Name: Best Western Shaftesbury The Royal Chase Hotel
Address: Royal Chase Roundabout, Shaftesbury, GB

10/10

Exceptional

03 Aug 2026

Sean

Great hotel. Used the swimming pool lots of times during the uk’s hottest day

6/10

Pleasant

31 Jul 2026

Paul

My first room had a cold shower, but after a chat with the reception staff I was given a different room. I would have given a better score if they had done thay straight away rather than saying you just need to run the shower for long, by that point I had run it for 10 minutes trying to get hot water.

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2026

Pauline

We only stayed one night en route to our holiday. Ideal stopover.

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2026

Julia

Pleasant helpful staff
Plentyof parking
Excellent meals
Great position
Rooms are a little on the small side
No lifts

4/10

Poor

21 Jul 2026

Tina

The property is very tired looking. The hot water took a long time to come through and the shower was slow.
The bed was not made properly, the duvet was just pulled up and not even neatly. The edge of the duvet was resting on the bedside cabinet rather than being tucked down.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2026

Vilnis

I liked everything about this hotel. The room was spacious and as well as having loads of cupboard and drawer space it had two armchairs (a rarity these days, in my experience), hair dryer, ironing board and iron. The bed was comfortable. The bathroom was also a good size with plenty of shelf space for spreading out toiletries, good lighting for shaving, and (also a rarity) simple basin taps that did not require lengthy experimentation to work out how to get hot water. The shower was also very satisfactory. I liked the fact that the room was thoroughly serviced during the day including replenishing the biscuits :)

On my first morning I had the continental breakfast including croissants that were most acceptable, and I appreciated the fact that the cold cabinet offered various non-dairy milk options. On the second morning I tried the cooked breakfast and found that excellent.

The swimming pool is a reasonable size, perfectly good for putting in a few lengths for exercise.

The hotel's decor might be too plain for some people's taste but the establishment is well-maintained and managed, and all the staff are friendly and helpful. There was plenty of parking, much of it under shade trees (thankfully, because the weather was sunny and hot). I was attending the fringe festival in the town and delighted to find that the walk into the centre was only 15 minutes on a quiet road so I was spared the hassle of finding parking.

All in all a great experience. I'll be back.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jul 2026

Vince

Excellent breakfast
Staff all very helpful.
Room fine however the dust on top of the wardrobe was really thick. The room was quite small so we put our bag on top of the wardrobe. Also the bathroom extractor was caked in thick dust. Hoover on both 30 second job.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Jul 2026

Marc

Breakfast was very good.
A bit more communication when facilities such as areas of parking/swimming pool are unavailable would be appreciated. The swimming pool was closed I suspect for repair no apology and an area of car park nearest reception was closed off for an evening function Both unavoidable but no apology for the inconvenience caused.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2026

Parth Paresh

Room next to swimming pool always feels nice.
Had a good time swimming and sauna.
Family Room was spacious.
Cooked Breakfast could have been better.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2026

Charlotte

Great room and breakfasts the staff were really lovely and helpful

6/10

Pleasant

28 May 2026

Linda

Really dated and tierd but staff making best of what they have.
We visited in a heatwave so perhaps not a true reflection but was stifling. No air con. A small broken (span but didnt move side to side)fan provided that pushed the warm air around and the next morning fans had been put in the corridor.
Reception staff friendly and welcoming. Breakfast staff a bit abrupt but again perhaps the heat!

We booked for a short stay and the surrounding countryside and shaftesbury Town are lovely. The hotel is situated on the main road although still quiet and lovely garden etc. Gpod location for the town etc
Unfortunately the pool area is not nice. Changing rooms really dirty and the pool water really cloudy and murky- the main reason we chose the hotel was for the pool.

All in all was fine for an overnight stay and room was clean. Just a bit old fashioned and dated for us and the pool area need some attention

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

25 May 2026

Elizabeth

The reception area does look a little tired but our room was clean and looked as if it had been recently decorated. The carpet was clean and fresh, as was the bathroom. Breakfast was lovely and had everything we wanted. We would definitely consider staying again if we were in the area.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 May 2026

Shelagh

Room clean as usual, just one thing, the bathroom shower screen could do with a clean.

