The Museum Inn in Carlisle

The pub is located in the heart of a pretty village.We had a very comfortable room with excellent food - a great location for a weekend away.

A lovely ambience creating a very enjoyable stay in all ways. We would definitely recommend and will certainly be returning.

As always, a most pleasant stay at the Museum Inn. We have been visitors to the pub over the past 5 years. Very friendly service at dinner, lovely ambience in the dining room and varied menu. Breakfast very efficient, and agains great service. There are some signs of light refurbishment being required at the property, especially carpets, the bathroom in The Generals room, and paintwork to the exterior. Now that the pub is part of the Butcombe chain this will hopefully be attended to. Overall another very nice stay in such a peaceful location.

Came for a superb meal here, lovely service, interesting menu

Our family of 14 had a very pleasant time and delicious Sunday lunch at The Museum Inn. Friendly staff and great service. Definitely 5 stars.

Lovely venue in a super cute location. Staff were fabulous. Food was great. We will return.

Service very good I am afraid the food not good

A great pub in a beautiful setting

This review is about the restaurant as we did not stay here. It was our second visit (we are not local), having been a couple of years previously and really enjoyed it. As before, we were visiting for Sunday lunch and just as before it was excellent in every respect - the food, service, ambience, location. We will certainly visit again when in the area and only wished we lived closer. Highly recommend.

We had a fabulous week-end based in Moles Cottage. The cottage is ideal for 10 people with excellent clean ensuite bedrooms, open-plan downstairs area, large fire and well-equipped kitchen. Brilliant late Sunday lunch in The Museum - lovely staff, good service and generous portions of tasty food. Highly recommended.

Very friendly and welcoming team. Amanda, in particular, went out of her way to look after us. A lovely break.

Lovely one night stay here, dinner was excellent, fully recommend the homemade pies and fish cakes. The service was excellent. Would happily return

Rip off loyalty card scheme in place avoid this gaff very expensive for not that much...

The Museum Inn was fantastic! The staff were really friendly and helpful, Michelle was great and made us feel really welcome. The accommodation was spacious and very comfortable. The food was excellent, even our dog had a sausage for breakfast! If you’re looking for a dog friendly place to stay I would definitely recommend the Museum Inn. We will definitely be back!

Special birthday celebration for friends. A gang of 12, we had a room to ourselves which we were able to decorate and use for the whole afternoon, giving us a relaxing experience and no intrusion on other diners. Amazing Amanda helped with the set up. Nothing was too much trouble, even retrieving my runaway helium balloon! Food was delicious and well presented - we all had a variety of Sunday roasts followed by tasty desserts. Drinks were frequently topped up. The service was impeccable. All in all a memorable day for our birthday girls.

Fantastic pub with great food, warm & friendly staff and lovely atmosphere.

Very pleased to have our room upgraded as it was our wedding anniversary.

Loved our stay at the Museum Inn - the pub is fabulous and the people are so welcoming, friendly, and entertaining! We couldn't have asked for more. The menu is great, with a variety of specials on each day. We opted for three courses on both nights, with the steak, bacon chop, and chocolate rice pudding being the standouts (not all together!) The rooms are a little rough around the edges but the price is very good so it's hard to complain! Will definitely head back if I'm in that area again!

We love the Museum Inn, always a warm welcome and the food is excellent.

Lovely lunch, in a really nice pub. Staff friendly and very pleasant. Food fairly priced too. Would highly recommend.

Kay & Steve stayed recently and said the hotel, staff, food and service were excellent. The Admin team were very helpful in changing our booking date. Our names were wrong but other than that a very enjoyable stay. Highly recommend it.

Had a lovely Saturday evening meal with friends. Waitresses were very efficient and knowledgeable about Wines & Food. My friend has a Gluten Free & egg Free diet, and they went out of their way to make sure her food was ok. Lovely ambience and location. We are local and regular come here. Approx £50 per head for 2 courses excluding wine.

