Front of property
Check availability

Reviews of Blue Ball Inn

3 out of 5
Blue Ball Inn
COUNTISBURY, LYNMOUTH, EX35 6NE, Lynmouth, England

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 23 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 23 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Another great stay from Boxing Day to New Years Eve. New owners have taken over but the stay was as good as last Christmas
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely welcoming staff/ owners. Food was amazing just a great place to stay, we will be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All ok, reasonable choice of food, friendly staff service ok
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Little gem
Perfect little Inn for a getaway, rooms were adequate and newly fitted bathroom spotless. All staff were so friendly and accommodating. Ultra dog friendly establishment.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very dog friendly, a sense of history and in a beautiful area.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
As always a fabulous stay. The walk through the woods to Lynmouth via WatersMeet was as excellent as always.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Chris, North Hertfordshire UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location to the moors, the East Lyn river and Lynmouth. The Bly drawback is the uphill walk back to the hotel after a day of walking the area.
Stayed 8 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Michael

The perfect English inn experience
My wife and I had a wonderful stay at the Blue Ball Inn. We were looking for a perfectly English country inn experience with some contemporary comforts and we found them at this B'nB steeped in 600+ years of tradition. The approach of the staff is very accommodating and adeptly practice modern hospitality while maintaining their casualness. eg. for every breakfast/dinner we found a table reserved in our name, blocked with a simple name card on it. Being in the midst of Devon and Exmoor they realize guests are keen to go on walks- to that end they have detailed many walks of varying durations and ease of outing, and have printed copies of each on hand as well. Their website is very professional, up to date and helpful, and the differences and features of each room is well laid out. Our room was a queen + single bed and very spacious. Bed was comfortable, the bathroom was modern with new fittings and a nice bath/shower combination. The meals were very satisfying- my wife is vegetarian and at breakfast was offered a tasty, substantial vegetarian 'sausage' in lieu of meat. The full English breakfast is cooked to your specific order. The dinner menu and quality were really good too, changed daily- the duck breast was done great, very springy and tasty. Lastly, they have a great pub/bar with local brews (they are a Casque Marque- lost on me unfortunately but a standard of pub excellence for serving cask ale) as well as ice cold taps.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Gill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our 2nd but not last visit to this gem
This is our second visit the first one 5 years ago The same family still own the Blue ball. The food is great a small but very good menu it covers all tastes and the portions a very good and value for money, we have still not managed a sweet next time maybe.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Angelina, Hampshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very comfortable lovely food.
We used this as a stop over on our journey home. Just right for our needs.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

RICHARD

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really nice place, can’t really find fault, the food was absolutely fabulous, as was the service given by everyone ,and it was very clear it was because they really cared ,not because they are told to. Fantastic if you’re a dog owner and still fun if not , did not smell of dogs at all. Dogs are made very welcome, and the town of Lynmouth is simply stunning, Recommended
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Blue Ball Inn
The Blue Ball Inn is a great place to stay. The only real downside to the stay was the fact that they could not provide Wheat and Gluten free bread or cereal for my wife at breakfast. As these are readily available I can not understand why neither are stocked. Apart from that gripe everything else was very good.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kevin, Evansville, Indiana USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great food clean and spacious room Free parking, near National Trust property
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

john

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't pass this hotel/pub by without stopping!
Amazing relaxing stay, great food, great spotless and comfortable accommodation, friendly staff and the most breathtaking of views. What more could you ask for? 😊
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

AUDREY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exmoor treat
Excellent stay at pub , friendly staff , cosy bar area , atmosphere welcoming and lovely food
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent base to explore North Devon...
The staff were all friendly and made us very welcome, a very dog friendly pub/hotel. The food was excellent, being well cooked, tasty and served hot. The breakfast was plentiful and the options good. The room was comfortable and clean but my only minor complaint is that it being on the corner of the building it was a tad on the cold side due to the winter weather. The windows could do with being fixed as the wild exmoor wind whistled through despite them being shut.! The noise woke me in the early hours. An excellent base to explore Devon with lots of superb walks and sights to visit close to hand. An excellent hotelthat is dog friendly, superb food and welcoming staff. Brilliant..!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stopover at The Blue Ball Inn
Had a really good one night stop at the Blue Ball. Room was bright and airy if slightly 'tired' however the cost was excellent so you shouldn't expect 5*. The dinner food was great and really good value. Staff were friendly and attentive and the beer was excellent. Only negative was at breakfast, son just wanted sausage rather than a full english but could only have two (rather than 3 asked for) as they only order in the exact amount per day??? Bizarre. Other than that the stay was great and would definitely stop again but next time would take some extra bangers as back up.

8/10 Good

Michael, South Devon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a trip down memory lane for my wife and me, we hadn't visited this area for over fifty year
The welcome we received was wonderful. The natives were friendly, the food was very good and the scenery spectacular in this lovely area of North Devon. The owners and staff were very attentive and our only adverse comment would be that the bed could have been more comfortable. It has taken us over fifty years to rediscover this delightful area of Devon that we had almost forgotten and it hasn't changed a bit. we also took the opportunity to visit friends in the area from our youth that we hadn't seen in a long time. I suspect we'll be back again soon.