Walnut Tree Farm, Dining & Carvery in Test Valley

Amazing experience, we have never been here before but came here for a family meet up. Kids can play whilst we sit back and enjoy our food.

Food lovely very hot staff friendly nice play area for kids

Amazing service from the staff the food is amazing lovely play area for the children inside and outside will definitely be returning

1st time here today, lovely food nice hot food, friendly staff

the food was amazing very friendly environment, amazing play area inside and out for the kids would definitely come again!!

Wonderful carvery whilst the car charged

I don't want to be negative but the queueing system is absolutely awful, I just don't understand why you can't reintroduce the app for "at table orders", people queueing at the bar (and I mean a real queue, like school dinners) for ages while people decide what they want to eat while perusing the menu at the bar is crazy, especially when you have so many staff to tend to seated customers but you absolutely refuse to speed up the process in any way, quite happy to watch people who have difficulty standing to queue, people who might have invisible disabilities, embarrassed to speak out about their difficulties....you need to think of things a different way I think.

It is what it is but the roast wasn't half bad and very reasonable

Absolutely amazing food.. 👏🏻 Had the carvery . Even though it was very busy the service was great and fast :)

Enjoyed the food. The gammon and beef were Devine.

Smiles from the staff as soon as we walked in. Great food, great atmosphere, and all the staff were wonderful. Will be back soon 🤩

Good food and prices, great in half term with kids eating free

Had a lovely family meal here tonight, service was great and the kids loved it especially in the play area.

Bit out the way this place but is worth the trip as the carvery is a good one! They boast an impressive bar and friendly smiley staff working tables (that are nice and clean) It's always busy here and I think the competitive prices and novel cake stand are the main reasons for this. I had the carvery and to finish a not so modest slice of mars cake with custard. (This thing was huge coming in at just under 1600kcals) All in all a great family place or somewhere to head to for a cheap and plentiful meal with mates.

Kids love coming here, the staff are always friendly and the food is decent.

Very nice place to spend with friends and kids. Family friendly. New menu is lovely, wraps are amazing!

it's 5 star rating all the way. The food was hot, tasty and delicious. Shaks, the manager, leads by example because he works as hard as any of his staff. The whole place is very clean and tidy. Large family area keeps the kids happy. I would suggest, for value for money, this place can't be beat. I have just one suggestion...a separate till for people just wanting drinks, bit of a wait for drinks sometimes because some people ordering food can take ages. I am going to try using the app next time to see if that's any quicker.

Don't get to treat ourselves very often but when we do we really enjoy, lovely meal and there cakes are amazing

Amazing food. Lovely staff and great atmosphere.

Brilliant food. Brilliant service. Highly recommend!

Lively place with attentive staff. Food portions were good, specially the carvery.

Food was delicious come in dinner time all staff where lovley and friendly highly recommend

Came out for a quick dinner. Served quick and efficiently and food was amazing. Staff are lovely especially amber. Lovely dessert really recommend the biscoff sundae!! Would come again.

Amazing pub my children love coming here staff are very kind and friendly they are also amazing with accommodating my special needs children’s food requirements thank you so much for making it a nice experience for them to eat out

Had the most amazing lunch, and bought a slice of the booscoff cake to take home, man, the cakes are literally next level, sooo good, next time I might just try a slice of EVERY cake they have🤣🤣🤣, compliments to the cake team!

Had the most amazing brownie. It was so chocolatey and the size was massive. From aomeone that loves brownies, I have to say this was one of the best. Had it to take away which was a really good idea as I don’t always want to eat dessert after a main. Definitely come back here for their brownies and to try their cakes.

Staff are amazing very helpful and great little kids soft play area. Food was delicious.

Best meal out in a long time. Amy was amazing

Large bar area but have to queue at one till to be served even if your just wanting drinks and everyone else is ordering food! Better to order on the app! However, is only ordering drinks on the app, priority seems to be with those queuing at the bar! Waited 20 mins before going to ask for our drinks..... This is my local, if you take the lack of service out of the equation, then atmosphere, location etc are good.

