Balincourt

This is our 3rd visit to The Balincourt it is an excellent B & B the location is ideal for visiting the surrounding area, the room is very comfortable and clean, breakfast very tasty with plenty of choice the hosts Ricky and Harps very friendly and they couldn't do enough for us

I stopped here for four nights the hotel is adults only prices inc breakfast all freshly cooked harps does a fantastic job very welcoming and friendly breakfast was so nice and hot lots of choice would I stay again yes big time very nice bar area very nice and relaxing Bournemouth has lots to offer very nice clean beaches this place is worth a visit so harps thank you for a warm Wellcome fantastic stay very relaxing too will come back next year love mr cheeky in Kent 100/100 stars room 10

Excellent guest house, excellent breakfast, excellent staff/owner, Very clean and comfortable room, very quiet and peaceful, easy to find, the breakfast was very good with a lot of choice, the waitress was very nice & friendly, and we highly recommend this guest house.

a very kind welcome by Ricci and Harp ! and that's it. At first sight, it looked like a nice hotel but once you entered the hotel and later the room, you found yourself in 'Faulty Towers' meaning in a hotel where time stood still for at least 30-40 years. this hotel needs a lot of love, more than some paint... it needs to have a total refurbishment. where it gets its rating, I don't know, maybe because it's been visited by a lot of elderly English people. But this is misleading the foreign visitor... the pictures on the internet do not reflect the actual room. everything was outdated, saggy matrasses, different types of lightning, very very, old-fashioned paintings on the walls, a small shower with a door not closing properly, breakfast was ok but it seemed that every piece of fruit in the pots was counted... sorry Ricci, but you can not make everything good by winning year after year a prize for the best-bloomed hotel in Bournemouth and showing these trophies all over the entrance... and by showing more than 50 'Thank you' cards of all these lovely English visitors. To me, it was merely a joke. I've been visiting the UK for more than 25 years now, work-related, and spent in over 500 hotels throughout the country... I know when I'm misled

We booked in for a Mon to Fri break. As soon as we arrived and saw the beautiful flower display we knew we had picked a great place. We were warmly welcomed in the garden by Ricky who was attending the pots and troughs. Although earlier than booking in time we were told to go in as our room would be ready. There we met Harps with a real warm welcome. It was hard not to notice all the awards they have won as there were so many of them. We had booked a superior room and it lived up to its name. Everything you needed with large TV and a settee to sit and watch it. Full toiletries and bottled water. Breakfast room was very pleasant and superbly laid out followed by great food. There is so little else to say except it is a fabulous place to stay with a caring sociable couple running it. There is no doubt we will definitely stay here again. One last thing, parking off road with wide spaces was a great bonus. Keith Chester Birmingham

What a great place, Harps, Ricki and all of the staff are so helpful, friendly and very hard working, nothing was too much trouble for them. The breakfast was excellent, freshly cooked to order with toast, fruit, yogurt, juice, cereals etc. all available. The supplies in the room topped up daily including fresh bottles of water and room cleaned daily too. On arrival we were offered the choice of two rooms, we chose room 5 and yes, the shower is a little snug (both hubby and I are slightly chunky) but we had no issue with it, apparently there are plans to improve this in the future too. We enjoyed having the door open with the use of the balcony too overlooking the garden, the weather was very hot during our stay. There is a lovely walk to Boscombe beach through the gardens/chine nearby. Bus stops in both directions just outside the hotel which was nice to be able to leave the car and get a bus into Bournemouth and beyond. We would return to stay another time.