Angel Inn in New Forest

Popped in for a pint and stayed all night. Live band on, good beer and great atmosphere all hosted by the wonderful landlady Yvonne and her partner Alan, thanks guys, cracking night.

Very, very busy with locals, full to capacity so very popular. There was a duo that night playing in one of the small bars. Nice open fire

Called in to shelter from the rain!! What a lovely pub, really cosy, welcoming and friendly, would definitely visit again.

This is one of the oldest pubs in England and I make it my mission to visit as many as I can whenever the opportunity arises. Normally, they tend to be very popular with visitors as well as locals, after all, historic pubs are one of the things that we are the world leaders in!! The Angel was not the case, it was very much a locals bar and all the better for it!! The service was as it should be, really friendly with a lovely smile. The drinks were fine and the prices were excellent considering the venue. I guess you could consider it a bit rough and ready but we were more than happy with the banter amongst the locals and the friendly service, I would not hesitate to pop in again

Went out with friends. We were first served by a younger looking person while a punk rock band were playing. Awesome service in a small venue, especially with a band playing. All our orders over the night were served quickly and they exceeded all our expectations. Really good night out.

Seven months since our last visit to Andover and The Angel Inn. Last time we found it cosy and welcoming with lots of character and history but this time something was missing. Difficult to put a finger on it - soul maybe?

Great pint and double g and t just over a tenner. Lots of locals And Nice atmosphere. Bar maid super :)

Immediately made welcome by the staff and locals. Interesting history dating back to 1135, though mostly rebuilt after the great Andover fire in the 1400's, there are many old timbers and uneven ceilings. Two courtyards and a good atmosphere, we intended to return later in the day but run out of time. However, we will be back.

This pub has so much history. It was used as a coach house and many famous people over the years have stayed here. The history with dates they stayed is on a board in the courtyard area. We had a couple of drinks and sat outside in the sunshine taking in the atmosphere. Lovely place, so quaint and historical. Staff who served us efficient and friendly.

Chris and Caz are great hosts,as well as the barman on the night before our breakfast visit. The breakfast choices are excellent and the bottomless coffee for £1.00 is very good value and is real coffee not cheap instant. We definitely will visit again and sample their 2 meals for £7.00 deal as the meals are honest traditional pub food.

We arrived hot and tired and in prickly mood. That state of being was soon dispersed by the welcoming bar staff. Pints of excellent Old Speckled Fowl in hand we were invited to order our victuals by a comely, smiling wench. Simple fare was on offer. I had plaice and chips as befits an Officer and a Gentleman, a,piping hot and well trimmed plate quickly arrived. The Lady Wife ordered Em,X and Chips. A most generous and well cooked platter of food was presented to her. So there you have it, unbeatable value, charming and friendly staff. The other patrons of this splendid hostelry were colourful and chummy. .......

Only drank here, did not try the food, quite cramped but the beer was excellent, staff were friendly and so were the customers. Prices reasonable. Very historical building and a good story of ghosts and dog prints in the flagstones.

The food is delicious and the servers are super nice and helpful answering my questions about the dishes I hadn't tried before. Everyone smiles at you and they're quick to respond when you call them.

We did not eat here but popped in for a drink on a sunny Saturday evening. Sat in beer garden which had plenty of locals enjoying themselves. I believe this is the oldest building in Andover and it shows with plenty of wooden beams. It had a good selection of cask ales and I would certainly go here again.

As visitors from the Midlands we were welcomed into the local crowd in the beer garden. So much so that we returned in the evening and met up with a couple of locals again

We didn't eat here, as we only popped in for a drink, but we found a lovely, friendly town pub, with a lot of history behind it. It's in a pretty setting, is comfortable and serves a good selection of well-kept real ales.

We had a surprise birthday party at the Angel and cannot praise if enough, Chris, Caz and the team were attentive and the entire night was excellent. The buffet was superb and great value for money, the drinks flowed all night with smiles all round: Great local pub and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone to hold a party here, you won’t be disappointed.

Got there early and had a couple of drinks.Logs on the fire crackling nicely.Ordered roast dinners-very pleasant very well priced.Not fancy but real nice for the price.

If you are allergic to animal hair then this pub is not the place to go! Friendly service and portions of food can be generous. Sunday Roast is just £6.95! Parking available nearby public car park (2 mins walk).

