The Rising Sun in East Hampshire

Absolute dump cleaning poor Service lousy Landlord moron

Quiet Friday night dinner and bottle of wine. All good apart from the food. I had the burger and it was absolutely awful. Cheap burger with frozen chips and all absolutely swimming in grease. The food here is not cheap and it desperately needs to improve or the price needs to reflect the cheap ingredients.

Go to this pub regularly. Not the most fantastic restaurant but a great local and food served well and always good and staff very friendly and locals too.

Went for Sunday roast which was absolutely brilliant, great food, nice and hot and plenty of it. We were very impressed with the service by the young staff, they attentive, polite, friendly and nothing was too much trouble. Will definitely return and recommend to others!!

Having heard many good reports of the pub we decided to try it for lunch. We appeared to be only the second or third group of customers to arrive. The pub is lovely inside and the staff, at first, were very pleasant. Drinks arrived quickly. We then waited over an hour for our food to arrive - a simple three sandwiches and an omelette. We could see people who arrived after us getting their food. We asked three times how long our food would be and each time we were told 'five minutes' or 'just coming'. The young waitress got quite uppity with us the second time we asked and said that the 'chef was stressed and as we were a big cover he might be getting the smaller ones out first'. After a third time of asking, the chap behind the bar went into the kitchen to investigate and we finally got our food one hour and 40 minutes after ordering it. As the group at the next table left, one lady commented that we had been far more patient that she would have been. After such a long wait it might perhaps have been nice for a discount to be offered, or even free drinks but no such gesture was forthcoming. It might well be that we just struck unlucky on a bad day, but it will make us think twice about eating there again.

Excellent service and food. Will come again.

Family meal celebrating a big birthday. Seated 10 of us no problem. Excellent service, lovely menu and food. Relaxing atmosphere. Highly recommended. Returned for another family meal, it just didn't feel the same as before. The menu was the same (I think) I ordered Nachos for starters, followed by ham, egg and chips. The wait time for food seemed ages, at least 40 minutes for the starter. The main meal was so salty, ended up drinking nearly a whole jug of water. It's a shame as we were all so looking forward to it after the previous time we visited, we came away a bit disappointed. Everything seemed a bit overcooked too. Do you think the food in the photo was worth nearly £13?? Update: Sunday Roast, had the gammon. It was yummy, but have to pre-book meal choices for larger parties.

Our meals were the best we have had for a long time. So good. Staff were friendly and the pub has a lovely atmosphere. We will be back.

We went to the Rising Sun for dinner this weekend. Haven't been for a few months, but, once again , food was great. We had burgers, beef Wellington and pork, plus starters and dessert....all 3 courses were lovely....plates were wiped clean! Service was great as well....young lady served us and was polite and friendly . The manager checked everything was OK with us at the end of the evening as well.

Sadly, very disappointing! What's going on, has this pub changed hands ?. The staff were welcoming, and really lovely but very unorganised, and not enough of them. The food took forever to arrive and the so called triple cooked chips were anaemic and soggy. What a shame, because we usually love this place. The food quality has gone downhill in a big way. It'll be the Bat n Ball next time or until their chef learns how to cook chips at least. Saw the landlord, all he did was drink coffee while his staff battled on, tut tut

Dropped by for a pint after work , nice pub, friendly staff, nice old style atmosphere to the place, worth a visit.

Poor. Six of us had been out walking, and arrived approx 12:15 midday. Three of us wanted coffee. It took the staff around 10 or 15 minutes to deliver the coffee to the table. The same thing happened last time we came in here after a walk, again around midday on a week day. They seem to be completely unable to provide coffee with a reasonable amount of time. In view of this, I'm not sure what service would be like if I decided to have a meal here. So, even if the food is good, they are ruling out potential clients by a lack of attention to detail with regard to occasional passing visitors. It's a shame, as this is my local pub.

My wife and I popped into the Rising Sun for a drink and some lunch. It was very friendly and very cosy with a lovely log fire going. The food was very delicious with a great selection of ales and spirits. Will definitely be going back. A definite must to try if you are in the area. Definitely 5 star.

