The Wheelwright's Arms is a wonderful 150-year-old pub offering a great place to meet with family and friends to enjoy fabulous food with a great selection of drinks. Conveniently situated on Emsworth Road in Havant we are easily accessible from the main A27 south coast road linking Southampton, Portsmouth and Chichester.
We are also very dog friendly making us a great place to finish a dog walk and enjoy a refreshing drink or a delicious meal. Ten of us went for dinner on a Saturday night on one of our friend's recommendation. So glad we did! Busy place but the customer service was excellent and the food was absolutely gorgeous.
We are also very dog friendly making us a great place to finish a dog walk and enjoy a refreshing drink or a delicious meal. Ten of us went for dinner on a Saturday night on one of our friend's recommendation. So glad we did! Busy place but the customer service was excellent and the food was absolutely gorgeous.
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The Wheelwright's Arms pub in Havant is part of the Upham Group's family of distinctive character pubs. All our pubs have been sensitively restored and improved to enhance their individual charm, which is what attracted us to them in the first place. The Wheelwright's Arms offers fabulous food and superb real ales and we're delighted by the reception we've received from visitors to the area and the people of the locality we serve.
The Wheelwright's Arms offers an exciting menu of delicious, home-cooked meals with a distinct 'surf and turf' theme taking full advantage of our very special location which gives us access to some superb local suppliers of high quality meat and fish. All pubs in the Upham Group take pride in working with local family-run food suppliers to ensure we have the best quality, tastiest and freshest ingredients in everything we serve.
Please see samples of our current menus where every dish served features the very best that nature can offer. We pride ourselves in championing fresh produce from our local and great British suppliers to make sure you enjoy every taste. Please let us know if you have any allergies by either informing us when ordering or by calling /emailing in advance.
If you're looking to escape from the office for a client meeting or staff gathering, without the pressure of the phone ringing and the emails pouring in, then book a space at The Wheelwright's Arms. We have a private meeting space for you and your guests to use. It makes a great space for a strategy or planning session and we can provide equipment, free WiFi and all the tea, coffee, biscuits and pastries you need to be productive.
We have recently been celebrating being named in the 'Good Beer Guide' for the first time. Our traditional country pub has been selected for the Good Beer Guide 2018 and now for a second time in the 2019 edition, which is produced by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and includes the best 4,500 pubs for beer across the UK.
Reviews (15)
Akeris
Jan 01, 2022
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We arrived today having pre-booked for a boxing day meal. We had pre-arranged our orders from the set boxing day menu.
Upon arrival it quickly became apparant that they were not just understaffed but barely had enough staff to maintain basic functions, let alone cope with the booked tables or the (seemly sizable) party in the back room. Front of house staff consisted of one waitress and one barlady. It took so long to be shown to our table that had we not pre-booked and paid a £10 per head non-refundable deposit we would've walked out, as things went I wish we had and saved ourselves nearely
Upon arrival it quickly became apparant that they were not just understaffed but barely had enough staff to maintain basic functions, let alone cope with the booked tables or the (seemly sizable) party in the back room. Front of house staff consisted of one waitress and one barlady. It took so long to be shown to our table that had we not pre-booked and paid a £10 per head non-refundable deposit we would've walked out, as things went I wish we had and saved ourselves nearely
Rob Moyle
Dec 23, 2021
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Ria Barber
Dec 19, 2021
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Peter Huskinson
Dec 16, 2021
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Mark Hill
Dec 12, 2021
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I booked some time ago for a Christmas set meal for 8 people. When we arrived, the table wasn't decorated like everyone else's. We wasn't asked to pre-order but luckily it wasn't busy, so we all got what we asked for, however they did muck up the bill, so we had to query it. The food was nice and the staff were friendly.
Hettie Waldron
Dec 05, 2021
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Havant Resident
Nov 29, 2021
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Lauren Diffey
Nov 08, 2021
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Zoe Duke
Nov 07, 2021
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Russ Ellcome
Sep 26, 2021
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Front of house service poor, had to go to bar to tell staff we were ready to order, food substandard in areas which would suggest back of house staff not that interested in what they send to the customer. Manager a good guy, listened to our feedback and offered discount and apologies. Wouldn't recommend unless fundamental changes are made to both front and back of house.
Kelly Conlon
Sep 22, 2021
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Amanda Wilson-Studd
Sep 19, 2021
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Abi Day
Sep 07, 2021
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Last night we had a delicious meal at the Wheelwright’s. Lovely warm welcome from the initial telephone booking, to our arrival. We were a party of 4 with 4 medium well behaved dogs. Everyone made a fuss of the… dogs and were given water bowls. The gastro pub had a good feel to it. The food was lovely, very spicy buffalo wings with blue cheese dip to start, good crispy squid & black pudding scotch egg. Main were all very good. Seafood linguine awesome, rib, chicken & buttermilk chicken burger all went down well, nice sticky toffee to finish. I had a liquor coffee 👏
Marie W.
Aug 17, 2021
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Managed to get a very last minute booking here after trying a few other places on a Sunday where everyone else in town seemed to have decided to go out for a roast dinner! The staff were very welcoming and friendly. Food was delicious. Slightly more expensive than other places in the area but worth it all the same. It was very clean with a great atmosphere.
Sophie Hayward
Jul 21, 2021
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Really delicious food. Great with gluten free or vegetation options. Even had gluten free onion rings and pizza! Staff were really friendly and the dogs were welcomed in the pub. They also have a small walled patio out the back under shelter which was perfect to sit outside but away from the road out the front. Would recommend.