Lugar absolutamente terrible. Personal tan grosero. Si no es un local para este horrible lugar no te molestes. Si no es suficientemente malo la casera envió bouncer (Chico bully) para decirnos hasta las 9 pm. Nunca vi una sonrisa personal u oído ellos utilizan cualquier modales. Lo peor que he visto jamás en público houss. .

Yo conocí a una pareja en el cementerio que me dijeron que si me gustó la historia, entonces tuve que pop por la carretera y ver este pub. El Angel Inn es una antigua posada que tiene partes que datan de 1174] cuando Henry II era el rey. El resto de la posada fue reconstruido en 1445 y tiene muchos notables histórico incautos. Es una pieza preciosa de arquitectura y bien valen la pena. Mientras estaba tomando fotos de un hombre (presumiblemente un miembro del personal) apareció sólo para darme un folleto sobre la historia de la posada, y él no parece importarles sólo hay que mirar. Espero que cuando tenga más tiempo me volveré a entrar para comer un bocado.

Very good value for money £6.95 for a plateful of veg, roast potatos and a generous portion of meat. Its a better than average pub meal. Thank you very much..

Esta fue nuestra primera visita al ángel para asado los domingos y no será la última, no sólo es la comida increíble precio de £6. 95. El personal es muy amable, con una selección de cuatro carnes a elegir y todas las verduras congeladas caseras no oír mi compañero eligió el cordero y tuve la carne tanto carnes sólo se deshacen en la boca pruebe que no le decepcionará. . . .

10 El pasado fin de nuestra familia reservó este pub para comer y que era absolutamente fantástico. El personal era increíble, asados deliciosos y que hicieron un gran esfuerzo para hacer el día muy especial. Es una excelente relación calidad-precio, y tiene un brillante antiguo pub mundo. Sin duda volveremos de nuevo a esta joya preciosa.

Hemos estado muchas veces para el desayuno y es sin duda uno de los mejores relación calidad-precio y excelente desayuno inglés completo, es probable que para llegar a cualquier lado. La comida siempre es recién preparada y caliente. He visitado por casi dos años y los estándares nunca han decrecido. Siempre recibieron con una sonrisa alegre y bienvenido. Perro nunca nos permite pasar y bien atendidos. También hemos tenido un excelente almuerzo de domingo y otras comidas. Usted encontrará difícil encontrar una mejor relación calidad-precio y en un pub.

Era un domingo de verano en julio. Habíamos visto la pizarra promueve el Domingo almuerzo en 6.95 y decidí probarlo. El pub tiene un encanto único, afirma que es la 7ª más antigua de Inglaterra. Muy Viejos Tiempos con una historia interesante de visitantes royal durante siglos

Realmente agradable pub. Buena selección de cervezas, personal amable, y un gran ambiente. Volveremos de nuevo!

We called in on the off chance last Sunday afternoon hoping to get some food, very cheerful welcome at the bar and ended up with a gut buster Sunday roast which included a choice of meats and a great selection of vegetables as well as roast and boiled potatoes at a VERY reasonable price. All washed down with the nicest pint of draught Guinness we have found in a long time. Can't recommend highly enough.. We will definitely be visiting again next time we are in Andover.

I visit the Angel Inn in Andover on a regular basis, the Landlady Karen and Landlord Chris are excellent hosts,always have time to chat and have a laugh with the customers. There's plenty of outside seating in the Courtyard out front or the decked garden at the rear, in the winter months there's a warm,roaring Log Fire to the front of the pub. The Angel has a selection of Real Ales,lagers,wine's and spirit's on offer. They also have a good selection of meals and snacks on offer at lunchtimes and I would highly recommend the hearty Sunday Lunch available Sunday's between 12 and 4pm and very reasonably priced. Karen (Kaz) the Landlady is the cook and every meal I've had at the Angel Inn has been excellent and very filling.There's a good selection of music available on the Jukebox and the first Friday night of the month is Karaoke and the other 3 is live music!!

Easily the best breakfast available in the town centre. An olde world pub with a range of real ales (always in good condition from my previous visits ) and craft beers/lagersFriendly staff eager to please.

