Ye Olde Whyte Harte in Eastleigh

Lovely pub, good beer and great food.

We had starters and then we had to wait 1 hour for our mains. Then the steak was overcooked, the chips cold, the mushroom burnt and the peppercorn sauce runny and watery (transparent). Worst dinner ever. I paid £260 for 3 of us, I told them how the food was, and not even a sorry !! I have been going to this pub over 10 years. It is sad to say that I won’t eat there anymore.

We enjoyed the food and service, but the atmosphere was lacking a bit probably because it was late afternoon.

A good solid pub that serves food and has good ambience. I was very grateful to them because it was 1030pm on a Tuesday and they still served me unlike a pub down the road that had already closed. Nice friendly young team. Next time I will come back earlier and try the food.

Really lovely pub and fantastic food The venison suet pudding was outstanding

Only popped in for a quick couple of drinks but staff were lovely and drinks were actually reasonably priced for once. X

Went for lunch with my husband and dog. Ordered the Kiwi burger and Whyte Hart special burger. Husband and I split the burgers so we could enjoy a bit of both. Being a Kiwi myself, I couldn’t fault the kiwi burger. It bought back nostalgic memories. I also asked for gravy for the chips which they were happy to provide. Lovely staff, had a nice time with really good food. I normally pop here two to three times a year and have never had a bad experience.

Always amazing, food is fantastic, beer is kept very well and above all the customer service is top notch. Very friendly pub for everyone to feel welcome and enjoy.

We had a lovely time, the menu is varied and interesting and the food we had was delicious and well presented. Can’t fault the service from the friendly staff who were attentive and helpful. Will return and recommend to all!

Visited while in the area with family members. Prebooked a table for 7.45pm. Lovely quaint traditional pub. Shown to our table and drinks orders taken. Holly came and took our orders - 10/10 for her enthusiasm and friendliness - she was so good. Starters and mains were all delicious and absolutely piping hot. After main course we decided to have a little rest before asking for dessert menu (different waitress - not Holly). We were advised that they were not serving desserts as they had a shortage of chefs for the evening and they had been very busy (and also the kitchen was now closed). It was such a shame as we are pudding fans and had been looking forward to sampling one. I had a smaller main course so that I had room for a pudding. It would have been nice if we had been informed at the start of our meal that there would be no desserts available. Overall a lovely evening but the "no pudding" did dampen our enthusiasm a little and as we aren't local we probably won't get chance for a revisit.

Arrived at the bar to a very unwelcome bar person , no greeting , just stared at us , drinks ordered and we sat at a table we found ourselves . After 20-25 minutes no one came over to us to offer a menu . We drank our drinks and left . No acknowledgement on our leaving . Where has the Whyte Hart spirit of previous years gone ?. A terrible shame . Avoid at all cost.

It was a pleasant experience. We just had a drink.

Only here for drinks today but specials board looks good. Especially Jamaican goat burger. I'll be back to try. HSB was in fine form. Thank you team.

Traditional pub, excellent food far better than normal pub grub and good service.

Hands down the worst carvery I’ve ever eaten in my entire life. Roast potatoes looked like they had been cooked on the radiator and were basically just semi boiled potatoes. The chicken looked like a small roasted pigeon. The Yorkshire pudding was flat as a pancake and the gravy was actually some how thinner than water. How this place has an average 4.4 star review is mind blowing. Toby carvery blows this place out the water and that’s saying something. Absolutely shameful roast dinner, will definitely never be coming back lol.

Didn't eat just popped in for a drink. Old place full of character. Staff really genuinely friendly. Drinks a lot cheaper than other places in the area but of just as good a standard

A lovely clean welcoming pub. A lovely selection of Sunday roast Brought out fresh and piping hot Very tasty seasonal vegetables and all trimmings I would recommend this pub for visitors to Hamble wishing for a bite of tasty food

Great service, great meal. Thank you

The place was amazing but I think we just didn't pick the right dishes...

Clearly still under the same management unprofessional in every way such a same as it could be a go to location in a lovely little village.

Disappointed! We haven’t been in for a while & we were really sad at the current service and food there. The bar lady did nothing to make us feel welcome, in fact the opposite! Was borderline rude. Ordered two burgers. Tiny buns & £10 for half a chicken breast! The other was £20 & while tastes good was not value for money. Got charged £2 extra to swap from chunky fries to skinny - ridiculous! Asked for mayo - waited to be told they didn’t have any & so was given a bottle of ketchup which was still sealed & then went everywhere trying to open! We were not asked if food was ok during or after meal. Would not return! A real shame as we liked it here a few years ago.

