The Coachman Inn

We stayed with our young son for 3 nights in July 2024. The staff were absolutely lovely, so welcoming and helpful with everything we needed and great with interacting with our young son. The food - breakfast and dinner - is truly incredible with nothing too much trouble. The only downside we experienced really was that we were in a room on the top floor which, while the room had clearly been hoovered etc, it was dusty in places with lots of cobwebs - while we don't mind spiders, we removed about 8 to outside in the first 15 minutes of being in the room and the massive cobweb over the actual toilet bowl was quite disconcerting. However, once we had sorted this out, the room was very spacious and a great place for us to explore from.

Not a good as I was hoping I chose the inn due to high rating, that it offered one night stay and proximity to Dalby Forest. We had a nice room which had a king sized bed, clean and comfortable with a good sized bathroom with large separate shower and also that check out was 11.00 which suited me to get back to shower after a run. As we were quite late arriving we stayed to eat dinner. Not a great choice in veggie options and the chilli was just ok. My partners pie was ok too but presentation was sadly lacking. Nice amount of vegetables served though and dessert was very good in a sticky toffee pudding. We hadn't expected breakfast but offered it though we said we wouldnt be back till 10.00. This was written in the booking book and we were told we could have a sandwich if not the breakfast. As it was we were 6 minutes after 10 and nothing was left out for us and nothing offered as chefs had gone! Must have been out the door sharpish on 10.00! This was disappointing not least as breakfast to finish by 10.00 on a Saturday is unusual. 10.30 seems the norm. Unfortunately it was disappointing though the girl who booked us in was lovely and helpful and the 2 girls in the restaurant too. I would not book this due to this not being a good option for convenience.

The staff were friendly and extremely helpful. Great atmosphere of a loved local pub. Really excellent range of food and all delicious.