The Bat & Ball, Hambledon in Winchester

First time visiting, wonderful reception on arrival, just everything spot on, co-insided a great dog walk before our lunch, Chris and all the staff were fantastic and food very tasty indeed, my wife left her scarf behind and chris ran to the car park to return it! How kind, looking forward to a return visit, sooner than later hopefully! STEPHEN LANGLEY.

Wonderful Sunday lunch. Came in late on Sunday evening and had a great meal with the family. It’s always a worry coming late on a Sunday but these guys remained professional throughout after a (no doubt) busy weekend and the food quality was second to none. A quintessential British pub with great good, and a variety of draft beers and varied wine list. The roasts were one of the best I’ve enjoyed in a restaurant. Highly recommended, the staff couldn’t be more attentive.

I had prawns (one of the specials) which were perfectly cooked and seasoned. Honestly couldn't fault it. Also really nice staff and dog friendly. Our dog can be a bit nervous of other dogs (and there were dogs at almost every table when we went) but the staff made us feel very welcomed and let us choose a good place to sit to suit her, and actually it all was totally fine, which I'm sure probably does have something to do with the nice atmosphere here. I wish we hadn't been so full from our mains because the desserts sounded very tasty. Maybe another time. Definitely recommend this place if you're in the area!

Great pub with really delicious food, and with a really lovely team of staff who let us park our bikes in the garage when we forgot our locks! Highly recommend all round.

Perfect anniversary lunch, friendly staff with excellent service. Delicious meals. Thank you very much xx

Barstaff are somewhat short and inpolite, food (pie and mash) was a 5$ pie on 1$ of mash for a princely $40... lasagne, not bad but food generally unremarkable, with an exceptional price.. not exactly appealing or drawing us back.

We haven't been to this pub for a while & was pleased to find that it was just as good as we'd remembered. Excellent food, reasonably priced & the pub has loads of history & memorabilia.

Lovely food and service and super dog friendly. Love it.

Glad we chose to come here. Delicious food , service was good too, very attentive . Had a drink Sat opposite the pub at the cricket ground , beautiful Autumn sunset before our meal . I’d recommend to visit here.

Oh lovely little village pub. Staff friendly and food was very very tasty

Great beers, good service,did not eat but the food looked great.

Great country pub. Excellent choice of reasonably priced food, great service and atmospheric surroundings. If you are a cricket lover, then certainly worth a visit.

Lovely pub with a decent menu, in a great location

Good service and helpful. Can just pop in have drinks and food.

Delicious food, excellent service

Had an absolutely fantastic experience, we sat outside to eat our roast overlooking a great view, delicious roast, lamb and beef both being very tender, veg spot on and puddings to make your mouth water. We'll be returning, very good!

We had a meal before going to a comedy evening,it was lovely and staff Joe,Amy,Adam where fantastic ,thank you on

Excellent meal, superb service. Higher in the prices but value for that money, in fact the roasts were towered on the plates. The service team well deserved the tip.

Stopped here for some lunch. Not been here for years. Excellent location stunning views. Had the Cajun chicken wrap triple cooked chips . Very tasty. Female waitress very polite friendly attentive. I would highly recommend this pub. Glorious views of countryside in Garden.

Brilliant local pub... I am a proud Hambledonian and was a joy to spend lunch time there for a delicious meal !!

Had a lunch meal with my colleagues, food was good, hot and very tasty! Guinness was smooth and cool! No complaints!

Lovely pub with a great team, really good service, very good menu , tasty and delicious food 😋

A large and pleasant pub that serves excellent food. Beer and cider is well kept, there are large gardens and stunning views. Dog friendly throughout. The belly pork was excellent, as was the trout salad, fish and chips and beef and ale pie. The dark chocolate torte was also superb as well as the posset and buffalo ice cream.

I love food. It's so good. And beautiful place & flowers. I'm enjoyed with my family.

Came here for a family meal on a Saturday evening,it was not very busy & service was a little slow to offer any drinks at our table which was inside. Overall a nice pub,staff polite & good food. It's a historical pub,where the rules of cricket were formulated. Good choice of food & drinks.

The Bat & Ball is an iconic place, home to cricket rules a lovely place to sit and watch a match with a drink in the evening. Helpful staff and good selection of food and drink. The prices are expensive but this is down to the fuller's ownership. But I can't fault the quality. The outside area has wonderful views of the countryside. Parking is fairly large but can park along the side road.