I had pork rogan josh. I found very little pork but lots of what appeared to be potato. If that had been mentioned in the description, I would not have ordered it. If I had rated this review on my meal alone I would have given it one star. However, my companions really enjoyed their fish and chips and the nachos so maybe I was just unfortunate.

Enjoyed a meal here whilst on a walk

Lovely little pub, well situated before you enter the village centre. Nice aray of drinks.

Superb meals - pies to die for and the really good half size meals for the less hungry. The beef nachos will fill you up too !

Great place, I recommend it Perfect beer

Over the years we have had enjoyed some excellent roast lunches here. However, our last three visits have not been good Half a roast carrot each, small leg of chicken ( when it was always breast), and grey cauliflower cheese - also not very warm. We had to ask for everything- mint sauce, horseradish, more drinks, coffee…. Its a shame , as the waitress was very friendly and the place has a lovely atmosphere

Shocking Place has so much potential shame how it's run and managed or lack off... says award winning pub on the Web site I think that's just for the building not what's going on I side and by the looks of it The brewery made one up.

An impromptu Friday night dinner out to celebrate an exam pass. The Whyte Hart is a favourite in the village. Great food, the fish pie was huge and filled with seafood. The chicken & mushroom pie n mash was superb too and all made on premises we were told. Initially a bit disappointed with the desert portion size but this was soon fixed by the staff. A big 10/10 for our server Holly who looked after us 100%

Very nice and original pub with very friendly service

Hoped to have a few drinks prior to a Thai meal in Hamble. Was served an undrinkable glass of red wine and asked if I could replace it for another variety in case the wrong one had been poured. Was refused as had taken a couple of sips, despite my partner having a full pint of Guinness and we were hoping to while away an hour at a lovely table. Sadly the attitude of the bar staff would not warrant a return visit and the wine was left more than 7/8 full at the bar as a replacement was refused. We went to a lovely pub at the King & Queen - spent an hour, lovely wine, great service and tried to give a tip and were told there was no need as it was only drinks - what a complete difference in service!!

Great spot for a drink or for a meal. The staff are excellent and the atmosphere is great.

Great mix of drinks available real ales and larger great atmosphere a true local pub.

Authentic British pub - delicious Sunday roasts (including vegan) and typical pub foods (fish & chips, burgers, etc.). Extensive selection of draft beers. Wonderful service.

Fantastic cozy pub and amazing food (meat and vegetarian). We had a lovely family meal next to the log fire - very memorable. Friendly accommodating staff. Will definitely be a frequent visitor. Thanks very much for making us feel welcome.

Best pub in Hamble. Lovely atmosphere and nice garden.

One of my all time favourites, a lovely old village pub, with a roaring fire, good food and drink. Great atmosphere too.

Absolute appalling meal. Starter was 4 prawns in a chilli sauce which was extremely hot, and I enjoy chilli, with bread. Main meal was supposedly ham,egg,chips. Chips were the best thing on the plate. Eggs too cooked and the so called honey ham was warmed up pork! Yes we did complain but were assured it was ham. J20 and a coffee. Bill came £30. For an awful meal and it was freezing cold. Draught from the window, even though they had an open fire. Will not be going there again.

What an awful meal!! We ordered, Home roasted Honey mustard glazed ham, egg and chips. Gosh what a mistake!! What we actually got was left over Sunday roast pork!! Dry, tough and inedible! Never again will we visit this pub!!!

Disappointing. It was not very warm and as we were the only customers the atmosphere was not good. Food was good though as was the service.

Good place for dinner with decent service. The meals were deliciously prepared.

Nice pub and good ales, ciders and gins. A pub that has not changed in a way that has lost its charm.

Follow Mr & Mrs R on TikTok. Great pub with real ale and delicious food. Within walking distance of the Hamble estuary

Outstanding Sunday Lunch today. I can highly recommend it. So often disappointed with a pub Sunday roast, but not today

Decided on an impromptu dinner out midweek - quiet in restaurant, a few in bar Staff were attentive, polite, service was quick. Chose mussels for starter - delicious & highly recommended! Chicken Balti for main - fabulous flavours just lacking in chicken. Kitchen added extra spoonful when mentioned to them - for me was still lacking but did enjoy the meal overall. That said problem was rectified with an apology so Please support local pubs it would be a shame to loose them.

i came here with a few family members for a sunday roast which was cooked beautifully, as well as the chocolate brownie which i really enjoyed. however, it seems the place is lacking on customer service, certain staff members can come across as a little bit rude.. but lovely pub overall, and would return again for the food.

