The Bell Inn - St Cross - Winchester

''Tis the season to unbutton your trousers and pretend calories don't count until January.

We are thrilled to officially launch our 2026 Christmas Menus because complaining about the festive season in October is a British tradition just like overcooked turkey!!!

Our menus are engineered  specifically to help you survive your family gatherings, dodge awkward office small talk and achieve peak holiday food coma!!!

From Festive feasts that would make Santa double-check his cholesterol to decadent desserts worth getting on the naughty list for, we've got everything you need to sleigh the holiday season.

Check out our Christmas page for our Festive Party Menu and Christmas Day menu.

We are serving our Festive menu from Friday November 27th throughout December including Boxing Day.

As an added extra we are offering our Festive menu throughout January for those of you lovely people that are busy over the festive period working or just fancy an excuse for a belated Christmas get together.

Throughout January we will be offering a free bottle of house wine for every 4 people in your party!!

We Serve our delicious Christmas Day lunch at 12.30.

Our Christmas Raffle is officially open: Because buying a £1 ticket has a significantly higher success rate than pretending you like your mother-in-laws cooking.

Our Christmas Draw is on Sunday 20th December from 5.30pm(ish), tickets cost £1 each and is now open so enter now to win prizes your family and you actually want rather than the wierd socks you're going to get them anyway. Tickets available behind the bar.

Santa is bringing the beef this year!!

Our meat raffle is on Friday 18th December from 7pm.

We can't fix your uncle's terrible jokes but we can fix Christmas dinner. Win top-tier roasting joints, breakfast packs, whole salmon and lots more.

Just £1 per ticket.

Booking is essential for any offer and please mention which offer you'd like when booking and no offers can be used in conjunction with each other.

Booking 

Watch this space for more exciting events to come this year.

We have a private dining area that can seat up to 24 for your private function needs.

If you are wanting to join us in the next couple of hours, you will need to call us directly as our booking system won't allow imminent bookings. 

Booking is advised and despite our best efforts the online booking system can't keep up with demand so please call us on 01962 865284 as we do have some availability.

The bar is open until 10pm weekdays and 10.30pm weekends.

Food is served Tuesday- Friday 12-2.30 and 5-8, Saturday 12-7 and Sunday 12-4.

We have bookings available for most evenings, please use our online booking system or give us a ring .

Drop us an email with any questions on sammies@live.co.uk

We are now taking bookings for Christenings, Weddings, Wakes, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Walking Groups Etc.

We can cater for barbecues or functions in the garden for up to 150 people.

We have a separate restaurant/bar area that can comfortably seat 20 people.

We do a wide range of catering, choose from a BBQ, Hot/Cold Buffet, Afternoon Tea, Sit down 3 Course meal or choose from our fabulous Bar Menu. 

The choice is yours.

Our fabulous garden is available for large and small parties, just let us know the occasion and we can organise the rest be it something to entertain the kids or a cocktail masterclass for the grown ups.