Great service and food. Thank you! Amy was great.

Visit to The Walnut Tree Nursling, Southampton today for a family birthday. Lovely food, great atmosphere and the staff were brilliant - especially Kayleigh! Thank you!

Fabulous staff and service. Beautiful food. First time travelled from Salisbury but will definitely be back!

Gave me turkey that was still raw in places . When I brought it to carvers attention he scraped it of the plate and tried to give me cooked slices on the same blood stained plate. Very off-putting

Came with the family for wedding anniversary celebration really lovely time children enjoyed the play area. Highly recommended

Great experience, perfect for kids.

Great place great food great service

Just stopped.for a drink after visiting the climbing gym near by

Food and drink served quite quickly from main menu Carvery ticket had to be asked for as not given at time of drinks being served. Customer service was great

Great food. Great value. Staff very friendly and efficient. Very pleasant surroundings. Highly recommend to all.

Great family restaurant, soft play area good for kids up to 8 outdoor playground also.

Worst carvery I’ve ever had. Dry food couldn’t eat the roast potatoes or Yorkshire. Had been left out far too long, could not chew the beef…. Cakes are amazing. good play area for kids , and great to be able to sit close by. Friendly staff. Shame about the carvery

Food was okay table service was good

Lovely family friendly carvery! The kids always have lots of fun and the food is delicious

food was average, drinks were nice though.

Lovely service , carvery all day , great play area if you have children with you keeps them busy whilst waiting to eat. Carvery reasonable price. Good experience.

Everything was great, one thing I would say don't try to call they will never answer, I tried to call for 2 days , never got trough

Excellent carvery. Good choice vegetables. Meat portion little small. Friendly service.

Great Carvery, maybe some umbrellas and heat lamps outside wouldn't go a miss

Update: We went again today, despite not having been for a few years, because we had a miserable last turkey & tinsel Christmas Dinner with my mum, who passed 3 years ago, my partner and his parents, it really put us off, despite our previous good experience, the one bad one really was bad, service, all our meals, entertainment, there was nothing Christmasy about the turkey and tinsel meal that we decided to treat our parents too, which was made even sadder as it was my mums last Christmas with us. Today however, it was like a completely different place, we went for my husbands birthday, and this time it was really clean, all the staff were absolutely brilliant, the menu catered for all of us, the food was absolutely great, we all thoroughly enjoyed it, not one complaint, we will definitely go back and start recommending it to friends and family again. We are extremely pleased that my husband chose the Walnut Tree as his birthday dinner choice, today we were all very impressed, and it definitely deserves 5 stars again. Original: The Walnut Tree Farm is a clean, friendly place. Excellent food, including a small selection of vegetarian options. The food portions are large, in fact my partner and my mum order the fish platter and ended up taking quite a lot of theirs home. I'm vegetarian, there wasn't a huge choice, but I had mushroom pie, the filling was very nice but the pastry wasn't great, so I left it, the chips and mushy peas were very good We ordered giant eclairs to take away and were completely shocked when they weren't bakery size but easily a foot long, not fresh cream, they are filled with very sweet custard and synthetic cream, too much even for two people. Wheelchair accessible, don't know what the toilets are like, but I would imagine properly accessible, taking the whole venue into account. Some of the staff are great, very helpful, very chatty, some not so much, overall good experience, would definitely go back. Only disappointment was when we were given a receipt with an offer for mothers day, but you had to book online for the offer, unfortunately there were no bookings available throughout the website, neither could we book over the bar, apparently they can only book so many tables, then you have to turn up and take your chances. When you want to book for 2 wheelchair users, one of whom has dementia and Alzheimer's, and 2 able bodied, but not 100% fit in your party, it is difficult to just turn up and wait for a table, especially when its busy, not all tables are accessible, getting people to move once they're settled and eating is not fair. The Sat Nav on phone got a bit confused, but we found the Walnut tree eventually.

I took my grandaughter there and we ordered off the menus.Our food came out quickly was well presented and no problems with the order.Our waitress Kayleigh went above and beyond and always had a smile on her face.I would recommend this place

Good food! Good family atmosphere. Lovely food.

