Our second visit to the Carpenters Arms. First was the opening night with the new owners. Tonight was quiz night. Both times the food has been very good. The menu is put together very well and my intolerances have been catered for with no issue whatsoever. I look forward to meeting friends here soon so I can try the rooms.

Fun, happy staff made our visit. Going out of their way to help in a relaxed and always cheery, genuine way. And that is the main take-away from our visit. Beautiful location with views and walks. Really great breakfast with a big range of cooked options, great coffee, a real treat. Hoping to hold a big birthday weekend here, because I know the owners, manager, staff, chef would all want it to be great. Great work James, Eve and Josh please keep it up. So refreshing to find kind service like this. X

Food was absolutely delicious I personally had the mackerel pate to start really nice very generous with the pate really really nice. Then I had the sirloin steak and that really was amazing and personally I love rump but this was soo good perfect portion peppercorn sauce was banging. Sticky toffee pudding with custard too finish perfect pudding to end a lovely evening. The pub is really inviting lovely inside not too modern but lovely and comfortable inside. Staff are very polite and attentive. The pub is so perfect for every occasion. I must say all the food I saw coming out the kitchen looked absolutely delicious. You could tell it was freshly prepared and the meat was quality. Big burgers, tasty looking fish and chips the bervette steak looked really good I'll certainly be coming back. Thank you all for such a great evening really impressed 5*

My partner and I, and our two dogs, came to stay while visiting family in Newbury. We were only going to be using the room as a base, to then spend a weekend seeing my parents and walking the dogs, but due to circumstances beyond our control, we ended up extending our stay and spending 5 days pretty much confined to the Carpenters Arms. This, however, was in no way a hardship! The room was ideal for our needs, with the usual TV, Kettle, ironing board etc. it had a large ensuite, spacious shower cubicle, luxurious bed and French doors opening out to a view of the large pub garden. This gave us easy access to a space for feeding, training and entertaining the dogs, as well as access to our car. The location is in a beautiful village, with quick and easy access to major road networks and the local town, but in the countryside enough for you to enjoy wildlife during the day and dark starry nights. The complimentary breakfast quality and selection exceeded our expectations, and the lunch&dinner services were equally impressive with the quality and presentation. Of particular note were the specials, with their pies being made fresh daily in house! There is a small, dedicated team, who were endlessly kind and helpful, with hands-on owners who you will see working hard wherever and whenever they need to making sure their high standards are maintained. We have travelled a lot with our dogs, and have stayed in a variety of very nice places up&down the country. James&Alex and their team far exceeded every expectation in their quality of service, friendliness and care during a very difficult time for us. They have raised the bar, and set a new standard that I do not expect to be matched by any other establishment for a very very long time. I cannot wait to visit again, thank you!