July 2025 by Julie Baker
Just an overnight
July 2025 by Greg Pidgeley
Very friendly and welcoming staff and chef. Only stopped for a meal but very happy I did, the chicken, coconut and lime curry was excellent. Would recommend and will definitely call in again passing.
June 2025 by Rui Romao
Great food ?
May 2025 by Brandon
Excellent friendly and professional staff came for drink during a festival live band was excellent definitely recommend to anyone passing by great location perfect transport route too
April 2025 by Nicholas Langdown
The food is amazing best steak one of the best aswell
April 2025 by Justin Scott
My lunchtime order was forgotten!
When it finally arrived the food was almost certainly fish and chips from a supermarket out of the freezer. Bland and required a ton of ketchup!
I must also mention the sticky table and floor.
This place might be alright for a few beers in the evening but not for a meal.
April 2025 by Patrick Michael IUGA
Highly recommended for anyone
April 2025 by Janine Tredinnick
Travelling as a couple with a dog, we chose to stop in Downton as we were driving from Wantage to Southbourne for the weekend. Thought we?d stop for a bite to eat and then continue on our journey. We were instantly made to feel very welcome. The chef came out and firstly offered the dog a chunk of meat. It was Friday and we chose the £20 for two fish and chips. The cod was amazing chunks of flesh, light and crispy batter and the chips were cooked to perfection. We got chatting with Mike and decided to stay the night. Mike suggested we helped ourself to breakfast/coffee in the morning before we continued on our journey. On the Sunday we drove up through the New Forest and visited again to see if the Carvery lived up to its reputation. It certainly did! Thanks guys. We will definitely be back
April 2025 by Lydia Morris
We stayed at the Bull Hotel last night to make sure we were in spitting distance of the nearby hospital for an early appointment. I'm so glad we chose this place - it's a beautiful, proper community pub, in a lovely village location, and we were served excellent food and drink by the very warm and friendly owner. We ended up chatting to the locals, listening to some fantastic live blues music, and finished up with a restful night's sleep in a comfortable and inviting bedroom. We'll see you next time ?
March 2025 by Philip Cozens
Meal was average - pie and chips. Service was good. Pub surroundings but not very smart.
March 2025 by Jolyon Crane
Our group booked a room and meals at The Bull. Without exception everyone really enjoyed the food and service and we'll be back.
March 2025 by Sue Crane
Last night we went out as a group and were given the function room. My the local Downton people are lucky! Beautifully fitted out restored pub, with strong community emphasis (eg pool table, book swap club), handsome, witty and efficient owner/manager, great food at good prices. What's not to like? Nothing - except I wish it was closer.
March 2025 by Elle Vincent
So happy we stopped off here today, purely by chance - we were driving by, saw the carvery through the window and pulled straight into the carpark! Very lovely bar tender and chef serving exactly what we were looking for. A lovely, well cooked lunch with our favorite trimmings. Just the two of us, on a beautiful day - just what Sundays are made for. Keep doing what you?re doing Bull Hotel, definitely recommend ??
March 2025 by dan d
Sat here in the Pub Garden writing this review having just enjoyed an absolutely fantastic 4 meat Sunday Carvery and a cold cider. Doesn't get much better than this on any Sunny Sunday afternoon. Mike and James were both extremely welcoming and the food was excellent! Would strongly recommend and will definitely be back very soon!
February 2025 by Vincent Clark
Fantastic value £12 for Sunday carvery.
