Sandrock in Waverley

Great pub gently run excellent Asian food

Great food but a very clinical feeling pub with no atmosphere and feels cold and not well furnished.

Vegetarian take away, panang and green curry much too salty, coconut rice not very coconutty. Won't order again.

Excellent Thai Food. Friendly, speedy, delicious food, also available as takeaway and for delivery. Thoroughly recommended, especially since new chefs have arrived.

Superb takeaway! Delivered quickly and piping hot. Would highly recommend, the food is packed full of flavour and the jungle curry is certain you packed with heat too!

I write this with a heavy heart and in the hope that this review will encourage a change; a change back to the quality of old. I used to wax lyrical about the freshness and authenticity of the delicate flavours this pub kitchen was able to put together for their Thai menu. We enjoyed many a takeaway and eating in and were never disappointed with any of the options on offer. The kitchen has been closed for most of the beginning of this year, but reopened a few weeks ago with a ‘new menu’ ….. Disaster! Gone is the feel of individually cooked dishes with well crafted Thai sauces and flavours. Gone is the freshly prepared and sliced cuts of meat and welcome; freeze dried, generic square cuts of bland beef and chicken coated in ‘out of a jar’ type sauces. Soggy tasteless starters, precooked industrial noodles with now bite and amazingly no flavour. Yes, they can still do a Pad Thai, but it still isn’t as good as it used to be. What’s happened? It feels like the menu has gone in search of profit margins rather than pride and perfection. We’ve tried twice since the kitchen reopened as we just couldn’t believe it could have fallen that far. Both times we paid over £100 for 3 or 4 of us to eat. Unless things change drastically and there is some serious soul searching from the chef and management I can’t see the old regular fan base of this kitchen continuing to order food from this venue. I certainly don’t see anyone new regular customers being created. We won’t be going back anytime soon. I’ll wait until I see reviews telling me how wrong I am and I should give another go. Sandrock team: you know the old menu, you know this new style is not a patch on the old traditional food you cooked. Please please think again.

Great pub which serves Thai food.

Always great food and the owners are very welcoming.

Possibly the perfect pub! Less than 20 min walk from home. Very friendly and welcoming staff Great selection of ales A proper cider (I’m from the West Country) on tap Sports on the box And amazing authentic Thai grub! Highly recommendedz

We popped in last Sunday for 'early doors' and decided to order a takeaway while having a drink. Both chicken dishes were lovely, and a decent amount of chicken and fresh ingredients. We also had a squid starter and a prawn dish, which came with little containers of the dipping sauces, and were all good portion sizes. We will be back!

Had great Thai food which was accompanied with great beer and customer service, everyone was so lovely

Nice village pub with a good selection of ales, and live music sometime. Also has a Thai restaurant attached to it which dose some good grub

Nice pub. Good beer and friendly staff

A lovely pub. The food was absolutely superb. I thoroughly recommend this restaurant. I haven't had the take away but we shall be trying it now we've eaten here.

If having a superb selection of ales is not enough, The Sandrock also has a full Thai menu. The food was very authentic, and the crispy sea bass was stunning. I will be back again in a weeks time. Yum yum!!

Very friendly people good service and a good selection of beers

We had an Amazing time at the Sandrock. We sat in the bar and instantly felt at home. They even made the dog super welcome (in the bar) and got her a treat. The beer was cold, tasty and reasonably priced. The food was delicious - we have eaten a lot of Thai food and this was the best we have had in Surrey so far! The chef even took a bit of heat out of the red curry for me. We will definitely be back. Would recommend the veggie options especially 😋

Best Thai we ever try. Take away or dine in. Tasty food with good prices. Lovely place. Lovely people . Go and try...

Great pub. Super Landlord, 'lady, and Thai restaurant. Friendly crowd, locals and all comers. Extensive facilities, well presented. Ample parking. Live music venue, with some great acts and performers.

Friendly, jolly atmosphere. Very welcoming by the excellent management team! They also serve amazing Thai cuisine. Probably the best I've ever had!

Great selection of ales, friendly staff.