Very friendly staff! Good food! Lovely carvery! Recommend!

Pretty standard fare but not pretending to be anything else. Decent portions, served quickly. Busy, even on a Monday evening.

Very enjoyable...no hesitation return soon.

Carvery is nice, cake seems expensive but slice is huge enough for 2 and really nice. Coffee was rubbish though and only had semi skimmed milk,

Lovely food and very friendly atmosphere! I’m Staying in Southampton for business but if I’m in the area again I would definitely pop back in!!

Good breakfast Fair value for money

Couldn't fault the food, carvery was cooked to perfection

love coming to the walnut for the play area, carvery and the cakeaway :)

two roast dinners ordered ,only one gravy. requested turkey (one meat) for one meal, no meat. ruined our meal time. plus order was cold,which wasn't due to delivery service. second order in a row they have ruined.

good quality food sensible price

The portions were awful, missing items, almost no meat And the cake was missing We were unable to contact the restaurant

Me, my partner and 2 friends visited today, absolutely terrible. Started the visit of with someone elses Faeces on my hand when i used the toilet before going to eat. The food was terrible, 2 pieces of dry chicken, bacon was floppy, wet salad and dry chips. My partner had a “all day breakfast”, It was stone cold, mushrooms tasted like rubber. My friends got a carvary, They looked in the middle of the meet and it was pink, After eating basically all of the meat. The potatoes where rock hard and the stuffing was very salty. If i get food poisoning i wont be surprised. Should have just gone to mcdonalds.

The food was amazing, really nice atmosphere, best to come after 12

Pop in quite a lot for a couple hours. Staff really friendly and beer always great, really relaxing after work. Thanks

We pop in here most days for a quick drink after work and the staff are always friendly. We have eaten here a few times too; there are QR codes at the table so you can order on your phone rather than go to the bar, and there's a good choice of food ranging from carvery to snacks. Everyone admires the cakes here and they're available to take home with you if you've eaten a bit too much at the carvery!

Sad lack of staff waited 20 mins just to order food, 1 person serving at the bar and about 10 people queuing, only one young lad serving at the carvery another queue, some of the vegetables had been sitting there way to long. That being said when I eventually got my food it was ok. Quite a few things missing off the menu, then another 20 wait for desserts….

Friendly staff. Good atmosphere, would was good 😊

A lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and the food was good with big portions! Very reasonably priced. First time here and will come back again.

Very good food and service was absolutely lovely staff! Would definitely recommend!

Food was great and good value for money. All the staff were friendly and attentive. It was very busy but they still managed to fit us in and all the families were having a great time

Good family restaurant with facility for children and well priced carvery with good food and wonderful customer service!

Lovely food at a restaurant price. Lovely staff and atmosphere. Definitely visit again

Great indoor and outdoor play areas. Usually fast service and reasonable food and prices

Lovely service, food was quick and tasty! Always a good experience when eating here

Lovely food. Pleasant atmosphere and really friendly staff

Great breakfast. Fantastic service all round great experience

Sue behind counter is a breath of fresh air after a long weekend. Great service and great personality. Nice breakfast and surroundings.

