The Admiral Wells in Huntingdonshire

Where do I start? We booked a table, on friends recommendations for 12:45 on 05/12/24 , we arrived on time, got seated at table 16 at 12:45, and that was it..............no one even noticed we were there. We had to ask for a menu after sitting for 20 minutes, and were given one menu. At 13:20 .......35 minutes after we were seated we left your establishment. Yes, you were busy, but you know from people booking how many diners you are expecting. We were very very disappointed. Needless to say we won't be returning. When we told our friend that recommended you, he was embarrassed by the lack of service you provided, and apologised to us.

Our first visit, six of us for our annual siblings lunch. Nice place, good atmosphere. Service was a little slow but on the positive side we didn’t feel we were being rushed to make room for a later booking, (different pub, different year). The six of us ordered across the menu; two roasts, (one lamb one beef); one pie, (looked home made); one New York chicken; one liver & bacon and one scampi. Food looked lovely, well presented and the plates were hot. Mine certainly tasted as good as it looked, (no photos, we were there to catch up & eat, not photo our food, maybe it’s an age thing 😂), the others in our party were as happy. I have dietary restrictions, (milk & soy), and the staff were happy to check for me. There are vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options on the menu. Because of the age of the building there are steps here and there and no dedicated accessible toilet. However, one of the stalls in the ladies has rails and a raised seat, I can’t speak for the men’s but my husband said it was a bit tight for room. More than one person there was using a wheeled walker, including my husband. All things considered we are hoping to go back there next year. One year later……… We did indeed go back for our siblings lunch. Food was every bit as good as last year, prices were still reasonable, the six of us paid £60 per couple for 6 mains, 5 desserts and assorted drinks plus a tip. Premises unchanged, fires burning making the atmosphere cosy, all tables full and people obviously enjoying themselves. Tables are sensibly spaced, not crammed together and there is room to move with a walker. Service was good, I’ve upped it to 5 stars this year and, needless to say, we plan/hope to return again next year. As usual, no photos, too busy enjoying the moments. I should perhaps say that both visits have been on a Sunday. This year it was 1st December.

Absolutely splendid gluten free fish and chips. Crispy batter and crunch chips. Salad peas and sauces. Huge portions. Staff were helpful and charming both on the phone for booking and in the Restaurant, which was very busy. Cosy, comfortable, bright and no intrusive music.

Lovely village pub good food, decent draught beer and nice atmosphere

Really nice food and plenty of it. Very pleasantly surprised

Stopped here for dinner last Thursday. The meal was one of the best I've had at a pub in a very long time. All the food was very fresh (and not precooked), very enjoyable and prices very reasonable indeed. Will come back here again when i am in the area in the future. I visited again very recently and food is just as good and the staff are very friendly and helpful

Lovely, freshly cooked food. I had the smaller portion Sunday roast and there was plenty on the plate, in fact I couldn't quite finish it all. Extremely busy (always a good sign), but was served promptly and didn't have to wait too long for the meals. Would definately recommend the Admiral Wells

Great pub for food,plenty of choice and always delicious, Nice beer garden with plenty of seats, Dog friendly in bar, but get there early as difficult to book and only limited tables which are taken up fairly quickly. Good choice of real ale beers and lagers.

The best local pub in the area. Great food, decent portions, and fantastic service.

The Admiral Wells is a charming pub known for its welcoming atmosphere and good service. The cozy interior makes it a great spot for a casual meal or a drink with friends. The menu typically offers a variety of classic pub dishes, and many patrons appreciate the quality of the food and generous portions. The staff are described as friendly and attentive, contributing to a pleasant dining experience. Additionally, the pub has outdoor seating, making it an appealing choice during nice weather.

One of several meals out as not a long drive from Whittlesey and eats the local pub grub foods there, excluding the Railway. Special visit with the kids for wife's 51st Birthday midweek meal. Excellent meals and choices for all of use and then a quiz after which we stayed and tried and came last :). Recommend the quality, size and value to anyone and friendly and efficient staff 10/10

Great, polite, helpful staff. Everybody seemed happy and enjoying their visit. I did not have any food so not able to rate that.