What a fantastic lunch had at the Museum Inn yesterday. We had one each of the starter and mains on the set menu. They were superb! The terrine was full of quality meat the piccalilli homemade and exceptional. The soup served with croutons and toasted sourdough bread was incredibly tasty. The smoked haddock was beautifully cooked and served. The bacon chop, red cabbage and sauté potatoes had a variety of flavours which complemented each other perfectly. We chose the South African Grenache and that went well with all the dishes. We think that this was the best meal that we have had since moving to the Salisbury area two years ago.

Great food and a fantastic village pub. Food is fantastic and the service exemplary. Stayed the night and the room is superb, clean and a home away from home. Highly recommended if I could have given 6 stars I would. A++++ all round

This was our first visit. We came across it on a Google maps search for Sunday lunch meeting a family member roughly half way between Salisbury and Poole. The pub is set in an idyllic village and was very welcoming from the moment we stepped inside. The staff were very friendly and helped with allergen information for a GF member of the party. There were good choices especially the desserts which could all be offered as a GFA. It is obviously a very popular place as it was very busy. The food took a long time to arrive but this wasn’t a problem for us as we felt relaxed in the environment and could appreciate how busy it was.

The bathroom had paint falling off the walls the shower didn’t work and it didn’t look like the floor had been cleaned for a while. Plus the tiles were dirty. The food was poor, both at dinner and breakfast. The mash and veg were cold when they arrived at the table and the gravy was extremely watery and lacked flavour. The carpets in the breakfast room were stained and threadbare and the whole place looked like it needed cleaning. All in all, I would definitely not recommend.

What a lovely experience , delicious food great environment and fab waitress service from Amanda. Such a friendly place and nothing was too much trouble even though it was a really hectic Sunday lunchtime. We will definitely come again. Thank you

Booked and stayed here for my partners 40th birthday with family and friends. The cottage itself was amazing. The rooms were lovely, clean and very comfy. The open plan layout was great for big groups with plenty of space. The fact it is dog friendly was even better with a lovely garden. Be cautious though as its not completely enclosed and there is a couple of gaps that dogs could escape. The museum inn next door is a great pub. Staff very friendly and welcoming and the food was good. Location wise, it was ideal. Plenty of things to do nearby. Would have no issue booking this again and would recommend.

We had a perfect evening, a lovely spot to catch up with good friends. The table service was excellent (unfortunately I can’t remember their name)

A lovely jem in the English countryside with lovely staff and friendly atmosphere with the nicest fish and chips I've had in a long time

Lovely lunch in a rustic location.

We had a lovely evening overall at The Museum, the atmosphere was lovely, it was really warm and cosy in the restaurant on a very cold evening. The welcome was friendly and the service was very good. We had an issue with one meal that was dealt with promptly and satisfactorily.

Great welcome and an enjoyable supper.

Excellent, very friendly service, a good, interesting and varied menu and well prepared and presented dishes. We will be back!

Amanda & Julia outshone today! Wow Aimee & TJ what culinary experts the best burger I’ve ever eaten everything compliments each other so beautifully so moist and the service is second to none and the biscoff doughnuts are phenomenal too!!!

Amanda & Julia outshone today! Aimee & TJ what culinary experts they are, the best burger I’ve ever eaten, everything compliments everything so beautifully. It was so moist and presented beautifully. The service is second to none and the biscoff doughnuts are phenomenal, the absolute cherry on top!! The atmosphere is so wholesome, lovely environment, clean and cosy! Every visit it never fails to impress us we will be back very soon. Made our Tuesday much brighter especially the wonderful ladies serving us! 🖤

Went for dinner only as The Museum is a local pub to us. Very pleasant service good choice on the menu. Husband had the pie a nice lot of beef inside,no leeks tho. We were told the pie would be about 30mins tho. But worth the wait I had the venison faggots,extremely tasty and cooked well. Good selection of beers sadly a couple weren’t available. Interior of the pub very welcoming nice open fire lit. The only little thing was,we wernt asked if we would like to see the dessert menu. Yes I know we could have asked. But all in all a very pleasant evening.

