Miller & Carter - Basingstoke

This was our first time at one of your restaurants and we were really pleased, the decor and atmosphere was great. The staff were really helpful and very friendly. We chose from the festive menu, and enjoyed our meal very much.

Clean,homely,excellent service ,varied menu.

Food was great. But our waiter (Jose?) was “too friendly” to the point where we felt a bit uncomfortable, he was clearly listening to our conversation for a lot of our time there and getting involved in the discussion which both my date and I agreed was pretty weird, at one point i made a joke about her having the last bite of our shared dessert and he jokingly cupped his hands in front of her asking if she wanted to spit it out, which was going way too far. It almost felt like he was trying to make out like he was a 3rd guest at the table for what was meant to be a nice private meal for two, and he stared at my date a lot, to the point where she asked me if she had something on her face.

One of the staff also started hoovering in the room, which wasn’t a big deal but we found it quite odd.

Food was good but we were sat on table near kitchen and the draw from extractor fans made it a cold place to sit after eating our starters we were so cold so when our main course was bought out we asked to be moved to another table which we was accommodated with but it spoilt an enjoyable meal

This was our first visit to Basingstoke branch and we were not disappointed. The decor is perfect. We were in the left hand side and I was pleased as I found it quite cold near the kitchen. It was a Friday night so was busy you would need to book. Our waitress was excellent gave us our space but did pop over to check we doing okay. We didn't have starters. My fillet was done perfectly. The other 2 had the Black Angus sirloin, which again was cooked to order (perfectly) and both of them enjoyed the steak as not had that one before and both agreed it was full of flavour. We all had puddings and coffee and have to say all food was excellent. We will be back for sure.

Very helpful and friendly staff. A bit slow service when things started to get busier but obviously more tables to attend. Food and drink very good.

Overall, we were pleased wth our meal, we had the sharing Tomahawk steak - which was cooked peefectly and tasted great but, when shared, was not massive - and - given the the accompanying vegetable portions were quite small - I'm not sure whether it was worth the £55+ price tag. The starters were excellent as were the desserts!

We would definitely return as the restaurant is lovely and the staff are excellent, we'll just keep our fingers crossed for a slightly larger portion next time.

Really enjoyed the food but thought it was a bit pricy for a set 3 course dinnet.

Booked a table on line ,very efficient. Once seated the food and drinks came very quick. Very nice decoration and comfortable surrounds. The steaks are cooked beautifully and are the size you would expect to paye for the price.A couple of small details that let the meal down though,as follows,only a quarter slice of a tomato with the meal,which i felt made it look tight and mean!The other small thing was the dressing on the wedge that comes with the meal was ungenerous.

The food was tremendous but the service was not. The wine waiter tried to assure me that the wine I ordered was good because "it is 14% by vol and I always a wine by that". When I commented that I expected the wine to be a little more ruby coliured, he then proceeded to advise me that you can't get dark red wines from France because it "doesn't get hot enough". I ordered the ChateauNeuf-du-pape. Even the 2015 (which is what they had) is a pretty good wine.

I ordered a tonic and lime. Don't know what they actually brought but it certainly wasn't what I asked. The waitress and aforementioned waiter both tried to tell me that it was. When I asked to have it replaced the waitress then said that they didn't have any lime. Anyone else see the flaw here???

We ordered the chateaubriand and it was excellent. Meat quality was great and cooked to perfection.