The Rising Sun in Basingstoke and Deane - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Can only comment on the booze, but it's your average local. Not bad, nothing to write home about. Lovely service though!

Typical pub. Very nice service!

I only use the Bus Stop - Wish it had a shelter ! I'm sure the pub is 5 Star !

I was looking for a venue for my mother in-laws wake A good friend of ours recommended this pub the raising sun so we went to meet Laura who had not long taken over the Premises She was brilliant we told her what we would like and Laura told us it would not be a problem she told us the area that we would be Designated to us on the day it all sound good so we booked it When we got there with friends and family members the whole team was so friendly and kind The food they provided was more that we could have expected It was fresh and tasty and lots of it All our friends and family commented on how good it was At the end There was food left over and Laura asked if we wanted it rapped up to take away we didn’t but what a lovely gesture Highly recommend this pud was absolutely outstanding and at such a stressful time Thank you Laura and her team xx

It's very nice since it's been done up

Great place to grab a pint and a quick game of pool… has a bad rep but personally was a nice place to pop in. Staff friendly and good price :)

Wills meals serving from the kitchen was awesome. Simon runs a good bar, decent prices and cold beer.

No food available. A very nice landlord and good selection of drinks.

Don’t serve food as far as I can tell, the beer tastes stale and they have the most ridiculously loud music at the least considerate times. They are in a residential area with lots of young families and elderly people and have loud base music playing through festival type speakers frequently. Inside it also smells very strange and everything is sticky - save your money and go to spoons

Good service big beer garden. nice staff great food try the all day breakfast and that Sunday dinners best in Basingstoke.

This place has a fantastic atmosphere great service great people! And a pool table!

Before the change of management we used to be in here almost every Sunday for the roast and general atmosphere as its our local for around 6 years. The pub itself is lovely and a big pub garden which is great in the summer. Since the changes though, we experienced a few things that have knocked the rating. - The roast has been hit + miss. The last time we were in though it was lovely. -There used to be place mats and cutlery set out (especially if you had reserved a table) but this doesn't seem to happen anymore. When you get used to how a particular place operates in regards to serving food, reservations and general service, you notice. - The music in the pub seems to come from the one large speaker that is on the bar. The times we have been in there, it has been blasting music that you would hear in a nightclub and at a volume where you cannot hear yourself speak. Came in for a quiet drink and would have been fine in the evening when more people were in, but there was only around 2 others in the bar. - We asked for juice and lemonade but it didn't taste right (more like squash and something else) so we asked for it to be changed to just lemonade. Didn't taste like lemonade but more like tonic water. Not sure if it was due to running out of certain things or the bar staff not understanding what we were asking for, but we haven't had a issue with asking for that drink before.

We have just had an awesome roast dinner. The food was all beautifully cooked and the gravy was to die for!!! I cannot recommend enough.

Absolutely disgusting place the staff pull there faces people make unpleasant remarks towards myself a place that should be ashamed

Proper pub atmosphere, very friendly and a nice big beer garden. Has recently changed landlords so lots of improvements are in the pipeline for it too!

Serves a purpose. It does have a huge garden which is a full on sun trap in 5he summer

Have known the Rising Sun for 40 years and it still as enjoyable as ever. Many changes over the years but good as ever

Popped in for a pint whilst changing trains - ended up staying for several. Dead canny and like a pub should be.

Lovely outside experience on a sunny day

Lovely pub garden, friendly staff, always got time to have a chat with their patrons. Good variety of snacks and drinks

Atmosphere is wonderful, we come once a month to see Mike Pepper perform and he always puts on a show

Great choice, friendly staff Perfect Place to catch up

Great place. Haven't been in a pub for years that had a proper old feel to a pub. Lovely staff as well.

Lovely welcoming pub with a good atmosphere and very friendly staff 🙂

Lovely place for small get together and drinks all season. They have sports night too..

Top place. Great food. Live music. Good selection of drinks

What can I say we poped into try the sunday roast and we weren't disappointed. Great portion size, lovely quality food. Roast beef was outstanding and stuffing was out of this world. Finished off witn apple crumble and custard. Service was fantastic We will definitely be going again.

A bit dated but a decent old school local...

Good atmosphere good pint bit expensive but all good

Friendly staff pleasant experience, good portions of chips. Friendly atmosphere 👍👍👍👍

Great British pub in the centre of Basingstoke, serving a good selection of cask ales. Huge beer garden with several under cover seating areas.

Fantastic place with a great garden

Great Sunday roast, best I've had for a while. Good portions

Dingy inside but the gardens nice.

Our party of five came to meet up, have drink and something to eat. We were made very welcome by the friendly attentive staff. The food was great. We will come again!

Alright place if you wanna go to a pub for the first time as its quite quiet but overall its a alright pub. Drinks are alright but kitchen closes at 19:00

Went here with my partner because she saw it was mentioned on the news. Lovely and clean pub with a friendly atmosphere. The food was incredible as well. Staff were lovely. Will definitely be going back.