Good location, parking,ambient atmosphere. Friendly & helpful staff. Good selection on menu. Food always presented very well and absolutely delicious. Fully recommend & we will keep this as one of our firm favourites to come back to. Thank you 🙂

An excellent Sunday roast, and attentive efficient staff. Decent 👍

Had a really nice Sunday lunch with our daughter and partner. Very rekaxed, welcoming staff and great service. Thank you we will come again

We went for a birthday celebration of 12 people, and where confronted by an indifferent attitude by several teenage servers who obviously had more interest in their own entertainment than tending to the needs of their customers. three times the young lad managed to get the order wrong which meant the whole party ended up eating at different times than the others, and only reluctantly sauntered over to clear clear plates when repeatedly asked to do so. I have no idea what the Landlord was thinking of when he left a load of teenagers to run the pub in his absence, but we or any of our friends won't hurry back there, and we are villagers of long standing. Further more if you seek a decent meal and night out i suggest you try The Bat and Ball, - less than a mile away where the staff do all they can to make your meal an enjoyable experience

Lovely family meal for three sat next to the roaring open fire in this country style pub in Clanfield. It has a wide menu with daily specials too. We chose the beef chilli, ham & eggs and the half a rack of ribs. All tasted great with the ham & eggs being huge and could have easily served two. No room for desert on this occasion. Good value too.

Haven't stayed there, but have been for lunch there a few times recently. The food is very good, reasonably priced, and the staff are attentive and friendly. Will definitely go again.

Totally brilliant service, personal , friendly but not over the top, attentive and accommodating. The food was superb, I had rump steak with pepper corn sauce, cooked to perfection. My wife had lamb rump with what she described as the most amazing sauce. Excellent evening, atmosphere and ambience in the pub was a joy.

Expensive meals & very small portions

Perfect afternoon in the Sun, outside area nice and sunny and the staff are very nice

Great selection of food, nice relaxing atmosphere. Great friendly, attentive, cheerful service. Pub is tastefully decorated. Thanks for a lovely lunch

Popped in Last night just for a drink as other past visits have been nice 2 young members of staff on male very pleasant young girl definitely in the wrong job, foul mouthed (f word) no customer service skills whatsoever, small complaint from a couple who'd just eaten and didn't care attitude to gentleman who wanted food (too late) Won't be rushing back or recommending.....

Host's bent over backwards for us and nothing was too much trouble. Breakfast was hot and lovely.

Had an amazing sunday lunch today. Absolutely huge. Service was brill and staff were very friendly. Will definitely visit again

Sunday lamb roast. Absolutely tasty, well presented and just delicious will definitely be back. Thank you.

Pop in for a drink on way home. Nice place, nice people and dog friendly.

Lovely friendly staff and nice beers! Highly recommend the Neck oil and goodens gold!! However there seems to be a problem with their goodens gold as it evaporates very quickly... Pretty sure this is my new local xx

Lovely roast dinner here... Beautifully cooked and lovely staff

family lunch - but noticed pub was about half full, and this on fathers day !! Lunch was good - but prices have been upped (just for today or is this now the new prices??) Now less competitive with "Bat & Ball" and "Bird In Hand".. No effort for fathers day. Many pubs & restaurants ( Great Oak, beefeater petersfield & Red lion, Horndean, and T-Sum, Whiteley) had a dads incentive. Free meal for dad or free beer for dad. opportunity lost

to cut a long story short> the food is crap. landlord had the balls to patronise my wife when she said my lamb is not cooked because there is lots of blood coming out of the middle and showed him by pressing her knife into the lamb. landlords answer was our customers like it that way or maybe its the gravy its cooked in . i had to ask my wife to leave because she was starting to kick off about the way she was treated.by the ignorance of the landlord once she made a comment about her lamb. 5 minutes or so after my wife had left the landlord reappeared from the back of the bar and offered me a free beer of which i refused. because of his attitude i can see why the place has died a death. he is more than welcome to the £20 for my wife's meal because he will need it more than me 1 day soon.

