The Links Tavern, Liphook in East Hampshire

Four of us booked in for dinner after Liphook Carnival. Not much of a Carnival... that's another story....the Links is nice decor but our meals were bad.. not mash for cottage pie...fish look old with fish and chips...my Bolognese was small portion.. even the wine, a small given for medium size..pub lady tried to help by taking £30 off food bill..... think we'll leave going back for a while..

Disappointing. The food is very over priced. My sister had the burger. Which was small and basic, but most shockingly came with 12 chips! I had the pie, which was small but tasty. The "creamy mash" wasn't creamy at all, but the cabbage was fresh and crispy. The total, with drinks, I believe to have been £40 odd for the 2 of us, and we left still hungry. We have been to other pubs locally, much in the same price bracket, but with much better food quality and portion size.

Spur of the moment choice but well worth going to the what is a popular venue. Advise that you book as it was packed and all three coarses were excellent.

Good local, typical Fuller's pub. Good can be a bit hit and miss. i.e chicken Caesar salad great, Chicken roast a bit dry and spuds not the best. Otherwise a good place for a drink and family. Bar side super cosy and welcoming, restaurant side feels a bit loud and cold sometimes

We went, tonigjt to, the Links Tavern to the Sea Shanty Night. The music, food and atmosphere was great. I highly recommend!!!!!! C.

Nice place, great food too. Wonderful place.

Excellent food, excellent service. There is a great menu with food for all tastes, and at a reasonable price. The server we had was very courteous, helpful, and had a great memory, remembering 8 different orders of both starter & main! The ambience is relaxing & warm, a real English country pub!

Lovely pub, we visited today with family and chose here from a random Google search as it was half way for everyone. Pub was lovely, and food was delicious. Outdoor seating area was perfect in beautiful weather. Staff where attentive and very accomadating when we wanted to swap our booked table indoors to outdoor seating. Would go again and wish we lo Iived closer to do so.

Kind personnel but terribly slow service

This was our second visit. On arrival the table was all set up and the first guests were asked if they were happy to stay outside or to be moved inside where they had an alternative table set up just in case. The food order was taken at the bar and the staff were really good with the food allergies and ensured that the veg were cooked separately. The food arrived all together. Which on a table of 10 is impressive.  There was a slight issue with a few of the meals being sent out without the potatoes, but they were quickly sent out with many apologies.  The food itself was delicious.  Everything cooked to perfection. I really can't fault it. Throughout the whole meal the staff were so friendly and helpful. The place was spotlessly clean throughout and I love the outside covered area which allows for outside eating in the less that brilliant English summer. I really can't recommend this place enough. I just wish it was closer as I would definitely come here more often.

Excellent service! I had a Sunday roast outside in their lovely seating area, which had shady and sunny spots, and even blankets for the winter to hand. The food was gorgeous, came out quickly, and was very filling. The whole team was incredibly understanding and when the food was missing a few items, came out with more food to compensate. Even the manager came out to personally apologise, even for the small inconvenience. Wonderful experience from the staff here and the food matched that service!

I was only sitting outside drinking but when I came in to order drinks each time I was made to feel welcome. Not quite like a well known local but not far off. Which is good for my first visit. I wish I could have tried the food which looked good.

Excellent reasonably priced lunch, the menu had much better choice normally offered by other pubs...recommended

We had a lovely time having breakfast in The Links, delicious food, great atmosphere. The team was great, very friendly and efficient.

They have removed the sausage platter

Nicely furnished, well run. Good selection of food and drinks in a clean environment. The restaurant area looks smart, bar area, bar food area, some space outside and more sports on the TV section too.

Really impressed with everything! The food service atmosphere and staff !! All fantastic!

Great place !! Highly recommend 👌

An appallingly rude and surly waitress works at The Links. You will spot her a mile off. Steer well clear. When I tried to explain to the Manager what she was like he went into self protect WOKE mode. Go elsewhere.

Staff are great, pubs great but food is average at best..! I have had 2 or 3 decent meals there , but unfortunately lots that aren't good!