The Museum Inn We discovered this beautiful pub in the small village of Farnham, Dorset and is a pub under Butcombe Inns. After being warmly welcomed by both staff and locals we settled in for food and drink. The ale is a splendid pint and very quaffable, which was followed by a gin and tonic (Fevertree tonics served, and my preference). The menu was great and we opted for the homemade hummus and flatbread, The best ever hummus I've tasted (even better than Greek restaurants) and savoured every morsel. I opted for 'specials board' of venison faggots (the last time I had these at another establishment they were extremely salty and I wasn't sure if this was the norm). These were to die for, flavoursome and rich without being over powering, with homemade mashed potate and veg. My partner had the fish stew (he's not into fish) and thoroughly enjoyed it, especially as it was bone-free. We met the manager Amanda who was wonderful. Very friendly and caring. Her member of staff, Julia is Polish who was attentive and kind (and can speak better English than most natives). During a break from mains to desert we had a wander. Bedrooms are available, a guests' lounge, separate breakfast room (sadly this part of the property could do with some new carpet / flooring as it was well worn and looked rather messy). Desert was spiced fruit sponged pudding with ice cream, light and very tasty (there's always room for dessert). We noted the menu was due to change soon and look forward to their next offerings. I would definately recommend coming here as this was THE best pub food I have had in a very long time, situated in a beautiful part of rural Dorset (I like to call it Dorsetshire as I think it gives it more credit), great ale, food and locals. What more can you want? (sadly the photos were taken on a camera phone and do the food justice)

Really good service. A young chap there was very good at serving our table. Would definitely recommend.

We had a superb visit to The Museum yesterday to celebrate my husbands birthday.Tim and Amanda were absolutely fantastic hosts and we had a great time chatting to them. Our Labrador Nala was also so spoilt by them, they could not have made us more welcome. Visit this great inn.

Fabulous pub in a lovely village full of thatched cottages. The rooms are very well furnished and reasonably priced. The pub offers great food and a roaring log fire - perfect on a cold winters day. Service was friendly and welcoming

Really lovely room - spacious, warm & nicely decorated - recommend. Good bathroom. Great dining & service in the evening . I’ve eaten here several times over the years & it’s always good. One comment however - breakfast billed as 8-10am. Also told this on arrival & there’s a notice at breakfast room with these times. I needed breakfast at 8am but there was no one there & room was dark. Waited for 5 mins & a staff member arrived but was not kitchen - she apologised & said she was waiting for kitchen staff to come in . No one came so I had to leave with no breakfast. So fine if you don’t have an appointment !

Stayed for one night and got a warm welcome as soon as I walked in, felt right at home straight away. The room was clean, and had everything I needed. The restaurant was quiet but still felt cozy, especially with the open fire going. The food was great & the steak was full of flavor and cooked just right. Breakfast was included, and there was loads to choose from. Everything was cooked well. All in all, a great stay for the price. Would definitely go back!

Love the team and food here- don’t miss it. The menu and atmosphere are exactly what you’d hope for in a country pub and we can’t wait to come back.

We came for a family meal and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Amanda was lovely and really helpful calling me in the morning for orders as my preorder email hadn’t gone through. We will definitely be back!

A previous frequent and regular stop for us on our way West. Now returned after a few years since moving to Dorset. We love the location and the ambience hasn't changed at all. A hearty and friendly welcome by Tim, but entirely appropriate and not overfriendly. Excellent and a credit to the pub. Served by Shannon who was equally superb and dealt with our difficult friends very well indeed. We will definitely return soon, but on our own........... Thank you for an excellent lunch and superb service.

This was such a lovey visit on New Years Eve late afternoon. The service was exemplary by all and the food we ordered was delicious especially the lobster prawn linguine. We will certainly not leave it too long before our next visit. Five stars all round!

