Name: The Bear Hotel By Greene King Inns
Address: Charnham St, Hungerford, GB

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jul 2026

Adrian

Room was excellent and staff very helpful. We booked in in a Saturday to be told breakfast was 10 on Sunday. On Monday we arrived for breakfast after 9 to be told that breakfast finished at 9 on weekdays. The staff were excellent and still provided a cooked breakfast.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Jun 2026

Matthew

The room was clean and the balcony to the back overlooking a stream and greenery was beautiful.

I just thought it was a tad overpriced at £91 without breakfast or dinner included. That said - it's not too far from the town centre (5 - 10 minute walk), nor the train station (15 min walk or so).

The free parking is useful; however, it's one of those horrible put-your-number-plate in.

The bar is small for a pub of its size, which doubles up as a reception at certain times, meaning you have to wait for a drink.

I did eat at the restaurant and the staff were keen to ensure that I had a good experience. The food was good too - cooked well and arrived quickly.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2026

Julian

We have stayed here before, as a budget hotel, it was fine, a bit grubby in places and the hotel looked tired! Breakfast was good and consistent. The car park! Not many available places to park, that were not under trees, car was covered in pigeon poo!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Jun 2026

Derek

I think it's about time for a refurbished as looking dated

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2026

Dennis

Staff friendly and helpful with a smile.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

01 Jun 2026

Heather

Lovely staff and nice atmosphere.
A little more maintenance would improve things a lot. Good parking and just conveniently situated at the bottom of Hungerford High Street. Very helpful manageress.

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2026

Verified traveler

Paid for a basic room only the bridal suit was available so had a great free upgrade.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2026

Mark

The Bear is a nice hotel and pub with excellent rooms in a courtyard setting.. Food is good as is the setting. Staff are very helpful and friendly and the hotel provides good value with good standards

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2026

David

Clean staff helpful nice breakfast certainly value for money comfortable bed rooms could just do with a little maintence found bed side lights not working
Hotel as a lot of charactor with it being an old building
Would recommend it i will certainly stop there again when my son on leave again

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 May 2026

MALCOLM

Very nice room , good bathroom and roll top tub
Spotlessly clean
Bar was fine but had a problem wirh \"No Ice\"
Parking ok but very narrow bays

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 May 2026

Annette

There appears to be some improvement since our last stay at this hotel
Overall, it was a good stay

Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Apr 2026

Mary

Staff helpful and pleasant .Parking at hotel, very helpful to have .Room and bathroom facilities very clean .

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Mar 2026

Mr Paul

Great hotel

Business

8/10

Excellent

07 Mar 2026

Jerry

Great location, free parking and easy walk up to the small town centre and surrounding countryside. Staff were very helpful. Nice old property but a little dull sometimes and lacked character. Clean though. There were issues with water pressure, effecting showers etc. this was explained on arrival, so was not a surprise. Breakfast was unexciting and just ‘okay’ with overcooked scrambled eggs, dry bacon and a pot of beans that was more juice than beans. A comfortable stay despite the quibbles.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Mar 2026

Chris

For the price good value with friendly staff.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2026

EILEEN

Easy parking very good breakfast

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Dec 2025

Lynne

The staff were first class the rooms were clean a great atmosphere good food. Fabulous.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

18 Dec 2025

Russell

A short overnight stay at great value. The rooms are spacious and the beds comfortable. It's not a four star hotel so don't expect toiletries and hair dryer, but a warm welcome, comfortable bar area and good parking for free.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Dec 2025

jacqui

Parking was easy and safe.
Staff were very friendly and helpful.
Room was very cosy and nicely decorated. Bed a bit hard but bedding spotless and cosy.
Nice shower and bathroom

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Dec 2025

Andy

Parking was ok. Check in ok. Room could have been cleaner, especially the bathroom. Long wait for table service at dinner with “new”staff probably.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

30 Nov 2025

denise

Staff were very good but housekeeping leaves something to be desired, our room (27) had issues throughout the room, drawers had hair, dust chocolate wrappers in them, under the furniture and on the oak beams were thick with dust and debris, bathroom wasn't much better, shower was dirty, taps, shower had not been cleaned and polished, the ou outside of the rooms had lots of cigarette ends outside the door and the carpark would benefit from a sweep up

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2025

Michael

Rooms were nicely furnished and the staff were all very friendly and helpful,
Breakfast was very good with wide range of choices.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

12 Nov 2025

Caroline

Spacious room and friendly staff

8/10

Excellent

06 Nov 2025

Aarti

Loved this place, great character & the staff was really welcoming & friendly. The bedroom was large and the bed comfortable. The bathroom could have been cleaner though, felt like they rushed through this one. The food in the pub was good and the breakfast was wonderful with a great selection and a nice cooked plate, everything felt fresh.

