Iron Bull Roadhouse in Basingstoke and Deane

Lovely place, staff are very polite and professional. The food lets this place down. Really small portions for what you pay. The menu excites, but the execution is lacklustre. An improvement to the food could make this place so much more. I and my friends ride here on bikes 🏍. But we like and enjoy a really nice meal at our destination. Sadly this is not the case. Sorry roadhouse.

27/12/23, 2nd Anniversary of my first visit here when Paul the Landlord made me very welcome at a very difficult time in my life. So many many visits since and I've met so many great people here. The food offerings are always great and great quality. Cp Immaculate establishment with great food and friendly efficient staff.

Previously called in to Iron Bull for coffee while out riding motorcycles and coffee is good, today decided to also have a bit of light lunch. Ordered the Mac and cheese bites listed as £4.95 on the menu I was given, also the Springbok (South African sausage in a roll with onions & chutney) which was listed on menu as costing £11.95. when I went to pay for just the food I was told that the cost was £6.95 & £13.95 (£20.90 total) as I had been given the wrong menu! No problem I paid the new price expecting something decent. Unfortunately what was presented was six small Mac and cheese bites and a chewy roll with a bit of equally chewy sausage in it & a tiny bit of chutney. We will not be returning for food.

Served us today, even though they were technically closed. Thanks very much 😀

Amazing food and service. Very friendly staff. Short wait time. Overall, I was delighted with my experience and would definitely come back again.

Great venue for a motorbike hangout. Good atmosphere and cold beer. Food is not so great tho.

Excellent just off the A30 very friendly inviting atmosphere great freshly cooked breakfast coffee and tea, good selection recommend you stop and check it out

The food was nice service was pretty poor waited ages then my brother & friend had finished before the others were even served

Nice place for some sa grub, bunny chow is amazing

Called in for breakfast. Tasty grub at reasonable prices.

Extremely clean and welcoming environment with great quality food. Something a little different. Dog friendly. Breakfast was plentiful. We will be back to try the dinner options and a peppermint crisp dessert!

Good place to go for a meet up and a lovely cooked English breakfast 😋 service was excellent to highly recommended 👌

Thank you to Katie and the wonderful chef for assisting with my brutal hangover. You do great work, thank you ❤️

A friend told us that the Iron Bull restaurant serves some South African cuisine (like oxtail stew, bobotie etc.), so we booked to go. Upon arriving there, I wasn't sure about it, it did say that it was a roadhouse and it surely was, but the inside is lovely, bright, clean and with some modern decor and lighting. They obviously put in some effort to making it welcoming (also loved the jokes on the little slate tiles spread around the place!). The food was beyond amazing, the prices were super competitive and I LOVED the Don Pedro (adult version of a milkshake, sort of - it has alcohol in it). It seems to be a gathering spot for bikers, which is quite cool - they have plenty of framed professional photos of bikers at the restaurant etc. so it is quite a unique vibe, very welcoming and friendly. I would have rated it 5 stars, but the only reason I haven't, is because the run out of certain meals during the day, so you need to order an alternative. Although, I would mention that I fully understand why this is, they can't have unlimited amounts of food made and have it go to waste. If you went there, I would recommend going slightly earlier to ensure you get what you want to order (perhaps 12pm; we arrived just after 1pm). They also have their own beer on tap (cannot remember the name of it) but I also recommend this - I love my beer and this was a nice one. Keep being great and thanks for a lovely experience, Iron Bull staff!

We went as a family of five for breakfast and were delighted by the welcome the service the food and the whole experience. This is a gem and we will definitely be back!

Good place for a beer and a bite after a ride. Nice people 👍

This place is a spot . Great breakfast , great coffee . I only wish I could come back straight away to try the daytime menu too.

Great place for bikers. Food is amazing

Love you place to go. Chester do it

Great place to visit in your motorbike! Had a great afternoon enjoying a fab BBQ and alcohol free beers and the band too ❤️

A very nice cafe/pub. Had a great breakfast. Worth a visit if you are passing.

Great place to visit on the bike for a breakfast and coffee

Rode for hours and then was met by a grumpy bloke who said that it was now shut for a private function! Won't bother going again and there's a much nicer cafe just 20 minutes away. Edit - maybe updating your Facebook page and Google maps would have saved us a ride!!!!!!!

Totally outstanding the food is outstanding the service is excellent. Even when they get it wrong sometimes (not often) they go the extra mile to make you feel happy. Totally recommend.