What has happened to what used to be a really nice coaching inn. It's grubby, the shelves appeared empty of product, tee shirt and vest clad staff, furniture and decor in a very bad state of repair, shame, shame, shame.

Full off intimidating people not very nice, toilets disgusting filthy broken seats leaky taps, historical site but please don't waste time or get ripped of money wise

We were drawn in by sound of a rock band doing covers who sounded really good. Went in to find some unsavoury characters jumping around spilling their beer. Looking you up and down like you don't fit in. We had one drink and left pronto!!! It's a shame as the pub has a lot of history and could be a gold mine in the right hands because of this. I for one wont go in there again!

Popped in yesterday for Sunday lunch. The roast on offer at £6.95 was good value. You get a well-filled plate with tasty beef (assuming you order the beef) and a lot of vegetables.The top bar is laid out as a very old-fashioned dining room which is quite a contrast to the lower bar which is more down to earth.Drinks were served in glasses that could have done with a bit more of a scrub (both of them) and that puts you off a bit.Pleasant and attentive staff and good value for money make it better than many other places but all in all it does feel like a good spring clean is in order.If you like an old-fashioned pub where so many others have become characterless then this is a good place to go.

So, my daughter and i found ourselves in Andover for the day whilst the boys went fly fishing. We didn't have any expectations of the village but we really wanted to find a pub with the quintessentially English atmosphere and we certainly found it. Now we did ask a rather silly question of the proprietors sonn who was standing by the entrance " Do you sell coffee?" to which the young man replied "sure" so we went to the bar and asked for a latte and cappuccino. We soon learnt our choices were percolated coffee and percolated coffee. It came out on the cooler side but we were served with a smile. The fire was warm and we enjoyed the atmosphere of the place. We don't think they get many patrons on the tourist trail which probably explains their relationship between one off customers and their locals. That's ok... It was all part of the experience. We stayed for hot chips - now they were divine, read up on the history, had a conversation with an elderly lady who clearly was a local and really enjoyed our visit. We now rate our coffee experiences with Andover and have developed our own 'Andover 'rating.

I like the Angel, always have, it stands defiantly next to the 1970s monstrosity called the chantry centre. This is real history, the building bowed and arched with age provides a warm , comfortable environment for food and drink. The beer is nicely kept and regularly changes, the food tasty with good portion sizes and I have always received great friendly service whenever I have visited.

I was visiting the museum of the Iron Age in Andover and wanted a quick lunch- I went into the Angel inn and they had an excellent pub lunch menu- the pie was excellent and so were the vegetables( nice range of beer too!) The srvice was quick and friendly- and the inn is real historical gem!

Food very good and served by pleasant staff too. The courtyard out the back is good for fine days, but the inside is cosy if not.

This pub is typical pub food. service was Ok but only just. Dining tables were left un cleared and you had to wait for the servers to clean away the old glasses and plates.

Food was excellent and a very good wine list. Care that everything is actually on the menu as they do run out of some items.

Rarely do reviews however this pub/ restaurant deserves a few lines. Sorry to say that this venue and indeed the food served is simply not great. 5 adults visited for lunch on 11/8/15. A number of the items on the menu were simply unavailable. In fairness our choices were brought to the table fairly promptly however the meals were poor both in terms of quality and presentation. When we gave feedback to a member of staff we were met with a shrug and grunt. Obviously we won't return.

Good food, service and atmosphere. You shouldn't be disappointed. The menu has a good selection of the favourites with local ingredients

We went there for drink. The man was knowledge and friendly. He recommend a few new drinks. Didn't have any food but will try next time.

We had a very reasonable meal at this hotel. The service was really quick and friendly and the food was pretty good. But, there was very little atmosphere and our table had a boar's head directly over it - a little bit off-putting...

Seemed like a young persons pub, but the staff were helpful and friendly. They had a good range of liqueurs and spirits etc for a nightcap, which is what we popped in for.

What you'd expect from pub grub. Tasty but nothing to write home about. Drinks are expensive so if your having a few go to the Witherspoon up the hill and past the church on the same side of the road.

What a great way to pass the late summer evening, sipping a swedish pear cider outside in the courtyard, followed by relaxing seating inside. prices a little bit on the steep side but then most pubs are these days

Lovely good value better than pub grub. You will not go home hungry. Very good friendly staff. Would go again.

we eat her 4 my birthday wher i eat the best steak ever .servive was wonderful. would reccomend it to anyone.

