The Oast & Squire in Fareham - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Sept 24 - Good food, reasonably priced, and good atmosphere but most of all, great service from Caroline and Suzie. We felt like royalty! Well done Ladies. Well done Team Oast. Auug 24 - Just visited Friday evening - very very busy so quite a wait for each course but apart from that, everything else was great. Big shout out to Declan for sorting out a table reservation issue for us, the ever attentive waitress Leasa and front of house meeter/greeter Kelly. Will definitely be back.

This is a lovely and friendly Beefeater! The staff are great although service cancelled be a little slow at busier times. On average, I find a 3 course meal takes 2 to 3 hours here, from starter to dessert. They give you plenty of time to order, nothing is rushed. Coffee is offered after the meal. The background music isn't too loud, it's nice to listen to, but a little outdated. It suits the atmosphere here, which is always brilliant. The Oast is a large pub. It has a ground floor bar area (with TV), accessed by one step up, and a large upper section that is accessed in places by sets of 3 or 4 stairs. The handrails always feel a bit sticky (maybe they are supposed to be?) but the tables are always clean. There's space between tables, so each table isn't too near another. Drinks: The bar has a decent selection of tap beers, with Doombar on tap or bottled. It has a good selection of spirits and soft drinks, including zero alcohol beers too. Table water is available upon request. They offer free refills of low sugar/sugar free draft soft drinks ("Zero" drinks) with your meal. Food: The food is good! It's a decent menu of steaks, burgers and pub meals, all cooked well. In particular, the steaks are good here. It is a Beefeater after all! The cooking of the steaks is consistently good; you'll get the temperature you ask for 4/5 times, plus they taste really good too. The mixed grill is happily more of a challenge than a meal, but I guess this depends on your appetite! Please note that even though this is a Beefeater, there is a good selection of vegetarian food and there are vegan options too, including meat alternatives. It's a clean pub with clean facilities and is perfect for a cup of tea or coffee and lunch too. The servers here are friendly and well trained. They know the menu and are attentive but not overly so. They won't make you feel rushed when deciding what to order. You get your drinks quite quickly, ordered from your table after you are seated when having a meal. You can lower the cost of your meals here with a Beefeater card. It provides you with vouchers that are relevant and actually offer decent discounts. For example, my family (of 6) uses vouchers for free starters and desserts. In all, you won't find fine cuisine here but what you do get is a good meal at a reasonable price and an atmosphere that's very enjoyable. People always seem to enjoy their time here! Pros: Big tables for big families and tables away from the bar area and speakers too. I'd definitely recommend booking a table (book online or phone), especially on a Sunday afternoon. There's nothing to entertain children here, although this is subjective! The outside tables are in a high-enough fenced area, so young children can't run into the carpark. There's smoking allowed outside and ashtrays provided on the tables. Music is played from an outside speaker. It's really nice outside on a sunny day! The roof provides part shelter from the rain (it doesn't extend over the tables) and there's a door that takes you in/out of the bar area, more convenient than using the main entrance. The main entrance takes you directly to the 'wait to be seated' desk, where you're greeted quickly. Cons: Not many! The size of the Ladies toilet cubicles are a somewhat narrow. The salad is a little boring, it really needs a dressing! Very unfortunately, Whitbread is considering closing some Beefeaters in the Fareham and Portsmouth area, including this one. The manager and staff tell me they are currently waiting to hear if they will close or not. I really hope it doesn't close as there aren't many alternatives in the area. Not only that, this is a well-run community house and it certainly doesn't deserve to be closed.

We regularly come to the Oast & Squire for a quick meal. The food is OK; it's quick, cheap and filling. The real attraction for us is the super-friendly staff who work extremely hard and are clearly not fully appreciated by the Beefeater management. I suspect the Oast & Squire will not survive the cull, but I am absolutely certain that the really energetic and eternally cheerful staff will be quickly employed and go on to better things.

