complimentary nigh-cap! Would certainly stay there again if in the area.
• Tamara Barnett (10/5): - Warm welcome when we arrived and checked in swiftly. Excellent room with a view of the chefs garden. Very comfortable bed and excellent rainfall shower. Lovely add extra with the complimentary slow Gin in our room plus the whiskey in the guest lounge. We had a fabulous meal in the restaurant, with a very good drinks menu to boot. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and will definitely look to book again. The pubs car park was full when we arrived, which was slightly inconvenient. However, there was a free carpark up the road, which was only a min walk away.
• Stephen (8/5): Excelllent breakfast…..measure of Sloe Gin left in room to sample and measures of whisky in sitting room all free of cha - Lovely old fashioned pub. Huge effort to provide the best experience both in the restaurant and room…..also including a sitting room for residents. Tightish room but only to be expected given the age.
• June (6/5): - Room cleanliness. Comfortable bed. Bedroom basic. Barely enough room to get into the bed on one side. No kettle. Just not what we were expecting. What clothes hanging facilities there were were hanging above the perculator. One of the bedroom side lights kept flickering.
• GillXc (10/5): Great place for short stay. - Very friendly staff, clean and comfortable room, super breakfast.i had the dippy eggs with marmite soldiers. My husband had scrambled eggs and mushrooms. It was all freshly cooked for us. They had left some drinks in the room for us quite unsolicited. It is very close to HighClere Castle. Can’t recommend highly enough.
• Rothwell (8/5): A most pleasurable stay. Staff were very helpful and polite. - Well presented and a lot of thought gone into the finishing touches. Noise from down stairs in the bar could be heard from the room, when trying to sleep. However it did not go on all night .
• Philip (9/5): Very enjoyable stay. Will return sometime. - Breakfast was very nice with everything freshly cooked. Staff were very friendly and helpful.
• Fiona (8/5): Cosy room. Staff very welcoming and the food was delicious - The building had traditional beams and plenty of character. Excellent location.
• Nami (10/5): - Lovely staff, lovely food and room and superb breakfast. Great place to stay and would again.
• Liz (10/5): Excellent welcome in charming old inn - A welcome drink in our room and guest lounge with complementary scotch were really nice touches that made us feel welcomed. All the staff were friendly, the village is charming , dinner and breakfast were both good.

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