The best restaurants serving British food in Basingstoke and Deane South East

Lovely pub fast service and good pints

We did a hike in the area and called into the Fox for lunch and a pint. The pub exterior looked a bit tired so our expectations weren't high, However, as soon as we entered the pub and were met with a friendly welcome things started to look up. Like a previous reviewer we had the tuna sandwich and the steak burger with Stilton but our experience was far more positive. The food was simple but very tasty, especially the chunky chips. Likewise the beer was well kept and very refreshing after a long walk. There was a large group of ramblers in the pub who had clearly arranged to park in the pub car park before doing their walk. They all appeared to be enjoying their post walk food & drinks too.

Decent food with a lot of options. Chocolate Torte was delicious. Connor was very welcoming and gave us some recommendations.

Re-opened this weekend so didn't know what ro expect. I wasn't disappointed!! The new owners, Terry and Bobbi were lovely, very welcoming and made us feel at home. Everything seemed to be running smoothly. Food was great, good value. Guinness was good and the building itself was a joy to be in, old beams, open fireplaces, tiled floors, and a great beer garden. Will definitely be visiting again.

Staff are always really friendly and attentive. Our waitress noticed our mains had been some time since our starters(we didn’t even notice as we’re busy chatting) she chased up the kitchen, told us there had been a ticket issue, apologised and gave us a free round of drinks. Over and above, what excellent service! Really good and excellent value.

Came here with some friends on Tuesday and was kindly greeted by two of the staff. Throughout the night I thought service was great and made me want to come back for a drink another day

The service was not existent. The team behind the counter were more interested in their own conversation. The cake was dry, tables were sticky and dirty

Vi esta paloma frente a la tienda. Tengo que decir que es lookmaxxing. También había una Paloma - Pandilla que trató de robarme, pero yo los envolví y luego los cociné y me los comí.

Unorganised, unclean and ale unpleasant with odd taste. I waited 40 minutes for a burger and the rest of the family had all tried to eat theirs. Burger was wrong so sent back and cancelled meal. No apology . No offer if anything else on the house for the inconvenience and my daughters meal was awful - chicken wings ( not eaten) prawns tasteless and rubbery. All her food was left on her plate and no one asked if there was anything wrong with it. Left , went home and had toast. Family member I’ll next day. Calzone was only part cooked and half left. The only grace was a nice member of staff who was new on the till. I would not recommend eating here and suggest that staff need more skills training in customer service and check back.

14/3/25 I would have awarded 5 stars, BUT, the food the food is never very hot. Tonight, the rider was quick, taking 35 mins, BUT sadly the food still wasnt hot. I cannot fault the food other than that, because its always fresh and the fish is delicious. Its just i like my food hot, not lukewarm. I did order express rider once but he still took the same length of time and yep the food wasnt hot. So the express deliveroo isnt worth the extra money. I will say the drivers are always very polite and friendly. So, i do tip when i can. If you could just look into the timing so the food arrives hotter, then i will award 5 stars. I usually order every week.

I made sure I booked a table in advance, as we were a party of 8 and so glad I did, as it was very busy. You certainly noticed they were either short staffed or extremely busy due to the large groups there. We were greeted by the manager who was extremely helpful and showed us where everything was, as never to this place before. Our server was also really friendly and the food was nice. Two issue we had was the salad cart wasn’t replenished, we asked a member of staff if she could ask the kitchen to replace items, she said they would be out but never came, we chased her again and the only reason she dealt with the issue was because a kitchen never of staff came out. Honestly she was rude and the kitchen member of staff looked like his world had ended as we asked for the items to be restocked! When it came to desserts, our original server must have been on a break, as someone else took over, unfortunately he took slow to another level! My friends order a hot drink and mini dessert, it was advertised to come together, however they got their hot drinks was told the dessert would come shortly, after 10 mins we chased, they finally received the cake, but we were still waiting for the other desserts. We arrived at 2.50pm and left just after 5.30pm, I appreciate we had time for dinner to settle etc, but the kids were getting bored by this stage and couldn’t see a member of staff to chase.

I don't mind the self service, but the options were so limited. I'm gluten free and I basically couldn't get anything that wasn't available in the food court, and it was a significant mark up in price. Spent £20 for 2 sandwiches and a coffee! The high chairs were dirty, even though they'd been stacked. Not up to usual M&S standard.