The Wellington in Welwyn Hatfield

Food was good in pleasant surroundings. Service had been good but took a downturn when we asked for another piece of toast only to be told no as kitchen was shut now for breakfast! It was just after 11am and find it hard to believe none able to put a slice of bread in a toaster!

We had a lovely fizz and lobster evening Staff were very friendly and food really good Thank you

Absolutely fab afternoon that was spur of the moment stumble with 2 dogs. Ate loaded potatoe skins and potted crab with lovely coffee. Service was superb and the staff all super friendly and swift. This type of service is missed and I would make the 25 min drive again just to be in the soft jazz, warm environment, with lovely welcoming faces.

Had lunch at The Wellington on a few occasions and cannot find any fault in quality of food or quality of service

Fantastic service from Tilly! And amazing, delicious food too! Thank you so much, always a fab meal at The Wellington xx

We booked Christmas Day lunch at The Wellington and it was a lovely experience from start to finish. The atmosphere was very Christmassy and relaxed, our table was cosy and comfortable and the service was excellent - as was the food. Huge thanks to everyone who worked so hard on the day to make our experience so lovely. Very much appreciated.

Christmas Dinner . Great atmosphere, food and service .

We had a lovely Christmas Day dinner at the wellington. All the staff were very helpful and attentive and very happy to help. The dinner itself was delicious with generous portions but not too much that you felt uncomfortable afterwards. A very enjoyable experience.

We had our Christmas dinner here and it was lovely. Food was fantastic and the service was great too

We arrived very early for a lunchtime table, and were dealt with in a very friendly and efficient manner. We only had sandwiches and wraps but they were very good.

We have visited a few times and love The Wellington. The food is delicious. We love the rooms with the old beams and such a lot of character. All the staff are so welcoming and helpful. Love this place.

This a modern rustic Pub. Food was fantastic. The staff were attentive and friendly. Would recommend this for your Christmas parties will be back next year.

Very good food and great staff.

We had a fantastic meal with great service.

Great evening and atmosphere, food really good apart from my steak was a little tough. Service was very good too.

Lovely pub and staff. The food is very good with a wide and varied choice. Would heartily recommend.

Friendly Excellent service and food Thank you

We came to the Wellington for a Christmas team lunch and everyone had a really lovely time! We even had special festive touches like Christmas hats and jokes on the tables that made everything feel fun straight away! Our pre ordered menu items made sure the service was really slick on the day and the team knew exactly who was having what! Thank you ☺️

I arranged our Board Christmas meal and everything was done very professionally, from the first booking to leaving after our meal. The table was set to perfection, the service was outstanding and the food was incredible. Thank you for a really great experience.

We went on Sunday 1st December for family lunch for my daughters birthday great food and there was a lovely atmosphere will definitely go back and highly recommend

We came with son and daughter in law for lunch. While the food was good, unfortunately the service wasn't.

Lovely evening and delicious food

The pub, hotel and staff are 5 stars. Absolutely fabulous. Alana our wonderful waitress was so helpful, polite and efficient. Definitely coming back

Had a lovely Sunday lunch with my parents and sister for my birthday. Food was amazing….my parents had been once before during the week but they and my sister had not had Sunday lunch . They all thought it was the best Sunday roast they’d had for a very long time! My burger was also the best I’d had probably all year

Lovely pub with a car park behind and on steer parking. Lovely views over the Church and town.

Very enjoyable meal in comfortable and warm restaurant with excellent service.

Such a welcoming place with superb food. Just moved into the area today, so we’ll be back!! Alana & George were really fab hostesses

This was our 3rd visit, and each time we have requested a different room. Each stay has been as wonderful as the last, and the next time (February) we will request one of the remaining rooms we have yet to stay in. Unfortunatley we are yet to have dinner at the Inn, but the breakfast is amazing and the staff have always been kind, caring and friendly. Hence why we came back again and again.There were a couple of things that were out of the control of the staff that proved a little bit of a nuisance, the length and loudness of the church bells for example, with no double glazing its loud, but you can't have DG on such a beautiful building, and after the bells woke us up from our slumber, we then had to endure the sound of a ukulele or mandolin being "practised" in the room below us, this was a little torturous 🤪 and so we made a quick exit to breakfast. Looking forward to our next visit. My photos are of rooms from previous stays and breakfast from this stay.

