Looks can be deceiving. This is a modern build pub on the outside. On the inside is a more…read moretraditional Wadworth pub. Came here for lunch with family. The food is well worth a try. Medium price but very well cooked and serves the usual suspects of good Wadworth ales. Friendly pub and good service. Child friendly with an area outside for children to run around should they wish. Will definately come back.

Nice neighbourhood pub with lots of outdoor seating. Popular for lunch with local business but car…read morepark is small so gets full quickly. Menu is small and a little on the pricey side for the quality but ok overall.

The cricketers is a rather grand pub just between Southampton Airport and Eastleigh. A beautiful…read moreold building that has plenty of charm outside and inside, having a recent refurb I would think. Very welcoming when you go for a sunday drink, or for a drink after work (done both!) and the staff are great and friendly, creates a great atmosphere in the pub and the prices are pretty good with a good selection of real ales on tap for those interested. They have outside tables for when its warmer!

Pub is great. Forget the service in the restaurant. It's a pub not restaurant. Don't come for food…read moreor service. Wait staff couldn't get out fast enough. It's 9:52 pm

We visit this pub regularly especially for Sunday roasts which are fab & filling,there are lots of…read moredishes to choose from the regular menu which won't disappoint,if I had to pick a favourite of which there are a few I would recommend a salad,the ingredients are plenty & varied. Real ales are tasty as are the normal lagers etc,overall I'm sure you will have a great dining experience as well as achieving great value for money.

This is probably my favourite place to have a steak the prices are incredible for the quality and…read morethe food comes out to your specifications. The impeccable service rarely ever falters and all the wait staff are genuinely kind. If you want a night out with family or friends this is the best place to go.

Ate here the other day and have to say the meal I had was v good. Ordered chicken and ribs as I…read morelove ribs and wasn't disappointed. The ribs fell off the bone and were covered in a lovely rich BBQ sauce. The chicken was well grilled and not dry like in some places. The fries were chunky and more-ish. Def recommend and will eat there again if I'm in the area.

Now closed down but used to love this pub, my local couldn't go wrong in hereread more

Have been visiting the King Rufus over many years. It has had low periods when it needed updating…read moreand food could be improved. More recently it had been updated and service improved. Unfortunately now they have introduced loud background music. Not sure why, but talking to your friends ends up being a shouting match. Worse than having a jukebox!! Time to find another pub.

The King Rufus used to be a much-loved go-to pub whenever I visited my family in England. It was…read morealways relaxed, friendly and offered up a varied menu of both drinks and food that seemed to veer some distance away from the 'ordinary'. My most recent visit could not have been more different. The Rufus has been swallowed up by one of those soulless pub chains (The Eating Inn - perhaps the worst name for a food chain ever) and converted into... yes, you've guessed it... a soulless pub. Like a lot of the large pub chain brands it is now all style over substance. Cheap wood and chrome Ikea-style furnishings, bored staff and a bland warmed-up/microwaved 'Americanised' food menu that on the surface appears to be good value but is actually something of a gastronomic nightmare. The corporatisation of the English pub is a disappointing development in recent years but I do respect how it is managing to save a lot of establishments that otherwise would go to the wall. However, it would appear that some chains get it right - like the Hungry Horse chain, who don't alter the feel of the pub but compliment it with affordable drinks and food - whilst others are hellbent on ripping the heart out of once-loved watering holes. Edited to add:- Just discovered that the Greene King organisation owns both the Hungry Horse AND EatingInn brands. How can one company get it so right and so wrong at the same time?

Another exceptional southampton music venue. Got a bit of a…read morereputation for being a tribute band hotspot; nothing wrong with that if that is what you like, and a lot of people do, as demonstrated by the queue of people waiting to get in on these tribute band nights. Not resricted to tributes, the Brook has a long and envyable list of knowns, it is just a bit hard to catch 'em in amongst the tribs. I don't really get off on tribute acts, but I have got to say that the Brook only ever puts on the best of the best, so go and see your fave and you wont be disapointed. Check em out, just google The Brook southampton.

Superb Live venue! Recently refurbished with a excellent…read moreupstairs seating area as well as a big downstairs area, reguarly gets packed out for a selection of live music, from tribute bands to indie/rock acts. They have some of the best sixties, seventies, and eighties tribute bands in there every month as well as modern rock tribute bands more irregularly. Door prices aren't too bad, and drinks prices are average for the type of events held. The smoking ban has helped as it conincided with the refurbishment and creates a good well ventilated fresh feel to the venue. The atmosphere the times I have been have been great, people there to see the bands playing and enjoy them. Saw Greenish Day a few times there and the legend Rahzel there, absolutely awesome atmosphere!