Our first visit to you. We very much enjoyed it. The food was delicious and the service was excellent. Will definitely be returning very soon.

Fabulous food! The Museum never disappoints.

Used to have a good good reputation for food but now been taken over by Butcombe Inns

This is my second stay and have to say it’s my favourite in the area. The staff are all very friendly, welcoming and helpful. The rooms are tastefully decorated, very clean and very comfortable beds. Room have tea and coffee facilities with home made biscuits and water included. The food is excellent! A great menu and wine list. The bar area has a lovely atmosphere with friendly locals. Breakfast is also excellent. Looking to book my next two visits already! Thanks for a great stay!

31/07/24: did not stay the night. Late stop for supper. Very well received. Amanda looked after us, made us very welcome and was very helpful. Pleasant surroundings. Young staff and on-the-ball! Excellent menu and Cellar. My wife's fish & chips were the nicest we have had anywhere. My chicken dish was very different, delicious - and very hot (4 peppers??)

We stayed in one of the feature rooms. Beautiful and roomy. The shower was a bit temperamental but wasn’t a problem. Room was clean and the bed was very comfortable. The food was of a very high standard (breakfast and evening meals). And the staff were exceptional. We would highly recommend staying here in a very beautiful part of the world.

Wonderful pub, great atmosphere. If you are lucky you might get to meet Amanda ❤️

The service and welcome from Amanda and others was excellent and we very much enjoyed our dinner.

A lovely Sunday lunch where the atmosphere was lovely and the food was brilliant. Thank you

Super staff, well kept Butcombe beer and great food made for a perfect evening. Great atmosphere but not too noisy. Highly recommend!

4 of us had dinner at a the Museum last night. It was all excellent - the ambience, the catering and the staff. Alex, Julia and Georgie went out of their way to make sure that we had everything we needed. Thank you. Fabulous food too so many thanks to the chef as well. It is one of the best places in rural Dorset to go to enjoy yourself and relax.

4 of us met for supper and it wasn’t just a good meal but a seriously good experience. We have of course eaten here before, in fact many times but tonight was especially good, the atmosphere convivial, the odd (but not peculiar) dog and the friendliest staff. Alex, Julia and Georgie looked after us as though we were their only clients. What a treat, thank you Museum! Alec

Had a fantastic family Sunday lunch at The Museum Farnham - fantastic food, great wine, superb staff - how every Sunday roast should be!

Excellent Sunday Lunch! great venue with lovely food and service.

My husband and I had lunch for the first time at The Museum Pub/Restaurant. My husband had the beef burger meal which was very good but I had the buttermilk chicken burger which was very disappointing as it was a chicken thigh burger! It was the worse chicken burger I have ever had all other occasions it has been made with a chicken breast. Which was such a shame as it was a lovely pub/restaurant situated in a beautiful village.

Lovely place - beautiful room (balcony, four poster bed, huge bath), super friendly staff, amazing food and drinks in the restaurant. Horrendous weather outside but inside had all we needed!

On a rainy , windy day we were made to feel most welcome. The rooms were comfortable , clean and well appointed, with everything you needed and more. Lovely biscuits and fresh milk to accompany teas, coffee etc. The evening meal was excellent with all round fresh ingredients; the pie was sensational. An ideal place from which to explore Dorset and beyond. I can highly recommend it.

We enjoyed an excellent meal in very pleasant surroundings. The staff were lovely and very helpful.

Very kindly, nice friendly staff at the Museum Inn hotel.

We had a really delicious lunch at The Museum yesterday with our friends. Excellent service and a cosy atmosphere. Thank you.

Paulo, Tim and Amanda were excellent! The whole experience was lovely, stayed overnight as a Birthday Surprise with our friends.

Stumbled onto this perfect Inn, whilst searching for an autumn mini-break. The General’s room was just beautiful and so full of character. Meals, beverages, and service were of a very good friendly standard. Located in a very pretty little village.

