The Rampant Cat in Basingstoke and Deane

We arrived on time for our Sunday lunch booking. They were clearly busy but there's no real excuse for the very poor service we received. We were kept waiting at the bar for several minutes until someone finally showed us to our table. No-one took a drinks order so we got our own. We must have been waiting half an hour until our food order was taken and it would be another 40 minutes until it was finally delivered. I commented to the server that they shouldn't take the booking if they couldn't cope. Shortly after, the landlord came and suggested that I had been rude to his staff! The food was ok when it did arrive - typical pub lunch, but we will not be coming here again. I was shocked at just how poor the service was.

I would be very happy if this was my local pub. We would have liked an extra roasties and the veg was a little bit short for the two of us but all well cooked and tasty

Phoned at 11:30am to book a table for my family of 4 and dog for 2:30-2:45pm, which they confirmed and read back to me. When we arrived, they didn't have a table for us, no apologies, no explanation, didn't offer for us to sit at and wait for one to become available, could only offer us a tall bar table with tall bar stools that we wouldn't have even fitted our dinner plates onto. Not really the cozy Sunday lunch we pictured sitting down to after a few miles walking to get there. Luckily the Furze Bush down the road had space and were far more accommodating. Sorry, RC, I've always praised your pub, atmosphere and food to all my friends and family, but won't be any more.

Fantastic accommodating host and chef. Dealt with my dietary restrictions and went above and beyond which is so refreshing. They were great with the kids and the Sunday Roast and desserts were top notch. The locals were also very friendly. We will be back!

Great place to eat. Fantastic menu. Very friendly staff

This place is a delight. The food is delicious and great value. The staff are really friendly and welcoming. The seats are comfy, nice music playing at a sensible volume, and they even have screen with the football, albeit with sound so it won't bother anyone. I'm sure they'd turn it up is required.

Pleasant evening at the Rampant Cat, beer as usual in good condition.

Delicious roast and friendly service

Good food and drink and a great atmosphere. Very welcoming team.

Fantastic, beautiful proper country pub, really pretty,great outside gardens back and front, really nice pub

A friendly welcome at this country pub a few miles outside of Newbury. Well kept Real Ale on offer as well as what looked like an excellent good value Sunday Roast, shame we were only on drinks this visit 🥺

Good pub food, excellent staff. Very welcoming 😊

Sunday lunch with the family. This hidden gem was the most reasonably priced pub for Sunday lunch in the area and was perfectly located for a family hike. We were late for our reservation and despite this the staff were welcoming and efficient though it was very busy. They were particularly welcoming for our 3 year old and made it special for her too. The meat portions were very generous, the vegetables fresh and perfectly cooked, the roast potatoes home made and excellent. Homely puddings were also authentic. This is a very 'English' experience and we all had a roast so I can't speak for the more exotic things on the menu, but if you're looking for a proper roast in the WestBerks / Hants area, this is the place to go.

Great night and great service and good beer and quality service 😀

Limited ale selection, however the staff were friendly and engaging. Atmosphere reminded me of the pubs I went to growing up - a proper community pub, with a friendly vibe. If I lived near by, this would likely be my local.

Brilliant roast dinner and great place to be and brilliant beer..... and service is amazing 🤩

Great night out and able to sit in a quieter area while a music night was on.

Service slow. Food was not exactly what we hope for. Not visiting again

Good food, great service at a very reasonable price. Well worth a visit. A friendly local pub with a warm and relaxed atmosphere. As well as being child friendly it is also dog friendly.

A nice and friendly village pub in Woolton Hill area of Newbury. Had a very delicious roast Chicken with all the trimmings. The Yorkshire pudding was really yummy 😋. The apple crumble was nice too. It also serves a variety of curry dishes, and they did look very good, so will definitely give it a try when I'm next there.

Great local pub in the heart of the village! Lovely staff. Good atmosphere.

Food part of the pub was empty aside from us! Good food, friendly staff. No pressure to vacate table once food finished.

An amazing place and with a name The Rampant Cat 🐈 it's a great place to eat,chill and enjoy the atmosphere and the staff are amazing, we will definitely visit again

Good food, friendly bar staff, nice conservatory which is where we sat. Garden area was nice, unfortunately didn’t sit outside as was winter. Only lost 1 star due to car park being small

A pleasant Sunday lunch. No complaints. Will revisit

A great pub very friendly and a lovely beer garden at the back very friendly staff and great service we only stopped for a snack so we had chips and beer . Dog friendly as well.

Delicious roast! Fresh veg, tender meat and good service. Necessary after a long, rainy, English countryside walk.

Friendly staff, waited over an hour for food. Food was very tasty.

Delicious takeaway roasts very reasonable price

Just the best lunch , all plates clean ….that says it all really piping hot too, staff were brilliant Will definitely be going back Sally x

Friendly welcome barman, relaxing pub with lovey back garden. Fab weekday evening after work, definitely will be coming back since I only live around the corner.

Great selection of alcohol, amazing food, lovely big garden and allows dogs

Food was amazing, staff were so friendly. would definitely recommend. We will be going back again, soon. We both had a roast dinner, my husband had waffle Sundae for dessert,and I had Eton mess.

