The Wheatsheaf Pub Salisbury in Wiltshire

I would say that the waiting staff service was poor. We have visited on a Sunday several times beforehand and service has been spot on! However, this time not so much; we had been seated for 20 minutes before our drinks order was taken, and a further 15 minutes for our food order to be taken. The service of food thereafter was prompt. Towards the end of our first course, our waitress came and asked if we were finished and clearly, one of our party of 7 was still eating, but she hung around waiting for him to finish, which was uncomfortable.

Always a lovely atmosphere, outside in the sunny days and cosy in the winter. Food is great, nice specials usually also. Deserts very good, recommend sticky toffee pudding! Service is brilliant, helpful, happy and welcoming.

Lovely country pub with a huge beer garden. Parking can get tight on a sunny weekend!

Lovely ambience in the pub with quick service. Served delicious food but the shin beef portion was too small with one potato and two shavings of carrots. Also the bar staff weren't aware that whisky and port can be served hot making us feel that they weren't experienced.

Excellent food, friendly staff. Brilliant pub.

It was hugely busy as Boxing Day but staff were friendly, attentive and we had a lovely family lunch.

Love this place, great food, great passion fruit gin and the staff are always lovely and chatty. Dogs welcome too ☺️ highly recommend.

Nice food and good atmosphere. Need more fish pie!

Been here a few times, fantastic food and polite helpful staff.

So good and to be open on Boxing day. 5 star.

We spent Christmas day here and absolutely love this place. Definitely five 🌟

Decent food, impecable service, dog friendly

We had a family pre Christmas lunch gathering. Great food, generous portions and staff were courteous, helpful and pleasant. A great team effort.

My family and I went for a Christmas meal here. It was excellent. Good service, food was lovely and there was lots of it

Great village pub with fantastic food and really with a visit

Really good menu tasty food, great service. But remember to take your card sadly not excepting cash which is legal tender this needs to change. Not exceptable for staff to put it on there personal card then to except cash payment. Great atmosphere beautiful pub . Thankyou.

We had our family Christmas meal at The Wheatsheaf this evening. On arrival we were greeted with a smile and taken to our table, which was beautifully decorated. Our drinks order was taken and our food arrived promptly with the perfect amount of time between courses. The starter, main and dessert were absolutely delicious and the service was second to none. Thank you Lara, Poppy, Helaine, and Suzie for a wonderful evening! From the Blackwells and Mrs Day.

Lovely time was had. 3 courses and wine. Staff were friendly, too. Thank you.

Excellent country pub. Good range of quality food at very reasonable prices. Special mention from me goes to clearly well kept and good range of beers, ales and lagers. Peaceful and spacious beer garden if the weather permits. Definitely 5 star.

Amazing good one of the best Sunday roast dinners and deserts I have had in ages.

A tale of two half's really. Obviously a very popular venue especially for Sunday roast. We booked well in advance for a Sunday lunch at 1.45. When we arrived we were shown to two single table pushed together, squashed in between other similar tables - clearly 'walk in tables' and not what you would expect for a pre- booked table. We ordered drinks and food and waited.... and waited. We asked after some considerable time where our drinks were and were told they were on the way. Eventually the food arrived but not the drinks!! Then the drinks arrived. We had to ask for apple sauce and horseradish as we hadn't been asked if we wanted anything else. However the food was first class and has to be recommended. Perhaps we were unlucky with the service and table - a case of packing as many in as possible for cash flow. Overall I would recommend this venue for Sunday roast as the food was excellent.

Great place, the service was really really good and the food was amazing.

We went as a family group for Sunday lunch. Overall enjoyable, but the roast dinner really wasn’t brilliant. My beef was so tough that I had to ask for a steak knife to cut it. The roast potatoes were leathery rather than crunchy on the outside. We asked for a couple of extra Yorkshires (they advertise unlimited Yorkshires) but they took so long to come that we had nearly finished our meal. Staff were pleasant and the atmosphere was as a nice country pub should be.

Enjoyed a good pint after a dog walk in the lovely Woodford Valley. Friendly staff and good service.

What a great pub, the food was amazing and the staff were very friendly and welcoming.

We hadn't booked but the team found us a table. Good service and well presented food. It is hidden away but well worth finding.

Absolutely amazing as usual. We booked quite last minute on a Sunday & when we arrived it was very busy with a great atmosphere. The staff were amazing at seating people & getting to them quickly to take their orders. We had a delicious Sunday roast (one chicken, one pork). The portion size was great & the yourshires amazing! Pudding was must & equally as good. We will be retuning soon

Very good food and beer, friendly staff and very beautifully furnished and decorated.

