Beautiful quality food and wine, excellent service everything was perfect spent a lovely evening here with my partner and we both came home non stop talking about how much we enjoyed the place ! I highly recommend this place to everyone beautiful location, fab owners/staff amazing food/wine what more could you ask for :) !
The River Rat has recently made over its ground floor to a wine bar with tapas menu and a superb selection of gins, which we've been merrily working our way through - beautifully served with appropriate tonics and garnishes. Went there last night and had a superb rum punch, courtesy of Richard the bartender. We'll be back!
Visited for the Halloween quiz night. I had an absolute blast, well worth coming. The place was full of friendly patrons, atmosphere was great. I enjoyed the quiz great mix of rounds and questions all at a good pace. I enjoyed a couple of things from the a la carte menu. Ribs were tender and tasty, chips were fat crispy and hot. I had a baked apple for desert which was delicious, autumnal and reminded me of a modern version of the baked apples my mum would make us for pudding on a Sunday growing up in the 80s/90s just wonderful! Staff were friendly and attentive did a fantastic job serving all the tables as everyone was there at the same time for the quiz. Yes it wasn't a cheap place, but harvester this it is not! Given the picturesque setting, quaint cosy building good food & drink and welcoming service I feel this place deserves a top spot. I would look to visit again just a shame they are not open more lunch times as I normally have little ones in tow.
First time here as were camping up the road. On arrival for the Jazz and Fizz at lunchtime Daniel was warm and welcoming, nothing was too much trouble. The beautiful secluded garden is a delight with thatched pods. We decided to dine here in the evening and sat in the upstairs restaurant. Again Daniel was very welcoming. Our waitress was Grace who was lovely, a very knowledgeable young lady. Both lunchtime and evening you couldn't fault the food, first class. Good wine selection, one small criticism a shame they do not have beer and lager on tap, bottles only. Can't recommend The River Rat highly enough. Will certainly be returning.
Lovely Sunday lunch at the River Rat. The garden out back is a hidden gem and it was dog-friendly so our little Spaniel could join us. Would definitely look at coming back for an evening meal next time. The apricot and amaretto trifle that was on the specials board was also very yummy.
Nice place and very welcoming staff. The food was great and delicious. One of my favorite places to visit.
We'd never been to Hamble before and literally booked a Sunday lunch at the River Rat on a whim as the reviews and menu looked encouraging.
We were not disappointed.
We had two dogs with us so we're situated in the 'bar' area. Well the bar area was really very comfortable and not really like a bar at all.
The service was quick, efficient and friendly.
The food was excellent.
The dogs were given water bowls and treats
The atmosphere was very relaxing
We had a lovely time. Worth every penny.
We will be back.
In our view the experience was excellent.
We stopped by for a Sunday roast.
We tried beef, lamb and the vegetarian option, which arrives without potatoes but was quickly rectified.
We didn't try the cocktails as we thought they were a bit on the expensive side, and the selection of desserts of the day didn't push us enough, but the meat was juicy and tender, and we are sure that in summer the atmosphere will be much more enjoyable than winter, especially in their outside area/garden that was very nice.
It would be lovely to go back in summer.
Rowena Bailey (RowenaBailey2004)
+4
Had a lovely dinner here on father's Day, the service was great from start to finish and so was the food everything was fresh and looked and tasted amazing. The 8oz ribeye steak was very nice unfortunately my steak was cold but was quickly changed with no hassle and was nice and hot the next time. Will definitely recommend to family and friends and will be back again soon.
I took my Nan to River Rat for a Sunday roast as a birthday treat and had a really lovely experience. The food was brilliant and the service was quick, with polite staff.
When the staff served our desserts, they even brought out a lovely board with 'Happy Birthday' written on it in white chocolate with fresh raspberries and blueberries. What a bunch of legends!
Can't wait to come back :)
Lovely evening meal in the garden area. Limited menu but that's not always a bad thing. Husband had fish of the day and I had vegetarian option, both were lovely. Our waitress was very nice but couldn't open the wine even though it was a screw top 😂 Quite expensive but nice for a treat.
We had a great evening, the food was excellent and staff were very nice. I'm looking forward to my next visit. Its a lovely little restaurant.
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