Chalkhill Blue in Test Valley

Cannot thank Daniel and Tracey enough for their amazing hospitality. A couple of weeks ago they went above and beyond to ensure our 50 guests were incredibly well looked after at our daughter's christening. The food was perfect and the service was equally top class. Highly recommended!

Christine looked after us very well.

Lydia was incredibly attentive and helpful, managing a large table with ease

Very friendly,fast service ,good choice on menu .Highly recommend

Absolutely brilliant! They went above and beyond to cater for my daughter’s allergies. Very grateful

Visited late lunchtime when it was quiet. Food was delicious and service good without being excessive.

Tracey is absolutely amazing! Went above and beyond!

We had a very enjoyable lunch with my elderly parents. A party of four we were able to get a table as a walk in. With limited mobility Elaine was mindful of this. The food was to a very good standard delivers in a reasonable timeframe and was fairly priced. Elaine and her colleagues delivered a very good level of service and we would certainly return.

Lydia went above and beyond helping me surprise my mum for her birthday, 9 of us and the food and service was amazing. Thanks guys.

Chalkhill blue staff was attentive and welcoming during my experience.

Staff are always very friendly and helpful, hence 3stars. But... I chose the chicken and chorizo flatbread. Poor value, 3 small pieces of chicken on 1 skewer, i don't even remember eating any chorizo. Basically a load of carbs.. flatbread and fries, plus some salad for 15.95. Even with 30% off it felt overpriced. Disappointing

Tracey is amazing along with the male manager! If you want a decent meal in a lovely place, I highly recommend coming here!

We had sea bass and the lamb. Food was excellent. We were served by Lydia who was cheerful and helpful.

Lovely evening with friends. Great service. Food was good. Would visit again.

This place tends over backwards ti accommodate your requests.christine served us today very polite, customer service spot on again another good evening for a family event

Brilliant service amazing food msg kids loved the play area

We had very nice mid-week meals here. The atmosphere was nice, not too busy, but not quiet or stale and the setting was all very nice, clean and tables available. We had the whitebait and sticky chicken starters, with a scampi and pie and mash for main. We were served by Lydia, who was confident, polite, knowledgeable and very attentive. She was very helpful, making our choices and decisions easy. The food was all very nice, less the mash potato, which looked like it had been sitting a while in a pot or under a heat lamp, but I was hungry and couldn't be bothered with sending it back and waiting for another meal, and my colleague was already eating too. It was a very nice visit and I'd certainly go again.

The food was delicious. All the staff were friendly and helpful. The atmosphere was so relaxed. A really lovely place to come. The play area had my daughter entertained.

we had Tracey serving us and she was lovely, very friendly answered all the questions and all round made it a nice atmosphere.

Friendly, good value for money. Food was great and our waitress Lydia couldn’t of been more attentive

Our server was Lydia she was very polite and professional.

Excellent food and Christine looked after us very well, she is a credit to your team

Entered and it took a while to be greeted. Table was good, took ages to be offered drinks. Food also took a while. Sticky chicken recipe seems to have changed which was disappointing. Issues with the card machine when paying. Ordered an espresso which took ages to arrive and was so cool the sugar didn't dissolve. Staff were warm and friendly and very good.

Overall a fairly nice place to eat and the food is nice however; the standard of the staff is disappointing. From poor personal hygiene to lack of female professional dress code and dirty kitchen cloths to bring out food. some food not available either. That said the customer service was spot on, helpful and friendly 👌

Tracy was very good at her job very friendly and helpful

Unfortunately our glasses were extremely cloudy. Either new glasses are required or salt in the the dishwasher. Food was really good, however took over 2 hours to clear out mains and order dessert. Being heavily pregnant, I was definitely getting uncomfortable. I asked for the dessert to be taken away (as we ordered off the 3 course meal and fed up of sitting) but could only offer it to be in tin foil which was fine, we'd just not have the ice cream. I immediately asked to pay but to my disappointment the dessert came on a plate and not takeaway as I'd requested. A real shame as the food was lovely.

Amazing meal with my family. Highly recommend. Food was great, staff were all really friendly and attentive, lovely relaxed atmosphere, we will definitely be back!

Only ever had a friendly welcome and service with value for money food and drink.

