Clos du Marquis in Winchester

The small team at Clos du Marquis have created something special here - great food, attentive & professional service, welcoming atmosphere and of course superb French food and lovely wines. This makes CduM a highly recommended, intimate, must visit restaurant in lovely Stockbridge.

This was our second visit to Clos du Marquis. The service and food were superb once again. The normal set menu is great value but the 20 year special menu at £20 for two courses is unbelievably good. Many thanks to Garth and the chef.

Excellent food and service here, was the cheapest of our 3 meals out and the best. Conidering the quality it is good value for money. Parking is easy in the evening, we parked right outside. It is not very big so a lovely atmosphere.

Had a fabulous meal. Ambiance was warm and friendly, Garth looked after our table very professionally. Everyone had starters, from kidneys to scallops. Mains were grilled hake, pork fillets and quail. We finished the meal off with a delicious and interesting cheese board. The Muratie Cabernet Sauvignon was exceptional as always. Best restaurant in Stockbridge.

Another lovely night at the Clos du Marquis. Garth is a great host and gets it just right. The food is fantastic, atmosphere is lovely, and the location is great. Always worth the taxi journey out from Winchester for something Winchester can’t quite seem to do!

Run solely by a husband and wife team and possibly the best food available outside of a Michelin starred restaurant. The menu is short but well selected - the way it should be. The cooking is truly exquisite-no gimmicks, fine ingredients and beautifully presented. Front of house service is attentive and convivial - a shortish wine list but we'll chosen and fairly priced. The tables are well spaced. However,my only tiny negative is that for me the restaurant was rather too quiet with a somewhat restrained ambience which, in my personal view, could be improved with some tasteful soft background music commensurate with fine dining and candles on the tables to give a more intimate feel

Very impromptu decision to have lunch, we passed the window and decided to check if they had a available table. They did, and lunch was delicious.

Delicious food and top notch service.

We have been coming here for a dozen or more years, mostly in the evening but occasionaly for lunch. Over this time the quality of the meals has been consistently good and has never failed to impress. The wine list is short but adequate, French but with a few non-French wines, I don't think there are any half bottles which is a shame. Service is friendly and efficient and Garth is happy to have a chat. For our recent dinner we had the starter and main course of the day. The starter was a duck breast salad with a good combination of flavours, the main course was liver with potatoes Anna, peas and tomato, all cooked just as it should be. I had a passion fruit and orange sorbet for dessert and having tasted sorbets around the world this was a new combination for me. Family run just as it would be in France.

Complimentary entrees and aperitifs -amazing food and service thoroughly enjoyed

Complimentary entrees and aperitifs -amazing food and service thoroughly enjoyed

Good food at a reasonable price. Maitre Di grates unfortunately. Isn't able to distinguish between pickiness and genuine medical needs, so errs on the side of pickiness and gives a lecture on the need for salt in food. Lucky he didn't get a dressing down in front of his customers. What a prat!

Good food at a reasonable price. Maitre Di grates unfortunately. Isn't able to distinguish between pickiness and genuine medical needs, so errs on the side of pickiness and gives a lecture on the need for salt in food. Lucky he didn't get a dressing down in front of his customers. What a prat!

A lovely experience on all sides. We were so focused on appreciating the service, the food and the wines and spirit we forgot to take photos but we highly recommend

Thank you to the Clos du Marquis for an excellent dinner which was a belated birthday celebration and a wonderful end to a hot summer's day visiting Stockbridge Open Gardens. We really enjoyed the ambience and attentive but informal service. There are clearly good reasons why this small business endures thanks to the couple who own and run it. We found the menu concise but excellently executed. We really enjoyed the Menu du Terroir options (creole prawns and duck) and equally the A la carte choices (scallops and Dover Sole). The little added touches of the canapes and bread and the delicious chocolate to finish were appreciated. Honestly, we couldn't fault anything and hope to return one day. There are only a few tables and a single service, so book well ahead is our advice.

Meeting with our daughter I had read reviews and was happy to visit. The food was varied and the service was excellent and we will certainly go again. The restaurant was over half full and all appeared to be enjoying their food. We all had lamb ,beautifully cooked

What a great find, excellent food and service, you must give this a try.

We had lunch in the Clos today a party of 3. The menu showed two courses for £34.00. The service was excellent and food was exquisite. Certainly the best French style food I have had for many years. Small ‘amuse bouche’ provided were delightful. My starter was devilled kidneys, followed by a main course of game stew. My wife and daughter are both gluten-free and were well catered for in their choices. Had I been permitted, I would have stayed for supper. Thank you for a wonderful lunch

We have dined here in the evening many times before and never been disappointed… This time we popped in for the 2 course fixed price lunch and both went for the menu du jour. The food was outstanding supplemented by quality reasonable priced wines… We will be back for dinner!

