Dorset Lyme Regis
The Mariners Hotel
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated October 2026 · paw rating built from 4 verified guest reviews mentioning pets
Bring your dog if
- You're happy with a standard hotel-room stay where the property explicitly welcomes dogs
- You're basing yourself in Lyme Regis / the Dorset and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
Worth knowing
- Paw rating is based on 4 reviews - limited sample, treat as directional
- Pet fee: £10 per pet per night (max 2 pets) - research-verified; confirm at booking
- Shared corridors and common areas mean nervous or vocal dogs may find it harder to settle
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 4 pet-mention guest reviews sourced from major booking platforms - guests who explicitly mentioned travelling with a dog. Each review is screened for pet-relevance, then judged for sentiment to compute the paw rating.
- Not a personal visit. We don't stay at every hotel we cover - we summarise patterns from real guest reviews, paraphrased and never quoted verbatim. Full standard on our editorial policy page.
- Wider context: The property has 1,242 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 8.4/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: October 2026. Policies and pricing drift; we re-check on a rolling basis. Confirm specifics with the property at the moment you book.
- How the paw rating works: Full detail on the methodology page, including the three verification gates and known limitations.
Pet policy at a glance
- Pet fee: £10 per dog, per night
- Up to 2 dogs of any size welcomed.
- Dogs welcome throughout the hotel, including the restaurant.
- Book directly with the hotel (not via the booking platform) and flag the dog so the team can allocate one of the dog-friendly rooms.
- Hotel provides sausages for the dog at breakfast.
- Large private garden on-site for guest pets.
Pet-friendly summary
The Mariners is a small, owner-run hotel in an old, rambling building on Silver Street, at the top of Lyme Regis, and it is one of the most relaxed places on this stretch of the Dorset coast to bring a dog. Dogs are welcome throughout, including the restaurant at every meal, so nobody gets left alone in an unfamiliar room while you eat.
Up to two dogs of any size can stay, at £10 per dog, per night. Let the hotel know about your dog when you book so it can give you one of the dog-friendly rooms. There is a large private garden, a sea-view veranda off the restaurant, and the kitchen even offers sausages for dogs at breakfast.
Guests with dogs describe the owners and staff as friendly and easy-going, and the cooked breakfast as generous. The car park across the road makes arriving with a dog straightforward.
There are practical points to know. The hotel sits high up the town, so the walk back from the beach and the Cobb is long and steep, and there is no green space right outside for a quick comfort break beyond the hotel's own garden. The stairs to the rooms are narrow and steep, Silver Street carries traffic, and food can be slow even when the restaurant is quiet. A dog-friendly room has gone unserviced during a short stay, and guests without pets have mentioned barking dogs and a musty room.
The Mariners suits dog owners who want to share every meal with their dog in a friendly, characterful Lyme Regis hotel and who do not mind a hill. It earns a 4.2/5 paw rating.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Dogs welcome in the restaurant at every meal
- Large private garden and sea-view veranda
- Friendly, easy-going owners and staff
- Up to two dogs at £10 each per night
- Steep walk back from the beach
- Narrow stairs and a busy street outside
About this hotel
The Mariners Hotel is a two-star hotel on Silver Street in Lyme Regis, Dorset, in a characterful old building at the top of the town. It has a restaurant with a sea-view veranda, a large private garden and a car park across the road, with the seafront and the Cobb downhill on foot.
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Location
Silver Street, Lyme Regis, Lyme Regis, DT7 3HS
