A beautiful restaurant and wonderful customer service. The interior is very elegant and I would…read moreconsider using it for an event in the future if possible. Parking was not the easiest. I got the last space, but I couldn't see if overflow parking was available. The appetisers were very good and beautifully presented. The duck that my friend had looked wonderful. Our main courses were very good. The cod was lovely and the steaks were nice. My steak was a little fatty and I found the gristle very chewy on the end piece. I also like my triple cooked chips a little more crispy, but that's just my taste. The desserts were lovely and again beautifully presented. The ginger cake with chocolate mousse and the ganache plate were particularly good. The table next to us has the beef wellington and I would definitely order that if I went again. It looked phenomenal! Overall a lovely experience.

This restaurant excels at everything it seems..what a delight!…read more - Beautiful indoor and outdoor seating - Perfect service, attentive but not too much - Small thoughtful extras - Excellent food - Very well priced Came in for lunch. Had the 3 course lunch menu for £38 (what a steal!). Lamb belly for starter was delicious, well seasoned and put together dish. Mains I tried the pork collar which was very good but the house made black pudding was phenomenal, best I have ever had..inventively spiced, wish I could buy a kilo to take home. Dessert was fig leaf panna cotta, light and flavoursome. Had a coffee with dessert which was also excellent. Its very clear that they try to do everything to the best standard possible. Wish I lived closer.

Get food, environment and service. They accommodate for all…read morepeople with allergies or intolerances. The staff were polite and helpful and gave great advice.

Don't use this restaurant anymore. Breakfast isn't worth the money anymore since they changed it…read more The sausage wasn't so good last time i went to eat therefore was definitely dissatisfied with the food.

Wow! Classic western English pub (ok, high class) fare. Near Highclere castle, the carpenters arms…read moreoffers a fantastic lunch and a wonderful view of the western English countryside. We were comfortably seated in the back room and quickly served by the wait staff. Baby Girl M decided on fried Brie (Jesus take the wheel!) and progressed to the standard ham and cheese sandwich - the Brie far out stripped the sandwich. Glammom went traditional with fish and chips - standard. Momma K - Prawn and crab salad / wonderfully prepared and tasty! I decided to try the lamb pie - talk about comfort food! Although really set up to give tourists the old "English pub field", it was a good time and good food. Frankly, I love the fact that restaurants and businesses in England are also dog friendly. So, OK this was a tad touristy but definitely worth a go!

We stayed here for just the one night (in the area to take our daughter to visit Airkix for her…read morebirthday). Our room consisted of a double bedroom, a twin bedroom and an interconnecting kitchenette. It also had a shower room. Beds were very comfortable, rooms were spacious and the shared kitchen (in addition to the kitchenette in the room) contained breakfast foodstuffs. To top it off you wake up overlooking Watership down. What more could you ask for? Great value accommodation, would definitely recommend to anyone wanting to visit this area.

Upmarket venue with a good selection of drinks - a lot not found elsewhere in town. A very good…read moremenu and the renovation into The Elephant does the food justice. Very popular so booking strongly recommend. Small outside drinking area in the car park, parking on site for hotel guests only.

Awful don't stay here. Cleanliness awful. Service awful. Worst place I have ever stayed. Absolutely…read moredreadful. Don't bother!!!!

Great ambiance. Beautiful setting by the river with houseboats and swans. Fish and chips are the…read morebest!

Most expensive pub in town. Shouldn't have set foot inside the place. I don't mind paying OTT but…read morethere's paying for a pint and paying for a pint.

Took a gamble that turned out to be SO spot on, I have to write about it. We were on our way down…read moreto Highclere Castle in Newbury and this was one of the food establishments that came up on both Yelp and Google. The reviews appeared to be good on both but sometimes you just never know with reviews. However, this time I'm happy to report that both sites were correct. Bill's was absolutely busy when we stepped in for a late breakfast/early lunch timeframe. We were greeted promptly and sat at a table for two. To our delight, we were able to order from both the breakfast or lunch menus, so that is what we did. My husband got the full breakfast and I got chicken entree with vegetables. Service was attentive and prompt. It shows that they are a good chain restaurant because of the care and organization that is evident in how they run their establishment. Decor is comfortable and interesting and I was glad to see servers working hard - not just standing around. While we don't come down this way to Newbury often, if we ever do again (and we may to go to Winchester Cathedral) we'll probably make Bill's our stop and go to for good food. A paid car park is around the block and close by so no worries on parking either!

Nice little pub nice and clean good service very much a place for meeting freinds rather than…read moremaking freunds. Good selection of real ale.

I had hoped for better. This pub/restaurant was pretty highly rated, but the meal we had was pretty…read moremeh. Not bad, but not very good, either.

Sunday Breakfast, fairly busy so you would feel confident, poor presentation, sausage not great,…read moreeggs I kept moving fried, dried out and shameful. The black pudding was a dry as you like and almost hardened. The temperature was very good and in its defence the bacon was nice although some was rock solid from the heat drying it out like old leather. One member of staff a young lady with black hair and ponytail was jolly, friendly and talked to just about everyone, whilst all other staff and a chef that appeared had the faces of a funeral. CHEAP BUT NOT CHEERFUL...... Not going back

When someone books a table, it would help if a manager actually checked on the availability of…read moretables and confirmed the booking by making sure that an actual table would be available at the time of the diners' arrival. That way we wouldn't have to wait an hour (against my better judgement) while we watch other people who didn't make a reservation just walk in off the street and get seated in front of us, only for us to (once again) end up walking out and going somewhere else where the overworked carver doesn't have to slice off his stingy 3 slices of dried-out meat person-by-person for a queue which would take yet another hour to get through. Also the whole place is always full of steam and stinks like a rotting greenhouse. Some air conditioning or at least opening a window sometime might be useful. If anyone can sit through that stench without throwing-up during their meal, good on them. You might as well let people smoke indoors again because it would at least take the edge off it. I'm never going to eat in the Toby Carvery again, because the chance of actually getting fed there seems an impossibility nowadays. With this being the third time in the last year that my wife and I have walked out in disgust, and gone for a curry instead, I'd advise anyone thinking of eating in the Toby to just stay home and cook their own dinner. You'll at least have a decent amount of meat then and not feel the need to overdose on a mixture of stewed and dried-out vegetables that have sat under the heat lamps for way too long just to get your money's worth. And finally, although it doesn't matter to me anymore because I'm never going into the Toby again, the "sugar free Pepsi" needs to go. You can blame Jamie Oliver for that one rather than the Toby, but they could pay the extra sugar tax to keep punters happy instead of penny pinching on everything. On the plus side, the breakfast is decently priced and okay.