The Eagle Inn in Test Valley

A local Pub for local people, great beer and good home cooked no frills fayre. Centre of the community

Love this pub. You can go out to villages and pop into a pub and have an over priced beer with gastro pub pretence. Or you can come to the eagle a very welcoming old school village pub. Good food and good character.

Great place for a local pint and a game of darts or pool. The bookable skittles alley makes a great addition for parties and events.

Great ales and beers great atmosphere and great food landlord always makes you very welcome and a lovely warm fire on a cold night

We were invited to join a friend for Sunday lunch, hadn't been before. Pub looks a bit unprepossessing on first impressions, but the staff were friendly and our roast meal was delicious, as was dessert. Reasonably priced and we will definitely return! 😊

Sunday lunch was good value and all those in our party felt all roast meats were melt in the mouth. Only two negatives a) two of our party had to interrupt their meal three times so that people could access other tables or the door. B) no deserts!!!

Lovely old country pub, the landlord Alan seems a lovely bloke, would highly recommend

Nice staff and friendly customers

Nice village local, good selection of well kept ales. Currently we are at their annual beer festival for the first time in a few years (for obvious reasons) - brilliant as ever......

Very nice old school pub with a very friendly Land lord

Nice little country pub quite tucked away.

Nice little pub with skittle alley at the side. Friendly.

Great food and awesome service. Lovely place.

Decent pub, nice LL and locals. Came for the skittles and the drink. Good fun

Nice village pub with great staff and locals

Best Sunday dinner with meat that melted in your mouth and vegetables that still had a bit of crunch,not soggy, great value and good beer

Very nice will order fish and chips next week

Seating outside... good beer and friendly.

Excellent takeaway curries, fish and chips and Sunday roasts. Substantial portions. Strongly recommended.

local pub, the roast dinners looked wonderful & very helpful friendly landlady

We popped in from the street seeing that it was a typical English proper pub, we were made so very welcome by Lorraine, we felt at home, the locals were engaging, the drinks delicious and a fair price, there was good banter and we stayed much longer that we planned to. We are looking forward to going there again soon. Wish there were more of these pubs about. As a retired publican l recognise a good pub when l frequent it. Dame Sally-Ann Hayes DTJ DOTJ

Very friendly... proper village pub

An hidden gem, came across it by accident.

We were driving through and just wanted something to eat and a drink which we got and they were perfectly fine. Well kept beer and a sandwich which whilst lacking in any imagination or even taste, was reasonably priced and gave us the fuel we needed. The landlord left the bar to make the sandwiches which was fine as there was only one other person in the bar who studiously ignored us. It’s the sort of place that needs a refurbishment and a good tidy up as there appear to be piles of junk everywhere and the landlord is a happy to serve and then get back to something more interesting on his laptop. Still, you’d be grateful this was here if you were a local.

This is a proper old boozer. Old fashioned in its decor but I like that. The service is always quick and staff are friendly. Nice outside seating area too. The menu has something for everyone and the food I had was quick and really lovely. The menu is well priced too. Lovely village pub

Friendly local pub with great beers. Welcoming to the Morris!

Small place for pool or darts but great service

Great real ales on a daily changing basis

Nice atmosphere, great locals and staff but seats are uncomfortable and the cleaner needs to put her glasses on

Good local pub with a nice range if real ales which constantly change. Recommended.

Friendly local pub in the heart of the village offering great food and relaxed atmosphere. Dog and child friendly with garden and outdoor seating. Shows sports on TV, has a pool table, darts board and juke box!

Always made to feel very welcome when we play pool there ..thanks for having us tonight .x

Poped in on way past from work. Nice country pub with old characteristics. There's a pool table and good beer garden with great seating area

A great freidnly pub with locals

I haven't had a roast potato as good as theirs from their roast as this place, that and the cracking is both amazing. go for the roast!

Very disappointed. Poor welcome from landlord, regulars using foul language in a public place, felt we were intruding. Grotty beer, naff wine. Won't be going back

A great range of well kept ales & friendly atmosphere

Nice surroundings, but not alot on offer and a miserable face for a welcome and about 6 customers on the hottest day of the yr. Make your own mind up.

Cannot remember much!!! Great atmosphere....a proper locals pub, if not a bit League of Gentlemen!!!

We’ve been going to the pub for about ten years. We live about three miles from the pub but feel it is well worth the journey to sample the excellent beer (and wine) and to enjoy the company of the friendly clientele, landlord and landlady and bar staff. We sometimes eat here early evening and the food has always been excellent. We look forward to many more visits to the pub over the coming years.

Friends came down to stay for a weekend, so four of us thought we'd go to the Eagle for a lunch time drink. The landlord, doing his betting in the bar, made us feel like a definite inconvenience. Sorry for disturbing you! We normally walk past to go to the Poplar Farm, wish we had this time as well!

Small, friendly, local country pub

So many pubs have turned into gastropubs and added £10 to the prices. The Eagle hasn’t so it has a really good range of food at sensible prices. Not the prettiest pub ever but welcoming.