Stopped off here for Sunday lunch and was amazed at the service and food. Friendly service and selection, they even filled up our travel bottles with ice and water for us for our 3 hour drive. When we are next down, we are definitely going to stop off here again. Thank you 😊

The food was excellent, and cooked fresh. The price was average and good portions. The one problem was when a member of staff stood outside and their smoke wafted in!

Not very welcoming, cold and several meals unavailable

Lovely pub. Dog friendly with forest walk near by. Delicious roast on a Sunday. Would highly recommend.

Lovely friendly pub, which serves great food and holds music events.

Just went in for a post-walk pint but friendly service, cosy atmosphere and a good cider.

Really friendly old pub, great drinking place, must go back to try the grub

Found you after a quick Google maps search of the local area for pubs after our son's football match on a Sunday afternoon. We only popped in for a few drinks but what a lovely little pub, very welcoming and a great selection of drinks. Food that was coming out to other tables looked lovely. Looking forward to trying the food when we return for another visit

Booked a table of 8 this evening, we were early and they got the table ready no problem. Food was absolutely delicious, really impressed. Fabulous service and a lovely local pub vibe. We would love to come back if we're in the area again.

Awesome pub just like a local should be, great food beer wine and atmosphere, always pop in if in the area looking forward to the next visit...

Great atmosphere and staff had a good night and met some nice people

We have just recently moved into the area and have had several meals at the Rampant Cat and keep going back for more. The food is freshly cooked and delicious and the staff are very friendly and can't do enough for you. We look forward to our next visit.

Friendly and accommodating pub. I hold PTA meetings here regularly.

Brought my wife and Aunt for dinner today. They had the Roast BEEF. Not really roast beef, it was sandwich slices off beef. Unbelievable didn’t want to say anything. I was to busy laughing at the Gaul of serving it. Never seen that before

Always a pleasure to visit here. Proper country village pub 👍

Lovely pub! Very friendly staff. Food is really good. It’s also dog friendly!!

Fantastic Sunday lunch, will definitely return!

Wonderful send off for my Father, just round the corner from his old home, with many happy memories in our lovely, friendly village. Excellent finger buffet, with professional and discreet service. Thank you.

Did a wonderful Wake for my Father. Excellent finger buffet, with professional and discreet service. Thank you.

We went as a group of six for Sunday lunch, it was one of the best Sunday lunches we have had in a long time. The beef cooked perfect, so tender, plenty of veg . The puddings so different from the norm.The staff were so very friendly and helpful. The pub had such a nice vibe we will definitely be back again.

Pleasant local pub. Excellent traditional Sunday lunch.

Lovly Family run rural pub, good size portions.

Very friendly and accomadating, good food . One slight negative was food did not come all at the same time and the gravy was on the meat, which meant it had started cooling before the last meal served.🤷‍♂️

The staff is super friendly and the food is delicious!

Fantastic meal and the outside was good for the youngsterd.

Mid walk stop. Friendly and welcoming staff, scampi fries and a well kept pint of Landlord. Nice atmosphere and the fire roaring.

Great menu good traditional food on offer with great prices too.

What a lovelypub, great location for a stop off enroute from the midlands to the new forest. The food was great and the service excellent and very friendly

Stop off for lunch on our way on holiday. The food was delicious, great menu selection and the staff were lovely. Would definitely recommend!! We are already planning our stop here on the way back!! Atmosphere was nice in a lovely and bright conservatory looking out onto the nice pub garden! Family friendly!!

Excellent local pub, with great friendly service and good sized portions. Would highly recommend and it was a definite shame that having lived in Newbury for a while, that I had never before visited!

Real Ale Skinner's Betty Stogs and really enjoyed the food, I had a Burger apparently crafted in the kitchen , also locals say Curries are Brilliant

Fabulous owners who make you feel like you're a regular, wether it's your first time or the 100th! Good selection of drinks and amazing food! The fajitas are perfect!

We had planned to come here for lunch after a walk at The Chase and weren't disappointed. We were greeted with very friendly staff and went for a garden table. We both chose tuna sandwiches with salad and fries, food was well presented and tasty. If we ever cone back for a walk, we will return. Oh and by the way pub is Dog Friendly

It's our local, lots of happy times.

Lovely to be able to be back in our local pub with friends. Jaz did a great job looking after us.

Really nice little village pub that i stumbled over while working, will have to return when you can sit inside if i'm ever down this way again

Fantastic food great people highly recommend this pub

We had the Indian meal takeaway deal and were so pleased we did. It was a tasty treat during Tier 4 for Covid. The samosas are crispy - fantastic, not the normal floppy things we have had at other places.

Great little pub with very friendly staff.

Great food, friendly staff, lovely atmosphere.