Very nice meal excellent service as expected.

I would of given venue 5 stars however Accessible Toilet isn't apparently they have received complaints before, I nearly got trapped. Have raised with Manager Lee who was very understanding & supportive.

Tatum and Matilda were lovely and welcoming and couldn't fault the food atmosphere and service from themselves and everyone working

Had dinner here enroute home from Portsmouth. I had the lamb shank and although it was expensive, it was superb. It took a while to be served, but was worth the wait!

Friendly efficient service good atmosphere, warm

Just passing. They served a decent cup of coffee

Great service Sunday roast was spot on

Good points; lovely looking pub, friendly staff. Burgers were nice and the ham and chicken pie of the day also. Unfortunately some disappointing other food. Kale on it's own as the greens to accompany the pie. Had creamed spinach as a side, see photo, which was a pile of spinach leaves that someone had simply poured cream over.

Lovely pub, great atmosphere, we were looking for a nice visit Sunday beer and this was perfect.

Nice place, good food and friendly service.

The weather was rubbish so decided to go out for dinner to lift our mood. Have been here a few times before and always enjoyed it so had no hesitation in coming again. The staff were friendly and welcoming, even allowed us to choose where we wanted to sit (instead of forcing us onto a tiny table). The food was brought out quickly and was very tasty, perfect winter warmer dinner.

Called into the Links for supper. I had the calves liver, bacon and mash. My friend had the smoked salmon and king prawn linguini. The food was very good. I had an Amstel lager and my friend had a Red Fox beer, also very good.

Make sure you eat before coming here because I guarantee you will leave hungry! The prices for a roast are ridiculous given the poor quality and lack of portion you receive. You're better off going to see your nan in her care home and having their roast dinners rather than this sorry excuse of a meal. I cannot fault the staff though they are very welcoming and friendly.

Food's great. Lovely atmosphere. Staff are friendly and welcoming.

Saturday lunchtime, sat outside. The pub is in a green and leafy area which makes for a great setting off point for walks and a stopping point if you’re on your way somewhere. The interior is smartly decorated and the pub on the whole is attractive with large, clean outdoor areas. The toilets are very clean. Parking is ample. The person behind the bar had a smile and was welcoming. However, there were several shortcomings which I’d raise. Firstly, the food is incredibly overpriced. Either the portion size needs to go up or the price needs to come down. A relatively average sized burger with a small cup of chips for almost £18 is ridiculous. I wanted bacon on my burger which was an additional charge but one rasher of bacon for £1.50 is insane. Blaming the brewery is not a reasonable excuse. Other Fuller’s pubs do not charge this amount as I live close to one myself, and a manager is able to speak to the brewery about charges. Although I have paid this much for a burger before, it normally comes with a side salad or something to make it stand out. This burger was distinctly average and the plate looked very bare when delivered to the table. Secondly, the ‘Goan chicken curry’ was served and was so unreasonably hot that a guest at my table couldn’t eat most of it and just ate the rice. If this is from a packet then the supplier needs to be spoken to about their recipe. If it hadn’t been for the nice weather and positive service, this meal probably would have ruined our day. Unfortunately, based on other reviews on here, it looks like prices have risen sharply recently. This is a shame as it seems like the pub is well kept and nice to visit, but lacking in common sense in some aspects. Unfortunately, looking at other reviews, it appears that whoever runs the business account enjoys answering with ‘thanks for the feedback’ next to negative reviews which just appears sarcastic and childish. I won’t be returning but I hope that whoever is in charge learns how to run what has the potential to be a really good pub.

What on earth has happened to this place? It used to be my favourite local and nowhere rivaled it, but recently the service has become very poor, the cost of each meal risen very noticeably and the portion sizes decreased. The food still very tasty but that's if they haven't 'run out' or closing the kitchen early. Have been going and taking friends and family to the Links frequently for past 2-3 years, but I think I will not be going back any time soon based on our two very recent and disappointing experiences.

