The Bear Inn and Burwash Motel

Very disappointed with our anniversary lunch today. The beef was tough, vegetables undercooked, cabbage overcooked, gravy slopped over a Yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes soggy. The best thing about the meal was the Horseradish sauce which no doubt was made in bulk!

Lovely evening spent in the sunshine in the garden which has just the most amazing views. We ate and the food was delicious. Two of us had the burgers which were fabulous and the ravioli which was to die for. Service great & nothing too much trouble.

Meal only. We had a fantastic meal here. Lovely staff, atmosphere and food. We were due to eat at the pub across the road for steak night the following night. That was a disaster. How I wish we’d eaten at The Bear instead. We ate here again after the sickly steak at the other pub and would highly recommend

On arrival, I was informed my room had been changed because the heating was faulty. My room was fine, clean and reasonable. But the heating did not work, the main lights did not work, the shower leaked from its side, the lamps hand ominously flickering bulbs. No hairdryer and TV remote and so no volume control once I figured out how to work it manually. Very poor WiFi and they don’t serve breakfast. I alerted staff and asked if someone could look to fix. Nothing happened. After evening out and returning to a freezing cold room I asked the owner/manager for some heating and was given a ‘blow fan heater’ and told “don’t use it all night”. I had also booked a room for my daughters, same issues. They got a fan heater too… it should have been a warm welcome but really wasn’t. I lived in this village for 25 years and I’m sad to say that The Bear is not what it used to be. I hope they can pull it together and make the place great in the future.

Thanks to all the Bear Inn team led by Pauline for looking after us all so well....what a fantastic evening. Great venue, food was excellent (special shout out for the chef) and an amazing atmosphere. Everyone said how good it was 😊.

We came here to attend a workshop for farmers. We were not allowed to stay after an officious manager decided that no dogs were allowed in the function room next to the empty restaurant. We had already been assured by the bar staff that it was fine to bring our terrier. Food is rubbish anyway & poor drinks selection- no surprise the place was almost deserted.Avoid it!