Absolutely beautiful, cozy and boutique retreat! The dinner and breakfast are amazing, great quality food and really friendly and personal service. I have stayed for business and cant wait to return! The room with the bath in the middle of it is lush!

Lovely place for brunch and relaxed atmosphere. Was not very busy and easy to park nearby and walk up the high street to the venue. Staff were very friendly (a bit deaf at times!) and helpful. Seating was very spacious and not crammed in like in some places, and very bright with lots of natural light coming into the dinning area.

We went for a friends Lunch time catch up, The Wellington was recommended. it has a good variety of food of Gastro pub/British culture. we had Deep fried Halloumi that was lovely followed by desert where I had Bread had butter pudding laced with Whisky - Very nice! - Good staff and a price that was expected.

We had such a lovely stay at the Wellington. The staff went above and beyond to help me with a very much needed earlier check in. The room was perfect exactly as it’s photographed. We ate dinner and breakfast in the pub and both were delicious. I would 100% recommend staying here and look forward to visiting again soon. Thank you

Recently had a big family birthday meal at The Wellington which was fantastic. Most of us had the Beef Wellington which was perfectly cooked and delicious, and other dishes and the children’s meals were all very good too. The service was excellent and everything was as we requested - Thank you to the Team!

Popped in for a bit of lunch today. Lunch menu with some great brunch options and some sandwiches. Fantastic service too and beautifully decorated inside. Will be back

Great stay. Room 3 had lovely features including high ceiling, fireplace & bath in the main room. Bed very comfortable. Enjoyed a good breakfast in the main dining area. Good staff. We will return!

Nice spacious restaurant. Good food, service and friendly staff.

Jozef is literally the best version of staff. He's chatty, friendly, funny and so helpful.. Food was incredible, I had the beef Wellington. It was stunning. Will definitely be back. Thankyou xx

Unfortunately I got severe food poisoning from the either the calamari or the prawn Linguine. I was probably just unlucky, but it’s still there 48 hours later. I phoned the restaurant to suggest they throw what they had left in the fridge away, but the boss wasn’t there. Waiting to hear back really. A friend had the linguini and was fine. I wouldn’t have put this feedback on but I received an email asking me to. I’d still eat there again - but not shellfish

A lovely pub/restaurant and rooms. Food and service was excellent and the rooms were individual and had lots of character. Price for bed and breakfast was good value too.

Stayed for two nights with family for a wedding, had dinner and breakfast, both were superb, food, very high quality and delicious, rooms are all lovely and spotlessly clean. Staff were all brilliant, couldn’t do enough for us, friendly and helpful, service was vey attentive. I would highly recommend this restaurant/hotel, we couldn’t fault a thing!!

Went for brunch, food was amazing and Tilly and the rest of the staff were so friendly. Great experience!

Fantastic Sunday lunch at the Wellington - staff and food fabulous

Bit pricey and seating is a bit challenging as seats in windows are too high and you slip forward on them.

Amazing food. The chicken in the chicken dishes were overcooked and hard to chew. But great flavours. Delicious cocktails. Staff were very friendly and helpful.

Fab Sunday lunch!!! Extensive menu and all the food was exceptionally well cooked. We will definitely be regular visitors to The Welly from now on.

I was somewhat disappointed with our visit for lunch. The Wellington was very quiet and we did wait quite a while for our drinks whilst sitting opposite two tables that remained uncleared for some time. The food was okay but not as good as previous visits in the past.

Beautiful room so quirky and lovely! Amazing breakfast, super comfy bed! Would definitely stay again x

In centre of town, narrow streets but large public car park at rear although customers can register for free parking in the premises. Lunch only but service good, not busy. Seats well upholstered, plenty choice of tables, chairs and benches. Menu had good choices and reasonable price.

We had a great meal and the service was fantastic.

Went for evening meal, had a warm welcome and excellent food and service. Signature Wellington absolutely delicious, will definitely be returning.

