The latest in the Pig country house hotel chain claims to be 'just a restaurant with rooms' but its spacious rooms, huge gardens and spa treatments belie such modest claims
Three years ago, a hotel maverick called Robin Hutson opened The Pig in Hampshire. Its earthy, all-English style and foraged food ethos made it such a success that three more Pigs have since opened. (Hutson was the brains behind Hotel du Vin, so he's an old hand at zeitgeisty accommodation.)
The Pig Near Bath, third in the roll-out (just ahead of the Pig on The Beach in Dorset, which opened two weeks ago) is a Georgian mansion in 20 acres of rolling Mendips countryside where deer frolic obligingly as we tuck into breakfast but still not making it quite worth the £8 I've paid for croissants with a view.
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