The Good Intent — Restaurant in East Hampshire

Our New Years Eve show is CANCELLED! We would love to thank the new management of The Good Intent... We were booked for New Years Eve since 01/01/2019. As of the 23/12 for an early Christmas present they decided to cancel us without any payment or notice! New Years Eve, of course, is one of the biggest nights of the year. We have been asked by multiple other venues multiple times throughout the 357 days we have been booked if we were free to play for them on the New Years (some even offered double the price we agreed with the GI) but alas, we turned them down as we were committed to putting on a great show at The Good Intent. Now, instead of Live and Local riffage and entertainment, they are offering Karaoke and a sandwich! As for Andy, the new owner of the pub. I must say, he is very polite on the phone... We really enjoyed being told that we are not his problem and that he doesn't care we are now severely out of pocket. Furthermore, the act of being told we were wasting his time and subsequently hanging up on us was an absolute delight. Quite a bit of logistics goes into preparing for a show. We obviously put a lot of time into all of our gigs, but more so for the biggest evening of the year. It's nice to know he appreciated this by not offering us any of the amount we agreed to be paid and by being very rude on the phone. Let alone the barman who was very, very reluctant to give out a way that we could contact the boss. We deeply apologize to anyone who was planning to come and support us and too anyone who already bought a ticket. If you fans of Rock and Roll are interested in Karaoke (?) then your tickets will still be valid, but fortunately, they are offering refunds. We urge you to support live music, there are plenty of other great bands playing in and around Petersfield and i'm sure they will give you a fantastic evening. It's a shame that a lovely little cozy pub that we have had many successful shows at has turned into a rude and arrogantly managed piss take... #BringBackDanAndLou Once again, we apologize to everyone who had made plans to see us. We hope to destroy your ears with tectonic-shifting rock and roll...

Popped in here as it was listed as dog friendly and my mother and I had traveled to petersfield for a dog walk exploring the local lake and got hungry. So glad we did! What a lovely little pub! The gentleman holding down the fort acting as barman and waiter etc (I presume the Landlord!) was lovely and friendly, welcoming and kind- none of that small pub for locals atmosphere at all! I got chatting with some of the regulars and it seems to be a very well loved and well used local for many but one you can step in to as an outsider and be happily welcomed. Great selection of drinks and it was lovely to see they stock the non alcoholic Asahi! Never had that behind a bar before and I was very glad to see it.

The food was lovely, the chips were cooked to perfection and the meze bowl was flavourful and wonderfully put together. I always worry about meze bowls being bland but the flavours were beautiful and very well balanced to compliment each other.

We are already looking forward to coming back now that we have 'discovered' this...

Over recent years I started visiting this pub a little less as it was feeling abit neglected and lacking energy. I decided to give it another shot when I heard the pub was under new management and I am so pleased to say it’s back to its former glory. The landlord and landlady are professional and friendly which straight away gives a more relaxing atmosphere compared to their predecessors. My partner and I also decided to try their pub food. My partner was amazed to see multiple choices of vegetarian options, which is often limited to 1 item at other small pubs. She said ‘this is the best veggie pie I’ve had!’. I went for the lasagne and again must say it’s one of the best I’ve had that is not from an Italian restaurant. I am so happy the pub is getting its buzz back. If you are looking for a traditional pub with lots of character, you won’t find better in...