Hare and Hounds Newbury

Travelling back from Wales we booked and stopped off for lunch here. Great little find and parking which was a relief. Off the beaten track (from the Motorway) but well worth the visit. Was nice to sit back and enjoy the food before travelling onwards to London.

What a find ! One of the best roast dinners I had in this country ! Service was amazing and the ambience of the place as well. San Sebastián cheese cake was almost as good as the real Basque cake which is not easy to achieve ! 5 out of 5 for a casual Sunday dinner that turn out to be a super gastro experience !

Decided to give the H&H another go when told our first choice, the castle, had their Greek night. It was an anniversary dinner, we wanted a quiet setting, not smashing plates and dancing…. We were seated in the newer barn part of the restaurant, on a tiny table next to the external doors to the patio, adjacent to a table laid out for 30+ diners. Midway through our starter, 30+ teenagers were seated at their table, so much for a quiet anniversary dinner. Ordered a bottle of gavi di gavi, which was lovely and perfectly chilled. I also ordered a mojito, also lovely with a slight coconut taste to it. Starters - we both ordered the prawn salad, which was explained as a ‘deconstructed prawn cocktail’, but spicy. It wasn’t spicy, at all. It was 6 prawns, some crisp lettuce and a couple of pieces of avocado in a pretty lame Marie Rose sauce. Also present, oddly, segments of orange, which really didn’t belong and didn’t work at all. Mains - my wife ordered the risotto, which she said was lovely, but a small portion. I had what was meant to be a ribeye, but given how thin it was, wondered if I had been given the steak frites by mistake. Skin-on-fries lovely and plentiful, but the thinnest ribeye I have ever had, and at £31.50, very poor value for money. The flat iron (hanger) steak I have every week in Shoreditch, London, is thicker, and £14. It was perfectly edible, but because it was so thin, medium rare, not what I asked for. Sticky toffee pudding and ice cream was lovely, no better / worse than any other place I order it at. So a mixed review on the food, nothing horrendous, but nothing to get excited about either. But to top off a disappointing evening, every couple of minutes a couple of the large group of teenagers would be going out the doors next to us to light up, then back in again, with cold air coming in every time. We should have been seated in one of the other vacant tables the other side of the restaurant, avoiding the tag team in / out disturbance we encountered all evening. Had a large whisky in the bar waiting for the taxi, all the windows were wide open, making the bar cold. Why? And why not light the wood burner to make it warm, cosy and appealing. We couldn’t wait to go home, the most disappointing £130 we’ve spent eating out I can remember. Should have played it safe and gone to Côte. The staff were friendly and polite, so they’re at least getting that right.

My friends were staying there and I met them for a drink. I wasn’t well and the staff were so lovely and helpful. They were very attentive and couldn’t do enough for us. My friends said the breakfast was lovely the following morning. There were some things that weren’t quite right and they were happy to rectify any problems.

Why oh why... Has it taken so long to discover this place... I was fed-up using a well known chain of hotels that had lost that extra touch of making the customer valued. what a great find... Great location, super friendly and helpful staff, very comfortable rooms and a great breakfast!

The Hare & Hounds Pub/Restaurant We booked a table here for a Sunday Lunch, but probably should have picked a later time, as when we arrived at 12.00 it seemed staff were not yet ready. It took 25 minutes just to have someone take our order and it was 45 minutes after our arrival when we were finally served. We were not in a hurry so it was not a great inconvenience, but nevertheless rather slow service. The food was beautifully presented and tasty enough. There is good parking and lots of inside and outdoor seating here, and the ambiance inside is quite nice.

My boyfriend and I celebrated our anniversary in January. The reason I am writing this review in August is becuse we are still non stop talking about going back. The room was beautiful and clean, the bathtub was amazing and the food was insane! We truly had the best time and the manager who served us at check-in was so kind and generous to us. Infact the service all round was perfect. Cannot WAIT to go back

It was a very hot evening but the team could not to enough to ensure that we were looked after! Sadly the room was a bit too hot to sleep as well as we liked… The night porter (didn’t manage to get her name) dropped us fresh milk at 6am on our doorstep, Olivia at reception and Gracie in the restaurant were amazing! They made our stay a lovely experience and probably one of the best breakfasts we have had! Thank you so much… hopefully we will be back ☺️ but next time with a better night sleep!

Went for a family meal service was non existent. Was not shown to table and was told it was the large table outside . Had to ask for menus and water for the table. ordered olives and bread to start with . Olives appeared but no bread . Again had to ask and then had to ask for our mains . . Didn’t clear away the starter plates . No one asked if we we wanted extra drinks and if the meal was ok . Food on the other hand was fantastic, everyone enjoyed what they had chosen. Just unfortunate that the service let them down on what appeared to be a fairly quiet day .