The Priory Hotel

Stayed at the Heron suite overlooking the river. Separate lounge area, large bathroom and well fitted bedroom. Lounge opened onto a terrace on the banks of the river, ideal setting with a bottle of champagne. Evening meal at the restaurant with friends celebrating their wedding anniversary was superb. Service was quick and efficient, all courses were really good,especially the enormous cheese board.

Just occasionally you stumble across a really special hotel to stay. Stunningly beautiful historic building in wonderful setting, fabulous food and well trained polite and super professional staff. It was like being in a wonderful country house and amazingly relaxing without any corporate feel to it. Nothing was to much trouble and all with charm. My wife and I are fortunate to have stayed in many quality hotels but this is without doubt one of the best and worthy of a special effort to visit. So many are costly and don’t deliver but the priory does. Wareham is sadly a tired town like so many these days but the hotel sits in the river in a most wonderful setting. Thank you for a really fabulous 2 night stay and a return in the summer will definitely happen when we can enjoy the lovely garden and river. As somebody who rarely leaves a review it’s a testimony that I have taken the trouble to do so!

We had lunch in the main restaurant with a beautiful view of the gardens and river. Both the food and service were excellent. Christian’s burst into song to my husband joined in then by the whole restaurant was a birthday treat for my husband. Highly recommend the venue and special thanks to Christian and Lucinda for exceptional service and making our birthday lunch special.