A really friendly and welcoming atmosphere with a good selection of beers. Large gardens and a jukebox plus large screen for the football. Well worth visiting

When we arrived the staff were really nice but then it went down hill. I understand it’s tough times and also busy but we ended up leaving after waiting forever for our 3rd drink. We asked many times and was told it was coming by three people! After 50 mins and watching other tables get their drinks we decided to go someone else

Is one of my locals. Good little pub with a massive beer garden which is nice in the summertime!

Pre lockdown, great social distanced. Well organised. Friendly bar lady.

Good beer, had no food, good service

Best Sunday roast in Basingstoke! Service good, had a choice of three meats and plenty of vegetables

Friendly stuff and great British food. This has been my local for almost a year but today was my first visit and very impressed especially with the food and friendly waiting stuff.

We managed to have our first work team lunch at the Rising Sun, safe distancing outside area, great service. Food was fresh and tasty. 5 star rating for the fresh homemade pizza

Strange environment but doing everything right I believe, friendly staff

Friendly and excellent service. Very organised.

Good friendly bar staff and good beer. What more do you want.

Fantastic staff. Brilliant food and great variety of drinks. Best pub in Basingstoke.

Nice and friendly, not over crowded :)

Just been to the Rising Sun with my elderly mother for Sunday lunch. The smaller Sunday roast proved too much for both of us! The food was all fresh and excellent quality. The waitress, Rachel, was very helpful, smiley and couldnt have done more to make our visit a really good experience. The bill was a really nice surprise having had a good lunch, dessert and a pint of alcohol for mum and a pint of non alcoholic drink for me for just £25. Try it next time you want Sunday lunch out you won't t be disappointed.

This pub has the friendliest staff and customers, great priced drinks, it's a nice traditional pub and can not recommend enough, the karaoke nights are a hit too ☺️

Fantastic Sunday lunch served by rachel.best in Basingstoke.

Flat beer shot service and they allow there staff to assault customers!

I like to have a choice of real ales it was pretty limited .

Lovely Sunday roast and reasonably priced too

Here with a friend, was curious to try this lovely pub. It's properly a classical British pub with beers, ciders & local food. They have a good selection of ciders, I don't like too much the beers that they have got but I like the quiet atmosphere that it has got, silencious during the week, with more people in the weekends.

Great little pub. Came here for a party. Very welcoming. Party went really well. Bonus of it being a karaoke night too. Good stock of drinks. Not too bad prices.

Went for Macmillan coffee morning. Staff friendly, was clean and tidy. Have yet to try the menu but looks as if it caters for most tastes.

Excellent Sunday lunch. Large portion, excellent beef, great portion of vegetables incorporating 5 type of vegetables and huge Yorkshire puddings all for under a tenner. Excellent customer service, friendly, cheerful staff. Bright, clean environment.

Had my sons wake here, couldn't have been more helpful, food and buffet was excellent

A large group of us recently spent a sunny afternoon at this pub. Then drinks were reasonably priced, quick to arrive and the barman was brilliant and helpful. The garden is huge with lots of seating

A large group of us recently spent a sunny afternoon at this pub. Then drinks were reasonably priced, quick to arrive and the barman was brilliant and helpful. The garden is huge with lots of seating

Lovely pub with a sunny beer garden, dart board and friendly staff. Recommended if you are in the Basingstoke area near the station

Very well-kept cask ales. Not the cheapest pub in the town but definitely worth a visit. Large garden and rear patio. Food is high quality. One of the few Basingstoke pubs boasting its own car park.

Popped in for a quiet drink. Regulars were screaming and shouting obscenities. I found the drink prices extortionate.

Terrible. Too slow to serve lunch. Very cold when it finally came. No cutlery. Are with my fingers in the end. Voting with my feet, I will not be going there again. Hire some staff so you can cope

Good local pub with excellent beer.

Good place for work social gatherings in the summer in the big back garden. They didn't serve food in Friday which is a bit of disappointing

Great food and play area for the kids

Myself and my partner popped in and were made to feel very welcome. My favourite tipple is gin and they had a great selection and I was even recommended a few, the raspberry gin was 1st class. My partner really enjoyed the Orchard Thieves cider. We will definitely be returning and eating in this establishment again.

Good little pub, great location. Bit tricky parking when its icy

Roast dinner was lovely and plenty of it

Newly rediscovered this pub, can't say anything bad about it!

Lovely local pub with wonderful people and great staff

Great atmosphere but they ran out of quite a few drinks before 7pm

Great Sunday Roast with brilliant service.

The rising sun is that old school not a chain actual pub, at. I'm guessing it is, doesn't feel like a chain pub. It's a bit pricey for out of town, however has regular music and events

Great food and service. The staff are friendly, polite and happy to go the extra mile to ensure you enjoy your visit.

7 of us had a fantastic roast dinner here, attentive staff, great food very reasonably priced! Will visit again.