8/10

Excellent

29 Oct 2025

Anne

Lovely welcome and a very good breakfast. A little unclean but towels and sheets were clean.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2025

Andy

Bath as badly stained by limescale and not actually a bath! Just a water collection point for the shower. Wash hand basin cracked.
Waited a very long time to have my dinner order taken at table. Order was incorrect but was ok in the end.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2025

Kenneth

staff where great and the room was excellent

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2025

Louise

The room was very clean, check in was quick. enjoyable stay would stay again. Location was brilliant just what i needed would recommend

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

05 Oct 2025

Julie

Plenty of parking, very friendly staff.

Room was a lovely size and bathroom had a bath and shower cubicle, which was a pleasant surprise.

Unfortunately the heating wasn't working in our room and ended up with a temporary fan heater, that was the noisiest ever!

Breakfast ok, but felt bacon and sausage reheated.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

05 Oct 2025

Teresa

Staff are very helpful and friendly. Breakfast is good and evening pub foods is ok. The room is basic and bathroom needs work done.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Oct 2025

Alec

Happy

Room was clean and very nice

Business

6/10

Pleasant

04 Oct 2025

Alan

The first room we were offer smelt damp and no hot water.
Raised these concerns and was offered a much enter room.
The staff were polite and Louise was a pure delight accommodating all enquirers with a smile and cheerful disposition.

Looking around the place I can see it is need of some investment, a lick of paint, minor repairs and maybe some safety mirrors so that staff don’t have to shout “Corner” when approaching a blind spot on a corner whilst carrying hot food around.

Meal was good value and the breakfast ample.

We enjoyed our first stay n Hungerford and The Bear Hotel helped make this a memorable visit.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2025

Melanie

Great location, lovely hotel and a comfortable bed.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

28 Sep 2025

Susan

The car park was ok and is free. Check in was ok.Made coffee, kettle leaked everywhere.ended up standing it on hand towel to boil. Went to the bar, a green king pub that doesnt have any green king ales unless purchased in a bottle? We didn't eat in the pub as felt it wasn't up to standard.The shower whilst very hot leaked everywhere over the bathroom floor. Had to use our towels to mop it up.
Went out for the day, returning early evening. No one had been in our room no clean towels, bins not emptied had even run out of loo paper! My partner went in search of a member of staff. Had a number at reception to call.a chap arrived with towels and apologised, said he would raise with management. Awful loud live music - Vera Lynn style on the Saturday night.
We would not return

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

27 Sep 2025

robert

Great location and set up. Just needs some money spent on it

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2025

Paul

No complaints always a pleasure to stay there thank you

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2025

Louise

Room was very clean and spacious lovely balcony parking was free would use again

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

09 Sep 2025

Rebecca

Its ok for an over stay and very central to the town centre

Business

8/10

Excellent

16 Aug 2025

malcolm

The hotel is an old property with our room in an annex attached to the main building with access via a courtyard.
Our large first floor room was comfortable although a touch noisy with road traffic in the morning.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Aug 2025

Verified traveler

Good nights sleep, food was good.Woukd stay there again

Business

8/10

Excellent

13 Aug 2025

Andy

Good weekend stay

Windows of the bedroom are only single glazed so there is a bit of road noise. Bed was comfortable and the bathroom adequate. Staff friendly and welcoming, breakfast very good and evening meals are typical pub grub at pub grub prices. Good size car park.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2025

Robert

Great place to stay

6/10

Pleasant

11 Aug 2025

Trevor

The staff were all lovely, couldn't offer enough help. The restaurant food in the evening had good choice and what we had was good quality, we enjoyed this, we also ate out in the evening where there was a good choice of different restaurants to choose from.
I am not one to complain but our stay was for 4 nights of which our room was only serviced once, we had to use towels provided for all of our stay. Housekeeping needs to be managed as the carpets by the skirting boards were full of dirt, you could see this standing up. Room has net curtains which required washing. I am not picking at this with a microscope, it was obvious.
Linen for beds and towels were spotless and looked new. I just think it is attention to the smaller details that need picking up.
This hotel is friendly, attractive and comfortable, I would recommend it to my friends and family these smaller issues would not put me off.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

