Fox & Hounds in West Berkshire

First class sandwich and cracking pint

Pleasant drink in the garden. Looks much changed since our previous visit. A great local asset.

Great atmosphere. Friendly staff Really couldn’t do any more for us Great crowd there too Beautiful garden facilities. Would recommend

Great atmosphere, really busy like pubs used to be...cheers Helen and Ian for really bringing the pub back into the community 😄

Helen catered for a funeral wake and she’s just brilliant! Everything was seamless from start to end. Beautiful garden, delicious food and the staff were just lovely. We will definitely be back again. Thank you all for making our Mum/Nans send off so special ♥️

This pub is fantastic! The food is excellent, the atmosphere is welcoming, and the staff are wonderful. The landlord and landlady truly pour their heart and soul into this place, making it a great venue all year round. Highly recommended!

Absolutely amazing place for everything. Food, entertainment and hospitality

There is a lovely lady that works in here 3:30-7:30 Monday to Thursday and I just have to say her customer service is sensational! She goes above and beyond for every customer and I cannot say enough positive things about her. She has a positive happy go lucky attitude everytime I see her and it just makes me want to keep on coming back! Pub is brilliant beer is brilliant and landlord & landlady are brilliant!

A favourite place to visit after work, well kept beers, nice atmosphere.

As a Tilehurst resident, there are a selection of local pubs to choose from, all within walking distance. But the Fox & Hounds is the one for me! A proper pub that is frequented by those that are regular attendees and also those that stop by to enjoy its offerings of drink or food, including a choice of real ales. They are working hard at renovating the great beer garden and I am looking forward to the summer and enjoying it in all it’s its glory. Whatever day you visit, you will be welcomed. And every day is different! So watch their social media pages for ongoing events or pop in and discover for yourself. For example, Monday is Free Food night when purchasing a beer or medium wine, so we enjoyed a couple of drinks with yummy jacket potatoes. What is not to love?!

Excellent pub. Loads always going on. Great friendly bar staff. Helen & Ian have done wonders with the pub and still more to come. Good to see bar food back on.

Great food at the weekends. A great local pub where everyone is welcome. Wonderful fireplace with comfy seats. Great prices on drinks and the new owners are making a big difference for the whole community

Desirably ordinary in a refreshingy old fashioned way. Very cis-masculine. One of very few old buildings in a sea of 60's suburbia. A welcome oasis for ale, decent Guinness and crisp lager. Very local; it's the only pub for miles - as the door closes behind you a hush may ripple through it. Owners - friendly. Regulars - a bit edgy, probably friendly if not a bit territorial/judgemental. Heating on high and sports screens all around. Games: darts, scrabble, chess etc. available and a back room to retreat to, to play them. No chips, probably for the best. Wet-led. Sofa by the fire, nice toilets, carpet, no pool table, hard floor out back, visiting-on-lead dogs welcome, car park with smoking terrace. A back garden as yet unseen. You'll probably stay for another pint.

Under new ownership. Great local pub.

Absolutely brilliant, new management really stepping up, so friendly and welcoming and top notch real ales well kept!

Yes it's a locals pub, but newcomers welcomed, great real ales and very well kept, brilliant night guaranteed!

Disappointed that they don't serve food, not even chips! Will walk further afield the next time I want to go to a pub

Took my dogs here the owners are fabulous and the locals are very welcoming Sadly one member of there staff who looks after this pub is a bit grumpy We all know that dogs have a little bark but my dog wasn’t continuously barking Keep your dog under control or your out

Excellent pub. Friendly staff and locals, real cider available as well as well-kept ales. Option to play darts was taken up and fun was had. Its a bit outside my patch but I look forward to revisiting this pub and would consider it worth the extra effort to get there.

Very good ,nice friendly pub good atmosphere

Nice local pub,resembles a village pub. Good selection of beer's and normally 2 real ales.

If your of normal height you'll going bang your head on their extra low ceiling

Just taken part in the Quiz. Great craic and warm welcome.

It’s a very unusual pub for the area in as much as it’s a proper drinking establishment and the bar staff are very friendly especially on a Wednesday early evening. It’s a lovely old fashioned pub and the second best pub in Tilehurst behind The Royal Oak

Cosy little pub, staff pleasant helpful and friendly. Toilet clean and well maintained. Parking available. No longer serving food unfortunately (since covid lockdowns). Would return if in area.

Well , very good atmosphere and the beer very good, and staff all good , it's a shame its a long drive from my place, shame its not my local,

Not the best pub but that's mainly because of the clientele and the intrusive TVs showing whatever sports happen to be on everywhere you can possibly sit, even when nobody's watching. Beer not great and limited choice, usual Amstel, Kronenbourg, Guinness and John Smith's (didn't even think that was still a thing) and usually two real ales. It would be a far nicer place were it not for all the loud, obnoxious blokes swearing and shouting at the bar, especially when they get excited playing darts. Especially unwelcoming if you're the only woman in the place aside from the bar staff. Not a very pleasant atmosphere if you're a women. The garden is big but not even close to achieving its potential and the covered area is only good to sit in if you're a smoker. Picnic tables are shabby, uncomfortable and need replacing. The bar staff are friendly and welcoming though and it's dog friendly. But it needs to attract a more balanced mix of people and get a slightly better choice of beers. Be interesting to see what it's like if they start doing food again. I won't give up hope as it could be so nice.

really poor service , awkward intimidated staff - rip off prices , complete and utter naff atmosphere in there

Nice garden, pub quite small inside. Outside eating area under cover.

