The Queen Inn, Winchester - pub details
Address: 28 Kingsgate Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9PG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 2749)
Winchester (0.9 miles), Shawford (2.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Quiz night (Sundays), TV
- Fruit machines
- Food served
- Outside seating, Dogs allowed, Car park
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> Current user rating: 5.3/10 (rated by 17 users)
> Local guides: Winchester pub guide, Hampshire pub guide
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user reviews of the Queen Inn, Winchester
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| DO NOT EAT HERE. [in brief] The food was overcooked, served cold, far to salty, all seemed to be from pre-packaged or frozen, and all of very low quality. The only thing worse than the food was the service. The bar maid began as rude a surely, but quickly descended into aggressive when we asked for clean cutlery. [Full] We were attracted to the pub, while on a walk, by its beer garden an promise of food. When we were eventually served at the bar, the bar maid having ignored our presence for several minutes eventually snapping at me for my order when I began to pet the dog laying on the counter, we found that, even though it was only mid day, most of the items on the menu were unavailable. The bar maid seemed to take our wanting to order food they had listed on the menu, but not available to serve, as some form of personal malice and responded very aggressively. I first put this down to 'it must be a busy day'. Trying to pay by card the bar maid merely pointed at a piece of wood at the corner of the bar, behind some taps. Walking over to it I found it was a sign, facing away from us, telling that they were unable to take payment on card. Why she was not able to simply tell this herself is beyond me. Most of the pub and the beer garden were deserted, and I can understand why as it took an hour for the first meal to arrive and another 30 minutes for the remainder, even though they were ordered at the same time. There was no cutlery available, when I asked the bar maid for some she positively glared at me as though I was the most unreasonable person and stormed into the kitchen, she finally returned with some cutlery, which was still dirty, as I did not intend to eat my dinner with the remains of someone else's dried to the fork I asked for it to be cleaned. This was obviously a selfish indulgence to far on my part and the bar maid slammed the pint she was pouring down on to the counter so hard that she spilt it. The dinner, when it did finally arrive, and we were actually equipped with clean means of eating it was truly awful. I find it hard to describe how utterly vile it was in every possible way, taste, texture and appearance. The vegetables, which were obviously from frozen and reheated, were cold to the touch, flaccid and far to salty. The beef was tough and the gravy was, again, very salty. The sausages were, thankfully and somewhat surprisingly given the quality of the rest, cooked all the way through at least. There was a good selection of ales, however that is not enough to redeem it from the ignorant, ill-mannered, crass, rude and eventually openly aggressive staff and absolutely appalling food. SunshineBeerWalker - 3 May 2009 19:18 |
| We stopped in after a long hike through Winchester during our vacation in England. Staff seemed more preoccupied with starting the fire in the fireplace than serving anyone. Beer was okay when it did arrive. The place was quiet, as it was early afternoon and only other patron left before we did. Staff were grazing on food at the bar, oblivious to us. Not a bad place, just not special. There's a beer garden outside so it must be nice on a warm evening. fr21555 - 16 Feb 2009 19:40 |
| I visited recently for the first time in two years. It was Monday lunchtime and not very busy. There were three of us plus the dog. This is a pub which is dog friendly, not merely tolerant. The Abbot was perfect, albeit pricey. The gammon and pineapple all disappeared, as did my wife's scampi. Fortunately for the dog she dropped one. My cottage pie was excellent. Plenty of beef and veg with just enough gravy, topped with roughly-mashed potato (no Smash used here!) If there is one criticism, the chips were rather dark, but this I suspect was due to the oil needing a change. They were neither greasy nor overcooked. We will certainly return. Meadway - 22 Aug 2008 09:39 |
| This pub has to be the most appaling in Winchester. Having experienced very average service and food once or twice a few years ago, our recent visits have been nothing short of disasterous. It must surely be the most shining example of a nice country pub in a fabulous location, that has been totally wasted on bad management. With all the opportunities in the world to make it a success, it has been left to dribble down the drain. One visit was for lunch. Not greeted for several minutes while the landlady finished her chat/drink. Ordered food and paid for it only to find out that on a weekday lunchtime the wait would be 45 minutes. Having waited over an hour we finally received one of the 3 below average meals (packet food, not exactly home cooked). To wait a further 10 minutes for the other 2 meals with not so much as a genuine apology or attempt to get the food to us any quicker. All a bit of a joke to the staff. Not so much fun for me in my lunch hour, and with my hungry parents. A subsequent visit meant that we were to see the landlady grooming her dog on the bar. We drank quickly and left. Most recent visit (to give it one last chance) was for an evening drink. We didn't have money on us so we checked it was ok to order just a couple of drinks and pay on a card. We were told clearly yes. We sat outside, enjoyed our drinks and when we came to pay we were told a card was not acceptable. We explained we had already asked and were told it was fine, only to have what I can only describe as a particularly vile member of senior staff 'bark' at us to say that we would have to pay. She was rude and clearly happy to start a full on argument with paying customers; incapable of talking to us in a normal manner. Keeping our calm and trying to quietly deal with the matter we eventually managed to pay and leave, only to go away massivley disappointed that this pub had reached such lows. If I were you, I would walk 5 more minutes down the road to the far more superior Wykeham Arms which has friendly and courteous staff, good food (actually home cooked and completely delicious) and drink and is without the incompetent, lazy, non-caring people who somehow manage to call themselves managers. Shocking and we will never go back. lucyloo1. - 4 Jul 2008 17:22 |
| Mmmmm, Went there for lunch a couple of weeks ago. Stood at the bar for ages and got ignored. Admittedly we were standing about for ages dithering about what to have but then we were clearly minds made up, waiting to be served, the barmaids (three of them behind the bar and still they weren't very efficient) said "who's waiting" and ignored me twice when I said me - even when I said it in a louder voice. Not very efficient behind the bar all told. I've had better experiences. Food was okay, nothing special. anonymous - 30 Nov 2007 17:59 |
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