Booked an evening meal tonight Sunday based on new summer menu as advertised on website. WRONG. Apparently you can only have a Roast menu on a Sunday night. Not evident from website. Very average Californian wine overpriced at £21.50 a bottle. Very junior staff who need training in how to address customers. I am not nor never will be a 'mate', 'buddy' nor 'my friend' of the staff. Food average. Sadly won't return nor recommend

Headed to the Rising Sun on Bank Holiday Saturday. I had reserved a table which was just as well as the place was buzzing. Not eating meat I had checked they had fish on the menu and was delighted to see Swordfish which me and my friend chose. It was Excellent! Very easy with lots of garlic butter, new potatoes , red cabbage and carrots. There wasn't a wine list available but we chose Chilean Sauvignon Blanc which was just over £20.00 - great value. Alex was a charming waiter and my friend was very impressed with our local pub .

Those veggie sausages are just brilliant, likely home made and the nicest I’ve had. An ‘even better if’ would be to increase the veggie options on the menu.

Staff were brilliant, and the really helpful assistant manager remembered our order of drinks. The food was absolutely delicious, the best dessert I've tasted in a while. I haven't been back here since my Dad passed away 10 years ago. This was a pub we always came to, now I remember why.

We booked for our works Xmas meal great communication throughout especially with late changes needed fantastic service. The food was amazing all six of us enjoyed everything we had ordered would highly recommend a visit 😀

What a crap place to stay my girlfriend had booked to stay. For 2 night she just survived the first night as the. Landlord turn off the heating to all the room so she has now got the flu she didn't stay the second night

Two friends and I came in after a very windy walk in the fields. Open fires were a welcome sight. Waiting staff were very friendly and amenable. I had a local real ale which was light and tasty. Between us we chose baked Camembert with...

We don’t very often go out for lunch on a Monday but so glad we did today at The Rising Sun in Clanfield. We were greeted with a smile and offered a choice of tables. There was a good choice of the usual pub fayre...

I visited The Rising Sun with my elderly parents on a Tuesday lunchtime. Previously the food and service have been amazing so we were excited at the prospect of a special occasion celebration. Sadly, this was not to be. In fairness, the starters were edible,...

Just wow. Had an amazing meal tonight. Thanks Brandon. I had Lasagne and other half had the burger. Awesome

What an awful experience. We went after a recommendation, and as we were relatively local, decided to go with a couple of family members. The food was actually quite good, we had a bit of a wait to order and around 30 minutes for the...

We happened to be in the area and decided to go in for a mid-week lunch. I do wish we hadn’t. My Pan Fried Duck Breast was supposed to arrive with Crushed Potatoes, Roast Vegetables, Bacon & Goats Cheese along with a Red Wine Jus....

Not only did I have to fight for the ‘seasonal veg’ that was advertised on the menu and I was charged for, a bowl of cabbage was eventually bought out. £12 for 3 sausages, a scoop of mash and some cabbage. Shambolic. Check the photo...

My brother and I stayed here overnight during a cycling tour of the south of england, the King Alfred Way. We arrived super tired after a long day of cycling and the staff took immediate care of our bikes, dinner and accommodation. Brandon is the...

Fantastic lunch after a dog walk up to blue bell woods, food was fantastic as was the service and beer. Would definitely recommend!

A really good Sunday roast dinner. Helpful and accommodating staff. Good food. Would definitely go again if we are nearby.

Booked for 7:30 meal Sat evening. Waited nearly an hour to find they lost our order for starter, main meal and drinks - cuffle aparentky? - so what that's pub fault not patrons. Apologised OK no worries, then, waited 20 further minutes for meals. No...

First visit, a group of 6 of us. It’s a nice pub, nice ambiance and staff were all friendly and helpful. The food was a bit variable, ranging from ‘nice, ‘ok’ to my fish and chips, where parts of the batter were undercooked and still...

The three of us met up for Lunch and had excellent speedy service from Ali. I chose the fish cakes which was a starter but they turned it into a main course with new potatoes, my wife had the venison and her son the chicken...

Enjoyed a lovely meal with friends. Excellent food, nicely cooked, 3td time in a row. Thoroughly recommend

The service, help and advise the owners gave us was very good. They were welcoming and the food was great

We come up here very often as 2 couples. It’s a lovely little pub which is great both winter and summer. Unfortunately very expensive for 4 drinks. 3 pints & a glass of wine over 25 pound!