Visited for the first time for a meal.What a wonderful place to eat.The food was absolutely wonderful ,my only gripe was that I had homemade chicken and leek pie although very nice there was far to much salt inside which if I am honest spoilt the meal for me ,I wasn't the only one in my party to make a comment about there being to much salt.Other than that it was a really lovely place to visit and will be going back again and would recommend it to everyone.The toilets are outstanding and wonderfully clean,all in all a wonderful experience ,also have outside eating which is another wonderful feature.

Such a friendly pub. Amazing food, great beer selection, friendly atmosphere.

Called in for Sunday Lunch without a booking and was told we could order but the food my take up to an hour, which was fine with us. The food came within half an hour and was superb. Staff very friendly and efficient. Highly recommend

Great pub, we visited Tan Hill Inn, the highest pub and had to visit the lowest pub…we were not disappointed! The staff are amazing, brilliant service and steak and ale pie was to die for! We live 1.5 hours away, but I would make the effort to come here again.

Probably the best food I have ever had. Unbelievably good and at a very reasonable price. I can imagine that this is going to be a regular event.

My Husband and I love this place and when my family visit and we go out we always book here because we know the food is excellent, proper homemade food, a good price and over the ten years we have been going we have never had a bad meal. Our visit today was no different Went for Sunday lunch with my Dad & Step Mum, we had starters, steak and ale pie and 2 roasts, my husband said the best lamb he’s had in years and my pie was lush as it always is! 3 courses, bottle of wine & a liquor coffee for £30 a head, great service even thou it was busy, we were not rushed and the waitresses where lovely and happy to be at work on a hot Sunday. Thank you, we really enjoyed it 😀

Got recommended this place. And the food is outstanding. (HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE BEEF PIE)

Third visit to this public house/restaurant while visiting family. Another good quality meal in quantity and price was enjoyed by our party of four over a Friday lunchtime. Clean tidy well presented premises with friendly staff.

Best Sunday lunch for as long as can remember and I am 78.Excellent value for price paid. Well done on all counts THANKS

Absolutely lovely 2 course meal. great food .good service .good staff .good prices .thank you

Excellent pub, great food, ciders and friendly staff! 👍

Lovely experience as always. One of my favourite places to eat out

Great food, prices a bit high, but portions are very generous, so if you prefer smaller meals opt for the 'small meal', still more than enough for me!!

I would say this pub is excellent if you go for lunch or dinner and simply order the pub food such as scampi and chips or steak pie - both of which are consistently very good. My family and I went for Sunday roast recently however and I can honestly say the roast chicken was absolutely appalling- it was such poor quality meat I doubt they would get away with serving it at Whitemoor prison. It was like processed/boiled meat- just terrible. Also, we were in the garden so that the children could play on the climbing frames and I was rather shocked to discover that despite the kids area being located only about 6 ft from the B660 road the pub landlord has never deemed it necessary to put a fence up ?? Children basically could walk straight through gaps in the hedge straight onto the road- I would have thought basic common sense would determine a fence would be a good idea between a playground and a road?

Delicious fresh food,amazing atmosphere for family's and great Value

Came here with me Ma for dinner. Nice landlord, friendly servers and wonderful food. So many vegetables accompanying my chicken pie. Well priced and perfect portions for a meal.

Excellent pub with Excellent food. Not your usual ping it and ding it grub pubs served, slightly more gastro at reasonable prices Excellent Sunday lamb and roast, with huge portions of meat and fresh trimming. Ideal location, great car park and outdoor spaces with a lovely eatery on the side for private functions and a great dining conservatory to the rear. Would highly recommended 👌

Great local. Good food and service at decent prices.

Great food. Great choice. Generous portions.

