The Trooper Inn

An excellent find… we will be back! Stayed with my daughter for a sunny Sat/Sun in March and never get around to reviews, but this one had to be done! Have recommended to friends and extended family. Friendly and welcoming rural inn, excellent value, comfortable rooms, serving good food - that included a delicious vegan gnocchi dish (not the usual bog-standard burger and chips) for my daughter. Warm and helpful management and staff in a cosy setting with friendly and chatty locals… and their lovely dogs! Beautiful rural setting… we walked in the pretty much unchanged footsteps of the war poet, Edward Thomas, who was unsurprisingly so much inspired by the beautiful surroundings, and relaxed in a soothing bubble bath before a fine supper. Thank you for a wonderful stay. We could not have asked for more. ☺️

We used to use this pub regularly for both drinks & meals & even chose to have our wedding reception here when Hassen owned it. It was such a great place with a warm welcome & a regular dining experience for us. The place was very quiet for Friday evening at 20.30 with no one eating! Unfortunately this evening after dining in Portsmouth where we had booked thankfully as it was so busy, we decided to stop off at the Trooper to look at the menu to book a family occasion. After the trip I needed the loo & as I know the place I went to go to toilet & left my husband to order the drinks. I could hear the barmaid saying to my husband where was I going to which he replied she needs the loo. Her reply was normally, people order drinks & ask first!!. After we sat down my husband said she wasn't very happy to which the bar person thumb signalled to my husband asking if everything was OK, then proceeded to call my husband a Tw*t infront of the whole bar. To say I was gobsmacked is an understatement!! We drank our drinks whilst she stood fuming behind the bar. We left not willing to return & certainly would not recommend.

Don't expect a breakfast it's just a Bed! What can i say, on a positive the room and bathroom were clean and comfortable, staff polite, but for us let down massively by the breakfast, in our opinion a really poor self service attempt, coffee sachets, some bread for toasting and jam, a few cereals, yogurts and a bowl of fruit is hardly what i expected in this B&B, definitely an insult to even try to call it a continental breakfast, they would honestly be better off not offering breakfast at all for what was on offer here, the worst breakfast i have seen in a B&B, i have worked in the hospitality trade for nearly forty years and know all about costings so please dont use that as an excuse, so conclusion is, if you just want a comfortable room to sleep in its fine, if you expect a Bed & Breakfast! you will sadly be left disappointed and not ready to start your day.

Very disappointed The pub was closed so you can not get a drink or a meal on Mondays or Tuesdays. I managed to stay in this hotel without physical seeing a single member of staff as there are non on duty. You get given a door code and a phone number. When I made the booking it was not mentioned that the whole place is closed. This is not local to any pubs or restaurants, they are at least a 10 minute drive to get a meal. Even breakfast was help yourself with no staff present. Would I stay again, No.

Very enjoyable stay would come again

Positive. Room was a reasonable price. Unfortunately it only had a bath. I asked for a room with a shower but I was not allowed to change. This room was booked through my business apparently that was the reason I could not change. I had food and this was very average. The squid was obviously from a packet, battered and deep fried. The squid was rubbery. The stroganoff was apparently made that evening unfortunately it didn’t taste like any stroganoff I’d ever tasted. The hoe made sticky toffee pudding was not good at all. I had some wine. That was good and the staff/owner was a pleasant bar man. The bar seemed inviting. My room apart from the bath was good although the coffee machine should have instructions. Unfortunately I would not stay here again unless there were many changes.