Elegant Ladies Festival venue in Bournemouth

★★★★★

For more than 20 years my wife and I have been organising Masonic Ladies' Weekends and the Hermitage Hotel in Bournemouth became our default choice about 15 years ago. The staff are capable and experienced in organising large-scale events. We have always enjoyed the location, the friendly staff and the excellent food. The recent refurbishment of the bedrooms, though, has elevated the hotel to another level and it feels fresh and contemporary without losing its charm. Highly recommended! Thank you to Puja and the team for making our weekend in January 2025 such a success.

★★★★★

We recently held our annual Lodge Festival at The Hermitage Hotel. We had an absolutely fantastic weekend. It was several months in the planning and every step of the way was handled perfectly by a lovely young lady called Puja, a member of the hotel's events planning team. The hotel went above and beyond to cater for all of our and our guests needs, there was nothing that was too much trouble for them. The 2 night stay included breakfast and evening meals, which were superb. The bedrooms were modern, accessible and very comfortable, we had a sea view which was stunning. We held a small quiz on the Friday night, the hotel kindly lent us a microphone and speaker which was brilliant. The Lodge festival evening on the Saturday went smoothly, the catering staff were brilliantly well organised. We also had a photographer who was very flexible. The function room was spacious and the Pianist played throughout dinner for us all, he was very, very good. After the meal and speeches were done we had the in house disco. Dj Slinky played some great tunes that got us all up dancing on the dance floor! We had a very memorable and fun weekend which will not be forgotten by us for a long time. We highly recommend this hotel for Masonic Lodge Festivals and we would not hesitate to do it all again! The hotel is also situated very close to the beautiful gardens, the Pier and the wonderful beach, we did not have to go far for anything. If you are looking or considering a hotel in Bournemouth to host a Lodge Festival then look no further than The Hermitage Hotel. We are looking forward to staying there again in the future.

★★★★★

Arrived early on Friday 19th May for our weekend Ladies Masonic Festival. Greated warmly by the gentleman on reception and our room was ready. The room 703 was everything we wanted it to be and more. The views were wonderful. Friday night dinner was superb, nothing was too much trouble and the dinning room staff were lovely. Saturday's gala dinner again was perfect - we had five courses, all served by cheerful staff. The package included a photograher, pianist and Toast Master which was great. Later the hotel disco had us up and dancing. It was an amazing night finishing on time at midnight. The breakfast laid on both mornings had great choices for everyone. We were very lucky with the weather and even though check out was 11.00am the reception manager said we could park there until 2.00pm. All in all this Hotel was perfect, and their staff a credit to them. I expect you can tell from this review that I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at The Hermitage as did the 60 guests we had with us. Thank you!