I stayed here with my teenage children, parents and dogs. We had four rooms, two of which allowed dogs. Three of the rooms were large, comfy and had great bathrooms, the forth was too small and was very overpriced.
The breakfast on the first day was cold and you had to keep asking for basic items such as honey or butter. Also the restaurant needs a decor update.
The rooms were cleaned very well and the staff were very friendly.
The location is great as it was only a ten minute walk to the shingle beach which is beautiful. And overall it was a lovely break just very expensive for what you get!

We were a party of 8 on a golf trip and staying 3 nights.

We all had single rooms at the Masons Arms and ate there 2 nights - once in the bar and once in the restaurant. My room was fairly basic but I have to say that it was fine - the main thing was that the bed was very comfortable and there was a decent shower and bath. One of my colleagues stayed in one of the cottages and these seem to be slightly more 'deluxe'.

Most of us are rather keen in our food and wine and we were impressed. The quality of the food was good and we particularly enjoyed some of the sharing plates - the crab and the beef for instance. We also found the service very good - one lady in particular looked after us very well (can't quite remember her name but the last night of our trip was her last night too as she would be leaving during the 'winter' season). She coped admirably with the 8 of us, was efficient and had a good sense of humour.

We enjoyed our bar drinks too - getting to know the other staff - and the beers are excellent ( try the Branoc from the Branscombe brewery).

Hearty breakfasts too and, again, even with 8 people they managed to cope with our all slightly different orders.

Would recommend to others - also a quick walk from the beach, which is a good walk to do pre or post breakfast

We stayed here for one night and overall opinion was 'not very good'. This place is definitely beautiful and charming on the outside. The rooms are small which I don't mind (although some would mind it as they really are tiny), clean and the staff were friendly and polite. However the food and service were not at all good. We were a party of ten and for each course we waited a very long time - I expected the restaurant to be full but there was only another 2 parties of 4 or so that were in the restaurant that night. My game pie was too rich and the veg arrived a good ten minutes later. The crab pate was good but that was the only decent starter out of about 8 or so I tried around the table. The fish and chips came with more batter than anything else. One of the 'hot' puddings arrived frozen. The seafood overall was not fresh and did not taste as if it had been caught that morning or even the previous one. The breakfast 'kipper' I ordered was in fact mackerel and tasted as if it had been purchased at tescos. I agree with other reviewers that this place is trading on its looks as far as food is concerned. The rooms were fine, the food was very very disappointing.