The Castle Inn in East Hampshire

Nice garden for a covid friendly beer

Quick lunchtime drink…. Lovely friendly member of bar staff meeted and greeted myself and our little dog… friendly lady .., what pub staff should be like 👍

Really delicious food, the service was great, all the staff are very friendly.

Friendly Pub, pleasant Landlady and sensible priced pint of Real Ale £4.60 Real open fire and nice friendly locals.

A friendly country pub in the traditional style. Bare tables, cutlery and paper napkins after order. A very busy venue with family and groups in and a high turnover. Large car park but have to remember to log in at the bar. Very friendly, attentive and helpful staff. Traditional pub grub very generously served. Limited wine list of medium quality. Fair priced lunch.

Great meal, friendly staff. Would certainly visit again.

Great food and tap selection, highly recommended

Great food, huge quantities and great service. 👍

Fantastic roast, lovely service as usual, a proper friendly country pub ! Definitely book as it’s always packed!

Excellent food and really friendly service. Will definitely come back

Amazing pub! Food incredible, service top notch and so very reasonable. You can tell this is a loved pub by its popularity and atmosphere. We felt very looked after and had a lovely evening - thank you!

Very busy with locals enjoying themselves on a Saturday lunchtime

Lovely food friendly staff great cosy atmosphere

Was disappointed with the roast beef it was cold and my Yorkshire pudding was burnt to a cinder there was a lot of veg but it was fairly warm and the beef was barely cooked was looking so much for a roast the beef was so thick as well I did say about the meal being cold and put it under a grill when it came back it was still cold asked her about putting in the microwave and said the plate was too big the Yorkshire pudding should never had been put on the plate my partner dinner was the same I thought that they would had given us money off the meal

Amazing fresh food, lovely homely feel though out the pub I had the pie of the day, simply put amazing couldn't find any fault If you in the area and looking for proper pub grub done the right way this is the place

Great food, great staff. Had a few meals there now, very tasty and filling.

Sorry, but the lass behind the bar was overwhelmed and, as a result , rude - no "hello", just ' what do you want?' - followed by , "oh, no, it's cash only"

Simply a superb great all round pub, great food, good choice of drinks all backup with great staff and service. Highly recommended.

A scrumptious meal, served by happy people in a convivial atmosphere. Even a 2 course lunch offer on a Sunday was an unexpected treat. We shall return.

Parking scam in operation - avoid - no clear signs or warnings. Avoid at all costs - it was pretty average before but add the £100 parking fine - it’s dire

After coming to this pub for over 10 years, I have been lumped with a parking fine of £60 for buying beers at said pub, despite being under a sign ‘for patrons only’. This is due a new and covert permit system. Although within the landlady’s capacity to withdraw the charge, and after reaching out multiple times by phone and by person, the support needed has been actively ignored. Be wary of parking and having years of good relationship nullified. Left feeling robbed and disappointed after years of supporting a local business.

This place is the nicest pub I've been in so friendly and great place the owner is a lovely lady so down to earth

Staff are always friendly and helpful.

A nearby pub refused to let me charge my electric bike after a very long journey. Here was warm and welcoming with no problems over bringing my back in for a top up charge. A great variety of beers and feels like a real community pub. Thank you!

I’ve been coming here for years, always loved it, but I’m never going back. I went in there for a drink with my Dad. I didn’t see the signs in the carpark about having a permit, nor did I see any in the bar. A week later I received a £100 parking fine (£60 if paid straight away). I went into the pub, to ask them about it, and said I had not seen anywhere to put my registration in. The barmaid said it was in the restaurant side! I suggest the staff ask customers if they have parked in the car park, and point them towards registering their car. Sadly, I won’t know if they do, as I’m never going back.

Very friendly, Beer festival. Great location. Dog friendly too

Good food when it eventually it arrived! We were a party of twelve so maybe not good at catering for large groups.

Nice pub , great service . But locals made us feel very unwelcome . Will not be returning due to this. Was going to eat, but felt we could not stay 😩.

Pub was fine but I've just received a parking notice for £100 (£60 if paid earlier). This takes the cost of the visit to £120 for a couple of drinks each and we were there only an hour. I can see from the futility that "Sam" posted for a July incident, that no warnings are given for this by the pub staff - maybe in these difficult times, this business has enough income to put up with the potential reputational damage that this could have ?. I do understand that protecting the car parking is important but maybe install a gate and sign it at least ask at the bar "have you registered your car for parking?". Take a leaf out of the Harvester where there is a screen at the door to register for parking. Doubt we will go back again. Once bitte, twice shy

My friend and I both got fined for parking in the car park even though we spent money in the bar. Nobody told us that we needed to register the vehicle, even though we went up to the bar twice, we saw no signs and and we've been coming here for years and never had to do it before. Trying to get help from the staff was a waste of time as they didn't care and even with the evidence of receipts and bank statements, we still lost our appeals with the disgusting car parking rip off company. Not a great way to treat your customers.

