Wheatsheaf Inn

A strange little place on a pleasant country road, neighbors with an Equestrian center and the Meon Vally Marriott Resort and Country Club. We fled here after a less than satisfying watering experience at our hotel, seeking more pubby ground and less franchised hospitality.
Well, we got what we wanted. We didn’t feel very welcome from the second we stepped into the plain looking country house style pub. There were but two souls in the place, both looking down at the bottom of their glass with bleak stares. The kind of look when you’ve had too many to be sober but not enough money left to be really not sober. They seemed like the local patrons and didn’t appear too pleased at our chipper chatter. And there was not a lot of seating at all, mostly bench-​like and around the perimeter if not including the several ball stools right up to the bar.
There was not a whole lot in terms of selection and we didn’t feel quite at ease enough to play a round of darts, though we toyed with the idea upon entering. It didn’t help that the waitress seemed to be having a silent-​teared domestic in front of us with one patron. To be fair, she was quite nice when we were leaving and friendly enough. We came here hoping to get some food and it looked quite reasonably priced but were disappointed to hear that the owners/​chef was out of town. Overall not a bad pub trip (as if any pub trip could be bad) but definitely below average.