Not good really food looked like it had been microwaved on warm and it's not cheap we have been to far better places with good home cooking for the same price!! Just saying

Enjoyed our Sunday Roast Our Server Sam was excellent.

Had a very good meal with friendly staff. The ribs were wonderful and the meat dropped off the bone

Love this place, great food, lovely and quiet (not in a bad way) great service

Lovely meal had by all Staff are nice and polite Just seems a shame the restaurant is going to be closed down

Not particularly fond of the reduced menu and limited choice. Had to book a very early reservation because apparently the restaurant was fully booked and yet throughout our visit it was pretty much empty as was the car park.

Nice atmosphere. Staff are very polite and helpful a very good selection of menus and the food is great.

Love the Oast&Squire. Great food, lovely staff. Nice calm atmosphere.

Lovely food, nice atmosphere & friendly attentive staff

Nice Steaks and really nice staff and good selection of drinks includes refills on soft drinks ....

Sorry but when we first came here a few years ago this place was really busy. Now it all feels a bit sad. The greeter was distinctly unhappy but the waitresses were at least trying to be cheerful. You can see dust on surfaces.

Great food and a lovely atmosphere as always! Amazing service, in this heat its nice to sit back, relax, eat and drink! We then finished the rest of our drinks outside.

Extremely pleasant and welcoming

Came for a big family dinner to celebrate, was a lovely atmosphere and a fantastic time. Most of us ordered steaks, which were absolutely delicious. Big thanks to our waitress clare.

Thank goodness I'm on a diet because the food was terrible. Mushy wet corn on the cob. Dry bland ribs and triple tasteless chips . Forget the potato cheese starter. Bluuuuuuur . Chicken was nice, moretti beer was nice, honey mustard sauce was good and the sticky toffee pudding was good . Nuf said.

Popped in for lunch with a friend we both ordered from the new lunch menu under £8 deal . Great value and was delicious 😋 also decided to have a brownie after and that was yummy . Will be back

Came here for Lunch Today. and I had Steak, Eggs and Chip which I enjoyed, the service was good with friendly staff and the Atmosphere was nice.

Eaten here previously and always been great value and great food, tonight however was not such a great experience. Ordered rib eye cooked medium, arrive d well done and fries luke warm. Waitress immediately took away and brought back a rib eye which in my opinion was the same steak still well done and dry and had my cut in it from the first time, it was suggested the chef had cut to check cooked medium. This was clearly still well done, which waitress acknowledged, not wanting to cause a fuss carried on, waitress referred to manager and meal was taken off the bill. Dessert then arrived and espresso was not hot, and swapped over, clearly not my night. With this primarily being a steak house cooking a steak medium should be straight forward. Will give this Beefeater another chance given previous experiences but the kitchen team let you down last night.

Good food, well cooked. And reasonably priced.

Excellent service, very attentive and friendly. Food very good and a interesting wine list. We were looked after by Caroline who is simply the best.

Always a good place to eat. Booking is recommended. A shame it has been put up for sale so the consortium that owns Beefeater can concentrate on its hotel chains. Will continue to trade until sold. I have been using here for 20+ yrs and would highly recommend eating here before it goes.

Great location! Food was served quickly and was hot! Staff were very attentive. Will be back x

Lovely friendly staff, great food. Atmosphere is welcoming and friendly. Reasonable prices.

Absolutely beautiful food and wonderful service. Highly recommend 👌

Meal after a long day travelling and visiting Sheffield Park, we were late for our booking but they were fine. Manager was very helpful and took the child order straight away, waitress was not over friendly was ok. Food was fine.

Can’t fault the friendly servers, but the food was worse than average. The Sunday roast (beef, which is meant to be their speciality) was no better than the frozen supermarket ready meals, very disappointing. The kids menu also looked like it was frozen food reheated.

Is it my imagination or have the prices shot up and the portion sizes shrunk with the 2018 Christmas menu ?

would not let me put 0 star do not let him cook everything 2 hard teeth said no

Good food, nice service, and a nice atmosphere.

