Hare and Hounds in New Forest

What a brilliant pub! A beautiful part of the New Forest.. Stunning inside and outside. Easy to park. Delicious food. Generous portions. Great prices for food and drinks. Dog friendly. Excellent staff. Going back tonight for food and Christmas carols.

THE HARE AND HOUNDS, Sway, Hants. On Monday October 21st I visited the Hare and Hounds, Sway for an evening meal. I visited the Gents Toilet, entered a cubicle and locked the door. No sooner had I done that when all the lights went out. I was in complete darkness and could not find the latch to unlock the door. I called for help but no one else was in the toilet area and no one came in from the restaurant. I remained in darkness for about three minutes, after which the lights went back on. I complained to the staff and was told that ‘they were aware of the problem, and were trying to get it fixed.’ I think this is completely unsatisfactory! If they knew of the problem they should have arranged an independent light or even a candle! A serious accident could have easily occurred. In addition my wife had the Whitebait for her meal which was very dry and overcooked Apart from the company a very disappointing evening.

Large pub with plenty of atmosphere. Very busy on our un booked visit but staff found us a table. Staff were excellent and attentive. Food was very good and reasonable portions. Wide range of drinks available. A place to have a very good evening

We’ve eaten here three times in a week whilst staying in a holiday home in Sway. Cannot fault the food or the service. All meals have been piping hot, good sized portions, really good value for money, and we’ve enjoyed all our meals. Thank you. Very dog friendly, the pub provides blankets and beds for your pooch. Will definitely return if we’re down this way in the future.

Had a fantastic meal with 11 of us 10 basset hounds, service was fantastic , friendly and the food was delicious, definitely recommend

Great location , eight of us had dinner, no complaints good food, good service, will return, definitely recommend,

Great food as usual first class service price reasonable good ale selection dog friendly play area.the menu is very good plenty to choose from good desserts. Good size garden plenty of seating, good play are for children .

This is my local pub and has never failed to delight from either its standard menu or the varied special menu.

Excellent service. Staff very friendly and obliging. Dined there four times during our stay. Food was alway hot and plenty of variety on the menu. Good value for the money.

I have eaten at this pub several times and unfortunately todays roast was terrible. I had the trio, beef tough as old boots, tasteless pork with unsalted crackling and the turkey was formed meat. Rubber roast potatoes, veg was very nice and gravy just about ok. A real shame as the staff are so friendly and welcoming. Just need a shake up in the kitchen I am afraid. I think my roast was roughly £14:50 hate to say it but Toby’s is much better and that’s a real shame as I love to support local businesses.

We took some visiting relatives for a forest walk and Sunday roast. We had pre-booked a table. The food was very disappointing - we were booked for 2pm and I feel that the food had been cooked long before our arrival. One family member is coeliac, and they brought her stuffing and gravy with gluten in. Luckily I asked the waiter to double-check, and not trusting their knowledge, went to find the kitchen to ask the chef... Didn't want to make a fuss and spoil a family event, but would not go back, particularly with dietary requirements. Young staff didn't know the menu, and didn't defer to those in charge.

Welcoming and friendly staff, dog friendly and great food at a great price. Dined two nights running and will return when we are next on holiday!

The food was below average, and despite being at half capacity we were rushed through two course in 30mins. The waiting staff were young kids with little waitering skill serving. Not horrendous, but left feeling it was a waste of money.

We have been to the Hare and Hounds several times and have always had a good experience. It is a lovely pub restaurant with a garden with a slide for the children. This visit was for my daughter's 30th birthday, and as always the staff were friendly and efficient, the food delicious and the portions generous. We had a great time.

Rang to enquire if we there was any chance of Sunday lunch at 3pm and reserved a table for 4pm, which was such a relief as we’d been let down by the original establishment we’d booked at and it was for a special occasion. Arrived at 4pm and every table was full, the atmosphere was great and the staff very friendly and attentive. Service was great. We all ordered the Sunday Roast. Good choice of variety of different meats including a combo. It was delicious, perfectly cooked, good portion and worth every penny. Fully recommend, have visited before and will again.

