The Lord Arthur Lee Public House in Fareham

usual Spoons standard.Unlike earlier days watched Liverpool stuff Saints well bit closer than that to be fair!

First time visiting since it has changed hands, lovely breakfast had and very reasonable. Low Atmosphere score as only 4 people in there so hard to tell.

As of 21/01/2024 (Lunch) Taste：5️⃣ Environment：6️⃣ Seating：6️⃣ Service：5️⃣ Portion size：4️⃣ Value for money：9️⃣ *on a scale of ten Overall Score：58 / 100 Average cost per person：£6.84 (Including unlimited coffee or tea) 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛 Continuing to check in at different Wetherspoons. 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵 👌🏻Katsu Grilled Chicken Curry (554 kcal) 👌🏻American Burger (714 kcal)

Not quite the weatherspoons it was, now a sports bar, so football being played and 2 pool tables. Saying that it was busy, had a good atmosphere and the burger was delicious.

Today was there second time , tried burgers . And was pleasantly surprised 😍 burger was amazing ! Thanks chef !👨‍🍳Good choice of beer 🍺. Recommend this pub to everyone. Will definitely come back again.

First visit to this establishment, food ordered together, my husband and mine came first then the three orders for our family that were placed at the same time, came 20 mins later. One of the order was a yoghurt which they came out after 15 mins saying they didnt have any! Will not be returning! Service was shocking.

Standard pub local pub not thrills or splits.

Bit of a rough pub, not too clean and overpriced food but it tasted alright and they had the football on. I doubt I’ll return though.

The breakfast is spot on. Been here 3 times since the chance of owner and have to say the food is always served piping hot.

Ordered fish and chips fish was not cooked fish was soggy with water informed member of staff who stated he will inform the chef no response then a second member of staff asked if the meal was ok showed him the fish he also said he would inform the chef still no response what so ever gave up waiting for a answer left Won't be returning

Stopped here for a breakfast, never knew it was not a spoons but still had a lovely breakfast at a reasonable price.

Decided to give this place a go as there was 7 of us and it cost me £65 pound 🤯 Never again as it wasn’t busy and worth the price.. it’s better to go to the one in town as it’s still a weatherspoon’s and cheaper! #AVOID

Poached eggs with avocado bagel. Not amazing. But it was not at all expensive, hence why 3 stars. The service was very good, they are very friendly, and it didn't take long, felt nice in there, too. Under new management. I will go back, it's a promising start and will get better.

Very nice, lovely staff and overall good experience.

Great value for money and definitely coming back. Much better than it's previous as a spoons Really recommend the large breakfast for 9.99

Excellent menu, well cooked food, good range of drinks and friendly, helpful staff. Will definitely be eating there again.

A former Wetherspoons pub, good service and reasonable food.

Stopped by for breakfast, usual extensive Wetherspoons menu. Staff pleasant, clean environment, efficient service

5 bean chilli, nachos,rice, sour cream(extra 30p) tanqueray gin and tonic for the grand sum of £5.29. Beat that and it was cooked perfectly.

Great value breakfast in a clean relaxing environment. Staff very friendly and approachable. Would recommend.

Had fish and chips, was awful. Fish and batter seriously over cooked. Tartare sauce that was listed on menu NOT delivered until asked for. Response was ill check if we have some. The price is double what is was as a whetherspoons. Also didn't receive the garlic bread we ordered until 40mins after our food had arrived. Will not be returning.

I used this place every week when it was a Wetherspoons. I thought I’d go back in there today as I hadn’t been in since it changed ownership. I was surprised how empty it was on a Friday afternoon as it always used to be busy. I went to the bar and stood beside the one person being served. The two other servers stood at the end of the bar and never acknowledged I was there. The bartender finished serving the customer then walked to the other two staff and went onto her phone. I thought what the hell am I invisible. Apparently I was as she started chatting with the other two. The place was empty for goodness sake how could she miss the fact that someone required serving. I’ll give this place a couple of months before it closes down again if that’s their attitude towards their customers. I won’t be going back again.