My husband and I have lived in the village for a long time, and are delighted that we have visited the Rising Sun a few times recently and each visit has been a delight. The Rising Sun has a great menu that is better than...

Where do I start. Booked in for one night on route to our holiday. Booked a double and yet was shown to a twin. We had a dog which we paid a £10 surcharge for the extra cleaning needed on our departure. Despite there being...

Myself and a friend stopped by the pub on Sunday evening as we were in the area and looking for somewhere for dinner. Thankfully we made it just in time before the kitchen closed and were able to get the Sunday roast. Lovely meal, can't...

It's really unusual to find a pub serving food which isn't bland and overpriced these days, but this place is excellent. The portions are really generous, there is a great variety of interesting dishes on the menu, the food is really tasty and the service...

Stopped here after a day in the saddle doing the King Alfred Way. It was a chance stop as the two pubs in Buriton here both shut. Arrived 8:30pm & was told the kitchen would still serve us. We sat outside & both the wife...

We booked to have a meal with our family after our wedding. From start to finish Kerry and team and especially Ally were so helpful. Nothing was too much trouble. The meals were delicious and we returned the next day with some other family members...

We visited the Rising Sun for lunch on a Friday afternoon which was our first visit. Staff all really welcoming and food and service fantastic. We couldn’t fault anything and will definitely be back.

We booked a last minute 2 night stay ,Kerry could not have been more accommodating as we have a small dog. Food was top notch. Very friendly staff comfortable rooms will stay again when we have to come south.

We stopped going here, as the old manager was really too grumpy and unpleasant for me, but recent reviews meant we tried another trip there. Glad we did as it was first class once again. Lovely staff, cracking choice of food and fair prices. What...

We decided to check out The Rising Sun today, we haven’t been here for a while but used to go regularly to the Monday night quiz and for the occasional meal. It’s changed hands a few times recently, one decided to do a runner, the...

Wasn't sure what to expect, came in from cycling the South downs completely soaked and muddy. The staff couldn't be friendlier and more welcoming. We stayed in the rooms upstairs which were clean and well looked after. The pub itself was great, lovely beers and...

Ok all was well polite staff. the food was up to a very very good standard. Its been a long time in coming we have been from Brighton to Poole harbour area. Eating during the pandemic the best we could. We had been flobbed off...

The best BBQ buffalo wings I've ever had and the chips was on the same level ... Top notch food and quality service will definitely be back

Been here loads of times. Can’t fault it. Great service, food, atmosphere, love it. My partner and I both have the chilli and we both think it’s the best. The pub has gone out of their way to accommodate our needs over the whole lockdown...

Having enjoyed a take away roast lunch during last lockdown we ordered another on for last weekend. On waking Sunday morning due to snow we could not get out of our road so the chef very kindly offered to deliver to us, all we had...

It was excellent- individually packed for freshness. Gravy came in a separate pot, so no sloppy mess on arrival at home. As a local resident have not used the pub for about 2 years due to bad reports. If this is an example of the...

A gorgeous great slab of perfectly cooked salmon with a punchy miso flavour. Absolutely brilliant. Also, thank you to the bar staff for having Heineken 0% as an alcohol free beer and not just plumping for the truly horrible Becks Blue for us non-drinkers!

Having visited the Rising Sun prior to lockdown and being impressed with the food we decided during lockdown to try a take-away roast lunch on Sunday. Very good indeed, generous amount of chicken breast, nicely cooked vegetables including cauliflower cheese and parsnips, big Yorkshire pudding...

Decided to try the blade of beef with dauphinois potatoes off the specials board and boy I was not disappointed. It is a shame that lockdown has interrupted the recovery of this great pub. However, the pub has a take away menu continuing through lockdown...

Highly recommended +++++++ Friendly well kept modern clean Superb food and breakfast Convenient to break a walk Will definitely come back Great staff and management ++++++++*

Very good Covid precautions. Great service and top notch pub grub. Actually pub grub does not do justice. Food very good. Waitress was masked, good one way system and overall very positive experience. Also very dog friendly.