Popped in for a late Sunday lunch. Warm welcome. Best Sunday lunch I’ve had in a pub in ages and definitely the best around this area as I’ve tried quite a few and there are some shockers. Excellent fast friendly service, roast dinner tasted very home cooked and generous portions . The only downside was I had too much to eat as I had a pudding which was also very good. I live local and will definitely be making this a regular for Sunday lunch. Cost for two drinks two meals and a pud was roughly £36 and was worth it. Well done 😀

We have visited this pub a few times over the years, we like to visit others but also return here. I had the small portion, Liver & Bacon, anything more would have been a waste. It was perfectly cooked and served with a red onion chutney gravy sauce. Unusual and yummy. my friend had the full portion Lasagne with Garlic bread. He really enjoyed that too.

Always friendly staff and great food which is why it gets extremely busy at times. A traditional pub that loves dogs too!

Really nice pub, great location. Extensive menu with lots of great choices. Very helpful staff and good service. Portion sizes are very generous!

Such a lovely pub - it's dog friendly, family friendly, very cosy, amazing food, great vibes, good service and makes you feel very comfortable. I've been here a few times and have never once had a bad experience.

Lovely staff, good food and pleasant atmosphere. Nothing was too much trouble. Social distancing was observed well too.

Cannot rate highly enough. A superb meal( to be fair has always been great food even before lockdown) From arrival until departure a lovely welcome from staff. Clear instructions but still felt " normal" with tweaks and a relaxed friendly atmosphere. Was such a positive enjoyable experience in difficult times. Thankyou and cant wait to see you again soon.

Pedestrian food and casual service. Meals sometimes fair and sometimes poor. So much better options at pubs not far away.

A group of us visited for a coffee/beer after a morning walk. Good friendly service and coffee brought to our table

Super traditional British food and amazing crumble. Great portions. Can take the dogs. Lovely staff.

We took our friends for an early evening meal and once again the staff and service were excellent. We all ordered different meals and they were all very very nice, good size portions and piping hot, could not fault it.

Always good food with generous portions. Plenty of room inside, or outside if the weather allows. Take a doggy bag for the Cumberland sausages as you might not manage three.

Just had a chilled out time at the Hare & Hounds. Proper pub, pub grub, friendly & cosy, loved the quirky wood pieces around the place. Often visit pubs solo & felt very comfy. Only had a starter which was great. Will def be back again

We came with our family and had a lovely meal outside, the portion sizes are very good. We will definitely be returning.

Popped in for dinner late as we were touring the area. Great friendly service and good tasty pub food, the portions are generous in size and very reasonably priced.

Dropped in for a hasty lunch after a wasted car buying trip.Big country pub with lots of customers!!!...good range of ales and a good selection of food,mains and bar food.It was mega busy and this was in March .I was told in the summer it's always packed.So don't go if your looking for a quiet little pub.Staff are faultless and very accommodating. I would think it's lovely around the Christmas period. Dog friendly too.

What a charming pub , home cooked food really tasty and plenty of it , very pleasant and helpful staff, reasonably priced as well. If you love the forest you need to visit here open log fires and plenty of character. Very nice indeed.

Always get good food and friendly service here. Nice pub atmosphere, and plenty of space. And dogs are allowed - I love that touch - adds to the atmosphere and friendliness.

This pub never lets it self down . great staff and good atmosphere . Food is home cooked and always hot with good choice .. good parking and play area for the children

Very nice pub, clean and lovely furnishings and fittings. The food was very good and they had a lot of interesting things on the menu.

Good location great play areas. Food was OK. Nice water barrel and water bowls for the dogs in the garden.

