The Wishing Well

8/10

Excellent

11 Nov 2025

Sudhakar

Clean room, food and drinks available at bar. Managed to forget my luggage which was kept aside and was able to pick up during the week

Business

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2025

Amber

Very nice little room with everything we needed for one night's stay. The Manager was really helpful, including giving us a lift to the wedding evening do which was really appreciated. We were also offered a free breakfast which was a great touch. Its a lovely country pub with rooms. Woukd definitely return.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Sep 2025

Lyn

Hotel stay or camping

Lovely staff the new manager is very enthusiastic and I am sure he and the new owner will make lots of changes going forward. It’s a lovely old building just a bit tired but clean and lots of parking and in a good spot to access lots of places. Very good value for money and good meals available in the evenings

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2025

Daniel

Great food

Great welcome amazing food room was lovely but hall carpet was a bit worn in upstairs hall and steel stairs to the room very steep

Business

8/10

Excellent

25 Aug 2025

David

Good value for money hotel ,cheap and cheerful

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Aug 2025

Verified traveler

Bed too hard for my hips.
Room 12 too near the air conditioning fans, should have brought earplugs.

Self

4/10

Poor

15 Jun 2025

Dot

Shower too small husband got stuck in the door . Xx

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

31 May 2025

Verified traveler

The hotel, grounds etc were really lovely. The room was very basic, the bed was not very comfortable at all it could do with replacing you could feel the springs through the matress. The bathroom shower doors did not close properly .

Partner

4/10

Poor

17 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Tired grubby rooms

Tired and grubby rooms, nice food in the restaurant the only redeeming feature. Rooms need a complete overhaul and though clean

Business

10/10

Exceptional

27 Oct 2024

Kate

Stayed here for 3 nights do a conference locally and it was perfect. Friday enjoyed a beautiful meal in the restaurant. Staff went above and beyond. Very approachable if I had any questions. Looking forward to coming back next year!

Business Pet

6/10

Pleasant

25 Oct 2024

Neal

Lovely Pub

This was a lovely pub with friendly staff and great food and i would recommend eating here.
I would stay somewhere else though, the room was basic, the heating did eventually come on, when i checked in i was told that they don't offer breakfast in the week which isn't very helpful when you have already booked.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

19 Oct 2024

D

The food was amazing, we would recommend the restaurant to anyone. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. However, we did not appreciate having to use an outside, open, staircase to access the room. I am terrified of heights and was terrified. Not pleased to have to go outside if it rained. The shower was only just useable, low pressure: the basin was so small the if you leant forward to clean your teeth you bashed your head off the glass shelf. There was nowhere to put anything in the bathroom. There was no way to control the room temperature and it got far too hot. The beds though were wonderful. Not having breakfast on the Monday was a surprise and a let down. Still worth a visit though as any upgrading is still a work in progress. We wish them luck.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2024

Lyn

A lovely welcome and everyone during our stay were lovely. We stayed in the outside annexe so can’t comment on more internal rooms. These rooms were clean and well equipped just are ready for a refurb which judging from the rest of the property will be done I am sure. Still very worth a visit the restaurant was amazing

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

07 Sep 2024

Ann

Extremely friendly. Nothing seemed too much trouble.
Very attentive.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

09 Aug 2024

Steve

Public areas were great and full of character. Staff were friendly and the bar stocked a good selection of beers. The accommodation however is tired and in need of refurbishment.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

04 Aug 2024

Jill

Nice room and excellent staff.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Jul 2024

Jennifer

It was a convenient location for where we were going. The room was adequate but could have done with a makeover. Breakfast was not until 9.30 so too late for us. The rickety wooden staircase upstairs was hard to negotiate for us over a certain sge - when leaving, we found there was an outside metal staircase.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jul 2024

David

Car parking is both ample and free of charge.
Pleasant and large outdoor seating area Bar/restaurant is very charming and cosy with nice olde worlde features. Staff were all lovely and service good. Wholesome well cooked and nicely presented food at reasonable prices.
We stayed for one night in Room 12. Generally it was okay, but the shower room was in desperate need of some cosmetic tlc. The shower gave a decent flow of hot water, but the sliding cubicle doors didn't meet/join where they're supposed to!
The worst aspect however was the very loud creaking floor board noises caused by the guests in room above moving around. Sadly this ruined what otherwise would have been a peaceful night's sleep.

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2024

Scott

Cushty

Very comfortable and friendly staff

Business

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2024

Scott

Cushty

Very comfortable and friendly staff

Business

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2024

Jeremy

Had a lovely look about it with the beams i inside. Lots of room plenty of food choice complements to the staff and chief. Overall really enjoyed our stay

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2024

Trevor

Great place to stop off.

