Name: The King Alfred Pub
Address: 11 Saxon Road, Winchester, Winchester, Winchester, SO23 7DJ, United Kingdom
Rating: 9

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The Deanery

Horsepower

King Alfred the Great Statue

Winchester Christmas Market

Jane Austen's House

Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Royal Hampshire County Hospital - Winchester Maternity

South Downs Way

Military Museums

Southampton Airport

Blackbushe Airport

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The King Alfred Pub

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Came for a few drinks and a meal. Lovely cosy, traditional pub. Staff really friendly and welcoming. Good selection of real ales and a nice French merlot. Good food at reasonable prices. Highly recommended if you're in the area. 

Cosy, traditional pub with nice atmosphere.

Laying in a comfy clean bed, after a lovely day in Winchester but unable to sleep at midnight because we can hear every word, every step of making tea and all with the tv on, in the next room. Definitely not peaceful so we are very disappointed and obviously not as lively as the people in the next room!!

Lovely pub, clean room, comfy bed but absolutely no sound proofing.

Very good lunch, a welcoming pub that has the feel of a 'local' but also friendly to 'outsiders', seemed a good mix of ages, families, friends and most especially dogs that like this pub. Very busy when we went (booked beforehand) but never had feeling of being rushed, they seemed to accommodate everyone, the children were convinced it was a filming location for Harry Potter but it just had that look about it..it was the sort of place that if Hagrid popped out the gents noone would have batted a eye. 

Great pub, super food.

Exceptional customer service. Happy, helpful and worked so well as a team. 

The menu could be a little larger and varied but would still come back.

Lovely atmosphere with spacious table planning. Lovely experience.

Exceptional customer service 

What a little gem of a place this is. Warm welcome on a Sunday afternoon on the day the clocks had gone back, assured we we still fine for late Sunday Lunch which was a bonus. Excellent Roast Beef and great local beer. Also had dinner on Monday (which we had been pre warned was quiz night! - I'd avoid that in future) again excellent food. Bed room ok size, quirky in style, with very heavy furniture. Breakfast in the cupboard was lovely, with fridge and fresh milk too. Also the ground coffee with french press and tea bags with pot was a joy to find. 10/10 for that touch. Only negative is that you leave your key in a basket on check out and then have a parking pass to return...not easy and post box/letter box could not be found.

Would stay here again

Love this pub! Lovely cosy atmosphere inside, great beer garden with play area for kids in the summer. Always brilliant service. The food is delicious. Really good options for vegetarians and vegans. And great to have a brilliant pub that’s in town

Best pub in Winchester

We decided to stay a night in Winchester after visiting friends in the City and a Tripadvisor search pointed us to The King Alfred - we weren't disappointed.
The first thing to say is that this is first and foremost a pub, an old building with accommodation above. By definition it's not a spacious, modern, specifically designed hotel. It's quirky and has character. You have to get out of bed to turn off the main light for example - just like at home..!! Access to our room (number 5) was via a narrow staircase which at night was pitch-black and the sensor for the light in the hall only activated as we got to the top of the stairs. The rooms are adequately sized (infinitely better than you'd get in Paris or New York) and are decorated to reflect the location rather than to be pretentious.
I'm going to start with the negatives which include the light sensor mentioned earlier and the fact that some aspects of the room are a little tired. For example the four cushions on the bed were faded and not particularly clean - they need to go, and the towel rail in the shower room was a replacement that sat over a number of holes and old Rawlplugs in the tiles. There was a bit of water damage to framed prints hanging in the shower room. The mattress was also a bit lumpy. It was a pity that although we'd booked a week before, the heating wasn't on in the room. It was freezing when we accessed it in the afternoon on a day that had minus temperatures outside. The electric wall heater made little impression and we used the spare blanket from the wardrobe to be warm in bed. By the following morning the heater had 'caught up' and we could shower and change in relative comfort.
Okay, so after all that....it actually didn't matter...........
The staff at The King Alfred were all really friendly. We had reserved a table for the evening we'd arrived (a busy Friday night). The food was excellent and good value, the beer was good (although my preference was unavailable). We played cards at our table and the atmosphere was genuinely enjoyable. We received a parking permit to use on the road, although as a word of caution, the parking in Winchester is really difficult at times although we were able to park right outside.
The continental breakfast provided was excellent - granola, yogurt, fruit, some of the nicest muffins I've had and with tea and freshly pre-ground coffee to go with the cafetiere. Bottles of nice apple juice and 'fresh' milk was also provided instead of those ghastly pots of UHT stuff, from a fridge within the wardrobe.
We paid £90 for the room in the centre of historic Winchester and despite some of the comments and observations made above, have no complaints.
Far from it, The King Alfred is a good place to stay for a night or two to enable you to explore this City.

An enjoyable overnight stay in historic Winchester.

Mid-week supper and drinks with a friend. Ordered the steak which was cooked to perfection so hats off to the Chef. Rarely order steak when out but as being locals we know the pub well, never not had a good steak here. Cook it from blue to rare to medium to well-done. Lovely atmosphere and enjoyed the house white wine. Yes it might be a little bit pricey - steak costing £27.50 and wine spritzer per glass is £10 but well worth the money for a mid-week catch-up. We'll always come back here!

Superb mid-week supper & drinks

Fabulous!  A charming public house with rooms with top nosh food.  Cosy little nooks and crannies where a table fitted perfectly. Even though a full house, service was prompt and the waitress was excellent!!  This felt like finding a little magic tucked away in a residential area next to another of Winchesters beautiful churches.  Next time will look to stay over!

Supper

Beautifully decorated, very comfortable and welcoming, really nice menu.
Great rock playlist, but they do like it loud. Volume better suited to an evening with friends, not so much a Sunday lunch with grandparents and children. Would have given it a 5 star if it weren't for that.

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