Great food and beers etc. Friendly staff and service! Highly recommended.

Great pub and location. Brillant breakfast, great to have boerie and chakalaka!!

A once nice place getting ruined by bolshy men in leather waistcoats showing outlaw MC gang emblems. It would be nice to be able to get a drink or some food without getting shoved about by men pretending they're in the Son's of Anarchy! Gang emblems should be banned. I'll add that I gave this place another go only to ge charged an exorbitant amount of money for scraggly chicken and appallingly badly tasting chips.

First time at the Roadhouse for breakfast. Fantastic service excellent food will definitely be returning. Thank you.

Great place to meet, bikers small car park but if you get in before 10am on a weekend it's very quiet.

I celebrated my 60th birthday here with family and friends. They have a great team of staff, Very helpful and friendly. They made my day special. The food was delicious. We had a barbecue which was all laid out for us to help ourselves. They were very accommodating to our special diet needs

Decided to go on a solo ride for the day and check this place as friends had visited the night before for bike night. It's super friendly and the food was top notch! Well worth the drive from chalfont. Looking forward to visiting next time with a few friends.

Regular attendee of their Thursday bike nights which are very well run. Get there early as spaces are limited though staff do a great job of helping bikes park along the road. Food is great and prices are fair for the area. They did have a lovely lemony alcohol free beer a while back but I haven't seen it for a while (never drink and ride) but they always have something NA available. Great atmosphere with a great mix of bikers from huge Victory sleds, big wallet promoting GS's, full power ranger sports, thick necked naked bikes and training wheel 125s. You won't feel out of place here. Only been on a bike night but I'm sure it's lovely the other 6 days of the week 😉

well-deserved 5 stars, delicious food and lovely staff. thank you so much for your warm welcome, hope to see you soon again 🫶🏼!

Loved coming here until they went cashless.. As bikers Neither we or our biker friends go there anymore.. Shame.. We all talked with our feet.. If it ever goes back to cash and card we will all return..

It's a really good place to go... Some Great motorcycles in the carpark... The Staff were Brilliant... The Coffee is very Good... The breakfast was alright... It could be the Chef was under pressure and their standards just dipped a bit... Or as a Customer mine were too high... Would I return yes and would I try another breakfast... Yes I would...

Great pub and very accessible especially for motorcycles on the old Basi to London road which is a much better choice than the M3. Food is reasonably priced and barbecues are frequently put on with lots of outdoor seating as well as covered seating areas. You can still pay with cash (usually my choice) at the moment but card payment is preferred.

Fantastic food, very friendly, very sociable all round

A more than nice little place for a break between London and Portsmouth, the food is very good, and a very friendly atmosphere! Popular with local bikers, there are sometimes evenings where many come

What a great pub with a great atmosphere, lovely food (the best steak sandwich ever) and excellent staff. Thank you

Why spend your time at a moto services when you can chill and eat great food here. Just off M3. Support independent businesses not rip off moto services. Philly sarnie was delicious. Teenage kids loved the food and the bikes.

Breakfasts are top notch - look forward to trying some of the other options on the menu.

Great atmosphere, great food (fresh, home cooked, delicious) and dog friendly. Stopped here for lunch with my mum (who was feeling poorly without a great appetite - chef/manager could not have been kinder or more accommodating; clearly takes pride in the food and place) and (very large) dog who was welcomed as warmly as us. Bet the events are good craic here - will be returning! Keep doing what you're doing Iron Bull - not enough places like you!

We had a fabulous breakfast outside on the terrace this morning. We were a group of 20 and Katie and the team looked after us beautifully bringing out teas & coffees and delicious breakfasts in a timely manner. Great food and excellent service!

Wish there was a vegetarian English breakfast option, but the omelette is nice.

Had a group breakfast this morning. Absolutely lovely. Didn’t rush us. We were there from 9.30-12pm. Lovely staff. Wonderful food. Water on table was a nice touch as we had all just come from the gym.

Great pub with very nice, well priced food.

Really nice place. Staff great. Will have to pop in again.

The Biltong Bonanza burger. Delicious!!

Great coffee and atmosphere. Good for children and dogs! I haven't tried breakfast as I was limited in time. Definitely a place to visit, a little gem for bikers and none bikers.

