What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional inn at Bree?

The Prancing Pony was J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional inn at Bree.

The inn appears in The Fellowship of the Ring when Frodo, Sam, and Pippin travel east from the Shire. It is run by Barliman Butterbur and serves as a meeting place for travelers passing through Bree. The hobbits stay there before their journey continues toward Rivendell.

The Prancing Pony is also where Frodo encounters Aragorn, who is using the name Strider. That event is distinct from the question’s answer: Strider is a character’s assumed name, while the Prancing Pony is the inn’s name. Bree’s location on the East-West Road makes the inn an important crossroads in the early part of the story.