The Bridge Inn in Winchester

Had a fabulous meal at the bridge last night with 5 friends, one of whom has very specific dietary requirements. The staff , Hannah in particular, couldn't do enough for us nothing was to much trouble. Food was excellent . 6 very happy foodies

Amazing service from Christina service was top notch. Thanks Christina will defenetly be back.

Friendly and welcoming from the minute we walked in. Very good food and excellent service.

Beautiful good, great atmosphere

We just had a fabulous meal, so compliments to the chef! Wilma is a credit to the team with her warm and sunny personality. Also the young man delivering the food was very pleasant. We will definitely return.

I thought the food was disappointing, for the price. The lamb shank shepherds pie was ok, but couldn't taste the cheddar cheese topping and the buttered greens were limp and tasteless.

Excellent food and service in a great atmosphere. Recommend 100%

Nice staff, good selection of alcoholic and soft drinks, lovely food. Be sure to book for Sunday roast as very popular. Giant Yorkshire pudding! I had the steak and ale pie which was nice.

Great food, lovely staff and a beautiful setting! Highly recommended! Steve the manager looked after us very well and was very welcoming!

Google showed kitchen as open so we arrived 11:20. Got told that the restaurant and kitchen is not opening untill 12:00. We asked if we could sit and have a drink while we waited for 12:00. After 40mins of waiting we asked if we can move into the restaurant area just to be told "we dont have space for walk ins". My wife asked why they did not tell us when we arrived and they just dismissed us with "we have more than 100 people coming in". Completely dismissive and not worried about service at all.

We had a breakfast by the fire after getting cold whilst fishing on the itchen. The service and full English were brilliant. We couldn’t ask any better. Worth every penny. I’d highly recommend to anyone.

Great food and service as always. Thanks to the team, including Hannah.

Great place for coffee. Roaring log fire on cold mornings, great for after swimming. Lovely home made biscuits. Friendly service

We love this pub after a dog walk ,so dog friendly they even have dog beds for your furry friends. Recently had a roast there too ,and that was very nice .

A great experience in a lovely local pub - thanks to James.

Lovely relaxing atmosphere prompt service with a smile our waiter james was very pleasant nothing to much trouble.

A Properly Run Establishment in an Age of Decline It is, regrettably, a sign of the times that one feels compelled to commend a place simply for getting the basics right. Yet here we are. The Bridge in Shawford does not attempt to dazzle with gimmicks, nor does it fall into the all-too-common trap of mistaking pretentiousness for quality. Instead, it delivers precisely what one should expect from a proper British establishment: a relaxed atmosphere, staff who understand the meaning of both politeness and efficiency, and, crucially, good food at a price that does not leave one feeling fleeced. In an era where even the simplest of services seem to have become needlessly complicated or inexplicably disappointing, The Bridge stands out precisely because it does not. It functions as it should, as any decent restaurant or pub once did, before standards were lowered in the name of mediocrity. A quiet success, and one worth supporting.

I’ve eaten here twice (so far!) - with friends one evening, and today for lunch with my teenage children. Warm welcome, nice atmosphere and the food was delicious .

Good excellent as are the staff will definitely be returning.

Went for a family lunch, they had a varied menu, I had a burger which was really nice, others in our family had a pie, camembert & fish and chips, everyone enjoyed their food, our server Hannah was very helpful.

Food wasn't as good as I had hoped

Great meal and our server Millie was fantastic

Pre lunch drinks. Nice atmosphere. Good beer. Didn't eat. Nothing not to like.

Mediocre springs to mind. The food was pretty standard to say the least. Went there because I liked the look of the menu but discovered, once seated, that the photographs of the menu were seven years old. Several of the items I'd looked at weren't served anymore. I learned from the server that we were not the first ones caught out by this. I thought it was expensive for what it was. No return trip planned.

Excellent location staff very good and food superb.

Food Is always lovely 😍 Lovely quiet place to sit and enjoy a coffee or a drink too. Service was quick and friendly. Management are an assett to this place!!