No longer accepting cash as payment, shame, guess I'll have to take my money up the road-a piece! In response to owners reply below - The day I left the review I had ridden back from Chiswick, passing a few cafes, knowing that I could get a decent coffee & a bite to eat at the Iron Bull, saw the 'card payment' sign at the till which was reiterated by a young bloke (sitting at a table using his laptop) who said he couldn't serve me as I only had cash. If I had known about the policy change I would of stopped somewhere else. Previously been to a few of the bike nights, used to pop in once every couple of weeks for lunch as a group of four after a dog walk, & miss popping in to buy a coffee to put in my thermos to take to a mid-week bike meet where the coffee isn't as good. I'll stick with paying cash for what I can, for as long as I can thank you.

Great place to visit to see a wide variety of motorbikes and catch up with lime minded people. Food tastes good and it hot!. However, portion sizes are a bit small for the price.

Popped in on a Sunday late afternoon/early evening. Warm and sunny so sat in the garden with a cold “forged Irish stout” and a bag of crisps. Considering this is a bikers meeting place, it was fairly empty apart from 2 bikers and myself and my wife. Very clean bar with a good selection of beers but sadly kitchen closed at this time. Toilets absolutely sparkling and cleaner than my own “big” at home. Would I come back? Yes, I absolutely would!

Used to be ok, although now the motorbikes park dangerously, this pub think they own the dual carriageway out the front. They put their own traffic cones out to try and control traffic to suit themselves. Pass with caution ⚠️. Accident waiting to happen here!

Great place to meet with fellow bikers. Pancake breakfast was delicious.

Lovely breakfast, coffee nice and hot,great atmosphere and staff super friendly, will definitely be back soon, 2 very happy people x

Great place for a local bike night every Thursday from 5pm. Great food. Fantastic company

Pet friendly, lovely food, good community vibe. 😊

Great food, great location and biker friendly to boot. Thumbs up from me. The Philly cheese steak is as good as I had in Philly. Nuff said.

Had the peri peri chicken livers and the Boerewors roll. Both items were not as amazing as what previous reviews have said. The piece of Boerewors sausage was so tiny compared to the roll it was on. There was no peri peri sauce on the chicken livers. Not even spicy. Service was underwhelming and not one person from the staff came to ask if we wanted anything else or if the food was OK. Sadly we won't be returning.

First sunny evening ride of the year and coincided with the bull's bike night. Never been before but will go back as it was a friendly atmosphere and had a lovely burger .

Quality food and establishment.

Great South African biker and others stop... will definitely be back. Very friendly and welcoming.

Great food especially the ribs. The chicken burger was also fantastic and the staff were super friendly and a good laugh. We will definitely be returning throughout the summer.

Friendly efficient service . Great welcome.

Best breakfast, friendly service, we will definitely return. Biker themed and look forward to visiting at lunchtime next visit.

The bikes atmosphere is fantastic. Always too busy.

Excellent food, friendly service, lovely atmosphere with lots of beautiful motorcycles to look at.

I ordered the springbok (wors) roll. Loved it

First time at the Iron Bull and was pleasantly surprised! The staff were super friendly, the food (we ordered spare ribs) was delicious and portions quite generous. Will definitely return

We took a drive from Oxfordshire to dine here. About a 42 minute beautiful scenic drive to get there. Hospitality is friendly and warm. The food was just as we like it and reminded us of a blend of an English breakfast and a South African Wimpy breakfast. Bacon was streaky as we know and love it. Mrs. Balls chutney offered as a sauce! Overall a lovely experience. Highly recommend. Go early.

Great pub for motorcycle fans. Long queue at bar I think they were understaffed.

Great Food, Great Staff Our Favourite Place Too Eat, Our Dog Loves it also

Great service and food. A very nice welcoming atmosphere We will go back.

Nice people, welcoming and friendly. Great food. Very clean. Good value..

I like the Iron Bull, the service and food never disappoints. I'm a biker and it's a great ride out on a summer's day for breakfast or sunny evening beer.

Had a stunning meal. Ribs and chips. It’s great value and fantastic quality. Highly recommended. I was served by friendly staff who served me a great meal. Well done chef. Amazing food!

Dog friendly. Very welcoming. Covered outdoor seating as well as indoor. They have events and promotions. Biker nights etc check their website.

What a fabulous place, great food, awesome variety, and the staff are fantastic! Thank you for a lovely dinner! Highly recommend visiting this fantastic roadhouse.

Awesome spot! SA owned that’s why the food tastes so good!