Lydia was lovely as always. We absolutely loved the Hunters Chicken! Very hot all the way to the end! We enjoyed our evening thank you ☺️

Christine served me and was really helpful. It was the best fish and chips I have had for a long time.

Always good food at reasonable prices.

Fabulous food, great service from our server Tracy. One of favourite eateries in Andover.

The chalkhill blue was great as always tonight, especially the service... Lydia was a fantastic hostess, she ensured we got everything we asked for, even though one of our group was especially picky... Lydia made sure everything was sorted, service with a smile as always

The staff went above and beyond to make us feel welcome and checked regularly to make sure we were happy with everything. They even brought water and treats for our 2 dogs.

We stopped in for something to eat after a day out in Andover while visiting from Wales. Tracey welcomed us in and as a family of five we were seated comfortably. There was a great selection of drinks at the bar and I was served a perfect pint of cold Estrella. There was a varied menu, but the staff made some personal amendments in line with our tastes. The food delivered was great and the portions were generous. The five of us left satisfied and I would recommend the chalk hill blue to anyone, we had a great meal in a great pub Thanks very much to all in the pub who made our visit a great one 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Great food Great atmosphere Great pub

What an absolute triumphant meal me and my compadre had. He wept with joy as the taste sensation hit his pallet.

Great food and atmosphere. Amazing service

Had a very enjoyable lunchtime, thank you.

Terrible service, I had to get my own menu, I had to order my food via the app after sitting for 20 minutes waiting for a waitress. I recieved my food fairly quickly but was then left with an empty plate for 35 minutes at which time I requested a refund for my dessert and left. TERRIBLE!!

Lovely meal and service from Christine and the other staff too. Nice venue and atmosphere. Happy to go agsin

It was incredible. Went with my 9 year old boy. We went for a nice meal out. Honestly they were amazing. Not only the service but the way they treated my little boy. They are very family friendly and incredibly welcoming. Honestly a hidden gem in Andover. Never been here before today but certainly won’t be a stranger after this visit

Myself and partner came here on Valentines Day. When we arrived we had a warm and friendly welcome. We were shown to our table which was decorated with candles, fresh rose and petals on the table. We went for the set menu which looked and tasted amazing the service for spot on. Friendly but not intrusive. Our waitress and another lady (I think the manager) were caring and professional. We will return soon.

Whilst the service was a little slow (restaurant wasn’t full either!), the QR Code ordering service was good as were the friendly staff.

Great service, great food, great ambiance. Love this restaurant.

Had lunch mixed grill and lamb rump and mini pie was lovely all staff friendly and helpful

Loverly breakfast. Friendly, welcoming. Weve been a few times recently and have found them nothing but consistsnt. Dog friendly too. Looking forward to our next visit

Nice cold pint of cider at the end of a busy day at work food great and the staff are all friendly and helpful wil be back soon

Brought my family here after a long day out. We hadn't booked which was not a problem. We got shown to a table. We had several options for ordering either by the app or coming to the bar. We ordered via the app as we were feeling lazy. Our drinks we brought to the table very quickly. Our food then arrived a short time after which was hot and tasty also well presented.

Very busy when we arrived was greeted at the door immediately taken to table where food and drink order was taken all food was hot and tasty and staff were all friendly and helpful

A truly friendly atmosphere with the friendliest staff I’ve ever come across in a busy setting like this. Nothing is ever too much for the staff that work tirelessly to please. We received recommendations on dishes from the new menu, didn’t wait long at all for the food and it met expectations. This is a really busy, bustling place with fantastic staff, food and drink at reasonable prices

Love the vibe at the Chalkhill Blue, the food is really good, and the cask beer is great!

Amazing food and really friendly service. We come every week for food and the quiz and never disappointed!

Booked a table for the weekly quiz. The restaurant has a great atmosphere, all staff are friendly and approachable. Ordered chips and garlic bread and Elaine came over and asked how everything was and even asked how our day had been.

It’s like a second home for me as I come with friends every week for the quiz on Wednesdays. The new food menu is brilliant & food is unbelievably delicious. So comfortable there & the staff are super friendly and very welcoming. I absolutely love coming here every week.

Regularly attend the quiz night as well as coming for family meals as often as our finances allow. We have had some discrepancies with a few of the more recently employed staff members but the management we have spoken to about our issues have always been professional & understanding, but rightfully frustrated. We will continue to support the pub, however the recent menu changes are also disappointing…especially the cheesey garlic bread!!!!