Go there three times a week to meet friends for coffee morning

Firstly I hope to review this review once I have heard back from my email sent to the team at The Wellington. I booked the honey moon suit for the evening of our wedding day. Originally I booked only one night, I booked this particular room after being given a tour of all rooms and I booked this room a full 19 months ahead of the big day. 3 months prior to the day I called and booked an additional night in the same room to extend our mini moon. All good no issues. Sadly as soon as I arrived and looked at the number on our key tag my heart sank. I knew it was the wrong room. I had checked us in via the link in the email and my father had taken our bags and collected our key on our behalf as we were but at our reception - he want to know and therefore raised no questions. It was gone midnight, I was tired and so we stayed in the room we had been mistakenly given. The room was beautiful - as they all are there but it wasn’t the room I chose and booked so far in advance. Also directly at the top of the stairs that all guests use to access the room so very noisy and not an intimate feeling inside of the room. In the morning it was raised with staff by my sister who had also stayed with them. She was advised that the bride and groom had stayed in the honeymoon suit. This added insult to injury for me. Another bride and groom had ‘my’ room. After this I wasn’t reached out to by staff to offer an apology or seek more information. Was this my responsibility after they had been advised of a grave mistake? We decided as the bubble had already been bust and we had so many bags and bits already in the other room we’d just stay and take the hit and discus our disappointment and issue upon check out. Again sadly little concern or proactive investigation was offered. I’d like the wellington to look into their booking dates and room selection to see how this happened and feed back to me. We didn’t get to stay in the room we booked - well in advance, our room was given away. Sad and disappointed.

Great Sunday lunch with excellent service.

Excellent service and lovely food.

Absolutely fabulous experience, staff welcoming and helpful. Looked after us all with positivity and remembered things we had shared and asked about them. Probably one of our most lovely hotel rooms. Breakfasts on both days were delicious. Nothing was too much trouble. Thank you ☺️

Fantastic one night stay at this gorgeous 13th century inn. We had dinner and breakfast in the restaurant and both were fantastic. The staff are absolutely lovely, the room was beautiful - lovely shower, comfy bed, and my partner and I can’t wait to visit again!

Have had dinners and breakfast here, superb service and quality of food. Lovely staff, and dog friendly too. Plentiful parking, even for a horsebox!!

Warm, welcoming and friendly… with great food, rooms and service! The staff are excellent and make the whole experience an absolute delight. Really can’t recommend highly enough!

Had a lovely Sunday lunch with family. Haven't been here for several years ,I glad we came back.

Service was absolutely brilliant - it’s so noticeable when staff have been selected / trained to be great at customer service - to a person they were superb

My husband and I had a great meal at The Wellington. We each had a Beef Wellington which was absolutely superb - the beef was so tender, we were really impressed. It was probably one of the best main courses we’ve had all year!. Every aspect of the meal was delicious. The service couldn’t be faulted - the staff are friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend.

A beautiful old pub with fantastic timber beams and open fireplace centrally located in Old Welwyn near the church. Excellent food choices and a lovely atmosphere and plenty of beer and wine to choose from

To be honest... for such a well renowned pub in beautiful welwyn, we really expected a lot more. The barman who took our order at the table was lovely, and paid good attention to our drinks... the rest however was sadly average. The fish and chips was a small portion for the £18 they are charging... then the roast came out lukewarm... the service around the meal time was slow and wasn't the best. Sad really as for a 65 quid meal, it's not cheap and the food and service was lacking

Excellent experience. My wife is vegan and gluten free and the Wellington had lots of choice for her, which is unusual. The atmosphere was great, the service was amazing and the food was delicious. We were so impressed that we booked a table for their Christmas offerings on Dec 22nd. Loved it.

Went for Sunday lunch with friends. Menu was not was on the website, but still was ok. Went for the Trio Roast and it was lovely. Good portion of food, not too much or too little. Staff are very friendly and accomodating. Had a lovely meal, and would go back again. On the pricer side, but the location, food and restaurant was lovely, so you do get what you pay for.

Love this place - I keep coming back!

