Name: The Talbot
Address: Blandford Road, Iwerne Minster, Iwerne Minster, Iwerne Minster, DT11 8QN, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

No elevators

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Bournemouth Airport

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The Talbot

Iwerne Minster

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

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We had a lovely evening! Started with an amazing meal. Followed by live music from Flooded lane. 
What a fun, fabulous friendly place.  I can honestly say Hubby and I really enjoyed ourselves, the locals were fun and the new landlords are really lovely. 

Wonderful evening meal 

Lovely stay very friendly staff. New landlord was very good Rooms were very clean . Breakfast and evening meal was lovely .  Dog friendly. 
Will certainly stay again
Pub is situated in a lovely village

First class

Rude Staff. We were due to stay in August, 2 days prior we were unable to book taxis from the wedding venue. Steven was very understanding and helpful and said he could refund the rooms so we could find alternative accommodation. We phoned and spoke to Steve the owner twice that day and both times he insisted he just needed to contact booking.com and the money would be refunded. We otherwise would’ve never cancelled the rooms. We then phoned a week later and he maintained he would email them and the monies would be refunded. Months of phoning and leaving messages for Steven, unread emails we resorted to leaving bad reviews. He then emailed claiming to have no recollection of speaking to us on the phone and that he’d not be refunding the money! We phoned again, this time to be sworn at by a lady and then hung up on! Since then he has blocked us from leaving reviews and phoning but it would seem there is a theme of bad reviews. I’m sure if you pay up, stay and keep your head down you should be ok. But don’t trust these people for a second!

Don’t trust them!

A strange place, we were completely underwhelmed by the food and the choice for vegetarians was meagre. We were overcharged and the veg Dahl had no veg in it, it was overly salty and overpriced.
We won’t return

Poor experience 

Well I have many words for this pub but all I can say is AVOID this pub unless you want to get stared at or shouted by the regulars from this pub. Manager needs to learn a lesson or two for thinking that this is acceptable ! I definitely won’t be recommending ANYONE to this pub, never felt so uncomfortable in my life, and TO the regular man who was very aggressive and shouting needs to be BANNED! Disgusting behaviour!!

AVOID! AWFUL PUB

Large rooms that are clean and comfortable. Excellent bed and big bathroom with an good shower. Food good if you choose an in house prepared meal, OK if its not been prepared in house. A nice local pub with a good feel, and well supported by those who live around it which is always a good sign. Breakfast OK--I recommend the mushrooms with whatever you order, they're delicious.

Very comfortable, good value.

We visited The Talbot, Iwerne Minster for lunch on the way through to home. Lovely layout, massive open fire. The staff were welcoming and very pleasant. We ordered two rounds of beef sandwiches, chips and drinks. We should have only ordered one round and shared, they were so big and full of excellent beef. Very good value for money. In fact we took the second round home in a "doggy bag".
The only disappointment was the sandwich bread was ordinary sliced white. We would have liked the option of granary or whole-meal which would have done justice to the beef.
We would definitely return for a full meal. If the sandwiches are an example for the food delivery we should not be disappointed. 
Thank you, The Talbot.

Very pleasant atmosphere and lunch-time sandwiches and drinks

So 7 of us popped down to The Talbot having watched our niece engaging in a wing walking experience at the local airstrip.
Anyway, the young lady barmaid was delightful and well mannered, which is always a bonus! We all ordered basic lunches (fish finger sandwiches, salmon salads and 1 x pork chop). It was delivered relatively briskly and was certainly not what was expected! The fish fingers must've come off the Cerne giant. No captain birdseye here!!!  Proper fish fingers. The only thing I would say that perhaps could improve the fish finger sandwich would be to have 'real' bread, not supermarket slices. I would be happy to pay an extra pound and get a better quality bread. Having said that, they were exceptionally well made with home made tartare and homemade coleslaw, all for £6.00 each!!! Absolute bargain. My wife had salmon salad which she was a little undercooked in a spot but was nonetheless a proper salad and chunky piece of salmon. Very much enjoyed. Apparently the pork chop was amazing too so really, well done! It's those little bits that make it the full monty though. Perhaps offer granary and white bread as alternative to sliced, it just makes the whole experience even better.
All being said though, we thoroughly enjoyed it and would have no qualms about returning, and actually intend to go back there (about a 45 min drive away), go for a nearby dog walk, watch some planes at Compton Abbas, and then lunch at The Talbot. If the next time is as good as this, then it's worth the effort. Nice work. Keep it up. Scratch cooking is better than the rubbish churned out in to many pubs nowadays.

Bit of a hidden gem

I was here for four nights due to business in nearby Shaftesbury. The room itself was fine, adequate in every way though not huge. My colleague told me they had a really big room though, so I think it’s luck of the draw.

The bed was comfortable enough, and shower worked ok (though a bit drippy). Staff in the bar downstairs were friendly and the food was good, though it took a while to arrive.

I guess the main thing to consider about this place for overnight stops is that it’s a pub with rooms over it, so it’s not the quietest or most private place to stay. It was a bit noisy in the evenings, but not too bad.

There is a small car park shared by pub and hotel guests, which I guess could be difficult when the pub is busy - though I didn’t have any issues myself.

Fine for a business stay

Comfortable but dark room although a reading light was very well. Breakfast menu Limited but very good food. Lo ate on a busy road but my room was at the back so the only noise was from the courtyard seating area.

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