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Summer Lodge
Evershot, Dorset
'It's 'fiercely expensive', but this Relais & Châteaux hotel in a chocolate-box village doesn't stint on the traditional country house luxuries, drapes, stripes, sofas and chandeliers, florals, antiques, paintings.
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'It's 'fiercely expensive', but this Relais & Châteaux hotel in a chocolate-box village doesn't stint on the traditional country-house luxuries, drapes, stripes, florals, sofas and chandeliers, antiques, and paintings (the Garden Suite, with a conservatory and private garden, has an original Matisse). Bedrooms are supplied with fruit and flowers, shortbread, Floris toiletries. 'Overall very good,' wrote a reader on a return visit. 'Rooms beautifully furnished and lovely and warm.' There is an indulgent spa. 'We love the swimming pool and ambience.' At dinner our returnee was a little disappointed that the new doorstep menu of hyper-local produce included no canapés or amuse bouche, 'and we were told it changes infrequently'. Still, vegans have a plant-based menu, and there is more choice à la carte, with dishes such as Lyme Bay monk fish, burnt leek, garden carrots, saffron. You can eat more cheaply at sister property The Acorn Inn (see entry). 'Breakfast was excellent, with the usual high-grade local offerings.' 'Staff all first class. Despite cost will probably return.' (Ian Dewey, Gareth Pearce, IB)
Hotel Details
Address
9 Fore Street, Evershot, Dorset, DT2 0JR, England
Telephone
01935482000
Bedroom
25. 6 in coach house, 4 in courtyard, 5 in cottages, 1 on ground floor suitable for disabled.
Openings
all year.
Background Music
in bar/whisky lounge.
Children
all ages welcomed, extra bed £25, children's menu.
Dogs
allowed in some bedrooms and whisky lounge (£25 a night, bowl, towel, treats).
Credit Cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £315. Doorstep menu £45/£55, set-price dinner £70/£85, 2/3 courses. 1-night bookings sometimes refused.
Facilities
lounge, drawing room, restaurant (veg/vegan menu), conservatory, meeting room, in-room TV (Sky), spa (heated indoor pool), civil wedding licence, 4-acre grounds (tennis), EV charging, public rooms wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.