This was an excellent place for us to stay overnight before picking our son up at Heathrow very early in the morning. We would have preferred a room with a shower but have been told we can request this another time. Truly excellent staff and we would certainly book this hotel again. Thank you

Would live here if I could afford it .. I only come to get away from the kids and enjoy the bath and room ..but the service n staff here are amazing. I will be back ASAP

We attended a wedding here recently and had a blast. The staff were amazing, the rooms are lovely, and the attention to detail was fab. Food was also great!

We stayed in Room 2 which was a lovely mixture of old and new - very innovative and comfortable. The bed was very comfortable and we had everything we needed. The toiletries were of a high standard too. We would highly recommend staying here. The breakfast was delicious too. We will definitely return.

We needed somewhere to stay for the weekend whilst visiting friends and family to celebrate my birthday and also attend a wedding reception on the Saturday night. On arrival we were greeted at the bar of this 17th century inn, and then shown our room in the loft of this beautiful building. The room was great! Comfy bed, good bath and shower with views across the village church, village and beyond. They had also gone the extra mile and got me a birthday card and a box of chocolates.. which I really appreciated as turning 50 I find you need as much attention ad you can get :) We weren’t there on the Friday night which was a shame as they had a special Paella night, and from the smells coming from the courtyard ilI am sure we missed a great evening. They had a Vegan version too!!! A country village pub with a Vegan paella on offer gets too marks from me - great work. Breakfast When we asked what was included within our B&B price the waiter said everything! Choose anything you want from the menu!?!?!?! Huh? What? Yep.. have whatever you want? Nursing a hangover I did think about having a Bloody Mary but opted for the full vege English, a spicy tomato juice (Toms with Tabasco on the side - amazing!!) and a double espresso. Boom! So much food and eating whilst watching the villagers go about their Saturday morning business (popping to bakers, church, walking dogs etc) out of the expansive glass windows to the street was perfect. Lunch A table for 8. In its own little cubby area in the pub. We sat from 1:00 - 7pm the time we had to go to the wedding reception. We all had different meals, different times, different drinks, different levels of noise through the afternoon and the staff could not have made us all feel any more welcome. There really is nothing like hanging out with friends all afternoon in an English country pub. Top marks again. I now know where I will stay every time I need my English Country fix. Thank you to all of the team.

We celebrated my husband’s birthday on a Sunday. We had a fabulous time. The food was excellent. The staff make you feel so welcome and nothing is too much for them to handle. I would definitely recommend The Wellington restaurant in fact we plan to go again in two weeks.

Great hotel with a lovely ambience and characterful, historical building. Friendly, helpful and efficient service. Comfortable bed. The village is lovely, too. Beautiful breakfasts! We have been twice and will be returning regularly. Recommended.

Outstanding experience. Great staff. Beautiful boutique hotel. They even stored our vegan macarons in their fridge to keep them fresh!! Highly recommended.

Really lovely place with lots of character and both dinner and breakfast was great! Little bit of road noise as it’s an old building in a quiet setting but well worth it for the money and was hardly heard over the fan which was thankfully in the room as it was a muggy day! Would definitely stay again.

Stayed here recently. Highly recommended.

Always enjoy a trip to The Welly 👍

Beautifully arranged and furnished rooms that offer luxury and comfort. Every employee was fantastic: thoughtful, kind, and very helpful. It is our go to accommodation in the area. If you stay, definitely do a meal or two at the restaurant!

Didn't stay at hotel but ate in restaurant, food and service were excellent.

Lovely hotel with amazing staff, the only down side were the bells ringing lol. Would I stay here again…. Yes.

I stayed here for a wedding held locally, and I was worried about the check-in times. Before my arrival, the team was really helpful through email and assured me it would be ok. The lovely lady let me check in straight away, I went to the room, dropped my bag, and left for the wedding, it was so smooth, just what you need when your in a rush. The room was beautiful and comfy. Breakfast was included and was delicious. Such a beautiful location. I only wish I was staying longer. The staff were wonderful and couldn't do enough to help.