We were in the area (from Wiltshire) to view a property and lunch afterwards seemed an appropriate venue to discuss the property so I had looked for a lunch place. Not having had Thai food for a very long time and as we love food this was chosen. It was 10 past 12 when we entered Sandrocks and there was one punter at the bar. We chose the set lunch menu - the duck and the chicken and decided as the sun was shining to sit outside. As pointed out before drinks and food are paid for separately, as the food/kitchen are separate entities. The piping hot food plates arrived in a timely manner and we dipped and dived between both varieties. Very very tasty and just perfectly spicy and flavourful. Extremely happy at the end of the meal and very cost effective !!! I wish it was nearer home as we would eat there quite a lot. Full Marks. We got a nice kitchen wave as we left the pub.👋

It was a last minute decision to stop somewhere for late lunch and although it was out of their food serving hours they welcomed us and we were not disappointed!!!! Be prepared - there’s ONLY Thai food on the menu. Pub (drinks) and Thai restaurant are managed separately. The pub lady was lovely and patient with us. Food was very good, authentic and freshly prepared to a very good standard. We were 4 adults and 3 kids - everyone enjoyed and was every happy with quality of the food. If you like Thai cuisine it’s a nice place to stop and have a meal!

I cannot praise the food highly enough at the Sandrock. 3 for Sunday lunch today. Only we three in the dining room. I've eaten in quite a few Thai style restaurants and I would rate the Sandrock's food as the most genuine I've ever eaten. Last visit Nov 2019 and I rated it highly then. They do a good takeaway trade.

This is the best Thai in the area - better value and same quality as the other Thai joints closer to town. The same takeaway masterclass food can be enjoyed eating in and paired with some of the real ales on offer. Or just have a pint while you wait for your order..

Had a great birthday evening meal in the Sandrock. Thai food is always to high standard and good portions- Friendly and welcoming staff .

Nice pub good beer and great food.👍🏻

Really nice food especially number 39 with egg fried rice. Amazing service too. We'll be back for sure.

Considering it has to by outside all was good. Beer excellent. Landlord and landlady friendly and accommodating. Nice people. Certainly I will return.

Dreadful customer service. I left with my child in tears due to the rube landlord. Food was nice but I wouldn’t entertain the idea of going there again. I would rather give my money to McDonald’s

Did guiness . Sweet. Not a bad boozer but only thai food.

Great hosts, great food, great place to go where community matters. Thank you! J&K

Nice little place with a sun trap of a rear garden which was lovely to sit in . Friendly staff and customers

The Irish have a saying " there's always a warm welcome in our pub". This pub is the total opposite as its welcome is as cold as an ice bath. The government changed the covid rules and said all customers in pubs must wear a face mask and sit at a table. There's me walking in and not knowing the new rules were in affect and instead of being politely reminded of the new rules i was subjected to a stern dressing down by the ice queen bar staff in front of other customers. During the next 6 months pubs are going to be going through a difficult time, due to the government's new rules not my new rules. Every pub is going to need its customers but wont be getting any if there attitude is like this one. Sadly lots of pubs won't be around in six months time, hopefully this one won't.

The food was amazing, and itcwas a nice place to go.

We tried this as a take away for the first time yesterday after being disappointed with other Thai eateries in the area. The food was absolutely delicious, it tasted like home cooked Thai food. We will be returning! Thank you.

Great real ales and some food options too.

This is the best Pub in town, such a happy friendly place 🍻🍷

Great place, friendly atmosphere, cosy with terrific authentic Thai food. Good value for money. A great birthday celebration with great friends sharing a lovely selection of starters and main meal courses to get a real taste of the range Thai food.

Dined here recently with friends. So, to start with, the positive. An excellent selection of real ales and lagers and, certainly the Exmoor gold was in good condition. The food was great we had a selection of starters all, very good. The mains were also excellent, I a massaman curry which had a real depth of flavour, and rich with coconut. One of my friends had the jungle curry which he said was really spicy but, very tasty. So far all good! Negatives, well the landlord needs to try smiling more. Oh and the drinks and food bill come separately, so maybe two business, bar and restaurant operate independently. Not a big problem but would have been good to know before we ordered.

Yesterday, 15th Feb 2020, we again decided to go for a tasty Thai lunch at the Sandrock, a pub restaurant we have frequented on many occasions over the past couple of years. As we came to pay the bill, we were told by the Thai lady kitchen proprietor, that we had not paid our food bill back on 29th Sept 2019. We advised her several times that we NEVER leave an establishment without paying our bill. We suggested that perhaps the payment we made for our meal on that occasion was not put by their member of staff in to the designated kitchen till. The proprietor simply was not interested and in front of other guests continued to accuse us of not paying the 29/9/2019 food bill. It should also be noted that we had eaten at the Sandrock multiple times since the 29th Sept 2019 and at no point was this matter raised with us on any of those occasions. Also, the Thai lady kitchen proprietor further said that we were not the only couple who had not paid but there were others too!! She further said that their staff did not always know which till to put the meal money in to (?!). This further supports that the proprietors of this establishment should be looking closer to home ie their own bar staff who took the payment in the first place. We were deeply uncomfortable and felt unfairly pressurised to pay the 29/9 food bill again due to this relentless accusation also in front of other guests at the time, when we know that we always pay our bills. We will not be going back there despite enjoying their Thai food since we felt deeply offended by such unacceptable behaviour from the kitchen proprietor and also the questionable behaviour by the relevant bar staff who took our payment back on 29/9. We STRONGLY recommend that you request a receipt of your payment for any food you eat at the Sandrock to avoid a similar unpleasant accusation when their bar staff does not transfer payments, in particular cash payments, to the designated kitchen till.

