Dine

We held our wedding at The Poets House. We booked it a year in advance and worked with the Events Manager to create our very special day. The hotel delivered - and more. It was amazing. The facilities, including the bedrooms, are top class and the staff are incredibly helpful. Indeed, one guest commented that the staff kept smiling throughout and that makes all the difference. When we entered the Writing Room for the wedding breakfast, it had been dressed to perfection and would have done justice to any elite hotel in the world. The food was superb - everyone loved it. But above all, the ambience of this gem of a hotel made it perfect for us. We can not recommend it highly enough.

Iain & Sally

Wonderful service from Poets House from start to finish! We had a fabulous time - the team, food, rooms and venue were brilliant

Laura & Lain

We had our wedding at poets house it was such an amazing day nothing was to much for them. Thank you to all the staff at Poets House you all helped make our special day so special

Kate & Phil

My husband and I got married and had our reception at Poets House in Ely. The team were extremely attentive and organised, right from when we first looked around to the day after our wedding. We had exclusive use for our wedding, which came with all 21 rooms. We all had a fantastic time and guest were extremely impressed with the rooms and the quality of the food on the day. Breakfast the day after was included for those guests that stayed, and was excellent!

Nicola & Ross

We spent a long time after we got engaged looking for our perfect venue and we were so pleased to find it at Poets House. We had a large Sikh wedding on the Saturday of a bank holiday weekend, followed by a more intimate ceremony and celebration at the lovely Poet's House on the Sunday. It was the ideal size for our 60-something guests and wonderful to have the run of the hotel for a relaxed and fun occasion, as well as the convenience and luxury of having most of our guests staying at the hotel overnight in the beautiful rooms. We first came to Poets House for lunch, and the high quality of the food was a big influence on our making the decision that we'd found the right venue for us. The only difficult part was choosing what to have to eat on our big day because we enjoyed everything at our tasting!

Amy & Gurpal (Part 1)

The team at Poets House are fantastic - Christine in particular was so helpful in the run up to the wedding and keeping everything moving on the day. She was happy to accommodate our requests, including for outdoor games in their courtyard - I recommend giant Jenga! - and would always provide a reassuring response to my last minute panics. The team even created table numbers to match my "art deco" theme. I recommend Poets House for any couple looking for an elegant venue, which offers the flexibility to make your wedding special and personal to you.

Amy and Gurpal (Part 2)

We held our wedding reception and party at the lovely Poet's House. The food was fantastic, as were the bar staff, and we had a perfect day. We hired the rooms out as part of a wedding package and everyone was blown away by how beautiful the rooms were, and very excited about using the copper baths! Thank you very much.

Rachel & Dan

The team at Poets House were fantastic and made our wedding day so special from start to finish. The team did a great job in laying out the writing room and changing the room around quickly. The food was excellent and all of our guests thoroughly enjoyed it. We would highly recommend Poets House as a wedding venue.

Hotel Guest

Ely’s most relaxed and consistently good venue for drinks and fine dining, but it’s the service that makes it stand out - you always feel comfortable and valued as a customer and nothing is too much trouble. The team is outstanding, thx.

Diner

I came here for their Sunday roast. We arrived early and had some drinks in the seating area near the bar. Very comfortable, all the bar staff were extremely nice and the view is not the garden was lovely. When we ate, we chose to eat outside. The food itself was delicious, and specially the beef. Atmosphere (warm sunny day) was perfect, tables are not too close to each other. Again, the wait staff were very friendly and apologised for any waiting (I think they were short staffed that day). Overall, I’d recommend and would come back again.

Harshal

Returned for another lunch with friends. Good choices - something for everyone on the set lunch menu. Ate a leisurely meal in the lovely walled garden enjoying the late summer weather. Excellent service.

Teresa

A memorable experience on a memorable day My daughter and her new husband were married in the morning and we treated ourselves to a night at Poets House to celebrate. The staff went out of their way to make this a truly memorable and beautiful experience for us. The location, facilities and staff were exceptional. We want to thank them dearly.

Christopher

Lovely hotel and location, right opposite the cathedral and for a lovely stroll into the 'city' centre. Rooms were lovely, lady at reception very friendly as were the various cleaners we bumped into and our room was lovely and big with a huge copper bath in the bathroom.

We had dinner in the restaurant which was lovely, apart from some guest who decided it was ok to have a loud mobile phone conversation for about 20 minutes in a small hotel restaurant, but that's not the hotel's fault at all!

We had a light lunch also there, which again was lovely, although the chap who looked like he was maybe running the restaurant (with a moustache) comes across somewhat aloof, promised to bring us menus outside and never did, so I had to chase him up after we'd waited about 20 minutes, and even then took an age to come back and take our order. He needs to learn to smile a bit more and chill out!

Steve (Part 1)

The lady, who I'm guessing runs the hotel also, is lovely however, couldn't do more for you. The car park arrangement is fine, considering you can't park your car on-site and they have a designated secure area in the public car-park about 5 mins walk away so you drive into the hotel, drop your bags off and then leave your car elsewhere afterwards, which seemed to work just fine.

So all in all, a really nice place to stay in a really lovely place so highly recommend.

Steve (Part 2)