The Old House at Home in Test Valley

Just wanted to say how amazing our Sunday lunch was today. Absolutely first class and I would say the best I’ve had for a long time.

We booked a table for four to celebrate our friends birthday, It was a Saturday night and fairly empty, which was unusual for this place , Having sat on our table we waited and waited, to then be told we would have to be quick as the kitchens closing soon !! We ordered our food to a young lady ,who had no knowledge of the menu what so ever , She then left , five minutes later I went to the bar to ask if she could take a drinks order , oh yea !, 🙄 The starters were awful , and the mains weren’t much better , liver and bacon but no bacon ( when questioned about this she said ,oh we wondered who’s that was !, really , also no cutlery laid out , service was amateurish and disorganised, Overall a very poor evening for us unfortunately Moral of the story, if your going to leave two young ladies in charge of your bar and restaurant, at least train them beforehand, and get a chef who can cook the food you are advertising We left laughing about the whole evening experience,

Great food, attentive service and a friendly relaxing atmosphere. Vegetarian options and dog friendly. On-site parking and a small, sunny garden. Highly recommended.

What's not to like. Great food,beer,staff and atmosphere.

Lovely, cosy, dog friendly pub in the middle of Romsey. Friendly staff and resident dog. Really good food, some dishes available as half-portion. Roasts on Sunday lunchtime, amazing roast potatoes. I was still full from the roastie to try the late afternoon/ early evening homemade pizza. Hospitality extends to campervan park-ups providing you eat and drink in the pub.

A great experience, very accommodating & friendly staff. Lovely food and offering value for money .Would highly recommend and look forward to our next visit. A great find

The food was fantastic, home cooked, well presented and very tasty, four empty plates confirmed that. The team are genuinely friendly and the background music was very good, 60s hits.

Homely atmosphere and good pub food

Delicious food, excellent service and a great pub dog! We celebrated a birthday in a lovely pub with great food and service. We will definitely be back!

I recently had the pleasure of dining at The Old House at Home in Romsey, and it was an experience to remember! From the moment we walked in, we were greeted with warm smiles and a cozy, inviting atmosphere. The rustic charm of the place, combined with its modern touches, made for a perfect setting. The menu offered a delightful array of dishes, each more tempting than the last. I opted for the roast lamb, which was cooked to perfection – tender, flavourful, and accompanied by the most delicious gravy. My partner chose the fish and chips, and it was hands down the best we’ve ever had. The portions were generous, and the presentation was top-notch. What truly set this place apart, though, was the exceptional service. The staff were attentive, friendly, and went out of their way to ensure we had everything we needed. They even took the time to chat with us about the history of the pub, which added a lovely personal touch to our visit. To top it all off, the dessert menu was a dream. We shared a sticky toffee pudding that was simply divine – the perfect end to a fantastic meal. If you’re in Romsey and looking for a place with great food, wonderful service, and a charming atmosphere, look no further than The Old House at Home. We’ll definitely be back!

Pub owner was awfully rude, food was average at best.

I will not be returning as the land lord/ male staff member was over heard making rude comments regarding paying customers.

Stopped in for a pint and a bowl of chips. Will definitely be back!! Lovely atmosphere, lots of character and staff are a joy!!

Table for 6 on a Saturday night. Very nice atmosphere, good location, great food, and great staff. Nothing left on generously sized plates. Highly recommend.

Only went in for a drink but seemed a lovely pub

We had a fab lunch on Saturday, plenty on the plate, even the smaller sizes! Really tasty and beautiful presented on the plates. Staff really friendly and very accommodating. Will definitely visit again. 👏

Really good place for food and drink. So sad that the gorgeous Mary has left, she lit up the whole place with her smile.

Lovely little pub but if your hungry the sizes are very small not worth the money really but the quality is good

Great food and good beer and wine.

Went for lunch with friends. I ordered the mussels and they were superb. The service was great, thank you so much.

Visited today for lunch - what a great experience! Have visited many times before and have always really enjoyed but today was even better. Great greeting, mussels to die for(probably the best I’ve had) and all round great experience. Not to be missed…and thank you team 😊

Good old fashioned pub, dog friendly bar area, nice beer garden, and car park, in the centre of town

Lovely little place. A bit understaffed, but they coped very well and remained polite and calm. Food was fresh and tasty. Dog friendly. Will be back!

Super food and great service. Our little dog Boris loved the attention from staff here. We will certainly be coming back!