Excellent food, staff very helpful and polite, dog friendly, Has outside seating in the garden with play area and at the front, recommended

We visited on a Sunday, for a roast dinner and were met by a microwaved meal (the meat). The place was pretty much empty and you could see why. Extremely disappointing for a £16 roast dinner.

Zona de juegos para los niños, la comida deliciosa y el menú para niños. El único inconveniente es que la comida se servía en platos para niños plaza de China que enorme no caben en una mesa bandeja silla alta. Los platos eran poco profunda para guisantes se escapa por todos lados. También sin niños cubiertos. conseguir algunos platos y cubiertos de plástico de IKEA! Aunque la comida era absolutamente especialidades dulces se y no caro. Agradable ambiente divertimento dentro.

Después de nuestra última comida fabulosa decidimos ir de nuevo. Tenía otra excelente noche. El personal es magnífico. Nos dio la bienvenida y los perros. Sin duda nos volveremos a comer aquí en nuestra próxima visita a esta bella zona.

Este pub fue recomendado para nosotros, así que fuimos allí para celebrar nuestro aniversario de boda. No debería haber molestado. Champiñones con ajo cremosa en tostadas - no hay muchas setas y whitebait era pack claramente catering y exageradas. Luego tuvimos grandes hamburguesas azul. Lo único que salvó la hamburguesas era ligeramente la salsa, aunque no es el mejor queso azul por encima por una milla - hamburguesas no tenían sabor y forma fichas exageradas. El colmo fue que uno de los platos tenía un chip en la placa desde arriba de las pulgadas de largo sobre un antihigiénicos y unslightly. No suelo quejarme pero no volver, no consejo, no la recomiendo y escribir una crítica que refleja las normas. Sin duda no volveré.

Nuestro hotel recomendado este pub y no nos decepcionó.

An extensive menu of great British Pub food - never had anything other than a very tasty meal here - highly recommended.

Was informed it was a dog friendly pub. Was put round a corner away from the main bar. The service was virtually non existent and the food typically poor pub food of the standard that gives British pubs a bad name. Definitely will not be returning.

A regular haunt of ours... comfy sofas, real fire!The perfect place to idle away a Sunday afternoon!

lovely friendly pub, tasty well priced & big portions. Real fire, Can not go wrong, a must visit ;-)

Wide selection available from menu and specials board and great portion size, well cooked and nicely presented by friendly staff. Just try it. You won't be disappointed.

Great place to eat book two nights in a row as really lovely food and dog friendly. Food choose very wide and size of the meal so if smaller portion needed it's there. The place was really Busy so I would suggest that you book if you want a table with the dog . Will definitely go again when I visit the new forest another time .

Ate here on a cold Saturday afternoon after a lovely walk in the forest, roaring open fires, friendly staff and great pub grub! Would recommend.

We had to book here because it was full on our first visit, the portions are a bit too large, tasty homemade food, good choice of drinks

Had another good meal, we have been here a few times when visiting the area. We booked table in advance as it's so popular. Staff friendly, plenty of menu choices,a list of specials available.

Went here at the weekend as we were down for a friend's wedding. We had a 2 course meal which was lovely I had whitebait and then salmon with new potatoes and veg. My husband also had whitebait and then a ribeye steak with fries and veg.had a lovely bottle of shirts to complement the meal.

Never fails to deliver on taste and quality. One of our favourite eateries anywhere. Could do with a couple more deserts that cater for those that don't want alcohol, but that's just being picky because it's all good otherwise.

Nous avons mangé 4 soirs dans ce pub toujours bondé et pour cause, les plats sont bons et copieux, le service sympathique et l'ambiance chaleureuse. Une bonne adresse.

Tijdens ons verblijf van 3 nachten in Sway hier 2x gegeten. Was prima, royale porties tegen een redelijke prijs. De nacho's om te delen zijn erg lekker.

Excellent place to eat and have a drink, everyone made very welcome, staff very polite and helpful, we sat outside at the front as it was a lovely afternoon and our friend is disabled, we had a lovely meal.