Such a terrible shame that this lovely venue is so inconsistent. Four of us had brunch yesterday, the food just scraped a poor average but the service was hopeless. I had to get up three times to find a waitress. And just to add salt to the wound I had to get up to request the bill and found all three staff chatting happily by the bar. Never sure whether this type of behaviour is caused by poor staff or just poor training by the owners. Hey ho, we will not be returning.

Great food and good atmosphere. Extensive menu with lots of vegetarian choices. My default for a business lunch when I'm the areas

Enjoyed lovely lunch outside. The fish and chips was amazing and my wife loved the cauliflower cous cous salad. The staff were friendly and attentive. Really great experience. Thank you

Delicious afternoon tea in a lovely relaxed setting. Staff were really friendly and kept checking if we needed more tea/water etc. Thank you for a lovely afternoon :)

Poor. Went for a family Saturday lunch. The service was polite but glacial…everything involved a long wait. In fairness, we did order a somewhat disjointed meal with a mix of appetites meaning we had some people with starters, some without and some people having a starter as a main but given The Wellington offered three different menus to choose from that really shouldn’t be unexpected. We ordered some simple nibbles that took more than 45 minutes to arrive, our main courses didn’t hit the table until a full hour after we ordered. The food was unexceptional, dry battered fish, lukewarm chips, overcooked buttermilk chicken and bacon wraps. Couldn’t be bothered to complain as the whole thing had taken so long and I didn’t want to upset the rest of the party. At more than £30/head for little more than snacks and a couple of round of drinks it can’t be considered good value.

Lovely hotel in a great location

Lovely characterful pub in a charming little historic town, very convenient to stay over before a flight from Luton airport. Very friendly management and comfortable, quiet rooms.

We had another lovely meal, the service needed a little tweaking but otherwise perfect

Stayed in room S4 which is a converted stable block at the rear of the pub. Window opens out to a view of the river mimran. Lovely room and quiet

Pub is fine but they have a corrupt operator managing their car park. I paid a ticket £5 for a couple of hours and then I was sent a letter saying I had to pay £170 - I appealed and the firm then said it was too late but would reduce it to £60. Purely for the car park operator don’t go near it. Absolute corruption

I had a light lunch there with a friend and it was very nice.

We only ate the pub, food was ok nothing to right home about. It fairly standard.

We popped in to this restaurant for a light lunch. What a disappointment. On arrival, the waitress said she would be back very shortly, but when she didn’t appear after 15 minutes , I had to go and ask for our orders to be taken. I had the smoked haddock and egg with spinach. As it was in a stack, I assumed that the skin had been taken off the haddock and the bones removed. That was not the case. Neither haddock nor the egg were very warm and the spinach portion was so small as to be very barely discernible. My partner had an open crayfish sandwich. Again, it was poor and an additional £3 was charged for some substandard chips. The next day we had a very good roast beef lunch at a pub a few miles away which cost almost the same price

The staff are very good and helpful. The room was good and well decorated but a single bathtub in the room with hand held shower is not the best option. Breakfast was enjoyable at the cost was good.

We received a warm welcome from Ellie on arrive. She couldn’t have been more friendly. We loved our room which was unique and had a special feel. We also used the restaurant and was served by Josh who really looked after us. My wife and I had a lovely stay topped off by a wonderful breakfast next day. We very much enjoyed our time and look forward to going back again.

Great place for a short stay. Excellent food and drinks, very comfortable beds and well appointed rooms. Hard to fault. Breakfast was top drawer!

Great restaurant both Diner and breakfast. Room was interesting with bath in the room but fittings decor great. Needed the fan at night. Sound proofing not great as old inn

We went for our wedding anniversary and had a really lovely romantic evening. The venue is clean and well set out and furnished with calm and relaxed ambience. We had the signature burgers and delicious desserts. All staff delightful and helpful - a real 5 star experience for a relaxed night early weekday evening - could not recommend more highly. Thank you for the treat too Wellington - very much appreciated!

My 3rd stay at the Wellington, and it still amazes me - the oldest building where I've ever spent the night - built in 1352! It's very atmospheric and rooms are quirky and I love it. The bed was very comfortable, nice bathroom accessories. Staff are helpful and kind, breakfast was delicious. Good car park too. All in all it's great location in Welwyn Village.