The Bradley Hare in Wiltshire

The Bradley Hare is an elegant enterprise but tends to cater for diners and private parties rather than dog walkers looking for a pint and a sandwich; indeed the lunchtime snack menu is almost non existent. On occasions the bar closes completely to facilitate private functions. In short, the Bradley Hare is perhaps more of a "restaurant with rooms" rather than a traditional hostelry.

Stayed here last night en route home from visiting friends near Shaftesbury. What a find! From start to finish, great staff, super food, wonderful cocktails and a truly beautiful room (I stayed in the Coach House opposite). This is how pubs / restaurants with rooms should be done. I highly recommend to anyone looking for a great stay in the area and I hope to return again soon.

We decided to visit this pub with some friends after reading an article about it in the travel section of The Times. Was the chef on holiday? After taking drinks in the garden, we made our way inside for lunch. Two of our party ordered starters of beetroot and goats cheese tart. We had to wait quite a long time for them to arrive. I think tartelette might have been a better description. For main course, we ordered one coley with a side of broccoli, one cheeseburger, one pasta with mushrooms (£26!) and one beetroot and goats cheese tart with a side of fries and green salad. We waited another age for these to arrive. The coley and broccoli were luke warm, the small bowl of pasta was congealed and also luke warm and worst of all my wife's 'green' salad consisted of four lettuce leaves with small crawling beasts among them. We called over the waiter who apologised and offered a replacement, but we accepted his offer to take some items off the bill and a 20% discount. We would have much rather had a good experience. To deliver food of this low standard of quality and poor service whilst charging top end prices is just unacceptable. Unlike The Times, we will not be recommending it to any of our friends.

Stayed for a night as part of a walking holiday. The room was outstanding, a really, really nice bath and separate bathroom, nicely decorated. It is pricey but then it is also quality. Food for dinner and breakfast was fantastic - although some might quibble about having to pay extra for a hot breakfast, we thought the continental options on offer were excellent. Dinner was memorable and some fantastic, unique cocktails on offer too. Not really much room for pre-dinner drinks and bear in mind to get your idea of the venue right before trying, the Bradley Hare is definitely more of a restaurant with rooms than a local pub!

Visiting StourHead we decided to stay over and my wife booked the Bradley Hare for one night. The welcome was good and the room was lovely with a very comfortable bed. Before dinner we had a couple of drinks in the bar and the only negative comment would be the lack of seating for pre dinner drinks. Dinner was a limited menu which is not a negative but as one dish was fried rabbit and given the vegetarian dishes it left me with little choice of my liking. Having said that the starter of Mackerel with pickled rhubarb was lovely and my main of Hake was also very nice though a few too many tomatoes for me. We were though disappointed with my wife’s starter. She loves crab and so a dish which stated ‘crab meat’ in the description ( Menu description: Crab Meat, radish, dill & parsley salad on toast £12 ) had do be a must. When it was served it was leaves drizzled with a cream sauce, not a sign of crab ‘meat’ as the description. I called the waiter assuming something was wrong but we were told the crab ‘meat’ was made into a sauce. That to me is not crab ‘meat’ as described on the menu but the head waited looked at me as though I was an inexperienced diner which I am definitely not. That somewhat spoiled our experience at the Bradley Hare. After checking out we received an email saying we owed £9 for items we had used from the mini bar which needed to be paid for. We had only used the water which we didn’t expect to pay extra for. After advising we hadn’t used anything other than water we received an apology. I can’t see us returning.

The Bradley Hare was the perfect place to both relax and explore! With Stourhead, Hauser & Worth, Bruton and some lovely walks from the pub we could have stayed for much longer. The team were really friendly, but the food was the showstopper. The team was great, and the vibe felt as welcoming to locals as visitors. We'll be back!

A fantastic weekend away , rooms very comfortable and delicious food. Staff were all very helpful and attentive. Highly recommend

A great local pub with beautiful interiors and amazing food. Staff are always warm and friendly. Tried several cocktails - all delicious - and was really impressed by the wine list. Garden is a beautiful spot when the sun (finally) shines