The Plume of Feathers

Very good food and ok beer. The outside front seating is a bit grim (if the weather's nice) and the courtyard is better. Expensive.

Great room, lovely and warm in a beautiful village location. Room had everything we needed, comfortable bed, tea and coffee making facilities. Bathroom was ok, warm shower with toiletries provided, a tad dated, but it worked and was warm, so no complaints.

This has to be the worst accommodation that I have ever stayed in. Booked through *********** which does not describe the rooms in any detail or I certainly wouldn’t have booked. Payment was required up front and if I hadn’t paid would have walked away. I chose this place due to poor reviews of chain establishments in the area, ( at least you know what you’re getting) and availability ( and now I know why) We had been staying in an air B and B for a family wedding but needed to move nearer to Fleet for one night for my grandsons first birthday. This was so disappointing.The room is in a converted stable block but it looked like a garage from outside, sandwiched between the car park and beer garden/smoking area. From the photos, I thought I would be in the main building. The room was very very small, with a double bed up against the wall and headboard meaning one occupant had to vacate the bed from the bottom. The bed was quite firm. The room was clean but had many cobwebs in the vaulted ceiling to look at. There was one tiny skylight ( it had a blind) but this required standing on the headboard to reach it. It was the hottest day of the year unfortunately, and noise could be heard from the yard and singing ( I think football was on) Noise from? the cellar fan was on all night. We did not feel welcome, responses rather smug and sarcastic. There was no fan available ( there must have been other hot days/ nights over the years) and the person seemed to think this was amusing and smirked as he cheerfully told me they did not have one and walked away. No empathy here. I’m not keen on enclosed spaces and the room was stifling even with the velux open. It was not possible to have the door open due to customers outside. As a result no sleep and exhausted in the morning. I’m sure that purchasing some cheap fans would be a nice offering and maybe result in a more bearable experience. We ate our evening meal again very disappointed. Nothing wrong with food quality but it was extremely bland. I see from responses to other reviews that the landlord has a take or leave it attitude. It’s obviously a pub for the locals and if you’re not one of those you’re not welcome.