We’d both been away with work and grandkids, thought a lovely, local meal out would be great?, how wrong could you be? Booking was easy and time slot available, great. Arrived at the pub, car park not over busy, proceeded to the waiting table and stood for what seemed like an eternity, a guy finally arrived, rather flustered, “have you got a booking?”, no welcome!!, he scurried of to check if the table was available, returned saying “no it wasn’t and he’d look for another!”, found the only table in the pub and started to prepare, my wife looked to see it was directly under the tv, not ideal for a “time together meal”. We asked if there was another table and told no!!, we unfortunately declined and left. Just a side note, we ate here Christmas’23, absolutely superb, Easter ‘24 dreadful and going downhill rapidly. Staff members were poorly presented and looked scruffy! Need to improve all round!

We had the pleasure of holding our engagement party at the Chalkhill Blue. Tracey and Daniel were an absolute delight to deal with, and they were incredibly helpful on the day. Thank you again!!!!

The menu was very bland and boring, it wont offend anyone but it was much less than many restaurants. The waitress was pushing the extras hard as I was looking for something with a bit of spice. She said the chef could add chillies , I got a side of chillies which I think I was charged a couple of quid for. So for a burger a couple of sides and two beers the bill came to about £35. £35 for a burger and a couple of beers Prior to ordering a burger, I asked fro the curry but no rice. Place the curry on a portion of chips. That was obviously impossible so I would get the curry and rice and a side of chips and I could put the chips on top. Thats not what I asked for Any kitchen should be able to do a basic operation such as put curry on chips ... but computer says no

Very welcoming, great food, great service, in a very pleasant atmosphere.

Great service and food as always. Staff are always so friendly and never had a bad meal here!

Great atmosphere, lovely staff especially Tracy

Lovely service very friendly staff & food was tasty.

Table of four. Nice warm welcome. Drinks served to table with a smile. Food hot and nice quality drinks not too pricey, very good service

Enjoyable evening celebrating a birthday. Lovely girl named Lydia looked after us and was very attentive, without being pushy. The food was nice when we got it although some portions were on the small side. Lydia took on board our comments and was very pleasant. Not enough staff on duty considering the amount of people eating. All in all not bad at all

Tracy was so kind and helpful. Really appreciated the great service, felt very welcome and looked after.

Great service and food even though the restaurant was very busy. Lydia was informative about using discount codes and went above and beyond with her service

We Went for the first time and waited ages for our starters and drinks then a seventy five minutes wait for dinner and don't ask about dessert 😱 and a certain member of staff really needs to watch her body odour. The food was not even warm staff didn't come back to us and the whole experience was ruined. One thing got me I asked for a hot chocolate drink and I watched it being made and the hot chocolate powder came out of a quality street plastic tin and was not even hot. Well won't be going back sorry

Brilliant friendly staff very helpful

I met up with school friends at Chalkhill Blue in Andover. It was super busy evening , but Lydia our waitress helped us with the menu choices and served us efficiently throughout our stay. I loved the food so much, I’ll bring my parents back over the Easter holidays .

Lovely food and atmosphere, Tracy was excellent! Thanks

We live in North Yorkshire & travel to Andover to see our daughter & her family. The travel lodge is convenient. We chose to eat at the C.B, originally for convenience. However it’s now a part of our booking process. The food is always hot & tasty & superior to any other pub that we’ve used over the years in Andover. (I assume that you’re part of a chain, the quality says otherwise) We have had great servers. From meeting & greeting Tracy to our table server, 14/02 Lydia & 15/02 Elaine. Generally all staff are welcoming and helpful. They just look after you.😊 The food is great, the drinks menu caters for all. The prices are reasonable. All in all, a very positive experience. Definitely worth a visit & our son in law tells us the Sunday roast is great too….maybe we’ll get to sample that one day.

Amazing place, friendly and gave us time to enjoy our Christmas Dinner .. we had 2 disabled and the staff and bosses were very kind and very helpful... Will be going back as food was fantastic and very friendly to us..

It was lovely. Clean, Lydia our waitress was friendly and informative along with her colleagues

Christine was wonderful and looked after us all nigh. We had a wonderful Valentines here, thank you for making it so special.

