I liked to stop at the oldest pub/bar in cities that I visit. The Haunch did not disappoint! I…read morearrived a bit on the early side for lunch and the waitress took good care of me. I had an excellent view of the old church clocktower. The restaurant is clean and remarkably spacious for such an old building. It was bright and cheery. The bar downstairs felt cloistered but I only passed through. I had the Scotch egg and fish and chips, along with some local ales. I only had 2 days in England and I feel like I got the exact meal I had been anticipating.

Arguably one of the best meals we had. Cookin from the stars i had my reservations about the…read morepulled pork but it wasn't bad. The soup was great. Overall we were happy with the meal and would go back here to eat.

The Chapter House is a beautiful historic pub and hotel with original features dating back 500…read moreyears. A spirited 15/20 minute walk from the train station will allow you the opportunity to soak in the local bucolic vistas. The Chapter House is close to the city centre, but on a quiet road and a stone's throw from the Salisbury Cathedral. The in-house restaurant delivers delicious, no fuss, home style meals. I think I had the best rib-eye of my life at The Chapter House and I've had steak in Texas! The complimentary breakfast was also delicious and well presented. The staff go above and beyond to look after guests and instantly made me feel welcomed.

Great service great food would definitely. I had the best hamburger there that I've had in all of…read moreEngland.

First, let me say there is an extra point here for advertising & external atmosphere that only a…read moreclassic low ceiling with bare wood beams (at least some are real) can afford. Came in early afternoon for a late lunch to a couple of pints and fish & chips (minus the mushy peas, but garden salad substituted) to four hungry Yanks. The chef was new, but the food was plentiful & well served. The fish was fresh, not frozen, fresh battered & fried in clean oil, as were the thick chips. (The rest of the group got the shoestring potatoes, but still good.) The bartender was occasionally occupied breaking in said new chef, but overall- it turned out well. For me, the bartender mistakenly overcharged me, then realized his mistake and backtracked his mistake- bringing me back a twenty pound note -saying "I'd not feel right if someone had done this to me, so I'm certainly not going to do it to you." So add a large helping of distinct honesty to the basic review. Definitely will be back someday, and relax for another couple of pints, watch the game on the large screen telly(s), and order up a fish & chips again. So, sure, recommended highly by a Yank or four. Cheers.

Excellent Fish and Chips We stopped in for a quick lunch…read morewhile visiting Salisbury. The fish and chips were among the best we have ever had! The atmosphere is amazing with fireplaces, wood beams and a nice bar! Highly recommend Bell & Crown.

Great classic English Pub with a nice food upgrade. Very good beer, thatched roof, neighborhood…read morepub. Nice garden where the locals bring their dogs and have a pint. Tuscan pork and bean stew (outstanding!), chili with chunks of real steak, first class fish and chips. What more could you want!?

