The Phoenix Inn in Winchester

Excellent as always, delicious food, reasonably priced, I wish I’d had room for a pud. Lamb shank is a treat, tender as anything with proper veg.

Absolutely amazing food! One of the best burgers i’ve ever tried and i had a few in my 45 yrs 😆. Chips stupidly good. Thank you so much, had a great time!

What a treat to eat at this pub, food is devine and lots of it. The atmosphere is lovely, well recommend a visit, you will not be disappointed.

This pub is so easy to relax in. Cosy, friendly and good food at reasonable prices. Beer options very good and well kept. After another excellent meal, sat near a log fire it was very hard to leave.

Here with a friend for food & a pint after a nearby gig (at The Swiss Cottage, about 500 yards away). The staff were very friendly, the food choice & the food itself was very good and there is a great selection of real ale. Will definitely come back if / when in the area.

We went for lunch today and as always it was lovely, generous portions of homemade food. For starters we had prawn cocktail and tempura prawns which were crispy and tasty. Mains were a freshly cooked omelette and toastie which were perfectly cooked with side salad and chips. There is a huge choice of food options that caters for everyone. The landlady and staff are friendly and the service is efficient. Prices are reasonable for what you get. Well done to Emma and the team you are a credit to this establishment.

This is the sort of pub that you don't find often, a real local with solid food, great beer and an atmosphere that is just as a local should be. I cannot rate it highly enough.

Great pub with lovely friendly staff who are always welcoming. There is a great choice of foods/menus to cater for all tastes. The food itself is very nice and fresh, I particularly like the home made cottage pie on the specials board. It is a pleasure to support this local business.

Visited this pub today with my other half. We received a very warm welcome, the food was excellent and the beers first class (good selection too). The Phoenix Inn is everything a proper pub should be and we would highly recommend it.

In need of some home style meals after a week in France, we stopped off for lunch on our way to Stonehenge. Lunch time was almost over but it wasn’t a problem for the staff who served us. Food was amazing and exactly and what we all needed. Thanks for a great visit and lovely hospitality in a cute country pub !

We visited, for lunch on Mothering Sunday. We were delighted that they squeezed us in (three adults and two dogs), and even happier after enjoying the delicious Roasts that were on offer. Can't recommend The Phoenix highly enough.

What a friendly lovely pub. So welcoming. Had a fantastic lunch with friends. Thank you Emma and team. Will be returning soon

Hot, perfectly cooked food, polite and professional service with a hum of happy customers, perfect. Worth booking to guarantee space Although not far from us, I wish it was our local, we rebooked today for my birthday.

We had a family birthday to celebrate and wanted something than just a meal, so we choose the Pheonix as it has a skittle alley. The staff were very friendly and welcoming and we’d ordered our food before so no waiting around. We had the basket meals that were piping hot and what we expected and good sized portions even for the children’s meals. A good afternoon was had by all with lots of room to move about and mingle with the family. 👍🏻

We love the Phoenix! > You are made to feel welcome the second you walk in, > excellent choice of ales & beers, > knowledgeable, attentive, friendly staff who make your experience memorable > traditional english pub food which makes you feel homely with lovely generous portions > cosy feel inside during the winter & gorgeous beer garden to enjoy the sunmer sun > you will leave already planning your next visit If all of the above tick your boxes, this pub is worth a visit! Nestled in the village of Twyford, its a place to call your 2nd home 🏡

Great! Lamb that fell off the bone, plenty of veg served family style, even warm plates. Oh and don't forget the Yorkshire! The staff were friendly and efficient, the pub warm and attractive, much better than you think it would be by the outside on the main road, Well done.

What a lovely, welcoming, friendly and warm pub. First class food in a fantastic setting. Everyone so friendly and nothing was too much trouble. My only problem is that I visited while on holiday and it's not local for me. If I'm in the area again I will definitely return.

We ordered a ham and cheese omelette (very generous portion size but a bit salty) and three 'lamb roasts', which actually turned out to be lamb shanks. Very reasonably priced, and on the whole, reasonably tasty with good portion sizes. However, it was really let...