Had a meal with a friend on Wednesday 12th Feb and both had fish and Chips…. 10 chips??? Fish batter greasy and overall really disappointing ! Although we had a 30% off food voucher it really wasn’t worth the £32 that I paid, horrible. If it wasn’t for catching up with a good friend after he’s lost his father I would have returned the food which really isn’t what I typically would do but it was poor. We have visited numerous times and it’s been ok but on the occasion we wanted and needed “comfort food” we were extremely disappointed. The prices have increased and the quality dropped, apologies but had to write this review.

Having experienced Charkhill Blue several times a few years ago, I swore I would never go back. After trying again after 4 years since returning to the area we were hugely surprised that it has changed so much for the better. Great service, amazing food, really nice decor and setting. We will definitely be back again soon. Special shout out to Lydia our server, who was very attentive, polite and cheerful - thanks for the tip about cheesy garlic mushrooms, they were amazing!

2nd visit to this place and remembered it being a lot nicer. Food was ok. All staff were scruffy wearing dirty trainers. Our server smelt awful and left a lingering smell each time she tended our table or walked by. Ladies toilets weren’t great, quite an awful smell coming from them. Don’t think we will be back.

First time visit, enjoyed the evening. Lydia, our host, was very friendly . Will definitely be eating there again.

Generally very please, waitress Lydia was friendly and engaged.

Really nice food and really friendly welcomimg staff, We'll be visiting again, highly recommended

We were so grateful for the support around individual allergies and dietary requirements it was the first place that one of our group has been able to eat a desert. The food was lovely and the service was great. Daniel and the team were helpful and welcoming and Lydia could not have done more to enable a lovely evening. We have booked our next get together at the Chalkhill Blue before leaving and I think others in our group will be going back with their families. Thanks for making the evening special

Excellent and friendly service from Lydia. Very good food. Many thanks

Highly recommend the service provided by Lydia. She was brilliant :)

food was amazing and staff were extremely friendly, made me miss working in a bar myself

Had my birthday meal here with family this evening and we were very disappointed. Burgers just ok! Chicken gravy smelt and tasted vile. My vegetables were soggy and cold. We waited 45 minutes for our desserts. The crumble was appalling liking to raw pastry, undercooked slop, crumble is supped to be as the description ‘crumble. Will not be returning.

Great new menu, staff were great especially Christine

Very nice place, good food, fair priced, friendly and helpful staff and nice little play area for the kids

Very warm welcome by Lydia . Food was delicious, cooked and served very quickly and service was great .

Decent grub. Nothing fancy. Good portion sizes. Excellent for Sunday roast

Don't get me wrong the food was good, however I feel every time I go they are always out of something. Today especially we had a lady serving us who spelt really bad of Bo and also her hands where extremely dirty when serving us food. We didn't stay for desert and not sure we will be going back anytime soon.

Lovely welcome on arrival. Food was ordered and served quickly. It was all very hot and all requests were no problem at all. We have a child with food requirements and it was not a problem at all. The only thing was we sent a steak back, although beautifully cooked we asked for medium / well done but it arrived rare. The issue was resolved very quickly so no complaints at all. Will visit again.

Great food Efficient and friendly staff Good atmosphere Value for money

Nice night out for a family birthday. Excellent service from Tracey and good atmosphere as it was quiz night.

Staff are all lovely and helpful, food fantastic and overall a warm welcoming atmosphere

It's a lovely restaurant. The food is amazing and people are awesome and polite. They make sure the customer's are happy.

Lovely Sunday roast Good service Food very tasty

Good for kids there's a little play area outside. Staff were friendly. It's clean. Nice pub grub!

Amazing food & service Delicious dairy free options to choose from rather than basic single options Lydia was knowledgable of the allergy process and professional in the service

The Coeliac Blogger: I review Many restaurants and I'm in the top 10% reviews, focusing on gluten free. Me and my family had a meal here, I was a nice location, pleased they catered for Gluten free, I had the stake. The food was ok, the stake was only half lean, half gristle sadly and the plate was lacking more sadly 4/10. My kids found the meal lacking too, especially the pasta dish, was bland sadly. On the plus side, it was great to get the 30% discount on main meals, but the quality isn't there to revisit sadly.