The King's Head Hotel hosts wedding receptions, christening parties, private dinners and garden gatherings, with up to 44 guests seated in its Upstairs restaurant and function bar. The hotel is a former coaching inn on Mercer Row, in the center of Louth, Lincolnshire, with eight bedrooms, a self-contained apartment and its own car park.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel stands about 100 meters from St. James' Church and about 100 meters from St. Mary's Catholic Church, so guests can walk from the ceremony to the reception. It presents itself as a venue for wedding receptions and christening celebrations, with menus prepared to the hosts' requirements. Upstairs@The King's takes the seated meal, and the beer garden at the back serves as the hotel's outdoor function and entertainment area from spring to early autumn, for drinks, barbecues and live music. Bedrooms upstairs let the wedding party and family stay on site.
Rooms and capacities
Upstairs@The King's seats 44 and is described as the hotel's restaurant and function bar. The King's Bistro seats 24 and opens every lunchtime and from Monday to Saturday in the evening. The garden is the outdoor function area, used for barbecues and Sunday afternoon music sessions. Downstairs, the bars and a snug take informal drinks.
Accommodation
Eight en-suite bedrooms have been refurbished in a contemporary style. For longer stays there is also a self-contained apartment with three bedrooms, one family room, one twin and a small double, an open-plan kitchen and living area, and its own shower room. The hotel has been named a Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice for six consecutive years.
Catering
The kitchen is run by a head chef and team who cook with local, seasonal ingredients. Upstairs@The King's serves lunch and dinner with daily specials and seasonal menus, the bistro covers lunchtimes, and the hotel also serves breakfast until noon, afternoon tea and a Sunday menu of roasts. For special occasions, menus are prepared and tailored on request.
History and setting
The building has served as a coaching inn for more than 250 years. Its current owners refurbished it at a cost of more than a quarter of a million pounds, and it describes itself as the only town-center hotel in Louth with a function room and on-site parking. Louth sits on the eastern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, and Hubbard's Hills, a wooded valley, lies about ten minutes' walk from the back door.
Getting there
The hotel is at 10 Mercer Row, in the center of Louth, with car parking behind the building. Lincoln is about 30 minutes by car, and Humberside Airport about 30 minutes.