Well worth the detour from the M3. Welcoming staff, good home cooked food at a reasonable price. Large variety of beers and other drinks

A bit limited in menu , but basically pub food. The home made pies are very good. Well spaced tables, nice staff

Popped in today on the way back from Southampton, as we were all a bit hungry and just pulled in randomly the first pub we came across. Was with my wife and 22-year-old son. All of us had soft drinks, lemonade and Coke, which you...

Just back from a lovely relaxing, shady lunch in the Phoenix garden. The piping hot bacon, brie and cranberry toasted sandwich (with chips and garnish) couldn't be beaten and my pint of (Hopback Brewery) Summer Lightening is the beer against which all other real ales...

Good meals, good beer, nice setting, good staff. Well spaced tables. Nice toilets, decent size car park

We booked the skittle alley for a double family birthday celebration. Emma and her staff were very accommodating and helpful. The bar food was good and the skittles were fun for everyone

This was the first time we'd been back here for many years and weren't disappointed. The food was fabulous, well priced and fresh. The staff were friendly and welcoming. The atmosphere was lovely with no segregation of locals and visitors which was nice. Will be...

Very average food which is such a shame as we all want pubs to survive given current COVID shenanigans. I ordered steak and kidney pie. Food arrived far too quickly. Pastry was dry and the vegetables well over cooked....I'd go as far as saying reheated...

If you're looking for an excellent Sunday roast lunch look no further. Always 3 choices of roast meats, together with a selection of market fresh vegetables & plenty of gravy! Real value for money. Comprehensive range of beers, wines & spirits along with a spacious...

We had a lovely evening at the Phoenix pub last night, the young man ,and young lady ,were so friendly and efficient that served us .we sat undercover with the patio heaters on and thoroughly enjoyed the scrumptious food. We quite often come to the...

Due to lock down, had fish & chips and apple pie and custard delivered. Arrived on time and hot! Really impressed with the way the order was taken and delivery. Keep up the good work in these troubled times x Please note, I did not...

Feeling nervous about ordering 4 roast lunches today, 6 December, but I shouldn't have been. It was a take-away lunch and I was given a box with some parcels in tin-foil and after packing it into the car's boot drove the ten minutes home and...

Been here so many times and as always the food is top notch. The staff are first class and make you feel welcome. Will always come back.

Fantastic Sunday Lunch as always - just this time delivered to home because of lockdown! Great service and so glad we can still enjoy our favourite weekend treat. Many thanks to Emma and the team for offering this service. Highly recommended.

As a regular customer I just wanted to say what a great pub The Pheonix is. Excellent beer, excellent staff, proper pub food & value for money all in a proper pub atmosphere. Emma, Tom & the rest of the team, well done, keep up the good work!

We have visiting this pub for years now and have always enjoyed the food the company the options of beers and how relaxing it is. If you have a particular dietary need Emma will try her best to accomodate. Pubs like this should be cherished it is what pubs should be. Keep doing what you are doing

Very good reliable service during lockdown. Basic pub grub, but cooked well and with generous portions. Very chirpy, welcoming service. Thanks for being there during these strange times.

We have always enjoyed the hospitality, great food and selection of real ale at the Phoenix. During the enforced Covid 19 crisis they have continued to offer a takeaway/delivery service which is second to none. A choice from their full menu plus specials, delivered quickly and piping hot. We are especially enjoying the fish and chips, ribs and vegan burger. Oh, and four pints of Goodens Gold for my husband! Well done to Emma and Team.

Yesterday we booked a delivery of a Fish and Chip Supper which was delivered to my elderly Mum in Colden Common within 10 minutes. She was thrilled. Paid for and ordered over the phone. No physical contact delivery. We also booked 2 curry meals which were delivered to us in Winchester with the same level of service within 20-25 minutes. The food was lovely. The service was excellent. Such a fab service in these difficult times. We will definitely be ordering again. Thank you so much to Emma and her team.

Cannot tell you how much we enjoyed our Sunday Roast courtesy of our daughter on Mother’s Day 2020!!!It was PERFECT: delivered on time and piping hot.My husband chose the lamb shank : cooked to perfection... the meat absolutely fell off the bone. I chose the Roast Beef... again cooked to perfection and utterly delicious.The vegetables were cooked to perfection: the roast potatoes were to die for.Will be ordering again soon to celebrate our 40th anniversary!!Well done EVERYONE ❤️

I thought this type of pub had ceased to exist but was pleasantly surprised. A great selection of beers and wines plus truly excellent british pub food at reasonable prices. Plenty of easy parking as well. I will return!!!