Lovely good-value Thai food. Good beer at OK prices. Excellent friendly service. Pub was a bit cold, though.

Popped in after a dogwalk on a Saturday, had the lunchtime set menu and it was absolutely delicious! Fresh authentic thai food, very reasonable prices & friendly staff... we will be back!

We had a lovely set lunch here on 28/12/19. Lovely hot, fresh and very tasty food, absolutely delicious. Friendly and attentive service. We will return here soon. Apparently they do take-away too......

Great food great pub I'm really glad the pub has reopened and under great management well done to all

Great pub and friendly landlord, Thai food and good beer, happy days.

Amazing meal the Steak was cooked to perfection

Second time and it hit the mark again, great Thai cuisine and pub.

Lovely authentic Thai food. Sadly we were the only diners today. Don't ignore this pub. It's well worth a visit.

A very satisfying experience.........

Good service clean and reliable

We've eaten here a few times and have not been disappointed. Very friendly staff. Interesting menu and really top notch food which is good value for money. I would highly recommend!

We chose this pub as it was close to our B&B, and we love Thai food. We were not disappointed. The food was all superb, with a variety of traditional Thai dishes available. Drinks were all good - alcoholic and non-alcoholic - and the service we received from the young man was above and beyond that which we expect. He was an excellent waiter, and very pleasant to talk to. We highly recommend this place for an excellent Thai food dining experience.

Great selection of beers, mostly local, eight on. Very smart pub and a credit to landlord

Visited twice recently and excellent on both occasions. Good tasty food, well presented. Definitely will be back.

As a pub The Sandrock had been closed for some time and reopened only a few months ago. Previously the restaurant was a regular pub type but is now dedicated only to Thai food. The decor appears very much as it was before it closed and shows virtually no Thai influence apart from one of those strange gold cat statues with one waving arm. The layout is plain, with tables lining both sides of the room and no alcoves and the lighting bright and not intended for mood-setting. But all that is unimportant as it's the food you go there for and it was amazing. From the shared chicken satay starter to the chicken and glass noodles and hot curry it was all so tasty and delivered all the heat and flavour I could have hoped for. The service was typically Thai. Ploy was our waitress and was polite, unobtrusive and showed simple charm, making our experience very pleasant. With the restaurant part of the pub you don't buy drinks from them but go to the bar and pay separately. This is only a small inconvenience but meant that the range of beers and spirits was better than most restaurants. A bonus however is that you can order takeaways and we saw at least 5 being collected as we dined, and this was a quiet night. So it appears to be gaining popularity and we definitely intend to go back as it's within walking distance and worth the stroll on a fine evening.

This is my local so a bit biased. The new owners are great, beer is still fantastic and the Thai food excellent

Always a great selection of ales on tap, always in superb condition. This really is the best kept ale for miles around. Now under new ownership and with a Thai restaurant attached, the food is also excellent. Always busy so would recommend checking availability for food, but you could always stop by for a pint and a takeaway.

Great place great staff and thai food to die for

Good food, a noisy restaurant, friendly helpful staff.

Delicious food will definitely be going back

In short: Food amazing, Flavour good, price varies seating unusual as right next to bar, would recommend set menu

Lovely pub. Food, Thai is amazing. Take out or eat in. Book a table!!

Proper pub and the Thai food is wonderful

This place has had a poor reputation for a long time - sterile and strange. Just read the older reviews. But it's supposedly had a face lift or change of some form so we went to see.

Good honest authentic thai food, really well prepared and full of flavour

Nice selection of well kept beers

Birthday treat. As a frequent traveller to Thailand I do like authentic Thai food. Although the set menu (£22:50) was good value it did seem modified to suit the western palette. Tasty but westernised.

