O'Neill's Winchester — Restaurant in Winchester

OMGOODNESS...The food was awful!!! We made a comment, but felt that it could not be bettered by being re-cooked or replaced!! I had guiness beef pie...The crust on top of dish was overcooked and collapsed in an over- crisp puffball of nothing,brown edges..On taking the top off,underneath was a piping hot(microwaved) gloopy mess which looked like and smelt like dogfood!-Dry at edges and gloop middle as overcooked/reheated.. Accompanied by a scoop of "smash" synthetic potato(microwaved) with green leaves-supposedly colcannon mash, a teaspoon of grey looking garden peas? Tinned?most definately overcooked,however served cold...an additional pot of gloopy gravy,cold,forgotten to be put in the microwave!? I thought I was served someone's leftovers reheated..We had a 40 minute wait, we're disappointed beyond belief, drank our only drink whilst waiting..The one star is for the sit down and soft drink! The pub was busy,bustling,people were eating,however upon leaving we noticed many plates with food left on them!!! Seriously would not recommend..need to sack the chef..it is pub chain food...knocked out by amateurs who just need to churn it out during busy times.Doesnt matter whether you pay for this type of food, or cordon bleu...it must be and...

Went in for breakfast at O'Neill's, and found it to be a pub with a great Irish feeling to it.

Sadly this was the only part I found great about my experience.

I initially tried to order a coffee, but found they offer 0 milk alternatives, so opted for a black tea instead. For food O'Neill's offers a lovely sounding avocado on toast to which I happily ordered, not knowing the terrible mistake I had made.

After a small wait I was greeted with genuinely the most depressing looking avocado on toast I've seen in my life. Two measly round pieces of what I can only imagine was "toast", with a slathering of avocado and piled to the brim with cherry tomatoes. Accompanying this visual delight was one equally sad looking mushroom.

To add insult to injury, my friend had ordered the full breakfast, (of similar price) and to my chagrin his plate was piled high with everything you could want. After the waiter had gone I could only burst out laughing at what I was given. I have genuinely never had a worse breakfast in my life. I would give one star, but I've never laughed as hard at a dish in my life and I truly...

Update below: If you love a student vibe then this place is for you. If you are a bit older I'd avoid unless you like perving on younger girls, which is what we witnessed by a few men who were there on their own and one of them even admitted it which was worrying. Drinks were rubbish and over priced, way too crowded and hot, and the queues at the bar were ridiculous.

Updated since owner responded: The fact your passive aggressive start to your response to a review, and then defensive reply is the only thing you've chosen to focus on, rather than take on board criticism to make improvements, AND the worst part that you've completely glazed over and ignored my comment about the men perving on young girls says it all about how your establishment is ran. Shame really as there could be a lot of potential. We also did had a table booked well in advance, shoved right round the back, and didn't receive any table service, hence the need to...