Absolutely the best restaurant in the area. The staff was…read moresuper welcoming snd the food and presentation were amazing. My husband ordered the venison. He said it was the best he has ever had anywhere. We were fortunate to have the owner assist us as our server. What a gem of a man. His adorable dog (Starr?) was a joy to watch while sipping our lovely wine. I highly recommend going to The Gamekeeper!!

Great pub ambiance and super nice staff. Menu was way beyond standard pub fare. Many interesting…read moreoptions. Well worth a visit.

The food was excellent. We had the fish & chips and the grilled pork chop. Service was quick and…read morefriendly. Parking could be a bit of a challenge at busy times.

Definitely a cut above other pubs in this area. Lovely service and very good food. We ate there…read moreon a Saturday lunchtime and chose from the main menu. The baked camembert was served with a generous amount of toast which in turn was generously buttered with garlic. The fillet steak was perfectly cooked and a great cut, it was served with plenty of good chips. There is plenty of parking at the side of the pub. I look forward to another visit.

One of my favourite little getaways when i go home. Situated in the middle of some of the most…read morepicturesque Hampshire countryside it makes an excellent lunch stop for cyclists walkers and anyone just out whiling away the hours. They recently went through a heavy makeover of the restaurant and now the look really matches the food. They've kept the comforting pub bar and quiet corners but also installed a family friendly restaurant area that opens onto an impressive beer garden with a two story Wendy house! But to return to the more important aspects of having a restaurant, the food is really good. The service is fast and every time i've gone they've been incredibly friendly. I've even blundered into a quiz night by total chance which was really well run (though i might be saying that as i won a bottle of wine!). Friendly, affordable, good quality, i forgot to mention the beer but there are some fine ales and bitters as well as the standard fair on tap. Good for families but also a really nice place to just sit and take your ease for a while. a real country retreat of a pub.

Delicious menu, with specials each night…read more The interior is lovely, and all freshly done up, with beautiful tables, upholstered chairs and interesting things on the walls. Staff are super friendly and knowledgeable and the service is brilliant. I love the wine list, but I'm being torn away from making my way through that to try their excellent range of spirits!! They have a green and relaxing beer garden with a cool looking hut for kids (no more salt and vinegar crisps and cola by a fireplace! ), and even their own veggie patch where they grow a few herbs for the kitchen. I wish I lived closer!

This has to be in the top 5 best pubs in the UK!…read more Truly exceptional drink, food and service. I would be going here more often if I lived more local to it. It's a little tricky to get to, narrow country roads, etc, but we'll worth it. If you wanting to eat I would advise booking and this place gets busy from the second it opens. Caters to all, especially families and has a wonderful garden and patio. Tim Gray is the landlord of this gem and is hands-on and welcoming. You will not regret visit this amazing pub.

We used Tastecard for our group. Great home cooked food. Plenty f options on the menu for that…read morewould cater for all tastes.

What a joke this place is! Firstly, I would have preferred to write them a private email about my…read moreexperience but they prefer to only provide a contact phone number on their website so you can call them when it suits them and not speak to senior management. So if this is how they want it, then this is how they're going to get it. I pitched up Saturday lunch time starving so I discussed the pork loins special with the lady serving and suggested I'd also buy a pineapple juice. I presented my credit card, received no receipt and was asked where I'd be sitting and I told her outside at the front and she could see the direction I walked and she had told me the meal wouldn't take long to cook. I waited at a table 20 minutes, then 30 minutes, had to finish my drink which I prefer to eat with my meal, then 40 minutes, then 50 minutes before I waved a waiter over and asked if I was ever going to get my meal. He walked in to investigate and 5-minutes later I still had no feedback. So I got up and walked in myself to be told I had never placed a food order! If your staff are that bad at taking an order then you're not doing your job in training them. I received no apology and actually, come to think of it, not one waiter, even though my glass was empty from about minute 25 cared to call on my table and ask if everything was alright or if I wanted another drink. All this and it wasn't even that busy when I first got there and placed my apparently 'fake' order at 12h30. It seems to get anything done here you'll have to repeat and clarify 5-times and management don't care because they don't provide a way to make direct contact.

Most often they are on top of their game. Staff very…read morefriendly and helpful and they are adults and not minimum wage young kids like so many chef and brewer pubs are now (the Greene King effect is to bring standards down but at least The Hatch has kept its own standards up quite a bit! The chef always attempts to present things well and it shows compared so some others of the same brand. For example THE SWAN in Ash Vale which employs young kids and has no idea of customer service.

This is a great place to eat with great views over the lake and you can watch the windsurfers and…read moreskiers. They serve a lovely carvery with a choice of three meats, usually pork, beef, turkey, gammon and occasionally lamb. There is a choice of vegetables which you help yourself to and you can have as much as you want, the roast potatoes are very tasty and well cooked. The waiting staff are very friendly and quick to serve I have never booked, I have just turned up even on a Sunday and got a table but I get there at midday and while I am there it does get busy. There is also a menu to order from if you dont fancy the carvery.

Lovely location with large lake and water sports taking place...enjoyable and varied menu and great…read morein the summer!

A great little find. Visiting friends and they suggested a roast dinner for our Sunday meet up and…read morewe stumbled across this pub. It's decorated lovely throughout and the food was amazing! I ordered the beef roast dinner (which used local produce) and the beef itself was like eating 2 steaks. It was really fresh and tasty. I had the brownie and ice cream for desert and shared my partners fondue. They were both amazing, the brownie was chewy on the inside and soft on the outside. There isn't much of a view or anything special to look at, but the food made up for it. I will be back again!

A nice, conveniently located pub-restaurant. The staff are very welcoming and keen to serve…read more(initially anyway). Drinks and food are table service and the menu has a good choice of dishes superior to standard pub fare. This would have got 4 stars but the service dropped off sharply and we were left waiting ages to order and get our desserts. Gets busy c.7pm even on weekdays so go early or book to avoid disappointment.

One of the more quirky venues in Basingstoke, Just hiding in between all the huge concrete office…read moreblocks (worthy of Milton Keynes) is the Bang Bar with a newsagent and open kitchen chinese take-away. Its quite a small venue, painted in some interesting colour scheme, with different themes all through, still making it interesting. Has always been nice and friendly when I've been in, and was the first place I ever tried Strongbow Sirrus! Prices aren't bad for Basingstoke, and defnitely worth a visit!

It's a shame this venue closed. It has gone through many changes over the years, from magnums back…read morein the 90's into bang bar and finally the mouse trap before it closed. It has catered to office staff during the day and all types of clientele at night. I have witnessed and been party to a huge plethora of music and events here. Bikers, ravers, goths, punk, metal, indie, techno, gabba, dnb, hard house, happy hardcore, cheese, pop, ska, dub, reggae, acid, hip hop, electro swing, drone, noise, jazz, blues etc Simply , this venue catered for everyone. I've had some of the best nights of my life here. It was small, it was dark, it was open late before anyone else was and probably a little expensive and out of the way but damn it was fun. It's a shame it's gone.