The Lyndhurst

Good food and great service, very friendly and efficient staff. A lovely place for casual lunch with friends.

Having now been several times for Sunday lunch, the food and service at the Lyndhurst is consistently good.

Delicious food, excellent and friendly service, reasonable prices, cozy atmosphere

Very enjoyable visit. Food is delicious, atmosphere relaxed (we had the sunday roast). Staff are extremely friendly and attentive.

Lovely meal. Disappointing no real ale. What has gas pressure got to do with hand pumps

It's a great place - food, service and atmos all very good.

Stunning food from start to finish, and great atmosphere and service.

Great food but the real stand out was the staff.

Excellent service adjusting the menu to accommodate personal preference. Tasty Exmoor beer and good value wine.

Great food and excellent service. The staff were lovely too

Great food, great atmosphere, fab staff and excellent service. Thanks

Excellent evening, helpful and friendly staff. Food was excellent too

As always the food and welcome here were brilliant. Will always recommend!

Visited for Sunday lunch, service was amazing as was the food!

Delicious food, very good service. All happy with our choices. Will definitely be back!

Lovely pub to have a Sunday roast great service and atmosphere

Great staff! Great location and great beer. Loved it lots

Really lovely meal and service. Would highly recommend, great evening.

Went for a Sunday roast and it was amazing, I did have a slight issue with the pudding but the staff were great and changed it very quickly.

So lovely! Had a great time (loved the games), and the vegan options were great! Such a nice pub, will definitely be back soon! Thanks!

A lovely cosy pub with a really well cooked Sunday Roast. They were very accommodating when we asked for a special meal for our Son. Highly recommended to all. Thank you, we'll be back!

Another lovely meal and a great evening at the Lyndhurst. Busy Friday evening but service was still friendly and efficient. We will definitely visit again.

Great Food! Nice place, good location as well, unsure about parking though. People are very nice, and good selection on food as well. Highly Recommend!

Service was extremely good, the bar man was very attentive. Food tasty and the inside of the pub was very nice. The G&T was well presented.

Lovely date night. Great food and the staff were fab.

Had a lovely early Christmas dinner with the family. Staff were fantastic!

Great service and delicious food, a firm favourite. Wide range of drinks (especially gin), and also seasonal beers. Super friendly staff, we will come back again.

Good food & service. Would definitely go back again the next time I am visiting. Good pricing too. We had a Sunday lunch, the pork was great

Really good lunch, relaxed environment excellent food, no rush - the hostess made us very welcome from the minute we went in the door. Great Sunday afternoon.

Such Delicious food and incredibly friendly staff that can’t do enough to make you feel welcome! Will definitely recommend to everyone that want a traditional Sunday Roast!

Friendly staff. Totally agreed with me and apologised when I said I thought the beer was past its best and changed it no problem. Food was good

Went for Sunday lunch with high expectations- the starters were good, but the flat iron steak was tough and had to ask for steak knife to cut and really had to chew, plus roast potatoes were only just warm - so main course very disappointing - same for my wife, and bearing in mind we went for a Sunday lunch ( classic pub style ?) ,it did not deliver on the expectations - although my daughters fish was great. The lunch is billed as £20 for two courses but they charge per item and then discount on the bill- very confusing and did not seem to be a good deal on some combinations. Service was generally fine, although we had to search for help at times even though only small restaurant. It was busy , so the locals must think OK, but I do not think we would go back .

Starter and dessert excellent. Sunday Roast itself miles below their usual high standards which was a shame. Service as normal was really good however so no drama.

Excellent food and service - beautifully presented plates, and meals like a very high quality/Michelin restaurant. Empty when we arrived about 7pm but soon filled up.

Don't let the relaxed surroundings fool you, the attention to detail at the Lyndie is fantastic, the service is spot on and the food and cocktails are amazing.

not particularly quick, and some of the dishes didn't quite match the menu descriptions, but the food was lovely and the staff were very friendly

Everyone has his own 'bad days', and restaurants are not immune. This time we were not satisfied with the food at all. I hope this was a temporary défaillance. The Scotch egg was good, the duck confit so hard that was challenging to cut, the dessert was ok. One side note about the catch of the day: good but the portion was small for the price. That was the comment of one of the diners. So I hope that was only an unfortunate day.

High quality as usual. Top notch food cooked properly. I'll rebook it soon

The burgers we had were really nice. The dessert with salted caramel as well : they know definitely how to cook well. Very good service as well.

Food was good but service is very slow. Gave up waiting for them to take our dessert order and just paid and left. Nice staff but feels lacking in management.

Starters and main course were great - really enjoyed them. Service was friendly, efficient, helpful, personal, attentive. Price was more than reasonable for was we had. Big disappointment was the dessert. We rarely eat desserts either at home or when we go out. Last night was an exception - the Eton Mess appealed, so we chose to share it, although we both knew that I would eat most of it because my partner has a mild allergy to uncooked strawberries. Eton Mess comprises crushed meringue, whipped cream and chopped fresh strawberries. Especially strawberries. I have no idea what we were given. but it had no strawberries in it. We questioned it, and were assured that it had all the usual components of Eton Mess, but in a different format. But it had NO strawberries in it. I didn't see any whipped cream or crushed meringue either. I didn't eat it. My partner did. Not a hint of any allergic reaction - just something that he said tasted like peach or maybe nectarine. It was just a dessert, the rest was enjoyable - but it was a shame to end the evening that way. We paid and left without saying anything more because it was my partner's birthday and we didn't want to make a fuss. But you asked, so I'm telling you now.

Speedy service but not rushed, lovely fun but not noisy atmosphere, friendly staff and table service, fantastic food and great drinks and fine selection of board games to enjoy after dining. Would absolutely recommend.

Very good food, good cheerful service, okay wine selection, skimped a little one the starters: moule mariniere very nice but no bread! Scotch egg lovely.

The team running the Lyndhurst have really nailed it - friendly, great food with a good range from nicely done burgers to more unusual dishes and reasonably priced, good range of ales and other interesting beverages (including some surprisingly tempting non-alcoholic cocktails). Delighted it's on our doorstep.

Really good food, nice and cool on a hot summers day, and a really good selection of drinks. Would definitely recommend a visit if ever you are in Reading.

Excellent food, great service, cosy and relaxed setting. The Lyndhurst is quickly becoming one of my favourite pubs in Reading - definitely recommend it to others.

Excellent food - I particularly liked the king prawn starter and the truffle mac and cheese. Let down slightly by the selection of beers but I’d definitely recommend based on the food.

For a group of 6 guys who were chattier than average, having not seen each other for a while, the staff were very patient and courteous with us. The food was really tasty and everyone was happy with what they got, and there was a great range of beers on offer including some lovely real ales. The bill was also reasonable, given the beer we consumed, and all round it was a nice place and I would definitely go back again.

Wow Great food, & quick sharpe great service ! Staff were so friendly and made us feel welcome, couldn’t be more helpful. Great experience! Definitely will return.