The Wells

About 5 hours later, I am still groaningly full.
The onglet steak with «fine» chips and diable sauce was really delicious and well-​cooked. It was rather covered in pepper, which I don’t like very much, but appreciate that lots of people do. All went really well together and would happily have eaten a lot more, even though it was a good size.
The chocolate pecan pie was a bit less exciting — I think a plain pecan pie would be better, as the chocolate overpowered the rest of the pie, I thought.
Attractive building and the pub feels friendly and cosy. Quite a few dogs when I was there, which were all well-​behaved.

My favourite pub in walking distance of our house! Located on a cozy tree-​lined residential street in Hampstead, it truly feels like a neighborhood gem (although it must surely be in a tourist guidebook or something as there are often tourists there).
The perfect place to go for a drink in nice weather and sit outside taking in the atmosphere and people watching. Also a wonderful place to visit in the winter to cozy up inside the lovely pub. Food is tasty — I love their sausages and mash and their pavlova is absolutely to die for. Casual dining downstairs, nicer dining environment upstairs (same menu). Lovely staff, we always a very enjoyable time here.

Great everything. Service, food, ambiance location, beer and wine list. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Always a good time.

Excellent meal. Roasted beet salad with mint as the highlight. Bangers and mash was delicious. Bangers tasted like home made sausage.

The food is excellent and a perfect example for modern British quality cuisine. The builing is beautiful, the interior is tasteful, and the atmosphere is comfortable. They also make some damn good cocktails ;)

Visited the pub for dinner. Unfrotinutely on arrival we had to wait aproximately 10min before I could get a waiter to take our orders. Once ordered the food came within 20 minutes. It was tasty but not spectacular but better than most pubs.
The location of the pub is very convenient, I would not eat here again but definitly stop for a drink r two.

This is another one of those pubs that I haven’t been to for 30 years and which I now find a tad gentrified. The pub is now largely given over to food though you can still order a drink only. I recall their ploughman’s lunch which had gone down in my memory as the best I had tasted. However, sadly branston pickle is now nowhere to be seen. Instead the menu is sort of modern British, but certainly enticing. For the location many dishes are very reasonably priced. I plumped for the kedgeree which was frankly delicious. Service was good and I welcomed being asked if I preferred a starter portion. Beers are well kept and I’m pretty sure they have a decent wine list. I will return assuming I return to Hampstead.

Love everything on the menu, and backgammon game (if you can find it!)

A wonderful pub I have been going to for many years, perfect place to have a drink on the way from the Heath. Food is very good and sometimes great, Sunday roast is fab and so was the venison dish. Pretty front garden, friendly and fun.

Sitio acorde con el entorno. La comida muy buena. Precio, también acorde. Carne excelente, ensalada, fresas con nata Pavlova (de la de verdad y para disfrutar como cerdo en maizal), un par de pintas y café por unas 46 libras.

A little slice of city heaven, otherwise known as the Wells Tavern. Everything you could want from a pub after a long walk across beautiful Hampstead Heath, when you’re in need of a decent glass of wine, or hangover cure Bloody Mary. The Sunday Roast is worth going miles for too, so stick this one on your radar at the weekends, get your walking boots on, dog in the car, hit the heath and work up an appetite.
It’s perched so sweetly in the back streets of one of London’s most elegant, affluent and covetable areas, but there’s no pomp and grandeur, just cool staff and great food. And the outside seating area allows you to gaze on to homes worth millions, dreaming of the day you can come here every day and not worry about the cost!

Best burger I have had in town

I can’t believe I haven’t written about The Wells Tavern in Hampstead yet — although I’ve been here at least a dozen times!
The Wells is great — mostly I like fact that staff is always super-​friendly and that the food never disappoints. In terms of food, I usually go for the burger, which is a very solid but delicious choice. However, I can also heartily recommend the duck confit, which my partner orders every time and sometimes even dreams of at night. They used to have home-​made ketchup, which was to die for and I’m still mad at them that they don’t do that anymore.
My tip: since It’s always super-​busy here at the Tavern and you might not be able to be seated right away — I suggest you order a drink at the bar (the Black Sheep Ale is nice) and relax at the couches or by the fire… your table will be ready in no time!
Also: this pub is very dog-​friendly, which is one of the main reasons why we come back here so often… oftentimes when we have visitors in town and we’ve just finished an invigorating walk through Hampstead Heath. (In fact, they have dog food on the menu!!!)

This is a great pub, which still retains a bit of a community flare, despite being a ‘destination’. The food is fantastic here, and there is a large selection of wines. It is a bit pricey, but well worth it. It’s a place to go with a couple friends or family for something special.

Okay, our friends took us here when we were in London and this is the epitome of quintessential existence in the cutest town ever! We had the tasty scotch angus burgers which were quite amazing as well as the french fries. It was raining outside and we were cozied up on couches in a nook of the restaurant. They also let you bring your dog which was such a great thing to see. This local restaurant makes me want to move to Hampstead Heath ASAP! This is my perfect vision of what London should be!