Menu limited but what we had was good.

Great food as usual. Shame about the poor service. We requested the main bar area as the family area was busy but we left after our main course and single drink as we could not attract the staff for dessert & more drinks. The sting in the tail was the 10% service charge. This was the second time we had experienced the same poor service so will not go intentionally again.

Great stop for a pint and lunch. Many choices on the menu. We had the pork belly, which was excellent! Casear salad, fish and chips, and chicken also good choices. Nice space inside with lots of seating. Plenty of outdoor seating. The servers were very friendly.

Great pub! Always been a favourite. Lovely staff, good food. You can't go wrong..

Ambience was good, decor inside the pub had character. The young lady who took our order was friendly and polite. The food however was so disappointing. I was so looking forward to taking my partner there for lunch. I had the tuna nisoise, thought for the cost of over £17.00 it would consist of a tuna steak. Instead, it contained approximately half a can of tuna in brine, 4 -5 incredibly small new potatoes, and an insipid dressing over the salad. I cannot remember the last time I wrote a review to complain but a small glass of passable white wine, half pint of beer and two mediocre salads costing over £50.00 added insult to injury. I did express my disappointment when paying the bill, in a polite way to just recieve a smile and no apology made!

A nice spot to stop. We often have a drink whilst passing after a nice walk. Good quality red wine, and I always enjoy the coffee. It still has that nice country feel.

Good food, great manager, service good

Had a great burger and the server was very attentive.

What a gorgeous venue. But the service is dismal. It was a struggle to get anything - menus, drinks, plates cleared. But the server couldn’t have been more eager to get us to add a tip onto the payment. I’d think twice before booking again.

Great traditional English country pub, with good food, service and atmosphere. My only continual gripe is with the QR ‘ordering’ code with it being either not working properly, not at all or staff not noticing the order which is often more prevalent during busy periods when they are particularly busy or short of staff.

Very nice pub, delicious food and great service. Staff were lovely. However, having been sent a £15 off voucher to go back and eat, I was disappointed to see a service charge on the bill receipt. So you give us £15 off but take £6 back for a service charge? I would have normally tipped the lovely waitress who served us but decided not to because of the charge. I know they are discretionary and could have asked it to be removed but I shouldn't have to be in that position in the first place. It really has put me off going back for a meal. Which really is a shame.

After a long local walk, this pub was a welcome place to have a drink and a light lunch. The food was delicious, though portions quite small.

Attended last Sunday for a family meal, and fundamentally, really good food but undermined by some interesting serving choices and some serving blunders. On arrival, our table booked for 9 was only with 7 seats. I believe they had to change it last minute, but it left us squeezing in to accommodate us all. I had the Fish and Chips, lovely fish, beautiful crisp and light batter but not many chips, which was a shame because they were excellent, just a little stingy. I had 9 on the plate. My wife like many on the table ordered the roast dinner, her choice of meat was pork. When the food arrived, her dinner didn't. It appears they had forgotten her, once the food arrived 10 minutes in, the meat sadly was mostly fat leaving her hungry. The children enthusiastically ordered Burgers. The burgers themselves were seemingly great quality beef, but utterly smothered in a bright orange (almost synthetic nacho cheese-esque) burger sauce. The sauce entirely dominated the dish leaving the otherwise good food unappealing. All four children refused to eat them as a result. On tasting it, the sauce is extremely strong, in smaller measure it could have complimented the dish but here it was too much. The free Yorkshire Pudding offer did ensure that our family did at least partly fill up, but this unlimited offer shouldn't have been necessary to compensate for the spaces in our stomachs. The deserts were lovely. After the disappointments of the main we were practically licking the plates/ice cream tubs clean. These were the highlight. A frustrating experience, especially given the £200+ bill.

The food was lovely for the adults, but 4 children eating cheese burgers was unsuccessful. There was too much flavour for childrens palettes.

Great experience at the Wheatsheaf. I had the moules-frites, will definitely go back!

Attended a birthday buffet. Sandwiches were dry No chocolate muffins as described very expensive would have been better with a M & S meal deal.

Great pub. Very speedy service and lovely food. Discovered by accident on a detour from A303. Thank you.

Surprised by how good the food was. We enjoyed the lunch menu and the chicken, apricot terrine. Very tasty. An attractive pub both inside and out. Well-trained staff.