Lovely Sunday Roast. Wilma was fantastic.

I come here regularly for a roast beef dinner. Never disappointed. Great service. Thank you to Joe (chef), Wilma and Hannah.

Came here form an evening meal and was very impressed with the quality of the food and the service and treat gracious people. A defiantly recommend to all

Met some friends here for breakfast, absolutely delicious food, lovely atmosphere, very good value for money. Definitely recommend!

Good parking, lovely atmosphere, good choice of food nicely cooked and lovely staff. Only negative is no phone signal

Great breakfast, coffee is lovely, pancakes to die for! Now for a long walk. Highly recommend

The food is great!! After renovation, it's a lot brother, guest WiFi is a great touch as that area signal reception is not great. The booking is a bit tricky, as I can't seem to be able to call and change my booking slightly. It's very frustrating. But, once I arrived, the service and environment is superb. It is highly recommended. (The lamb shank is very good!)

Regular customers. We enjoy coming to the Bridge at Shawford. Good value and great offers. Jemma James regularly serves us and remembers us each time. Very welcoming Bd attentive. Thank you. 😊

Incredibly good food, we did get there just after 5pm so a little dull on the atmosphere front, but good service and beautiful decor

Good food, excellent service from Wilma and a very relaxed atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Great staff, (esp Ness), good food and nice atmosphere. Fish and chips are great. On my last visit I ordered a medium cooked steak which unfortunately came out rare and was very chewy. I informed the waitress Ness who handled it brilliantly and was very apologetic and got it cooked some more. I noticed Ness was very attentive to customers etc and she is a credit to the pub. One thing I would say, is that if you have to send something back like I did, I would expect them to supply fresh and hot chips rather than having the original ones which weren’t that hot.

Staff were pleasant, and though we hadn't booked found us a table. Unfortunately we were told there was a 30 min wait for food. Which didn't seem too bad. This was a gross underestimation. So 2.5 hours later we left after only ordering 2 courses, immediately after our second course. They were apparently short staffed on the day. The food itself was of variable quality. My chicken breast and strips were overcooked, dry and hard. Though portion size was good. My husband's meal was better. We considered the prices high for the food quality. Drinks from the bar were also high. Most people eating there were using discounting coupons, which would have made the prices reasonable. Otherwise avoid.

Sunday lunch , complete disappointment !! Starting with the chap behind the bar , no customer service skills whatsoever ! Now The Food , I ordered the duo of roast , cold meat , and a dried up piece of pork ! undercooked roast potatoes, frozen Veg, I also ordered a portion of pigs in blankets , which were just dried up sausages and dried out bacon ! Nicest thing on my plate was the Yorkshire pudding .. not Sure what the situation is at the moment , but the Food quality and the miserable Bar tender will certainly make me reluctant to return in the near future

Excellent meal and excellent service.

Just had the Burns night menu, went last year and was brilliant. This year however not so good. Food was lovely but not everything available on menu, when I mentioned this to waitress I was told that not everything had been delivered. If your offering a particular menu you should make sure in advance that the full menu is available.

Visited today with 3 others. Overall disappointed with the food. 1 small plate was returned as it was inedible. Other small dishes were not as described. Fish batter was soggy and temperature was tepid. Most of the food was left and when staff cleared it away..... none of us were asked if we enjoyed it!

10 of us had a lovely breakfast after walking using the Alltrail app which meant 8 of us had a free breakfast & hot drink this weekend, very good, friendly service, dog beds were provided for our 2 dogs too, lovely surroundings, we've all been here before & will definitely visit again this lovely pub

Had a great evening here with our friends,. Lovely drinks behind bar and great IPA. Probably the best pub/resruraunt food I've encountered for a very long time. All food and service was perfect, tasty, good presentation and good size portions. Starters for us all was chicken strips with dip and I had squid. For mains we had Beef cheeks(so nice) , ham hock and haddock. All of it was perfect, followed by different deserts but if I'm honest, not much room left by this time. Lol. Service both at the bar and in resruraunt was also great. Will definitely return and spread the word. We'll done to all the team.

