Made to feel welcome on arrival. My single bedroom was clean and comfortable. Had a good night's sleep, but awoke to no hot water in bathroom. My son's bedroom he described as tired. Milk out of date on complimentary tray.
Breakfast was delicious, especially the fresh fruit salad and berries.The waitresses were extremely polite and helpful.
I was surprised I was not given a discount for the lack of hot water. Lack of nearby parking makes it difficult for travellers with poor mobility

Lovely accomodation. The staff were all lovely, nothing was too much for them. Breakfast was delicious. Would definitely stay there again.

My wife and I arrived at The Casterbridge looking forward to a two night 'October Break' package at £89 per night. We were shown to our room (8) on the second floor at the front of the hotel and were not impressed with the very tired looking and dirty decor, bathroom small but fairly clean, water pressure very poor and towel rail fell off when touched. After a sleepless night, due to incessant traffic noise plus an uncomfortable four foot sagging bed, we opened the curtains to find we were overlooked by the premises opposite due to there being no net curtain -however our blushes were saved by the windows having steamed up from attempting to have a shower with a totally inadequate water pressure. The morning light also proved to show up just how tired and grubby the wallpaper etc was and at this point we resolved to cut short our break and move on - had to be up early as hotel only has two parking spaces some distance from it (both occupied) and parking charges apply which proved to be very tiresome as the 50p overnight rate stops at 0800 whereupon meter has to be fed. Checked out after rubbery scrambled egg breakfast and having paid for the second night as a late cancellation fee we headed sadly home. Whilst the young ladies on duty were kind, there appeared to be no senior management on site and our e mail to the owner Mr Curtis, commenting on our unhappy stay remains unanswered after 9 days. Have contacted AA enquiring why this hotel has a 5 star guest accommodation rating which it clearly does not live up to ???

We were in Dorchester to get married at the weekend and everyone in the hotel contributed to making our weekend special. They were very friendly and helpful, and left lovely little touches in our room for the big day. If you suffer with sleeplessness due to noise, I would say a room at the back of the hotel is advisable, as the traffic noise could be an issue (especially with open windows). This is just a helpful note of advice though, we were very happy indeed! Smashing breakfast too.