Fantastic food, and also great for a pint, an unexpected combination in pubs these days

Food delicious staff lovely great place highly recommend......

Food was amazing, the landlord could smile once in a while! Service was pretty good, it was busy on a Wednesday.

We had a warm welcome upon arrival. There is a varied menu, at reasonable prices. The quality of the food was really good and there were some delicious specials.

The Sandrock used to be a regular venue for us, but hadn't been back since it recently reopened. Had heard good reports so thought we'd pop in for a quick drink and order a takeaway.

Great food! We have had both take away and eaten in the restaurant. If you like Thai food this is the place to go in Farnham if you want good food and service at a reasonable price.

We hadn't booked. We were only 2 but they fitted us in as it was early. Keep in mind that it was a Wednesday so book. Many people had.

The food was tasty and good value, the staff friendly and helpful. The restaurant section of the pub is noisy. There is a good choice of ales.

Traditional pub good service and good beers

Probably boasts the best kept beer in Farnham. A real ale lover's pub

Fantastic great beer and food xx

The food here is top notch and can’t be faulted frankly and it’s quirky to have it in a local Pub.

Just had an awesome, delicious takeaway meal from the Sandrock. I'd heard good things and this was my first time of visiting, but I will be going back for certain. Everything was well prepared and tasted so good. Will be back very soon for some more.

Had 3 meals this year at The Sandrock. Great Thai food in an informal atmosphere, with courteous and friendly service. Definitely worth a visit. I travel UK and Ireland with work and this is a top five place to eat for an informal evening meal! Fantastic beers as well!!!

Very, very good thai food, really authentic, best Ive had in a long time. And.. they do takeaway! Good range of beers too, TT Landlord, FFF Moondance standouts. Only slight criticism bit brightly lit and dining area refectory like, but apart from that total winner, highly worth a visit.

Glad to see the Sandrock busy again, not just in the public bar side but in the restaurant and can see why, the food is well worth trying, we will be going back

The title says it all. A really good addition to the local Farnham dining scene. A Thai in a local pub setting with great service to match. What more can you ask for. They also provide a takeaway service, which we will be using for sure! Well done.

Ok in the spirit of full disclosure tonight was a takeaway, but previously visited for a sit down meal. The food is incredible. We had the wontons, weeping tiger, mixed vegetables and batter stir fried chicken. Everything was spot on. The stand out dish oddly was the mixed vegetables. Amazing selection, cooked with care and wonderfully seasoned. Just the restaurant Wrecclesham needs. Bravo!

Visited Sandrock with friends. We received a warm welcome from the landlord who explained the menu well. An excellent choice of Thai menu with recommendations from the landlord. I'd suggest a wider range of largers on tap. Just two were offered on the day. All the staff were very friendly and fun atmosphere. The darts area located next to the dining area which was fun to watch. Appreciate it wasn't everyone's cup of tea! The service was excellent although felt a little rushed to make choices. And the toilets were freezing cold but we had a fantastic evening.

Still miss you Carol The refurbishment is good. The beer is as good as ever. Well worth a visit, let's keep local pubs open!

Good beer, great Thai food. But surly grim bar service, in an overly lit charmless bar full of bar flies

Review of takeaway food from the pub. V. expensive set meal - below average quality. Not a lot of food for £40!

We have just had a lovely lunch, great food, really good service. The menu is extensive and very reasonably priced, Highly recommended trying.

Lovely food and the staff very friendly Totally recommend if you like traditional Thai food Nice selection of drinks you can’t go wrong Hidden treasure

I am very glad that our local pub The Sandrock has re-opened it's doors. The pub is beautifully refurbished but has managed to maintain the homely feel. I went for a Sunday lunch and there was wide variety of Thai food on the menu.The food was fresh, beautifully presented and delicious. I also went one evening to meet a group of local residents, and the pub was buzzing and had a great atmosphere!

Popped in the now reopened Sandrock on a Sunday evening to check out the Thai food. The bar had a good buzz for 7pm on a Sunday with a good set of locals in.

The taste and the presentation are superb. Its above the pub or the restaurant quality and service was great! Could be on Michelin Star list..... highly recommend.

Can't recommend highly enough, after being closed for a long time has recently reopened with new landlord. Just what the village needed a pub with great atmosphere and great food.

Fantastic beer. Great atmosphere. Real ale local pub.

Live band on the 13th Oct were great.

Great uplift good to see my favourite pub rropened

We drive past The Sandrock regularly as we live close by. For the past month or so, perhaps longer, the pub is shut and there are large notices saying that the pub is up for sale.