Cooked breakfast was huge!! Good choice on the menu.
Staff are very friendly and helpful. Went out of their way to help. Parking was ok.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Apr 2026

Adrian

Lovely friendly staff large room very clean. Excellent breakfast and fast service

Self

6/10

Pleasant

30 Apr 2026

Claire

Good location and parking

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2026

Lou

Room was clean, staff were all lovely and very helpful. Parking was easy and we could see our car from our window. Breakfast was amazing, such a great choice and all served with a smile from our cheery waitress.

Only downside was the noise from the people chatting in the carpark right under our window on the first night. Also our room’s floor sloped rather drastically in places so getting out of bed in the middle of the night for the loo was like being on board ship, staggering to the middle of the room then climbing back up towards the bathroom again.

But as a 3 star hotel it was great. And yes I’d go back again but maybe ask for a room at the back so I didn’t hear the traffic so much

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Apr 2026

Helen

Great and plentiful breakfast

Pet

10/10

Exceptional

07 Apr 2026

Reginald

We were very happy with our stay, chose this hotel because of it's location, easy walk into Shaftesbury and gold hill, and next day to stourhead national trust. The room was very clean and everything worked ok but the room decor reflected the 3 star rating, but the bar and dinning areas were more like 4/5 star and also the food and service one of the best Sunday carveries ever, would return just for that, and then to top that the full English breakfast wow, that was definitely 5 star, the staff were very friendly and helpful, the hotel has a large car park area which is shared by day visitors for restaurant and swimming pool which is free to guests, although the building looks a little tired we would use again because of the price, The only suggestion I would make is to separate the guests parking area from visitors .

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2026

Jen

Comfortable and large room. Free parking. Bonus swimming pool and sauna. Hotel had trouble linking paid external booking but was soon sorted out.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

24 Feb 2026

Duncan

The staff were excellent, the room very good, our only complaint was the evening meal we had.
And there was no lift.
Would we recommend, yes.

6/10

Pleasant

22 Feb 2026

Jacob

Very basic room. Staff were friendly.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2026

Ian

Very pleasant and helpful staff, and a comfortable and spacious room.

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2026

Margaret

Great staff and a very good breakfast

Business_and_leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Jan 2026

Sara

Staff friendliness and amenities were excellent!

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2026

Emma

Room was clean, confortable and spacious.
Warm welcome at reception. Really met our needs for our visit to see friends in Shaftsbury, thsnkyou.

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

15 Jan 2026

Alexandra

Tired room, lowest water pressure in the shower ive ever expreienced.
Stsff friendly and helpful

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jan 2026

Michele

We were a group of 4 staying in rooms 9 and 11
Room 11 was clean in general but when packing to go home I noticed cobwebs and dust behind a chair .
Lots of condensation on windows can’t really be helped
Bathroom was large and clean but very cold despite towel rail at max.
Shower was hot but such a slow sprinkling difficult to stay warm
Room 9 towel rail and room radiator were stone cold probably need bleeding
Otherwise nice stay staff were kind friendly and helpful

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Jan 2026

Corinne

The breakfast was good quality and with good choice

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Dec 2025

Dave

Staff friendly

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Dec 2025

Sara

A convenient location and good food: a comfortable stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Dec 2025

Tracey

All was ok staff friendly, breakfast menu excellent

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

26 Nov 2025

Williams

Room was sufficient and clean. Noticed in the morning that the pillow Inslept on was mouldy! Pool was great

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Nov 2025

marion

Easy check in clean and spacious room. Monday night stay so quiet. Pool available. Eve meal was nice.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Nov 2025

Michelle

I didn’t have breakfast. I had 2 nights at the hotel on business. Very convenient, big room, massive shower, a bit tired but comfortable. It was surprisingly quiet considering it was off a large roundabout. Good facilities. Good value and would stay again.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

22 Oct 2025

Kathryn

Decor in bar a bit tired

The bar closed very early, and the chairs and tables were very shabby. The carpet needs replacing.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

19 Oct 2025

Christopher

We slep5 well and had a varied breakfast.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Oct 2025

Jane

We were in room 21 it was very noisy, both nights. I did mention it at reception, but no response. Can’t fault anything else, other staff were very helpful. Food was excellent.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Oct 2025

Dave

It was ok room was nice a spacious

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Oct 2025

Maria

Parking was easy and safe, we had a van so we needed plenty space. Breakfast was really good, the room was very large and so was the bathroom, all super clean. we had no time to try the pool sadly