Beautiful food, I had the Biltong burger and it was the best burger I've ever eaten. I wish we lived closer so I could come back regularly to try even more dishes on the fantastic menu and sadly tomorrow morning we are driving back to Scotland. Prices are very reasonable if you take into account the high quality ingredients they use. Also it is a dog friendly place with a bowl of dog treats on the bar and an enclosed little garden at the back.

We stopped at this pub for a cup of tea after a dog walk. Everyone was very friendly. There's a lovely covered outside area & an enclosed garden for dogs. All very clean. We are going back for lunch one day soon

Excellent all round service worth the treat excellent quality 👌 I've been a few times never been a let down

Had a nice greeting when we came in. Nice light area to sit in with big tables and comfy chairs. I had a cheese omelette which was lush and my mate had breakfast which looks nicely cooked

Outstanding food, drink selection and service! Really reasonable prices and incredibly friendly staff. We loved it. Thanks guy!

Been looking for a good burger since arriving in the UK from South Africa and I finally found it. Can't recommend their burgers enough. Will definitely be back.

Seems the last 3 times we've visted for brekky its got worse. Started when we had waited almost an hour for the breakfast ( we were given 50% off which is decent) the next time the eggs were hard not as ordered, toast was almost cold. The last time we were missing a hash brown so by the time it came out over half the plate was eaten, and when the rosti finally arrived it was stone cold inside so hadn't been cooked, the incorrect rosti had been plated so waited a few mins more for the cooked rosti. The drinks were not served until we had finished our breakfast after we had to remind that we had ordered drinks at arrival. Sadly I can't help feel that they are suffering with staff shortages a little, but these are my experiences. I also think a rethink of the outside seating area / smoking area is needed. When we came in the summer the only place to sit was outside, which eating cigarette smoke with each mouthful of food was not pleasant being a non smoker, surely this needs to be looked at.

Only had coffee and a bacon sandwich which was very good. Service was excellent. Very friendly.

Fantastic roadhouse (pub & restaurant) with a great atmosphere no matter when you go! Value for money in quantity and quality! Super delicious tasty food (Safa style) by the brilliant chef Toni, run by the awesome cool dude Paul. Certainly recommend to you, no matter your age, this place is the place to be for fun, drink, food, socialising and relaxing! Outside sitting area is also covered and protected from wind, so big choice on where to sit/chill on your visit. This time round (6th time there) we had ribs and chips (3x) and Oxtail Stew with rice (1x) so delicious! You have to pay this little gem a visit, it's a must! (Dog friendly too!)

Great atmosphere, great service. The open mic was pretty good too

Always a nice welcome here, good food & drink - well worth a visit!

Always the friendliest staff and great food. Atmosphere is great and only even so in warmer and dryer days.

Had takeaway sausage, egg & banana breakfast bap. It Was amazing. Potentially the best roll ever... 10/10. It was so good I felt it deserved 5stars on Google! (Hash browns were also perfect)

Great place. Wish I’d found it sooner

Had the best bunny chow and their ribs and chips were excellent, so happy there's a decent place to eat good food with good company

Called in for a quick pint. Enjoyed a draught Hobgoblin that was impeccably served in a special glass. Nice friendly greeting when we walked in. Free car parking. Card payments accepted. Will return.

I usually enjoy my breakfasts here but today was not one of those occasions. Would prefer traditionally British cut bacon than the American streaky stuff but hey. Tasty sausages. Fluffy pancakes. Mushrooms were full of water and not much flavour. Not sure if the tomato was meant to be grilled, fried or what but it seemed pretty fresh. I was mostly disappointed with the amount of oil that was on the plate. It was clean oil at least but even still a couple of seconds to drain/rest/dry would have been better than what I was presented with. I wasn’t sure of the extent but when I lifted the bowl my beans were in, it was quite clear as it was dripping heavily and whilst trying to take a photo, inadvertently dripped it onto my trousers. Overall, today was a bit of a shame really because I usually enjoy the food here but just not today.

Awesome place to visit! Great food and service. The new menu is all South African delicacy and is not to be found anywhere close. Highly recommended!

Great place with a lot of character. Very friendly staff and very good food. The breakfast is amazing. Sausages and black pudding very high quality. At last a place ro have a good fry up at. Looking forward to trying their other food too. Some South African specialties on the menu that definitely will be ordered soon

Dropped by mid Sunday afternoon for coffee and cake. Both excellent and well presented. Highly recommended.

Been there on my bike with my mates. Lovely place.