The Hare and Hounds is a good old-fashioned pub with nice food and a good range of beers and ciders. Go for their basics rather than the more flashy stuff!

We have eaten at this pub regularly over the last three years. Never had a meal yet that we have been disappointed in. Very helpful and friendly service

Have eaten and stopped for a drink here numerous times and thought it was time I left a review. Always great friendly service with a smile, which is so rare round here now. Food is proper pub grub that always hits the spot. Can't praise enough, keep it up!

Lovely traditional pub with great atmosphere. A good selection of beers and wines and a really good menu. I would recommend booking a table rather than just turning up, as it was always really busy.

Really busy place butt lovely atmosphere, staff very helpful and service good. Food is excellent and good menu choice.

We were a group of 18 cyclists and we had a lunch and an evening mealThe food was good served quickly and was hot and was great value

The New Forest hosts many attractive sites, for a gastro pub Hare & Hounds takes a lot of beating, close to the village of Sway

My wife and I were staying in a beautiful cottage B&B locally and the host recommended the Hare and Hounds. I'm so glad she did as we managed to get a table for two without booking and had a terrific meal, huge portions and proper home cooked fayre. The waiting and bar staff were very friendly and informative. Well worth a visit, but make sure you book as with all good pubs/restaurants they are always busy.

One of the best pubs in the area. Good pub grub and a good selection of beer. It can get really busy in the summer and at weekends. Good for Sunday lunch.

Decided to come here as I had heard good reviews about it. Wish I hadn't. The pub looks really great and the cosiness extends inside. What a pity that the food isn't up to scratch. My starter of pate was a grey mass on a plate. The chilli con carne looked like pureed meat and resembled dog food. My fish pie was done in a creamy leek sauce but unfortunately the chef had not washed the leek sufficiently so every mouthful was gritty - extremely unappetising. Yes, we could have complained, but we were with friends and this always spoils an evening and on second count, washing a leek, which every cook knows comes in layers, is basic cookery skills, so no excuse. May pop in for a drink if I am that way with the dogs but will not be eating here again.

A classic country pub, fire blazing, great choice of beers and wine and the food is excellent. Great pub, nestled beside Sway, one of the New Forest's lovely villages and it even has a main line railway station.

My wife and are vegetarian whereas my 2 children are meat eaters. It’s always been difficult to find a pub in the new forest that offers a varied and decent vegetarian menu not just lasagne, jacket potatoes or Vegi burger. The meat dishes on the menu are never a problem for my children.The Hare and Hounds offered a few additional vegetarian dishes on the menu that sounded, looked and tasted yummy.The starters, mains and desert portions are of a very good size so make sure you go very hungry.The food is freshly cooked, piping hot and very flavoursome. The staff are friendly and always had a smile and the young lady made good conversation with us.The tables around the bar area are pretty close to each other and trying to get to the rest rooms can be a mission. The tables at the other end for the pub are spacious and more spread outs. There is a car park to the side of the pub and I would strongly suggest you book a table in advance.Big Flavoursome Portions

Always know you will get a great meal and value for money. Very extensive menu - something for everyone

Stopped by for Sunday lunch.the staff are extremely friendly and on the ball.had the roast, Yorkshire puddings were to die for, it seemed they dominated the plate!service was excellent would highly recommend a visit.