A good old local to have a night out with your mates. Grab a sofa and chair by the fire in this quaint English pub and sup up the atmosphere!

Played giant Jenga & Connect 4. Okay selection of non-alcoholic beers

Ordered trout meal rice was not fresh rice wasn’t fresh was very dry lumpy obviously reheated ,Daughter meal was chicken she also said it was very disappointing wouldn’t recommend if wanting fresh quality meal

Lovely lunch and a couple of beers in the garden on a sunny day - perfect. Friendly and helpful staff and a nice dog! Will definitely be coming back

Met up with my kids. Very accomodating for my daughter's baby and dog. Lovely food, lovely atmosphere and location. Will definitely go again.

Just had a drink here would have had a meal but place had children everywhere. Now I enjoy kids around but so many of them and they were all around the lounge and restaurant. Dogs too and they don't bother me either , xcept there were lots of them...most were ankle / calf size . None ignored same as kids but busy. It was bright but cold so families not keen to go in garden. I will try there again another weekend.

It's a decent old pub with a nice garden and a fire inside when cold. Had the burger which was pretty good and there is a decent selection of real ales and lager. Service was very good too.

Wow just gone back in after many years, the staff are lovely, the food was lush and atmosphere was so homely. Will be back for sure.

Great friendly pub with an excellent Sunday roast! We enjoyed the Easter Sunday food and drinks. Dog friendly as well which was a plus.

Lovely pub with friendly staff. Food was good, especially the Fish & Chips. We had a table of 7 and found food service quick and the food quality very good. We paid £138 for lunch for 7 people, including drinks

Nice pub. Good food. Not really cheap but very tasteful. Friendly staff even though they were busy with a large group of guests. Would recommend to go and visit.

Great place to meet up with friends. Good food and lovely atmosphere.

This is a lovely atmospheric pub with delicious food and great beer. Service is very friendly and in no way pretentious. Starters of Leek & Potato Soup and Sautéed Mushrooms in Cream Sauce were nicely light and perfectly flavoursome. The mains of Pork Belly and Chicken Breast were equally well cooked, including the vegetables.

Excellent food, comfortable place for a quiet drink, highly recommend!

This is a lovely local pub which we have visited regularly for great food and drink. It is usually hospitable and friendly. However if you arrive after 9pm the atmosphere suddenly changes. The management and some staff changes to one of aggression and an attitude of please leave as we want to go home. So disappointed with this change in attitude

Awesome place for a Beer! My 90 Year old Grandad loved it

Lovely old pub and great service..

Amazing food reasonablly priced, great service with a friendly smile. I would advise to book as it is busy, but it is busy for a reason as it is really good

Service as always was great and friendly and the atmosphere in the pub is always welcoming. Visited on a Sunday with my family and was slightly disappointed this time with the roasts. Have never had an issue before so could have been a one off. The roast potatoes were quite solid and not crispy and for the price per roast paid the portions were smaller than other local pubs. My partners sticky toffee pudding looked a little dry and needed some more sauce, however the crumble was great and was able to swap custard for ice cream with no issues of additional charges.

This pub in the centre of Romsey is very friendly,dog friendly has car parking and serves excellent food,especially their home made meat pies👍😋😋. You have to try them as I've never seen a pie so filled up with meat etc,we had the chicken and mushroom with lovely homemade chips and vegetables and gravy etc and it was absolutely delish and we finished off our meal with some black cherry and vanilla ice cream,thats all we had enough room for,we were full.😋😊 We'll be going back!!!.

First class pub food, Tuesday is pie and pint day, blooming lovely Chicken, bacon and leek pie with a few beer! Beautiful curry for my wife and excellent service. Highly recommended

Had our family Christmas gathering here on 27th December in their side room which was just right Unfortunately due to weather conditions (rubbish) and distances travelling we were an hour late for sitting down but they accommodated us without fuss. We'd pre ordered and all the food came out together (20 of us) that's excellent on the part of the kitchen, and hot too. Very tasty and never rushed us to leave after 4 hours. We had presents to open!! Well done and thank you xx

Decent burger. Good beer. Friendly bar staff.

This is a very cosy pub, my friend and I popped in for a quick drink and warm up on a Sunday. We had a couple of soft drinks, sat as close to the open fire as possible, which has two sofas adjacent to it, but were occupied, I can imagine the sofas by the fire are never easy to get, but still, the pub was nice and toasty. The staff were lovely and friendly, the resident dog said hi and the drinks were cheap and refreshing. The pub offers food and next time I think i'd like to eat, on this visit, it was just a quick stop off to grab a refreshing drink before heading home.