This was the worst roast I think I have ever had out. 2 of the meals come out wrong and when saying about it to staff she replied the chef said it was all correct beef was missing from one plate so they brought a slice out said just been cooked but it look raw. I thought a roast was a joint of meat not frying beef. If you have a combo you get the smallest amount of meat. We asked for more gravy which we waited for about 10 minutes to be told there it is a small milk jug between 6 and they had run out then another staff appeared with more gravy. Veg was hard and drinks over price. Tbh it was only 1 staff member she was really rude other were polite.

Happy birthday lunch had the roast beef cooked very well nice Yorkshire puddings too apart from the chef filled it with greens and made it soggy but roast was good only other thing was a drunk old women. Behind the bar witch I thought was very unprofessional but over all was a nice afternoon.

Excellent food and quality of service, much recommended!

Excellent Sunday dinner and good friendly service and didn’t have to wait long would highly recommend and will be going back.

Awfull.. and expensive specially the drinks

Went here once before and had a terrible experience but thought I would try again. I shouldn’t of bothered. There was only 4 of us , we were the only ones eating but still waited about 40 minutes for starters. Then waited at least another 40 minutes for mains. My daughters food came out wrong, I asked the waiter to take it and change it but his attitude was so bad that I told my daughter to just take it as it was. Never once came over to ask if it was all ok, was too busy smoking out in the back garden with the other staff. Food wasn’t too bad but really don’t know why it took so long and the staffs attitudes need looking at. It’s customers that keep these places going so at least give good customer service. I won’t be going back a 3rd time!!!

Lovely outside in the enclosed beer garden

Wonderful quaint popular pub. Staff were lovely as was the food. Highly recommend.

We ate & drank here a few times whilst visiting Hamble recently. We came for the HSB which was well kept, served at a good temperature & delicious. There were also 3 other ales which were all good but we kept returning for HSB. We had a lunch and a dinner here & food was good pub grub, tasty & hot but nothing exceptional. However, having seen a couple of pies come out which looked amazing I would definitely order one if we visited again. It was friendly pub with both bar staff & customers ready for a chat. Get a bit more "localish" then some of the pubs in Hamble which we really liked. Dog friendly to boot so all I all very pleased it was our nearest pub.

Excellent food in a lovely pub with great service. All of the starters were excellent but especially the prawns which were succulent and fresh. We all had different fish dishes for main courses which again were very fresh and flavoured very well. Also very generous portions. One of the best pubs for food in Hampshire.

A lovely spot in Hamble, just a short walk from the river. It was our first visit to the pub, despite having been to Hamble many times over the years, and we really enjoyed our food. The staff were friendly and there was an excellent selection in terms of both food and drink. We shall return.

Popped in for a Sunday roast. Hadn’t booked but they fitted us in and the roast beef and roast lamb was amazing. We eat Sunday roasts out all the time and this one one of the best if not the best. Potatoes excellent as was the meat and veg. Would probably book next time as after our order they stopped taking anymore until after 5.00pm we had ours around 4/4.30 pm.

What a fabulous find, first the most Delicious Sunday lunch and now Friday super. Great value, Amazing staff and dog friendly. Don’t miss this jewel in Hamble

A beautiful and quirky pub with an amazing atmosphere. The food and drink was also really great. Overall they made our visit really special.

Food was nice but pricey. Service was good but sparse. It wasn't even busy yet Food service was very slow. I understand this is an award winning dining experience, I would have to say that they are not living up to that standard at the moment. Salad was missing a few items and brownies were far too hard.

We popped in on the off chance to see if they had any tables , they were lovely they did accommodate us and warned us we may have a wait for food which we accepted but to be fair we didn't wait too long we had fish and chips , was lovely and staff were good and service was good to.

Wow, the service here is stunning. The food was so good we ate here 2 nights in a row. It was lovely. Thank you for your patience with our party of 8! It was worth the visit.

