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The Plough at Itchen Abbas

A Beautiful, Traditional Country Inn with Rooms

The Plough Itchen Abbas

The Plough is a beautiful, traditional country inn with rooms, serving great quality, home-cooked food and offering a wide selection of ales, wines and spirits.

Nestled between Winchester and Alresford, we are surrounded by beautiful countryside, offering the perfect opportunity for visiting Winchester as well as reconnecting with nature.

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Traditional Country Inn

The Plough is a beautiful, traditional country inn with rooms, serving great quality, home-cooked food and offering a wide selection of ales, wines and spirits.
Our menu offers something to suit every taste and occasion; it includes all of your favourite pub classics, as well as some of our chefs’ original ideas for those special occasions.

We aim to source our produce locally and support small local businesses.

Our meat is sourced from Owton’s Butchers and Smith’s Butchers. Our fish comes from Premier Fish, located in Salisbury.

We also offer English sparkling wine sourced locally, as well as local brewery beers such as Flower Pots, Triple fff & Bowman.

We have 6 stunning, newly renovated, ensuite bedrooms available for you to stay in. Each room named after a historic type of plough, some of which date back hundreds of years in their use.

We look forward to welcoming you soon,

The team at the Plough.

Meet the Girls

4.7

Based on 585 reviews

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Julie Milburn

3 months ago

Lovely area, great beer garden, good bar snacks. Highly recommend

John Walter

4 months ago

We went for lunch at The Plough on Saturday. It was relatively quiet inside and so quite peaceful! We hadn't eaten there for a while and were pleasantly surprised, the food was really good and the service was fine although we weren't offered any bread and butter when we were first seated! Just a detail but a detail missed.

Helen Tranckle

4 months ago

Lovely place to stay. The staff are friendly and very helpful. Great atmosphere in the evening and a beautiful location.

Edwina Farrar

4 months ago

We stayed here for one night, as we were on a cruise from Southampton the following day. Beautiful room, spotlessly clean and very comfortable bed. Lovely garden to sit and enjoy a drink. Evening meal was excellent. Friendly staff. Gorgeous location with nice walks from the door. Everything was excellent.

Terri Horner

4 months ago

Lovely pub in a very idyllic part of Winch. Very nice space inside in the cooler weather but it was glorious yesterday so we spent a very pleasant afternoon out on the terrace. Plenty of shade and sun depending on your preference. Food was great - recommend the beef bourguignon pie which was delicious. Good service and plenty of parking.

M R

4 months ago

A very nice hotel in a good location, quiet despite the road. The room, service, and food were consistently excellent; we felt completely at ease. We can wholeheartedly recommend it – we would gladly return.

Laurien Carter

4 months ago

Always friendly with great food

Eddie Field

4 months ago

A fantastic place to stay. Friendly staff comfortable rooms and excellent food. 5 stars all round from us.

Phoebe cho

4 months ago

Nice beer garden

robert copley

4 months ago

We had a delicious lunch on 3rd June . Excellent watercress soup followed Asparagus, hollandaise poached egg and crispy prosciutto

Vernon Tottle

4 months ago

The menus on the day weren’t the same as those seen on the website. Ideally the webpages would be kept up to date. But the food options available were delicious.

Arthur Goldsmith

4 months ago

Great food and good prompt service. Had lunch, did not stay at hotel

Hibou

5 months ago

Amazing amazing amazing!! Very high quality meals (both diner and breakfast). It will make you forget about the general food quality in england. Here it was DELICIOUS. The room are comfy, beds are divine though you can here slightly from the rooms when there is noise downstairs or in adjacent rooms. The pub closes at 22:30 and after, the noise dies out so no need to be worried for the whole night. Overall, one of the best experience I had in England. Highly recommend! Thx again Alex and the rest of the team for welcoming us ;D

Tony Jones

5 months ago

We were there for a get-together lunch. Excellent food and service, very attentive without being intrusive, friendly and polite. Would highly recommend - and a unanimous vote from us to make it the venue for our next get-together again.

