Lainston House

We were fortunate to be able to secure the chefs table and experience the fabulous Tom Hamblet, professional master chef winner. The food, the service and Toms interaction exceeded all our expectations. The overnight stay is a must after experiencing the wine flight, could not fault a thing. It’s a must do experience. Thank you Lainston.

We booked back in Dec 2023 to dine & stay in May 2024 to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. We were contacted one week before to say an issue with their reservation system meant that we could not stay but could still eat in the restaurant & they would pay for taxis to & from another hotel (the other hotel being at our expense). Alternatively, we could move our booking to another date - not ideal when you’re celebrating an anniversary & your husband has arranged time off. To add insult to injury we got an email from the reservation system to confirm our booking in the afternoon after being contacted in the morning to say they couldn’t accommodate our stay. We cancelled our dinner booking as there was nowhere else suitable to stay. Have been told if we choose to stay there in the future we can contact them for an upgrade, but we wouldn’t risk booking there again. A shame as we stayed there in the past & enjoyed the experience. We went to Tylney Hall instead & weren’t disappointed with the fantastic service & food.

Just experienced a special evening at Lainston House Hotel dining at the Chef's Table being cooked for by the fantastic Tom Hamblet this year's Champion of Masterchef :The Professionals and Resident Chef at "The Avenue". The six course tasting menus, including vegetarian, showed Tom's approach to fine dining offering so much flavour beautifully presented. Tom was generous with him time and clearly loves what he does, making people happy.

We visited this beautiful hotel for a Chefs table experience. The amazing MASTERCHEF Professionals winner Tom Hamblet has designed a beautiful menu with the most exquisite flavours and mouthwatering plates of food. The ambience, service and location are second to none and make this place a must to visit and experience. We will definitely return

I needed our stay to be out of this world as it was a super big thank you to my other half for being SO amazing… I have to say we absolutely were delighted beyond words. The whole stay from start to finish was totally amazing, incredibly special and huge extra thanks to Maddy on the reception team and Steph our waitress who both did amazing jobs of looking after us. Maddy is exceptional at her job and I am super grateful for all her efforts. Amazing, Wow, incredible… beyond words to sum up our stay and obviously Tom’s menu/food was out of this world… we will definitely be back.

A wonderful couple of nights. The hotel team are fantastic. Very welcoming and go out of their way to make you feel at home. Tom and Louis were both wonderful. The room was superb and the bed very comfortable. Food was exceptional. Even in the rain the grounds are a delight to walk around. Batteries recharged and already thinking about planning a return trip.

Got to admit we haven't visited Lainston for 10 years even though we live less than 25 mins away. We were drawn by the restaurant residency of MasterChef winner Tom and the food certainly lived up to our expectations. Seasoning and cooking on point delivered by a young service team striving to please. Greeting was at the door being ushered to a lounge for a pre dinner drink was seamless. Difficult to find any negatives throughout the evening. Maybe update your wine list online as it definitely isn't current to the one produced on the evening and we thought a pre app/dessert would have been fitting for Tom's menu. It will be interesting to see how Lainston approaches their dinner offering after Tom's 3 months comes to an end.

We recently did a ‘Meze and Tapas’ cookery course at the Seasons cookery school, part of the Lainston House hotel. Chefs Tom and Kieran were excellent at teaching the course, they were really helpful, entertaining and knowledgable. We cooked several dishes including tortilla, flatbread, patatas bravas, and chicken shawarma. The Seasons cookery school is a great facility, purpose built next to the charming Wellhouse restaurant. Overall, it was a fun and highly memorable experience that we would definitely recommend to friends and family.