My husband and I made our first visit to the Rising Sun. Both our waitress and the food were extremely good, keep up the good work, we will return. Very COVID safe.

Lovely evening, food was excellent, service very good. All rules were being followed felt very safe.

10/10 would highly recommend this pub, amazing food and Caters to dogs as well, food also great.!:!.

Had a few meals here and its gotten a lot better lately. Sunday lunch is really good and priced around £16, I had the nut roast one week but its more like a garlicy vegetable stew so I now opt for just a roast with...

In this day and age, I can understand some people’s trepidation using a public bar but on my last visit - which lasted 5-6 hours as I felt safe and very welcomed. I witnessed members of staff and their cleaning routines of tables, chairs and...

We came for lunch and on entering the staff were available to take track and trace information and show us to a table. The tables were distanced and posters and hand sanitizer clear to see and available. We were given a single use menu and...

Food was lovely but my goodness the service was dreadful ordered 815 starters 915 mains 922 It wasn't busy plenty of staff but clearly the problem lay in the kitchen Mains were cold so delay must be in starters Had heard so many good things...

I visited here with my wife and our friend on a Weds evening (eat out to help out) for the first time in ages. Our first impression of staff wasn’t necessarily great; the staff member that greeted us seemed flustered and didn’t seem to understand...

It will be a long time before we return here. We thought we should help our local pub, so booked lunch. On arrival we were given menus but then, after we'd ordered, they brought round a specials board for other customers. We weren't shown this...

Very disappointed with the COVID-19 measures with tables too close together, people standing at the bar, no cleaning routine of tables. No signage anywhere reminding customers of safety measures. However, the food was good. Also having a dog walking through the restaurant area wasn’t very...

Had an evening meal for 4 people on 11th August which was excellent in everyway considering current regulations etc. etc. Excellent service, surroundings and food so well done to all involved. It is still safe to go out when looked after in this manner. My...

This place is what Clanfield has been crying out for. Great friendly local company, great beer and the food is magnificent. I was sat close to the waitress who was having to turn people away because word has got round how good the food is....

Since the revamp of The Rising Sun many years ago, it always felt that this pub had the potential to be great, but despite the building update, it still seemed to lack the key qualities of good food and service. A shame, as I can...

Called here under the “Eat out to help out” scheme. All I can say is the Lasagne I had was the best I had ever eaten. Just try this pub - they obviously have found a great chef! Oh, and I would book - if...

Would just like to say food at the Rising Sun is really good and would throughly recommend - they have something for everyone, well worth giving them a go.

Just collected a Sunday roast takeaway, easy to order via their Facebook page, really well packed, friendly staff and best of all it was absolutely delicious 👍🏻

My wife and I decided belatedly, while having a drink in The Rising Sun to have an evening meal their quite spontaneously. James (the chef) was cooking and I have to say he did not disappoint. My wife had the Strogonoff and I had a...

The plan was to pop in for a quick drink and then carry on walking my two dogs. The new barmaid saw me, half decided to approach but then turned away to carry on her conversation with two other customers. So I grabbed a newspaper,...

We said we would never set foot in this local pub again ... a year later there has been a change of ‘staff’ and a great new chef. I went with friends on Thursday and enjoyed a fab steak night, great quality food, well cooked...

Been here a few times and had exceptional meals . I would recommend The Sunday roasts even go as far to say the best in the area

I have to say the meal tonight was absolutely amazing. Your new chef is brilliant and everyone is so warm and friendly. Well done The Rising Sun!!

We live local & visited this pub a few years ago & said we would never go back as food was awful but recently popped down there for a drink & had nachos which were delicious so decided to eat there last night, food was...

My wife & I had a great Sunday dinner. My half roast chicken was amazing & my wife’s lamb wonderfully cooked. There was loads of beautifully cooked veg & more if u wanted it. Lots of perfectly cooked potatoes with very yummy gravy. All finished...

Called in here after a day out and so glad we did the food was excellent. Sausages and chive mash was beautiful and the chef special of a trio of sliders was great, we had a starter to share of chicken wings all I can...

Absolutely superb. We upgraded to Fillets and they were cooked to perfection. Lovely serving team. Couldn’t do enough for you xx