The best restaurants serving British food in Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne Basingstoke and Deane South East

We celebrated our 50th Wedding anniversary at the dew Pond recently with our 4 grandchildren aged 6 to 11 and their parents and what a great time we had. We booked the private room as it had a little sitting room where the children could spend time between courses and not disturb other diners. This worked a treat as the restaurant was very busy with another party of 10 in the restaurant and most if not all the other tables occupied. The menu offer 6 choices for each course and we did not have to choose in advance which was a bonus. Keith the owner and chef took the trouble though to check with me in advance that the children would be able to eat off the menu as the youngest can be a bit picky.On arrival we were welcomed by Keith's wife and her team and went out to the terrace for pre dinner drinks and just as we were finishing those and our cheese straws, told our table was ready. Between the 10 of us I think we had worked our way through the whole menu by the time we had finished pud. Each dish was eagerly awaited, arrived beautifully presented and tasted delicious, a treat for both eyes and tummies. Service was impeccable with just the right amount of time between courses. The whole team at the Dew Pond made it an evening to remember so thank you Keith and team. You are worthy of a Michelin star but we are quite pleased you do not have one so we can book a table when we want to visit again without booking 3 months ahead to go on what turned out to be a waiting list, only to be disappointed a week beforehand. That was our family's booking at Le Manoir Quatre Saisons some years ago but the tactless way Raymond Blanc treated me on the telephone still rankles all these years later. Keep doing Keith what you do so well and we will keep coming back.

The Dew Pond first and foremost serves outstanding food at very reasonable prices. The staff are attentive and the location is beautiful. All three of our courses were sublime, I encourage everyone to go there if you would like to enjoy some of the best food in Hampshire /West Berkshire.

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

We both had burgers which were served “bun less’. This suited us as often find it too filling. The chips were delicious and came with a nice salad garnish but the burger just tasted too fatty and cheap to me. Staff were friendly and helpful but unfortunately I had to leave my burger and spoiled my meal.

Great staff, lovely to sit by the fire in the bar. Restaurant area felt a bit formal to me so stayed in the bar. Food was excellent but very small portions, and not cheap either. I had the gammon and could have eaten 2 plates.

I’ve been here a few times now (at different times of the day) and it’s ALWAYS brilliant. Staff are lovely & food is excellent. Yesterday, a friend & I (who I haven’t seen for 25yrs) began with coffee at 10.30am and left after lunch at 2.30pm…would HIGHLY recommend. Thank you team 🥰

What a wonderful lunch we had today. We were a party of 11 and everything was excellent. Lovely staff, good service, delicious food, reasonable prices, we were made very welcome. Aren't we lucky to have such a good eatery/pub on our doorstep. Not forgetting the wonderful deli attached, which also serves take away coffees and croissants Tuesdays to Saturdays.

Okay so basically i went here and like and u it was cool and that but so like it wasnt you know that kind of chippy but yeah it was you know your normalchippy over here in coventry