it was ok meal was ok chips a bit hard but no to bad

Popped in for an unlimited breakfast with my brother and was greeted by a the shift manager (shaq I think his name is). He was a but standoffish but he seemed under pressure so I sort of ignored that first impression. We sat at our table and then approached the buffet bar to start our breakfast. Noone was there to give any instruction and no signage to advise so I reached over to the plates to grab us a couple of plates to which the manager approached and scolded me that "that's not how we do things here!" his justification was that he was understaffed. My response that if there was enough staff we wouldn't have had to help ourselves didn't go down too well by the look on his face. Me and my brother laughed it off and sat down to begin our breakfast. The food had clearly been left under the hot lamp for an excessive time as everything was dried out and tasteless. It was an all you can eat breakfast so we weren't expecting fine dinning but an acceptable standard would have been good. I approached for a second serving as I'm not the kind of guy to skimp out when unlimited food is available and a member of the kitchen team (he had red uniform on so I presume kitchen staff) was filling some takeaway boxes and I asked him if anyone could get one of those to which he said "yes ill grab you one shortly", with that the manager appeared as if from magic and asked "whats up?". I repeated my request for a takeaway box and he asked what for, I resisted the sarcastic response and stated I wished to take away the remainder of my breakfast and he told me "that's not how we do things here". With that I loaded my plate again and sat down and then witnessed the same manager constantly touching food with no gloves on and after every action he was wiping his hands up his backside (on top of his jeans not onto his actual backside skin) and then repeating the process. I saw him use the till multiple times and then revert back to the same process with the food area without washing or sanitising his hands, occasionally he used a tea towel that got slung back into a crevice after each wipe. I joked with my brother about recording it to show the world but I thought that fell into a Karen style attitude so we finished our plates and left to continue our days work. I've never had a great experience at the walnut tree but I still try to have an unbiased opinion with each visit to anywhere but that's 4 out of 4 visits that have been disappointing for me. Looks like the only thing worth going there for is the takeaway cake in a box that never disappoints except for the price increase over time (which is to be expected with inflation over the years).

Really convenient for onward travel to Southampton port, especially if you have an EV and want to charge up before you go on a cruise. Obviously, also useful if you don't have time to charge on the way out and want a fast charger before the journey home. We stopped for brunch before our holiday. We arrived at around 11:30, the car was fully charged (from under 30%) and we were fed and watered within the hour. Food was a pleasant surprise. Very good value, quick service and good quality for a Green King chain pub. Note, it is popular and was filling up quickly as we left. Next cruise, we will be back.

The best experience with little kids. Yummy food and drinks. brilliant service and kids play area. What's not to like as a parent . Thankyou

Friendly service. Good value for money. Lovely family place to eat

Kayleigh has been fab, good service and great with the kids

Come here with family, enjoy the food.great space for the kids to play. Staff are very friendly and helpful

Unfortunately the staff were rude on arrival and the carvery was cold. The staff seemed uninterested on customer service when we approached this matter, the soft play was dirty like the toilets I wouldn't recommend unfortunately.

We popped in for coffee and cake. The service was very good with friendly staff. The coffee was OK however could have been hotter. Great selection of cakes however the sponge was a bit dry due to limited filling. They were an experience due to size however as I say dry.

The best carvery about they have a new soft play which is brilliant for the kids as well as out door play area will come back again soon

Disgusting breakfast. Over cooked, dry practically inedible. Never again

Great food and service, will be coming Christmas dinner. Tasty food, the best roast potatoes, i recommend to everyone.

Staff were very welcoming and informative and polite . The meal was reasonable prices and the wait was not too long . The deserts were fabulous

Nice meal , staff very pleasant and informative . Price resonaable , wait time not too long Will be be back soon , deserts were lovely

Love it here foods is delicious

We come here for all our family birthday gatherings as we are always welcomed , staff polite and helpful. Best bit are the deserts! But main meals are good and a wide range of choices

Hi I was amazed at the service and standard of food. Food was amazing and delicious and tasted really amazing. Would definitely recommend

This is probably the best carvery pub we've been to, though I actually had the steak & ale pie but next time I will have the carvery, the meal was superb & we had caramel cake & ice cream for desert, & I must say that the cake was the biggest I've ever been served, couldn't manage all the cake but the staff supplied a box to take the remainder home with, the staff were excellent, we live in Fareham but we are making the Walnut Tree our go to carvery

Done a delivery as I was house bound one day through illness. Got hardly any vegetables in all 3 dinners. Not even enough meat for 3 of us. Pigs in blankets were anemic, Yorkshire puds were flat as pancakes

Great food and atmosphere.highly recommended

Amazing staff, very good with children, always enjoy the breakfast and the roast!

The walnut has a great range of food and drink They have options to suit multiple dietary requirements. Plus the indoor kids area is amazing