This place is so worth the trip and, mentioning trip, perfectly placed for a day outing to either Hampstead High Street or Hampstead Heath.
Great menu, drinks selection and quality service. It offers both inside and outside seating and has a lovely dining room upstairs for a more intimate setting. Enjoy!

Gawd bless this place… always beautifully run … always great food… always staff who know and do their job really well … always great food and excellent drinks… always the same. Can’t ask for more .No bother, go to the Wells, book a table its always full!

It was at the Wells Tavern in 2007 that I was first introduced to bangers and mash. I was smitten at first bite. In a nostalgic moment two weeks ago I made my way back to the Wells for the second time, a strong sense of nostalgia and a hungry belly driving me to the outer regions of London in the direction of Hampstead heath. I was delighted to find the restaurant was still in tact, and positively radiant for that matter, with neighboring cherry blossoms in full bloom. My friends and I shared plates of bangers & mash and «chips» dipped in mayonnaise, all washed down with refreshing Kopparbergs pear cider. If I lived in Hampstead this would be my local, where I’d hole up for hours eating bangers, drinking cider, thumbing through Thomas Hardy novels, and watching the locals «pop-​in» with their lookalike, stately setters and springer spaniels. It’s the epitome of quaint.

We stumbled across the Wells one evening after getting pissed watching the World Cup at the Flask. Unfortunately, by the time we made the short trek through the backstreets of Hampstead and arrived at the Wells, it was past 10 and the kitchen had closed. However, we new we would make an effort to come back — the décor was warm and cosy inside, with people playing board games while enjoying their tasty looking food and wine.
A week later, we returned to the Wells on a busy Thursday evening. The four of us made reservations and were first seated upstairs in a more formal dining setting, which was quite lovely, but not what we were looking for. Instead, we asked to dine downstairs in the more casual setting with more of a warm, woodsy, gastropub feel.
We began our evening with a delicious bottle of sauvignon blanc, which was perfect for the warm evening. Three of the four of us enjoyed the confit duck for an entrée, which was supposedly incredible. I enjoyed the seafood salad with octopus and scallops. The seafood was so perfectly cooked and seasoned and complemented the light, citrus dressing and wine so well — it was the perfect summer’s meal. The service was also very friendly and accommodating.
Now that the weather is stunning outside and the days are long, the Wells is the perfect place to unwind with good food and wine in lovely Hampstead. I’ll definitely be back more than once this summer. Hopefully next time we can snag a table outside to enjoy some of that rare but lovely London sunshine.

CELEB STOP: Will Young
Okay so after a picnic with a good friend in the glorious London sunshine (hell yeah!) on Hampstead Heath we stumbled into this pub for a spot of icy refreshment and a toilet break. This pub is just gorgeous, nice service, fabulous layout, reasonably priced drinks. I didn’t eat here but I’ve heard great things about the menu and they looked to have an extensive wine list behind the bar. To top it all off there seemed to be a very attractive gent wandering around setting up tables and parasols for people to sit outside.
There is a bit of seating outside but to tell you the truth, it’s quite pleasant to sit on the old stone curb and pavement just outside and bask in the afternoon sunshine. The whole of Hampstead and their dog seemed to be here, as well as Will Young and other young hip cool things.
Great for a sunny weekend afternoon!

When in search of a proper British pie venture to The Wells.
After their rib eye steak 16.00, I will never be! the same again. This Alfresco style gastro pub also boasts a good selection of beers and wine. For desert I highly recommend the Crème Brulee which comes with Blueberries 5.00, delicious.
There is a decent walk up from the Hampstead Heath British Rail Station to get to the Wells, but the houses in that area are really nice to look at and the streets are quiet so it is definitely worth the trip.

Nach einer ausgiebigen Wanderung durch ganz Hampstead und durch den riesigen Park kamen wir fast verhungert zur Wells Tavern mit seinen einladenden Sitzplätzen vor dem Haus und dem wunderschönen Blumenarangement in blau-​weiß. In froher Erwartung endlich ein kühles Bier zischen zu können, stellte uns die nette Bedienung vor die Qual der Wahl. Es gab jedoch kein britische Bier. dafür eine spannende Speisekarte, die sich trotz unserer ganz guten Englischkenntnisse nicht so einfach erschloss.
Um so gespannter waren wir, was wir nach einer fast Blindbestellung auf den Teller bekommen würden. Wir wurden noch gefragt ob raw, medium oder well done und dann warteten wir ab.
Was wir dann bekamen, kann man getrost den besten Burger der Welt nennen. Ich hatte mich für medium entschieden und der Burger war wirklich unübertrefflich. Das Fleisch schmeckte, als wurde es von einem gut abgehangenen Stück Rindfleisch gerade erst durch den Fleischwolf gedreht — also perfekt.
Der Besuch der Wells Tavern ist für jeden Hampstead Visitor ein absolutes Muss!
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