My girlfriend and I ordered twice here, we ordered pancakes both times, first time getting breakfast here and it was wonderful, the women was kind and got the order correct, making sure we were okay, but the second time a young lad did our order, I asked for the same thing but with tea, he got us one American pancake, he could have been knew and that's okay as my girlfriend and I shared the pancakes, but then I asked for another tea as it was refillable. He forgot to refill it twice. So just needed to remind him to refill it for me. I didn't want to be rude.

On the evening of spain v germany it was not so busy and no one was eating when we ordered yet our meal arrived some 15mins later-at half time🤷‍♀️ then desert did not arrive until the end of extra time🤷‍♀️ Staff were un impressive, they all seemed a bit mixed up and not sure of who was supposed to be doing what and was definately not impressed with the female bar attendant constantly chewing gum ! The food was very mediocre, one of us had to go and ask for a steak knife that eventually turned up when his steak was almost cold!

The food was cheap and cheerful. The venue was clean. Unfortunately, the only letdown was one member of staff that I came across being rude. My sugar levels were low and when I asked for help (requesting a sip of full fat coke, which I offered to pay for) She was very resistant, instead she begrudgingly poured a very small amount in a glass and aggressively plonked it on the counter, then glared at me, she made me feel like a complete burden! I would go back again but hopefully not come into contact with that particular person! ** Went back a year later was even worse, went to order food at 11.45 and told I had to wait till 12 to be able to order main meals, so I waited 15 mins and went back to bar, only to be told that the chef needed 20 mins turn over time from doing morning to afternoon food. I left and had a Greg's instead! I won't be going back there again, and I do not recommend it at all.

Breakfast sandwich advertised as bloomer bread but came out as cheap white sliced bread and something youd get at a greasy spoon. Two full English were OK but not as advertised and missing item. Drinks brought over in mugs like your in a cafe with no option to add your own milk to tea or coffee so consequently my tea was so weak. Condiments virtually empty when they brought them to the table which they said they'd get more for us but didn't. Staff were friendly enough just lacking the personal touch.

Went to the bar, asked if they are showing the rugby. They put in on then we ordered a beer. After receiving the beer they turned it off. I said I’m not paying for it and the staff threatened me. Just go where, the staff at this bar are disgusting.

Walked in, asked if they are showing the rugby, they put it on. Then they pour two drinks for us and changed the game to football. After protesting that we came in to watch to watch the rugby. The rugby the staff threatened us demanding that we pay. on top of everything this place has the most expensive beer in Fareham. Avoid it, there are plenty of other bars to go to.

Terrible ….not many in except a few shouty people who despite sitting on the tables next to each other had to swear and shout at each other loudly…not a prude but needless gobbiness is pointless.despite lack of customers I still was kept waiting while the staff joined in with the shouty conversation instead of being behind the bar…Eventually I got a warm flat pint of Fosters which was £1.99 ..£1.99 more than it was worth..no prices on show but when I asked a couple of prices was told “ I fink that’s £4.90 mate”…I used to stay for a few ..but I left after this leaving most of the flat liquid and shouty swearing people…staff did nothing in fact seemed to be joining in…How can such a decent pub turn into what it is now? Glad there are more proper pubs in Town

Hope this place picks up...staff haven't a clue what's going on and very slow..one meal went all round the pub before it was served to the customer!!! I was served by someone who didn't know how to use the card machine. Upstairs the whole place stank of paint..think they opened too early after the Weather spoons closed as they don't seem to know much about running a pub..they think it's easy and will run itself.