Perfectly cooked food, perfect atmosphere.. We've been dining here for 30 years plus and it is our favourite venue to relax, unwind and enjoy..always great food.. We will continue our visits.. Thank you Steve and all the happy staff who personally showed compassion to me during my fight with cancer..much love and respect.. Greg and Carla xx

Such a lovely pub and the food was fantastic.will defo be returning

Visited with a dog to meet parents. First of all, the welcome was great. Extremely friendly. Very dog friendly too. I’m vegan, and eating out can be a pain in the arse, but the bridge got it right this time with the mushroom and ale pie. I left feeling looked after and satisfied

Food here is absolutely amazing. They do the best Irish coffee’s around. Really chill place, friendly staff, Hannah and James were very attentive, will definitely be back. Extra thanks to Wilma for being lovely!

Ale pie was average, vegetables overcooked and onion rings flabby,

Fantastic beer garden, cocktails are a must - food is superb too. Staff were very friendly, we had a great time

This place is absolutely stunning. It's such a warming vibe as soon as you walk in. Dwayne was such an amazing host to our visit; his knowledge was an unexpected bonus, to say the least. The food was just incredible, too. Cannot fault a single thing. Will be coming here everything I'm back from London

A fantastic and welcoming pub. Food was delicious with generous portions. We were served by Dwayne who was very friendly, polite and accommodating.

Really friendly and helpful staff. Perfect for an afternoon drink after walking.

Amazing staff, great atmosphere and really delicious food. Recommend to anyone passing by or planning a night out.

The food and friendliness of staff was exceptional

We've had a few visits to The Bridge for a meal now. Every time has been fabulous. Attentive staff, delicious food, and a lovely, comfortable, and cosy setting. Everything you could want. Love that's it's right outside of the train station (Shawford), so we can hop on and get the train home too! Beautiful place. Looking forward to coming again soon.

Went for a quick pub lunch between meetings- and got excellent service and food. Love the ambience and location.

Sunday Roast menu covered all the bases and the service was top notch.

Great friendly service , great food in a lovely cosy pub , reasonable priced whats not to like

I had the grave misfortune of dining at this establishment during what was supposed to be a charming evening date. First impressions were deceptive - the pub appeared cosy, with a lovely atmosphere, and the lit path from the rear car park to the restaurant was genuinely enchanting. Little did we know this fleeting moment of charm would be the only highlight of the night. The experience began to unravel the moment we stepped through the door. We stood awkwardly by the entrance, ignored by the front of house, who seemed more engrossed in communing with the till than acknowledging paying customers. Considering we'd just entered through the rear door by the car park, it would have been prudent for him to mention the need to register our vehicle. Of course, this was not forthcoming, leaving me to chase it up myself - a tedious chore that should never be necessary. We were eventually seated at what seemed a cosy table by the fire. At last, a silver lining, or so we thought. Five minutes later, the wait staff arrived to take our order - two pork roasts and drinks. The drinks arrived shortly after, though one was wrong. I decided not to make a fuss, politely pointing it out but agreeing to drink it regardless - mistakes happen, right? Little did I realise this would be the least of the evening's offences. Forty-five minutes passed. No food. We flagged down a member of staff to inquire, and their response was as baffling as it was infuriating: they had lost our order. Lost it? Pray, how did they manage to deliver sides for an order they supposedly couldn't locate? The whole explanation smacked of disorganisation and thinly veiled excuses. Nevertheless, we were relieved when our food finally emerged, albeit underwhelmingly lukewarm and dismal in every conceivable way. The so-called roast was a travesty. The potatoes, if one could call them that, were an abomination - cardboard masquerading as food, stale and soggy in equal measure. The vegetables were a tragic sight: wrinkled, lifeless, and clearly aged beyond their prime, seemingly exhumed from a countertop where they'd languished for hours. As for the pork, it was an insult to roasts everywhere - fatty, rubbery, and, inexplicably, adorned with grill marks. Grill marks! On roast pork! Who thought this culinary Frankenstein was acceptable? To call it "express pork" would be generous - it was more like reheated regret. The gravy was the final indignity. Watery, insipid, and utterly devoid of flavour, it resembled dishwater with a brown tint. It didn’t enhance the meal - it sabotaged it. The lone redeeming element, if you can call it that, was the stuffing, though its meagre 3cm cube portion was laughably inadequate. The side dishes were no better. The cauliflower cheese was an unholy alliance of undercooked cauliflower and overpowering mustard, with any trace of cheese conspicuously absent. The pigs in blankets, meanwhile, were pale, undercooked, and frankly terrifying. We didn’t dare risk consuming them for fear of joining the local A&E’s pork-poisoning register. We raised our concerns with the wait staff, only to be met with a casual, "We’ve had a lot of people complain about the roast today." Oh, marvellous! Thank you for that little nugget of reassurance - truly, the cherry on this culinary catastrophe. In a gesture of atonement, we were offered free puddings as compensation. But after enduring the horror show that was the main course, we were in no mood to tempt fate. Needless to say, we left the food untouched, settled the bill (yes, we paid for this misery), and made our swift escape. Salvation came in the form of a late-night Five Guys in Winchester town, where a simple burger and fries felt like dining at the Ritz in comparison. This experience was nothing short of an utter disgrace. It was not a meal, it was a culinary crime scene. For a venue with such promise, it failed spectacularly in every conceivable way. Save your time, money, and stomach - this establishment is a disaster dressed in cosy decor.