Delightful hotel - excellent customer service with very good menu serving delicious food. Bedroom lighting needs to be improved along with the temperamental shower. Also more could be made of the residents room - it’s a good size but it was chilly and there was no fire. These are minor quibbles easily rectified. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in this delightful corner of Dorset

Delicious food and great service.Our waiter Alex was very knowledgeable and efficient.

Large bedroom, excellent food and good service despite being busy on the evening that I stayed.

We were welcomed by a member of staff when we first walked in, which I think is always nice. The room was clean and cosy with a really comfortable bed. We stayed for an evening meal which was really nice. The breakfast was excellent, with a very good choice. During our visit all the staff were very friendly and efficient, special mention to Amanda. We would definitely stay and eat there agin if we were in the area.

We arranged to meet our friends at the Museum Inn on Saturday November 2nd, but we had a puncture near home so arranged to came by taxi. Our dog's food got left behind! Melanie gave us the warmest of greetings and instantly responded to our problem. She rang Amanda to bring dog food when she came on duty half an hour later, Tansy was very grateful! We would have been lost without this support and can't thank them enough. Both were so kind and went above and beyond the call of duty. Top staff!

Stayed here for 1 night as moving home into the area. Excellent location really great rooms (dog friendly) with comfy bed & lovely shower l. Nice touch was the homemade biscuits. We ate in the restaurant & we both had really tasty meals. Staff incredibly friendly & welcoming big shout out to Amanda for organising our bacon baps as early start next morning meant we missed breakfast. Host Tim was also really friendly & we enjoyed having a chat and finding out more about the local area. We will definitely be back! X

Very laid back pub with a good balance between drinking and eating. We didn't eat on this occasion but the menu looked very enticing. Butcombe owned but a good mix of beers and ciders. Quite difficult to find out you don't know the route!

Lunch with 2 friends. Thoroughly enjoyed our food of course! Have eaten at The Museum many times. Only fly in the ointment was the delay caused by roadworks on the way. We came from Milton on Stour, Bournemouth and Fareham and each had same problem!

A disappointing experience. We all chose the mushrooms on toast with truffled ricotta, a fried egg, gremolata & Winchester cheese which sounded good. When it arrived the fried eggs on top were overcooked and solid so we reported this. We hoped the whole dish might be re-done as by the time the new eggs came the rest of it was cold. The ricotta was thick, the mushrooms were cold, there was no gremolata and very little cheese to be seen. It was cold, very dry and we all agreed it was inedible and very disappointing. The staff were very good and offered us an alternative. It did take a long time as the kitchen was busy but the replacement dishes were much better. We appreciated the way the staff dealt with this but we won’t be going back in a hurry.

Pleasant stay. Bedroom decoration appeared a little tired. Evening meal was very enjoyable but service quite slow. Cost of breakfast was expensive .

Wonderful traditional pub with recently renovated rooms with lovely comfy bedding and high class tea, coffee and biscuits. Great breakfast and we also had an evening meal which was delicious - great chef - would highly recommend

What a gem of a find! A beautiful pub within a picturesque village great access for visiting the forest. The staff were brilliant from the moment we arrived Paulo, Amanda (marmite hunter!) and Julia, and all of the staff that produce the wonderful meals we enjoyed throughout our stay! We can’t wait to visit again, thanks for having us

What a wonderful place! The food and rooms are lovely. I had the best night sleep with the most comfortable matress. The rooms are beautifully decorated, with drink making facilities and freshly baked cookies! 😋 The menu was varied with a specials menu too! A couple of the dishes we wanted were sold out but the replacement options were delicious. The service was outstanding, we had the pleasure of meeting Amanda our waitress for our evening meal and also for breakfast. The service she provided was top notch! 🤩

We stopped for lunch at The Museum Inn today, and the food was utterly delicious & the service was great. The kid's menu was varied, and the lunch / brunch menu catered to our various dietary preferences brilliantly. Special kudos to the deserts too - I've never been anywhere with a "nearly full" section which was pure genius, as were the mini biscoff donuts. I just wish we lived close enough to come back!