We were simply passing on the way home and having decided to eat on the way were heading elsewhere but saw this roadside and simply turned round and stopped as for some reason we had never tried it before.The pub itself is fine, nice garden and the staff were welcoming. The menu is basic pub grub but it has a reasonable choice on it and, to be fair, not at all over priced. I had a Chili Burger which was fine (as in the burger itself was) clearly homemade and quite tasty actually but simple things let meals down sometimes don't they with the jalapenos obviously out of a jar as the vinegar like taste overwhelmed it, but once scraped off the burger was nice. The chips accompanying were just barely warm and I'm guessing had been sitting under a lamp waiting for the burger. My wife's crusted rump steak from the specials was cooked just right but ditto on the chips.So there you go it was fine, nothing to really moan about but nothing to rave about or motivate us to come back either. But not an unpleasant hour, nice pub and a lovely beer garden. Nice to see dogs welcome

found this place whilst on holiday in area and reviews appeared ok.very strange place with tables almost touching each other . ordered home made lasagna served with salad and garlic bread.when it came we realised we had made a mistake . it was served in a very shallow dish and all you could taste was the mountain of cheddar cheese on top .the salad comprised of some lettuce leaves and two small cherry tomatoes whilst the garlic bread was made with part baked baguettes which are not even coloured . to add to this pleasure were the dogs all around us and under the tables

v.good food friendly staff the food was piping hot, nothing was to much trouble.it was so good we went back for another meal

1st thing is the pub is an old traditional forest pub.It has a good selection of ales.The food is all cooked fresh and the portions are large.I had beef encroute and was told it would be about 1/2 hour as it's cooked fresh.It was well worth the wait.Had cheesecake for sweet it was big.The pub has a beer garden with a lot of seating out the front as well.I would recommend booking as it gets very busy.

I went there last night with 8 friends. We all had main courses off the menu or the specials board. The food arrived piping hot and well presented. We were almost beaten by the quantity on the plates but the food was too good to leave!Although the pub was fairly full, most restaurant tables in use, and the bar full of casual dog walkers out for a quick pint we were served quickly, and further drinks were brought to our table.This occasion was a special event for us (10th Club Anniversary) and the Hare and Hounds did not let us down - thanks.

Wow, what can I say, the roast trio was amazing, all homemade, Yorkshire pud was excellent and veg, I couldn't eat it all, but the manager kindly wrapped the meat in foil for our cat , but the portion size was great, our friends ate all there's, best roast iv actually eaten out for a while.

Dog friendly, amazing food. Good atmosphere, good value for money. The best burger I have ever had, gorgeous mince in the lasagne, liver and chicken also good choices, you won't be disappointed!

We ate here on a Friday night whilst staying at a local B and B in Sway. We were met by friendly bar and waiting staff. The food arrived promptly and portions were generous. Good value for money.

First evening we enjoyed eating from the menu; second evening we were fortunate to have been able to book for the pub's

On arrival we received a pleasant reception and our order was taken quite quickly.As we couldn't find a starter that either of us liked we ordered our main courses with the intention of finishing with a desert.The pub was only 20% full but we still had to wait 40 minutes for one liver & bacon together with mash & vegetables & one chicken pie, mash & vegetables.The food was freshly cooked & first class but no warning was given that there may be a slight delay with our main courses. During our meal at no time did anyone check to see if everything was alright or did we want anything else, presumably because the two people behind the empty bar were too busy wrapping cutlery with serviettes in between the infrequent meals coming out of the kitchen.As we had waited so long for our main meals we decided not to have a desert and when I paid the bill I wasn't asked if we enjoyed our meals.This is a nice pub with super meals but the staff should practice their customer service skills.

We stayed at a local B&B and had already found this place online. Booked a table as Friday night could have been busy. Lots of regulars propping up the bar with lively conversation. Place is very dog friendly, so much so that the tables had dog treats on!. We skipped starter and we straight to main. My wife had liver and bacon, I went for a steak. Well prepared and not to long to wait. My steak was slightly over done for a medium rare, but this was a minor thing. Puddings massive, homemade, very nice. Good to see a local pub that can be both a pub and restaurant.

we was told about this pub on a walk out by a couple of regulars who said the roast was the best around so decided to try it, as we pulled up the carpark was busy so we expected a long wait for food. as we got in a young waitress came up to us straight away & asked if we had booked, which we hadnt, she looked to see if she could squeeze us in the resturant but sadly couldnt but found us a table in the bar area, we ordered our food & drink, we had the trio roast each, & went & sat down expecting to have a wait as how busy it was in there. but within 10min our food arrived in front of us & it was perfect! plenty of meat, huge yorkshire pudding & lovely crispy roast potatoes & a mixture of fresh veg. Shame we live in kent & cant visit more often but next time we are down that way we will def be back for a visit!