Top notch selection of craft beer from many local small breweries. Very nice outside seating area too. My only (minor) complaint is it's quite expensive, but that seems to come with the craft beer territory.

Lovely quiet pub to chill n chat will definately re visit. Very Friendly staff too

Had my breakfast here Lovely food 🥘 and a nice pint of real ale Would recommend this pub as it’s COVID safe and everything is sanatorium and clean Will be back

Lovely little pub with a rear garden

Friendly, cosy and great real ale.

I felt extremely confortable in this pub under present circumstances. The utmost care is being taken with sanitisation, track and trace and social distancing. Enjoy!

Had a safe distance pint during Covid on a Thursday night very friendly staff and clients.

Nice big garden here which is great in these worrying times.

Lovely warm and friendly atmosphere. Good beer.

Only been for drinks, but the food they were bringing out looked lovely and the staff were maybe a bit over friendly 😉

Great local pub, will kept ale and friendly staff and locals. I didn't eat but the snacks were good. Car park fairly cosy with only a few spaces. Accessibility for disabled may be difficult due to the physical building.

This is an excellent pub. Very friendly and welcoming. It clearly has a lot of regular local customers which is always a good sign. Food is not served every day but it is very good indeed - try the jam sponge and custard. I wish I had a local like this but, sadly, I live too far away to use it regularly.

Great atmosphere, such a great evening. Thank you

Friendly people and friendly staff. 5 stars

Best pub in Tilehurst - or for miles around!

I'm not a local anymore but a welcoming Pub to anybody

i was visiting relatives over the Easter holiday not seen for some time in the past we have visited the fox and hounds Tilehurst for a bite to eat i understand it has changed hands in the last few years since i last visited. but all ways been good drink and a small bite to eat and a chat well all i can say is how it has gone down hill since my last visit some year a go it looks like to pub has had some work carried out but not sure what it,s trying to achieve the problem started when i went to the bar to order food and drinks i could not believe the language i was hearing in a family pub from other customer in the bar area ,,,is this normal ? i found it most embarrassing to hear and i am sure the nice young lady serving at the bar wasn't to impressed i was in their with relatives in their late 60s and early 70s and i just hoped they dint hear any of what was being said i guess it was the landlord dint take any notes and seamed to be more interested in spend his time playing with his phone and not really interested in the customers only had two real ales on the standard doombar what is sold up and down every pub in Britten and another one that seamed to be on it,s last legs past it,s best the food was ok and hot but on the expensive side for a pub i also found the gents toilets look like to floor not been cleaned for weeks and the hand drier dint work would i go back ,no next time i am visiting relatives there plenty of other put to chose from in the surrounding area how a nice old pub can change in a few years

Old style pub, good beer and low ceilings!

The beer is in good condition, and you shall more than likely receive a warm welcome in this local pub. Carpets at the front and plenty of sport on show, you may well feel like you are at home.

Expensive but amazing community and staff! Worth it, but not if you binge (which is the point tbh)

Coszy back street bozzer with a touch of country.

Muy buen sitio y tranquilo donde comer comida de la zona y con tranquilidad eso si, sin prisa porque son un poco tranquilos

Lovely pub, can be a bit overpriced though. The garden is absolutely the perfect spot in summer! Especially for those who have children.

Popped in for lunch and had their version of the Stack Burger. Wow is all I can say. I couldn't finish it there was that much. Good to see a sign up letting people know there is a Christmas beer festival. Will be returning to try some new real ales

A small local pub. Small both in terms of the numbers of people that can fit in, and in terms of height (I hit my head in there last week on a beam which had a "mind your head" sign on it). Tends to be different crowds depending on time of day and the day of the week - early evening its people finishing work, so mid thirties upward. Evenings older folk. Nice atmosphere, no trouble. Landlord is an ok sort.

Excellent pub, great atmosphere and a Fullers pub so good beer!

A great pub, good bar food, lovely staff.

They serve great cold beer, they have a simple decent menu and a lovely garden with swings and a climbing house. Cant think what more you need from a local family pub!

Customer service on zero points. They refused to do anything gluten free as I have high allergy to gluten. They also wouldn't aloud me to eat other gluten free food what I brought with me! We had to leave. There was 7of us, so they could have really good profit. I wouldn't rate a star 🌟 if possible.

Children not allowed Saturday lunchtime!

Always busy so speaks for itself food good worth booking.

Great little pub at the heart of a residential community

Great pub, dog friendly, lovely people with great food

This is an Intesting place. You never quite now what your going to get. One day it could be really crowded the others, it could be quite calm. But over all the pub is rearly nice and welcominget. It is also dog friendly which is always a plus.

