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British, Pub
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All reviews pork sticky toffee pudding fish and chips sunday roast cheesecake ice cream steak the pub food was amazing lovely lunch birthday meal booked a table keep up the good work my mum be visiting again
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Reviewed 2 days ago via mobile

I feel I need to leave a review after reading a few recent bad reviews on here for poor service. We had a lovely meal today with family - all of us had roast dinners which were great, fab portion sizes, and pudding to follow....Service was really good, there are plenty of members of staff working who are nearly always busy. Special mention to “Mrs Hill” (she works at my daughter’s school) who was our waitress today - thanks for being attentive! Would definitely return. Not really sure why it’s my first visit here to this lovely pub when I live down the road!More

Date of visit: March 2024
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Reviewed 5 days ago

We had a table at 7pm on March 11th. We had two young men servers, we all said how friendly and helpful they were, joking with our table the whole night. They were lovely! I sadly did not get their names but hopefully from the...time and date you can identify who they were and pass on our thanks. The food was wonderful as normal. Starters, mains and puddings all cooked to perfection, all hot and fresh and tasted wonderful. It made for a lovely birthday meal.More

Date of visit: March 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 3 days ago

Thank you for the most wonderful review: we love the opening line, Wonderful food and wonderful staff. We are very lucky to have Scott and Christian in our team, and we will be sure to pass on your thanks. We look forward to seeing you...More

Reviewed 1 week ago

Had red pubic hair in our food on mothers day meal 87 year old mother was disappointed ruined the day as she was sick with the hairMore

Date of visit: March 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 6 days ago

Thank you for your feedback we are truly grateful you have highlighted this concern. It is paramount for us that all our guests have a memorable experience, especially on occasions like Mother's Day. We also hope your mum is on the mend now. Reflecting on...More

Reviewed 1 week ago

Family celebrations for 10 people. The Duke of Wellington is now favourite place to eat in the Wellingborough Rushden area. Fantastic food and attentive staff for who nothing to much trouble. Thanks for a great experience.

Date of visit: March 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 6 days ago

Thank you David for your wonderful review, we are so pleased to hear that we are your favourite place to eat in the area. We look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

The best roast dinner I have ever had outside of my own house! (And a vegan one at that!) wonderful food, so tasty and crafted with attention to detail, fresh and colourful. Staff were super friendly too, Christian was lovely. Amazing experience :) plus fab...vegan options which is appreciatedMore

Date of visit: February 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 2 weeks ago

Thank you Katie for your review, we love the opening line - The best roast dinner. We are so pleased to hear that the food was wonderful and our staff were super friendly too. We are so lucky to have Christian in our team, he...More

Reviewed 4 weeks ago

Was treated to a meal with friends yesterday. I had travelled from london and we dont get to see each other often so it was a big deal. We had seen good reviews so decided to try here for a sunday roast, drinks and a...nice catch up... big mistake! The service was awful, it was busy but some of the attitudes of the staff was awful, we heard how they spoke to other customers too. We were very abruptly told we "wouldn't recommend dessert as the kitchen was so busy and it would be a long wait" .. my friend actually cried as this was supposed to be a special treat for us. Sadly we felt an inconvenience for the staff and what should have been a great catch up was ruined by terribly unhappy and snappy staff. On a positive, the food we had was amazing just let down by rude staff that made us feel like we didnt matterMore

Date of visit: February 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 4 weeks ago

Thank you for your feedback. We are delighted that you enjoyed the delectable dining experience at The Duke. However, we were disheartened to learn that you perceived a lapse in the service provided by our front-of-house team towards your party and other guests. Rest assured,...More

Reviewed 4 weeks ago

Pub going downhill rapidly mainly due to management attitude. No longer the friendly local pub. I was treated appallingly today and I wasn't the only one. I saw lots off customers treated badly. Don't care about regulars just the parties that will bring in the...big bucks. Look after you're regulars instead off giving priority to othersMore

Date of visit: February 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 4 weeks ago

Thank you for your anonymous review. At The Duke of Wellington, a family-run establishment, we uphold The Duke's exacting standards daily. Feedback is invaluable to us, as every customer holds equal importance in our eyes. We are eager to delve deeper into your recent Sunday...More

Reviewed 4 weeks ago

What started as a lovely meal ,for a 60th birthday ended as a very marred experience, we were seated for 1pm,we were leisurely given the menus and and not rushed the staff brought a cake to the table and sang Happy Birthday.Dessert menus were given...out at 2.50pm and we were informed that we needed to vacate the table at 3pm for other customers ,please tell me how we are supposed to decide, eat dessert and drink coffee in 10 mins,2 members of staff came and spoke to us,we then asked for the manager ,who duly told us of the 2 hr time frame, this was not explained when taking the booking by phone,we expressed our disappointment of our treatment, so it was decided we could have an extra 30mins,but we felt we had to rush our desserts then we was told we could have coffee to many conversations going backwards and forwards, we just wantedthe bill, even though the manager took the desserts and wine off the bill as a gesture .Moving forward the time frame need to be reminded to the customer when greeted for seating.More