Bit slow the service in Christmas Eve, however sort of expected. Well sorted pub/restaurant Is a great location , with plenty of parking.

Lunch with friends . All great, kind receptive staff. Food tasty and well presented. Good atmosphere and comfortable environment.

Excellent Christmas meal at the Bridge for 13 of us. Amy and Hannah were superb at responding to our concerns regarding seating and ensured we were all on one table. Food was wonderful as was the following service. Thoroughly recommended.

Nice welcome from staff, service very good and food excellent

Lunch today, after an exhausting visit to the Winchester Christmas Market. What a wonderful welcome, service, meal and atmosphere. We will definitely be back, andnwould recommend 120%. Well done.

I had a lovely dinner here with my family the other night, the food was delicious and we didn’t have to wait long. The atmosphere was cosy and perfect to escape the cold weather, Amy brown was our server for the night and she was super friendly and polite. Would definitely recommend and visit again.

Bit disappointing. Ordered garlic bread at £3.49 and was served with one small thin slice of bread and a scraping of garlic butter. Main courses were okay. For dessert, we ordered mini desserts (trifle) with tea or coffee. The trifle served was just a tiny piece of sponge topped with a tiny bit of whipped cream (we were expecting a little jelly and possibly a small piece of fruit with the sponge and cream to resemble a traditional trifle and at least a couple of spoonfuls to enjoy whereas we were served with barely one teaspoonful!). Also, we were given hot frothy milk with our pots of tea,! The waitress seemed surprised when we politely asked if we could have cold milk with our teas. It was an expensive evening and not sure we'll return any time soon.

Dwayne and Hannah were incredibly welcoming and met all our dietary requirements to the letter. We like a fry up and I can honestly say this was the best fry up I have had in a very long time! The mushrooms were amazing especially! Great friendly service and a really relaxed vibe. Really enjoyed our visit thank you

Beautiful lunch yesterday, warm welcome, excellent service. Thank you

Lovely country pub with comfy seats in a secluded area that is dog friendly too with a nice open fire. Very good menu if you're eating. Very beautiful walks by the river, which is just down the road from the pub.

We came in for the lunch offer which was lovely, added a dessert and drinks. We always get a warm welcome and service here. Thank you to the team.

Great sandwich and coffee. Although the flat white was too small. Nice outside area.

Nice staff, our waitress was in training, the four stars do not reflect her performance moreso her colleagues who forgot a drink order despite not being busy. Nice environment and food lovely.