Well, where to start . . …read more I found this place by accident when I was doing my articles to qualify professionally in Salisbury, by sheer good luck I took rooms just a few yards away from a pub I had unknowingly driven past a hundred times - it is - it really is - well hidden. Once I found it I practically moved in . . .. This pub is located in the tiny hamlet of Netherhampton - just outside Salisbury in Wiltshire. If you are in the area - eat here! It is a chocolate-box cover thatched pub - all oak beams, real fires and horse brasses. The beers - ever changing - are kept in such fine condition that they have won awards (plural) from CAMRA. Their lagers are - well - lagers (enough said) if you're in this pub drinking lager you've missed the point utterly. However - their ciders (and I'm thinking Black Rat in particular) are first class. If you want a drinking pub you can't go wrong here However . . . their food . . . is . . . sublime. Now don't get me wrong they serve pub food. You won't find some sort of Cordon Bleu stupid pretentious nouvelle cuisine here. But you will find things like sausage and mash with sausages made from local wiltshire pork with REAL mash made from real spuds. The ham and eggs are made with ham from the local farm simmered in Black rat cider for four hours then roasted slowly and served with eggs from the hens next door. Their Jambalaya Gumbo and Cassoulet are beautiful creations scratch made by their chef (and she really is from New Orleans!!). But - and I challenge you: try their chilli. Normally Chilli is a dish that is best avoided at all times - its usually made with left over roast beef from the Sunday roast or it's just minced beef with tomatoes and hot stuff. This is different - this is real chilli, real steak - in chunks, whole tomatoes braised to a vermilion syrupy sauce ignited with fresh scotch bonnet chillis. The other chef, Taylor (the boss's son), has made this his signature dish. Now listen up: I hate chilli - it's usually secondhand, second-class, reheated muck that I wouldn't serve to my dog. I NEVER order it when eating out - with one exception - the V&A. I regularly travel from my home in London down to Netherhampton just for lunch, and if I'm to be honest, I order one of their fabulous pub meals and get them to pack me a serving or three of their chili to take back home. Great beer, great food and great hosts. I know of no finer pub in England (that hasn't stopped me looking you understand . . .) One more thing, dogs - even three-legged ones - are welcomed. Oh yes - forgot to say - you'll find a picture of it among my photos.

One of the best "local's" pubs we have come across. Very friendly service, dog friendly, good beer…read moreselection, very reasonably priced. Oldest pub in Salisbury and definitely an English football bar - flags everywhere. Food is served 10 - 2:30 Monday thru Friday and 10 - 4pm Saturday and Sunday.

After a night at this pub, I felt like I really got to know the English! Good folks, great beer and…read moregreat food. I've dreamed of going to England all my life. From my early punk rock days, to my days as an award winning home brewer (beer geek), and now as a dad, the experiences I have wanted changed, however, beer has been a constant! Personally, I love English style cask ale, and i wasn't disappointed. The kids and I spent two weeks in London and Paris, and before we left England I wanted to visit a traditional country pub. This was it! After reading Ira's review, I knew we would be trying the pies and puddings. I started with beer.... and we started with prawns for an appetizer, but then the real food began! I had the venison pie, my 13 year old had turkey and cranberry, and the 10 yr old went for chicken and ham. Yum! All three were huge and tasted fantastic! Next came dessert.... and more beer. We're Americans, so the waitress helped us negotiate the dessert menu just as she did the pies. We decided to go for one traditional English dessert (jam rolly polly) and one non traditional (berry covered flan). Thankfully we got only two because they were huge! We visit cities often, but we live in the country, and we can eat a lot. At the end of this meal, we were stuffed! When we first came in a little past six, there were a few locals around the bar and one couple eating. One of the owners, Joyce, greeted us and checked on us throughout our meal. As we were leaving, she introduced us to her son and we talked kids for a bit. Our server also was helpful and fun to talk to. The locals made us feel at home. By the time we waddled out, the place was filling up, and it looked like the local crowd was coming in for beer. What can I say? What a great experience on the last night of our trip

Tucked away just off the A338, this pub has recently reopened under new management. Joyce & Hughen…read moreoffer a traditional menu supplemented by a tempting board of specials. The pies are a speciality-made by a local farmer just for the pub. There is also a terrific pudding selection. I had the best spotted dick and custard for a decade - far better than the Pudding Club of GB offering. The staff are enthusiastic about their food and customer service and word is obviously spreading as the pub was heaving by the time we left. For mains we had the veggie lasagne (superb) and scampi. If the pies are as good as they say/look, my 4 star rating may become 5 next time.

This is my third visit in about six years and each time I am impressed with the food, the service…read moreand the beer. (Visits are based on how often I am in England.) I have eaten pies, fish and chips and steak and chips. Each meal has been delicious. This visit, as I was not the driver, I could have a pint of beer. There were seven of us who ate and not only did we have dessert, we also had cappuccinos. Their after-lunch coffees are very tasty and round out a meal nicely. Our waitress was super efficient and remembered all our orders even though she didn't write anything down. There is a good-sized car park so you shouldn't have trouble parking. The road outside is a little narrow so drinking and driving is NOT recommended. This is a great place for a family meal or a business lunch.