Janet Nevatt

5 months ago

Second time staying here . Rooms perfect, but bed was to hard for us this time . Cooked breakfast was lovely.

David

5 months ago

Had Saturday lunch at The Plough today. The pub might not be such a looker from the outside but don’t let this put you off: the food and service we experienced was exceptional. All the food coming out looked great. There are classic pub dishes alongside an imaginative menu of local flavours that we really enjoyed. Ate on the terrace and the inside was very inviting too. I appreciated that they allowed us to park so that we could go walking before lunch and also that they didn’t just slap on the service charge - we were of course very happy to pay this for such a warm welcome and delicious lunch.

Alex Watt

5 months ago

Our annual family get together was this year at The Plough, Itchen Abbas. Lovely place to stay. Staff were great and really friendly. Food was really good. Good beer selection too. Rooms were very nice, clean and comfy. Excellent outside seating area. Highly recommended for a stay.

Bob Banham

6 months ago

Great food and service as usual.

Brooke Lintern

6 months ago

My husband and our two dogs had a lovely stay at The Plough. Room was comfortable and also had wonderful meals and service. We would definitely stay again!

Maureen Gordon

6 months ago

This particular evening was The Pub Quiz. Interesting food, served efficiently as ever, great atmosphere. It’s my local and I always prefer to eat here as the food is consistently excellent, the staff great. I have an allergy and they will always tweak a dish for me or offer an alternative.

Edmund Fendel

6 months ago

Excellent hostelry in the beautiful Itchen valley in the centre of Hampshire. Ideal for walks. Room, food and drink, all first class. Nice selection of real ales. One was brewed a few miles away near Alresford.

Michelle Coe

6 months ago

Beautiful Scotch egg, Hunter Chicken Sandwich and fries. Near a good walk too.

House On The Hill

6 months ago

Fantastic Highly recommend this old charm pub and accommodation at The Plough in England. Our first day just landed from Australia and stayed our first night in this tranquil setting. Alex greater us and showed us our beautiful room with private balcony. Enjoyed a magnificent dinner with local beer. Great nights sleep with scrumptious breakfast the next morning. All staff were very friendly and helpful. Well done to the team you made our first night in England very memorable. Thank you so much

Anne Bennett

6 months ago

Delicious food.

J J

6 months ago

Delicious Sunday roast for one of us and seabass, also delicious, for the other one. Great service. Staff always friendly. Would totally recommend

Gregory Jones

6 months ago

We had an INCREDIBLE Easter Sunday Roast here. We were a party of 20, and it was a seamless service. We arrived, food came out piping hot and all together as soon as we were ready for it, it was delicious, really reasonably priced, and every staff member we met made a big effort to make it a special visit. We’ve eaten in big groups before, and so often there are problems with service or food, but The Plough NAILED it. Thanks. We’ll be back! X

KrisWill Wedding

6 months ago

Great food, service staff is helpful and nice- Highly recommend-

Max Davies

6 months ago

Amazing pub, amazing service and fantastic food. Would highly recommend

Frits Janssen

6 months ago

Superb hostelry with wonderful food and service

Jenny Hampson

7 months ago

Short drive from Micheldever woods or walk from Avington House. Enjoyed a delicious lunch sat outside with family and the dog. Staff were friendly and accommodating. There was no delay with service. Food was delicious, highly recommend the pork medallions, steak & ale pie and fish & chips. Look forward to coming back again soon.

Paulina Baker

7 months ago

Great food, service and pub atmosphere. It’s by far our family’s favourite place to dine or have a casual drink on a Friday night.

Colin Potter45

7 months ago

really nice place to stay we have been before. The rooms are great and the food is wonderful.

Kate Kneale

7 months ago

Fabulous! Great attention to detail- room had oat milk and lovely towels. Food was great. Just sorry we had to rush and not have time to fully enjoy the beautiful breakfast other guests were enjoying.

Lorna Sarta

7 months ago

We had a lovely meal with great friendly service.

Megan Cooper

7 months ago

Gorgeous food and wonderful service. Definitely recommend!

