The Wykeham Arms Reviews

Great old pub with a restaurant serving decent food.

Beautiful little pub which was really busy due to xmas market but that was expected Really professional staff and a great selection of beers,ales and other drinks.

The smoked mackerel is great!!! Goes well with the red from Chateau Chauvin 2005! Value for money!

It s always a pleasure to go to The Wykeham... I ve been going for 1 years now - and it never fails to disappoint in atmosphere, quality of food and friendliness!

Good beer, great food, great whisky selection in a friendly pub with lots of character.

The Wykeham Arms was another high point during our stay in Winchester.
Our morning started with coffee at the Cabinet Rooms up on Jewry Road, then we did a day of historic sites with a whole afternoon in Winchester Cathedral.
We then ducked around the corner to the Wykeham Arms. We had a fabulous pub dinner with some great wines and exotic Gin mixes. It was a great way to cap off a wonderful day.

Warm and cosy pub with roaring fires, interesting decor and a nice pint.

Very close to Winchester Cathedral and town centre. Friendly helpful service. Good menu. Parking tricky but staff facilitate best use of small car park.

Although the food was excellent, and the staff friendly, our meal took over 2 hours total. 45 minutes of this time was waiting for desserts they lost somewhere and had to get us new ones.

Had an extremely nice meal here, complemented by a superb selection of beers. The staff were both friendly and very knowledgeable. Also a very pleasant ambience.

Always a lovely venue with a great atmosphere and good beer. The food was tasty though if I am honest the change in the menu since I was last there (a few years ago?) is a bit disappointing. It really should do better than burgers, fish and chips etc...

Last minute cancellation
We had made a booking for my birthday over a week ago and had received multiple confirmations. On the day, we drove an hour to Winchester and 1h before we were due at the Wykeham Arms got a message advising us that our booking had been cancelled as the place wouldn t accommodate our baby there.
The fact that kids are not allowed should have been made clear on the booking page and/or we should have been done earlier.
We are now in Winchester with a baby and nowhere to go for lunch. Thank you Wykeham Arms for ruining what could have been a great day!

It is nice, looks cool, has nice beer. There was a lovely dog there.

Excellent food in cozy pub surroundings. Fantastic in winter.

Excellent food with unobtrusive and efficient service from delightful staff.

The Wykeham Arms is a brilliant pub in the heart of Winchester. There is a wide selection of beers, wines and spirits, including 4 cask ales. Friendly staff, historic building.

Classic pub near the Cathedral and the College.

Restaurant is good and great wine list.

Great rustic pub. Good selection of wines, lagers and ales. Reasonably priced and dog friendly. There's always a nice atmosphere here and a surprising amount of space for larger parties. Definitely one to add to the pub crawl

Gorgeous place. Staff so friendly. Had an excellent dinner.

. ordered mussels which were full of grit or sand and un edible. Very basic mistake if you were supposed to be fine dining. not impressed with the menu at all. trying to get parked near the restaurant was almost impossible. seating not very good as well. had what one might call school desks. makes it look trendy good try getting your legs comfortably under the table. because of this. I couldn't wait soon enough to finish the meal. sad because it has the makings to be a good dining experience.

The Wykeham was a regular haunt for me back in the early years of the current millennium. Even then the place's heyday was already long gone following the departure of the much-loved original landlord, but enough of the character remained to draw the old crowd in.

The intervening years have resulted in a blander, more upmarket place, though judged against the standards of your average tied pub it's still decent: competent staff, reasonable beer and at least there's no music.

I recently went for dinner which again was unexceptionable if unexceptional. Somewhat overpriced and over ambitious but no moreso than your average pub really.



It remains a classic pub of the city, but sadly diminished with age.

Complimentary bread lovely but would have preferred Hampshire butter rather than what appeared to be avocado cream...
Pudding portion quite large could have shared but lovely... Would have preferred crackers rather than poppadoms with cheeseboard..... Service was excellent. Mains chicken and shepherd's pie brilliant... Atmosphere really nice

We stayed overnight in a small house accessed through a building on the opposite side of the road. There was a bedroom upstairs and a separate sitting area with a sofa bed downstairs. The bathroom was everything you'd need and the shower had great water pressure, albeit the head is possibly a little low in height for anyone above 5'9 or so. The staff were super and the food excellent. Within a stone's throw from the Cathedral and city centre but very quiet - our bedroom window was wide open overnight and the only noise in the morning was from the birds and the cathedral bells.

Interesting pub with good wine and food. Can be a pub and a restaurant.

Honestly this was one of the best experiences I've had in the UK. The pub looks absolutely amazing, its super cosy. The atmosphere is outstanding as well, the nice warm fire definitely causes the restaurant to be nice and warm. The staff is very kind and thoughtful as well. The food is just as good as the other things I just described. Great quality, beautiful presentation and the taste is astonishing. Absolutely recommend going here for people seeking to have a typical British experience!

Always visit the Wykeham on a trip to Winchester. We had a meal this time instead of the usual pint or two, and it was very enjoyable. The only gripe was that they had run out of my favourite tipple, London Pride...in a Fuller's Pub...on a Friday!!

