The White Lion

Very welcoming place to stay with friendly, efficient and helpful people. Food very good and beds comfortable ensuring a good nights sleep. THANKS. For those of a motoring penchant it's very well placed as it's at the end/start of the military road. ;-)

I enjoyed my stay at the White Lion. The room was comfortable and nicely decorated. The ensuite was very nice, especially the shower. Breakfast options were very satisfying.

Nice stay in a country pub, excellent breakfast and friendly staff. Comfortable bed and shower room, unfortunately no remote control in the room for the TV but staff gave us one from another room. Enjoyed both our evening meal and breakfast. The village is quiet and there isn't much locally, but it's great for walking and the countryside. You would definitely need a car if you stay here.

The good bits - friendly staff, good food when it was being served. Albeit they ran out of 2 of the 4 starter options when we ate there. Recommend you book as it was heaving on a Monday night. The not so good bits - the “family” room. We booked it for 2 adults and 2 children. The sofa bed for two 11 year old kids was too small and uncomfortable. The room itself with a double bed and a sofa bed in it wasn’t really big enough to “swing a cat” in and as it was situated on the road side of the pub, as of 7.30am it sounded like the M4 was running past. The kitchen is closed Tuesday & Wednesday evenings which therefore means the building is closed and locked up at some point during the evening, which we found out to our detriment. We arrived back (10.30pm) to find we didn’t have the right key card to let us in and upon calling the pub got no answer. No one was about to help but luckily a lady who lives in the village came to assist. She suggested we called the sister pub - The Chequers who would be able to help. Again no answer. As it showed it was open until 11pm on the website we drove there arriving at 10.50pm to find the whole place closed / locked up, similarly to the one we were staying at. We then called the Birdham - another hotel in the group when luckily the phone was answered and the manager contacted the owner. The owner was less than apologetic when I spoke to him too. The point being when you stay at the pub there is no one on site or anyone there to assist personally or to answer the phone if there was an emergency. We found the whole thing quite bizarre and due to this couldn’t recommend it to anyone and sadly won’t be returning.

Super friendly staff. Lovely room, very well prepared with all the facilities I'd want in a B&B room. Comfortable bed. The blinds in the room needed a bit of TLC... (they closed - which is the main thing!) Fabulous breakfast. Every choice you could ask for. Even my 14 year-old liked the outside play area.

We were confused by the location as we expected it to be in the town of ventnor and it was actually in a tiny village 3.5 miles outside (still called ventnor). The place was lovely. Their restaurant, which looked lovely, was closed that evening. We walked for 20min to reach the buddle inn which was the only nearby place to get food other than a pizza place. Buses run about every 2 hours. We had an excellent night's sleep in a very comfortable unscented bed. The walk in shower and giant bath tub were in a luxurious bathroom. Full english breakfast was scrumptious.

I chose this hotel randomly as the area suited our travel itinerary. The room is bright and spotlessly clean as it was recently renovated. Nice hot showers, ironing facilities and even a coffee machine. We had dinner and breakfast and the food were beautifully presented. The staff went friendly and service was excellent. Our room was situated on top of the kitchen and we can hear exhaust fan noises etc but quieten down later in the evening. The place exceeded our expectations.

An excellent gastro pub with fabulous roomsc and service

Fantastic staff