Date of visit: February 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 4 weeks ago

Thank you so much for your valuable feedback, both during your visit and now on TripAdvisor. We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the food and most aspects of the service, and we are glad that you appreciated our gesture of offering desserts and...More

Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

Absolutely fantastic place and service. Can not fault anything. We hired the barn for our dad’s wake after his funeral. The staff in the actual pub helping us book and organise beforehand and the girl behind the bar on the day were so helpful, friendly...and efficient. The room was fantastic, all laid out ready for us and the buffet food was great. Plenty of it and loads of choice. Nothing was too much trouble. Thankyou Duke of Wellington for being great on a very important day for usMore

Date of visit: February 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 4 weeks ago

Thank you Melanie for your truly wonderful review. We are so pleased to hear this positive feedback - thank you. Thank you for choosing us to host this important day for you. We look forward to seeing you all soon.

Reviewed 4 weeks ago

Best food, always consistent. A pleasure every time, our favourite place to eat. Staff are friendly and attentive highly recommend 👌More

Date of visit: February 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 4 weeks ago

Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a lovely review, it is so nice to receive such wonderful feedback that we can share with our team at The Duke, thank you. We pride ourselves on the highest quality of food and service,...More

Reviewed 9 February 2024

Came here for dinner for my friends 18th birthday, such great atmosphere throughout the whole entire pub, amazing service and amazing food as well. All the staff was so helpful and polite.More

Date of visit: February 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 12 February 2024

Thank you Arina for your review, it is so nice to receive such positive feedback that we can share with our staff at The Duke, thank you. We love the opening word - Amazing! and we are so pleased to hear that the food and...More

Reviewed 28 January 2024

Four of us had between us: two steaks absolutely cooked to perfection, one belly of pork which was absolutely mouthwatering and the salmon that I'm told was superb. Starters were delicious too and it was all fairly reasonable. They obviously have an excellent chef who...takes pride in his work and it must be an ethos throughout as the waiting staff were polite, very professional and extremely friendly. Special mention to the young lad who told us he is studying engineering at college. He (along with all the staff) is a credit to you. Many thanks. Will be highly recommending.More

Date of visit: January 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 29 January 2024

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. We love the opening line - Mouthwatering food, excellent waiting staff - we pride ourselves on the delivery of first class food and service. Thank y6u so much for your lovely feedback...More

Reviewed 19 January 2024

It was our son`s birthday so we thought we`d try the Duke. It was a Friday night, so it was very busy, but nonetheless, we were seated and served quickly. My wife`s dietry requirements were satisfied, and nothing was too much trouble, so she had...a bespoke meal. Our pizzas were huge, hot and tasty, and my pint of IPA was very good. The prices were reasonable and the service was excellent (thank you young lady with the braces). Will certainly return.More

Date of visit: January 2024
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 21 January 2024

Thank you for the wonderful review - 5 stars in all areas, we are blown away, thank you. We are so pleased to hear such positive feedback on food and service - thank you. We look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Reviewed 10 January 2024

My second visit to the Duke and again it didn't disappoint. Went for dinner midweek, and the restaurant was busy including a large group having Christmas dinner. The ambience is welcoming, with all staff friendly and attentive. The food itself was excellent. A menu with...a good variety of choice (the only problem all night was choosing what to have). I opted for the steak and ale pie. This was a 'proper' pie, with a bottom and sides, and was delicious. Some of my party had the belly pork, which they loved. Portions are generous, which meant that after a starter and main none of us had room for a dessert. The service was without fault, efficiently accommodating the fact that one of our group arrived late due to family illness with minimum fuss. Prices are reasonable for the quality of the food, sitting at the higher end of pub food prices. Added to all the above is the excellent choice of lagers and ales available. Highly recommended.More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 10 January 2024

We love the opening words - Pub Perfection! This is just what we set out to deliver and achieve. Thank you so much for your wonderful review - we will be sure to share this with our team at The Duke, thank you. The Steak...More

Reviewed 8 January 2024

Would definitely not recommend this venue for Christmas Day Lunch We were booked for Christmas Day Lunch at 12.30 by 4 o’clock our coffee order hadn’t even been taken. We were so frustrated with the service we had received all afternoon we left. Tables with...later booking we’re receiving there main meal and we had been sitting waiting 1 hour 30min from our starter in the end we asked if they had forgotten us.Having paid £406 for the meal + drinks we were really disappointed with the standard of service.More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Charmaine Vaz, Owner at The Duke of Wellington, responded to this reviewResponded 8 January 2024

We understand that providing excellent service is crucial for our customers, and we apologise for falling short of your expectations. Your detailed feedback has been invaluable in identifying areas for improvement and we have taken steps to address them. We appreciate your patience and we...More

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Hello we serve most dishes with a form of vegetable accompaniment some of our diners like to order a side of vegetables as well but this is personal preference. All the information is detailed in each dish as to what the... More
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