The Lord Arthur Lee used to be one of the busiest and well run pubs in Fareham. Since it has been sold to the current owner the decline is actually quite shocking. When it was a Wetherspoons there was a lot of regulars who would meet there and would have continued to eat and drink there (I was one of them). That has all gone now. I’ll list the issues I have experienced. 1, Very inexperienced staff who have never had any bar/restaurant experience. This is fine but you need an experienced manager to train them. The pub only advertised on Facebook for new staff a week before the scheduled opening date. He has opened up far too early. They should have got the basics right before opening the doors. 2. No hand dryers in the toilets. These weren’t installed till after three weeks of being opened. Surely he should have called the companies who provide them on the day he got the keys. 3. Kitchen opening hours aren’t consistent due to having one person preparing all the meals. 4. Having to wait around an hour for food when there are only a few people in there. 5. Quality of food is very poor. The menu has changed twice this month, the second menu shown on Facebook was the Castle In The Airs menu. 6. The atmosphere in there was very tense, I know there have been a number of fights which have broken out. 7. Painting and decorating not completed (Toilets mainly). This is a minor complaint however. The owner really doesn’t like constructive criticism on Facebook. Rather than acknowledge people’s concerns he just deletes their comments and blocks them. This has infuriated a number of people and made their minds up to never step foot in the building as long as he owns it. I was really hoping things would improve, however I feel it is too late now. It is some achievement to totally lose a loyal customer base in the space of a month. The pub may make a bit of money while the Euro’s are on T.V but after that they will really struggle.

Really wanted to see this place succeed, but quite frankly it’s dire in there. Beers on tap not available - who knew Birra Moretti (lager) was an alternative for IPA! Plus the loud drunk idiots who would normally have been kicked out of a pub! Avoid at all costs. We will not be back!

The new management are absolutely terrible. The service was very very poor. No body knows what's going on. The food was just unbelievably bad. Over cooked and undercooked. The whole experience was just shocking! We will never go back and I think it will probably only last a maximum of 6 months if they are lucky!

Shocking since spoons left rubbish staff and card machine poor staff most didn’t know who to pull a pint rude manager will go back again

Came for breakfast and it was absolutely amazing. Ordered a Lord arthur breakfast and a coffee and it came in under 10 minutes. Food was delightful and the staff are all very chatty and have quick service.

This pub was reopened under new owners in May 2024, having previously been a Wetherspoons. It's gone massively downhill. They installed 10 TV screens (to show sports) and a pool table, so it now mostly attracts groups of loud obnoxious men in the evenings. I felt extremely uncomfortable and left after having one drink on all three of my visits. Some drinks deals are advertised: £1.99 for Fosters and £2.69 for Greene King IPA. There's no price list for any of the other drinks and they didn't have one when I asked at the bar. There is a food menu with some very strange prices, e.g. £9.99 for chips and two fried eggs. But you wouldn't want to eat here anyway in the evening, as the atmosphere is that of a sports bar and not somewhere to dine. Their Facebook page uses stock photos of food, that aren't even items on the actual menu.

If I could give no starts I would. Been here today for a breakfast and it was a big mistake I ordered the large breakfast everything on the plate was either Luke warm or cold I had to ask for the butter for my toast as thy didn't give me any the coffee is instant coffee and was awful the sugar is a jar they have at the bar with sugar cubes in. I ordered a bowl of cheesy chips and I was given a plate of chips with 2 melted slices of burger cheese on top I had to send it back no way was I going to eat that. Not much help from the staff either so I won't ever set foot in here again big disappointment and a waste of my money.

A distinct lack of hollandaise sauce on the eggs. My colleagues were horrified to discover the spelling mistake on the breakfast menu which stated mushrooms when in fact they received a mushroom with their breakfast. It is no surprise this venue is closing.

Really busy Saturday afternoon but the staff were still keeping up and doing a cracking job.

It's gonna be a shame when this place changes hands Love the spoons ❤️

Used this pub for years, its a tragedy it's closing at the end of April 24.... I just don't get why as its closing as its always busy...Good luck to the staff...

Wetherspoons does get some bad press but it is great value for money and the Lord Arthur is one of the best. Had a lovely Curry in there today. 4 people fed and watered for £40 amazing!

A regular place every Tuesday. Food is generally always good. The beer is more so, and I love the variety of special weekly ales. So sad that it's changing hands

Bad service, cut our table off for absolutely no reason. Dirty pub, rude and arrogant staff. Don't recommend at all. We much prefer the crown, better service all round, staff actually have a sense of humour and personality in there.