Had a great evening with friends 37 of us with basket meal and skittles for all thoroughly enjoyed by all with great food all arrived at same time and well satisfied at the end !!!! Lovely landlady made evening so easy for me to organise with a lovely easy going flexible approach!! and Charlie our ball boy was excellent looking forward to our next visit !! ❤️

Super old pub very welcoming including dogs and children. Freshly cooked food, good choice and generous portions. Friendly atmosphere

Lovely place, hired the skittle alley / function room for a family birthday. Food was decent, great space and really friendly and helpful staff. Good beer choice too, thoroughly recommend.

My husband and I visited today -Sunday- with my parents. The food was lovely and the staff were very attentive. We were able to change tables without a fuss as we were a bit cold near the door. I eat out a lot and can honestly say this was not a frozen food-chain meal. The fish cakes, scampi and ribs were all enjoyable. Food was so plentiful that we had to share a homemade apple pie! I shall be revisiting.

Paul and his friendly team never fail to serve a delicious Sunday roast. The beef is great quality and the lamb shank is so tender it falls from the bone. Served with seasonal veg, tasty gravy and a Yorkshire- we’ve never had anything less than a fab meal here. Highly recommended!

Pretty place, nice staff, shame about the food! Chicken goujons and jalapeño starters were obviously cheap frozen food, even Iceland and Lidl sell better quality than this. The prawn and crayfish cocktail was no better, decent amount of shellfish in the mug, but an inch of water in the bottom of it too, yuck! It was served with tasteless cheap brown bread and no salad whatsoever! No lettuce, no cucumber, no red onion, nothing, hardly a 'cocktail'. The sauce was OK, but ended up just watery slop if mixed with the shellfish in the mug, ridiculous! The 'full rack of ribs' ordered had no mention they were baby ribs, more like a starter than main course, great for children sized portions, bit tough and tiny. Chips were OK, usual frozen fayre though. The korma was awful. Since when does a chicken korma have big lumps of tomato in it?! A few lumps of chicken with the rest tasting like blended tomato soup with korma sauce and shredded chicken added, even tinned korma tastes better than that did. Fry up was OK, but that's not rocket science. Mushrooms tasted dry (probably been cooked a couple of times before). Nice to have fried bread and the egg was cooked perfectly.We had a check back after each course, unfortunately it was 'after' not during. No point in mentioning the issues, waiter looked like he was only 14 and was timid anyway. We've eaten here before and enjoyed it, so not sure if the chef has left or if the manager has just decided if it isn't frozen and can't be microwave he won't buy it. We certainly won't be back again now. Avoid this place, when you can't even drain water from a mug and cut some lettuce all is lost. Very disappointing. Stars only given for the cheerful barmaid, because we felt sorry for the waiter and pretty pub.

Came to Twyford to deliver our clocks for repair to the workshp opposite the pub. Been meaning to fit in a pub lunch for some time so took the opportunity to call in to the Phoenix - lucky day, the special was fish & chips & mushy peas. Doesn't sound particularly special but the way done here is excellent - no skin on fish, batter just the right amount and degree of crispness, and chips perfect. Even enjoyed the mushy peas! Good choice of beers - but I was driving so passed.

Great atmosphere, friendly service, delicious food. Enjoyed the whole experience and would recommend the place for a lunch stop!!

2 pubs in Twyford and although both date back many years, they are quite different.

The food is nice and reasonably priced but the wine is over priced at £7.05 for house wine. Also I asked for a wine list and was told a wine list was not available, nor was the wine list available to view on their website, this is not resonable.

Trying dog friendly pubs in Hampshire. Popular with walkers. Great friendly landlord. Typical pub food at a valued price and service swift.

Paul and Emma are very accommodating and friendly hosts.Food is home cooked and reasonably priced. Highly recommended.

Been back in England 8 days and after 6 pub meals this was the standout. I had the pie of the day - steak and stilton, terrific. My better half had the full rack of ribs, outstanding. Not expensive and most enjoyable. Highly recommended.