Brilliant little place, amazing food. Lovely husband and wife combo delivered excellent, knowledgeable service and were lovely to chat to as well. Can't wait to go back

It is quite a wonderful surprise to find such a fabulous french restaurant in the Hampshire countryside. Fresh seasonal ingredients and a well balanced small menu mean there is a focus on the cooking which is of extremely high quality. Great service and a lovely restaurant on the high street. Excellent value for the quality.

Brilliant lady chef, don't need to be so pretentious at front of house........ it was though the correct level of service

Excellent little find in Stockbridge. Garth was an excellent host. The meal was superb. The canapés before our starter was a lovely touch. We didn't have dessert but we were presented with a very rich chocolate curl each. Thank you so much, we will definitely return.

This is the second time we have eaten here and it didn’t disappoint. We both had the two course menu which had some wonderful choices. The food itself was well presented, hot and very tasty. Side orders accompanied the main courses too making it very good value indeed. The host was attentive and chatty which added to an all round superb evening. We will be back!

Stuffeds quails and sweetbreads are some invitation. Brilliantly delivered. Just go! Parking a challenge but never an issue

What an excellent lunch! Had a fantastic time here - excellent service and the food was absolutely delicious. Only regret was not having any room for dessert. We’re looking forward to returning!

I spent an absolutely amazing 2 hours in this restaurant with my Husband. The food was absolutely exceptional and the gentleman serving us was so friendly. My Husband and I are both passionate about wine and he took the time to talk to us about where they sourced the wine, different styles - even giving me some "surprise" samples, which was really enjoyable. The scallops were cooked to perfection, the beef was a delight and everything was utterly perfect. By the time we left the restaurant, I had already arranged a dinner date with my sister, so we have the opportunity to visit again.

Fantastic food and excellent and very friendly service. Very good value for the quality of food and experience.

Another visit and the young grouse(boned) were worth the trip. All very french and will return Can not understand recent review re lobster! John McC

We have enjoyed the gastronomical delights of the Clos du Marquis for many years. They never disappoint us and always go the extra mile. We celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary in December with them , a full house and nothing but compliments from all our guest's, some who had never been there before. September was my 67th birthday and we were a table of 7. Garth even pointed my husband in the direction of a local florist so there were individual pots of flowers in the middle of the table which each of the ladies took home at the end of the evening Thank you Garth and Miranda. You are priceless

We were so excited to finally try this restaurant after seeing all the reviews. Only 4 tables were in use on a Saturday night & we were the last ones there at not even 9pm. There was no background music so you could hear the other tables discussion & there was no atmosphere. The restaurant is run totally by one couple, the wife is the chef & the husband is front of house & neither of them are French. We had l’escargots as we always do anywhere we can and this was delicious so we were really hopeful about the rest of the meal. Sadly the mains didn’t live up to the expectation. The side dishes were basic & bland p a dish of plain roasted pumpkin with no flavourings or dressing whatsoever, plus re-heated bland potatoes dauphinois which was chewy & dry after being microwaved. I had lobster in a Thermidor sauce, expecting the traditional style of the lobster meat having been removed & mixed with the sauce before going back into the shell to be gratinated. However, the shell was just for show, spotlessly clean, & certainly wasn’t from the lobster on my plate as they claimed. I should have realised that by them only opening 2-3 days a week would mean that the lobster would be frozen but I was not prepared at all for it to be so hard that I could barely get my fork in. The maitre de saw me struggling to cut it so brought over a steak knife & when I finally broke through to the centre there was a rush of watery black liquid across my plate. The maitre de saw this but said it was just the roe. Eventually he could see I wasn’t happy and offered a replacement meal which came out really quickly. The chef came out and apologised saying that they always left the roe on as some people do like it but she was glad I had brought it to her attention that it wasn’t for everyone so they would leave it off in future. I tried to explain that I like the roe but that it is usually pink by the time it gets to me. This wasn’t even slightly underdone roe which would be a black gunge, this was very watery black liquid because the frozen lobster wasn’t even early cooked which also explained the firmness of the white meat. A little bit later the chef came through again and sheepishly admitted that it ‘might have been a little bit under’. This wasn’t a case of disliking something or being a bit disappointed in one element of the dish, this was a health hazard served alongside bland sides at huge expense. What a let down. We were absolutely gutted to finally find a proper French restaurant with an exciting menu & excellent reviews only for it to turn out so badly. I can only assume that this was an aberration as the rest of the reviews are very complimentary. Sadly it wasn’t to be for us.