The BEST fuller’s pub. Compliments to the chef for always putting on top notch specials as well. Friendly owners, team and a lovely historic locations. Always love coming here :)

Lovely country pub with incredible food and service - we felt so welcome and looked after, the service was unbelievably attentive and the staff also loved our labrador pup and gave him fresh chunks of beef! We all loved it. Thank you and will definitely be back lots in the future. Highly recommend. Thank you to Chris and all staff.

Hosted a wake for our family. Lovely location. Lovely staff. Great food. Can't fault it.

We had a beautiful roast at this charming pub. Good options on the menu, with a few interesting items I would come back again to try. . Attentive service, and opposite the cradle of cricket.

Stopped off when driving and gave it a try for a drink outside. Beautiful view out the back overlooking the fields with Butser Hill in the distance. Food inside looked good. Nice selection of beers & wines. Very friendly staff. And they do 0% Guinness 😃

Had lunch in The Bat & Ball. Ordered a small plate and couldn't eat it all. Was delicious and well presented. A little pricey but worth it for the quality of food. Nice, homely atmosphere

We stumbled on this pub while out for a sunday drive. The staff were polite, friendly and table service was prompt. Our meal of a vegetarian nut roast with crunchy veg was delicious.. We will definately visit again and recommend to friends.

Decent pub for its location and there's heaps of staff to take your order, just dont expect much from the food. The ploughmans was a hopeless interpretation, seemingly based on a children's playset idea of what food should look like

We came here for Sunday lunch and couldn’t fault the place. The staff were incredibly friendly and very accommodating pf our Labradors! Thank you for a fantastic experience!

A delightful pub, such friendly staff, very dog friendly! We had lunch from the small plates menu, just right and delicious. Desserts were so delicious - I had the lemon posset - would recommend. Also the pub is in the middle of amazing countryside - great for a lunch whilst out on a walk.

One of my favourite pubs in the world.

Great place, great atmosphere and great staff! Really one of a kind. The pub is full of history and is sited next to the cricket pitch. Full British experience.

Great food and value. Lovely views from the beer garden

Great place, good food and so nice people. Thanks again

Nice little place that I enjoyed

Really nice pub with tasty food. 3 young members of staff serving who were all really good at their jobs, very nice to see. We both had a veggie curry off the specials board, very nice.

Went for a roast dinner aat the Bat and ball but to be honest it's was slightly lack lustre. The roast was not particularly great. Non cheesy cauliflower cheese. Bit of aa soggy Yorkshire pud. Carrots and parsnips were cold aswell. The meat was quite nice once I had cut the massive lump of grissle out of it though. Service was extremely slow and they served up a desert with the wrong icecream for some reason. On a positive you can take your dog into the restaurant though. I think this seems to be there main clientelle.

Nice roast dinner, portion size disappointing especially the potatoes

Loverly food and chilled atmosphere.

Nice collection of cricket memorabilia, combined with great staff and amazing food; creates a wonderful experience!

Love this pub. Amazing staff good food and great atmosphere 👌

This is a wonderful pub that serves amazing Sunday lunch, we tend to visit when we are down on the south coast visiting mum and have always been served amazing hot tasty wholesome food at a reasonable price. They welcome our well behaved dog too which is a bonus. Thank you

There is no denying this is a beautiful olde world traditional pub with a welcoming fire on a cold, wet day. We had booked for lunch and on arrival were told there was a waiting time for food, unsure why because it wasn't particularly busy. The group on the table next to us gave up and left after a 45 minute wait, we hung on. I appreciate everywhere is expensive these days, but this is pub grub, cottage pie, faggots, burger and chips (biggest bugbear is the use of triple fried chips when they are not homemade) very basic, unexceptionable grub costing upwards of £15 a lunch, add your drinks on & for four of us it was over £80. Due to the waiting time we expected maybe a small deduction by way of apology? We do pub lunches with our friends on a fortnightly basis, this was by far one of the most expensive and we won't rush back.

