The Houblon Arms Restaurant in South Kesteven

Bloody awful.....tried to overcharge on top of farcical service and poor food.....com-Pete lack of knowledge of what they were doing , if I had been paying I would have walked out ..

Such a beautiful place to stay. My wife and I went for bed and breakfast and the roomWas beautiful. With four poster bed shower flat screen TV. Also our own private hot tub. Stunning surroundings. We had dinner and the a la carte menu had good choices. I will say you get what you pay for and we got AA++. The Staff are VERY! Welcoming and Friendly too.

We made a booking via e-mail only to to be told by answerphone message We could not attend after we were so looking forward a delicious evening family meal I guess with C19 and social distancing you need to book well in advance Perhaps one criticism is why allow a booking to be made without the commitment that we obviously had made?

We had a very lovely meal here when staying at the hotel! I was shocked to see the other reviews on here, so felt obliged to leave one that truly reflects the wonderful food quality and service that this place offers. The menu is small but the pork tenderloin and mushroom Wellington were cooked beautifully, with a special of fresh muscles to start. This is a lovely place to come and relax, with a great choice is wines. It is priced to reflect the quality, but we were happy with every penny we spent. The restaurant itself was a lovely surrounding, and the social distancing was done very well and clearly taken seriously. We will be returning.

We recently visited The Houblon Arms for my son in laws birthday. One person had the pate starter which looked and tasted like it had come out of a pack from the supermarket. Our £26 steaks were good but the side orders of hand cut chips ,griddled green veg , boiled new potatoes and mushrooms (all charged at £3 each extra) were extremely salty and completely ruined the meal. Surely these days people like to add their own salt or no salt at all. This prevented us from eating the side orders which left us feeling we were still hungry when we got home. For the money charged it was a very poor effort and would not return again.

My friend posted a photo of her eating what I thought was Freis de Mer. Fruits of the sea. It looked amazing. I thought she was in Italy. She told me it was The Houblon. I phoned and order their Seafood Platter which they did especially for us. It was absolutely delicious. The chef knew exactly what he was doing. We had a lovely table. Good social distancing. Young woman was very busy but the service was excellent. Accompanied by a very good bottle of Cloudy Bay. We will be back.

Visited today with friends and arrived at 1230. We all ordered roast sirloin and the waitress asked how we would like it cooked only to come back to say there wasn’t a choice. The beef was tender but not a hint of pink - definitely at least medium or perhaps medium well. The Yorkshire puddings were crispy hard as were the potatoes. Overall it was all over cooked, pity help those who came later. I am sorry but I will not be recommending or returning; there are far better venues in the area for Sunday lunch