The mill at thatcham in West Berkshire

Absolute fantastic find!! We would highly recommend the Millhouse. Came here with my family and from walking in had amazing customer service to leaving. Food was amazing and will be returning!!

Since Steph and Kath have taken the pub over its a very different pub from The Mill of old. It's a local that I'm now happy to take the family to for some great food or a game of pool with the kids. The locals are a great bunch, always polite and chatty, and notably keep the language down when the kids are in, a credit to the work the girls have done to turn the pub clientele around. -Keep an eye out for live music, family fun days, music and themed nights. The family fun day that they just hosted was a hit with parents and kids alike. And the Pizzas are knock out! -But be warned, the spicy pizza is just that, if you can handle it. ;) Ohh, and see that review below for one star? - That guy was in a couple of weeks ago when I dropped in with my lad. He gave my boy some great tips on the pool table and then gave him his own pool cue to use! Suffice to say we've been back since for more hints and banter. This is what a local should be. :)

Great little pub, used to have a bad reputation but it’s becoming great with what all the staff and new owner is trying to accomplish there. Food there is good with a quiet atmosphere being a little out the way of hustle and bustle of other pubs. Good prices also so give it a go :)

Really enjoy the food at the mill! Staff are really friendly! Chilled vibe! Pizza and chicken wings are really good! Pub garden is really nice to enjoy in the summer!

My friend and our kids came out to The Mill House on Friday because it had a really nice outside area... the kids were hungry so we ordered pizzas, nachos etc and it was really lovely. I normally struggle at venues that serve Italian dishes as I'm gluten and dairy intolerant, but to my surprise I was able to order a woodfire pizza with a GF base AND the venue put DF cheese on it for me - it was AMAZING. Honestly, one of the best pizzas I've had. The staff were really lovely, prices were well placed and the outside space kept the kids entertained. Its unusual to find a pub that caters for people with intolerances like this so I'll definitely be back!

Well new management. However nothing seems to have changed. If the place looks open that means its about to close. Staff don't really want to work. They would rather be out on a fag break. At 22:00 tonight, thats Saturday 29 January 2022, they asked for last orders. To me that says it all. Anyway make you’re own mind up but be warned.

Great roast food, fresh veg cooked perfectly lots of meat. The chef is apparently new. There is a really relaxed family atmosphere for our children to play a little and eat without us walking on eggshells. Really good value. We will go here again and again!

Shame to see this but as we left rats running around the car park. popped to ask the chef a question and well the kitchen was a shock. Dirty plates everywhere food on the floor. The toilets broken. No light bulb in mens toilet. Shame really. Needs some attention.

The beer tastes so much nicer. The food is perfect and its nice to see people not being given bar tabs and having to pay for their drinks. Hopefully the pub will go back to a local family friendly pub.

Since the pub got new owners two days ago it has gone down hill their was a fight the first night of the new owners tonight it was a different atmosphere it was horrible the lemonade had gone weird and there was no locals there either completely different people who were loud people behind the bar just helping themselves to anything and giving free pool games to people they know, there was loads of teenagers in there and it stunk of weed, it was different to when Damo and Katie run it and i know a lot of people won’t be going back there until they run again, if they run again.

I enjoyed going to the mill the last few months since the new owners Katie and Damo took over, it was such a nice friendly pub with lovely locals. I have been there this evening to the shock of new landlords who took over on Monday, and boy did I feel unwelcome - it seemed they had family at the bar who were snobby and rude, getting free drinks and free games of pool and boasting about it. Walking in I got a whiff of weed which was lingering. We ordered our drinks and the lemonade tasted like soda water - nasty. I’ll give it one more shot, but if it’s the same that’s a regular custom group lost!

Stopped by here for a quick early dinner. Good choice of beers and a small but adequate menu of food. Chose the homemade steak pie with mash and peas. Served with a jug of gravy, it had lovely suet pastry and was super tasty. Well priced, fresh and tasty- excellent Friendly staff too!

amazing family pub, friendly staff always feel welcome, the pub is 100% on the rise from what it was.

great family pub, recently had a new landlord take over, looking forward to trying the food when the kitchen is open

a nice quiet family pub terri the new owner is very welcoming, food starting soon looking forward to trying the food and relaxing in this superb pub

Had a fantastic quorn roast dinner here. Roast potatoes, huge homemade Yorkshire pudding, 4 lots of vegetables all for £6.50. Thank you for doing a quorn fillet it was absolutely gorgeous. Totally would recommend this place to any vegetarian out there. Will definitely be back.

New manager and his wife are really friendly. Food has just started and it’s great value for what you get and very tasty. Hopefully this pub is on the up now as it needs stability and a couple who are passionate at what they do.

What a lovely and friendly staff member! 10/10 for him. I’d never been before but I’d now go back again. Thank you for the fresh water for Pip too! I think that you are hugely underrated.

Just a run of the mill pub really , (no pun intended). Drinks are well priced for the area , not expensive at all, juke box is also free which is a bonus ... along with free home made snack when football is on !