A totally great experience. First off, I like the booking system, we arrived a few minutes early and were seated straight away. No hanging around waiting for a table. One of the wait staff was with us quickly to get our drinks order. This was followed up with ordering our food. The food arrived, and was wonderful. My wife commented that her veg was the best she’d had.. With my steak and mushroom pie was equally delicious, the inclusion of star anise was a lovely touch. We went for the Peanut and chocolate tart off the specials boards, a great choice. Lovely friendly staff, attentive without being intrusive. Highly recommended.

We came here for a family birthday and the waiter spilt coke all over my wife's new clothes. Literally top to bottom. She went to the bathroom and had to borrow a jumper. The waiter was apologetic, of course, and then the food arrived, which was all fine from there on. We then got a bill upwards of nearly £200 and not even a service dicount or free round of drinks or drink as a sorry. We did not want to make a fuss at the time as it was a special occasion, but we all felt upset and disappointed, so we won't be returning. To add, the manager did come over to check but showed no empathy. Where the waiters at leady did.

We were recommended this pub as a great lunch stop halfway through our South Downs Way walk. We're so glad we visited. This dog friendly pub provides a warm welcome and roaring fires ( we called 30 minutes ahead to secure a table) The menu offered a good selection of pub favourites. We started with some delicious marinated olives. Mains were Fish and Chips with minted, crushed peas and Gnocchi with blue cheese, bacon and pine nuts. Both of which were delicious. We had buffalo milk ice cream for afters- do try the salted caramel flavour. Our server was really welcoming and attentive. The pub itself is a shrine to cricket history and well worth a visit. Highly recommended.

Love this place. A treat visit when we're down from Gloucestershire. Very special historically.

I haven't eaten here, but good for a few pints, nice setting and friendly staff.

Nice pub good beer and excellent food I will be back

Great tasty food, lovely country pub vibes and great ales 🤙

Lovely lunch today. Both myself and my partner really enjoyed our food (chicken and smoked ham pie - proper shortcrust, and fish nd chips (triple cooked), then a delicious crumble with creamy custard to finish. The owners were really friendly and welcoming, our dog was also welcomed with a few treats 🐶. A real warm cozy lunchtime treat !!!

We booked up for a Sunday lunch at the Bat & Ball as my wife wanted a roast for dinner, The staff and the service was outstanding very attentive but not too much and the meals were wonderful, the Roast turkey and trimmings were all very good and hot when brought to the table, as was the lambs liver & bacon, which can sometimes be dry but was perfectly cooked and again hot when brought to the table! The desserts were also very good, coconut rice ad the sticky toffee pudding, all in all a very satisfying tasty and enjoyable Sunday lunch time! Thank you all at the Bat & Ball,

Came here for a couple drinks mid hike and the pub on top of its picturesque location had a very warm atmosphere and lovely staff. Definitely recommend

An excellent Fullers pub. Beers always top notch and well looked after. HSB is always thirst quenching here. Some nice little seating areas, the best being by one of the fires in winter. Kind friendly.

One of my favourite pubs in the area, the food was lovely and the staff were super attentive! I really loved the food. It's also got some really interesting history behind the building. 10/10 kept the in-laws happy for an afternoon.

A group of friends went to The Bat and Ball for a Christmas get together. There were only a few people there. We were all enjoying ourselves. The service was excellent and the meal absolutely delicious. We've been there several times before and no doubt we will return at a later date. Good value for the money.

Great pup located at the home of cricket! Lovely beer and ales, great service and tasty food 😋.

We had the half chicken and fish pie my husband had the Kofte, and excellent chef food was very nice we will be back soon.

Went mid week in July and we had a great time. The food was excellent and enjoyed by all of us. The service from Joe and Wanisa was perfect, and I can't fault anything. - As an update we've also been to a Christmas meal and that was very good, apart from the vegetarian option which was disappointing.

Had the liver pate, was fairly nice, then had the Liver & Bacon from the Specials board, unfortunately it was anything but special. Quite chewy & grossly, hense the two star

Saturday lunch in this iconic and atmospheric pub. Great venue and very friendly landlord. The menu read fine but unfortunately the actual food didn't inspire and we felt was overpriced. Lack of vegetables, chicken risotto was served as chicken with separate rice. A shame really and put us off Fullers pubs for food.

Lovely place, nice friendly staff and the food was amazing 😋

There's a lot of well-known history attached to this pub - oldest cricket pitch in England etc - which can allow for over-expectation and under-delivery, but the Bat and Ball doesn't disappoint and lives up to its reputation and excellent reviews. Very friendly and professionally run, with a good menu and good, traditional food. Characterful and capacious, but do book at busy times.