We stayed here for two nights and had a lovely room, with many personal touches. The service and food were very good and we would definitely stay there again. The hotel is very central and you can walk everywhere in town easily.

Good food, good service and a lovely ambiance.i hd a steak which was done to perfection and my wife had a vegetarian meal which she said was delicious. We will definitely be back!

Having booked the table for Sunday lunch for 3 the Wednesday evening before, we arrived at Sunday lunchtime expecting our table, oh no - no booking could they find. A table was found for us, at the back of the restaurant in the gloomy darkness. There were three of us myself and my son and his friend. The water was delivered in a very unclean carafe. We had three roast dinners one beef and two pork. vegetables were served in some kind of tin dishes, enough for the three of us but the gravy was in the smallest gravy boat I have ever seen and enough for one. Potatoes were hard and the Yorkshire puddings were over cooked and hard. Then desert! A great disappointment - a chocolate parfait with white sauce which was very small and really only chocolate ice cream, the lemon tart slice was so very small with one teaspoon of clotted cream and the only saving grace was the creme brûlée with a handmade shortbread biscuit. They were £5.50 each with the brûlée at £5.95. at £71.05 I was very disappointed indeed, you used to be such a warm and inviting coaching inn with real menu's not paper ones that were damp and not really something you wanted to touch. Just a standard paper serviette - and just a spoon for desert, no fork and no serviette. Shall not be back Angel Inn.

We stopped for a pint and stayed for dinner. We all had steaks which were delicious. Service was friendly and efficient. Would certainly return.

Been coming here for years and years as a child for meals and its so nice to come back years later to see it has still retained a lovely atmosphere run by pleasant laid back people.Will keep coming back!

My partner had the steak & said it was the best steak he'd ever eaten.As a vegetarian, I had the stroganoff. Lovely.

We visited for Sunday lunch. It took 50 minutes from ordering our food for it to arrive, everything touched by gravy was biblically hot everything else stone cold especially the plate. The vegetables arrived in a small separate camping tin which was allegedly enough to feed two (only if we were hobbits). We asked the staff why things were taking so long and despite checking twice they just kept back saying it is on its way, any explanation would have helped.We did not stay for dessert as we were running out of day light. Restaurant after refit looks great but food and staff not fully up to speed,would avoid until been open for a few months.

We visited the newly refurbished ANGEL AND BLUE PIG for the first time since being refurbished and what a transformation! Clean well thought out and inviting.The staff well knowledged and friendly.fantastic range of steaks and other foods.great selection of wines and cocktails.not cheap but you get what you pay for !

I visited the now The Angel & Blue Pig on the 11/03/2013 for dinner prior to their public launch & boy was I impressed. The staff were excellent, although still getting used to the new layout, menu etc. There was also a few trainees but we were made aware of this when seated and this did not affect the evening. To start I had the Duck Skewers...1 word DELICIOUS!, For Main I had the chefs specialty steak cut....1 more word PHENOMENAL & for pudding I had the Cheese board...another word...PERFECT. The waitress could recommend foods & wines for me which I always find very useful, We had our steak serve with a £17.00 bottle of Pinot Grigrio which was recommended & was lovely & crisp. This face lift has done this pub proud! I would 100% recommend it now where as before it wasn't great. Bonus that all the foods are made & prepared on the premises.

Is it any surprise that pubs are closing so often? This should be a great high street coaching inn, but it's the usual story - it probably sits on the owners books at a high price and would cost a fortune to really spruce up.When we visited, the tables were dirty and sticky, the floors not much better and we asked for a glass of wine but the bar lady couldn't supply a clean glass even after the second request.It's in a privileged position, far better than Wetherspoon will be, but needs to be a much better offer if it is to survive let alone grow.