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Sep 2025

David

We enjoyed our stay. Our room was comfortable and spacious. The restaurant food was lovely.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Aug 2025

Gemma

Wall paper ripped and hanging of the wall. Shower broken. Could not get the cold tap to work so got scolded when used shower. (Did tell reception) bed was comfortable and slept well.
The pool area is okay. Could do with loungers for non swimmers to seat comfortably with a book whilst family swim.
Breakfeast was okay could be done with being cooked longer and scrambled egg was more like a sloppy omelette. ( obv done in microwave)

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

27 Aug 2025

Connie-Louise

Great staff, food, and pool. Would stay again

Super friendly staff, accommodating, great food for both dinner and breakfast. Large room, plenty of towels, lots of choice for teas/coffee. The pool was lovely and warm, great for all ages. A few tiles were a little run down around the pool and windows were cloudy but this was minor. I would also advise descaler/filter for the kettle.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2025

Lisa

Brilliant Stay

The hotel is beautiful, quiet and clean.

The staff were FANTASTIC.

I would highly recommend

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Aug 2025

alan

Staff vg

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

08 Aug 2025

john

Nothing special

Hotel was quite tired and we were very disappointed by the fact that the bar wasnt open when we arrived, indeed it didnt open until around 18,30! It would have been nice to enjoy a glass of wine after driving for 5 hours, we also found that the towels were quite rough and didnt smell very pleasant

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Aug 2025

Kevin

Within easy walking distance to the town centre.
Noisy generator outside the building adjacent to room.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

29 Jul 2025

Pauline

Hotel easy to find. Twin room comfortable. Food good

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jul 2025

Graham

Sets low expectations and fails to achieve them

Toilet not flushed, dirty towels hanging everywhere and lots of dead wasps on the window-sill. Spoke to reception - no apology or anything. Just told us to collect some towels when we next went past. Tired place but over-priced at £140.
Really big room and v comfy bed though.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Jul 2025

David

Staff were friendly. Property was very clean. Although a little dated. But overall it was a good experience. Beds were comfortable.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jul 2025

steven

A lovely stay but room very dated and the floors sloped and were very squeaky also pool was lovely but limited time on sauna in the day

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2025

Mary

A friendly welcome, lovely clean room

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2025

Paul

It was a lovely stay hotel and staff were very helpful friendly will stay again

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jun 2025

Richard

Great hotel, always amazing service

Have stayed at the Royal Chase over many years now, it’s always spotlessly clean and the service is always first class…

Business

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jun 2025

Debra

Overall we were somewhat disappointed with our hotel room in Shaftesbury. While the room and bed were large it wasn’t particularly comfortable. The bathroom floor was dirty in places and our bed was really only just pulled up rather than made properly. There was a very strong smell of chlorine from the indoor pool as you walked down the corridor. Thank goodness there were mobile fans in our hallway which we turned on every day that we stayed. On the positive side parking was just outside and the hotel was very convenient to the sights of Shaftesbury. It was also quiet.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2025

Lisa

Lovely hotel & perfect location for our wedding evening

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2025

Dolores

Location was good.

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2025

Anthony

Lovely hotel day staff lovely night porter shut bar at 10

Business

10/10

Exceptional

08 May 2025

Shelly-Lynn

Spectacular location! Staff is amazing and the Jack Russell is adorable…..be open to …. Experiences!

10/10

Exceptional

30 Apr 2025

Hilary

Friendly staff, clean room, quiet. Bed needs to be upgraded.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

29 Apr 2025

Andrew

This is a nice hotel located close to the centre of Shaftesbury and easy access from the main road. Even though we booked a room with multiple beds (we assumed this was a twin room); it turned out to be a room with a double bed and a cot (I guess 2 beds) but not ideal when sharing with your mother! The room was very hot as well as we could turn off the radiator in the bathroom. Nice breakfast and pool though.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2025

Edward

Relaxing stay

Comfortable stay, lovely area rooms are a bit dated could do with a freshen up! Very clean hotel and lovely staff, especially the ladies who serve breakfast in the morning always smiling and happy to help.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Apr 2025

Kim

Amazing property and fantastic staff

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Apr 2025

Tony

Overpriced no breakfast included

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

30 Mar 2025

Amy

reception staff nice, room was nice but was told the continental breakfast was free and to help ourselves but then on departure had to pay for it

8/10

Excellent

29 Mar 2025

Sarah

Very friendly and helpful staff

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Mar 2025

Donna

Nice property looking a bit tired in places. Nice and clean but awful shower in room 11!

