amazing food and staff will be making a return soon with the family and the dog the family are…read morelooking forward to it

We visited the Restaurant as a Family whilst they had a Great Offer on. The Restaurant was Half…read moreFull but Staff appeared to be Busy! We waited over 35 minutes for Our Food to arrive at which time Half the Dishes were Cold and Needed to be sent Back. We asked to Speak to the Manager who was Dismissive at Best and Responded with "Well most of it was OK" when we came to Pay the Manager did not come to apologise himself and explain his Bill Reduction which he limited to Drinks only (Drinks were Ok!) and when we challenged with the Server he went away and came back to say that's all the Manager will do!!!! Poor Customer Service Skills and Clearly not a Competent Manager if he can't Engage with Customers. This would have been Bad enough but the Whole Family then had Stomach Issues the Next Day, to which Management responded with, Maybe you should Go to the Doctors!!! Lazy Management and Abismal Customer Service

Great visit with my partner. We were met by friendly staff …read more . Service was good . Great atmosphere large portions of food. Over all great value for money. Definitely recommend a vist

All good .. Lovely food . And excellent staff tow and very friendly as we'll with the kids . It's a…read moreshame more pubs where not like this one I whould go out more often

Some of the nicest food we've had in the area and incredibly lovely service too. A lovely old pub…read morewith a rich history. The outdoor space has been updated due to covid with heated, covered table areas. Attracts a nice mix of locals and near-locals. A real favorite of ours.

The service was very poor and even rude, the food was a mixed bag with some dishes being very good…read morewhilst others were bland and tasteless. I would expect a little better for the price

When we arrived, we were served very quickly and taken to our lovely table. There were 7 of us…read moredining and they had a great table layout, meaning nobody was sat alone. The music was a good volume so you could converse. We were still waiting for the rest of the party to arrive but were served immediately with a bottle of water and offered drinks. I ordered an iced caramel latte which was incredible. It had just enough coffee and was sweet and caramelly As I wasn't feeling super hungry, I ordered a starter as a main which they were happy to accommodate. I ordered the prawn cocktail starter and side of skinny fries. The fries were crispy but not too crispy and did not need a lot of salt. The prawn cocktail was lovely, really tasty sauce. It came with 2 king prawns and the waitress also bought me sourdough at an additional £1 cost. I would say that there were slightly too many herbs in the prawn cocktail but it was still delicious. Overall, we all really enjoyed our meal, the vibe was lovely, staff were friendly and the food was great.

Often a meal in a British Pub is unremarkable. Twofold due to the copious amounts of fermented…read morebeverages on offer to consume and due sometimes to the lack of luster in the meal offerings. Sometimes the first, sometimes the latter, most times both. Ok, throw everything I said out of the window here. Ambiance, meal and beverage were outstanding by pub standards to the level of gastropub. I had the burger, fries and my companions had the fish and chips. We all had cocktails and assorted beer on tap. I loved my cocktail enough to have two. The prices are rather steep (or rather dear) as the locals might say. But the ambiance and quality make up for that. The outdoor seating is nice as well.

Black Rat is a wonderful dining experience. We were lucky to be seated outdoors on a beautiful…read morenight, beautiful garden setting, very comfortable seating, wish my whole family (not simply my son) had been there to enjoy it. Started with the duck confit and beetroot on the server's recommendation, it was perfect. The duck was tender and plentiful, the pickled beetroot made worked great and made it interesting as well as tasty. The lamb shoulder was also delectable, to the point that I spooned out every bit of consommé that was part of the dish. Looked like a great wine list (good wines by the glass and half bottle) as well as a very interesting gin list, unfortunately I was driving so had to pass on both. I look forward to returning with my family as The Black Rat was a tremendous experience.

Although I have lived around Winchester for years, I have never been to the Black Rat and so booked…read moreit for a birthday dinner, remembering that it once had a Michelin star and hoping for the best food in town. Sadly that was far from the case. Disappointment started the moment I sat down - on one of the smallest and most uncomfortable chairs I have ever sat on in a restaurant. An old school desk chair made for small people's bottoms and certainly not for comfort. I stole another one from a nearby table and just about managed the evening, but 'good' restaurants must have comfortable chairs, preferably with arms. As starters we had 'lamb sweetbreads, cooked & raw peas, burnt onion oil, ash yogurt, charred onion rings' - an unfortunately they tasted of burned onion oil, ash and charred onion rings with a dull pea sauce! Not a good taste at all. The main course was guinea fowl, which lacked flavour, while the birthday girl had puntarella, which was seriously dull. Most disappointing. Matcha ice cream, sea buckthorn posset, manadrin granita, fennel meringue was ok but looked awful on the plate. £280 for four seemed a little over the top for such a meal.

Ignore my rave review. This Hungry Horse has, sadly, gone from exemplary to disappointing in just a…read morefew months. Poor food & service now reign supreme. My most recent experiences (over two separate days) included being ignored for 20 minutes whilst trying to place an order at an unbusy bar and being served a) a salad that had obviously rotting lettuce amongst its offerings (reacted to unapologetically) and b) completely dried out chicken breasts with no flavour whatsoever. Maybe the place has become a victim of its own past success but it is surely driving away new customers and established old punters like myself. My recommendation now would be to avoid.

Wow the portions in this place are huge!! And extremely tasty. The service was very good and the…read moreprices here are reasonable tooVery good indeed.

We dropped in to this pub one Sunday afternoon by chance, It is a large family pub/restaurant with…read moremany rooms but the star attraction is the large terrace beside a huge lake, presumably the 'Fishers Pond'. The menu was an interesting take on gastro pub standards, and the service was very friendly and reasonably quick, given that it was a sunny Sunday afternoon and the place was very busy. We sat by the water, children had fun feeding the ducks, and it was relaxing and lovely. We had home made burgers with lovely fresh home made onion rings and chips, and delicious deserts. You can have a very tasty home made desert for £4.99, or for £4.50 a smaller portion with a coffee. I had that, and my desert didn't look any smaller than my wife's, so I recommend that. Great place. I'd go again on a fine day.

Lovely location, lots of space for dining or casual drink. The service was good and they didn't…read morehover too much. It's quite expensive though so it's not a regular night out. Parking out the front

A nice selection of meat that you can get carved for you, as well as some wonderful sides. The…read moreYorkshire pudding and gravy was sublime, and the deserts were fantastic. The beer is also quite good with a wide selection.

Lovely food staff & surroundings very impressed would definitely recommend make sure to put your…read morenumberplate in at the entrance of the pub.