Regarding the comment from the landlord below, he had already told the group that if they were part of the silver mini-bus they were not welcome.

It appears that the landlord does not like a group of men turning up at his pub. Our crime. Nine of us arrived in a minibus. And one of us had a football scarf on. Crime of the century. Your loss as we have been to over a hundred pubs this season and have been welcomed in all. YOURS LOSS NOT OURS.

We came here last evening for a meal and absolutely loved it! It was so nice to see and smell a real log fire in the grate as we walked in. The food was good value and tasty, with a good choice. A nice old fashioned pub and the atmosphere was so welcoming. We really enjoyed the background music of the sixties and seventies. Paul, the landlord, was extremely friendly to his customers, we will definitely return!

We stopped of for lunch after deciding against eating just down the road (saw their pretentious menu and ridiculous prices so needed to find somewhere else nearby to eat). Glad we did!

I sometimes wonder about giving so many positive reviews, but then I reflect that I try to avoid wasting money at 'duff' locations. You know a pub is likely to be pretty good when you arrive at lunchtime on a weekday and it is busy or gets busy with customers - the Phoenix does. I also like it when the staff ask whether everything is ok, AND mean it - so often you know they don't really care; the landlord and his staff do care. The food has to be good as well - it is and very reasonably priced. Drinks are a matter of taste but for me it has to be real ale, and here the Phoenix has a good wide selection; at my latest visit I enjoyed a pint of Batemans XB and the houses Phoenix ale, both very good pints. One of the most variable meals on offer appears to me to be the 'ploughmans', some are aweful - not here, see picture, delicious. Finally I did get £2.75 change from a £20 note which represents very good value for a country pub in this area in 2019. I will be back, but do not know when, but it is certain.

Whenever we are looking for good home cooked food we tend to pop in the Phoenix, the food has always been very good.

Let down by another pub for Sunday lunch last minute. Paul was very accommodating and managed to squeeze in a table for 7 people last minute. Good food, warm and cosy pub, friendly staff, everyone left happy.

A lovely pub with nice atmosphere, log fires in winter and very good selection of beers. Add to that a well priced menu of good old English pub food, and this makes it a very good place to go for lunch or an evening meal.

We stayed in Twyford for a trip to the Winchester Christmas market.

We chose to have dads wake at the Phoenix as it was local to him and central for others.

I recently used this pub for a walking group lunch.

We are members of an Association who have been hiring the skittle Room for several years. The skittles provide great entertainment whilst our members catch up with old friends. The Phoenix never disappoints , our members choose from the hot menu and are always more than satisfied with the taste and quality of the food - they must be - or they wouldn't keep coming back !!! Paul and Emma are always welcoming and very friendly , willing to do all they can to make our evening a success.

If you are looking for a warm welcome, good food, good drinks and a traditional pub atmosphere this is the place. If I lived closer It would be my local, landlord very friendly and helpful, the food was amazing - well cooked, well presented and proper portions. Lovely touch of bar snacks on a Sunday, couldn't fault the place.

We had a ploughmans. The coleslaw was amazing. All well presented and tasted fresh. Friendly staff. There was skittles going on so the noise was a bit distracting. Ladies toilets very clean, not sure about the weird sliding doors though.

Have been using The Phoenix a good number of years, friendly welcome and good food, all credit to the owner.

This place has soooo much potential- great location and bunch of character, but it needs an uplift of decor and new menu. Food was fine, just fine, nothing more or less. Large portions, nice chips- but nothing special, nothing which would bring us back! The menu is boring, staff very friendly, but the plastic dinner type menus and mishmash decor is not appealing at all. Especially that the competition opposite is doing so much more for the same money. It’s just another place which got left behind with years passing by, with no investment or idea where the business is heading.

Basic pub grub at a reasonable price, check board for offers, Wednesday deal is two steaks for £20.

The food here is second to none.