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

01 Mar 2025

Shaun

Very nice spacious room /clean . Easy parking . Good pub opposite

Business

8/10

Excellent

23 Feb 2025

savita

It's a good stay for the price with access to swimming pool and proximity to Shaftesbury High street. Rooms are spacious and comfortable.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

17 Feb 2025

Paul

Was a nice cheap hotel with the bonus of a pool

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

13 Feb 2025

David

The bar and restaurant let this place down. The bar is spartan, like a school 1950s canteen, and had a filthy main glass table with ripped 2 year old \"Good housekeeping\" magazines laying on top....there's a misnomer.
My room was spotlessly clean and bed very comfortable.
Ate in the restaurant on my first night as it was bitterly cold and freezing outside, so didn't fancy going out. There was no heating on in the restaurant, when i asked why I was told it was on a timer. Ridiculous!

Leisure

4/10

Poor

07 Feb 2025

michael

Room was dated. Woken at 5.40am by refuse truck emptying bins. At 7.30am fresh laundry was delivered to the hotel via fire escape next to my room. The bags were dropped loudly on the floor and against the wall of my room. When I looked outside the door there were approximately 12 large laundry bags piled up each side of my bedroom door. When I asked the cleaning staff later I was told this was the usual practice. I will be requesting a refund from the hotel.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Feb 2025

Kay

The room, large and clean with comfortable bed, nice clean bathroom. Staff were really friendly and helpful. Food was good, breakfast cooked to order and lots of choice. The location of the Hotel is great for Shaftesbury town, a 12 minute walk takes you to the centre. We really liked it. We didn’t use the pool but it looks nice, although it seemed to be constantly used by locals mainly.
Overall very happy

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jan 2025

Steven

Dissapointed

Was given a twin room despite booking a double room. I wouldn't normally be bothered but this was the second time this week this happened in different hotels. The single bed was uncomfortable and the pillows were awful. The room was spacious and warm but dated and there were signs of dust on the lamps etc so cleaning wasn't very good. Bathroom looked like it had recently been updated and was fine although when you stepped in the shower it felt like you might go through the tray! Food was good in the restarant though. Limited choice but it was actually quite good.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2025

Steve

Very clean, pleasant atmosphere

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Jan 2025

Tracey

Nice place and nice rooms but the room needed a proper clean

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Jan 2025

Verified traveler

OK for one night

Lovely large room and bed. We slept well. Good shower too. Dinner was OK, breakfast a little expensive and not so good

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2025

Nicola

Comfort, nice staff and surroundings.

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2025

Marek

Very good quality

8/10

Excellent

09 Jan 2025

Tina

The reception staff were lovely. The man who welcomed us on arrival was particularly helpful and cheerful. The lady on reception was very helpful too…especially dealing with a slightly awkward situation with a man who thought he had left belongings in our room! The hotel itself is a bit ‘tired’ and could do with a bit of an upgrade. But, saying that, our room was clean and tidy and the king size bed was very comfortable in the ‘double room’ we booked. We used the swimming pool and sauna which was an added bonus. Again, the area was a bit ‘tired’ but we enjoyed it. We decided to use the shower in our room as the ones in the changing rooms smelt a bit. The food from the restaurant we had was particularly nice and so was the cooked breakfast. There was a really good choice. Overall, we enjoyed our stay.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jan 2025

BERYL ANN

Location perfect for visiting our Son & family for Christmas, which is10 minutes walk away.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 Dec 2024

Verified traveler

2 night stay in Shaftesbury

View from room 22 was over front with car park and then fairly busy road.
Staff were courteous and helpful.
Pool was lovely albeit kidney shaped.
Parking was plentiful and had 2 disabled places much to our relief beside front entrance.
No lift and steep stairs to first floor.
Breakfast was plentiful and of great variety.
Would stay again.
Only problem was an alarm on next door room going off at 5.30am for 20 minutes. Apparently guest had left it minutely ajar. Tried phoning reception ONLY ansaphone not good enough when states reception open 24/7 and we were not sure what to do. Thankfully guest returned after 20 minutes and closed door.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Dec 2024

Joseph

Everything in the hotel took me back to my younger days and set us off a reminiscing about the 1990's. There are some nods to the 21st century but luckily they don't get in the way. The only downside is that the bathroom could have used some black mould remover in places. If you're looking for a class of 1997 reunion venue I would highly recommend this hotel.

