The best restaurants in Winchester South East

It was nice restaurant and tasty food. Friendly service and like the feel of the place. I would go again and recommend to others.

Goodbye to the worst Italian restaurant I have ever visited. Two years ago it was a great venue. Two weeks ago it was a disaster. A waitress was spraying chemicals everywhere while I was eating. Before I had finished my main course a waiter started sweeping beneath my table. He then told me that if I wanted a dessert I was too late because they were closing. When I entered the restaurant my greeting was : 'We close at nine, so you need to get a move on'. Other diners were receiving the same treatment, and in 20 years of eating out I have never witnessed such unprofessional behaviour from staff. Today it closed permanently, and good riddance to it.

Loved the relax atmosphere and friendly waiters. I had the Lamb Korma which was delicious. Great attention to detail in serving their customers. Will visit again if I’m in the South of Engeland

Thought this would be an excellent choice for lunch,but unfortunately this was not the case. From the moment we arrived the greeter tried to explain how things worked but we could not understand him nor did he want to repeat himself. He just kept scribbling on the paper on our table. Despite asking for large drinks they seemed to be small glasses. The food we ordered was well cooked, good quality and enjoyable.overall disappointing service and drinks and unlikely to comeback to this particular restaurant.

Cane to the red lion with my family for a pre Christmas meal. The food was amazing staff are so friendly and welcoming, lovely warm atmosphere. Welcoming to children..

Amazing sea bass supreme, cooked to perfection (Please don't ever take it off the menu)! The pub has such a lovely atmosphere and has the perfect level of background noise for having a cheeky lunch and a "couple" of drinks. The staff all go above and beyond to make you feel welcome and make sure everything is up to standard. Although it can be busy at times, that's only because of how much everyone loves the pub! Please be kind to staff at busy times as they're doing they're clearly doing their best. I'd advise to book as it's so popular.

Highly rated Great service Staff delightful big smiles all round Food very good Beer fantastic good prices Don't forget the shop honey and beer good prices A real gem in the test valley

Early dinner before event in Winchester. Convenient for station and venue. Ordered 20” pizza with three toppings for three of us and two sides. When food arrived apologies were made for not having tomato bread to go with whipped feta - felt we should have been made aware of this on ordering. Avocado salad had more courgette than avocado so perhaps should be re-named? I didn’t feel the pizza was piping hot when it arrived at our table and so between cold plates and cold surface beneath pizza, it was soon cold. Disappointing. It was early so not very busy. Lots of staff ‘hanging around’ but not focused on customer service. When bill arrived had been charged for several items not ours! This was sorted but will I go back? Probably not 😕

This was a pub that we have been going to since 1973 but will NOT be again!!We are a bunch of friends(7) that meet up to have a Sunday roast and a chat and catch up. My wife booked the table 16 days before and when we got there we had been place in a very drafty place where all the comings and goings were and it was very cold and windy! We found another table but were not allowed to change as it was where the bar Manger had placed us. The food was less than we were led to believe ! cold food for a Roast Sunday Lunch is not on anybodies list of things to do for a fun Sunday. The veg were pre- cooked and warmed up and placed on the side of the plate.Roast potatoes were tasteless Beef tough and pork very very fatty!

Handy for a drink and food for those who are visiting the hospital for some reason or working at RHCH.

We were given a gift voucher at Christmas for afternoon tea with a glass of Prosecco. What a pleasant surprise it was when we went inside, the owner immediately welcomed us and showed us to our table. Our large glass of Prosecco was very enjoyable, it was clear all the sandwiches were made as we were sat down, very fresh and tasty. Warm scones and a choice of various cakes on show. The service and atmosphere was wonderful, I wish the owner all the best in making a go of her business.

This comment is from ‘the poor wife’ you patronisingly refer to in your response to our previous feedback. Our ‘FairObservaions’ are joint opinions as I don’t normally feel the need for a separate platform. Let me clarify some of the inaccurate statements in your response to our feedback: At no time did my husband ignore me, on entering the premises, he did ‘wander round the bars’, mainly to see if there was another soul in the eerily empty building. At no time was I ‘in tear’ [sic] as you put it. I was however, extremely annoyed that despite advising us to leave, you would not refund me the cost of my meal or our drinks which were impossible to consume in the hostile atmosphere. I might however have shown signs of ‘in fear’, having just escaped the wrath of ‘Loony’ as my husband rightly calls him (I don’t know which one of you is Yates, maybe that’s you). As for your comment that we left the car park, nearly hitting a white car, I don’t understand, as we arrived and left on foot, our car being at Exton some three miles away. I think it’s probably that you’re confusing us with another disgruntled couple. I now await your characteristic badly written, rude response to this missive about our worse ever dining (or none dining) experience.

Visited with a friend early on a Saturday morning for the first time. Lovely gifts and interesting Christmas bits. Had brunch in the cafe. A short wait but was worth it. Lovely food and coffee at a good price. Staff very helpful and friendly. Will definitely return.

My husband and I had passed the Dispensary Kitchen a few times, the food always looking delicious. When we did stop there we loved it! The lamb burger was our favourite. The menu wasn’t vast but everything we had was really good. The staff were Delightful and Engaging, which added to our enjoyment. Refreshingly there was no service charge added but we were very happy to tip the staff. Highly recommended

Fifteen discerning gentlemen of a certain age lunched at this pub after a local walk and couldn't have been better looked after. We had booked for only 14 lunchers but the kind and efficient staff coped admirably with the extra number and we enjoyed plentiful platefuls of pie and mash with lashings of gravy ,fish &chips, fish cakes and burgers which was all cooked excellently and served with a smile. There were a good offer of beers and wines and it was clear to us that this was a well run pub by a talented team who knew how to please the customer. Very many thanks.