Just found our go to place. Went for Sunday dinner and thoroughly enjoyed it. Nice portions with the veg cooked to perfection. Big portion of beef as well. Staff super friendly and lovely. Outside eating area or drinking with picnic tables, also a sheltered area. Kids play garden with some good safe climbing frames and a play ship. With Sunday dinner and dessert X 2 also 3 alcoholic drinks £52 Plenty of parking. Very highly recommend the Admiral Wells.

A nice pub with a good kids' play area and outside seating. Good food and chunky chips :) Downside is that the carpark can sometimes be full and it can be difficult to get a space.

This pub is absolutely fantastic, if you like proper pub grub for a reasonable price this is the place to visit. The food is always good quality for the price and portion sizes are big. Staff are friendly and inviting. Had the salad recently, great value. The drinks selection is vast and not overly expensive. Had the Steak and Ale pie previously, full of meat, vegetables cooked to perfection and plenty of Gravy.

One of the best around. Food has always be done to perfection, service is always great with very friendly and welcoming staff. This place is even great for a little drink with the family, there is a decent size play area for the kids with plenty of garden to enjoy the sun. Thank you to the owner and the staff for the quality of service

All you could want from a village pub, a good varied food menu, well kept beer, and a good atmosphere

A nice Pub. Did not expect this in the middle of nowhere. Really enjoyed it. Especially because of the excellent and very friendly service. I wish we would have a pub culture in Germany... Would definitely visit this place again. As a foreigner I cannot judge on the price value. I lack sufficient benchmarking.

Great pub, excellent service and really good food. The food is quite expensive but the quality is very good. The landlord is friendly and the staff are very polite and helpful.

General pub grub in a pub atmosphere. It was OK, but I wouldn't rush back. Prices are reasonable.

Lovely place for family gathering and really enjoyed food, Be back soon 😀

Stopped for an unplanned dinner. Pub very nearly empty. Food was ok.

Lovely place, good food, good service, reasonable prices

Delicious food including gluten free choices, however batter was soggy. Refund given

Great food, warm and friendly atmosphere.

Lovely Staff, well cooked meal and has varying portion sizes to select from. Well worth a visit

Had lunch with 3 friends & staff very friendly & food delicious & good value

Nice pub with a reasonable range of beers and several casks. Liked there was a zero% abv beer on draft, great for drivers etc. Nice to see a few vegan food options and we had the vgn baquette which was fine.

1st time here. Service was quick and food arrived very quickly. Food was exemplary and very reasonably priced. Will definitely be back

First time visiting the place, but would come again.

Excellent venue speedy and fast service

Lovely proper British free house pub. The food is great, really nice chips and the pie is amazing. Been going here for so long, the beers are reasonably priced and always a proper full pint.

Went for a meal with some good friends that have lived local for many years and we have just moved to the area,had a great meal and wine will be going back soon

Wonderful food, staff excellent, very polite and friendly. Service was fantastic as always, 8 of us and the food was brought to us altogether at the same time. Excellent thankyou

Our first visit to this large pub on the edge of a WW2 air base, close to the village of Holme. We had some very good Digfield ales, and hearty, tasty food, including Scampi and Chips, Macaroni Cheese and two lots of Lamb Chops between four. Friendly and welcoming, it also has a large beer garden and children's play area.

Very nice Sunday Lunch,staff were excellent also good value for money,looking forward to my next visit

You do wait about 30-40 mins for your meal to be delivered to your table from when the staff take your order. But food is great, especially the Sunday roast. But the service can be a bit on the slow side.

Very good food at a reasonable price. Well kept beer, and very pleasant staff. Highly recommended. Covid precautions well managed.

A fabulous place to visit. Many people also think this, so book, or it is unlikely, that you will get a seat.

Unfortunately, I do not have quite enough superlatives to express just how wonderful this restaurant is. Every dish ever tasted has been amazing. All meals have been flawless, perfect portion sizing and the staff are accommodating. Certainly a MUST to anyone local and those visting nearby, though booking for any group is essential to avoid disappointment.