A fabulous meal with excellent personal service. The restaurant always has an interesting selection on the menu, including kidneys, skate wings and rabbit. Everything is beautifully cooked and presented and accompanied by very good, well priced wines. The crème brûlée came still ‘burning’ providing us with entertainment too . A superb lunch, beautifully presented and excellent value

Clos du Marquis is a classical French restaurant in the heart of the beautiful town of Stockbridge. Nowadays there are not many restaurants that serve French cuisine but we are lucky enough to have this restaurant in the historic Test Valley setting. The food is truly excellent and the menus change frequently. The service is professional and friendly. The experience is fine dining and we feel privileged to have Clos du Marquis as our favourite local restaurant.

This review is well overdue. We have been regulars at this restaurant since Covid but to be honest never felt it necessary to do a review. However, some recent bad experiences elsewhere together with the complete lack of solicitation by the owners to do a Tripadvisor review (unlike the so-called No 1 restaurant in Stockbridge which used to have a sign up saying “meet the pushy waitress as per Tripadvisor” after someone made that comment or hotels who so frequently ask you to leave a Tripadvisor review), made me feel compelled to do so. Clos du Marquis is an authentic French fine dining restaurant, run by a lovely husband and wife team - Garth and Maranda. The food is truly delicious. The service is genuine and setting is charming. It feels like you are in France whilst in fact you are in the picturesque town of Stockbridge on the River Test. The 2 course table d’hote menu is exceptional value. Clos du Marquis is not about “gimmicky” food per Masterchef eg sou vide this with blow torched that etc - just good old fashioned French fine dining. Consistently excellent.

We had a faultless meal with impeccable service. As good a French restaurant as we have ever dined at and that includes countless visits to France.

We had a meal here at the weekend. OMG it was so nice to go out for a meal and get treated like a customer and not just another number. They only have 6 or 7 tables and so the diners are the centre of attention from start to finish. It was a pleasure to have aperitifs and wines served correctly and in the right glassware. They serve fish with a fish knife, I can't remember when I was last served fish with a fish knife. The menu has a good choice of dishes, everything we ordered was delicious and looked beautiful prepared and presented. Garth is a great host and makes you feel very welcome. We will definitely be going back again soon.

Had dinner here last night and it was excellent.Service and food were of the highest standard,to be honest I find it hard to find this quality when traveling in France . Many thanks for a lovely evening.

My first visit to this wonderful restaurant with a friend who has been before. Excellent food very reasonably priced as was the wine list. What was pleasant the restaurant did not have too many tables which meant you had plenty of space. Garth was an...

This is our favourite restaurant! We had a fabulous dinner last night: the food was excellent, the wine choice great and the service just right. They were also very accommodating to our friend’s dietary requirements with no fuss. We will certainly be back 😃.

Good solid french cooking. Great service, if slightly dad jokeish. Nice wine.

Well worth the drive from Winsor, near Romsey. Had walked past and been immediately attracted by the menu - reality did not disappoint !! Excellent food, service and wine and we shall definitely be back - probably with friends !!!

We had a really excellent mal here at lunchtime today. We ate from the set menu. One calamari stuffed with prawns and one devilled kidneys, followed by one rabbit and one duck. The food was all beautifully presented and nicely served. We were neither rushed...

Great ambience, wonderful food, reasonable not overpriced wine list. Made very welcome by Garth. A superb 2 course menu for £32 which included a delicious Amuse Bouche was excellent value. Delicious French priced between £6 and £8 for a large glass and champagne at £9...

Really enjoyed our meal this evening, Garth. England will win !

We had a superb 2-course lunch from the set menu, both enjoying the tasty Hake Estofinade and a very flavoursome roasted lamb neck fillet. The glasses of Picpoul, Merlot and Bordeaux were all great and sensibly priced. We would echo the comments other reviewers have...

Phenomenal experience in french cuisine. From the time you walk In to the time you leave everything is perfect. Fantastic authentic French options to choose from with everything cooked to perfection. Truly 5 star dining and would highly recommend

Absolutely Perfect meal and atmosphere. From the time you walk in to the time you leave it is an amazing experience. Food is fantastic and truly a brilliant French experience. Just absolutely wow and would highly recommend if you are local or are passing through.

Wow what a meal… excellent food, polite and amazing service and a really special evening. Calamari with prawns was amazing and the lamb main was out of this world . We will definitely be making a routine visit.

This establishment is the perfect example of small team cooking. The husband is the front of house and the wife a superb cook. It is very good value. I recommend having the dish of the day starter and main course - you cant go wrong!...