Been for a main course before and really liked it but this time went for a light lunch and was very disappointed. Will not go back! We chose a starter (smoked mackerel pate) and a sharer (camembert). We were not offered any other menus but after we had ordered we discovered a bar snacks menu and as we were leaving we heard people talking about their sandwiches so that's 2 menus we were not told about and that really pissed me off as I would have preferred sandwiches. The starter was very very small. The camembert was not particularly tasty: just done with large lumps of garlic and rosemary and not nearly enough bread/crackers. A total rip off from our point of view as the bill for that food was £24 before adding on the drinks.

Had a amazing meal for a friends birthday.... Perfect. But i would like to say this is a cashless establishment. This shocked me... But lovely French couple took my cash and paided on there card... I no its up to the individual business. Not all people have cards. Older more so. Food top class ✌️

This place never fails, good interesting menu, good food and nice pleasant staff even though they were busy

nice home made teal ale quite popuar

My friends and I were disappointed by the Sunday roast. We all had the roast beef but it compared unfavouably with roasts we have had elsewhere. The Yorkshire puddings were good but the gravy thin and watery. The beef was chewy and the vegetables bland. It was not to the standard of food we have had there in the past. Would not recommend to others at the moment and would not return unfortunately.

For the first time in 5 years the were unable modify any of the dishes on offer from the Sunday Lunch menu to cope with a gluten and dairy allergy. Having used The Wheatsheaf in the Woodfords at least monthly and our go to place with family and friends we were shocked at the unannounced change of policy until the 6 of us arrived for pr-pre booked table. Fortunately the chef agreed to cook a steak so it wasn't a complete disaster. Now you have introduced this policy we will be unable to eat at this pub anymore as you can no longer cater for one of your guests. We should have been advised when we booked that there was nothing on the Sunday Lunch menu both gluten and dairy free and you could no longer remove / amend items off the set dishes to cater for allergies.

Lovely pub in a fabulous setting. Great menu, great food and friendly staff. Also dog friendly!

Not an unpleasant pub enjoyable pint of Guinness spoiled by having to pay with card while I would have preferred to pay cash, was told by local patron that this and the quality of service and food has deteriorated since being taken over by large company? I personally although enjoyed my pint and surrounding but will not be going back because I refuse to frequent places that are not taking cash!!

We have been many times and always happy... but this was the first time for a Sunday Roast choice of 4 ,we ordered 2 pork,1 beef and 1 chicken, every dish was done to perfection, our lovely waitress Gemma couldn't do enough for us ,she was very entertaining and service with a bubbly smile. Lovely and clean ,great atmosphere ,outside seats too ,we booked and glad we did as it was really busy. Clean plates all round...compliments to the chef. Thank you .... See you all soon .

Cashless pub with no phone signal.What a great idea

Lovely food and friendly atmosphere.

The pub is a large, attractive historic building close to the River Avon in the pretty hamlet of Lower Woodford. The food is always excellent, the staff are very friendly and getting a table is never a problem. I bring my clients here all the time.

We’ve eaten here numerous times and always enjoyed our meal. Today the meal was not great and the beef inedible. Raised with server who said she’d pass on to the manager. Disappointingly the manager chose to ignore the issue.

Warm, tidy and friendly as well as good beer. Ticked all the boxes

Perfect pub for a Sunday lunch or a quick pint. Great garden and sizable carpark. Atmosphere was great.

Called into the Wheatsheaf on a Monday lunchtime a surprise gesture for my sister and Aunty. On arrival we are not told at any point, that this is a card only business. Imagine the embarrassment when asking for the bill to be refused cash! Embarrassed to the point where one of my guests offered to pay on their card! Fortunately I had a card, but I don’t appreciate being told when I have to use it. Also This business needs to realise, that the whole world is not vegan, the option to have Regular mayonnaise or vegan option would be appreciated. The service was slow, the food mediocre wouldn’t race back

Very poor meal. We had the steak, which was the majority of fat and grisly. Such a shame as this place used to be good.

We stopped in as we were travelling through town and this pub was such a pleasant surprise! I'll count this as probably the best food we had visiting the UK, even when stopping at restaurants that others recommended to us. There was a very good variety of choices on the menu and everyone was happy with their meals. I would recommend the squash ravioli as a great vegetarian option. This pub was also cute, perfectly cozy, and family-friendly. The atmosphere is casual and there is a grassy area by the outdoor seating where kids can walk around, but not play loudly as the pub is located in a quiet (and charming!) residential area.

Nice place to eat and dog friendly.

Very good food, good price, good service.

Perfect venue in every way for a family get together.

It was recommended by a friend. We had a most enjoyable meal. The staff were very friendly.

Whilst technology is often fantastic in terms of QR code ordering, it would be even better if the staff actually paid some attention at the tills so as to make the orders in the first place without customers having to then go to the bar to remind the staff you’ve made an order!