David Hubbard

7 months ago

Friendly pub/ restaurant with very clean well appointed room Staff excellent making sure we enjoyed our stay.....which we did!!!

Kamal Rahman

7 months ago

This was ALWAYS getting 5 stars throughout. From the moment we walked through the door (and thinking "yes, this is it") we were immediately greeted by the perfect host, Charliegh (hope that's how you spell it, 😉) who showed us to our room. It was perfect! Let's move on to host extraordinaire Ashley. He looked after us when we decided to dine in. My wife can highly recommend the cod and chunky chips and I've now added a favourite burger to my list. Your version of burger with blue cheese!!! Amazing!! Top that off with a couple of pints of your local ale and a cheeky whiskey and you have the perfect evening in a perfect setting. I couldn't fault the breakfast staff either, sorry, meant to get all your names. Thank you everyone, for providing an outstanding backdrop for a Bithday stay I'll always remember. If you're reading this, don't think twice. Book away!🙂

Ken Warren

7 months ago

There were 11 in the group. Food and service was excellent. Thank you.

Amanda Prantl

7 months ago

Fabulous pub with excellent service and great attention to detail. Food was amazing and very nice comfortable rooms. Greatocation just on the road but apart from that 5 stars

Lynette Baldwin

7 months ago

We would highly recommend The Plough. We chose it after looking at reviews and it was all that we had hoped for and more. Excellent food and personal service from everyone, but a particular mention for the lady in the restaurant in the evening. She made our anniversairy meal extra special. We look forward to returning.

Craig Murray

7 months ago

Excellent pub with rooms (we have stayed in the past). The pub and its dining room is perfectly presented. The food is excellent quality. The staff and the atmosphere are fantastic. A place at the top of its game. We will be back very soon.

Treacle Jones

7 months ago

Lovely evening, great hosts and delicious food 😋 Thank you And they accept cash

Cliff M

7 months ago

Stayed DBB for a Saturday night and the Plough certainly lived up to reviews posted by previous guests. Good sized and well furnished bedroom with a small but perfectly adequate shower room plus a great balcony. The Plough has a welcoming, convivial and relaxed atmosphere epitomised by the excellent Alex who mainly hosted our stay. The food, both at evening meal and breakfast, was well prepared, of good quality and the service was top notch. We have a wonderful break so thank you very much.

Val Stone

8 months ago

We wanted to stay in a quiet place out of town for our visit to Winchester and this was a gorgeous little place. Really lovely staff, clean & comfortable rooms, perfect location 10 mins from the city. I can honestly say the food was the best we’ve had in a very long time. Recommend the sea bass and the fish & chips, although it all looked great, really imaginative and perfectly cooked. We’ll definitely go back there! A+++++

Lorraine Orridge

8 months ago

I regularly meet friends at The Plough for lunch and we always have a wonderful meal served by friendly, helpful staff. It is one of the few places I feel I can recommend to others, knowing they too will have a great experience. We have not stayed in the rooms as we live fairly near.

Tracy Wickham

10 months ago

Christmas Eve family lunch. Food was really nicely cooked and well presented. Confit duck and fondant potato a particular hit. Traditional turkey spot on too. Always grateful that my local is able to cater for my rather niche low histamine dietary requirements! Friendly service too, highly recommend

Juliet Hunter

10 months ago

We booked a 2 night stay at the Plough and used it as a base to visit Winchester. It’s a lovely, homely and stylish pub and the rooms are small but very clean and well presented. We ate at the pub both nights and the food was just perfect. The breakfast was cereal, fruit and/or Greek yoghurt and a choice of hot food. We didn’t get to walk in the local area but it’s a very short drive to a Park & Ride and we used this to visit the city. I’d happily recommend the pub for both a stay or for dinner.

David Basson

1 year ago

Great food as usual. Not too busy. Stsff helpful and quick attention. Thanks.

tizz tazz

1 year ago

Really great place, parking towards rear, one accessible bay Staff excellent & friendly Food amazing - great small menu Is accessible for wheelchair user, one small step, staff have can do attitude- so access not a barrier Thank You Guys