Not being our 1st visit to the Phoenix inn it was an easy choice as it's on the doorstep for us ,we had to run an errand first and checked out the car park as we drove past and there was plenty of space for us ,so I thought a nice quiet meal with wife !! Well when we returned the car park was nearly full ?? As was the pub inside we both managed to find the table and ordered a healthy salad for our main which we both enjoyed mine was a bacon and brie and Jackie's was chicken and bacon as with salad you never fill quiet full so we decided to have a dessert and they were great a good compliment to the healthy main . Raspberry cheesecake for me and saltana sponge with custard for the boss ! We look forward to returning for another lovely meal .

Stopped of for lunch with my partner and a nice friendly welcome as we walked in , always a good sign. A superb range of real ales available and an extensive menu as well as a few daily specials. My partner had the fish and chips with mushy peas and tartar sauce. She said the batter was fantastic. I went for the local made faggots and mash and it was spot on. It was a while ago I was last in here, but will definitely add it to one of our regular spots from now on.

Great pub food, friendly welcoming staff. The all day breakfast was excellent, good quality ingredients and piping hot.

Enjoyed a Sunday lunch with friends in this lovely friendly pub. Great range of beers, mulled wine and a good Sunday lunch menu. The landlord was very hospitable and helpful. This pub is very popular- glad we had booked.

We have been to this pub many times over the last 10 yrs, and it’s never let us down. It’s landlord is welcoming, it’s food is fresh, pricing is reasonable and the log fire is warm. Nothing not to love! Had a great king prawn jacket potato and hubby enjoyed his burger. Looking forward to our next trip!

Been going here for over 30 years still retains the old world charm of an English pub . Good value food , nice ambience.

We chose the Pheonix as we were looking for a Lunch stop just off the M3 near Wnchester. On entering the pub, warmly greeted and made to feel very welcome.

I went to the Phoenix Inn for lunch based purely on Tripadvisor reviews and am really pleased I did. It is very different to the highly-rated Bugle over the road, but we left here having had just as nice a time as we have ever had at the Bugle. Sure, you won’t get food served on a slab of wood, but the chilli I had was top-notch, and my girlfriend’s baguette was also really good. With a very warm welcome accompanying the great food, I’m certain we’ll be back.

Went for a midweek evening meal with friends. We walked into a pub, not some bistro masquerading as a pub. We recieved a warm welcome from the staff which set the seal for the rest of the evening. The meal was great, two steak dinners for £20.00, great value. The service was quick and friendly without being obtrusive. The choice of beer was extensive and what we drank was well kept. All in all a great night out.

We went here for lunch on the way to visit Marwell Zoo. We were given a friendly welcome and the pub is lovely inside. The menu boats many homemade items. We both had starters and mains. The starters were a perfect portion and presented well. Also tasted delicious! The mains were big and so tasty! We thoroughly enjoyed our meal here and we hope to return in the near future.

we were taken to the Phoenix by friends from Australia ,who left the UK 27 years and wanted to revisit the pub well remembered from the past,.as always The Phoenix rose to the occasion ,lovely attentive staff ,great ambiance and as always excellent food and beer.

Fantastic fun night for all friends and family. This pub has a skittle alley and the staff were lovely and nothing was too much trouble. We had chicken / chips in a basket which was lovely. The menu does look very appealing and we shall certainly be going back to try some dishes from it.

We were just passing as the m3 was shut so this one wasn't planned it was just to pass time. The pub is nicely decorated, we both had simple ham egg and chips and to be totally honest two pieces of bread to make a chip butty as we had been stuck in traffic for 3 and half hours.all of which was very nice. service was very attentive and price was reasonable.

This pub is well worth stopping off at. Always a good choice of beers on draft, always well kept. The food is good too - home cooked with decent portions. The fish and chips is a regular feature but if you are not there when they're on the menu, do try the sandwiches- they are fab.

This pub is a lovely example of a pub run by a great landlord - always polite and good fun, he remembered what I liked to eat even though I hadn't been there for 9months.Great staff, great landlord and the food was exceptional.Busy, so book up for Sunday's.We won't be leaving it so long for a return visit.Thanks PaulAndy and Ali Burroughs

Nice gammon and chips. Great place to stop for a bite to eat and a drink. Friendly staff. Nice cosy fire on a winters day. Plenty of space to park. Nice village and some nice places to walk.