Good size carpark and the pub looks nice from outside which makes a great impression. We had a lunch reservation and one of the staff asked if they could help us almost as soon as we got through the door. Our table was in the bright, airy extension. The selection of beers was good (I normally opt for a session bitter) and the menu was extensive which does hint at a lot of frozen items. Service was good, not all over us all the time, but no real waiting either. The food was generally excellent, the liver and bacon was cooked perfectly and a joy. The serving size was generous. The beef burger was not so impressive, but in my experience, a great burger is quite rare, but I didn't think this one hit the mark. The fish and chips was also very good and the serving was impressive. For a lunchtime during the week, there were a few people in having lunch. Our friends had been here the previous weekend when it was busier and they said that the service was just as good and the food no different. The bill was a nice surprise and made our visit excellent value for money. We will definitely return.

Hidden gem, found after a walk in Holme Fen reserve. Well worth a visit

Had nice lunch at the Admiral today , really enjoyable , steak and Ale pie and syrup pudding with custard very good . Good service thoroughly recommended.

Had a lovely lunch here with a friend who was visiting. Lots of choice and great service. We had prawn cocktail which was perfect! I had the Steak and Ale pie which was fab! Tender chunks of Steak in a lovely pastry served with a rich proper gravy. Everything was hot & fresh. Oh and the log fire was crackling az it was a cooler day....lovely

Good size portions. Tasty food. Had to find staff for bill

Had a birthday meal in the function room service was excellent and every 1 was very impressed with the food 👌 so pleased I chose this venue. Thankyou

Decent traditional pub that serves excellent food and good beer. Clientele is mostly older and the atmosphere reflects that however the pub is clean and well presented. The homemade pie is amongst the best I’ve had!

Came here for a massive group meal with my family and a few others, and it was absolutely wonderful. The service was amazing, and the workers were so kind and accommodating. Amazing place to be

Food as usual lovely. Service as usual too brilliant. Pub food served at its very best!.

We dined here twice in as many days .. dinner and lunch..both were excellent... portions ample

A very long wait for food today. Two large tables in and very busy but an hour is a long wait.

We had Sunday roast and the beef was tough and then we got it replaced with lamb rump which never was rump it was more like a shank. Also due to a function being on we had to wait near on 1 and a quarter hours for our food.

When I go for dinner I don’t want to hear the restaurant phone ringing and ringing every 5 minutes and nobody picking it up.spoils it the atmosphere.

Having lunch here was very pleasant. Room was a little cold, we were on the round table on its own in side bar. However, food was very tasty and well presented. We all had small portions which were ample for all of us. Gammon was beautiful, 2 had turkey, plenty of meat plus accompliments great. One liver and bacon beautifully cooked and cut like butter. All in all lovely meal.

Had a work Xmas lunch here today. Good honest food, beautifully cooked , and a huge sticky toffee pudding. Well priced. Next time I eat there I'll have a pint too

Popped in to The Admiral Wells for meal, we hadn't booked, so took a chance. We were greeted by a waitress and given a table. Excellent service from start to finish, friendly staff, great service and really excellent food. We will be coming back very soon, as we are based at the local airfield. T6 Harvard Ltd.

Really lovely looking from the outside but inside is tired, always gets great reviews, but we were disappointed. Good prices.

Super pub restaurant great food very nice staff

Lovely food and Nice and cosy sitting near the fire.

Celebrating mums 70 th ...we all loved the food ,the place ,atmosphere and staff were brilliant ..Will be returning Thankyou

In my opinion the Admiral Wells serves the best food in the Peterborough area.

Went back again on Saturday with friends had a lovely time lunch time food was excellent

Food is a generous size but it's good quality, my beef chilli pot had a lovely kick to it. Service was a little slower than on a weekend but was not an issue staff are polite and helpful

Excellent Sunday Roast, complemented by a slick operation. It was very busy, but we weren't aware of any delay in our food.

I have gluten, lactose and sulphite allergies and find it virtually impossible to eat out. But I had options to suit my allergies. The staff when not sure either asked the kitchen or me to clarify what the food contained. The portions were very good. The food was hot. The staff were extremely friendly, polite and professional. We definitely enjoyed celebrating our 45th wrdding anniversary and will return to eat here again.

