The Bear & Ragged Staff, Romsey

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• G

  Google user

  ·1 month ago

  “A surprisingly nice find, on the way back to the Midlands (the quiet way...) Has regular Bike and Car meets, live music and other special events. London Pride on tap, plus more real ales, and various other beers and ciders. Good food variety, using locally sourced ingredients, which is pleasing to see. Expansive outdoor area, great with the hot Summer this year. Lovely traditional interior, with plenty of dining options. I commented that the door on the Gents was like Arkwright's till...(Open All Hours - classic TV..) Probably the only pub outside Warwickshire that is called the Bear and Ragged Staff....? Fabulous pub.”

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• G

  Google user

  ·2 months ago

  “Stopped after a long journey and road closure came upon this pub by accident, looks lovely from the outside. However 15min to be seated, spoken to by an untrained teenager who was ordered to stop speaking to us and to help take orders out from the kitchen by want appeared to be flustered supervisor. Didn’t get any better when trying to place our order at the till when I asked what flavour juice carton they have for kids and told “it is whatever is on the menu!” Tried paying with an Amex which didn’t appear to go through so I asked do you accept Amex and the reply was “it would appear that would be no”. Nothing major but very poorly trained young staff with flustering management doing a poor service to what looks like a great pub from the road”

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• G

  Google user

  ·2 months ago

  “Popped in yesterday afternoon and had an amazing lunch I had the steak and fries and my wife had the Cesar salad. Her salad was as good as it gets as was my steak and fries. The staff were friendly and efficient what else could you want. Lovely place and definitely worth a visit.”

• G

  Google user

  ·2 months ago

  “Myself and 2 friends went for a motorcycle ride and stopped off at this nice looking pub . We were all quite hungry so thought we will grab some food but unfortunately it was 5.30 and the kitchen was not open to 6pm . We bought 3 pints 1 Asahi at £720 2x Peroni at £14.20 which is top end price but ok . I thought il add 3 packets of crisps to my disbelieve 1x cheese and onion 1 beef 1 plain to a total off £7.50 . Total for this stop was £28.90 I expect the drink price but the crisp price no .It put a bad taste so we decided to eat at another pub we have now set a target to find if we can find a pub that serves crisps above this £2.50 . That evening we looked at 2 more pubs but the bear and Ragged Staff is still very much leading.🙁”

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• G

  Google user

  ·2 months ago

  “Family of 5 came for a Sunday lunch. What can I say first arriving at the pub we were a little concerned with the emptiness of the carpark. However, we were seated and served quickly. 4 of us has a roast and agreed it was up there with one of the best we had tried. Would definitely recommend and go back.”

• G

  Google user

  ·2 months ago

  “Went to a Monday night biker night. Food was wicked, atmosphere was great. Nice location, friendly staff”

• G

  Google user

  ·3 months ago

  “We stopped off for an unexpected lunch and were very pleasantly surprised. It's a beautiful pub. The staff were so friendly and welcoming and the food was fantastic, we had a chicken ceaser salad and a cibatta sandwich, honestly one of the best sandwiches I have had. We look forward to coming back.”

• G

  Google user

  ·3 months ago

  “So disappointed with our visit this week, choices for a veggie customers was so limited and as I only eat small meals the limited choices was really only a starter - so whist the others in our party tucked in to what looked like a fairly nice meal I had to stick with bread & cheese! Not only that but because the stock was frozen my bread was warm defrosted and turned hard and uneatable by the time it cooled down Sorry but this place unless it improves is off my idea venue for meeting friends and family”

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• G

  Google user

  ·7 months ago

  “Brilliant Sunday roast. Chicken breast was not dry. Gammon & Beef were tasty. Roasts were crispy and generous serving of fresh veg. Nice setting. Cosy pub with local woodland walks nearby. Will return for sure.”

• G

  Google user

  ·1 year ago

  “We had originally planned to dine elsewhere, but we’re so glad our evening had taken us to The Bear & Ragged Staff. We hadn’t made a reservation and the staff were quick to seat us. The staff were all so lovely and very friendly. The service was brilliant. And the food, the food was absolutely beautiful! When it came to ordering puddings, my in-laws went for ice cream. As a joke my partner suggested to jazz up their ice creams. We were not disappointed at all, their plain ice creams came out with a variety of fresh berries and strawberry sauce too. That, had absolutely made our evening. Thank you to all the staff at The Bear & Ragged Staff, we’re looking forward to dining again with you very soon.”

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