The best restaurants in Basingstoke and Deane South East

Placed a delivery order at 5:40, it didn't arrive until 8:45. Called an hour and a half in to check, was told it was still under way because there were only two chefs. Fine, I understand restaurants being short staffed. Called again just under the three hour mark, found it suspicious that the order had left as I was on the phone trying to cancel the order. No comp for the wait, not even an apology from the employee on the phone. Again, I understand accidents happen and being short of employees, but this was a bit much.

We had a super lunch here at the Swan. Good service, great food, reasonable prices. I had the Roast Porcetta and my wife had the roast beef. The vegetarian ravioli also went down well with our guests. We were the second sitting for lunch and two of the dessert choices had all gone by the time we got to that point but that didn't detract greatly from a good meal. Definitely recommended, total cost for 4 was £110 including drinks and a 10% service charge that was added.

This is our 3rd visit of this lovely pub and it just gets better. I’m so surprised anybody could be even slightly disappointed with this gem. We booked a table for 8 for Sunday lunch. My family all live in different parts of the UK and we all travel about an hour to reach this pub. The drive is so worth it. The car park is big enough to cope with all our cars and they have an electric car charger if needed. Outside (for our Grandchildren) is a lovely play area. Our welcome, our service and the food cannot be faulted in anyway. The portions are amazing and well presented. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff here. We thoroughly enjoyed all our meals. To top this amazing lunch off - a singer on an acoustic guitar was playing live in the background- at a volume we could still talk easily over, he too was amazing. Well done to everybody there - you all deserve a huge round of applause just like the singer! We will definitely see you again soon

Christmas lunch for a group of friends. Everyone enjoyed their lunch although a couple thought Brussels sprouts could have been cooked a bit longer. The turkey meal was very good and made a change to have the turkey rolled rather than in a slice. Bacon round outside kept meat moist. Aubergine meal for vegetarians was good and the selection of vegetables that everyone shared were delicious. The butternut squash soup was very much to our liking but some may have found it spicy. The atmosphere was very pleasant and the staff excellent-very helpful, accommodating and friendly.

I order food from here quite a lot and the more I order it’s become hit and miss. Ok so I ordered dinner for my wife and I and I have got to say I was very disappointed the naan was not fresh but bought by them in a bag as it was very doughy( I no my naans) secondly the curry was just not good, very very disappointing but I think it time I find another Indian sorry Cromwell but you have let me down several times!!!

Absolutely brilliant staff amazing good all round

Really enjoyed my visit to the Fox recently , more vegan and vegetarian choices , good service , lovely hot food , excellent cheese board and our table of 10 seemed to love every bit of it .

Good service big beer garden. nice staff great food try the all day breakfast and that Sunday dinners best in Basingstoke.

Nice food and good selection. Quick to serve and can order at table through their qr code. Outside seating. I had the burger which was good.

Due to their overcharging I will not be going back. My family have been ordering takeaways from here for 20 years but have recently noticed that we have been overcharged every time we have ordered in the last year or so. I confronted manager once and he said it was because they were going off of the website prices as the physical takeaway menu was outdated. However, today once again, they tried to charge us £12 more than the correct amount. It’s a real shame as the restaurant itself does have a great atmosphere and the food is delicious. Unfortunately the friendly service is fake.

Stayed 2 nights. Easy to find. Went for a circular walk first evening..then had a excellent meal. As we were getting up early next day they had left a superb continental breakfast in our room. Breakfast next day was freshly cooked and lovely. Highly recommend this lovely place

Nice place but too many yappy dogs to my liking

Very very disappointing. We waited well over an hour for our lunch and saw tables who had ordered after us being served first. An offer to take our drinks off the bill was accepted. The calf’s liver was over cooked and so salty it was almost inedible. A badly organised pub serving poor quality food. AVOID.

Odd to see a sign on the pub advertising a chance to lease a pub when the present team have been in situ for some time. And running out of cask beer? A bit weird. However the food was plentiful and tasty.

A friendly local pub. The staff are attentive and friendly. It's a shame that there isn't any cask ales on, but maybe they haven't got the custom for real ale.