I visit now and again with friends who are local to the area.It seems that locals who make up the bulk of clientele and the atmosphere can be very noisy. The beers are generally very good with ample choice. The bar service is also generally good.The pub decor is decidedly tired and when I have eaten there in the past the menu had been very basic and the quality off food no more than average. It is not a pub that I would recommend to 'outsiders' although locals appear happy with what it provides.

Friendly atmosphere, great local pub.

Lovely friendly pub, good home cooked food. Proprietors very welcoming and clientele make you feel at home.

Stayed in the village for a few months. What a gem the Eagle is. Great range of food, great quality and value for money. Why cant all pubs be like this.

Good village pub great people made to feel welcome

The Eagle is a great little village pub, with an exceptional choice of Real Ale and lager. It is a very friendly pub, with very efficient staff.

My hubby and I love the Eagle and are always given a warm welcome by Alan, Kate or any of the bar staff. Food is always great and home made or locally sourced and a very reasonable price. Their Sunday roast is better than my mums... but she knows that as we are always taking family to this great local pub on a Sunday. The choice of beers is ever changing and well kept and so always something new to try. This is a proper country pub, no polished chrome or generic décor, just a good old fashioned local pub which is a pleasure to visit. Dogs are always welcome and I can leave my muddy boots by the door without fear of them being nicked!

It's a drinking den. And don't order a lager - you will be looked at as if you are something on the landlords shoe. As the title says, we CHOOSE to walk past this place to the Poplar Farm, which says it all really!

This should be a great village pub - perfect location...but it is not. Unfriendly staff and poor service, even at the bar. Unless you are a regular you appear to be stared at as if you have just landed from Mars. A pity as the beers they have on offer are fantastic. Very good real ales. Tried the food a while ago and it was not great. I was told that my whitebait would be a while as the 'chef' could not find them in the freezer! Whole place feels run down, from the shabby exterior to the dowdy interior. Such a pity.

Went to the Eagle for a few beers and a meal with the family and the niece and nephew accompanied by the family hound, Had checked before hand that she could come in and she was welcomed with dog biscuits, We had a really good night the food was brilliant and the "beesting" cider was easy to drink - although it gave the niece a "bit of a head" the next day! If you are down this way and need a great night out in a friendly country pub that doesn't cost the earth then you could do a lot worse. Thanks guys when we are down again gracie will want more biscuits!!!

Alan loves his beers and always looks after both the beers and those who drink them. Guest Ales change when they run out so very frequently! Alan and Kate put lots of effort into supporting various sporting events and whenever something like the Grand National is on you can guarantee the pool table will double up as a free cheese board! This is a rare example of a quintessential British pub, every man and his dog on a friday night drops in, meat raffle on a saturday afternoon, midweek pool league, pub quiz, awesome sunday roast with too much gravy - pretty much something for everyone. Keep it British!

A friendly atmosphere. Prices fair, just like homemade cooking.. Not a great choice but still very acceptable. Local people friendly and seem to get on with landlord. Pub type banter.

My husband and I love this little pub! We've always found the staff and locals to be friendly and welcoming. And when it comes to the guest real ales that Alan picks personally, you're spoilt for choice. I've never had a bad pint there. They also serve tasty pub food at reasonable prices. I would recommend Big Al's Messy burger or Kate's beautiful curry any day! It's usually fairly peaceful in the day time, but as the evening approaches the place comes alive with chatter and laughter. And if the sun's out, the beer garden is bustling with families and groups of friends. And on those quieter, colder days, there's nothing better than to curl up in front of the log fire with a pint and a snack after a long walk. This is a good little pub with bags of character; in its bricks and mortar, as well as in the friendly faces you'll meet! - A proper village pub.

If you're looking for a friendly pub with food rather than a restaurant with a bar this could be for you. Consistently excellent range of real ales. Oh, and they've a CAMRA award too...

We just had our works Christmas party here and had a brilliant time. The food was great, lovely buffet with lots of choice. Quick and efficient service by very friendly staff. Two of our party were vegetarian and catered for fantastically, as for the cheese board...yum! Already looking forward to the next one...

this was our first visit to the pub and as it is local to where we live, we thought about giving it a go. I had read a couple of reviews on their website, which prompted us to visit. The car park was busy and lots of car outside, so always a good sign and busy, with good atmosphere when we walked in. The men in the group enjoyed the choice of beers. Some of the food was disappointing and not entirely edible. The paella was very stodgy and looked more like mashed potato, the half a roast chicken was very pale looking and had clearly not been roasted (so not sure how this was cooked). The fish (was not a fresh piece, but looked like a frozen meal) and chips. The beef curry was good. At no point did anyone come and see if we were enjoying our meals. When we pointed out to the landlord about the paella, he was very rude and said 'it was supposed to look like that', mmmm!!! My impression was that if you were a village local he was very polite to you, if not!!!! We will not be visiting or recommending this pub, which is a sham, as it is good to support the village pub.