Still 5 stars, been many times, never let's me down.

Great we arrived very late in the day and the owner was very accomdating. Food was really good quality.

Great pub, incredible chef! The landlady is so lovely!! Great pint of peroni too!!!

10/10 great atmosphere and brilliant food. Felt like we were in our local pub even though we were 600 miles from home

Wouldn’t recommend this pub Service is not very good. Food is not very good and if you complain about food just laughs at you and doesn’t even say sorry couldn’t give a monkeys

Lovely pub serving excellent beer and great food. Fantastic beer garden too. Great service.

Always good service from friendly staff. Good beer garden and good selection of ales. Very pleasant place to spend a sunny afternoon.

Superb food at a great price, very friendly staff, good selection of ales ..we loved it and have returned on numerous occasions...try the steak here you won't be disappointed

Ordered 2 sandwiches and 2 drinks. After 35 minutes I asked about the food and was told bluntly “it will be ready when it’s ready” not once but twice. I would have understood if it was busy that it may be a bit of a wait but we were the only people in the Beer garden and the tables in the bar were empty. Sandwiches were ok but the chips were over cooked and no apologies for for the delay or rudeness. Sadly I would not recommend

We went tonight as we was in the area fantastic food great service from the waitress mega mixed grill was huge and worth the money and my partner had chicken pasta with bacon which was huge well worth the money will return soon .

Top afternoon at this lovely pub located in the centre of Bungay. Great service from Olivia throughout and lovely charming old English atmosphere.

A lovely pub with a nice location and beer garden. The staff was nice and friendly. The food was nice apart from the meat but I am guessing it was just a bad cut as the rest of the food was lovely. When we spoke to the staff about the meal they dealt with the problem perfectly so I can't fault or mark down for the one problem. This is definitely a place to visit and I will visit again..

When we are staying in the area this is one of the pubs we always make an effort to visit. The food is always delicious and freshly cooked and the helpings are a very good size indeed. The landlady is lovely to our dog. On this latest visit it was raining so we sat inside and engaged with some of the locals at the bar. However, when the weather permits we opt for the charming garden.

We went to the Castle Inn for my mum's 70ths on Sunday and there were 12 of us. The food was amazing and deliciously hot. The staff were friendly and welcoming and made our visit really special. Nothing was too much trouble. We will definitely be returning for the amazing roast shortly. Thank you to all the team.

Absolutely fantastic, traditional old pub. I would recommend this venue all day long. You would definitely not leave hungry and dissatisfied with your meal. Give it a go!!! Great staff and Sarah is the best.

Proper pub, great welcome and superb food at real pub prices.

Will never go again or recommend to anyone., after going for lunch there 2 weeks ago. Have just received a £100 penalty notice for parking at rear of pub. Notices said this was customer car park. Turns out after phoning the Castle Inn, that we should have registered our car once inside. No-one mentioned this and there was no apology from Castle Inn, just that we would have to go through an appeal process-no guarantee we will be successful.

I ordered a takeaway roast from here, just to try somewhere new. Big mistake, the pork and beef were so tough and over done, with more fat then meat. The roast were so dry they crumbled, one Yorkshire was not cooked and the other burnt, they didn’t have the pudding I wanted but instead of calling me they let the delivery driver tell me, which isn’t a high issue but the cheesecake was the smallest portions I have ever had. All of that for £45 and what a waste of money. Honestly the worst roast I have ever had and pudding was nice but so small for the cost, I would have been better not paying for a pudding at all.

Really good food, portion sizes are amazing! Can't wait to go back

Lovely atmosphere 👌 friendly pub.

Lovely meal lovely service but to wait a hour before food ,was to long

Great place, cosy and lovely fire place. They even reserved us a table.

Another delicious Sunday dinner at the Castle Inn, everything was so tasty, roast beef was cooked perfectly followed a nice fruit crumble. I’d almost go to say it’s the best Sunday dinner in the area.

A Fabulous 'old school' locals pub !

Warm friendly local Staff and punters both Good draft beer Solid pub food

Friendly staff, good beer and lovely location

Lovely friendly staff and a great xmas dinner. Recommended.

We did have to wait for our food but it was very busy and when the food arrived it was 5 star we had the fillet steak and I can honestly say it was the best I have ever had would highly recommend this lovely pub the staff were extremely friendly and helpful

Good roast, friendly staff and great atmosphere

Friendly and accommodating people.Great menu and food.Will return.😁

BRILLIANT REFURBISHMENT. GOOD STAFF 👍

Visited with some friends last night because it was my birthday and they had a live band on. Had a really good night, dancing in the garden. It was fun because it was busy, everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and it made a great...

Nice friendly staff , great for the kids nice play area, dogs welcome

Great no nonsense pub, they also had ESB on draft.