Fish and chips well cooked. Asked for skinny fries, got fat chips.

Had lunch off the smaller menu, excellent quality food and great size portions. Staff were friendly and really helpful, Leasa was very professional thank you

First time there and unfortunately the waitresses were unprofessional, snobby attitudes and dismissive.

We arrived early so we could pop into the bar and get drinks prior to sitting at our table . Once we were seated in the restaurant the lovely Leesa took our orders, engaging with the child on our table whilst she ordered her food . She was very professional , welcoming and attentive . Sparodically touching base with us checking on how we were getting on and whether we required our drinks replenishing. All the food was well presented , nicely cooked and delivered at a good pace . I highly recommend this establishment as it never fails to deliver top class service along with tasty reliable food .

Just wanted to send big credit to Wayne whose service was fantastic last night. Absolutely brilliant and a credit to their team. We will be back.

Fantastic place. Steaks seasoned perfectly. Great service too, considering was a large group of 17. Everyone's food was hot and all served at same time. Definitely recommend.

Great value for money, friendly service, tasty food. I opted for the steak sampler which I would definitely recommend.

An expensive way to get out of doing the washing-up. Burgers were cooked-well, but essentially paying double for the same from Wetherspoon.

Burger was very nice, although I do think the food was over priced

Service is so slow and it was really quiet, Don't mind waiting a while when a place is busy, but there was only 3 tables in the whole restaurant. The food itself was fine, usual basic pub grub but just waiting around for so long for food to arrive, then for plates to be cleared and then for one of the staff to come take the order for afters. Some of the staff were nice but others seemed like they didn't want to be there. I can see why it's so quiet during half term. Also prices were expensive and they had no specials as advertised on their website.

I hate to be rude, but the Sunday roast was awful. Nothing nice about it at all. Not enough gravy and the potatoes were like frozen ones. Not fluffy or crispy. One tiny parsnip and peas and carrots only. Very disappointing for the price we paid. Service was great though from Declan. He was very busy rushing about but was very professional and well mannered. Maybe the main menu is better?

Great service and food every time.

Friendly staff , good food , selection of drink free parking on site

Great Gluten free menu, well done, one happy bunny

I thought the chips and burger I got was the worst ever . Especially for the price. I paid £16.99 and I think it was the worst meal I’ve ever had in a restaurant ..! The atmosphere for a Saturday night was Dire, as there was hardly anyone in the restaurant ( which tells you a lot) but I thought let me give it a go. I would NOT recommend telling my friends to go here.. and tell them to avoid coming here..! The burger I asked to be well done, and it came back Burnt with NO taste and the bacon was small with a very small bap, it was actually disgusting and a complete waste of my hard earned Money..! This place was a shambles and a poor excuse for a reastaurant

Lovely Mother's Day meal. Large portions. Food lovely. Staff very busy but still very very friendly. Really enjoyed the meal

Mother's Day. Booked a table for my parents and from working in hospitality in the past and knowing how manic Mothers day can be was sceptical about the food and service we received. The whole experience was nothing short of excellent. The staff were very busy but still extremely friendly and went over and beyond to provide a great service. This included the two (I think I saw) duty managers who were brilliant too. The food was outstanding. All 3 of us had piping hot food and all meals were cooked to perfection so we'll done to the chefs. The restaurant had a great atmosphere and all the customers I saw seemed to be having a great time. Don't know why I haven't been here before but we will be returning very soon. Would definitely recommend a visit!

It was the worse meal and over priced. There too baconbeater burger was not all what it seemed. And the coleslaw wasn’t that great

Lovely food with great service, will be returning

Went in for Sunday lunch, had a gluten free half chicken roast which was massive and very tasty. Service was good and we had 25% from the meerkat site.

My wife and I went for a meal today, friendly greeting at the door. Taken to our table. Dri k orders taken and brought quickly. Our waitress Caroline was very good. She was friendly and very efficient. We were very well looked after. Food was good. Overall a very pleasant experience. Thank you.

