The Dog & Bear Hotel

breakfast bar food ales friendly pub pleasant staff

shower cubicle bit small

The room was of good size and excellent standard. The hotel has taken the effort to make the room as comfortable as possible. Breakfast was excellent. I would recommend this hotel.

When I arrived it was the warmest day of the year and the radiators in the room were at full blast. If I had wanted to live in a sauna it would have been ideal, but as I wanted to sleep, I had to turn off the radiators and open the windows to cool the room down a bit. Not a big issue, but not sure why the heat was set so high.

A quiet village with easy access to established walks on the North Downs and close to Leeds Castle for visiting.

The room was well maintained generally but their were numerous incidents that were completely unacceptable. For example: - the room was above either a generator or air conditioning unit and made a horrible noise from 6:30 each morning till late.Staff claimed not to know of this! - There was a blood stain on the duvet cover! - Bar and kitchen staff regularly smoked outside in an area that allowed them to constantly look into rooms! - On our final morning, without any warning, a window cleaner starting peering through our first floor window with no regard to the fact we were not dressed. Will definitely not return.

Clean and comfortable room. Good breakfast.

Food in the pub in the evening was dreadful. Staff service levels very variable.

Comfortable room and pleasancrt pub

Lack of character in rooms Brusque office staff Poor shower

quiet,rural location,but close enough to main road to explore coastal towns,Canterbury,etc

Nice big room, great bathroom facilities, fantastic breakfast selection! Lovely location, easy to find, free parking.

We loved the location - it was perfect for our ancestry hunt!

Accommodation , Pub. Breakfast. car park . Football on tv .staff .value for money.log fire.

M25.and M20. Southern beer prices

Comfortable, good food.Breakfast menu quite outstanding.

We had room 3 which was fine until a person above arrived and for an hour we had to suffer banging and creaking floorboards. Breakfast, table not properly cleared before it was given to us, had to ask for fresh butter as we were left with the mangled remains from previous user.

In the heart of a friendly village where locals make you feel welcome. Hotel was clean and cosy. Train station only short walk away.

Nothing to not like was only an overnight stay but no negatives.

The pub was nice good food but small menus

Weather very cold Heating not working in bath room when we arrived they did get handy man to look at it next day but it only worked for about half an hour

Friendly staff, all obliging. Clean comfortable room. Food good.

Very cold weather during stay, room could have been warmer.

I very much liked the friendliness of the staff. A big smile is always the best welcome for a guest.

Just a minor thing reallly, at the end of our breakfast. At this point the waitor told me I should pay an extra if I really wanted a boiled egg. As we hadn`t ordered any English nor Continental breakfast, I found this a bit over the line... This was probably not a last minute idea of the waitor but of course, as in so many cases, a stupid directive of the bloody management.

Friendly staff, good parking, able to relax.

Lovely welcome, accommodating as our booking changed throughout the day. Good meal, helpful. Lovely rooms.

Hot water took ages and pressure was poor. We'd walked 23 miles that day so it was a lIttle disappointing.

Loved this place. There isn't a lot to do in the village and it is quite quiet but me and my partner spent the night here as it was in my price range and in the distance that we needed to be for our visit the next day. The staff and the food was lovely and the service was great. I thought it was also great value for money. The breakfast that was included in the stay was amazing, really nice, one of the best places that I have ever stayed and would stay again if visiting Kent.

the location bang in the middle of the village was perfect. The staff were very friendly and helpful dealing with any issues or requests promptly.

the weather but that is not something the hotel could help.

Food - good, well presented, good value. Decor - attractive, neutral colours, good quality furniture. Staff - pleasant, friendly, helpful. Location - ideal for our needs. On the whole - more good than bad

Our bedroom had too much furniture which meant we were a little cramped. Our waste bins were not emptied each day, room cleaning seemed to cover only the minimum requirements.

Compared to travel inns, premier inns etc this type of hotel represent good value for money. Food was good and there was a large TV in the bar area showing football.

The actual room although comforable was on the small side with a single bed. The bar area was too cold to be comfortabe.

very nice place , staff friendly . food good. room very big

heating not working and as it was a very cold few days , they had to get us a fan heater. also as they had a large wedding party who had turned up at the same time of us we could not have a shower as there was not enough hot water to go round , told the boiler could not cope with it all

The hotel was ideally located for our business trip. The staff were friendly and helpful. The hotel was comfortable and the food was good and reasonably priced.

Location and nice staff

Typical sheaperds neam pub rubbish beer rubbish food overpriced at £90 a night for a £60 room breakfast was burnt

food,good beer,decent room

car park needed better gritting it was dodgy to drive on i parked at the front where you need a blue badge.Also given brown instead of white toast otherwise breakfast very good

Good friendly atmosphere and pub food