Exceptional food, fairly priced, friendly service, lots of different parts of the pub, meaning some parts quiet, and some more atmospheric. A little gem.

delightful pub, great ambience and excellent food. superb prawns best ever and great main courses, staff were so lovely, look forward to next visit

We have been here quite a few times, everything, especially the food was great. But something has changed. More recent reviews reflect this. We ordered 2 meals, both were wrong. Asked for chunky chips got mash. The menu said chunky chips with the burger, got skinny fries. We had to get the menu to prove it. The burger bun was basic , previously it was ace. Seasonal vegetables were frozen peas, so one vegetable then. The waitress was really apologetic, not her fault we know but she was taking the flack from others and us, she was 5 star. Beer still good. We understood it was day 2 for the kitchen, but it wasn't busy and these were not difficult orders. Don't eat here I would say until things get ironed out, have a drink in the lovely garden/pub and see if it's get better first.

We had a lovely meal there the other day. Food was top-notch and a nice cold couple of beers to wash it down

No food available for the second night in a row. Very disappointed as menu looked great

Nice old style pub with a good selection of beers and no chavs. Perfect.

Wonderful little pub, had a drink here, nice little outside area upstairs, Please give it a try, going back again for food next time!

A beautiful looking pub/restaurant in the village of Hamble. The pub has a lovely open fire in the centre of the building which is unfortunately what caused the problem... that and the owner!!! We went in for an early dinner/late lunch and the whole place was empty, we chose to sit in the restaurant side and ordered our meals. While we were there the staff propped open the kitchen door which changed how the smoke was being drawn through from the fire and filled the restaurant area with smoke. We mentioned this to the staff who were trying to do something with the fire to be told by one that it was her pub and she could do what she liked. No apologies offered by the owner at all. If we hadn't been visiting family (who fortunately hadn't heard the comment) we would have walked out then and there. The food was really nice it was such a shame that the owner let it down. We had intended to have a dessert but did not want to give them any more money. We will not be going there again especially having read reviews since, it is not a one off occurrence. There are plenty of other venues in the area - go somewhere else!!

Been eating and drinking with you for a few years now, after the latest price rise this week I can say with all the alternatives locally it will probably be the last for us, I accept prices are rising for everyone but don’t take the p*** and rip us off. If your prices return to a sensible level then I will be back but until then forget it.

Friendly and welcoming. Great food

Went for Sunday lunch last week, was mediocre at best, certainly not worth the £16 we paid. There was a group on the table next to us, a woman with a very loud voice and piercingly shrill laugh. The whole experience was awful. There are plenty of other places in Hamble to eat and drink, don’t choose this pub!

Horrendous evening, rude owner, no customer service or people skills.. Food cold and arrived nearly 1 hour after ordering !! Do not bother

Lovely meal today for Mother's Day. Looked after very well by Chia and the rest of the team. Thank you.

Dry beef, gravy was like water, was never asked if everything was ok, had to ask twice for the bill.

Wow 1st time eating food here. The food was amazing value for money and tasted fantastic. The staff are friendly and there was a great atmosphere. We were lucky to get a table. Would highly recommend and will be eating there again!

I like this pub. It's cute and cosy and the beer is a tiny bit cheaper than the pubs nearby. They also seem to value their locals.

Great food with generous portions. Service is friendly and helpful and the old pub itself is a pleasure to visit with its very welcoming fire place.

A lovely old world atmospheric pub. Good range of ales. Good food and friendly staff.

Poor. The young waitress was lovely but when our food came 4 out 6 of our meals were terrible. One meal didn’t come, the calamari was extremely chewy and the burgers tasted off, the chips were undercooked (and served with chunky fries instead of the requested skinny fries), 2 of 3 burgers had no cheese… I could go on. I wouldn’t usually complain but when half your party is left hungry and you are charging £18 for a meal, I decided to say something. What I assume was a manager came to ask what the problem was but had such an attitude. Granted they refunded the burgers, but at payment we were met with an equally grumpy bartender who told us she ‘hoped we had worked out how to split the bill because she wouldn’t’. Overall very disappointing for what was once a lovely local pub.

Very dark interior good choice of beers

Cozy country pub, nice big open fire, couple friendly dogs to talk to. Friends tell me the food was really good.

I’m so shocked at my experience at this establishment. Wasn’t very busy in restaurant section but was a little at the bar. The bar seemed more important than the restaurant side as service was a little slow. As for the food not great. Dry is the word the sums up our 4 different dish choices. Now if one of the four was slightly dry I would put it down to a bad dish it can happen, but for all four to be dry isn’t a great advert for this establishments food. One meal was so bad it had to be sent back. Once we had eaten all we could we have some feed back to our server when she reported it back to what I guess was the landlady we were accused of trying to get free food. I was shocked at this as not once had we asked for anything to be removed from the bill. The landlady’s attitude from that point was absolutely disgusting rude and abrupt in front of my children and other customers was that bad she cost her young waitress a tip. This seems like a great little venue maybe add some flavour to your food and some customer service lessons needed. Would never recommend or visit again