Great place to eat,go there a lot never had a bad dinner, should say steak,

Food was good, service was polite but a bit slow.

Our food just as we asked to be cooked and arrive fast and hot.

Lovely menu,good portion size great service

We made a booking for 7.30 and were unfortunately running late. This was no problem at all and we were warmly welcomed. One member of our party has a disability and staff were quick to acknowledge this and immediately checked to see if the table selected was suitable. We could not fault the food and service, our waitress was warm, friendly and efficient and nothing was too much trouble. It was so nice to feel valued, without being rushed at the end if our meal. Value for money and we will definitely be returning. Thank you.

Very happy with our meal and the service. It was quick,slick and tentertive. The steaks just perfect. Warm and the atmosphere, lighting just right

Popped in for lunch. Service great as always. Friendly team. Food hot and served quickly. Could not find fault. Busy but seemed very organised.

Amazing as always! Thank you to Declan for the lovely service! If you're ever unsure of what pudding to go for, have the biscoff sunday, it was glorious!

Visited the Oast and Squire on Wednesday 21st February 24, and again myself and 9 of my friends had a great evening. Everyone 's food was well cooked . But what made the evening, was our lovely waitress Caroline. Caroline always goes above and beyond our expectations.,very helpful and attentive. We come to the restaurant about 7 times a year and always have good food and excellent service Also all the staff there are very helpful and friendly.

We had a very lovely waitress called Lesa, she was very attentive to us, her advice on what to pick from the menu was spot on, our food delivered hot and in good time of ordering. Food was really good. Will be visiting again. Peter Hopwood

The restaurant was fairly empty being a rainy Wednesday. The staff were very friendly and helpful, providing a good service which is why I gave it a Two Rating. I was not very hungry and thought I would have two starters instead of a main course as I hate wasting food by leaving half of it! Chose the Breaded Mushrooms Served with BBQ Sauce and Crispy Calamari with Fresh Chilli and ’74 Spicy Mayo. Terrible! The button mushrooms were chopped up and the small fragments were heavily coated, the latter providing the bulk of the food. Only three were complete but tiny mushrooms. The calamari were also tiny, the "rings" of the tentacles smaller than my little finger. I cannot comment on any of the other courses but, bearing in mind I was and still am biased, I'm not impressed with what my companions were eating. Will not go there again.

Good value and tasty food. Staff were welcoming and helpful.

Good food, friendly welcome, pleasant surroundings and ample parking, but slow service.

Great relaxed location, excellent service from Leasa our server thank you.

Just been there we did something different had 3 starters each. excellent service very good

Birthday meal with my husband He ordered steak which was lovely, i ordered chicken and ribs. The ribs were vile there was hardley any meat , usualy there is so much juicy meat that falls.off . the bone sadley not this time . After trying to cut through the ribs i gave up and ate some of the chicken till.i came across some blood in it . I stopped eating straight away . Hope i dont get sick later. The waitress took.it to show the kitchen and returned with dessert menus. I said no thanks well have the bill.please the meal was ruined. She wasnt happy when i said i wasnt paying for a meal i couldnt eat . I said i ate some chips and some chixken till.i found the blood. She said she would.ask someone for me. She came bk with the bill.which showed a promotion discount. . No real.appology no offer of a replacement meal. No manager I feel disapoited ive been eating with my family in this beefeater for many years. It has put me off returning if im honest. I just sat there while my husband finished his meal as she had taken mine to kitchen and didnt come.bk for ages. I went home and had some toast i was still hungry. All.my revews have been good . Sadly today was a total.let down. 🙄

Come for lunch with the girls , had 2 courses of the lunch menu which was great value and the food was delicious . Even treated myself to the biscoff sundae, which was yummy !!! We will be back

Back again for a roast . Had the Sharing roast Lamb and Beef with upgraded Cauliflower Cheese . Food was tasty and hot only thing I would say would be warm up the plates as the food goes cold quickly. Great service from James ty

Fantastic family dinner out as a pay day treat. Came to the Oast on a busy Saturday night, was looked after expertly by our waiter Sam!

