The Westgate Inn, Winchester - pub details
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Address: 2 Romsey Rd, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8TP [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 4313) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Winchester (0.3 miles), Shawford (3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Quiz machines
- Food served, Real ale
- Dogs allowed, Smoking area, Accommodation available, Wireless internet access
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> Current user rating: 5.7/10 (rated by 27 users)
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user reviews of the Westgate Inn, Winchester
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| Good Pub, [Marston's] Ringwood best and fortyniner, plus guest Cumberland ale - well kept. Food looked really good but didnt sample. Landlord is a genial fellow with alot of local knowledge, roomy, recently done up - good views over castle and down high street so a good place to kick back and ponder goings on from the top of town. parmantom - 23 Mar 2011 12:12 |
| Visited the pub about 3 years ago whilst on jury duty in Winchester. A great little pub, beer superb and staff were friendly. robfrancis - 13 Mar 2011 18:08 |
| An atypical pub (for Winchester) a short walk uphill from the centre of town. Plenty to read, from the newspapers casually left on the tables to the eclectic mix of paperbacks to borrow on the windowsill. The beers are from the Marston's stable and kept pretty well. Prices for the Ringwood and Wychwood beers are a pocket-saving £2.35 a pint from Monday to Thursday. Other beers, and Thatcher's Gold cider, are just in excess of £3, including Jennings Cumberland. The food however is sublime. The speciality here is grass-fed Hampshire beef, hung for 21 days or more and sold by weight so you can eat your fill whatever your appetite. It is cooked to perfection by Helen, the Landlady, and served absolutely " a point". The conversation from the strange mix of locals can be very entertaining, (especially as you approach closing time), but you are always assured of a warm welcome. thesaintsfan - 30 Aug 2010 23:39 |
| I must confess to not really having taken the time to sample the full wares of the Westgate, despite being resident there last weekend (nobody else was apparently but it was nice to have the place to oneself). Given that I have at least given the accommodation a spin I felt I should drop a review in for that. A large number of rooms are available, at competitive prices. Mine had recently been refurbished to a good standard - could still smell the fresh paint. Decor is a canny mix of traditional items with contemporary design, and in my room at least this seemed to work well. The bed wasn't exactly comfortable, though I managed a good sleep (possibly owing to alcohol consumption elsewhere I am bound to say). Good for the spine, at any rate. The bathroom had the usual plumbing issue (there's always one in every pub and B and B I've stayed in!), in that the bathwater didn't drain properly, but otherwise, clean and commodious. The place came into its own at breakfast time: splendid locally-sourced ingredients in any combination one chooses, and all served by a very helpful and pleasant lady - whom I believe was the proprietress. A real surprise. And the dining room itself was rather grand, too - which is not the feeling one gets upon arrival in the pub quarters. I shan't offer a rating out of 10 as I didn't get a chance to try the ale or food, or even spend more than a couple of minutes in the actual pub. But given the price I would suggest this as a suitable stopover for a quick pied-a-terre in Winch. TWG - 28 Jan 2010 17:05 |
| Corner pub opposite the ancient Westgate and Winchester Castle. Only a few suits in the smallish semicircular bar when I was there, possibly lawyers who had been working late at the nearby Crown Court, no sign of their clients though; as dodgy reviews from its nearest extant competitor may suggest. The main bar is decorated in traditional but basic style, brown wood, tatty tables, hints of Victorian splendour and military prints reflecting Winchester's relationship with the Rifle Brigade and the Royal Hampshire Regiment. There is a second large room of raised seating with wild west style bannisters which previous reviews suggest may have been an Indian restaurant. Mainstream ales and kegs, other than my pint of Banks's Original which was drinkable but not outstanding only Staropreman registered on my conciousness , oldboots - 12 Jul 2009 20:21 |
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