The Packhorse Inn

United Kingdom , Devon
SOUTH BRENT, 1 Plymouth Road
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4/10

Poor

24 May 2026

Timothy

Very comfortable bed but room far far too hot, window open but directly out side the beer garden so noisy. This would be fine if thoughtful ear plugs were provided. Felt quite exposed opening the window more, but room temperature so high, fan provided was pathetic so did not sleep well at all. I’m sure on a cool day it would be lovely however. Sadly had to leave before breakfast at 8 during weekends - I made a mistake and thought it would be 7.30 still. Lovely place but potential to be fantastic - could just be this room

Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2026

Luke

Honestly could not fault this place at all. Staff very welcoming and attentive. If things were not available in your room they would be more than happy to help and provide eg. Iron and Iron Board.

The breakfast was amazing and the fresh pastel del nata was even better than what I’ve had in Portugal! 10/10 recommend

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2026

Bridie

We had a truly wonderful stay at The Packhorse Inn. We stayed in Warren Room which was really lovely a very comfortable bed and a fantastic bathroom.
Areas of the room and the hallway leading to it are a little tired looking stained carpet and areas of paintwork could be refreshed.

The food was absolutely amazing we had roast beef and sticky date pudding for our meal. Lovely service the waiter was very helpful and attentive.
Breakfast was also very good the staff looking after us were so helpful and nothing was too much trouble.

We will definitely return!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2026

Fabulous room. Great staff

Business

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jan 2026

Jon

Always top class!

Self

8/10

Excellent

11 Dec 2025

James

Stayed with you Friday and Saturday. Lovely room. Very comfortable bed. The room was spotless. Staff very friendly and nothing was too much trouble.
The only negatives were the shower was blocked and the buffet breakfast choices were not as good on the Sunday.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Dec 2025

Jon

Lovely room and very peaceful!

Business

8/10

Excellent

19 Nov 2025

John

Nice room, good food

8/10

Excellent

14 Nov 2025

John

Very nice Inn. Room was spacious, clean and well maintained. There was no shower in my room which I prefer, and instead a bath was in the actjual bedroom with a shower attachment. The food was very good. I had the cured trout and fish and chips, which although expensive, was of top quality. The cooked breakfast was one of the best I've had, but as i don't eat much bread or pastries, they could have done with some yoghurt and a better selection of fresh fruit. Overall thoiugh, I would recommend this place.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2025

D J

Room was spacious and nicely decorated, had a great bath and toiletries. The pub was lovely and we found the evening meal delicious. The breakfast was very good also. Location was great 👍 not too far out of Newmarket itself . Easy parking, would definitely recommend.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Nov 2025

Lucy

From the start to the end our stay was amazing. The staff met all of our needs and Ben was great looking after us at dinner. Dinner was delicious and the breakfast catered for myself and 10 year old son with the waitress being very accommodating and professional.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

22 Aug 2025

Christopher

Dissatisfied

I stayed one night, and also had Sunday lunch (which wasn’t great). The room was nice, and the bed was comfy. Quiet area. Disappointed to see the tables weren’t cleaned from the previous day at breakfast (which also wasn’t great). I wouldn’t choose to return here.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2025

Alice

My room was absolutely lovely - fan on and window open ready for me on what was a very hot day. Very clean, comfortable and all the staff were welcoming and friendly. Dinner excellent as was the breakfast. EV charger most welcome too.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2025

Joe

Very pleasant inn for business or couples trip!

The Packhorse Inn was a very pleasant inn to stay at for my business trip! The room itself was well air conditioned and the amenities were very comfortable. Any extras needed such as ironing board, etc were readily available from the staff. Had breakfast and supper multiple evenings of my trip and always enjoyed them throughly. Generous portions and reasonable pricing. The inn itself is located next to a quiet and quaint village which is a short few minute drive into Newmarket which is loaded with eateries and walking areas. All very nice due to the presence of the racehorse facilities surrounding the area. Would highly recommend the packhorse for business or a couples getaway.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2025

John

Nice

Excellent service from check in to breakfast
Great quality food and property

My only issue is the room I had in the Barn top room is the windows are boarded on the outside restricted all light giving a dark closed feeling

Otherwise excellent

Business

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2025

danielle

Lovely inn. Very well looked after by the lively staff

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2025

Lani

Absolutely magnificent stay! Luxurious bedrooms with all the needed amenities. The staff were lovely and so helpful. We will definitely stay here the next time we are in the area. Thank you for the very special stay!