Was a great place for an overnight stay. My only potential issue was the 10pm cut-off for checking in. In theory I needed to get there nearer 11pm, but as it happenedon the day various health factors meant I was well inside 10pm.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2024

Alison

Great place to stay

Great place to stay in a quiet location but near to Peterborough. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. The room was spacious with tea and coffee making facilities. The bathroom was ensuite with a shower.
We had an evening meal which was fantastic, very good sized portions. Would highly reccomend and will definately stay again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2023

Rob

We really enjoyed our stay at the Wishing Well. Sam and her team were wonderful hosts, accommodating our requests and additional requirements with a smile. Dining options in the pub were very good, and we enjoyed getting our whole family together on one evening. Thanks for accommodating us, we look forward to returning again some time in the future

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2023

wendy

One night stopover

Lovely location..staff friendly..room nice but bed was bit hard for me didnt eat there but menu looked nice .beer garden had amazing view

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jul 2023

martin

Great service, food ok but rooms need an urgent update.
Very noisy between ground and upper floors.

Business_and_leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

14 May 2023

Adrian

The decline of the Wishing Well is under way. It's easy to see that just a few years ago, perhaps before the current owners took over in 2020, it was better, but from an accommodation perspective it is past any prime it may have had. The rooms are unclean. I had to wash even the (mismatched) coffee cups before use - they still had liquid coffee in them. The shower was grubby, with mould-blackened grout and some former users hand-marks on the controller. It delivered only a faint impression of water. Paintwork is peeling, and a Henry hoover, which blocked the narrow hallway (and therefore the fire exit), was left on display as if to say \"yes, we do clean this (badly moth-eaten) hallway carpet\". The food at dinner was good (the chewy chips notwithstanding), and the excellent chef - who was in the kitchen when our server commented negatively on the man's ethnicity - was the only staff member present the next day at 9:00, an hour into the breakfast service. Two others arrived in due course to support him, and to explain to us that the kitchen was devoid of breakfast cereals (except Rice Krispies and Cocoa Puffs), marmalade, Earl Grey tea, croissants, and multiple other breakfast standards. Apologies we're made, at least. The rooms were only £85 each, but we expect cleanliness at any price.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

31 Mar 2023

E

Poor and overpriced

Check in was average… room location was poor. Access via a fire escape (not recommended for those who dislike heights nor anyone wearing heels - death trap!). Room itself was in desperate need of updating. Duvet thin which was a problem as fire escape door is open all the time and one window was too warped to shut. For me, as a single female traveler, was told this was because all the rain had caused the door to swell but previous reviewer also mentions this. I had issues with both security and temperature. Second night I rolled up towel and used as a draft excluder. Tea and coffee making facilities provided but if there were two guests in the double room, you would have to boil kettle twice as cuts only possible to fill it a third full due to tiny size of sink. The shower tray was chipped and the bathroom fairly manky. Only one bedside table had a lamp. Bed reasonably comfortable.
Bar/restaurant nice but I returned with friend after spending 6 hours outside to be told “no hot drinks because lunch is over so I’m cleaning the machine… if I make you a hot drink it’ll taste like cleaning fluid!”
No breakfast available at all… this is apparently temporary. But there is no one on site from 10pm until the bar opens.
Definitely not worth £80/night.

Self

4/10

Poor

08 Dec 2022

H

Great pub, terrible accommodation

The staff were lovely and the pub itself nice. The room though was awful.
I'm no light sleeper, but the noise from the other rooms was very loud. Room itself was in poor condition, dusty and the bed uncomfortable.

Business

8/10

Excellent

28 Oct 2022

Nicholas

The staff were really welcoming, but no-one was on duty when I left. I handed the room key to the cleaner who spoke no English. The downstairs room I was in was not well insulated from noise in the room upstairs.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

19 Sep 2022

Michael

Nice place to stay with good food. Rooms dated and quite small. Good WIFI and easy parking. Very friendly staff.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2022

ali

Lovely stop over

Lovely pub,greeting,evening meal and village. Room in need of refurbishment which is planned. A little noisy upstairs. Will certainly call again.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Apr 2022

Charles

Very nice traditional Pub stay. Active and well appreciated kitchen. Pleasant, friendly clientele.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2022

Michael

Hot water was lacking in the ensuite bathrooms. Otherwise excellent.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