Me and my brother had fish and chip meal (5th January 24) such a lovely homely atmosphere, and proper log fires. Would visit again

Fantastic pub all round! We come fairly regularly and it’s always a joy. Rob & Anita are so friendly and go out of their way to accommodate our daughter who has serious allergies and they always make us feel at ease and give plenty of options which is very hard to find! We came today to celebrate a birthday as a large family group and as always it was great, we had such a lovely time. Thank you both and your staff for such a nice day we really appreciate it. We will be back again soon.

Nice cosy traditional pub with friendly staff and good food. Dog friendly too. 2x fish & chips, with 2 starters and a pint of beer £55

Thankfully we ate in the restaurant area which was tastefully decorated for Christmas. There were too many yapping dogs in the bar area for my liking. There was a small menu but the food was excellent and the service pleasant. There is a great outdoor area which would be excellent in the warmer months. The pub's website does not do justice to how good it is inside

If it was not for the miserable owner that barks orders it would be a great pub. I will not be coming back, fed up with your attitude, I am sure there is plenty more pubs in Romsey that would appreciate us.

Visited for Lunch, so friendly. Had a delicious sandwich. They have a pub dog wandering around, nice to see. Liked it so much took my son for lunch the next week too.

A very busy Pub today and service was still really good whilst we were there ! Staff were friendly/attentive and the food was excellent . Highly recommended. I also enjoyed the best pint of HSB in yonks..I hope CAMRA know about their ales 🍺

Visited for pre-show dinner. Nice proper pub with friendly locals, cozy seating and dog by the hearth. It’s a 10 min walk to Plaza theatre, easy to find and good parking available. Meals available in small size version which was just right for us 4 ladies of modest appetite 😉

This was the second time I had been for lunch there in 4 days. We had booked both times. On Friday there were two of us but we waited 40 mins for our lunch to be served but were given coffees on the house to compensate for the wait. I did put our wait down to the fact that a lot of people were having the Christmas menu which was pre-ordered so they didn't have to wait too long for theirs and we were ordering from the ordinary menu. Today there were six of us booked in for 1.00pm. Again there was quite a wait for our starters and once we'd finished them we then had a good 25-30 mins wait for our main courses. We couldn't put this down to people having the pre-booked Christmas menu as it is not offered on a Monday. In fact we were at first given the Sunday menus as the staff had not changed them to the weekday menus! One of the main courses was returned as the beef was so tough the person wasn't able to cut it. I ordered a coffee after the mains and there was one pudding ordered. My coffee took more than 10 mins to arrive and after another long wait we cancelled the pudding order and asked for the bill. The cost of the beef was deducted but there was no apology for the long waits. We won't be going back.

super fast delivery, good portions and still piping hot on arrival

Good pub grub. Decent beer. Glad it survives in a world where pubs are closing every week.

Absolutely everything a great pub should be and more. Food that was insanely good. Great beers and wines. Friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere. And at very very reasonable prices. Literally couldn’t find a single fault. Will be back whenever I can

We wanted to see the menu first, but before we could get our bearings, we felt we're backed into a corner as the very effusive bar person mmedaitely asked us what we'd like to drink. We hadn't seen the menu at this stage let alone sat down. The belly pork meal was quite pricey yet a very small portion. The vegetables were hard and the dauphinoise potatoes warmed up. The belly pork itself was supposed to be served with a black pudding crumb but it wasn't evident. Disappointed.

Yet another fabulous evening meal in the Old House at Home. Met up with long lost friends and had delicious food.... 5 different pies available plus the normal menu. Steak and kidney was lovely as were veg and chips. All food tasty and well presented, waiting staff helpful and welcoming. Free parking available

Popped in for quick beer whilst waitng for the wife, friendly staff, prompt service, much improved since last visit a year or so backm

Perfect way to spend a surprise birthday lunch

Lovely place good beer good food will revisit

Excellent service and food. Nice atmosphere too for mid week.

A cosy country pub right in the centre of Romsey. Tasty dishes well above the average pub food. Plenty of parking spaces on site as well as in the nearby public car park that is free to use after 4pm.

I didn't eat. The place was beautiful and relaxing. Traditional snug and comfortable. Wonderful experience and fantastic service. Would definitely go back and have a meal.

