The Wheatsheaf in Fareham

Pubs (and restaurants) has had a tsunami of challenges facing them since the 2008 credit crunch. Any small and or independent pub (or restaurant) that has survived these financial tsunami’s deserve all the support they can get. Unfortunately many of the said surviving pubs which survived the financial crisis of 2008 and still managed to provide good or even fair quality food, stumbled after the challenges presented after the tsunamis of the past 8 years, which included the pandemic. With that in mind it is always great to still stumble upon pubs that are still able to provide good quality food, especially at mire reasonable prices.

Went with friends, never been there before. Lovely friendly pub I will definitely go again.

Spot on! Lovely staff, great atmosphere and delicious, plentiful, food. Definitely will visit again.

We chose the Wheatsheaf as the food has been good on other occasions, nice to have food freshly cooked rather than ‘chain pub’ offerings. We had two dietary requirements and I negotiated with Rosie during the week before. Rosie couldn’t have been more helpful and so it continued during the evening. Nothing was too much trouble and everyone really enjoyed their meals, the menu is varied and very reasonably priced. Thank you Rosie, you really are a star

Our waitress, Rosie, was excellent, looked after us, and dealt with our dietary needs and queries

Shame no food Tuesday lunchtime

Firstly, a disclaimer - I am fortunate to be a Titchfield resident & The Wheatsheaf is my “local”- so you might think my description & review are somewhat biased! This establishment is a genuine Free House owned by landlord Mark, assisted by a team of friendly staff. An excellent range of cask beers are on hand pump and a true convivial, conversational atmosphere in the bar that is devoid of fruit machines, large screen TV etc. Dogs are welcomed except in the dining room. Food is all freshly prepared in house without resort to the likes of Brake Brothers catering trucks delivering the kind of predictable pub-grub on offer at most managed/chain pubs where the microwave & deep fat drier reign supreme! Finally, a critique of my most recent meal from the main menu - a Tomahawk Steak (approx. 1 Kilo ) for two sharing. Verdict- Absolutely splendid! Cooked to perfection and presented with an offer to portion it at the table or let us divide it ourselves with an appropriate large knife to do so! Accompanied by chips, onion rings, mushrooms, tomatoes & dressed salad leaves left us suitably sated with no room for dessert!

A gem of a pub in the lovely Titchfield - highly recommended! £18.60 for 4 pints of draft cider works for me 😀

Great local titchfield pub,always a friendly atmosatmosphere

This wonderful village pub managed to fit a large group in on a Sunday lunchtime with little notice and did a fabulous job of getting us all fed well with great service and a smile. Roast dinners were huge and tasty with a great deal for 2 courses on a Sunday.

Excellent food and drink reasonably priced. Friendly staff.

Great local pub, food is amazing, with lovely staff. good selection of beers, ales and wines

Good food, great service. Nice atmosphere. One of the best pubs in the area.

Great pub great food and staff service but its not dog friendly in the eating area despite saying dog friendly. I assume in the pub area.

Friendly atmosphere, good selection of ales. Food looked good but not in a position to try on this visit.

We had meet up with friends,was there for 4 hours the food was great and the service was excellent

Really nice pub . Friendly bar staff and servers . Very dog friendly and both beer and food very good

Top quality local pub serving ace food, well kept real ales and great service!!

Amazing food loved it will go back, Sunday roast lovely.

Great pub done this before I think

Always interesting beers from several local breweries

Lovely atmosphere had some lunch in the bar as we had the dog with us. Very impressed with food, service and friendliness.

Beef Wellington was wonderful. Rosey was brilliant as always!

Popped in for a late lunch on a Saturday, was reasonably quiet as it was close to the end of service, food was excellent, I had a Beef Burger and so glad I did, one of the best I've had. Good selection of draft ales as well; well worth a visit.

We had a lovely family roast for 6 adults and 3 children. All the staff were so helpful and friendly. They were flexible with meal selections. Service was prompt for both food and drinks. We had a lovely experience. Thank you to the team.

Super yummy food, not just "pub grub" at all! Had lovely lamb rumb and pork loin (amongst other super starters and pudding) well worth a visit and we will definitely come again, thank you. 👍🏼👍🏼

Excellent pub good friendly atmosphere, staff friendly and helpful.