I go to the Wheatsheaf fairly often and have always enjoyed it, but I stopped by with my father in law who has very complex dietary requirements. Archie listened to what his issues were and basically helped him to create a meal out of what he was able to eat. He dealt with it in incredibly sensitively and made no big deal out of what usually becomes a bit of an awkward situation. Thank you Archie and I will definitely stop by more often now 👍🏻

We love the food and atmosphere, our waiter was great he gave us lots of advice etc, can’t fault x one observation maybe ask a couple of staff to watch their language some people’s voices travel!

We met up with friends here whilst on the way to an Airbnb in nearby Pitton for the weekend. We booked for a Friday lunchtime and there was a relaxed yet welcoming atmosphere. The bar/waiting staff were all super friendly, helpful and attentive. We had our dog with us who was allowed in the restaurant and we were shown water and doggy ice cream to keep him happy! The bar staff also remembered our drinks order the 2nd/3rd time which is only a small detail but really makes you feel welcome. Would definitely come back if we’re ever back in the area.

Delicious fish & Chips and lemon tart.

Haven’t even finished eating yet and giving this place 5 stars. Great service, solid prices, could honestly get away with being a little pricier if they wanted to. As an American, for what’s that’s worth, I’ve not been impressed much here. But this place was awesome. I had the steak frites, my wife had the pork belly. All great. Finished off with the sticky toffee desert and it made me mad that we don’t have it in the US, it was incredible. Beer and wine were great as well. I’ll likely never have a chance to eat here again but I would make it a specific place to eat if I ever do!

We are not from the area, but popped in en-route to going back home (Suffolk). We received our food exceptionally quickly and it was excellent quality. The waiting service was the best I have ever experienced anywhere. We were served today by Willis, who was an exceptional waiter. We have eaten out in many places and were taken aback by his high standards of service.

Really great food, service and atmosphere. We will return if in this neck of the woods again. The sticky toffee pudding was really nice! As was our waitress! Thank you! (Family of 4 with 2 children under 10)

Fantastic lunch in the garden. Ordered via app, very quick service. Only negative would be a little pricey.

The food was very good, as were the staff, engaging, smiley and happy to help. Very enjoyable experience

Lovely food. We had the veggie sharing plate. Wonderful waiter who went above and beyond. Very happy lunch

Gemma was an absolute dream , outstanding customer service skills she went above and beyond to make us very welcome

Enjoyed a nice evening, seated outside on a warm day. Ordered from table via app and was very easy. Food arrived quickly and was well presented, very tasty too. Menu choices for me seemed very lardy dah, way too up market. Fish and chips were excellent, though,

Excellent Food, Well Prepared and Presented. Friendly Curtious Staff. Highly Enjoyable Dining Experience.

Quick and very friendly service and food was spot on - special thanks to Gemma who was awesome

Very convenient, comfortable and congenial.

Lovely food and staff were so friendly!

It was lovely, we arrived early so service was good. Got slower as pub filled up and became busier.

Iwe found a welcoming and friendly staff in a very clean and picturesque pub.

Food was lovely, well presented and plentiful.

Very hospitable and accommodating of our dogs.

Ate here with colleagues midweek, so fairly quiet. Food was very good (best steak and ale pie I’ve had for…possibly ever). We were looked after by a guy named Willis and several people at our table commented on how excellent he was, knowledgeable, easy, not fussy. Excellent all round.

We regularly visit the Wheatsheaf for dinner and lunch but the last two times we have been it has not been great! The food is just below any good standard.

Great service, friendly and engaged in banter

Came for lunch in the week, had 3 courses and the food was all really good. The service was even better. Very friendly jovial atmosphere. We will definitely come back.

Very nice setting and a lovely meal

The Sunday roast was amazing. Couldn’t fault the food at all

Best roast we’ve had in ages! And the choc brownie and coffees were a delight. Brilliant service too, made it super easy for us with a dog and baby. Thanks!

Lovely pub restaurant with a large garden and plenty of indoor space too. Obviously very popular with the locals and we loved it too!

This pub is consistently good. Never a problem booking a table, pretty interior, warm and welcoming. Really friendly bunch running the show and producing excellent quality meals .What more can you ask for, which is why we keep going back.

Scotch eggs and ham hock terrine were so gd, great pub

After a long dog walk around the beautiful woodford valley we arrived at the Weatsheaf, lovely lady Bev quickly showed us to our reserved table. My husband and I both ordered the steak and tanglefoot pie with mash and red cabbage, it was delicious! I didn’t want it to end lol. Lovely atmosphere so will be back again to sample the burger that wafted by us looking equally lovely.