Inn On The Chase - North Dorset

The wife and I with our dog stayed here for two nights in a family room. After easily parking up in the pub carpark we entered the Cashmoor Inn and were met by a very pleasant and helpful young lady who then showed us to our room. The room itself was large and airy with a decent size double bed again a decent size single bed. The bedding sheets were clean and fresh accompanied by a very warm and comfortable duvet. The beds were a little hard for us but still fair. The en suite was very acceptable with a good hot shower with decent pressure. The clean white large fluffy assorted towels were very good. Remember this is a pub/inn and not the Savoy. Our room overlooked the busy A road but this is explained on their website so you must expect heavy traffic at anytime the flow of traffic does subside considerably later into the night but not completely. Our room had tea/coffee making facilities and these were topped up as required. A small but effective tv with decent reception. Decent size wardrobe and ample drawer stowage so you could “spread” your kit around. Plug sockets by double and single bed. The pub itself was friendly and used by the locals a very good atmosphere indeed and so very dog friendly. The beer I had was hand pulled and Neil the owner knew how to look after his cellar. The wife was also very happy with the cider on offer. We dined in the pub side of the Inn. The restaurant looked nice and inviting but we enjoyed the bar area that much and having the dog with us it made it a no brainer to have our meal near the bar. Both our meals were prepared fresh and they were marvellous and at a fantastic price well done indeed. Breakfast was fab, full English and all that jazz. Neil the proprietor was very approachable and flexible, meeting our needs as required. He and his daughter Thia (no idea if I’ve spelt that right so apologies for my ignorance were such nice people and we can only give them praise. There is also a very large beer garden which is child dog friendly, there is a climbing frame (probably not for adults! and ample seating dogs must be kept on a lead in the garden which is fair enough. You have to remember, this is a pub, and it looks after it’s locals, yes it may need a little freshening up here and there but somehow this adds to its charm. This is a good place excellent value for money. Great food, great ale and great people long may it last.

Menu sounded lovely but this pub is old tired and needs gutting. Soup was luke warm served with cheap thick slice white bread and margarine no choice or white or brown bread. Prawn cocktail £4.95 hardly any prawns on a few lettuce leaves. Would not recommend very tatty inside and tasteless food. Please don’t waste your time and money we won’t be returning surprised it’s still open. Best thing was the big car park

We often come here because we find the fish chips are very good and taste so fresh. You are allowed to take your dog in the bar area and eat.

Next to zero character, average beers that you can buy anywhere. three locals sat around the bar staring as you walk in. we decided to sit outside (Despite it being late summer and a bit cold! the garden desperately needs some TLC. We probably spent 20 mins here, and that was longer than ideal.. Given the location and the look from the road it was very disappointing.

Went for lunch here last week and I can say that I have never had such appalling food in a long time. To start my partner had the soup which he thought had come straight from the microwave it was accompanied by a slice of doughy bread with no butter , I had the prawn cocktail but they were not prawns but undersized shrimps no brown bread or lemon. The mains were no better partner had the curry that came with mango chutney and a popadom that was dripping with grease I had the steak which even though I asked for it to be cooked medium it arrived well done and was dry and tough,this came with half a dozen chips and a few frozen peas All in all a really foul meal and We won’t be returning