Good local pub, with a welcoming. atmosphere. Good choice of beers etc. Large family friendly garden. We also had a blt sandwich which came with a side salad and was excellent value and very tasty.

Relaxed atmosphere good food caters for all

Awesome people awesome little place

Friendly local pub. Shame they don't do food every night

Lovely outside area when the weather is right

Been here for business lunches this past week and very impressed. Friendly, welcoming atmosphere, very nice food & reasonably priced. Would definitely visit again

Been in & out for years.... always a plaesure... beware the spicy Pork Scratchings..... lol.. Well done Tom.. 👍😂😂

Excellent! Fantastic location next to a canal! Excellent staff, quality food! Run by a family. Dog friendly. They have a darts board, which is a big bonus! :-)

Nice pub with a good friendly atmosphere

Great pub, great staff, great beer.

Popped in for a bit of lunch. Never been before, but we had a very generous sausage sandwich each and shared a portion of chips. Great value for money too. The pub is small, but looks like it is a survivor and a credit to its local community.

I had the most perfect pint of Guinness poured for me.

We have had some nice meals here, Service is always good, foods is exactly as described and not too expensive.

Lovely friendly pub with great bar staff! Excellent food, great beer selection , dog friendly well worth a visit!! 😊

The best most welcoming landlord and lady in the land! Fantastic bar staff all day long and locals that make you feel welcome - also the beer is a decent brew. Highly recommended

Friendly - fun and great food - love the Fox and Hounds and Liza and Tom are great patrons. Check out their Beer Festival in May - its always fun.

They have a couple of good ales on tap. The bar staff and locals were very friendly when we visited on the Wednesday night CTC ride.

Walked in via the back. Restaurant resembles a seaside cafe in a forgotten coastal town with plastic tables and laminated menus. No staff in sight, spent ten minutes at the bar waiting to be served and thought better of it. Only two ales on. The food could have been nice, shame we weren't made to be keen to find out.

I didn't eat here, but have been to the pub many times and they do some really decent real ales and in particular Doombar. Great beer!

Poor selection of beers, Doom Bar and London Pride - uninspired.

Booked a table for 13 people, this is a small pub but the atmosphere was great, the food was delicious and plentiful. They have a lovely pub garden with swings and a bouncy castle for the children which keeps them happy. They also have a marquee in the garden for special events. Would definately go again.

Friendly local pubs are a hard thing to come by in Tilehurst, but the Fox & Hounds is just lovely!!! The landlord & landlady are just absolutely wonderful and so are the staff they have employed, drinks are reasonably priced and the food is also, lovely large garden with heaters and a little playground for the kids, anyone in Tilehurst looking for a traditional pub with some lovely people this is the one!!

Great pub! Great customers! Great landlord and landlady! If it's a meal, quite drink,a loud drink, Bbqs in the summer, quizs, etc etc it's the place to visit

There is always a happy friendly welcome here. Nothing too much trouble and the entertainment is regular and excellent. Well done all !

Is a classic local- all the customers seemed to know each other, and the owner who is everything rolled into one. She took our orders, put on an apron and cooked the roast and served it with a smile. Good for an easy Sunday lunch..

Lovely beet and Brie pie! Like a quiche served with roasted veg, Steak and ale pie also good. Only disappointment were the fish cakes, too little fish!

Friendly welcome from staff. Looks like it might be changing hands as food was ok but very basic but good value for money. Beer was great.will only go back as a convenience .

Such a shame given the style of pub and size of garden that this pub seems to have been run down. In need of new owners and a refurbishment.

went for Mother's Day meal fully booked, food excellent great staff.Garden beautiful a real lovely day thank you.

Bland tasting food flat beer not a great welcome better places and better welcome not that busy on food and after our visit I can see why staff have an is and them complex

This is a pub that Real Ale drinkers should visit. Each time we have been there and that is a few times but not as much as I would have liked due to my wife's recent spine operation. But apart from that this is a pub you should make a B line for. Guest beers from Doombar. Otter. and another that escapes me, due to the intake of the guests beers!!The host and hostess make you so welcome and it is a drinking oasis. Real Ale is the mainstay of this pub,not only a very warm welcome but superb beer, which is kept at its best condition.Full marks and hopefully a lot more pints in the Fox & Hounds.

Good food, open space and plenty to do for kids. Lived in area for several years without knowing about this gem. Will be back.

Good Beers on offer and homemade food. Very cosy pub, children allowed in conservatory area whilst eating, play equipment for children in garden. Good Beer Festival held every May.

A previous review has clearly been written about the wrong Fox and Hounds. Julie and Garry have been at the tilehurst fox and hounds since 2005 and it is not a vintage inn. Feel very sorry that their business could be suffering because someone has posted negatives about another pub without checking the address!

Brilliant curry on a Friday, and friendly service too good sports pub

A nice pub that does great food. A little pricey for the food. There are daily specials and a good menu.

Great local pub really friendly staff a real local feel to the place highly recommended.