The Queens Arms in Basingstoke and Deane

Great little pub, nice food. Great service, polite, and friendly staff.

If you're looking for an old-style Pub... great beers on Tap, frequently changed...this is the place...fab... Check Real Ale Finder for the latest...

Cracking little local in a historic building. Nice and cosy, with some terrific cask ales on offer. Nice selection of classics on the jukebox too. Whats not to like?!

Found another gem for brilliant beer and great service in the area, so far two venues have matched what we are looking for. Lovely place so definitely be back again.

The Queens Arms is a very traditional pub conveniently close to Basingstoke railway station, and to the town. If you like a good pint of real ale in an old fashioned, local pub atmosphere, this is the place for you. Great beer - usually at least 2 or 3 hand-pulled ales - and good, pleasant service. No frills but worth a visit. Long may these sort of pubs remain.

Great little oldy worldy local pub. Very close to The Anvil venue.

It's our local, and we're pretty lucky that it is. Quite old-fashioned, but that's part of its appeal. Comfortable and unpretentious. You should go and try it! Handy for the station, too.

Just a nice proper pub. Friendly service, good selection on tap, nice atmosphere. Nothing fancy, just a nice pub to chst with mates and chill. Simples

Traditional no frills pub right next to the station. Good Guinness

It’s a nice little cozy place right round the corner of Basingstoke Railway Station. It’s a small little pub with cozy seating arrangement and a friendly bar tender. I visited this place on an afternoon and I was little bit disappointed with lack of food menu. They had this Ale of the Day and it has a great taste. They are planning a new chef for the Christmas Week and nice gourmet menu and I guess I will again visit this place. A very good place to hang out with office colleagues or meeting someone to discuss business. Socialising aspect is not so great as there was no seating at the bartenders counter. Overall, decent place for a some nice discussions. Suits particular occasions of interest.

Fantastic old Skool boozer.... You can hear yourself chat and the staff are very friendly... Top notch....

Decent place .... Always some of the nicest times here

Stopped by as on way back to London, waiting for the Waterloo train. had a very warm welcome from a lovely lady serving the customers. As a CAMRA member i was going to sample some Ales, i thought ill leave that until im home up smoke, so opted for a Guinness, absolutely Top Notch it was too, served lovingly with a careful hand the barlady crafted a shamrock on the Vicars Collar. So good, stuff the next train back home, stayed for another couple, Lovely and relaxing, proper pub, which gets my vote everytime, a breath of fresh air from the usual boring white washed Gastro Pub. Would defo return, next time i visit Amazingstoke, no hesitation here, im going in. Thanks to the lovely polite barlady.

One of the nicest experiences I've ever had at a pub. I was served by Nick but I am sure all the personnel are equally as kind and lovely. 100% recommend!

Great location by the train station and warm atmosphere. Nice range of ales on tap. Haven't had the Thai food that is on offer but will come back to definitely try.

A pleasant and obliging landlady, delicious Thai food, beautifully presented. The place is small and the tables therefore very close together, so overhearing the conversation of neighbours is inevitable - and vice versa - but go there for the food!

Does everything you expect a old fashioned pub to do. Nothing special with good service.

The food is good, the place is also good to hang out with friends and family

Great authentic feeling pub with friendly staff and some great music (perhaps a courtesy to its jukebox)

Really friendly bar, locals and office staff mix, don't come in expecting something it isn't. It's just a local pub doing its best.. real ales and the usual lagers.. the Thai food is a revelation.. I really recommend this place.

Nice old pub close to the train station. Usually has 3 or 4 real ales on at a weekend, and has the usual array of other drinks. Friendly locals and welcoming atmosphere.

Had a nice Sunday roast, everything was good. Just the vegetables a little over cooked. Plus the place has a strong smell of bleach, kinda ruined the experience. But the staff are lovely.

Small cosy pub near the station. We popped in for a quick one before walking to The Anvil. Toilets smelt a bit on our visit. 04/10/22

Nice pub with friendly staff. Good choice of Beer and the food was tasty.

I love this place but to be returned no alcohol to be served is ridiculous when I'm more sober than anyone else and returned service well enough said

Nice quaint pub near the station. Floors could be cleaner, and might need a good round of professional clean. Good selection of beers on the tap. Will return to try the food in the future.

Good place with good drinks and close to railway station.

Okay pub probably one of the best in Basingstoke

Nice service and they had ales on offer for £3 from the jubilee weekend. It is an old style pub, so go in with that expectation

Great pub close to the railway station and the Anvil. Good food and choice of ales etc. Well worth a visit.

First time here, good music on juke box, issue with card machine but staff sorted quickly. Very friendly

It's a bit of a haven for those who enjoy cask beer in Basingstoke. Moved from Reading which has a thriving beer scene so have been scoping out the locals in Basingstoke. Has a rotating range of cask which is great, all bitters when I went in, but appreciate the range. Also the nearest one to my house, so it's my local.