Half the menu unavailable even though board outside still advertising specials

Fantastic service and food this evening, the bar and waiter staff were exceptional! The chef came out & shared a recipe! Well done the Links! What a superb evening!!

Delicious food. Nice workers. Lovely building and garden area

Avoid like the plague. They call the police when you leave with false accusations of drink driving. Truly unprofessional and a waste of valuable resources.

Was a lovely place food and drink was great just a tad expensive for the wine one round was £28.50 the next was £18:50 not sure if they messed up (1 Ashish 1hsb 1 large NZ wine and a pint of soda and lime no ice was £28:50, next round 1 Ashisi 1 hsb and a medium chillian wine was £18:50 not confused 🤔

Way over priced Drinks are well expensive

Lovely spot, good food (burger a bit small), nice staff

The quality of the food on our most recent visit was amazing 👏

Very wobbly table top, but got moved. Curt waitress with poor customer service skills, tiny Caesar salad (which was the large option) I dread to think what the smaller portion is like. Small portion of chips. No condiments came when asked. Was served salted caramel ice cream with the brownie pudding when it should have been vanilla. I've had much better service and food in this pub but today was disappointing. Unfortunately this is the new shrinkflation lifestyle we now have to accept.

I was a part of a party of 14 people and on first impressions, I was immediately saddened, when myself and a friend ordered a Passion Fruit Martini, the barman rolled his eyes and grunted so from the outset it was already unwelcoming from your staff. All members of the party arrived in good time, and had drinks outside, to then be asked to take our seats. The waitress very abruptly shouted to us once we were seated, that we had 5 minutes to order as the kitchen were running out of produce and listed a number of items on your menu that were unavailable. Our table was booked for 7.30 so we didn’t expect to hear this. We ordered shortly after this request, only to realise 4 of the main meals were either incorrect. When ordering a £14 ceasar salad, I didn’t expect my meal to arrive in what can only be described as a ramekin (picture attached with a bottle for scale). I would be surprised to see how a side salad is presented, given this was considered a main meal. A member of the table waited over 20 minutes for her meal to be corrected, by this time the majority of the party had already finished their main meals. For the entire duration of the meal, not one drinks order was take from the table, despite asking. When paying for table service, this is by the very least what you would expect. I must also stress that it took almost 40 minutes for the dirty plates to be cleared from the table once we had finished our main meals. No one came and asked if the meals that had arrived correctly were ok, or if we needed anything else. This is really very much the tip of the ice berg of the overall experience last night and I could expand further on the evening, but these are just a few key points that stand out.

Nice friendly staff, warm welcome great real ale. Food looked fantastic we will definitely be back

Visited the Links last week Lovely welcome We ordered a couple of cocktails and two g and t's delicious Our starters were reasonably priced and all beautifully presented especially the artichoke soup, very tasty The mains also were a delight Especially the trout if you like fish, outstanding. We finished off with mini Desserts coffees and cheesboard, all very generous Lovely attentive service We will be back!

We love this place. As for its relaxed ambiance, good food and great service, and sunny south-facing outdoors. A destination too for forest walkers which is a prominent activity in this area

Less typical but excellent food

Very welcoming and the food was great

Disappointing visit. Had to change tables due to their instability- could have been dangerous. Expensive meals that didn't meet expectations, served up luke warm and lacking tempting presentation. Shame as this venue has been a favourite in the past for variety of group celebrations.

2023 review - change the chef. Bad food in almost every possible way. Terrible wings that sting your eyes with vinegar like sauce and rubbery texture, stodgy rice, jar based curry, unbelievably/astonishingly bland vegan burger, terrible disgusting pizza like something from a roadside hut, greasy unseasoned vegetables. Clearly a shift work chef approach who doesn't love nor know food, with lowest cost possible and no care or training. Irritating, shoddy, waste of money. And this review based on two visits over a 3 week period. Definitely not going back. ‐-------------- 2021 Review Outstanding first class delicious food, far, far more than pub grub, great service and lovely atmosphere. Really clear there is an excellent team here who love and are proud of what they do. Best Sunday lunch in the area. Im a big headed home chef and I couldn't do better (by a long shot!) And this is a second visit, the last one a few months back and equally excellent. Good on you!!!