25 Nov 2021

Tony

Give it a miss

I'd read the reviews before booking and although some said it needed updating these were in the minority so I took a chance. I should have listened.
The positives was that the bed was comfortable giving a good nights sleep and the shower was good as well.
Everything else left a lot to be desired. The room is very basic to the extreme, no fridge, no wardrobe. The room is the very definition of sparse. When asked about breakfast we were given a list to choose from and told they didn't do hot breakfasts during the week. What I hadn't expected that it would be placed in a broken paper bag and placed on the window ledge outside the room. I only noticed it as I stepped outside at 10.30 at night when I saw it.
Also from a (lack of) safety point of view the door leading to the fire escape is left open all night.
All in all, I can't recommend The Wishing Well which is a disappointment as I remember coming here many years earlier for a wedding receiption and the food then was great.
The following night we spent in Central London near to Tottenham Court Road and the cost wasn't that much more than here

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Nov 2021

Simon

Really nice local pub feel. Rooms, or bathrooms could possibly do with an update, but on a whole, great stay.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

03 Nov 2021

Mike

No hot water

4/10

Poor

28 Sep 2021

Keith

Unsecure.fire exit open 24/7 for access. Tv no signal.very weak shower. No wardrobe. Cupboard or drawers for clothes..very strange!breakfast doesn’t start until 08.0 sat and sun.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Beautiful food, wonderful staff. but the room was a bit pokey and next to a well used door of the pub so quite noisy unfortunately.

Business

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Breakfast wasn’t David expected but apart from that all’s ok

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

06 Jul 2021

Donna

So bad we didnt stay.

We decided to have lunch before checking in. The service and food was so bad we actually left and booked another hotel. The staff we didinterested and aloof. The food was overcooked but cold! When it was pointed out there was no concern at all. The covid regulations were not being followed, tables too close together and one way system doors locked. The service and food was so bad we decided not to stay and booked another hotel elsewhere. I would not reccomend this establishment at all. Asked if we wanted anything with our food, yes a knife and fork please! This is a simple country pub trying to be an upmarket establishment and doing it very badly.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Jun 2021

Verified traveler

The staff at The Wishing Well were top notch! It's a lovely pub/hotel with really nice food. It's a bit of a hike into Bourne (maybe 45 minutes?) but there are loads of footpaths if you like walking. The bed wasn't that comfy, but that's about the only thing I can fault. Salvatore and the staff more than made up for it with their hospitality! We had a very enjoyable stay!

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

24 Apr 2021

Richard

Change the bed. So uncomfortable with more lumps than Scott’s porridge oats!

Business

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2021

Julie

Pleasant stay - thank-you!

Stayed here with family for a funeral.
Due to covid restrictions we could not sit inside hotel or have a proper breakfast but the outside area was very pleasant. Blankets were supplied by the hosts when it got rather chilly in the evening. A pizza camper van was a nice little bonus when we arrived.
The hosts 'Sav' and co were extremely friendly and welcoming. Rooms were comfortable and clean. Breakfast was supplied in brown paper bags- cereal bars, croissant, orange juice etc which although not ideal suited us fine.
Would definately stay here again to experience the inn as it should be.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2020

Mark

1 night stay

Booked for 1 night stay.
Upon our arrival, John was there with our key ready.
Directions to the room given and Breakfast arrangements made.
Next morning we were treated to a superb breakfast.

very enjoyable stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2019

Peter

Your wish will come true.

A small olde world Inn, full of character without being fancy. For travellers with mobility problems there is entry to bedrooms direct from the car park, much appreciated. Far enough out of Bourne to be quiet, yet close enough for easy access.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

04 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

We only stayed one night so judgement is probably a bit unfair. Neither the television or the wifi worked.
The beds were very comfortable with good bed linen. Breakfast was a bit haphazard but there was a very new member of staff on duty.
All the staff were very friendly and as helpful as possible.

8/10

Excellent

31 Jul 2019

Richard

Great stay

Polite welcoming staff.
Had a good night sleep, comfortable stay.
Had a full English breakfast could not fault it there was so much was not able to finish.
I will stay again when in area.

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jul 2019

Sarah

Wishing for a better bed!

The bedroom was bright and clean but the bed was very hard and uncomfortable. Food seemed a little hit and miss, one great meal, one quite poor. Not much choice for breakfast unless you want full English, would have been nice to have cereals other than cornflakes and coco pops and some choices of fruit/yogurt/ croissants etc. The surrounds were lovely however and there was loads of character.

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2019

Verified traveler

Lovely stay great food and atmosphere

Really enjoyed my stay here. I was working nearby. the location is idyllic in a small quaint village not actually in Bourne centre but a short walk away. Plenty of parking, nice gardens and views. Behind looked to be a camping site. Food was incredible evening meal plenty of choice bistro pub type food and full English breakfast quality produce. Limited choice for continental maybe a selection of yoghurts and fruit would of been nice. The old exterior creeks but adds o the character. Friendly staff and a pleasant stay. Room looked onto the garden a fair size clean and great large TV.