Sited in Twyford,a short distance from Winchester,the Phoenix is well worth a visit.It is without doubt a pub first,but there is a varied menu on offer.I had beef and ale suet pudding which was very tasty and generous in size.My wife had the healthier goats cheese and caramelised onion tart whichcame with a nice salad and new potatoes.Paul is a good old fashioned landlord who is friendly and keen on good service.Will be back,and suggest you give it a try.

We had a decent evening in there, the service was quick and it had a good atmosphere too with good choices of music! Food was good too!

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The staff were very polite and welcoming. There was a nice and quiet atmosphere. The menu was large and varied and there is several options for vegetarians. The food was delicious and it was a big portion for the small amount I paid. There is also plenty of parking and it's dog friendly.

Nice big car park, lovely seating area and excellent flower displays were a welcoming start to our visit. It's an old fashioned kind of pub and the great staff which made us feel most welcome and at home.Good choice of places to sit, and we ordered our food at the bar. Nice selection of drinks available, especially ales.The food arrived quickly, starters and main course too. Good sized portions and well presented.The prawn starter was OK, shame they were defrosted in the glass they were served in, lucky I didn't pour them into my plate, there was an inch of water in the bottom of the glass. The chicken goujons were nothing special, usual frozen reconstituted fayre. The ribs were very juicy and nice, the sauce was odd, more like gravy and lacking in flavour (so I brought them home so I could add some BBQ sauce, great supper). The spicy chilli wasn't, not hot at all but a very good sized portion, be hungry if you order this. The garlic bread was excellent.The treacle tart was delicious, perfect in fact. Would have been good to be informed what was not available on the menu before we were left to decide what we wanted to order. No cheesecake available apparently. Odd not to have any kind of chocolate dessert but several fruit based ones on the menu. We will definitely be back, due to the atmosphere and friendliness of the staff really, might have something different to eat next time though. The speed of service and portion sizes were great, but not really impressed with the general quality of dishes overall.

Have had lunch here and played skittles, complete with buffet. This time it was dinner. the family all had fish and chips. Wow what a portion! all had a starter but none of us could manage a pudding, oh well will just have to go back again. there are a lot a of very good walks around the Phoenix(and their dog friendly!) The staff were all very friendly, very relaxed. Can't wait to go back again.

We have had a meal and also a buffet with a skittle night in this pub and enjoyed the food and atmosphere on both occasions

Fantastic pub, fantastic people, fantastic food! What more can be said 10/10!!!Great local laid back feeling, staff were brilliant. Proper local feel while being welcoming to a new face!

I've visited here a few times for a drink on a walk or for dinner. Always very friendly with a great selection of drinks, super bowling alley, plenty of parking and a lovely garden at the rear. Fish and chip Thursdays are some of the best fish & chips I've ever had! Very lucky to have such a super pub so close.

We had lunch here before going on a walk along the river Itchin. The staff were friendly and the special menu was varied and good. We had a curry - excellent, and a baked potato and a fish dish followed by deserts. There is a range of excellent beers.If you are in the area, worth a visit,

Lovely country pub. The food is ace.. never been disappointed. We first visited in 2005 on a hse hunting visit. We did buy a hse in the area and continued to visit to this day. The pub has changed visually over the years but the staff and standard has remained. Great little place..Worth a visit. There is a down side.. 12yrs on I am no longer the youngest person to visit........

Whilst in the area, we stopped at the Pheonix for a bite to eat.Landlord & his staff were extremely nice folk and the young waiter was superb!Food was very reasonable and of a nice standard for the price.If your looking for good honest food, great hospitality and spot on customer service then look no further.It's always nice to find a traditional, friendly boozer where you won't get ripped off!Recommended!!!!

We go to Phoenix at least twice a month. The food is good home cooked and if you want something off the menu within reason Paul and Emma will try to supply. They are friendly enough that should you have a problem they will be happy to correct anything. They are approachable!!!!! If something is not to your taste or you feel there is a problem, why not mention this. I am speechless.Paul,Emma and staff keep doing what you are doing. See you soon.

Wish this pub was nearer to me as its rare to get homemade food these days. The pies Curry's and desert's are so tasty and high quality and the fresh battered fish is just the best we love dining here the food and atmosphere is top notch every time