Loads better than it used to be, will definitely go again

6 of us went for a meal and had fabulous service from the moment we arrived, all the staff were friendly, attentive and really couldn’t do enough for us. All the meals were great. We all left very full and happy!!! Thank you to the staff.

Such a brilliant experience Declan saw to all of our needs and gave loads of knowledge and would definitely give a memory of our time here at the oast, attended the last Music themed night , which he hosted and also added extra got to see him sing! Will deffo be back for the next

Had a wonderful time at the Oast and Squire, brilliant service and the food was delicious, would definitely come back again.

An evening meal with the family 8. Service was excellent and our waitress was very attentive and fun. We had quite a mix from the menu and on the whole it was very good value for money

The car park here is really big so plenty of parking if coming at busy times.We came here for dinner on a Thursday night we both choose quite quickly what dishes we wanted the food was really nice but there was hardly any staff here...

Good selection, good food and good service.

Excellent place to eat. Staff are wonderful. Everyone is friendly. Will definitely go back again very soon

We had an amazing visit and been looked after by Gary, we couldn't ask for more even we wanted too. Very nice atmosphere in the restaurant. We will definitely return.

Came for a meal with my family, got seated immediately and served our drinks just as quick! Thank you Caroline for your amazing service!

Not been for a while, but this place does not change, everything from service, food, ambience and general friendliness is great. Would thoroughly recommend if in the area.

We had an amazing meal on New Year's Eve, Lisa was very attentive and Pete & Jack made me the best burger I've ever had! I finished it which is unheard of!

First time having Christmas Day lunch with the family in a restaurant. We were very apprehensive but decided we would go to the beefeater for our 1st experience. From first impressions at the door to the coffee and mince pie, each course was served efficiently...

We went to the Oast for our Christmas Day meal . And they did not disappoint . Great atmosphere, service and food, thank you for giving up your Christmas days to serve us

We have eaten many times at Beefeater’s around the country. Have been to the Oast and Squire several times. Admittedly not for a couple of years. Unfortunately the place has gone downhill. Not just in appearance but mainly the quality of the food. I have...

Great value food excellent service

Took them 15 minutes to deliver a glass of coke. This happened 3 times. Hardly worth having a bottomless coke.

Booked a table for 4. Took 2 hours to order, eat one main dish and pay. Shocking service. Needs a makeover and better furniture

Very good quality food .and service .👍👍👍

Lovely place to go for a small works dinner. Lovely place and not too loud.

We hadn't been to the oast and Squire before, but we booked because we thought it would be busy. We were made very welcome, and had a tasty meal, although I had the Festive menu choice, my turkey dinner was spoilt by the sprouts as they were cooked but obviously they were previously frozen, I don't like frozen veg of any kind. It was very noisy, but it is a big restaurant, the screaming child on the next table made it hard for us, but we didn't say anything because we know it's hard bringing up children. But we will return another day for another meal.

One member of staff was very rude and made me feel uncomfortable

Special mention goes out to our Waiter Sam who must have been under severe pressure as several staff had failed to turn up. He carried on smiling and cheerfully saw that we were well looked after. He is certainly a huge asset to the restaurant....

Beefeater you know what to expect, food was nice staff going about there job not too much interaction it is what it is

Excellent and friendly service with good food.

Had a lovely Sunday charity quiz evening was friendly and fun and was made feel very welcome would recommend anyone coming along and enjoy a fun time

Popped in to meet up with family and a catch up, food was good although I did ask for custard with apple pie but got ice cream, Great setting would visit again, Staff very friendly, nice place to visit

The place seemed a bit old and dowdy and faded brown. Like a once proud venue that seemed to have lost direction. Doing alright, but not prepared to do anything to rise above low level mediocrity.