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

We had a booking as part of a cycle tour we had planned but, in chasing up on an unanswered question about our bikes, we were advised that they would probably be closed on our booking date for refurbishments - seemingly our responsibility to find out about this and, to enact the cancellation process?!

I ate there last night and had their Calamari starter & Blacksmiths Blue Cheese Burger. Simply delicious pub food - highly recommend

Turned up without a booking and had heard we’d be lucky to get a table but they managed to fit us in which was great. They only have two ales on tap @ £7 each which one had ran out so had the choice of one. Went with the Scottish rope grown mussels as a main which was nice but hardly any of them for £17.50. Asked for some mayo with my chips only to find they’d charged me £1 😂 was 50p a dip was hardly any. The ice cream was also nice but @ £9 for 2 small scoops it’s definitely the most expense ice cream I’ve ever had! The prices would be fine if you left full but I’m afraid my stomachs still rumbling. And the 12.5% service charge added on the bottom of the receipt was a giggle. It did say it was optional but if that’s the case whys it added? Just makes things awkward when you don’t want to pay it.

We wanted somewhere for my birthday lunch but being in a Motorhome can make finding parking challenging. We were visiting Highclere and passed this pub and did a quick u-turn. We were able to park at the back of the car park as it had a couple of extra long spaces. We were asked if we had booked a table and advised we hadn't, the serving lady found us a lovely table in the window for 2 plus our dog. We didn't want a big lunch so I chose the scotch egg starter with a side of chips, my hubby had cod cheek scampi with fries and salad. It was lovely, cooked beautifully and tasted homemade. Prices of some dishes were a little hefty but our dishes were well priced. There were dog snacks and water bowls We would definitely recommend, some dishes we saw coming out certainly looked very generous portions so be warned. Congratulations to the lady serving as she was serving behind the bar as well as waitressing, I don't think the pub had anticipated being quite so busy but she managed extraordinarily well until a colleague turned up to assist, well done.

Lovely relaxing mothers Day Meal at the swan yesterday. Booked for 4.15.. We had a variety of starters mains and desserts.. Wasn’t rushed, Food was lovely well done Jo and team

Excellent food. Ordered for ten of us. Came in good time, fresh and hot. No complaints from anyone. Will use again

Staff are very welcoming , service is astoundingly efficient and the food is delectable ( I recommend the Udon noodles in black bean sauce )

The food is great and always a friendly service .

We went to the Cromwell tonight and had really lovely food. The service was also fantastic and I will definitely be back!!

It is shut ! Why can’t Google tell you this ?!? It is too hard to even get to doing a review !!!!

Cosy, tidy and clean are excellent starts for the Old House. Menus is quite limited and my burger was very wet, just dripping oil which makes for messy eating. Service was good, could have been more friendly but remember this isn't a restaurant. I would eat here again.

Great food, good customer service with a smile. This will be our new local favourite. Their food is very tasty without it being too hot ,if you require a milder curry. Loads of choice. Plenty of car parking.

Love this place. The food was absolutely amazing. We had a lovely welcome and was served really quick. Would definitely visit again and recommend others to visit. Also, if you left any food, they offer you a container to take it away.

First time here and wow really nice country pub food was good drinks was really good pint , do I recommend it yes 👍 give it a go , oh yes the beer garden is good