Very nice lunch at the bridge. Great service from Steve and his team !

we had a lovely visit! the service is definitely on another level compared to other pubs in the area. food was delicious we will definitely be back!

Good service and value for money

We were served by Wilma and she was lovely, always attentive and provided amazing service. Wilma was very friendly and spoke about how she is from Sweden with us. Food was good and good options for drinks but I think the service was the predominant differential against other pubs.

Lovely food, in great surroundings with friendly service.

me and my friends had a really lovely meal here, the food was incredible and service was 10/10, would definitely recommend. if you get wilma and millie as your waitresses you’re in good hands !!! xx

First time at The Bridge, will certainly return. Warm and helpful welcome as 2 of our party were on crutches. Everything was good.

Very welcoming, excellent food and Gemma was absolutely brilliant, she was a diamond

Brilliant service lovely staff very good food delicious will come back again

Lovely ambience in this pub, coupled with excellent service. The Sunday roast came in generous portions….with good gluten free options too. Although it wasn’t as good as I can cook at home, (I’m a chef) it was still very tasty. The enjoyment of the meal was enhanced by using Clubcard vouchers which covered the cost of the food; everything is better when you’re getting a bargain right??!! All in all it was a lovely treat and we will be back.

Very good pub following its recent refurb. Food is great and we’ve been here often for Sunday lunch. Also great for a beer after a dog walk.

Lovely staff and the food was delicious!

Popped in for breakfast on the way to a job. Greeted by Hannah as soon as I walked in who offered a seat and drink Food came quickly once ordered

We had a breakfast today with my husband .Everything was lovely. Hannah was so friendly and welcomed us very warmly. Really impressed by the servise.

I stopped off here with little dog to break up the journey, extremely dog friendly, great selection of no alcohol beers including Guinness. Very quaint and old pub with lots of spaces and friendly staff. I was in between meals so only wanted a snack; the mini steak and ale pie was delicious and the mini cottage brochettes out of this world !!

We went for lunch, the food and service were excellent .

I was very satisfied. The dishes are prepared with love, and the staff is attentive to each guest.

Great place for a Sunday roast Very tasty

Lovely service and atmosphere and food was amazing!

Very nice place and we were well looked after, but the food was mediocre and expensive. Venison burger merely OK and a bit overcooked, toad in the hole stodgy and the sausages not that nice

Having gone to the bridge for a meal we encountered the disappearing manager befor you could order a drink gone then came back managed to order drinks, I asked where could sit for a meal he said either side then my wife looked for a table to be told they were all reserved and this man is rude to say the least, we left having paid for drinks we did not get. To be honest it spoilt a trip down memory lane as we have used this pub on and of for 50 years but that went out of the window . Registered a complaint via their complaints process I was assured that an area manager would contact us no he tried to put his side across he was at fault as I live up north now I doubt we could enjoy it but I will never use the bridge again memories lost

An excellent spur of the moment Sunday roast with a good friend. The pork was delicious and the Yorkshire pudding yummy. The whole roast dinner was so full of flavour. The staff are easy to chat to and friendly. I will definitely be back! Special mention to Dwayne for looking after us.

We had a delicious Sunday meal here. Slow roast rib of beef and vegetables. Seasonal fruits crumble to follow. Unfortunately, we had eaten too much already. So we were allowed to take it away with us to enjoy later. The staff were very polite and friendly. And we are looking forward to a return visit very soon🤞. Thank you💐

Beef sandwich the ciabatta inside was burnt black and thus very hard to eat . No skin on fries just ordinary string fries. Seasonal salad was a few wisps of lettuce. Fish and chips. The fish was just not there. Just a pile of mushed batter. Very noisy. 5 of us pre booked and placed right by the serving area next to the high chair store area etc Crash bang. Never will we go there again

Limited vegetarian options. This maybe due to it being a Sunday.

Looked after brilliantly by Hannah and James . Came in late but nothing was too much hassle for the team.

Eat here often, always great food