With fantastic views overlooking the sea, this charming inn is situated in the beautiful coastal village of Beer. It features a cliff-top beer garden and a restaurant with locally caught fish.
All rooms at The Anchor Inn offer lovely sea views and are light and warmly furnished. All rooms include private bathrooms, as well as free Wi-Fi, TVs, and tea/coffee-making facilities.
Guests can enjoy freshly prepared dishes and regularly changing specials in the restaurant, along with a lunch and evening menu. The restaurant specialises in fresh fish dishes.
The traditional, cosy bar offers a selection of real ales and an extensive wine list. Guests can relax next to the bar’s open fires.
Walks along Devon’s Jurassic Coast can be enjoyed in the surrounding area, as well as the pebble beach at Beer. Axe Cliff Golf Club and the thatched National Trust village of Branscombe are just 10 minutes’ drive away.
Score from 185 reviews
Superb
8.9/10
Rooms: 8
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Address: Fore Street, Beer EX12 3ET 
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What people say
The room was excellent - cosy and clean with a marvellous sea view. The fish on the menu was really good and the breakfast choice extensive and very well prepared. Staff all very friendly and efficient.
Despite the parking problems, the location is excellent: a genuine cliff top location with good views and only a short walk to the beach.
A great place to stay for a leisurely weekend.
The staff were extremely pleasant and helpful. The room was warm, clean
and comfortable. Excellent meals available in restaurant and good choice
of a la carte breakfasts available in addition to a well stocked
breakfast bar. Loved seaview. all reviews »
Nice village on the seashore. Walking routes with scenery views are very close to the hotel. Good breakfast and nice pub on the first floor of the building. It is definitely worth spending some time walking around in the village itself.
In a word everything,the food was good,the staff were very helpful and friendly.the rooms were clean and well maintained.and the weather was gorgeous.
We hope to return.
Alan & Liz Jager Room 7. 5th. to 9th. july.
Everything the location is wonderful the town is beautiful . The food at the Inn was loverly great fish could only eat main meal . Breakfast was wonderful great bacon ,nice staff very helpful and friendly.
Very friendly welcome. Lovely big room with a lovely view.The staff were very helpful and friendly and the food was exellent.
Wonderful location. Will be booking again for longer next time.
We liked to hear and see the sea from our room. The ensuite was very
nice and the bed comfortable. The staff were very helpful. The Evening
meal was very reasonably priced and well cooked.
Location, price, friendliness of staff and the super breakfast (included in price). Room was very comfortable. Would stay again and have no hesitation in recommending this establishment.
The warm and welcoming greeting we received from the start, nothing to much trouble as we had a very young granddaughter who need to be considered at meal times.
Location excellent.
The views from room
The views were right across the sea, many fishing boats on the beach.
The breakfast was excellent and good choice and presented well good value.
Lovely position with sea views.Food good and staff excellent. All
very good value for money. Only complaint was bed was bit small for
two people.
The staff were very welcoming and friendly. The food was delicious and there were plenty of options to chose from. The room was comfortable.
The hotel location is brilliant and the room and restaurant were very good. Staff were helpful and polite and we had a very enjoyable stay.
nice, spacious rooms and the food in the restaurant is to die for!
the view out of the window to the sea is spectacular.
I enjoyed the whole experience; super location, comfy room with great view, good food, choice and service.
Room with a sea view :)
Cosy fires :)
Relaxing amongst the locals:)
Very wholesome breakfasts :).
The hotel had an excellent location, the staff were most efficient and the food was very good.
all very good
had a good room could see the beach
and sea from the bed in the mornings.
Friendly staff, good location. Near to Pecorama for model train enthusiasts.
Staff excellent we only stayed one night but would be very happy to return.
Excellent location,room with sea views.Staff helpful and friendly.
Very nice pub/b&b. Breakfast was lovely and staff friendly.
Staff really friendly, nice and clean, good value for money.
The staff were friendly, and it was a very relaxing location.
Helpful and polite staff.
Excellent Food.
Great location.
Was a lovely location and staff were very nice.
cosy, atmospheric, good food. Location superb.
To be able to see the sea from our room.
The staff were very friendly and helpful.
friendly staff, good food & service.
friendly staff, great views, nice bar.
Brilliant location & sea view!.
Location
Food
Staff Members.
Breakfast was excellent.
friendly and welcoming.
Food, Location, people.
we just love the place.
super good sea view!.
Staff very friendly/helpful - nice atmosphere.
Beer village and location of the Anchor Inn.
Location.
Because of the cliff top location, car parking is a problem with the nearest long term car park some distance away if you are handling luggage.
Thought could do with an update especially in en suite, some mould
around shower area of bath. The heating was on very low and as it was
cold at Easter the bathroom stayed cold, shower had no power so
lukewarm dribble.
There's nothing to complain about.
Parking can be a problem.
At breakfast the prunes tasted a bit old, the mushrooms soggy, the
member of staff was very courteous when we mentioned this and she
offered to replace them. Everything else was very good.
Due to shape of ceiling in Room 4 the shower was a little bit ineffective in that you could not stand directly underneath nor pull shower curtain against the wall to stop water getting on floor. This could be sorted by fitting the shower differently. However, this did not detract from the excellent experience at the hotel. Bathroom was very good and roomy - with a heated towel rail which was great!.
Only one thing some TLC needed in certain areas.
No parking on site.
Lack of on site parking was a bit of a pain but we managed to park on a nearby road.
There was a small problem with the flush on the toilet, which couldn't be fixed on a Sunday evening. We were offered alternatives but preferred to stay in the better room and work around the problem.
Having to leave :(.
The lack of hotel car park.
nothing.
We both had fish for dinner which was first class but marie wanted a liquor coffee just before 9pm .I was told by the girl waitress that she had allready cleaned the machine ready for tomorrow ! !.
One of the walls in the room was very damp and room was very noisy,sounded like every time the loo was used in other rooms and on above floor that the water pipes were in the wall behind the bed,so was noisy until around 11.30pm.
Work being done. The scaffolders were there before 8am and they were right outside our window.
Parking.
Could do with referbishment but was clean.
Very little, just creaky floorboards which considering age of building is to be expected.
Can not think of any thing.
room 4 bathroom could do with updating....
No problems.
TV didn't work often
No blackout curtains/blinds.
The double bed was well past the replacement stage. Had two very poor nights.
Car Prking.
the food did leave a bit to be desired we had to send one course back as it was not cooked and the fish we had the last night was very overcooked could have done better myself leaves a lot to be desired.
Room was a bit cramped - shower area mouldy. Room was noisey - creaking floor boards, drainage from above, heating pipes creaking.
No parking, steep stairs to rooms.
No meet and greet service. Basic bedroom. Total lack of cleanliness in
bathroom. Basic bedroom given for superior price charged.Overall very
dissapointing accommadation.In need of extra staff at breakfast time.Inn
very tired in need of desperate paint work throughout.For £327 charged
for 3 nights,very over priced and very very very disapointing.Definetely
would not recommend The Anchor Inn to anyone.