30 Jul 2025

John

Room ok but no wifi, no BBC1, carpet dirty

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2025

Isabella

We liked to stay there over the weekend.
They have a beautiful garden overlooking the river, that was the best part!
Room size was good and the bed and pillows comfortable.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2025

Julie

Hungerford accommodation

Good value for money. Plenty of parking spaces. Good location in town.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2025

Anthony

Good stay

Enjoyable stay, room slightly tired with a bit of maintenance required. Good food selection for evening meal. Staff good.

Partner

4/10

Poor

06 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Desperate need of some TLC

Rooms are in desperate need of some TLC.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2025

daniel

Nice stay

Nice clean hotel. Nice bar and garden

Business

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2025

Peter

The Bear is a lovely old coaching inn and has loads of character which I love. The team including Carina and Lesley were particularly helpful during our stay. I would highly recommend The Bear

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Jun 2025

Paul

Room was ok very nice, I was in room 24 be careful if your over 5 foot 8 in tall as rooms have very low ceilings, also housekeeping very poor, had to see manager after 2nd night as room had not been cleaned, no fresh towels , my bin overflowing, no toilet rolls etc.

Business

2/10

Poor

19 Jun 2025

Simone

I chose this hotel because I was on a business trip in Newbury and closer hotels were over my budget. I didn't need frills, just a place to lay my head for the night as i knew i would be arriving late night. As such, I was not expecting much in terms of facilities as it's a budget hotel. What i wasn't expecting was the room to be dirty. The carpet was full of dust bunnies. I don't even know how that happens, it looked like a weeks worth of rolled up dust or the hoover bag burst, it was all over the room. Because I checked in late reception was closed so I couldn't even change rooms.The smell from the drains was awful and I had to spray my pillow with perfume to try and cover the smell but it didn't work. I couldn't even watch tv because the light attracted these tiny gnats. The bedding did not smell fresh. I had bought my own towel and ended up using it as a bed sheet as I couldn't bear the thought of lying down in someone's bed sweat. Yuck! It was a miserable nights sleep. I seriously contemplated sleeping in my car. I wish I had read the reviews a little more carefully as I have since seen others complain of exactly the same things. What a shame this could really be a nice place if they sort the smell and cleanliness

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2025

Sheila

Cleanliness was good. Staff friendly and helpful.

Self

8/10

Excellent

08 Jun 2025

William

The staff are very helpful and pleasant, due to the cooler weather could have done with some heat in the rooms. Unfortunately our towel rail didn’t work which meant replacing the towels because no way to get them dry. The extractor fan didn’t work either both reported to staff, One other little niggle there are signs to hang on the doors on whether you want your room tidied up but nowhere on the outside of the door too hang them. If there was it might save chambermaids going into each room when it wasn’t really required.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Jun 2025

Guy

The twin room was ok. The only down side is no toilet brush and having to leave the hot tap running for a while waiting for it to get hot

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jun 2025

Amanda

Disappointing

Nice building , staff pleasant and helpful , food general pub food , breakfast very good . My only real issue was the cleanliness , there were dead flies in all the windowsills , the shower heads were full of limescale and looked grim , shower surround had previous guests hair on it , chipped cups for coffee in the bedrooms and wine glasses in the bar cloudy and looked unclean , sink in bathroom had a build up of limescale , the paintwork on walls and doors all need redoing looked tatty , i am not high maintenance , and have stayed in many Greene Kings , this sadly was not upto the standard of the others we have stayed in .

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2025

Holly

A real hidden gem!