First time visiting this establishment, so didn't know what to expect. We were greeted by a warm well light bar with lots of sparkling smiles and friendly welcomes, The food was a good portion size I can recommend the Suet Pie,didn't have to wait long for the food to be served by the team of busy and efficient waiting staff,Mains dispensed we moved to the sweet menu,good choice to suit every taste and those that had one seemed to enjoy them. Overall I would recommend The Links Tavern, it has a good sized car park with a well light warm friendly Pub , great food with competitive pricing ,will we be going back Yes, yes we will.

£15.25 for a burger and chips. Look at the size of it. Is that a kids portion? You're having a laugh.

8 of us met together for Sunday dinner and unfortunately we were very disappointed with the standard of the food. The roast potatoes tasted like they had been around for a while and reheated. The cauliflower cheese we were given was just the scrapings that were left with no trace of any cauliflower at all. The bits on my plate should never have been served to me. It would have been better to be told there was no cauliflower cheese left. This meal was completely unacceptable and has left us feeling let down. I'm afraid we will not be returning to this establishment again, or recommending it to others

Convenient pub if your stuck for choice, better elsewhere if willing to travel as its a tad over priced and some staff need better customer service skills. Have been coming here, on and of now for 45 yrs and its never got it's full potential back.

The place is clean, food was marvellous, the staff was friendly, perfect pub, brought my wife for her birthday, I want to come back already!!!

Four of us made a specific booking for the Burns night menu we were there for our booked time 7.30 in the evening, and was told that they only had two haggis left, so two of us had to have something else, the two Haggis were very poor most of it was a pile of mashed potatoes, none of the courses came with what was on the menu, one sweet was advertised as coming with shortbread, and it had two cheap looking digestive biscuits with it, all in all a very disappointing evening, and to rub salt into the wounds all the chef had to say was don't bother coming back again if you didn't like it!!!!!

Excellent pub! The food is amazing. The pub is clean and well decorated. The staff are very friendly. Well done!

I'm disappointed with the Sunday Roast. Not what I expected for £18. Tiny peice of edible pork and even smaller bit of crackling. Plenty of fatty bits though.

Well run, excellent service and good food been several times

Manager (guy at the front desk) needs to go on a holiday and de-stress a bit. Very rude, didn’t want us sitting inside as it was busy which is fair enough, however a table with four seats was reserved for one person lol. Lost loads of money as around 30 of us left and headed to the green dragon. Doesn’t hurt to crack a smile mate 👍 Links isn’t what is used to be, nice and tidy though.

had the whole family together for a special birthday. the food was great and the service excellent

Nice food, good service. A small piece of bread would have been nice withe the fancy soup

Fabulous to have such a great menu including Vegan and vegetarian choices. Service was excellent as was the beer.

Stopped off at the links for a coffee after walking the dog on new years eve. We got a great reception and Harvey really enjoyed the complimentary dogs biscuits, Labradors!! We were made to feel so welcome by Jason and the team we decided to treat ourselves to a burger followed up by sticky toffee pudding. We can't recommend it enough, awesome burger (Chalcroft farm) and the sticky toffee is so moorish. Looking forward to the next dog walk on the downs, hope we end up at the Links again.

Lovely country pub with very tasty food and good wines. Cheerful staff, tasteful decor, children and and dog friendly. On a good walking route between Iron Hill and Old Thorns. Outside tables available, function room and patio. Large pub but charming, cosy and very welcoming. Will definitely return. Recommended.

We went for dinner with friends and the service could not be faulted, very good. The food portion on the other hand can only be described as a rip off. We had the seafood linguine and for 20 pounds we expected more, smallest portion of food I have ever had at a restaurant. We even asked if they had given us the starter portion by mistake but alas it was the main. The manager agreed that the potion is small but it is the size that Fullers dictate, he took 2 of them off the bill which is appreciated but it did not take away the feeling that it was a rip off. Honestly if I was not with people I would have refused to pay for the meal and walked out without touching it.