Starters were lovely. Mains we’re absolutely shocking. I had fish pie, was terribly dry, I had to send it back for lack of flavour. My partner had the pork belly, the meat itself was cooked well, the potatoes had no flavour whatsoever. My sons cheese burger was overwhelmingly seasoned with pepper, was tingling my tongue for 10mins after. When I approached the waitress to explain how the food was and especially my 12 year old sons burger, I walked away in private to tell her so not in front of the other guests, she said she would report back. I then herd the female manager from the bar say “she just wants free food”. I herd this and went to the bar to say that we don’t want free food, they just should make it clear on the menu that it has a lot of pepper in. To which she opened the kitchen door and told the chef to tell me, to which he replied yes there was a lot of pepper in it. We go out for dinner quiet a lot and don’t expect to be spoken to like that especially from the landlady of an establishment. Although the main meals were not great, I have come away appalled by the level of customer service. I have never been spoken to like that in my life. The rudest experience of my life. When the bill was brought she then slammed it on table and walked off. Absolutely disgusted

Lovely, cosy atmosphere. Friendly and helpful pub staff, great food. Will definitely be visiting again!

Always an excellent dining experience. The food is delicious and the open plan fire makes for a cozy setting. The beer is always great. 5 well earned stars. Thankyou guys.

As always friendly reception Great food, good beer, my favourite pub in Hamble

Absolutely wonderful! We were a party of six and were well looked after from start to finish. We each enjoyed a main course and a dessert. Main courses were fish pie (with fennel in and just the right amount), lamb cooked to perfection, an amazing and very generous pie along with two huge and tasty burgers. Meals served with seasonal veg as appropriate and these were all cooked well. Desserts ordered included sticky toffee pudding, cheesecake and apple crumble- again delicious! The young lady who served us was perfectly attentive but not overbearing. She was courteous and appeared to genuinely enjoy her job as she smiled throughout service. All of this offset with the ambiance and aroma of crackling fire. Lunches don't get better than this.

Very cosy pub, with welcoming staff. A tad expensive.

Beautiful old pub with genuinely lovely staff and a proper British pub feel. We held a wake here back in August. And nothing was too much trouble. The food was plentiful and delicious. We were worried there wouldn’t be enough but it kept coming out and we had lots of nice comments on how happy everyone was with the venue and the food. Only struggle was trying to get some answers over the telephone. But we needn’t have worried as they had everything executed to perfection. The person whose wake it was used to drink here. So it was a perfect send off. We even had use of the tv in the upstairs room to show a slideshow of photos. Thank you to everyone at ye olde whyte heart. 🙏

Thus pub seems to have so much potential bur what a disappointing experience. Ordered a chicken , leek and bacon pie . There may have been some chicken in it but it was minute pieces but lots of cubes of potatoes and carrot. No bacon or leek , pastry was soggy and fatty too . We did get a full refund though really I would prefer to have eaten a nice pie !

Delicious food, comfy bed and brilliant hospitality.

Great food ale and the staff are very friendly

Well kept ales, good varied menu, nice place to sit.

Lovely friendly pub with great food, you always get a warm welcome My go to pub when I am in Hamble

It's been years since we last visited but not disappointed. Lovely food and Gales HSB ! Staff were busy but helpful and the rear garden was ideal in the heat of the evening.

Sunday lunch for 6 people wasn'tanything special, I've had better carveries. Beef and lamb were well overcooked and roast potatoes needed longer in the oven. Needed to order extra gravy due to this. Veg was nice and cauliflower cheese which compensated a little for what was on whole a bit of a disappointing meal. Friendly staff but not very attentive. 2 cokes ordered.and only one arrived. Cheeseboard dessert took ages , when asked where it was after some time.waiti was told the cheeseboard takes a while to make ???? I When it arrived it had 3 small wedges of cheese quite adequate for 1 and 3 bits of celery.and a tiny pot of something , don't know what it was but wasn't very nice. When I asked where the grapes or salad was I was told.they don't have any , not enough biscuits to accompany the very uninviting board . Also asked for a.glass of merlot to accompany this but it never arrived. 3 star review as nice ambient feel and atmosphere but have felt unwell since eating the cheese.

We have had a great meal and a few drinks at the pub, the menu was very good. My wife is gluten free and there were lots of choices for her. Food was hot and we didn't wait long at all. Brilliant little local.