This was our 5th time to this lovely B & B, we used the Bistro this time and the food is fantastic, yes the breakfast does finish early but is worth getting up for, there was a naughty little boy who's parents let him help himself to use the toaster this ended up with it burning SHOCK! but that isn't the hotels fault. We came back to the hotel after our concert and stayed in the bar until 12ish with no problem at all finished off the perfect evening just relaxing. Also having a car park is just an added bonus and being able to leave it there after check out is brilliant while off shopping.
Thank you again for a lovely stay we will be back.

This hotel is in a great location as you come out the back door through the restaurant into the central gardens. I asked for a quiet room with a good view and was given a room overlooking the carpark! The room was quite small as was the bathroom. The lift is ridiculously small, stank and covered in carpet all over so felt horribly claustrophobic. The general area around the reception was bright and airy but parts of the hotel are looking rather tired. The restaurant is nice but we didn't use it - breakfast is over by 9.30am at the weekends which is the earliest finish time in a hotel I have ever come across (for a weekend anyway).

A great hotel, in a great location and 99% of the stay way great and would definitely have recommended or stayed there again.......HOWEVER............an item of luggage was left there (a suit carrier so not huge) phoned the day after, yes they had found it. I was about to ask if they could send it to me when the rude foreign receptionist stated that company policy is to NOT post items back to customers and I would have to arrange a courier!! Slightly taken aback by her abrupt manner, I asked if they attempt to package it up so I could arrange collection only to be told that they "didnt have the facilities"
Thus resulting in a 375 mile round trip the following weekend to collect!

Such a shame as every other aspect of our stay and the hotel in general was good, especially the location and would definitely have gone back again!!

I find the one-star review hard to understand. A very jaundiced piece of writing in my view. Our reception at the Lampeter was friendly and helpful, but even if it hadn't been, the place is clearly well placed above Bournemouth's central gardens. The room was spotless and the bed was comfortable The breakfast we had was absolutely fine and pleasantly served. In fact for this price and level of establishment there was little to criticize. From other reviews it's clear I'm not alone in feeling positive about my experience at the Lampeter, which makes me think that the isolated stinker of a comment says more about the person who posted it than it does about a very satisfactory hotel.
PS I also appreciated that I could take my medium sized dog to the Lampeter where other allegedly 'dog friendly' establishments in Bournemouth turned out to be very restrictive in their definition of dog: i.e. if it's bigger than a hamster, push off, sunshine!