Best Western Forest Lodge Hotel  

We liked the location just off town centre and a short walk into the forest. The hotel was visually appealing and the staff all helpful. The room was so welcoming when we walked in and comfortable. We loved the indoor pool and the facilities that went with it, shower, towels etc. The dining was an enjoyable experience and I was very pleased to see a vegetarian breakfast on the menu.

Squeaky floor boards in the corridor just right by our room and the shower, whilst hot, was more of a dribble. Didn't detract from our enjoyment of the stay.

spotlessly clean with an indoor swimming pool and surrounded by the New Forest common land grazed by ponies and cattle. Smart staff made for a relaxing weekend.

The Best Western Forest Lodge was on a par with the other Best Western's we've stayed in on this trip. The bedroom was smaller though, even though we had a deluxe room. The meals were good. The one problem we had with all the Best Westerns though was that these hotels seem more in favour of business conferences than their paying guests. Guest parking was completely full with the vehicles belonging to conference attendees which was frustrating, particularly at Limpley Stoke, where we were forced to park way down a hill at a pub for three nights in a row. The same thing happened at Forest Lodge. Either certain parking needs to be reserved for guests only, or parking areas need to be enlarged. Also, as guests, we were forced to dine in dingy back rooms due to better rooms being used by attendees. This was very disappointing, once again particularly in Limpley Stoke

The location

The price, uncomfortable bed, dusty room, rubbish shower and lack of an apology when my husband was given an uncooked sausage with his breakfast

Very welcoming and helpful staff, great setting, comfortable room.

The breakfast could have been better - not much choice of continental breakfast and coffee not great.

Excellent service from staff and a really nice building in a beautiful location

Breakfast was very small, despite paying an additional fee for a larger breakfast. Also it was wrong twice and took a long time to come out.

The staff were very helpful, the location was perfect walking distance into town and right next door to a pub.The Family rooms are spacious, modern and clean and the pool was a hit with the kids. Also the quality of the food and service at breakfast was great. I was very pleasently suprised much nicer than I was expecting. We would stay again and recommend this hotel

We wsent to the local dog show. The hotel is vert dog friendly. The dinning room is excellent, The bar passed the kir test!

The traffic in Lyndhurst is ubelievably bad, except very early in the morning. Not the hotel's fault, but a feature if its location.

The location within Lyndhurst is incredible, I think definitely it is the best part of the hotel. The facilities, staff and breakfast were also ok. It has an in door swimming pool as well very nice.

I think the ratio value/money is not good enough. The hotel is ok but I think the price is too much and there is not such a detail that could justify the price, except the location. As example, when we arrive at 1300 (one hour early of the check in) and the staff were not especially friendly, even we had to keep out stuff in the car, no other option was given to us. Sometimes things like that makes the difference!

The location was ideal to explore the New Forest. The swimming pool was excellent for children on a rainy day, but it closed without warning on Saturday morning. The cream tea was delicious, but waiting almost an hour for it to arrive seemed excessive.

The kitchen staff seemed over stretched so delays were excessive during the breakfast period, and when the food arrived some had clearly been kept in a warmer for a long period.

The swimming pool is lovely, and very clean. No-one in attendance, so no limit on the number of towels. Standard of food at dinner was really high, absolutely excellent, delicious, well balanced dishes, and good to look at. For once, we had no complaints about the standard of lighting in our room- to read in bed, to put on make up.

Room could have been a little bigger. Only the Daily Mail in the lounge. Even in summer a little fire burning in the grate would have looked better.The receptionist should have shown us right to our room.

The hotel is tired and requires upgrading. Poor reading light in the bedroom. Service at breakfast was slow we waited almost an hour , this putting us off having dinner there. We have stayed at better hotels for much less money. We would not return.

Comfortable bed and good room Indoor swimming pool Forest dining room with excellent breakfast

Noisy doors in corridor on first floor