Long story... 😂 I did some deliveries for this restaurant and decided to try it. We order from here all the time now and I felt like I had to leave a review even though I've never actually been inside the restaurant, only the kitchen....

Food average. Beer average. staff nice.

Fantastic food and vegan friendly! Sharing the menus here as could not easily find on the web but quite a few plant based options. Fantastic, friendly service too - thank you! We shall be back

Really friendly pub with outdoor seating area at the front and a largish garden out the back, with a small play area.

Not the warmest of welcomes for new customers... no atmosphere.. no seats in the bar... empty restaurant.. did get to go in and sit in there with our drinks...

Never had a bad meal in here , the clientele are friendly and the dog friendly public bar is always full of friendly fur babies There is plenty of outside space with tables front and back The landlady is hardworking and accommodating and the beer...

Fantastic food good value and excellent management. Amy

We ordered a takeaway delivered Sunday lunch from here, I’d never previously been to them and we had pretty low expectations but it was absolutely delicious and I’ve no doubt we will visit in person at some point! Delicious food and a really good portion...

Great beer and food. Lovely old fashioned proper pub. Good bar snacks and separate restaurant for proper meals.

Top quality Sunday roast , great flavours, taste and portions. What more do you want? Well worth a visit 10/10 We'll be back!

This appears to be a locals pub, food was OK but dinning area really needs a skip to take away all the chairs and tables felt like we were in a greasy spoon and there was a smell of fat. Staff performance was not really friendly felt they did not care. Won't be returning any time soon.

I recently visited this pub restaurant with my daughter and as such booked a table in advance, the first thing thing we noticed at the lack of people in the restaurant namely six which included us, which meant no atmosphere which near to Christmas was...

Our favourite in the village! Good beer, good reasonably priced food and a real fire when it's chilly!

Always very good, lovely GF fish and chips+peas. Great value. Highly recommended.

Very good meals were very nice very nice atmosphere staff were very friendly xx

Ate here on a Friday night with parents. The service was warm and friendly, as well as being efficient. I ordered the cajun chicken burger, which was simply delicious and very filling. The chicken in the burger was well seasoned, the sauce in the burger...

Great place for pint and a catch, very doggy friendly, lovely staff

after travelling 22 miles to get to the castle we were greeted and shown to our table. The seats were dirty and very uncomfortable. We were offered drinks which came out a few minutes later. We ordered our food and waited which isn’t a bad thing at least you know it is being cooked from scratch. Three of our party ordered fish and chips the other ordered a ham dish. Well the fish and chips came out over cooked and so were the chips the ham was sandwich ham out of a packet. The service was absolutely terrible. We were not offered anymore drinks or asked if everything was ok. Our plates were collected and that was the end of any communication from the landlady. We didn’t even get the chance to have a desert. We were very very disappointed and will certainly not be making the long trip again. Once again very very disappointed. Barry Brown

Bar area has a personal touch from the governor...Don`t often find that today... Very comfortable and relaxing. Best way to enjoy a beer!!.....

Great beer, great food and a fantastic atmosphere. An authentic country pub.

Very awkward when walking through the door, felt very uneasy with everyone staring at us, definitely a locals pub!

Very nice lunch and very friendly service

Great food great staff great atmosphere, very easy to recommend.

A good village pub with good food and great banter.

This is a gem of a pub fantastic food well worth the wait. Beautiful raost meats with lovely fresh veg. Piping hot and served with a lovely smile. The owners should be very proud of a good run ship Will be back very soon

It was the first time visiting this pub, and at first I wasn’t quite sure about it but how wrong was I. It took a little while for the food to arrive but we’ll worth the wait, amazing food. We had roast and I must...

After a long walk, popped in for a snack. 35 minute wait for a steak sandwich. Pub not even busy. HSB was good though.

Very good pub, only went for a drink after walking the dog. Support your local pubs

Always a warm welcome from Maisie and her staff here at The Castle. Dogs made very welcome. Did an excellent job of keeping going during lockdown and we will continue to support this local pub. Good food, reasonably priced and nice beer and wine selection.

A favourite watering hole. A great garden that seems to encourage birds. In side is tight but a very homely and intimate eating oppertunity. Can't offer opinions on food quality but must be good... difficult to get a table.

We ate at the Castle Inn twice during our short stay in the area and were not disappointed on either visit. The staff were all friendly and the food was great! The owner(?) even went out of her way to get us vegan desserts that...

Had a great lunch here today. Brilliant people and food. I would show a photo of food but I eat it. Yummy

Great friendly traditional country pub. Excellent food and choice of beers.

Nice pub for drinks . The car park is small around the back off pub as it is used by the travel hotel too The food price very height like London prices. But the staff was very nice and helpful and the. Pub is always clean

Very good food 🍲 Reasonable price beer

Lovely pub, very friendly. Dogs welcome.