8/10

Excellent

15 Dec 2024

Margaret

Pleasant staff. Room warm. Bed comfortable and clean. Furnishings very tired and dated.

8/10

Excellent

07 Dec 2024

Claire

Nice stay

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Dec 2024

Sue

It's a beautiful hotel but it just felt a little underwhelming.

8/10

Excellent

01 Dec 2024

Richard

Disappointed that there was a charge for pool and sauna each day - we didn’t use it

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2024

Susan

There was no lift

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Nov 2024

David

Good Hotel, with good parking and friendly staff.
Breakfast is great and the benefit of the swimming pool was great.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

21 Oct 2024

Grant

The hotel was a little tired but clean, comfy bed and good shower so key point were catered for.

Also a good selection and quality breakfast

The hotel desperately needs some illumination outside, it looks closed from the main road and the inroad and carparks are not lit at all, it must loose trade because of this if it wasn't for the satnav I would of passed it several times before seeing it.

Business

4/10

Poor

18 Oct 2024

Peter

Food revice very very slow.
Smell from the drain unique.
'Exploding' hot tap unique

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2024

Mike

Good Value

I found the Hotel to have very friendly, helpful staff and I thought the room was good value for money.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

10 Oct 2024

Darren

Pool closed and not even informed about this.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

10 Oct 2024

Mr D Glenister

Great location

The hotel was in a great location for our needs. The downside was we stayed in room 24 and it smelt awful as we were only there for 2 nights we put up with it. My mother in laws room was fine. I did let reception know. Bar service was slow at time. Food was great especially the breakfast. All.the staff work hard and are friendly.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Sep 2024

shelagh

Big rooms comfy bed tired bathroom .
Friendly staff good location

8/10

Excellent

22 Sep 2024

Michael

A very pleasant stay at The Royal Chase Hotel Shaftesbury which was ideal for meeting up with family and friends in the area. All the staff were very obliging and helpful and we made good use of the swimming pool. Many thanks again.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2024

Robert

Sadly pool was out of action . Staff were very friendly and helpful. Room was clean and comfortable. We had difficulty getting the shower to run hot but this was solved by running the bat hot tap for a while.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

26 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Room was fine - comfortable beds (2 singles - 'comfort room'), everything worked, good-sized bathroom.

Prefer if different coffee brand used, as Nescafe are unethical (political activities, anti-social finance, likely use of tax avoidance strategies, animal testing, animal rights abuses, a poor approach to climate change and more). My wife's particular concern with them is that they contribute to the unnecessary death and suffering of infants around the world by aggressively marketing baby foods in breach of international marketing standards.

Restaurant used for evening meal - good quality and generous portions - and for breakfast. Full Breakfast was '1 of each' - would have quite liked >1 mushroom, egg, bacon etc (perhaps I should have been bold and asked), but it did also include all the continental options too so overall still decent value for full breakfast.

Swimming pool was reasonable size and a nice addition (a jacuzzi would have been even better!), but not keen on the very small changing-room, with the urinal just round the corner from the very small square section with bench and shower The spray from the shower and water flow to plug was encroaching on the bench area. Also walls were grey concrete looking - seemed like they needed to have some paint or tiles on to vastly improve the look.

Overall, though, recommend the hotel for a good value Sun to Mon stay-over as we explored Shaftesbury and wider area.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 Aug 2024

Richard

Quiet country hotel in Shaftesbury

Parking is easy although I recommend not parking near the trees/hedge as the car was covered in sap and debris in the morning. The lovely looking swimming pool which helped us choose this hotel was closed for maintenance every time we wanted to use it. Breakfasts were good. A little overpriced for the tired looking room.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Aug 2024

Peter

Basically hotel ok staff excellent. Shame no fridge or air con.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

04 Aug 2024

Eleanor

Considering i spent over 130 for a night for this hotel it was not what i expected. Seemed more like a care home than a hotel. Rooms didnt look like they did on the pictures and neither did the property. It needs updating badly. Beds were very worn and mattressing had springs coming through. The bathroom that looked quite new was dirty. Staff were welcoming and friendly though.

Leisure Family_with_children