The Bower Inn

We stayed here two years ago en route to Plymouth and loved the place but not this time. I booked a downstairs double room a while ago as my husband needs to use a scooter to move around and can’t do steps. A few days before our stay I called to check the room was downstairs and discovered there were accessible rooms for the disabled but at a cost of £206 per night , a mere £66 extra ! What a rip off. I declined this offer. The pub was busy at dinner and we had booked a table but waited half an hour to order food. The menu is very limited and nothing like as good as it was before. I ordered a chicken burger which came as a bread bun with a few chicken goujons and a bit of salad inside. It looked very much like the goujons delivered as a starter to the next table but of course a lot more expensive. My husband had the pie and the pastry was so hard he couldn’t cut it. The meat filling was nice though. Breakfast was very disappointing. No cereals, fruit or pastries on offer. You just ordered from a menu with separate prices for those without breakfast included. Ours was included. My scrambled egg on toast consisted of a slice of unbuttered toast with egg on top and a butter pat at the side. Not a lot of it and not very hot either. Although it wasn’t busy then the waitress never reappeared to see if everything was okay. We had two more stays booked later this year but have cancelled them both.

Very welcoming atmosphere, friendly staff lovely bedroom excellent food would highly recommend .