Went here for a birthday meal 2 days after Christmas with my daughter. (My husband had passed away on the Monday, he always brought me here for my birthday and she was trying to make the day as good as it could be). Such an awful time. There was another couple and a family party there already - otherwise it was empty. The staff seemed to have sloped into post Christmas fatigue and really couldn't be bothered, I had to ask for someone to come and take our order for drinks and food. I then had to ask for our plates to be cleared and then asked for the dessert menu (Which just resulted in a blackboard being dumped on the floor as a waitress walked past). During our meal, a large party arrived who I can only assume are known as big tippers because all of a sudden the staff couldn't do enough for them - at the expense of everyone else in the restaurant. Another party even arrived, waited at the door, got ignored by 2 girls and walked out and another group just walked in and sat themselves after waiting for some time, to be looked at like something the waitress had scraped off her shoe! Maybe we came on a bad day but it took us over 2 hours to have a drink, main and dessert - due to the lengthy wait between each part of our meal and then we had to wait over 30 minutes to get our bill! They are lucky we didn't just walk out - they probably wouldn't have noticed to be honest. We felt most unwelcome and sadly, we didn't leave a tip on this occasion because the service did not warrant it.The food in general was lovely when we did eventually receive it (Although after asking for no salad or coleslaw, I had to ask for mine to be re-plated when it arrived with yes, you guessed it, salad and coleslaw. Maybe the waitress had an ear infection and couldn't hear me?) and dessert, after asking for descriptions of the dishes - something the blackboard could do with if the staff don't want to stick around to talk you through it (What flavour is the cheesecake? What fruit is in the crumble? Are there nuts in the brownies? Does that come with ice cream or cream? etc...) was very nice and I am sure that on a different occasion, we would have had a very different experience but on what was already a very difficult day - the Hare & Hounds let us down.

A busy character pub with mismatch furniture serving mostly home cooked food. In busy periods its a must to book.

This pub is "hounded" by unsuspecting visitors to The Newforest simply because of its location. We were the first customers to enter the pub at lunchtime only to be ignored by the barmaid (Lisa) No friendly welcome or even a polite hello. All Too much effort for her! The interior of the pub was cold & uninviting with a collection of odd tables & chairs to make you feel uncomfortable. The food served was cold & mediocre after waiting at least fortyfive minutes. Only visit this pub if you enjoy Cold Reception, Cold Food & Cold atmosphere!

Love the 'old style' pub makes me feel very welcome with the fire place but.... the staff need cheering up! Every time iv been I feel like there understaffed. Had the 'chicken curry' which tasted like a microwave meal but my partners food was lovely as I had a bit of his. I also got a desert which was £6-£7 and all I got was ice cream with toffee sauce and a few nuts! Disappointed in that as I was expecting something of higher standard. Also waiting a long time for all courses, about 45mins-1hour But probably will be back again as it's around the corner!

Went with the family of four - food was refreshingly fresh and home made, good local beer and excellent little play area for the kids.

Good food & friendly service. Dogs welcome in the bar area. Very popular so suggest booking if wanting to eat in the evening.

We booked a table for Sunday lunch at mid-day, and arrived to a largely empty pub. After ordering, we sat back and waited... for around 40-45 minutes. We'd ordered fairly standard fare: chilli con carne, lasagne, spaghetti bolognese, and a vegetarian burger - nothing fancy. When the food finally arrived it was very tasty, and was clearly home-cooked rather than heated up. But it was a bit slow. I can only assume that those ordering at 12:30 and later would have had an even longer wait. In summary, decent pub food, but not recommended if you're in a rush.