Right I will start by saying I'm not a big fan of Fullers, although the bottled ESB was very good. However the pub and staff exceeded my expectations by being absolutely first class. On top of this, both the food and wine were of a high standard. The chap who looked after us was a masterclass in how to get things right. Never over friendly but exceptional attentive and knowledgeable. I would recommend if you are looking for a lovely setting, the home of cricket no less, and an enjoyable meal.

Good spacial awareness. Great food. Great service.

Highly recommended great food excellent service and atmosphere. Staff friendly and made us very welcome, will definitely go back.

Absolutely lovely country pub. Service and food was excellent and the staff were amazing. Would highly recommend 👌

As good as every, nice food lovely staff.

Lovely little find. A delish ale in front of the fire. Friendly staff. Will be back for a meal another time. Xx

Lovely old pub, serving delicious food.

Went after visiting a friend with my daughter. I had duck leg with a bean, sausage and bacon stew and kale. OMG, it was amazing, a huge portion, gave me plastic take out box, meal enough for brunch the next day. Delicious. My daughter had gnocchi with a blue cheese and garlic sauce, also delicious. Then buffalo ice-cream and chocolate brownie. Wanted the buffalo pudding...hence the 'doggy bag' Been going to this pub/restaurant for decades, literally, since the late 60s. Consistently good, always a good ambiance, should go more often.

We came as a group of nearly 40 staff and students for dinner and we're very well looked after. The team really went the extra mile. The food was also top quality! Looking forward to coming back next year. Sorry if we were a bit loud.

A brilliant pub would recommend it to anyone.

Very cool place, probably biased because I love cricket, staff were awesome and weren't hampered by any aesthetic restrictions which was good to see, tasty food, not too cheap

Lovely little country pub , been here many times . Staff were really nice and helpful. Just had a quick drink in here.

Just looking for a quick lunch on a Sunday. Lovely pub, great service. Thank u seb. Good quality food.

This is a place with wonderful history and being a cricket fan, it was absolutely wonderful to be here. Nice selection of drinks and food, and it’s open till late

Always a great place to stop on the off chance! Lovely food and lovely staff.

Great historical place for cricket fans of course. Service was ok. I am sure in the evenings and weekends it gets busy

Always a winner for dinner and can't beat the Sunday roast

Lovely pub with great food and kind and attentive staff. Lovely atmosphere indoors and outside, with wonderful views, right in a quaint spot in the south downs.

SUNDAY ROAST DINNER lovely Traditional British Pub in Hampshire, excellent menu, starter, Sunday Lunch & Pudding washed down as the wife drove home with a few pints of fresh real ale 🍺 Recommended 🙂

Friday afternoon visit on route to South Coast, lovely decor with great views of the valley. Service and food was top notch, highly recommended.

Delicious Sunday roast, with great starters and puddings too! Highly recommend

Lovely food. Beautiful view from seating area at the back of the pub.

Great food, real ale, views and staff. 🖖

Shared a delightful birthday early evening meal here with my wife and two children recently. My compliments to the staff who really applied themselves to make our visit so lovely. The food was fantastic too. Thank you. (It has been a while since our previous visit to you, but we will be back :-) )

A++++ great service, food and atmos .

Two visits in a week for family reasons. Both large gatherings, one a sit down meal from the menu and the other a buffet. Both excellent. Prices a little high but worth an occasional trip for sure.

Always superb food and service at the Bat and Ball! Can't recommend the pub enough!!

Great location, staff, food and drink......highly recommended

A great Fullers pub in the countryside. The staff are always welcoming and there is a friendly atmosphere. The bar area is cosy, and the restaurant has views across the downs. The food is good, with the selection typical of Fullers' fare but with variations. Best to book ahead. The pub is also dog friendly. I'm happy to call it "my local".

Lovely roast dinner. Between our party we covered all on offer and if chicken is your favourite, you'll leave very full. Great beers on draught. In particular, HSB😋 The best free dog treats your pooch will ever know in a pub.

Couldn’t recommend it enough for a Sunday roast. Pork is a winner. Management and staff are all great. Our favourite pub for a Sunday afternoon.