Good food, Great staff, friendly atmosphere perfect for young familys 😀

We stopped off at the Rampant Cat for dinner on our way home from a day out. We called up made a last minute booking on-route and were lucky enough to be seated out in the garden on arrival. The menu choices weren't huge but there was enough on there to please even picky eaters. My husband had the burger and fries which he said was lovely. I opted for the fish, chips and mushy peas and was so glad I did. The fish was amazing, the batter extremely light crispy and not greasy at all. We were informed by the young lady who worked there that it was made to order using Doombar beer straight from the tap. The portion sizes were also very generous and we couldn't manage a dessert. The staff were fantastic, informative and enthusiastic about the food, pub and were genuinely lovely. You can tell it is a family run place and there is a lot of pride and care that goes into making sure customers are happy. We will definitely be making a point of detouring to the Rampant Cat again.

Lovely out of the way pub Good Food nice beer

Wonderful Sunday roast, delicious dessert. Extremely friendly, attentive staff. Lovey afternoon with family. Thank you.

Popped by while housesitting in the area to support businesses. Attracted by the name. Had drinks outside in the car park (not so great view). Social distancing in place. Friendly, good service, good prices, good choice of beer.

Be warned we had two industrial Cladding screws in each of our front tyres (annoyingly of which had only been replaced 2 weeks ago!). Cannot be definite it was the car park but was informed by a friend in the area that the pub is used by a lot of builders on Friday lunchtimes. Of course the pub has no liability for the car park but it would have been nice to receive a response to my first email when advising them. Shall not be visiting again. Food was good but lukewarm, we were the only table of 6 eating and it was not busy, so not sure why this would be.

27/02/2020 was my first visit to The Rampant Cat with my husband after a long and lovely day... Arrived just before 6pm. Got a warm welcome from barman Nigel. Cosy pub. Several seating areas. Great menu selection and Special board. Food was FANTASTIC ! Look forward to my next visit.

A lovely homely pub with a great relaxed atmosphere combined with very good food & drink👍

Only popped in for a quick bite to eat,warm welcome from barman Ordered two Scampi with well cooked chips (wife doesn't like soggy ones) and have to say one of the best Scampis in a very long time,crispy,hot and chips done to perfection.1st time visit in a very long time but will be back

Went in December with a friend and my son to the Rampant Cat. In short - local pub - reasonable selection of ales. Beers kept well - food selection ok and reflective of being a local pub. - food quality very acceptable, pricing reasonable - warm fire, comfortable seating In terms of value for money no complaints. The Cat wont win any culinary awards, so if you are looking for `a la Carte` this place might not be what you are looking for IMHO but we had a good night and is a good honest English Pub Well done

Nice atmosphere, great pub for a few.. 4,5,6,7..10

We thoroughly enjoyed a family lunch at the Rampant Cat on Sunday. We had not been to the pub before and were delighted to find a cosy pub with excellent food and such friendly and obliging staff. We all enjoyed our lunch - Granny and Grandpa, Son and Daughter-in-law and two very young children. Thank you for looking after us so well, we will be back.

Popped in for lunch and had the baguettes. Was nice and fresh.

Went over on November 2nd for a drink great staff fantastic night made you feel at home

I have never been in such a welcoming place before, the welcome from staff and customers was second to none, it felt better than being at your own local. Beautiful characterful establishment. I can not say enough about thos place amazing totally amazing.

Really tasty meal and friendly staff. Bit quiet in the dining room but busy in the bar area. Highly recommend the fajitas - well presented, very generous and delicious.

We went off piste to visit this pub because we loved the name. Lovely, quiet village location. It has outdoor seating and serves a good range of pub grub. Staff were friendly and the pub has a lovely old feel to it. Great walks around here too.

Lovely welcome, delicious food. Will definitely be back.

Booked a roast dinner for my family of four. Booked for 1pm but got stuck in London and phoned ahead to change booking. The pub is a true local. It was quiet when we arrived and chose to sit in the bar. We were quickly served and well looked after. The roast beef was plentiful, probably the largest serving of beef I have had. Lots of roast potatoes and veg. Beer was good Tribute. A lovely local pub and really should be busier for the price and quality of the roast

It okay easy to get two, have a card park opposite pub , staff very helpful and friendly in there

Love this cozy inviting pub! Had drinks and crisps as kitchen was closed. Great service, friendly staff.

Sunday lunch main course roast beef, excellent, desserts very mediocre and waited ages for them.

My wife and I got stranded due to a big dumping of snow. We managed to make it to the carpark outside The Rampant Cat before our car wouldn't go any further. Best thing for us because we got to meet the staff and patrons at this pub. Drinks were served chilled but the hospitality was so warm. Staff and patrons helped to arrange accommodation at a nearby Inn as well as transport us after sharing a few stories and laughs. We are so blessed to have met you. Thank you.

Very friendly, great quality food and drink. Great overall atmosphere!

Lovely meal all cooked to order.lovely cute pub highly recommended.lovely staff and friendly.look out for Emily yes the rampant cat!

Friendly village pub with good food

My husband and I stopped in on the off chance they had a table on a Sunday after the Rememberance Day Service in Newbury. It was already booked up but they still had a table in the bar and that was fine with us. The service and staff were friendly and efficient. The food was very tasty and the portions were generous and well presented. We will definitely be back. It's a villiage pub and they don't try and over stretch themselves and that means what they do they do well. There were several families that day so they are clearly family friendly and while I didn't see any dogs I have been told they are dog friendly too with a nice garden. Glad that there is another lovely pub in the area.