Held the funeral reception for my Dad here. The team were excellent, from the landlord right through to the bar staff. We had use of a separate section of the bar and the food was promptly served. Food quantity was spot on and quality was also excellent, including the dairy free option. A plastic free box was provided to take the few leftovers away - hurrah - and of course, the London Pride and HSB were very good too. Recommended - and thanks to everyone involved.

Mid week and late decision, 3 dogs in tow, cannot rate this place highly enough, service was lovely, the girls were welcoming, friendly and polite, the food was amazing, not cheap pub grub, but certainly worth the money, 2 main meals and 2 pints coke for £40, thanxu to the staff ❤️🥂

Been a couple of times for lunch recently....lovely food ,served quick,very enjoyable..must come over one evening...thanks a lot..

A great place for a Sunday Roast! It was my first time in Romsey, and I didn't know where to have lunch. After reading the reviews, I decided to try this place, and the food was delicious, and the service was excellent and quick. We didn't have a booking, but they quickly set up a table for us. Please click the 'like' button if you find this review helpful.

Cannot fault the place it has everything you want in a pub . But most of all the Landlord great welcome and host .

Lovely place very welcoming and friendly.

Food tasted... Odd, as though it had been prepared by someone who hadn't washed their hands or cleaned the kitchen in a while. And when I couldn't eat it, I was challenged by a very rude barman and told in a stern voice that it was basically my fault for not liking it 🤣 I went and bought a sandwich from Waitrose which was about a quarter of the price, three times the portion size and far tastier.

Wonderful Sunday roast beef dinner. Couldn’t fault anything - portion size perfect, taste great and a lovely atmosphere. Very helpful and friendly couple running it - gave us advise on local area - spot on!!

Went here today for sundy roast as recommended, absolutely loved the food very good service from staff

Lovely meal and great choice of beers. Staff friendly and welcoming. Dog friendly.

Good food and decent selection of drinks

Fullers back street find, great ale ie HSB ESB etc....Great service, quiet comfortable and cosy.

A really nice welcome as you walk through the door. Dining area roomy and spotless. Service exemplary. Food, fresh hot and delicious. Will definitely return. Excellent value for money

Great food and service. Donna and Darcie were really polite and helpful and made our visit an enjoyable experience. Please visit

Great little pub, food and beer were excellent as was the service, couldn’t fault it at all. We’ll definitely be back.

Good local pub with decent selection of beers. Friendly, quick service. Great evening in the sun.

The food was very nice. I was surprised with how filling even just a starter was. My daughter liked her food also. All round good food

Such a great evening. Really warm welcome from the hosts, and a delicious meal. We had a lovely quiet table and the service was just the right balance of attentive and relaxed. This place never disappoints. See you again soon!

Very disappointing meal, have been before and really enjoyed the food But on this occasion it was extremely poor. I had to send my food back as the fish was not cooked properly and very greasy, the staff were very accommodating and nothing was to...

Nice old Pub not far from the town centre. Serves good food. Lovely courtyard garden to the rear. Recommended

Disappointing and expensive lunch. Pie was broken for which the chef apparently apologised, but it wasn't great anyway. Accompanying veg was poor, but the fries were quite good. Partner was also disappointed with her meal, tasteless and bland. The number of UK flags per square...

Food was excellent and staff very attentive

Went to this pub a few years ago, was busy and cheerful with great food and drink. This visit was a disappointment. Expensive low quality food, especially the pork and chicken. The only let down in the area, which we visit often.

Great positive experience so kept going back. Menu selection good, refreshments excellent,inviting atmosphere! The servers were awesome, well trained in customer service by the pub owners! Everyone appeared to be having fun while at the same time working very hard! Excellent live entertainment on Coronation...

Just went for a drink but staff really friendly and nice garden in the sun for later on a Sunday

As always the food and staff were lovely. Good atmosphere and good price. We come here most Sundays. Ellie, Jamie W and Traci were all their usual helpful and attentive selves and part of the reason we return each week is because of the staff.

Cheap and cheerful, mediocre food, friendly staff

Visited on Saturday last and this place is excellent. Had drinks all afternoon and evening and food. First time in Romney and thoroughly enjoyed eating and drinking here. Great hosts.

Great old pub in Romsey. Decent real ale and nice atmosphere.

Went with my parents and had a lovely meal, there were only 2 people working front so things were a bit slow but everything was worth the wait :)

Went in with my wife for a Sunday roast. It was amazing, beef was pink in the middle, definitely home cooked. My wife’s roast pork was also delicious. I highly recommend this pub.

Good food and good friendly atmosphere.