We found this restaurant very relaxing and enjoyed excellent food. The owner has a quirky sense of humour, but certainly not sarcastic as others have mentioned. We had quite a laugh with him. Our visit was during a very hot spell, we sat by the...

Relaxed atmosphere with not many tables. Food excellent. We went for it with scallops and lobster. Followed by ice cream. Would love to take friends but need a plan taxi or hotel as wine to match the good food required. Best to book and arrive...

Fabulous grown up French food. Great CULINARY skill.Le Patron is a lovely chap. Good wines and vfm

We had a lovely lunch party and we’re well looked after. A great menu and including the drinks, a very reasonable price.

Just had a marvellous reunion lunch for eighteen of us . The food and wine was delicious and the service was 5 star. Highly recommended. Would go there again any day!!

Another regimental reunion of retired officers and wives for lunch at this fab restaurant Garth did us a tablecloth menu with some drinks included for a set price to make the bill division easier He's,a fabulous host and so attentive.his house wines excellent. But I'm...

Delicious food, beautiful presentation. Very good service.

Fabulous food and delightful service.

We went with another couple for lunch and all felt it was the best experience in our recent memory which is saying something as we love eating out! Sorry I didn't take pictures of the food which was delicious from the amuse-bouche to the chocolate truffles served complimentary at the end of our meal. Champagne excellent, crab starter excellent, rabbit with mustard sauce absolutely divine. But in addition to the lovely food and wine, the owner was so very welcoming without being intrusive, served perfectly so we always felt taken care of but our conversations never interrupted. It was like the Gavroche where no one appears until you need them. To take it to perfect 5 stars, the restaurant was immaculately clean and the decorations and loos beautifully done. That is where these pictures are from as I would like to copy the idea - sorry no pictures of the well presented food......

Thank you for a delicious meal, marvellous wine and a great atmosphere. A bientot

Recommended by my client as something different. And it was. Best meal I have had for a long time. Crab starter difficult to describe but so tasty. Sea bass to follow superb with a lovely crispy skin. Glass of good house wine. Living in Poole...

I held a regimental lunch at the previous premises the Leckford Hut for 50+. we were grandly served. Garth is greatr.

Wonderful food, great experience, good service. What more do you want?

Fabulous flavours and presentation. We’re lucky enough to eat in France quite regularly. Here in Stockbridge they produce a meal of equivalent (or better) quality at a very fair price. We just had a very fine lunch, off the à La carte menu, with four...

It is the little surprises in between course, plus the quality and presentation of the food that makes the Clos Du Marquis, such a treat. Front of house staff very engaging and knowledgeable with the chef herself serving the dishes in pristine chefs whites. Covid...

Lovely intimate atmosphere in this family run restaurant, with amazing french cuisine!

First time we've visited since the move to new premises. Same wonderful food and well matched wines, but in a modern airy restaurant instead of a cosy ex-pub. The French influence remains strong, making the visit delightful. We'll be back!

Lovely evening spent at this small independent restaurant. The service was excellent and the food very good indeed. There are two menus to choose from, I had the two course set menu which was brilliant value for money and my husband ate from the al...

Wonderful food, great value. Garth front of house and Glanis as chef - a great team with wonderful results and a we had a lovely evening. I don't write many reviews, but small independent businesses like this, who use local produce, deserve our support.

Lovely birthday lunch for my husband today. Good service and atmosphere, food spot on, really unusual tastes, thoroughly enjoyed it, will certainly return, well done chef!

Had an amazing lunch here. Service& cuisine first class. Beautiful presented plates. A set menu is available or an a la carte. The main dishes where piping hot with a good selection of vegetables. We will definitely revisit the Clos du Marquis now we have...

It's three years since we last ate at the Clos du Marquis. We had had a couple of slightly less wonderful meals there than we were used to, and then Covid happened... but then a few weeks ago we noticed that they were now in...

Had a beautiful family lunch there, host was polite and attentive and compliments to the chef for the amazing food! Will definitely be back!

A successful relocation of this great local French restaurant with Languedoc tendencies. Highly recommend

Excellent food at reasonable price.

Excellent food and service. Just quaint compared to most other restaurants.

Limited but fabulous menu, we opted for all the specials. Stuffed squid with king prawns and Confit of Duck. Absolutely delicious. Piping hot plates and food. Service is art in motion, other restaurants should watch and learn. Love that this place still does a set...

Took a first visit to the new location for this long established Hampshire gem. Lovely atmosphere in the new premises and the food as ever was wonderful, we had lunch, can’t wait to return!

We love this new venue for one of our favourite restaurants in the area. Excellent food, wonderfully presented with careful and responsive service from Garth and his team. We will definitely be back.