This is one of the nicest hotels I've stayed at, and I've stayed at a lot of hotels! We had such a lovely room that had the stream running past the window. The beds were super comfy and the room had lots of plug sockets which seems rare in hotels!
It was a Greene King but the food was better than any I've been too and reasonably priced. Service was quite slow considering how quiet it was but the staff were very friendly. The pictures online don't do this place justice, a real hidden gem!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2025

Jennifer

Great place lovely staff,totally recommend

10/10

Exceptional

04 May 2025

Sheila

Pleasant and friendly

Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2025

Louise

Check in was very easy, the room was clean and very spacious. The room had everything that we needed. Bathroom was very clean and the shower pressure was good. When next in the area would definitely use again

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Mar 2025

Ronald

This is a good old fashioned hostelry with excellent staff ,friendly ambience
Customers here for a good time .

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Mar 2025

Alun

Lovely stay

Lovely one night stay. Comfortable, clean and tidy. Staff pleasant and friendly. Great breakfast. Would definitely stay again without hesitation.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Feb 2025

Kirsteen

Character hotel

Lovely hotel, very quiet and has charm.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Feb 2025

Andrew

Hungerford Feb 2025

Great location for both the town centre and train station, great food hotel area slightly dated.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jan 2025

Lyn

Bear Hotel

Nice room, plenty of parking. Good nights sleep

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Dec 2024

Richard

Definitely stay again

Comfortable bed nice big room and bathroom

Business

10/10

Exceptional

12 Dec 2024

Becky

Amazing stay. Beautiful room. Lovely staff. Bar staff are so helpful. Had a good laugh with them and made us feel welcome. Food was first class. Reasonably priced thanks

6/10

Pleasant

03 Nov 2024

Graham

Not terrible but not great

No hot water on Sunday. Breakfast was unorganised ran out of cups, glasses, oj. Room was nice but could have been cleaner. Cooked breakfast was good.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Oct 2024

irene

Close to centre
needs a bit of TLC

6/10

Pleasant

22 Oct 2024

John

Fire alarm.

My stay was ok, other than the fire alarm going off at 3am. No explanation, no apology.

My room was adequate and the fried breakfast was good. Service at breakfast was ok, but as there was only one person covering breakfast, there was no greeting and I was very much left to sort myself out.

Business

4/10

Poor

28 Sep 2024

Mark

Unsatisfactory accommodation

We put 3 sub contractors into your hotel for 2 nights. One bathroom was dirty with mold & “mushroom” growing! One room had food stains on the carpet. General cleanliness & attention to detail very poor. Main parts of hotel & food good!

Business

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2024

David

Lovely little town.

Business

8/10

Excellent

16 Sep 2024

Shaun

Have stayed here before & have booked again

Business

8/10

Excellent

11 Sep 2024

Joseph

The kitchen staff were really excellent, waiters quick and efficient. Something went badly wrong with room maintenance, unlikely to happen again.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

07 Jul 2024

Angela

Good stay

Great stay, comfy bed and kettle with plenty of tea, milk etc
Took a minute or two for someone to appear at the desk to check us in, other than that everything was excellent

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2024

Shaun

Very friendly & food waz lovely

Business

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2024

Lawrence

Nice setting, historical building

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2024

Katrina

Lovely friendly kind staff

Self

8/10

Excellent

05 Jun 2024

Jackie

Good stay, reasonably priced and very convenient for cycling along the canal nearby. They have good bike storage.
One small recommendation for improvement; if a curtain could be placed over the entrance to the room, to block out the electric light from the courtyard at night.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Jun 2024

Andrew

A night by the river.

We had a pleasant stay at the hotel including attending a lovely wedding reception.
Our bedroom and bathroom were clean and tidy. My only criticism would be that the pillows on the bed were too hard - one was not high enough, but two were too high.
We had an issue with our car and therefore couldn't stay both the nights we had booked but the hotel staff were very efficient and were able to refund us the second night.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 May 2024

NEIL

Could do better. Staff were attentive when located

Mediocre. The place was a little unkempt in the outdoor areas. Bathroom hadn’t had a deep clean for a while. My room was not attended to for the three nights I stayed and I had to go in search of clean towels after two nights.
Pillow cases had a smell of having sat around damp before being dried.