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

26 May 2025

Maria

Overall good with some room for improvement

The room was decorated nicely and bed was comfortable but no air con, which was an issue in May but would be uncomfortable at the height of summer.

Location is lovely and picturesque.

Dinner was nice but felt overpriced for what it was.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 May 2025

Charles

Comfortable, nice rooms and good food

The room and food was good. The great wine list with many options by the glass, nice outdoor areas.

Unfortunately, I was woken early by the cleaners outside my room running water and banging buckets.

Breakfast was okay, only one person was serving and quite a lot of other staff standing around.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2025

D J

Great stay

Great stay at the packhorse inn.
Good choice of beer's , lovely restaurant.
Found the staff and the food really nice.
Our room was spacious with nice toiletries.
Would definitely recommend.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 May 2025

Verified traveler

One of the best places to stay

A lovely stay and great service.

As a female solo traveler, you feel safe and secure.

The team are very helpful and attentive, the food was lovely and I shall look forward to my next stay.

This will be my go to spot to stay when working away on business.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

30 Jan 2025

Verified traveler

Great hotel but let down by noise in room

Was staying for business, hotel and service were excellent and food a high standard. My only issue was the bedroom (The Folly) was directly above the kitchen so very noisy until just after 11pm and then again from 7am. Wouldn't return as I value a good night's sleep which is a shame as otherwise ideal for my needs.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2024

Gary

Overnight stay

My wife and I stayed overnight to meet up with family and have a meal together. The room was lovely, clean, and welcoming.
Bathroom was modern and clean with good shower. The staff were very friendly and the service was great! We had a meal in the restaurant which was wonderful, the breakfast was equally as good!
All in all a great stay and I can see us revisiting.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

06 Nov 2024

Andrew

Beautiful inn and restaurant. Rooms are spacious, clean and well stocked. The restaurant is excellent and I enjoyed both evening meal and breakfast.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2024

Phillip

Loved the restaurant and the amazing staff and the location is wonderful. Only downside was the room that we were allocated while comfortable had an unimpressive aspect and was missing some finer details e.g. could have done with an extra chair and a small coffee table (the room was big enough) and it lacked hanging space. Overall though a lovely stay..

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2024

Fiona

Weekend visiting Newmarket.

We had a lovely one night stay in the Warren room, it was very comfortable with a beautiful bathroom, two small notes, there is no accessible plug socket near the right hand side of the bed & the TV was not working while we were there but that wasn’t really a problem for us as we were out most of the time.
The food was excellent and staff very friendly and attentive.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Apr 2024

Nicola

Lovely buzzing inn! Great food!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2024

Susan

Visiting friends who live and are regular visitors to the pub. Great location. Excellent service and well worth a bisit

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2023

Andrew

A little gem! Great, peaceful location, fabulous room, friendly staff and the best breakfast we’ve had in a very long time. Definitely booking again to sample the restaurant menu.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2022

Bernie

The food was excellent. One of the best steaks I’ve ever had the pleasure. Staff were excellent & friendly. Set in beautiful countryside.

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

06 Oct 2022

jane

I was disappointed to not be told until after I had booked that there would be no dinner or breakfast on offer.

Business_and_leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2022

Jon

Best in Class

Hard to say much more positive about these guys and the group - they are just the best! Food - Drink - Hospitality they get it right every time!

Business

10/10

Exceptional

21 Oct 2021

Dave

The food and service was excellent.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Aug 2021

Dale

Another business trip success

Lovely room and great meal

Business

8/10

Excellent

05 Nov 2020

Verified traveler

Great hotel, dog friendly, good location for Newmarket races and trainers.
Room was very hot, but we coped!
Would stay here again!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Oct 2020

Kate

The food and accommodation were booked for a birthday celebration. Everything was as good if not better than expected and the service was great, very friendly.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2020

Tracey

Great welcome, nice room and fab food. cooked breakfast was exceptional as well

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Wow what a great place, I really hope I can engineer another reason to visit the area in the near future.