8 friends from college in the 1970s chose Basingstoke to meet because it is a railway hub and most of them could get there by train. The choice of The Rising Sun was because of location, close to the station. It is a 4 minute drive or 5 minute walk (the drive is rather convoluted) This proved to be a good choice. We could talk until a short time before trains were due and still get to the station on time. Manager, Kevin was very helpful answering my emailed queries and followed up with an email afterwards asking for feedback. One of our number is disabled and, although it was not ideal, she managed well. Do not attempt to enter from the rear car park if you have mobility issues but enter by the front door. She did leave by the front door. We were a bit disconcerted by the decor but were quickly assured that the cobwebs were all artificial and ready for Halloween! To be quite fair, they had made some effort to decorate for that. The welcome and service was superb, as was the food. There is a chef and al dishes are homemade. The pies went down particularly well and it was commented on that it made a pleasant change in a pub to have the food served directly on the plate instead of in individual bowls on top of the plate. The pie pieces had been cut from homemade large pies. Tom the barman obliged by taking several photos on our varied cameras. There is a garden with tables, as the photos show, but it was too cold for us in October. The only criticisms were that we wished that the things that were off the menu had been wiped from the menu boards before we had raised our hopes in choosing them and the Eton Messes some had ordered were more like strawberry sundaes, which were a bit disappointing. The sticky toffee pudding was voted delicious. You order at the bar and food is served to the tables. (I can’t honestly tick the suitable box in the list as the staff are not technically waiters but we were served - a quirk in the review system on this site!) This was a convenient venue for our meeting and we can recommend it. We tend to choose a different town each time we meet, so we will probably not be returning but not because we didn’t like it. Thanks to the staff for helping to make our time together very pleasant.

Typical English pub, recently changed management. They offer a great variety of local and international beers. Friendly staff so great place to have a beer.

A friendly pub for a drink after the office. Surprisingly nice garden to the rear.

friendly family pub great atmosphere worth a vist if u have not been there

Good food and drink small garden out back very busy road also the bus stops outside

Really nice place for drinks and really good entertainment food is so nice!!

We were travelling by train and meeting family driving from Poole. Found the pub on google maps and saw the good reviews and booked a table for Saturday lunchtime From the moment we walked in we were really impressed with the service. We were made to feel really welcome. The staff were very friendly. Good menu plus specials. Will be back and would definitely recommend.

A lovely little potential gem of a local pub that sadly seems to change owners a lot and therefore has the odd spell of not being open. It has a lot of promise and just needs to have some minor work done to improve the decor and add some more light. Staff are friendly and nice. It would seem though that this place has been harmed by the larger chains in town. Hopefully with the building of the nearby Chapel Gate estate, there is potential for this pub to bring in some business.

Spent a Friday night there. This pub got new management about a year ago and has improved vastly. Had a really good Friday night there with live music. Not packed out like other pubs in the centre. Good atmosphere.

The service at the Rising Sun was incredibly friendly and helpful, very chatty and friendly guy running the place. I had a fantastic burger, which you could tell had been made at the pub, with huge fat chips. The place has a lovely atmosphere, and with a separate bar to the restaurant would be good for relaxed deinks or eating out.

Had a great meal at The Rising Sun - the owner and staff couldn’t have been any friendlier or more helpful. Would recommend.

Excellent food in a very pleasant environment.

What a lovely pub! Just moved here and this place is so close. My fiancee was working late so thought I'd check it out. Wasn't sure if it would be a 'locals' pub... It was but in the most positive sense! They couldn't have been more welcoming!! 😊 I'd facebook'd during the day to enquire about darts etc.. Got instant responses. I hadn't introduced myself when I came in but one of the owners (Kevin) came and introduced himself and welcomed me. He even had a game of arrows with me. Nice touch even though he thrashed me! Haha I will definitely be coming back. Want to try once of the lovely Sunday Roast with the missus! :)

Just enjoyed a really nice Sunday Lunch, washed down with an American IPA on draft. We will definitely be coming back.

Very nice pub. I like the name which rejuvenates new thoughts

Pleasant environment, with a good selection of real ales, as well as some lagers and ciders. Good parking facilities.

first of all this didn't start off as a negative review but something grabbed my attention last minute and I thought I had to share as personally I thought it was unacceptable. Now the Service was absolutely fantastic the barman was a young guy, very tall but I have forgotten his name, he had a bright smile that welcomed us into the pub, he asked us what drinks we would like and promptly served us and when we left he sent us on our way with another smile, now the second time we came down it was a Friday night and the pub was absolutely booming and the juke box was on free play which was a nice touch as it kept us there longer waiting for our songs to come on, we were served by a girl this time and she was also lovely the drinks were again lovely but we couldn't help but over hearing 2 of who we assumed were regulars constantly bickering about the taller barman constantly going on about how lazy he was and how we was definitely the worst member of staff, now I feel this is completely unacceptable the poor boy wasn't even there to defend himself and then after doing some snooping we found out that one of them was the Chef! and this went on for a couple of hours before the Chef sat down in a chair and fell asleep. We will return but only after things have been sorted and all the staff members have had a chat and improved their feelings towards each other 5/5 for the service and drinks 3/5 for the negativity towards staff members

Lovely inside! Good place for a chilled drink in a good atmosphere and a friendly barman. Cheeeeeeers.

Just always friendly local, nice atmosphere and a nice cold pint!

We live locally and came today for Sunday lunch, it was absolutely delicious and the best Sunday lunch we've had out in a very long time. Excellent value for money too.