Very nice place to eat. My sister and I went for breakfast. It was very busy and our orders arrived promptly. Very nice time

Lovely food Great value for money Friendly atmosphere

Nice little breakfast before heading to Heathrow. Our server was happy, bright and friendly. The toilets were immaculate. Great Wetherspoon's

It's Spoons! Always great value. Good choice of ales. Staff and service very good. Shame it's up for sale!

It will be a shame when this closes as the range of beer and the size is great for getting a large group of friends together

Great place for family lunch. We went with our 1 year old and 4 year old grandaughter ' s. Kids menu went down a treat. they also have a vegetarian and vegan menu,also none dairy. Very busy but speedy with the food considering. 2 happy full kids and grandparents Update. Went in for lunch. I had fish and chips. My wife had a vegan curry. Very good value. Although it was busy the food came quickly and was freshly cooked. Very good.

Beautiful cosy wetherspoons pub

Popped in for breakfast and coffee barman and server both friendly and quick .

A very busy venue with very hard working staff

Nice place to have a couple drinks

Great pub and the staff work hard always busy but don't expect 5 star it's a Spoons would love to know the real reason why it is for sale ?

The food was delicious and not too expensive the portions were a good size

In a smallish town like Fareham they still manage to have two Wetherspoons, about 5 minutes walk from each other along the High Street. But they somehow have very different vibes, we only called in for a drink so I am not able to give feed back on food quality. 90% of drinks are the same here as the other one down the street

Good prices friendly atmosphere good food

Typical Wetherspoons pub with pub food and good value drinks. It was a Saturday night and the pub was buzzing with various groups of people enjoying themselves. Service was good and tables were cleared quite quickly. Would rather this Wetherspoons pub than the other one in the town which is smaller and a bit pokey.

Staff rude, had purchased a couple of coffees in the other weatherspoons in cosham which we drank on way there as working locally. Took the 2 cups in with us as not finished. I was at counter ordering food and more coffee!! Staff approached my colleague rudely said you had better not top that up in here. Even though i had ordered more at counter..very rude, i think the 2 month work contract we have in fareham wont be seeing any of our team in fareham weatherspoons. They should take a leaf out of other weatherspoons hand book. Shsme wasnt as good as previous visits!!!

Great curry, we had a good amount of food for the very reasonable price we paid.

One of the best wetherspoons around....(I've been to a few!!!!)

I've only been this place a couple times to grab drinks, but each time has gone well.

This is a classic case of JD wetherspoons so not really too much to say. Food is cheap and cheerful and the service was as you would expect nothing that really stood out. The atmosphere is... Well it's a pub so not much else to say in that.

Typical wetherspoons. No complaints - this is simple pub food. Good beer and usual low prices.

Younger waiting staff very miserable which is a shame as the older lady behind the bar is so lovely , she’s quick to serve and very polite and was so lovely to a guy who has special needs and was wishing everyone a merry Christmas .

Stopped for a post work drink really good, service great, why are you talking of closing it?

Nice place to go . Enjoyed chatting to a friend with no noise . It was a Tuesday evening though .

I came here with my parents for breakfast. The manger, (Lucy) who served us, was extremely rude. Even when my mum said, good morning, she didn't respond and mum had to repeat herself. Given us the wrong order as well. Was the company in a desperate need of a manger, to hire an employee, who is extremely unprofessional with a -0 people's skills. I not going to advised anyone to come to such a place with their family.

We visited just after opening on a Saturday morning for breakfast. The place was clean and tidy, food and service very good. No complaints at all, and will come again.

Great service, great location and great friendly staff, one of the best Wetherspoons in Hampshire and always a pleasure to visit.

Was good but my food could have been a bit hotter like it normally is but must admit was extremely busy and I suppose it was sitting waiting to be delivered to my table .