Friendly atmosphere and great Ales and food. Niche quaint pub

Always a warm welcome and great beer.

We chose this pub as a meeting point for friends spread around the country. Kent, Hampshire and Dorset. Thank you Margaret, we had a fabulous time and the food was great. Would highly recommend.

Top pub, a warm welcome as I entered from the landlord, his guidance on what to drink was perfect, very well kept beer 🍻

A very welcome place when you have a long wait for your train at Basingstoke and a decent selection of good ale.

As always enjoyed my visit. Only place I drink beer as it's well kept and good choice. Food was excellent, the duck wrap with chips highly recommended!

Good old school boozer. Reasonable prices, good atmosphere and nice garden. Been on this spot for years. Let's make sure it remains here for many more years.

Great little pub nice atmosphere lovely food recommended highly

Great pub serving several real ales, constantly changing. Thai food was good. Very close to railway station.

A bit of an "old man's pub" if you want a quite pint you can't go wrong Nick to landlord is a character as well 👍

Probably my favourite pub in town. Always got a great choice of beers. The food is great. The landlord and staff are friendly. Close to the railway station, taxi rank, kebab van as needed.

The beer is well kept and served well, beats the bajeesers our of waiting an hour for a train on the platform.

Great pub 🍻. Highly recommend you stop by for a pint!

lovely Thai food and very good serving

Grab a pint before heading off on the train it's 2mins from the station

A good rendezvous location to meet up.

Friendly place but I felt was a bit expensive

Went in here for the first time in a few years. Still the same varying range of well kept real ales but with the great addition of very good Thai food served until 8pm on a Sunday along with more normal pub food..

Husband and I stopped off for some food. The Thai curry meal we both had was amazing. Lovely service too. Pleasantly surprised about the food as not very impressed with the restaurants in the town centre.

Delicious Thai food alongside a full British menu. We all enjoyed the food and the beer was also excellent. Would happily eat here again.

Margaret was great fun. Beer was fabulous!

Fantastic service and staff brilliant atmosphere

Great landlord nick very generous with free drinks out his own pocket . Would highly recommend. 😁👌🍾🍻

Well kept ales, great landlord has time for everyone. Nearest pub to Basingstoke Station should you be stuck for an hour because of signal failures, again.

Great guy running this place. He couldn't do enough to serve us in difficult times with next door building works. Free chunky chips too. Well done 👏

Best pub in town. Great selection. Friendly staff. Close to the station. Fantastic service. The beer is kept very well indeed

Lovely staff!, good prices, would return!

Nice little pub, friendly staff and good beer.

Nice little friendly pub good service

Before we all went on the train to Barnstaple to watch Basingstoke fc. We all went into the pub. Very nice people. Bar staff were very polite and my Guinness had a shamrock on it which I don’t receive anywhere. Nice few pints and friendly staff. Can’t get anything better. Lockdown happened so I will be returning soon

WAS a good pub but the staff "blow hot and cold". The Locals are rude.

Went to the Queens Arms for a family Christmas meal. Menu choice looked good. Have been here before some time ago with work group and family birthday party and always had a good time and nice meal. Service was very attentive and prompt. Food was as stated and very nice. Very reasonable price. All covid safe measures taken with partition in place, masks, sanitisers and good spacing.

Amazing place for a quiet drink any time of the week

Great place for a pint right by the train station.

They don't lie the queens arms are there, bit chewy and i think it is undercooked. Prefer to have philips arms tbh..

Friendly bar staff when I dived inside from the pouring rain. Good beer too

Proper pub still - long may these be around !

Popped in here for lunch today. The roast beef was delicious. All served with fresh vegetables and piping hot. I believe they have a new chef doing every Sunday now which is excellent news. Definitely the best Sunday roast in the town centre and superb value for money.

Great traditional pub in Basingstoke. A rare thing indeed. Traditional pub food served with a smile. Nice ales too.

Great place, Friendly staff and nice layout. Never had a problem

Cosy little pub that has clearly been built around and tucked away. I popped in here to collect my Brother who had arrived at Basingstoke station. I had a quick drink with him, very quiet at 2pm, friendly barmaid and a local gent who I chatted too. It was lovely looking at the old photos on the wall. The bar area was clean, but our table was sticky. You need to hold your nose going through the toilet doors as the stench of urine hits you. Certainly put me off of a late lunch.

Excellent pub, great atmosphere and good drinks selection. Great to find a great traditional right by the station in Basingstoke. Good food as well a good beer garden. Would highly recommend.