Self

8/10

Excellent

19 May 2024

Nigel

Impressive old coaching Inn in a good location. Nice inside with lovely grounds backing on to The River Kennett. Restaurant prices fair and meal quality was good.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

19 May 2024

Verified traveler

Bed comfy but no sleep, old noisy building/floor

Noisy, no rested stay. Floor above room in coach house needs sorting! Customer staying above floor creaked every time they moved, were up and down all night and I woke with every movement from them or bed movement. This was not mild it was very loud. Front door needs some seals or perhaps a curtain as this lets in all noise, as does the windows. I appreciate an older building but i must of only slept about 3hrs if that with the combined issues. Shower is not fit for purpose, very hot water, no pressure and yet no general indication of where the temp levels might be on the taps so if you turn it on and its very hot you cant get to the taps to turn it off without burning yourself. Shower curtain is installed in the worst postion, you cant take a shower for it literally being on you or in your face. Kept sticking to me while showering, had no choice but to open it while showering, filling floor with water. Shower was clean but was a little black mould and cealing had water damage, no extractor fan so not surprising. Although they advised when I arrived the kitchen was closed, if I had not seen on facebook that their kitchen was closed prior to booking I would not of been aware at all, as no information on any website via hotel. com or hotels own, nor had any email etc advising me of it either, so would of arrived gone 7pm after 2.5hrs travel to no food and having to figure out somewhere to go.

Business

4/10

Poor

12 May 2024

Annette

The Bear, Hungerford

Arrived late and dropped luggage in room then left for a function
On returning we found when we ran the tap in the bathroom the sink was blocked
Could not turn off the bathroom radiator which was extremely hot and made the bathroom feel like a sauna and there was no shower gel available
There was dust on the bathroom floor and in the bed area and a lump of dust on the bed
Certainly NOT worth £81 per night breakfast NOT included in this price

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2024

Anthony

Great helpful staff. Easy parking. We had room 5 in the original building. There was lots of space and a large bathroom. Great beer garden with good food.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 May 2024

Jane

It is a very nice historic property with a great location, and not too expensive. I have not used the dining room, just needed a place to overnight within walking distance of station.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Apr 2024

malcolm

We always book the superior rooms in the main building . Large comfortable rooms with good facilities

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2024

Richard

Short break for family anniversary

Stayed before, a little tired, but a comfortable stay. Sadly we could not eat at lunchtime as a large party meant delays advised as up to an hour for food

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Apr 2024

Verified traveler

Just Great

Rode on a motorbike through strong winds terrential rain and floods and arrived to friendly and helpful staff. Staff were all very helpful throughout our stay of two nights. Lovely room. Good food and breakfast. Stay was just Great.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Mar 2024

Colin

Very friendly and helpful staff good menu excellent breakfast will shortly be booking rooms for another visit

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

03 Mar 2024

Amanda

Uncomfortable bed, very hard mattress, nasty lumpy foam filled pillows. A couple of blown lightbulbs, smeary mirrors, toothpaste residue left by a previous guest on the bathroom shelf. No toiletries or box of tissues.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Mar 2024

Steve

Steak

nice clean room food wasn't the best

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2024

Laurence

Competitively priced, friendly staff

Convenient, the rooms are quiet, located behind the main building. Easy parking, bar and food across the courtyard.

Business

8/10

Excellent

23 Feb 2024

ROBERT

good communication with home office and with staff on arrival and also very well served during evening meal (relaxed and friendly approach by all staff helped make the family meeting successful. THANKS TO ALL

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Feb 2024

Jane

This property is historic and unique, and it is a privilege to be able to stay there. The staff were very helpful. The building is typical of an ancient inn and may not be to everyone's taste, but I loved it. I did not try the food, but the wine selection and the coffee were excellent

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jan 2024

Howard

One night

Great location in historic coaching inn. A little frayed around the edges but some would call that character. Biggest bugbear was that for the second time in as many stays I had a downstairs room and every time the person above me moved across their floor the floorboards creaked very loudly.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Dec 2023

Kevin

Excellent location and such friendly and helpful staff

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

05 Dec 2023

John

A pleasant, traditional hotel.

A pleasant hotel
In a good location. Bed amazing comfortable and clean bathroom. What let it down was the horrible, musty damp smell
In the room. Cure this and the stay would have been excellent.

Business

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2023

Verified traveler

Everything was great from check in
To check out
The only niggle we had was some of the radiators weren’t working So was a bit chilly Easily sorted as I used to be a plumber, so just had to bleed the radiators so
All good.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2023

JOHN

Helpful staff

Very helpful reception staff who changed a booking that was supposed to be non changeable after my booking error. Clean and friendly place.

Friends_and_family Friends