Best place for Gluten Free food! The burger is out of this world and not to mention the brownie! Been coming here for years and will continue!

Had lunch here and it was excellent. Food and service was exceptional. Portions were a very good size and presentation was great. All in all a fantastic experience!

Absolutely a beautiful place great food brilliant service very very helpful staff great food the lamb melts in your mouth the chicken and stuffing yummy And incredibly priced

This pub restaurant is a real gem. The staff are friendly and professional and the food was cooked to perfection. We had booked a table of 8 for a Sunday roast lunch. All the meals came within a couple of minutes of each one and they were very generous portions including the meat. There was four different meats available too. Also an excellent choice of homemade desserts. I cannot fault the place. You need to book well in advance.

What we would call as travellers from abroad, a delightful Olde English pub in the countryside!! It has easy access from all directions, plenty of parking space, and an interior that is large; welcoming and their seating is extremely comfortable to linger-longer for delicious pub grub. Service was fast, staff are friendly, our food portions were generous, and they were happy to make a change in the menu to accommodate a seafood allergy. For the less mobile , entry and exit was relatively simple to negotiate. Well worth a visit

Great food. Apparently you can order smaller portion, I wish I had, portion was massive for a lunch, kept me going all day. Friendly staff a bit slow but it was packed out which to me means the other guests thought food was great as well. Definitely recommend and will be going back with my husband. Not sure if they take bookings but may be better to book ahead. Home made food

Went for a family dinner, food was great and we had a good time!

Looks fantastic but can never get a table, but that just shows how good it is....... Always busy

Wow this places was great. The staff went above and beyond when we visited for a family birthday, the food was delicious and the chicken and black pudding special was out of this world. Would definitely recommend this place to anyone and we back for another visit soon.

Lovely food, reasonably price, will certainly return

We tried The Admiral Well on the recommendation of friends. I review this experience in relation to those recommendations and my expectations of pub food. ACCESSIBILITY ♿ being disabled but not wheelchair bound, I was able to get in OK. I was also able to get to the toilet reasonably well. For the wheelchair bound you would enter the building over one small step, turn immediately left through another door into the dining room, not too much movability inside. I am not aware of Accessible toilets, and the route to the toilets would I think 🤔 be tight in places for those in Wheelchair's. The dining room was comfortably intimate, with soft music playing. The chairs tightly padded reaching the middle of my back, comfortable. Tables as you would expect in a pub. The service was polite, and we were not kept waiting too long for our meal. The soft drinks were of standard. As the recommendations of friends was high, our expectations were perhaps unfairly high, and maybe with a closer inspection of the menu I may have chosen differently. However I must speak honestly of my own experience of the meal. My wife and I both choose Beef Chilli with rice, and a Garlic roll shared. Sadly for us the roll was the highpoint of this main course. The rice didn't seem right for this dish, it would we felt been more suitable with a curry. The Chilli it's self was a little hot which seemed to negate the flavour. There was however plenty of it. The Desert chosen by my wife was a caramel cheese cake that seemed to contain much chocolate, had my wife known this, she would not have picked it but the ice cream with it she did enjoy. I chose a Caramel Apple pie with Custard It was a little bland for my taste. I am sure from the recommendations I have heard for The Admiral Wells, it would suit many tastes, but not mine nor my wife's on this occasion.

We really enjoyed our Sunday lunch here. The food was absolutely delicious, all freshly cooked and the portions were very generous. We also had desserts after our meal - oh my, simply amazing! All the staff were super friendly, fantastic and efficient service. The play ground in the garden was an added bonus - certainly kept our little one entertained. Perfect spot for a family meal out. We will definitely be back soon.

Very good food. Large portion sizes!!

Fantastic 1st time, food to die for, portions Fantastic, staff very efficient and friendly.

Very Very nice, really enjoyed going here, great around pub.

Consistently great food and drink at a reasonable price! Fab beer garden, which keeps the kids entertained!!