128 - 130 West End Road
Bitterne
Southampton
Hampshire
SO18 6PH

Tel: 023 8046 2896

Website: www.bigcheesebitterne.htm

Vegetarian: Yes

Parking: Own car park

Wheelchairs: Easy

Loos: OK

This Pub was previously The Bitterne Brewery, and is now a Hungry Horse establishment owned by the Green King chain.   Check out their website for the extensive menus, offers, opening hours etc.
 
We were 6 on a "girls" Christmas get-together!   We decided not to have the Christmas menu and went for the offer of 2 courses for £8 available  Mon-Fri!  There is a very wide choice and on the whole our scampi and chips with mushy peas, steak and ale pie, fish and chips, cauliflower cheese flan and salad were all reasonable portions and not bad "pub grub".   The fish pie was disappointing  - the mash was powdered and it contained only 3 small pieces of salmon however, the rest of our choices were fine.  We knew we were not in for a gourmet evening, it was more for the chat and wine!  Good Merlot for £5.95!!  
 
Very friendly staff and atmosphere, it is a family pub but only 1 child and 1 baby the night we were there.  For cheap and cheerful grub this place certainly suited us.   The loos are acceptable and disabled persons are catered for.  There is a car park and outside decking area.

Sorry no photos but you all know what frozen scampi and chips etc. look like!

Cost ££ (one course with wine and coffee) 

Ladies Who Lunch Scoring:

Quality of food
Variety of menu
Staff and service
Ambience, setting and decor
Value for Money

Total Yummy Factor

5/5 = Cannot be improved upon, 4/5 = Very good, 3/5 = Good,
2/5 = Satisfactory, 1/5 = Poor, 0/5 = Terrible

The higher the "Yummy" factor, the better the food & service. The higher the number of £ signs the more expensive. (Roughly one £ sign = £5 per head)