Went for the valentines night the menu was superb cannot fault it, very very generous portions a welcoming drink to start followed by a sharing starter platter, the main sharing menu we chose was tomahawk steak with onion rings chips mushrooms etc, it was amazing, the sharing sweet dish was delicious and plentiful, this was followed by cheese platter with a glass of port, coffee and truffles, a lovely evening very friendly staff and tastefully decorated so all round a highly recommended pace will return

Food was delicious and inventive really well priced. A valentines special with a good choice of dishes for a fixed price

Attended the recent Winter Fest, January 2024. Good selection of beers brought in for the Beer Fest, spent the evening outside in the wooden cabins, lovely evening. Can’t comment on the food personally as only there for the beer but my two mates each had one of the pies being served that night, adjudged as very good.

Lovely local pub. As good as it gets. Nice food as well.

Only dropped in for coffees and a brandy but staff were very friendly and helpful.

We had a family lunch here, for 14. The service was really good and the whole team worked well together, nothing was too much trouble. There were a good choice of roast dinners which were excellent, one of our group had fish and chips and another had the veggie wellington, both enjoyed their meals. Chocolate cheesecake looked the best overall dessert with the figs coming second and bread/butter pudding third. Xmas pudding was a little disappointing. Although they were busy, we had great attention and there didn't appear to be any issues or stress. Highly recommended and great value for money.

6 of us for Christmas lunch … including 1 gluten free . Food was delicious , generous and piping hot , gluten free alternatives provided with no fuss . Lots of little extras , included in the basic price , and our waitress (Rosie ) was lovely . It was quiet ( we ate at 12-30 on a Tuesday) , but would strongly recommend . Our best pre Christmas lunch venue for years ! Thankyou .

Lovely meal from the Christmas menu. Well cooked and presented. Attentive and quick service. Particular thanks for the effort they went to to source gluten free Christmas pudding and mince pies. I'm sure we'll be back.

Never disappoints. Staff very friendly and helpful. Small historic bar and ample sized separate dining area Definitely worth visiting

Beautiful food, friendly service & a very nice environment. Nothing was too much trouble & compliments to the chef. Definitely recommend for family & friends 🌟

Coming from the North of the UK this was the friendliest pub we visited. Friendly staff, good food and beer, wish it was my local!

Love it here. It's a proper pub. The ale was delicious, the service was friendly and attentive. Felt real and relaxed - no pretences.

Very welcoming, good food and very friendly staff.

Unglaublich gute Küche, selbst einfache Gerichte wie Fisch & Chips sind wunderbar gekocht. Die Ente war zart und knusprig. Einfach toll. Die Desserts sind auch zu empfehlen. Coole Umgebung.

Lovely pub with good menu and friendly staff and atmosphere 👌. Old fashioned locals bar with tasty beers

Top pub in the area, nothing better in Fareham, Stubbington or Titchfield. Great food, lovely friendly service, good range of well kept beer, community buzz. Love it.

A nice village pub with great beers and food.

Delicious fresh cooked meal, good service.

The perfect local pub with great food and well kept beers, real ales. Flower Pots bitter is a must!!!

Arrived moments before the kitchen closed... they still took my order!! Food was good. Staff very friendly and helpful.

Very limited lunch time menu, and I struggled with the choices. Eventually went with the vegetarian option and it was excellent.

Pleasant ambience with a warm welcome. The small plates starters were mixed. 4 small prawns with garlic were hugely overpriced. Amazingly they had run out of mushrooms. My hake was lovely but was served in a very bland watery sauce containing undercooked potatoes. The main course mussels looked rather good and apparently tasted so. Not cheap so no tip left.

Lovely pub with a nice friendly atmosphere. We sat in the snug with a few pints of good beer and several tapas dishes that were all delicious. Would definitely visit again

Brought our son who is over from Oz for a roast and was completely underwhelmed by the roast. Undercooked roast potato two small plates of veg for 4 of us with just enough cauliflower cheese for one and a complete foul up of my wifes vegetarian dish. Thin gravy too!!!!! Puddings were ridiculously small. So many friends who live in the village recommended us but boy oh boy was this disappointing.