I've been here twice and I enjoyed each time! Their fish and chips are excellent (that was the…read morefirst time I came here). Honestly, anything on the menu is great! Oh, I took a chance on the arancini not really knowing what I had ordered, but it was fantastic! Great flavors. They have a big parking area and a lovely outside area to eat if the weather is good. Prices are reasonable and the food is great! Don't forget to have dessert! The sticky toffee pudding was soooo good.

We took a day trip from London to Salisbury while on a UK vacation to see the touristy things…read morethere-- Stonehenge, Old Sarum, etc.-- and stopped in Old Ale House for a late lunch afterwards. It's a cozy, welcoming old pub with all the great ales, bitters and lagers you could ask for. They have a solid spirits menu too, and I tried my first ever pour of Laphroaig here which instantly became one of my favorite scotch whiskys ever. The food was really good-- I had the brisket burger with chips/fries, purple slaw, and ordered a side of the mac and cheese to split with my spouse who ordered a chicken ciabatta roll. The burger was delicious, perfectly crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside with a real smoky flavor that permeated every bite. Cheese, toppings all fresh and the bun warm and tasty. The mac and cheese was served in a ceramic bowl and appeared to have spent some time on the broiler, crisping a very thick layer of cheese on top-- the gooiest mac'n'cheese I've had. My wife enjoyed the ciabatta roll as well but the mac stole the show for her.

We chose this place while we were looking for some 'proper' food without the need to wait for ages,…read moreas we would need to catch a train soon. It ticked all our list and more: the service was super quick (we probably waited no loner than 10min), the food was tasty, and what's more important, affordable! The menu is quite wast, you can pick from starters (which are not that small) and all day breakfasts to proper dinner food, such as roasts. The stuff was exceptionally friendly!

We stopped in for one more drink before turning in for the night…read more This was suggested by our sever from dinner at the News Cafe. Ox Row Inn is located conveniently in the main central square area, so we also got to see cute bits of the town on our walk there. It was cozy and inviting inside, very "ye olde pub" feeling. The upstairs dining rooms were enchanting looking. We each got a drink and found a table without a reserved sign on it (they had pub trivia starting about an hour and a half after our arrival, but almost all tables were empty but reserved...I am still wrapping my head around the reservation thing at pubs!) and settled in to enjoy our drinks. A cider for my Fella, and a spritzy cocktail for me. Both lovely. We considered staying for trivia, but were just too tired. I started finding myself annoyed at most pubs and restaurants we went to where the mens toilets were on the ground floor, but the womens were up or down a flight of stairs or more. And the womens toilets here are upstairs and well away from the main area. It was so empty upstairs, I almost thought I was in the wrong place, too. We kept getting strange looks from another patron which made us speed up finishing our drinks and leaving. Despite being Americans, we were not being loud or doing anything other than chatting having a drink, but it was really strange and made us a bit uncomfortable. So we downed the rest of our drinks and went back to our hotel. I did like the general feel of this place though and it would likely be a nice place for a meal.

Great food great service good beer fantastic location would recommend to anyone visiting Salisbury…read morethere's a market outside the Ox Row Inn on Wednesday and Saturday well worth a visit

Me and my boyfriend came here tonight for a few drinks it's our first ever time coming to this pub…read morethe George and Dragon and I have to say it was an amazing experience and we will certainly be going back again. We were served by a young man named Phil who was amazing I tried a spicy cocktail he reccommned I'm not a spice fan but it was nice without the rim being spicy. He was very chatty and polite and made our drinks quickly. The atmosphere was chilled. A quiet little tradional pub. Its a great place to come. Phil even recommended other places for us to try on out shift visit to sailsbury. We will be coming back again 10/10 would recommend to anyone who likes a chilled environment to drink in.