Food & drink
A small, considered shortlist. Useful when you want somewhere specific, rather than another directory of every place that owns a microwave.
Find your kind of place ↓Quick picks
A few different answers, depending on whether you want something quick, a proper meal or an easy group decision.
El Bigote serves Mexican food in Festival Square. It started here as a food truck before moving into a permanent unit, and works well for a casual meal in the centre.
El Bigote menu, hours and location →Han's Buffet in Festival Place offers a mix of cuisines under one roof. Its weekday lunch selection is smaller than its evening and weekend buffet, so check which service suits your group.
Read the Han's Buffet guide →Bierkeller Basingstoke is the German-style beer hall in Top of the Town and the loud option: steins, oompah bands and bench dancing on Friday and Saturday nights. Check the current programme before making plans.
Bierkeller opening times and info →Oliver's on London Road offers both takeaway fish and chips and a restaurant, with its own car park.
Read the Oliver's guide →Chennai Express on Wote Street is a useful choice for dosas, biryani and South Indian street food.
Read the Chennai Express guide →The shortlist
Every food and drink venue currently in our guide, with local notes on what to expect and how to get there.
A Bavarian-themed beer hall on the ground floor of Labyrinth: steins, music and bench dancing in Top of the Town.
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South Indian cooking on Wote Street: dosas, biryani and street-food dishes offer a change from the usual town-centre curry-house choices.
Read the local guide →Independent Mexican food in Festival Square, from tacos and birria to burritos, quesadillas and Mexican drinks.
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A large world-food buffet in Festival Place where restraint is technically available but not really the point.
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An Old Basing fish and chip shop with both a takeaway counter and a sit-down restaurant, plus its own car park.
Read the local guide →Before you go
Menus, opening hours, prices and events can move faster than a local guide. Use these pages to narrow down a place, then check the venue's own information before you travel or book.
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