Fabulous meal bringing our extended family together. The choice on menu was extensive, the food was so delicious & the service was 5⭐️plus. The waitresses were efficient, informative, helpful & so friendly. We will definitely be back & strongly recommend a visit. Thank you all involved in our perfect visit

Disappointed by the ‘menu sold outs’ on a quiet night plus, in my view, really overpriced food …. won’t hurry back

Enjoyed the meal. Several dishes were unavailable. The waitress was overloaded but coped pretty well.

Me and my husband walked here for dinner with our family. Could not have been more happy. Incredible food, great choice and cooked to perfection 👌❤️ The staff were very friendly and accommodating. We loved the atmosphere here and the lovely garden. We'll definitely come back again.😊❤️👌

Lovely lunch although our booking hadn't been logged. Staff very nice, drink prices a bit steep, £15.35 for a large wine and a pint of beer. But still an excellent meal.

Another lovely lunch, service is always good. Can recommend the fish and chips!

Never been there before, but friends had recommended it highly. They were not wrong. Food was excellent, service excellent and the staff were friendly and attentive. And they had a good selection of real ale. We'll be back.

Love the place,food,beers and atmosphere is great,real proper public house.

Went on a semi busy Easter Sunday with a large table. Food was definitely sub par, overly greasy fish on the fish and chips and chips were rubbish, roast potatoes were kept warm under a heat lamp and dried out, small portions of veg and gravy asked for more and got the tiniest boat, asked for more again and none came back. Service was the only thing that saved it being a one star, but food is the priority.

A lovely village pub with a great atmosphere. Absolutely delicious food which was freshly cooked, hot and perfectly presented. The staff are very friendly and helpful. I have removed one star as the pub had so many dogs and not all on leads… I am not a dog fan .. well at least not in a place where you are eating. But, there is a restaurant where I presume dogs are not allowed.

Busy. Staff courteous and obliging. Manageress very good and definitely on the ball. Food good but would have liked hotter plates.

Great boozer good range of real ales,atmosphere and friendly

Brilliant lunch with the Salmon and Trout club.

I'd like to give 4.5 stars and the only reason I'd knock off half a star is because the full dining room became a bit noisy as there aren't any soft furnishings to absorb sound. Nevertheless, we had a delicious Sunday roast there - the roast potatoes and parsnips were wonderfully seasoned and cooked, and Yorkshire puddings came with all meats (which I was pleased about as I had roast chicken!). We then had scrummy pud's to follow, despite being full already! The standard of food was really exceptional. The landlord gave us a warm welcome and all the staff were friendly and gave great service. We'd definitely go back.

Brilliant food - excellent staff - nice surroundings would highly recommend :) They do a really good deal two course Sunday roast with desert plus some breads and dips to start. Great beer :)

Great Hosts, Great Food, Complimentary Breads & Olive Oil,Quality Roast.,Cheese and biscuits a Plenty. Would thouroughly recomend

We were regular customers over a period of 7 years but food quality started to become quite hit and miss. However the service has always been excellent. We decided to give it another try on Tuesday (Pie & mash) night but wished we hadn’t bothered! We decided to try a couple of small starters, my husband ordered calamari and I opted for mini Camembert/ chutney. These starters were not reflective of the price (£7.25 each) as when they arrived there was only 3 calamari rings and the Cheese was hard to find under the herb crust which was not mentioned on the menu. There was more chutney and one slice of baguette which tasted stale. The waitress was very professional and acknowledged our issue and agreed to take off our bill. Unfortunately things didn’t get much better as When my chicken & mushroom pie arrived which did look delicious turned out to be undercooked. The pie was nice and brown on top but raw underneath which was a real shame. The chicken also looked processed with very little taste. The mash and gravy was very tasty and the fish pie my husband had was also very good. I know hospitality currently has lots of obstacles due to increased costs but food quality is a must if they want returning customers. Again the service was excellent and Jess our waitress dealt with our issues promptly and this was reflected in our final bill.

Well priced and great food. We took friends there and it was a very good choice. I would recommend it to anybody. The reason I chose it was that they take dogs!

I have eaten here many times over the last few years with my partner. Great food one of the best pubs I have eaten and I have eaten in a lot! Very friendly team with great sense of humor. I love the small tapas plates great for a bit of English Mediterranean and even Thai food. Must mention the steaks again very good quality indeed. Again the Sunday roasts are first class to get anything on a par you would need to go the Hawks more in London. If you are in the area make you you give it a try you wont regret it.