I called the property to advise I would be a late check in prior to travelling, expecting to get their at 21:30. The manger was very kind and said it wouldn't be a problem they usally their until 23:00 / 24:00.

About 30 mins later he called me back to check if I would like any food putting to one side as I would miss last orders at my arrival time. I had a horrible journey down due to road works, but at 22:30 I got a further call because they were worried I still hadn't arrived. I eventually got their at 23:00 to what can only be described as a warm, almost family like welcome.

Then I got to the room! Wow, I was in the Plantation room and that HUGE bath with the hottest water and most epic water pressure ever was heaven.

After a refreshing nights sleep, I had an early breakfast of Avocado and Poached eggs on toast! OMG best ever, i was so guttered I hadn't got their earlier so i could of had dinner, based on how nice breakfast was, i definatley missed out lol

Thank you Packhorse Inn Team, you made a solo traveller for work VERY HAPPY!

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

05 Mar 2020

Suzy

Lovely location. Lovely property, but room had no shower, just one over the bath that soaked the floor. Room was very noisy & while the bar / kitchwb was open was not ideal for a business traveler. If you were staying for a pleasure trip it would not be a problem.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2020

Jason

5 Star

Fantastic stay at this place, would highly recommend and the staff where extremely friendly.

Business

2/10

Poor

10 Feb 2020

Neel

Bad communication and not best customer service

Communication was poor, no working bath and was not told before arrival. Transferred to another hotel, but we was told in the morning that we had to pay for the other hotel and that our hotel.com booking was cancelled (there was no cancellation). My wife was 7 month pregnant and was getting quite stressed. The manager at the place was not understanding and was arguing and not finding a solution for us. I would not go back or to any of the parent group restaurants

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Nice location, but......

Nicely situated property. The room clean and tidy but excessively hot, felt like the room had Permanent underfloor heating which was insufficiently cooled by wide open windows and a portable cooling fan.
Given the price we also felt that there should be more than four coat hangars in the wardrobe. Small detail but the sort of thing that should be checked prior to the next customer.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2019

Sheila

A fantastic find

The reason for our visit was reminiscent of “long lost family “ reunion. The staff especially Ali and Max were aware of this and went out of their way to help it be a huge success. The night before the big day we had a delicious meal in the restaurant and were served by Anna with whom we shared a private joke about a car fire and water. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed our visit, our room was beautiful and cannot praise the friendly helpful staff enough.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Clean and tidy but a few things amis when you look closer. Window blinds not great.... shower pretty useless...... toilet constantly flushes.... The initial room decor looks great on first impact.... however the more time you spend this less it apeals....

On the plus side the service feels right for this type of accommodation.

Restaurant area looks inviting but we didn't have time to sample....

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Aug 2019

Sally

Lovely hotel

We only stayed one night at this lovely hotel, but it was a perfect stay.
The bedroom was beautiful, very comfy bed
Will stay again if we are in the area
Very friendly staff

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

A thoroughly modernised old building

This well decorated old Inn is more of a busy, noisy restaurant (on the Friday evening we stayed) than a hotel. Beware that there are different prices for the bedrooms and that booking directly using the hotel's phone number will mean that breakfast should be included, rather than being charged at £15 extra per person via a website like hotels.com. When I arrived after a long journey, the 2nd sentence was asking with whom I had booked. , The availability of hot water was fantastic but Warren bedroom could usefully do with a table next to the washbasin for ones toiletries. A couple of the little tubs of milk curdled our early morning tea. I should have asked for a jug of freshmilk. There was only one bedroom chair in our spacious bedroom and not many comfy chairs in the modern bar-restaurant area. The lack of soft furnishings downstairs made noise levels very high mid to late evening. There was no separate lounge-sitting area for guests, no real ale, but the food was quite nice and the local chilled cider was refreshing.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Great room. Very friendly staff but food not great.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2019

Verified traveler

Very clean and spacious room, tasty breakfast, pub very well refurbished. Will stay again.