Jason and The Links Team were amazing helping us celebrate an 80th birthday. Wonderful contact throughout the time leading up to the day. Very thoughtful and attentive throughout the day. We are all looking forward to our next family get together.

A location where you can spend time with friends or family!

Pleasant birthday supper, good service and nice food.

Had a great Sunday lunch with great food and service. Very clean and spacious.

Lovely experience here, good food and a warm welcome. Well kept pub with lovely country interior and good covered outdoor seating!

Lovely pub, great selection of drinks and staff are lovely. Still need to try the food so we will be back.

Good ambience, nice location. Meals good.

Visited twice recently, good selection of beers, great service and outside seating area with beautiful presentation of summer flowers, very nice pub.

Lovely pub which does food and has quiz nights and entertainment. When i visited it was a very hot day and a shady drink in the co ered seating was very welcome

Lovely, Had lunch really enjoyed.

Great food, restaurant and staff extremely friendly. Definitely will go again.

Been some changes, built a new covered enclosure with wood burner, made garden smaller but much more useable in cold weather. Menu is in between, not many standouts and also mains are 1000 kcals each, could do with some in the 500 kcal range.

Excellent service and good food.

The Haddock fish finger in a ciabatta bun was to die for!

Food is not as good as you would expect from the pretentious menu. Service was excellent. Beer was kept well.

First class food, fantastic ales and cocktails

Don’t choose Burger and chips if you are hungry! Very disappointed in the amount of chips, come on, how much do potatoes cost! For £16 the portion was poor….and looked very boring. It was tasty but not enough for the price.

The chicken in chorizo and cannellini beans arrived without the beans. Despite that the food was over tomato’d and tasteless. The special of beef bourg was also tasteless!

Really nice meal and the staff were great. A little bit pricey but worth it for a nice night out

We went for a Sunday lunch with family. We've been before ,but not for a couple of years. Unfortunately the food was very average and the portions not great,two small slices of beef on the roast dinner.etc,etc,it's not some sort of fine dining, it's a pub!service very average.

Nice vegan option for main course, good staff and nice atmosphere 👍

Very pleasant welcome in a nicely refurbished restaurant. Delicious food, properly cooked and beautifully presented. Lovely waiting staff too! Thank you! 😀

Mother's Day Lunch at the Links was superb. Food was very nice and the staff were excellent. Well done on such a busy day. Tables nicely spaced out too.

We went to The Links for Mother’s Day. First time visiting and I had a wonderful time! The food was brill, the staff were lovely and attentive. The Trumpet player was a lovely addition and my Mother’s Day gift from the team was such a special moment too. We all really enjoyed ourselves and can’t wait to return.

Enjoyed the nut roast. Sadly only vegan as I went without the cauliflower cheese & the Yorkshire pudding. Would be better if they provided a vegan alternative to those parts of the meal, otherwise it seems overpriced

This is a nice airy, large pub with lots of room. Staff are lovely and pay attention.

Great pub, very friendly professional staff, really good menu selection and very tasty food. Roast pork loin with all the trimmings excellent, sticky toffee pudding good flavour but a little dry. Very good value for money will definitely visit again

Always friendly and good service

Lovely food, fantastic service, very welcoming staff! Our roast dinner was delicious!

Asked the GF where to go for a drink. Recommended Links Tavern. Asked her how the experience was "Really good" - Danielle Jones 19/11/2021

It's ok, but there are a lot better close enough by. On the plus side, the building is lovely as is the setting, fair selection of beer and the atmosphere is normally pretty good. On the minus side - it's the food that consistently lets it down, tried a few times now but always poor quality, couple of times there have been errors too. Vegetarian selection is weak and even for non-veggies some simple basics are missing (eg fries - only fat chips that are very oily). With a good chef and food /wine menus that work together this could be a great venue.