King Of Wessex in Basingstoke and Deane

A friendly local pub. The staff are attentive and friendly. It's a shame that there isn't any cask ales on, but maybe they haven't got the custom for real ale.

Bar staff excellent & a lovely pub.

I haven't had the pleasure of eating there yet. It's a lovely pub with friendly professional staff. Great service. Good beer garden.

Lovely welcoming pub considering we didn't know the area.

My wife and I ended up here to watch the football…. Definitely a locals pub,with a tense atmosphere. Probably the only pub I’ve actually felt uncomfortable being in,we had a couple of drinks,watched the football and left. It’s one of those pubs,if you look at someone the wrong way you’ll end with a punch in the face…. I doubt we’ll ever return and I wouldn’t recommend it….

Always come here when the sun is out and they have a lovely outside area. Decided we try the Sunday Roast and was surprised on how good it was for such a cheap price! Definetly coming again soon

Really Freindly pub with a great atmosphere and professional bar staff giving rapid service

Very nice staff 👍 and inside look so lovely good 👌 👍

Decent enough pub this, couple of standard dodgy geezers knocking about, but it’s a good pub for a beer, footy and laugh.

Good atmosphere, great darts area. Staff friendly

Dog friendly, child friendly, offers on drinks, friendly atmosphere, lovely staff, reasonably priced.

Lovely friendly pub, great offers on cocktails 2for1 between 5&8 everyday. Lovely seating area, outside TV for sports. Family friendly & also dog friendly

Had fabulous evening catching up with family and friends. Lovely bar staff and atmosphere

I have not yet had the pleasure of eating here. Nice friendly place to have a drink.

Good proper pub. Good service, great beer, good atmosphere for the footy. A variety of people, some friendly, some strange. All seemed interesting either way. Glad we stumbled across this place.

Lovely friendly atmosphere, reasonable prices. Good selection of cocktails

It’s a bit dangerous places Lot’s of strange people are there.

Great pub friendly crowds, great bar staff and brilliant music events

An interesting visit to the King of Wessex popped in for a drink with a friend after eating at a close by restaurant. Not as much seating as I would have expected, but thankfully it was not too busy so we were able to sit and have a few drinks. Stayed for a few hours altogether. A little noisy with loud music, but that is to be expected in a pub. Seemed to lack atmosphere in my opinion. The staff was friendly, the barmaid amused me by standing behind the bar, vaping, and chatting with her friend the whole time we were there! A few lively customers in, who we just found amusing but they seemed to be having a good night. I think with all this in mind I probably would pop in again for a few drinks when dining at the next-door restaurant again. Would not say it was family-friendly, but being older, I am not too bothered about that :-)

Great entertainment good beer. Great atmosphere.

Great Pub, friendly people, nice atmosphere and pool table is often free of charge!

Horrendous fight occurred in this pub over the weekend. Unfortunately, the atmosphere does lend itself to this type of occurrence. Won't be attending this pub. I hope the victim involved makes a full recovery and police investigate.

The new owners have done a fantastic job bringing it back to life,and adding live music on occasions is a brilliant addition too😁😀😃

Great location, modern finished, lovely staff vast garden

It’s what you’d expect of a flat roof pub. Cheap beer and reheated food. A good place to get drunk.

Good night out watching live band

Can't remember. .. but played pool ... long night ... my mates fault..... popped in once again .. this is post covid ( 1st review was pre covid) .... the pool table has been replaced with a live scar band .... that's all I remember.... oh and I give an extra star

Nice pub friendly staff and locals, dog friendly highly recommended for a drink and poss food

A good place to come and watch the footy - nice refurb of the former pub

Great atmosphere, nice family friendly pub.

Great seeing the old place again been a few years but still has great atmosphere and good people there had a great time will be hoping back for a spicy chicken burger and a few sherberts again for sure

It's a pub for the younger generation. If you're over 25 your old.

Great local pub with loads of screens and sports

Busy, young and vibrant... New owners have brought the old place up to date

Only popped in for one drink, sat in the garden. Ordered from the table, paid at the table. This pub has made a massive improvement since being taken over by new owners/management. Both members of staff who were working (one Irish lad and another young lad on Wednesday) were both polite and helpful.

Great pub, we had a good time. The kitchen closed early so we did not get to order a meal.

Good service and good covid precautions

Lovely local pub with fantastic friendly stuff and great atmosphere

Earlier and and my 2 mates went there but we was stopped at the gate and the bouncer said oh we close at 10 which was in 5 minutes at the time and pretended to listen to instructions on his radio and walked away and then came back saying sorry we close soon you can’t come in so we checked online and it said it closes at 11 and went back and waved us away from a distance so we went to another pub and on the way back at 11:13 there was still people outside having a drink! I’m very disappointed with the service and this isn’t how a pub should be treating their customers

Really great atmosphere, staff are great. Best place to watch the euros this summer 👌

Really encouraged by their efforts! Covid precautions were exactly as l wanted and expected. Staff were aware, up to date, knowledgeable of regulations at this tricky time, but still friendly and approachable. Well Done, K o W!

Very welcome and felt secure with current situation around myself and friends

Marston's pedigree was colder than a lager. It should not be served as a freezing temperature. Otherwise reasonable visit.

Great post lockdown experience. Well organised and felt safe.

Looks good now had paint job an beers good nice staff

Very clean didn't like the bad language that some of the customer were using shame as it was very clean and staff were excellent.

Nice set up to do with virus rules but think certain bar staff take it to another level just to tell you what to do because they are in charge. But a good pub to visit and find the local drinkers very friendly so you don't feel unwelcome

First ever visit and felt covid was handled well. Sat outside as the weather was great and there was large tvs for the football. My only complaint would be the ladies toilet was very small and I don't know if there is a disabled toilet (I may have missed it).

Friendly staff, great chilled atmosphere

Great pub right neat town. They are following the Covid guidelines very well and still remain busy. A little pricey but worth it to sit outside in the large garden. Multiple large screens outside for when football comes back too.

Garden is great, crowded but nice, display tv good, security nice Overall enjoyed beer with my friend

Friendly atmosphere and staff always smiling

The building is a big shabby but the new owners have done a good job in making the place a lot nicer

Complete dump!!! Don't bother!!

Looks a bit rough outside I keep away

Can’t believe this place is still open, paint peeling off the sides of the walls, filled with drug addicts, in a really dodgy location and genuinely awful.

A true delight, what a gem hidden in sleepy Basingstoke, great value, great atmosphere a truely enjoyable night out, thank you King Of Wessex

I took my two delightful children out for a sumptuous Sunday lunch at this quaint picturesque pub. Very impressed with the decor, the amazing food and the staff were friendly and inviting. I would encourage anyone local to try it.

In need of a huge face lift. Outside window frames rotten and need replacing very soon. Or even sooner.

Great band, friendly atmosphere

very pleasant. nice pub . nice staff

Only had 2 drinks available at the time, other then that it's good.

Lovely experience and helpful staff

A run down unattractive pub with annoying TVs in several places. Often seems to be looking for a new landlord. Some of them try to make a go of it but the depressing architecture and poor standard of construction are against them.

Wonderful service top notch always

Great food great beer great tim

Possibly the worst pub in Basingstoke. And there is a lot of competition for that accolade.

It was a bit of a dive. Needs a women's touch