King Rufus Pub Grill - Hedge End

August 2022 A return visit since our last disappointed visit. Pleased to say the service and staff had greatly improved. This is the King Rufus standard as it was in the past. Food , staff and service very good. We will return, hoping this evening's experience can be repeated Had a birthday celebration, returned as the food was good on our last visit. Not eaten here or many pubs or restaurants since COVID restrictions started. December 2021's can only be described as very disappointed. On arrival we were second in the queue at the wait .for table. point. Nobody arrived for a few minutes. Eventually it was our turn to be taken to our table. Went to the bar to buy some drinks, the bar could have been on board the Mary Celeste. Not one member of staff available for several minutes to serve another customer or me. At last time to order our food. Food arrived quite quickly , hot food hardly hot, most of the food heat was lost to the plates. Not close to good pub grub. Simple dish of chips in a main course were cold, Replacement chips took 10 minutes to arrive. We we offered free desserts, but this hardly made up for poor meals. Not likely to return and have such an extremely disappointing evening repeated. November 2019 Used the cheap menu on this occasion. Food really good quality for all three courses Another return visit, Nov 2019) this time for a snack lunch and drinks. Service and staff very good, although the pub was quite busy the food arrived in good time and excellent quality. Very enjoyable lunchtime.

Popped in for lunch while in the area, greeted straight away by bubbly friendly staff. Enjoyed our drinks in the garden and didn't wait long for food. Calamari was tender and crispy and the spicy sauce was very tasty. Ultimate Mac and cheese didn't look all that, but was I wrong. Strong cheesy flavour, plenty of sauce and insta worthy cheese pull. Katsu chicken curry was crispy and tasty, rice was flavourful and not dry like many places. We will definitely return

Food was good a great drink selection but I can't recommend this place to eat. The booth we were seated in can only be described as grubby wasn't the best environment to be eating in. Went to order drinks on the app the drinks were more expensive than the menu so didn't bother. Then when the bill arrived the drinks price was more than the menu again but different to the app.

Great tasting food, attentive service. Visit recommended!

This was a wonderful spot. Affordable pricing and a wonderful garden with kids play area. I've been twice now, once for breakfast and once for lunch. The food has been really good both times.