Please do support your local eateries; there's an area outside to get a pint...the staff are friendly and accommodating; it IS basic as in not pretentious but you can get a no nonsense meal dessert and drink for a tenner

Lugar tranquilo pero luego fue un lunes por la noche. Pedí el sandwich vegetal salchichas con patatas fritas. Mi amigo tenía la hamburguesa vegetal, añadimos las patatas fritas y aros de cebolla ajo bolas de masa. Todos llegaron a alrededor de 17 libras, así que no puedo quejarme. La comida era encantador y bien preparado. Sólo la empuñadura que queríamos budín pero después de más de 5 minutos esperando que alguien venga y servirnos, nos dimos por vencidos y a la izquierda. Parece que el único miembro del personal de cocina y sirve comida bebidas, así que si ella tiene una orden de comida no verá su mientras ella está cocinando.

This was a good pub when it first opened. From what I see of it now it's the worst pub in Thatcham. I would not go here normally. It caters first the sort of people I find disturbing.

Came in with a friend for lunch had a burger and chips and a pint was really amazing and staff are really welcoming and friendly

We are not regulars there and was made really welcome. Only went in for one drink and stayed most off day. Bar staff were friendly and social. Had a great time 😊

Came here for a few drinks for friends party and very run down pub felt uncomfortable because I wasn't a regular small beer garden out back for kids ok sized bar but easily overwhelmed when busy food nothing special

Having visited this place with my family for an evening meal all i can say is Never again. The staff were rude and the regulars were using so very bad language. Not a place i would ever go to again.

The Thai menu is amazing. Huge range of food on it as well as an ordinary menu with usual bits on and at a good price.

Hemos visitado este pub varias veces desde su reapertura y mi pareja y yo hemos visto ir de fuerza a la fuerza en los últimos seis meses. La nueva casera y encargado parecen tener una verdadera pasión por el trabajo, y ha sido tan buena...

One of the worst places to drink, eat, look at and even smell in the world.Awful!From constant fights, bad music, stares if you're not a local and getting the up / down look if you ask for a glass of wine....this truly is a disgrace.Please close down and let someone else have a go a serving the north Thatcham area. They would certainly improve it but then again that wouldn't be hard!Stay clear until it closes and reopens under another name / company!!

Met a friend here for a drink. We saw the menu & thought why not. Friend had a soya veggie burger which he said for the price was very nice. I had a quorn sausage roll with chips which was lovely & priced very well. Had a few games of pool.Staff wasn't very talkative or friendly & was left waiting to be served for a very long time as bar lady was busy out the back eating. Would go back for the food.

Always quiet except new years.Considering the location i never understand the lack of business.I think the Toby chain should look at taking this over to cover the huge overload that seems to hit the Robin Hood one every Sunday.

Ever seen Lord of the Rings? Ever wondered where the Orcs go to unwind?Well, you've found it.This has all the drawbacks of a 1970's 'estate pub' with none of the advantages, "community spirit" etc etc...Felt extremely sorry for the Tenants trying to run it. They obviously spend so long communicating by shrugs and grunts to their regulars that they find it hard to snap out of it when someone without six fingers on one hand walks in.Beer not bad. Food average. Ambiance? Threatening.

On arrival everything was perfect. We had a big family meal and booked a table. The table set up wasn't great as I ended up sitting on the end right near the window where kids kept running paste to get to the grabbing machine. The music was very loud and so couldn't talk at times. The food came out an was VERY over cooked to the point where we didn't eat out veg. Maine of the kids meals were wrong (my little girl ordered sausage and mash and it came out with chips and she hates chips). Also the language from the other punters was disgusting and the bar staff were stood talking to them while they were doing it with no attempt to stop the foul language around our children! When it came to order the puddings,there was a mix up with them and one didn't show up,when we spoke to the woman about it,she was very rude and pretty much plonked the forgotten dish on the table and walked off! I've been visiting this pub for years and it's had many managers over the years but at the moment it's a complete shambles! We left feeling not only like we were an inconvenience but also still hungry and gutted on the amount of money we spent for what we actually received. I would have complained at the end of the meal but I truly feel the way the woman was,we would have got a very rude reply! If they couldn't cope with a large table,we would have preferred to be told so we could have booked somewhere else and actually spent our money fairly

Would like to say a massive THANK YOU to all the staff and especially the chef Sharon.well done for catering for 24 of us all on your own, Everyone really enjoyed the evening and food was excellent.

Went back as we hered there was a new cook well food has improved but staff annd atmospher are a let down still not good and manager is a nightmare

Went to mill house on Xmas day and had a lovely well cooked meal and a laugh with the staff. The kitchen has been recently leased by new people and they are doing a very good job. The food we had was fresh and was served hot and with just the right time gap between courses. In all very good. The portions were big and well worth the money

Food greasy the staff cant be bothered to serve leaving a long wait at an empty bar while the barmaid plays with her phone smell of overflowing bins. And dog mess in the garden made this a nightmare never going back again

Very well cooked and presented and good value for money Burger in a roll with onion rings Chips and side salad

If she has anything to say, it's about her! Bar Manager (Jane?) and Bar Staff were good - but the Manager was a nightmare!

Cheap and nasty. Credit card demanded before opening a tab. They wanted to keep it behind the bar, I thought that was illegal? Fraud city. I guess it's good for a pint whilst you're still in working cloths on the way home because that's the kind of place it is.

The mill has recently had a major refurb and god did it need it, went in there with a group of friends to play pool and was shocked at how nice it is now, making us stay longer and even having some food of their extremely well priced menu! Now somewhere to bring my wife and kids too! Will be back very soon