Live in Bransgore wanted to try another pub so off we went to The Hare & Hounds Sway.Correct it's not a gastro pub far from it,we had what they called a special: Chargrilled chicken with a salad the chicken was cooked well but the salad consisted of some brown wilted lettuce with a few leaves of rocket and some sundried tomato, no presentation skills what so ever for close to £12 per meal very disappointing.

Wanted an old school pub that wasn't too gastrofied and this fits the bill. Food is varied and great. They are always busy at weekends so if you can't get a table for food they will seat you in bar area (about the only difference is a candle on the table).Very enjoyable

Visited several times in the passed during holidays and the food and beer has always been excellent - this time was no exception. Don't miss out you won't regret it

None of your gentrified gastro pub rubbish here: this is a good honest pub which serves excellent beer (Ringwood Best, naturally) and proper food: liver and bacon for me and steak pie for my wife, both of which were delicious. Excellent value for money, nice location on the edge of Sway and really friendly staff. Go there!

Wonderful pub, stopped in after a day in the forest, lovely menu , traditional menu , steak was brilliant !! Specials board was great, all home cooked !!!! Recommend this place, dog friendly with dog biscuits on the bar, kids play area in the garden aswell :-)

Visited here 05/04/14 with my gf,Knew as soon as we walked in this was the cosy country pub we were looking for.Open fire & very comfy sofas with a very welcoming atmosphere.I had the whitebait starter & my gf had the chilli nachos.Very generous portions & very tasty.I had the chicken curry main & my gf had the cheeseburger.The curry was cooked to perfection & full of flavour & the burger was so tender it just fell apart when cut unlike other places we've been where the burgers are like bike tyres!!..Staff were very chatty,welcoming & helpful looking after our every need.Bill for the 2 of us was about £40 including drinks.We had a really lovely evening & will definitely become regulars..

Having lost our car in the recent storms we made several visits here whilst visiting the garage opposite. The pub is warm, cosy and welcoming with friendly staff. It's essentially pub grub but very well cooked and presented and our various meals; shepherds pie; pasta; chilli etc etc were all very good. There is good selection of wines, beers and ciders and they are dog friendly. A great place to visit after a country walk

We loved this little pub. The staff are friendly and welcoming. The beer garden is a lovely little sun trap where we could easily spend hours. We didn't eat, but the menu looked good. I would really recommend, especially if you are doing a New Forest walk as we were.

The Hare and Hounds is our local, and I suspect we've eaten there more than most who post a review.It's a great pub. Pretty outside, comfy atmosphere inside, and super hosts and staff. Good choice of beers, good value wine, and great pub grub. Highly recommended.

Came to this pub for lunch after a long walk in the forest with our dog, we both opted for the burger as it was quick and easy for a cold day before returning home, top quality pub grub, service was good although the one barman was a bit swamped as he seemed to be on his own behind the bar (we did visit in the afternoon however) overall very enjoyable lunch and very accommodating to pooch.

Popped in here on the way back from visiting friends in nearby Wootton.Easy to find on the road leaving Sway to Brockenhurst.Plenty of parking adjacent to the pub.Great buzz on entry and nice welcome from the bar staff. We ordered our drinks and meals at the bar and then chose a table. Various places off the bar area to sit. Some private.Very rustic interior with low beamed ceiling. Lovely traditional feel.Loads of locals so we took this as a good sign.Good selection of draught beers as you would expect and some guest beers too. I suspect you could spend a full day here trying everyone and still leave missing a few.My wife and I chose a curry and chilli con carne to eat. This arrive 15 minutes after we ordered and both were piping hot - plates too. Plenty on the plate and tasty.Thoroughly enjoyed of meals and felt that our food and drinks were well priced - unlike some gastropubs that charge £4-5 more per meal for the same basic food.Will visit again and a big thank you to everyone at the Hare and Hounds.