One of the UK's only woodfired restaurants
The Wellhouse
Woodfire. Kitchen. Garden
Lainston House, Winchester
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where every dish is
Cooked by woodfire
from your dips, main dishes, to desserts!
Lainston House, Winchester
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In no rush to leave...
dine and stay
to make a night of it
Lainston House, Winchester
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It doesn't get fresher than
Kitchen garden produce
promoting as much zero miles food as we can in our dishes
Lainston House, Winchester
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FROM SUNDAY 2nd APRIL
Sunday Lunch
with a difference, not your usual roast...
Lainston House, Winchester
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WOODFIRED DINING EXPERIENCE AT LAINSTON HOUSE
Celebrating the former life of this listed outbuilding, which is also home to Season cookery school, The Wellhouse brings an amazing woodfired eating experience to Lainston House, Hampshire and the south of England. One of the UK's very few restaurants to have all dishes cooked by woodfire, The Wellhouse is an exciting restaurant offering unique food, drink and social experience, celebrating the simplicity of woodfired ovens and smokers. Sat inside historic rustic-luxe surroundings, you'll be able to see, smell and taste the delights of woodfired cooking and for those special occasions, you can also book exclusively for a private dining experience. The Wellhouse is open Monday - Saturday for dinner and Sunday lunch from 12pm - 2:30pm.
*Opening Days April - June*
The Wellhouse will be closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays between April and June, whilst we have BBC Masterchef: The Professionals winner Tom Hamblet taking residency in The Avenue restaurant. Table bookings for Tom Hamblet are limited so head over to The Avenue page if you'd like to experience this exclusive opportunity to try his food. Full opening hours of The Wellhouse will return in July.
Menus
Open every day for dinner from 6.30pm to 9.30pm
And for Sunday lunch with tables bookable from 12pm to 2.30pm from 2nd April 2023
Booking is highly recommended.
Woodfire . Kitchen . Garden
With Phil Yeomans at the helm, The Wellhouse will take inspiration from the hotel’s impressive kitchen garden as well as the exceptional and artisanal produce found in the county including meat, fish, dairy, wines and spirits, notably from River Test Chalkstream. Combining kitchen innovation, tradition with a twist, with fun, casual and personalised hospitality, The Wellhouse welcomes hotel guests and the local community to experience an authentic, immersive eating and drinking experience, where the simplicity of woodfired cooking and home grown produce come together with the very best of local field, farm and forest.
More than just dinner...
Open just during the evenings, The Wellhouse is the perfect new spot for relaxed dates, families or groups of friends, with fun filled sharing platters making it a social occasion. You'll also find local wines, ales and Lainston's own apple cider, along with homegrown garden-inspired cocktails – including ‘shandygaffs’ - a long forgotten and very traditional English shandy, whereby the ale is enhanced by the option to mix it with a ginger beer top and a shot of kitchen garden cordial!
The Wellhouse is more than dinner, it’s a great night out and truly social occasion unexpectedly found in the grounds of a five-star luxury hotel.
The Wellhouse dine and stay
The perfect combination of a luxury overnight stay in a room of your choosing, teamed with a delicious dinner in our relaxed and casual woodfired restaurant, The Wellhouse
The Wellhouse dine and stay includes:
Dinner for two to the value of £55 per person in The Wellhouse
Overnight in a room of your choice
Breakfast for two
Psst! You can always stay more than one night too!