The Inn at West End

UK England South East England Surrey Woking

Great food and rooms in a fabulous pub that’s also handy for airports and major roads.

The Inn at West End, just outside Woking, deep in the heart of suburban Surrey, serves excellent Modern British food in a stripped-down, relaxed environment. There are also 12 thoughtfully furnished boutique rooms in a purpose-built wing behind the main building. These are spacious and well equipped, featuring en-suite wet rooms stuffed full of posh toiletries. They’re a dog-friendly place to stay too, with two rooms available for dogs. The food is great – locally supplied, with game from the Windsor Royal Parks and lots of veg from local allotments – on an inventive menu that changes with the seasons. They also double as a wine merchant, and have a predictably great wine list that includes some fabulous little-known Spanish and Portuguese options, some of which are exclusive to the restaurant – if you want to buy something in the wine shop you can drink it in the restaurant and only pay a corkage fee. And all this within a few miles of the M3 and Heathrow Airport – you need never stay in a faceless travel lodge again.