Came here prior to going to a concert. Ok beer selection and basic food menu. Service was not fast - there was 1 person trying to do both serving the food and at the bar, so a lot of waiting. Average quality of food. Nice atmosphere

Fantastic food and entertaining staff, great service!

Mi sono recata al pub per una festa privata di un’amica! Hanno una stanza a disposizione in cui rimani appartato rispetto al resto del locale e stai solo con i tuoi amici! La cosa negativa è che hai il bagno del locale nella stanza. Soffitto basso e quando c’è molta gente fa molto caldo! Bibite classiche dei pub, birra buona ed anche il vino non è male! Il cibo invece, almeno per quanto riguarda gli stuzzichini, non mi sono piaciuti! Niente di che, poco gustosi, freddi e poca varietà! Comodo perché vicino alla stazione con il parcheggio dietro per le macchine. D’estate ha anche spazi all’aperto.

Cosy town centre pub offering (for the most part) tasty "home-cooked" food, but the kitchen is small and you may have to wait a while for your food, especially if you go in a large group. I went on Friday lunchtime and it was quiet. The cottage pie from the specials board was tasty, albeit slightly small and heavy on the mash compared to the filling. Reasonable value at £5.95, although I'd be happier paying a pound more for a larger portion. For a smaller party I'd rate the pub 4 stars, but we went in a group of 10 and some people had to wait quite some time for their food.

Lovely little pub if a bit warm inside and not very inviting with the weird doors but great if you venture in

Food was excellent and service was prompt, great pub and just next to the train station

A nice pub with a decent choice of regularly changing real ales. The food is good although the veggie choice has declined recently. They hold regular beer festivals but the normal beers are a bit expensive for the area.

Possibly the best proper pub in Basingstoke. The beer is always well kept and they vary the offerings regularly. The chef is great and produces very tasty food at bargain prices. No pretence here, just a proper pub. Dog friendly and always good banter from the locals. Highly recommended.

Music was incredibly loud for the middle of the afternoon couldn't hear my colleagues

Pleasant pub but £5 for a Kronenburg, outside of the M25, is pricey

The only reason my friend & I entered this place was because I met him at the station & it was a convenient place to use the toilet & we couldn't be bothered to go elsewhere. We ended up staying for a drink & something to eat. The pub is very basic but it didn't really matter. The roast meals we had were acceptable apart from slightly overcooked carrots & a very unappealing dish of leeks in cheese sauce. He had sticky toffee pudding which was scrummy! In my opinion it was a place that was just above average but I would be happy to go back again if I had to.

Although it looks quite nice from the outside it is pretty dull on the inside. Pretty standard Ale selection with just 3 beers on rotation. did not try the food; the athmosphere and the "smell" was not very inviting. It looks one of the few options to have a beer around the station.

Good pub grub, friendly staff, guest beers on rotation.

Great little English pub!!! Sunday roast was great the portion size was well worth the money.. will definitely be back again👍🏼

A proper old style pub, next to the rail station, serving real ales. Always my first port of call in town.

Been working at basingstoke hospital had dinner here a few times and every time has been fantastic. Love the food proper wholesome pub grub and great staff!

If you're looking for what a British pub is all about, it's hard to fault this place. A small, independent establishment with a regularly changing selection of well-kept real ales, friendly and engaging service, excellent pub food, and chummy local customers. It's not completely disabled-friendly, although it's all on one level. The Queens Arms is, quite rightly, listed in the Good Beer Guide. I've been a few times in the last few years and there's always a warm welcome and a big feeling of satisfaction when, sadly and usually too soon, it's time to go home. It's a very easy trip from London by train too.

Conveniently close to the station

Good beer, excellent food, friendly staff. Definitely recommend

Nice place right next to the train station

Chosen at random for a family and friends meet - great welcome from staff, good spread of beers and generally good atmosphere... Certainly recommend as a place for informal meet or drink - well handy for station. Well worth a visit.

Good for swift pint or two outside Basingstoke Station. Not a big pub but more old style and kinda homely. I didn't have any food but they do serve. Like I said, it was swift couple before jumping on the train.

Lively town pub, next to railway station.

I have been using this pub for more years than I can remember and love it. The staff are always friendly and polite, the atmosphere is quite quiet at times but not so many people use the pub during the day now as once did after several local business closures. All this pub needs is some more heat!! Several regulars have commented on the lack of heat in the establishment. With the cold weather outside at present a nice warm heated pub would be lovely, alas this is not so and looks unlikely to be so either. I really think this needs to be addressed because it is becoming uncomfortable now and some daily drinkers that I know of are moving to other pubs, which is not too good. That aside, as I say, it`s a lovely pub, super garden for the summer months and generally just really nice but get the heating sorted out please....

Close to the station, therefore quite busy. Food is very reasonable.

One of the best Sunday lunches I've had in a long time quiet unassuming first class