We had our belated works Christmas lunch here. There were 14 of us and the food was not good for the majority of us. Maybe it was the "special 3-course lunch" they couldn't cope with, even though they knew what we wanted as we had all pre-ordered! The main menu being served to others in the restaurant looked really good though. My king prawn cocktail was very watery like the lettuce wasn't dried properly and main course fish (bream) was very small and served with burnt potato slices and completely raw broccoli. Those who had steak and chips and lamb shank said it was OK though. Some of their starters were OK too, except the cheese and squash tart - this was a very strange puff pastry affair with what looked like pickle in it. The desserts fared no better, with only 3 cheeseboards brought to the table and being expected to share between more than 6 of us when we were spaced out on a large table of 14 and not being given any plates or cutlery!! Coffee was a tasteless filter served with milk (lessons to be learned from the lovely Nero's opposite), where I headed soon after. Overall impression - it was as bad as when 4 of us visited 2 years ago. We won't be having our staff lunch there again - and if we do I certainly will make my apologies.

A really nice pub with great service. The breakfast was of a really good quality with crusty bloomer bread, good quality sausages and home cooked scrambled eggs. Would recommend!

We have celebrated quite a few family get togethers here since it reopened and it has been convenient, good basic pub food & good service. This last time though, everyone's food was exceptional! We are going again next week with more visiting family & I'm looking forward to the salmon which was as good as anywhere in Lymington!Everyone, kids & adults alike, enjoyed their food & I appreciated the service which was as good as ever, with the well established staff, must check some names this week as they are worthy of mention!Well done to all & thanks from our family!

Waitress made error with original order, but it was rectified and when correct food came it was very good

We sat outside in the sunshine as we were lucky to get a table as it was busy, we ordered at the bar and were served in a reasonable time as we were enjoying the sun and a drink. hot and tasty toasted sarnies, very nice on a good bread it make all the difference.

very nice food and well presented. though the staff seemed a little unaware at times as we had to wait ages to attract someone to pay and then another age to wait fotr any change.. a pity as the rest was fine. And it really was not that busy at the time.

Interesting historical building in the centre of Lymington. Great traditional atmosphere especially when the fire is lit in winter. Central to shopping and market days. Rooms have been upgraded but still have the historical curiosities. Dining and pub have quality old English experience.

Tasty, great value home cooked breakfast for a fiver! Evening food also good don't get excited about an over flowing bucket of chips, odd they still do that. But you could do far worse in lymington.

Have visited before for a reasonably priced ordinary pub lunch. Yesterday (not holiday season) found a table easily, approached quite quickly by over stretched young waiters. Grubby old menus. Order taken by two waiters, interminable wait for 2 glasses of wine which would have calmed our frustrations. Food took a long time to come. (Tip - tell customers when there is a long wait in the kitchen). Food ok , what we expected, & reasonably priced. Lunch was supposed to be a little treat after shopping.

The Angel Inn appeared to be a good option on the first day of the holiday. The food was ok but overpriced for what was produced. My wife had Haddock in Beer Batter with salted chips in a bucket as per menu. The haddock had been overcooked and the chips plonked on the same plate, a basic plate of food touching on the ten pound mark. My in laws ordered two bowls of the soup of the day, which was served up just before the rest of the party was about to leave. I would expect the soup of the day to be ready to serve, may be not. We gave this place a miss for the rest of our holiday as there is many other places in Lymington serving similarly priced food, but better quality.

The Angel Inn is a good pub with nice decor and tables nicely set out and not on top of each other. We came in to the pub fairly late one night 20:45 and was told to order quickly as the kitchen closes at 21:00. Food was of a good quality, especially the childs chicken nuggets (my partner's daughter said one of the best she had ever tasted) and our waiter was very good, chirpy, polite young man with nothing too much trouble.

Stopped here for lunch whilst visiting the market, ordered a house burger and chips, took an age to come out but was worth the wait, the burger was delightful and the full fat chips came out in a bucket !My sister had the scampi and was equally impressed and we both had a good lunch. The staff was very helpful and the only downside was the long wait, but it was market day and the pub was very busy.It was quite dark inside but didnt bother us All in all a good lunch

we had a lovely cooked breakfast here , (£4.95) and even though we had to wait 30 mins for it ,it was worth it, would recommend the angel.

Well worth a visit if you are in or around Lymington or the New Forest area EXCELLENT FOOD good range of beers plus a very helpful staff who are very polite & cannot be more friendly,very clean & you don`t have to wait ages for your food. if you decide to stay there overnight or longer the breakfast is free.Ther is also free WI-FI available.