The View At Hencote - Shropshire

The wine tour and tasting, with Lesley, was informative, entertaining and tasty! Highly recommended.

We attended a vineyard, winery and wine-tasting at Hencote. Our guide, Brian was superb, knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the business and what a great story Hencote has to tell. Beautiful scenery and a very modern winery and contemporary restaurant, decking and terrace. Definitely worth a visit on a sunny day! We didn’t dine on this occasion but will definitely go back and try the restaurant. It looked great. The wines were excellent! I particularly liked the LXX sparkling white and the Mark III red. They also produce white and rosé, all very nice. Nice cheese board too!!

I recently returned from a one-night glamping experience that included wine tasting, dinner, and breakfast, and it was overall excellent. The lodge was charming, especially the spacious bathroom, and the wine tour and tasting were enjoyable and informative. The restaurant, with its fantastic views, had a great atmosphere and decor. However, the actual food was a disappointment. While the starters were fine, my hake main course tasted overly salty and my husband's lamb was tough. After expressing our concerns to the waiter (who informed us that the couple at the next table had also complained), we were offered replacements. When we declined, the manageress kindly brought me a delicious cheese board and my husband a decent rice pudding dessert. The meal voucher included £40 per person, as well as a bottle of wine and pre-dinner drinks, yet we were surprised when we were told that we owed nothing upon receiving the bill. Breakfast was tasty, although service was a bit haphazard due to a wedding setup. Overall, I would still recommend this place, but the chef should work on improving the food quality.

Had the wine tour and tasting,our host was Lesley, very pleasant and knowledgeable,was well looked after and all the wines were very nice.We had a cheeseboard as a light lunch,was well presented with a variety of cheeses and biscuits with a lovely chutney.

We were invited to celebrate a special birthday including the wine tasting and Sunday lunch. Our guide was very friendly and her presentation of wine and the operation of the winery educational. The venue was really most impressive, well laid out with really good views over Shrewsbury and were looking forward to our meal. Unfortunately the service was extremely slow despite numerous reminders and in fact other diners arrived and were served before us even though we had pre ordered, and paid, for the meal. Nearly an hour wait for each course was unacceptable. When the food eventually arrived it was very average, lukewarm and the Yorkshire puddings virtually inedible. To sum up very poor service, average food and extremely expensive and our host was most embarrassed. Not one to be repeated.