If I could rate it a 0 I WOULD! Staff are unpleasant and seems like they want to off themselves. One of the workers were so rude they practically frizbeeeeed the plate in my DIRECTION! The chicken burger was underdone and wet! I could of sworn I saw a roach in the kitchen. Just in general a rude and unprofessional place to go. Definitely going to the crown from now on. *burp*

Absolutely brilliant pizza, especially for the price. I’m so happy they don’t pre cut the pizza, that way I can make a calzone Or 30 tiny slices, or even go for the whole thing all at once.

always great apart from the old lady today who served us who was rude to us she had glasses and was the worst person I have ever seen at spoons

Its ten times better than any Wetherspoons in Southampton we lost the best one the Standing order and the Giddy bridge need a makeover I worked in the Giddy when it was Wantons the furnishes for 15 years

Nort bad, realy enjoyed my pizza But WHY couldn't they pre cut it before it went out to my table My "steak" knife only goes so far

Great location, very spacious and friendly staff. The only slight let down was the variety of beers for the advertised festival. Unfortunately for me, most of the beers I wanted to try were only available at the Fratton Wetherspoon from what I could tell. Even if it's a few cans or bottles, improving the choice would be massively beneficial. That said I did enjoy most of the beers. Thanks

This is a good branch of Wetherspoon. I think it's on the closure list. Sad.

Great value and great atmosphere, draught leffe at 4.80 what more could a guy want

Wonderful fish and chips, friendly staff.

Cheap beer, only 2.69 for a pint of Corona.

A strange experience. I don't think I've ever been in a pub quite like this before. Absolutely full of really old people. Nothing wrong with that per se but just really odd. Late breakfast, ok and good value. Attentive and polite service. Generally everything you'd expect from a Wetherspoon's. Just really odd to see loads and loads and loads of really old people shuffling around. Absolutely surreal.

Another lovely spoons on the Fareham High Street with small outdoor seating in the front and back. Again, the staff were very friendly and constantly smiling. It's quite a bit larger than the Crown further up the street but still has a nice homey feel to it. The Guinness was excellent.

Only used it to go to toilet, was in area as visit to dentist.

Staff are extremely rude, they will tell you to turn your phone off because it’s loud while drunks are screaming over eachother. A 2 minute walk further up the high street will take you to a better wetherspoons the Crown Inn, funnily enough the staff there are pleasant and agree how much a bunch of tossers the lord arthur lee is. Compliments to the chef only

Highly recommended. Most Excellent breakfast and service every Sunday now for several weeks of visits in a row. Same with Saturday afternoon lunches for weeks in a row. Compliments to the chief, kitchen staff, servers and the entire team.

Highly recommended. Most Excellent breakfast and service every Sunday now for several weeks of visits in a row. Same with Saturday afternoon lunches for weeks in a row. Compliments to the chief, kitchen staff, servers and the entire team.

Great spoons, the better of the two fareham ones so shame up for sale. Great food, great service and always great drinks. No faults at all, clean, staff are good and it's usually always quite busy.

Another evening of excellent value meals and a good choice of ales at very affordable prices

Stopped by for a pint on Saturday lunchtime. Good pub, doesn't deserve to be closed down.

Myself and three friends thought we would stop and grab a bite to eat and have a few drinks before heading further afield. Everything seemed okay initially, the pub was quiet. The young staff seemed to be a bit moody but we had no issue getting served…until: After two of us had food and returned to our friends at the bar to order a round of drinks we were asked to leave, no explanation given…so off we went. This is the only pub I've ever been refused in, if we had been noisy or caused a disturbance etc fair enough. But we weren't. Just four guys catching up. After reading other reviews on here there seems to be a recurring pattern of staff with attitude and behaviour issues at this venue. So certainly will not be returning or recommending.

It's a 'Spoons .... Good value grub and a Ruddles beer for under £2 🍻

I love wetherspoon, but this has to be the one most in need of a complete refurbishment and clean.

Cheap, cheerful, ordinary food nothing special but at a cheap price you get what you pay for,, not been in for over 10 years

Why do all the woman in this place act like they’ve never had a good seeing to. Lighten up you bunch of mares

Premises quite dated and worn like most weatherspoons, but very busy but food was super quick

Typical wetherspoons food but the staff were lovely and the service was very quick.

You can't go wrong at a Wetherspoons. The food was for a snack, so no waiting the service was quick and food was basic, but ticks the box.

Had a lovely breakfast muffin and coffee before going shopping.