Excellent food and even more excellent service from the staff.

Attended for an evening meal only, food choices excellent quality of food service and value very high standard. Highly recommend the Museum .

We stayed there for one night and thought it was beautiful. It's British and if you expect the facilities of a 6 star hotel in Dubai - no, fortunately it's not that. It is very clean, everything has been prepared with a lot of care and is simply British. I wasn't expecting a thatched roof in the middle of England, but it was cool. The staff was genuinely friendly, without the fake smiles found in large hotel chains. The breakfast was just as lovingly prepared. It's a little out of the way, but endearing. Gladly again at any time.

Really enjoyed my stay here. Very welcoming, great food, warm environment

Great meal and breakfast. Lovely friendly staff thank you

The best place. Character and interest. Staff were very accommodating and friendly. The food was exquisite. The room, though tired in a few spots due to it being an old building, was comfortable, spacious and well equipped. Only a short way from us but will definitely return. Thank you.

We had a delicious Sunday lunch quite late in the afternoon. The pub was very busy. We were greeted by Amanda who was attentive and looked after us well. They also had lots of gluten free options which was fab. Great pub in a gorgeous location.

Lovely inn with lots of character. Small and cosy bar area with attractive, welcoming dining area. Staff and food very good. I have a suspicion that the eggs in my Shakshua had been left over from a fried breakfast though, rather than being cooked from raw. They were a little tough. Good breakfast menu. The plumbing, bedroom lighting and heating show the age of the place. Comfortable all the same.

Delightful. Far superior to your ‘pub with rooms’. I arrived late on a sunday evening an hour after the kitchen closed but they were still happy to provide charcuterie and cheese - which was better than most restaurants - and the Cote de Rhone was superb. And the breakfast was delicious - as with everything else, far above average

I was given a voucher so I booked a table for lunch with my husband and dog. We were near the bar so could see how attentive the landlord was to all arrivals, whether for lunch, to book in or just a drink. We thoroughly enjoyed our lunch and our dog 🐶 enjoyed his sausage

We have just stayed and the service and staff were really good, particularly Amanda and Ben. We had a delicious dinner and breakfasts were excellent. Many thanks

Popped in for a light lunch. Delicious.

We stayed at the museum inn en route to Cornwall. A little bit off the A303 but a pleasant drive. Located in a very pretty village this pub is a good find. Good , friendly service, nice food and comfortable bed. What more can you ask for…? Oh and good price!!

A lovely pub in the heart of the countryside. Went for Sunday lunch and the food was excellent and very well presented. Staff were very pleasant and it had a very nice, relaxed ambiance.

The location is great and the rooms very welcoming and comfortable. The food is excellent and goes well with the restaurant and bar setting. We were made to feel very welcome and looked after throughout our stay. We will be back! Now that crab quiche has to be a key reason for that return, alone!!

We stayed in Moles Cottage for the weekend of my son’s wedding. The cottage is part of but next to The Museum Inn. It is an absolutely beautiful thatched cottage with all amenities needed. Each room is en-suite and towels are included. It was a perfect place for a large family wanting to experience a family event together. The only minus was that on the day of the wedding, the water would not come through hot and so most of us had to have a cold shower. The manager was apologetic and did send someone to look at it. For this reason I have only given 4 star. I would rebook though as we did have a lovely time. The cottage was dog friendly and the garden is neat and enclosed. Obviously it is an older property so comes with its own character.

We stayed here to explore Dorset and surrounding area, visit National Trust properties near by. We enjoyed our stay, staff were friendly and food was excellent. We have an EV that we were able to change on the property. Pale colour carpet in the restaurant and breakfast room I felt was a bad choice as it was showing up where things had been spilt, that being a minor point that could be rectified easily. We had a very enjoyable stay