Two Morgan owning friends met for lunch and to set the cares of the world to rights. I must have driven past the building 1000 times over the last 50 years whilst driving between London and the Dorset/Wiltshire area. For a change Neil and I...

It's lovely to go somewhere where the chef appears to be enjoying what he/she is cooking!!!!

I’ve driven past this restaurant for years, when travelling up and down the A30. Today we decided to stop and have lunch, quite a treat, very friendly staff, good reasonably priced menu, and the food was very good, we had the sea bass, and the...

Returned today for lunch after four years away from the area. We have missed this place greatly so the return was much anticipated and It was in every way as delicious, charming and welcoming as we remembered, The food was fabulous, beautiful wine, lovely space...

My favourite restaurant in the world.

I highly recommend Clos du Marquis for fine dining at a reasonable price. The authentic french cuisine is delicious and nicely presented and the table are perfectly set out with lovely cutlery. The service is first class and the atmosphere is relaxed yet safety protecting the customer from Corona is paramount as tables are space far apart This has to be my all time favourite restaurant

£2.50 for a can of coke to make worse its a can out of a multipack that isn't allowed to be sold separately

Loved the food, the wine and the service. Very, very good and we will absolutely be returning. Great lamb, excellent bread and accompaniments. Interesting seasonal options too.

Loved the food, the wine and the service. Very, very good and we will absolutely be returning. Great lamb, excellent bread and accompaniments. Interesting seasonal options too.

We had lunch in this lovely restaurant this week and once again we were delighted with the whole experience. The food is always delicious and there is such a wonderful atmosphere. We will definitely return as it is our favourite restaurant.

Had lunch here this week and once again it was a delightful experience. The food is excellent and the atmosphere is so relaxing. If I lived nearer I would eat here every week.

Our favourite restaurant in the world, and only 10 miles from home. We've been coming here for about 6 years and have never had anything other than an utterly exquisite meal. Amazing service, incredible food, lovely ambiance - never feels busy or rushed, we feel like old friends rather than customers. All the stars!!

This is review is from our second visit to the Clos du Marquis this time with our son and daughter who were both impressed and commented on the wonderful french cuisine and how they made us as a family feel at home just like the first time my wife and I dinned together as a couple the Clos du Marquis it was once again fantastic.They have a quaint lounge area to partake in drinks with delicious hors d'oeuvres before our meal and on our second visit they had crackling warm log fire in late winter. My wife adored the rustic old world charm of this restaurant from being welcomed on arrival too leaving it was again a lovely experience.This restaurant has a wonderful atmosphere and they truly care about their customers as it is reflect in the 1st class service to all their customers at every table. The table are set with beautiful cutlery and the whole place is extremely clean including the toilets. I do hope their business survives through this corona lock down period and we wish them well.If you want to impress friends, family or business associates then we highly recommend booking a table Clos du Marquis.We cannot wait for them to open so I will be ordering a take away instead for now.

We often go to this restaurant, they are now doing takeaways due to current tragic circumstances. Please support them and other local restaurants so are there when the virus crisis is over

My wife and I had the most amazing and enjoyable evening here last night. From the minute we walked in we felt relaxed and looked after. All of the food was perfectly cooked, portion size excellent and the most amazing flavours. Service was discreet and friendly. Our meal was excellent value for money.We will be going back.

Time to write another review.....several years since my last! This restaurant continues to delight us. We went yesterday with every maitre de,s nightmare.....she ate everything Garth said she should and 24 hours later still seems to be alive... meanwhile we were more than pleased with our choices as usual! Not the week to discuss South African cricket obviously but he was his usual enthusiastic front, despite that! Anne McC

As always a superb meal at a sensible price. The lamb was so tender and full of flavour. Service excellent and gentle live music too. Such a relaxing evening.

Great quality food, warm cozy atmospher, great for a special meal out

A very warm welcome before enjoying a drink by the fire. We then had a superb 3 course meal. Service is perfect as well as the amazing food!

After perusing the menu with friends in front of the log fire, we decided on a varied collection of starters with some of us having devilled kidneys (a perennial menu item) and others scallops sauteed in a delicious ginger and coconut source. For mains we variously had lamb, duck and bream all with excellent sauces and perfectly cooked vegetables. The things I like about this restaurant are the relaxed atmosphere, Garth's pithy comments on the latest happenings in the rugby and cricket world, and the little touches such as the bouche amusee while we peruse the menu and the delicious home-made chocolate with the coffee.

Two courses for fifteen pounds to celebrate fifteen years of the Clos. Great night great food always well spaced tables and a great atmosphere. Thanks

Brilliant food brilliant restaurant