An impromptu meal out with a friend, having always had a good reputation with family members being chefs thought we’d try it ! The service was super friendly, professional & knowledgeable, the waitress knew her menu! The food was top notch, it tasted like it had been cooked by a fab chef, presentation was great! Thank you

Always a great place to eat, food is first class with a lovely atmosphere and excellent, friendly, helpful staff.

Great Christmas lunch washed down with a great pint of beer. The service was really good. Wonderful place for our Christmas work lunch. Thanks

I organised a party of 14 for Christmas dinner. The pre selected food was very good with some nice touches added into the menu (bonne Bouche etc.). The tables were nicely decorated and the service was excellent on a busy night for the staff. All in all great evening and made even better by the great range of real ales available.

Wonderful food brilliant service

Beer is brilliantly stored and food is amazing

Rude embarrassing staff ! food gone seriously downhill and expensive. A customer shouted put it on a lead ( none of his business that I walked in with my dog Heidi) I replied no. Landlord asked me so I did leave returned dog to home ( as I had no lead being alsation professionally trained ). Correct words and politeness dog or human isn't difficult. On returning asked Landlord politely if the man mentioned could have manners as not staff and was told to leave . Cannot understand the wrong I had done being honest after regulars told me it's gone downhill should of taken the advice.

Rude embarrassing staff food gone seriously downhill and expensive. A customer asked put it on a lead I replied no. Staff asked me so I did leave and return dog to home. Correct words and politeness dog or human isn't difficult. Confronted politely and was told to leave on second vist.

fantastic home cooked food , lots of choice and veggie options and delicious puddings very reasonably priced and great service will definitely be back

Awesome food. Lovely Sunday roast become a tradition! Staff are just lovely and the choices of food perfect....and desserts are delicious too

Fantastic meal with the extended family today. Wonderful and attentive surface, great food and a very good wine menu. Always taken care of exceptionally well. Will be back!

We were staying at the Bugle hotel but the chef had gone missing so we went to the Wheatsheaf and we were very glad we did.We had tapas for starters and each one was excellent.The menu is quite adventurous with a lot of fish dishes...

Excellent beer superb service and good company just a shame it was a Monday and no food. Will come again

Old world pub, we had a bite to eat the fish and chips were wonderful great portion size. The beer was good as well. All very reasonably priced.

Really good choice and very tasty food. Well worth a visit, but book ahead. It's busy

We had a lovely time here, four couples, great ales, excellent wine and good food. A particular recommendation for the pickled seafood as a starter. And warm praise for our serveuse, who unlike many pub staff, knew a lot about the food and drink, and even answered questions about some lovely flower arrangements

Situated in the lovely village of Titchfield, we were nearby on holidays, saw this online and thought would give it a chance. Dining area is nice, quite spacious, good lighting and decor. I decided to go for the Hake, which was delicious, with a bit...

Always great food and great service.

Great food and lovely staff would recommend. Had a wonderful sunday dinner

Great local pub with excellent food and drink, very friendly and cosy

Nice traditional local pub with partly covered beer garden and from what I saw, good food coming out.

We came here three days in a row,very nice vegetarian food and a great choice too. Everything was very tasty. The staff gave us a warm welcome.If we would have stayed longer in Titchfield we would have come for a fourth time.

Great beer at a good price . The real ales were well looked after so well done to the cellerman

Called in on Saturday night, they had live music in the bar, the service was very friendly and the Goodens Gold and Pots Ale were well kept and absolutely delicious.

Went to a pub quiz didn't eat as to late but friendly locals and landlord friendly to.

The service was good and staff friendly. The food and beers were average

Just returned from a fabulous meal at the Wheatsheaf. We are both vegetarian and the menu was simply outstanding! Probably the best selection of vegetarian food we have seen. The food was tasty and delicious. The service was also excellent with the waitress taking the...

Can't fault the wheatsheath, friendly, welcoming, good food.

Great food and staff are very friendly

Been previously with friends. Great choice office of dishes and very comfortable lounge . Great afternoon- made up for aborted visit to another Titchfield pub the same day.