Unusual decoration comprising lots of old items combined with a friendly welcome. Good beers and nice food. A good place to pop in.

Note: one way system involves going out in pouring rain to go the the toilet.

? It s appropriate for senior management to criticise young female staff in an open bar for being too fat?

A fantastic pub in Winchester - olde world!! I would highly recommend their pies - best in South UK. Great location close to Cathedral, College and Jane Austen's. Fantastic Service to their moto!!

One of the best pubs in Winchester. Great food, good selection of spirits and beers and friendly staff.

Been a number of times to this pub but first time in the 'covid' period. They had set it up really well, the pub still had a good atmosphere, service was prompt and food was excellent. It was actually probably my best visit so far which is quite a feat given what they are going through!

One of the best pubs in England. Always so welcoming and cosy with eccentric decor and characterful staff! The wine list is exceptional too - a hidden gem!

Excellent food, reasonably priced and excellent service. I would highly recommend The Wykeham Arms

Quintessentially English, cosy, historic old pub. Open fires in the winter. Low.lighting.
Good food and drink. Rooms available

Lovely atmosphere and good menu. The rooms are absolutely great and have everything you need for a few nights away. Location is wonderful as really close to the city centre but still secluded from busy roads or nightlife.

We stayed in the days around our wedding and loved everything about it. We didn't mention we were getting married but obviously attracted attention walking in-and-out with a wedding dress and suit. Upon our return in the evening the staff had left a bottle of champagne and note in our room to congratulate us. A lovely personal touch.

Great bar but drinks are quite pricey. Staff were competent but not quite friendly. Good place to soak up the ambience

My favourite pub in Winchester, lots of interesting decor and food is great if you want to eat

I took six other people here for dinner, and the food was very good, all round, we all had something different, and three courses. all the courses were good sizes, so you didn't feel hungry or stuffed, and not one comment that wasn't "great" I love the atmosphere of this historic pub, and the fires in the winter. the old school desks are an interesting touch, and on a summer evening, the back garden is a dream.

would recommend this to anyone who cares about what they eat.

Marvellous venue - such variety of entertainment, eating & drinking. Great views too.

Visited for lunch. Beautiful traditional settings and delicious food

Really nice pub with a good beer garden. The heaters were good this time of year.

Nice cosy pub with a great atmosphere. Has a great selection of beer and wine.

Secluded. Near the West Gate. English Ale. Garden with umbrellas and heaters out back.

Love it. Old world traditional inn, really good food beer and service. Bedroom very we appointed comfortable and top, modern bathroom. Worth a detour.

Nice local pub, good ales, does what it says on the tin. Would recommend.

Welcoming staff. Breakfast poor quality ingredients. Evening meal poor. Scallops were small and only 3 for a tenner. Also texture of snot. Fish and chips would have been better at weatherspoons. Expensive. Never going back.

Fabulous atmosphere and a great staff! To be surrounded by such ancient history and such good food and drinks is amazing.

The main bar is lovely and great to get some work done before opening hours. I was being filmed in the bar and the staff made great efforts to makes sure they didn't interrupt the filming.

A quaint pub from another time. The Wykeham Arms has a beautiful historic interior styling with knick-knacks from throughout it's history adorning the walls. It has a good selection of rooms to stay in if you're visiting Winchester for a few days (or if you've had one too many at one of their special event nights!).

The food is of a good standard with a varied seasonal menu and the service on the whole is on point. Their roast dinner or fish & chips are amazing.

The roast is amazing and the treacle tart is the bomb.

Friendly, bustling pub in a convenient location for central Twickenham a d tje riverside

Tasty food and brilliant service topped off with a warm atmosphere

Been here many times. Great cosy pub. Good beer. Lovely garden

bohemian feeling when you get in, it's the perfect place for a night out when u want to relax but feel cool at the same time. the service on the bar is really good. you can dinner there as well, just be aware the restaurant closes early so my advice is to go early, enjoy dinner and stay for the bar. the food is gourmet and very tasty, I took out one star because the fish and chips were a disappointment.

Clean, friendly, great pint of cider- reasonable price. If your in the area you must drop in.

Tiny tables for drinking - old school desks, okay Winchester has an old school but no need to make it uncomfortable to enjoy a beer. A very small choice of Fullers beers available was disappointing.

Fantastic, good service, lovely food, good beer. Great interior. Recommend highly.

Really lovely pub. Super cozy and really interesting decorations! Good cask ales as well.

In the last year the Wykeham has gone from a welcoming high quality local to a very expensive cafe with bar.
If you want rushed mediocre high priced fodder then this place will suit you fine. It is neither gastro nor pub.
I went in, found an empty seat, because I wasn't eating I was ushered into the standing bar area. I found another empty seat and was again herded away.
Such a shame for Winchester to lose a great pub.

Love this place. A real gem hidden in the narrow streets of Winchester. Perfect pint.

Outstanding traditional boozer with a good range of cask conditioned beers and great food

Rather nice pub with excellent real ales. However, don't agree with them adding a service charge to your bill when you have only had a couple of pints at the bar!