Polly's Pantry Tea Rooms in New Forest

Warm and cosy place to come to. Teas and cakes as well as nicely cooked food. All in the heart of the village.

Our first time here and we loved it.. It has character, but what really made it was the friendly, personal customer service we received, even though it was busy. We got the impression that several customers were 'regulars' and we can see why. We would recommend it.

Great food and service visited on my own made me feel very welcome

Popped in here as we could see they had a table to seat 5 for free. Most of us had cakes and my Dad had a panini. Service was really good and very prompt. Panini and Walnut Cake both superb. My daughter had a milk shake which was really good made with proper ice-cream. Only gripe, the Dorset Apple Cake was a little dry as it was the last couple of slices. But they did serve it with ice-cream as a £5 special :-) Would definitely recommend.

Great Little place highly recommend coffee and walnut cake. Went with family calming atmosphere definitely go again.

What a fantastic find. Friendly staff, lovely food. Only downside was the music, a bit loud and modern for this oldie!! Will definitely return if in the area again

What a wonderful find, visiting Milford on Sea, and found this lovely Tea rooms it was late morning but still able to get breakfast, 4 American pancakes with fresh blueberrys and raspberries with jug of maple syrup. Hubby had with his pancakes scrambled eggs and bacon with maple syrup, the most fluffy and light pancakes, a great treat.

A little slow in service but we’ll worth the wait . Thank you

What a lovely friendly place and great coffee and yummy home made cakes.Also home made soup,s well wortha visit

Oh my what outstanding service. The staff are a joy and Richard was just charming. Fabulous food, such good prices and great coffee! Would definitely recommend and come back for sure.

Came here for teas and cakes between Xmas and New Year after a long walk to Hurst Castle with friends and our very large Labradoodle Heston. We were made so welcome, as was all the other clients, including a young lad who was given a pirates headscarf from the owners dad who does a very good impression of a pirate. Top marks to a very quaint and friendly village cafe.

Been twice recently both times greeted with a genuine warm welcome . We had our black lab with us who received an equally warm welcome and a dog biscuit! The breakfast was lovely and the coffee great. So nice to feel so welcome. Already planning our next ‘long walk’ which will get us to Milford about brunch time !

Popped in for a tea and toasted tea cake. Quick service. Lovely Christmas atmosphere from everyone including the guests

We were visiting my sister’s family at Milford On Sea - went around the Village and one of the best experience was when we stumbled upon Polly’s Pantry. Must we say that they serve the best breakfast we have had in our entire one month visit in the area! Thank you for the wonderful food and experience!

Had a lovely evening at Polly's Pantry, especially opened in the evening for the Milford-on-Sea light switching on ceremony. How about this... a Christmas dinner in a Yorkshire Pudding, what a great idea and very tasty.

Went here for lunch. We all enjoyed the tasty food & generous portions. Will return in the future.

We arrived with 4 adults and 5 children. Seats available and were told there wouldn't be any hot food - no issue as we only wanted drinks and cakes. We then discovered we'd arrived just before closing however Richard served us and entertained the children brilliantly. We all had different drinks, some hot some cold and cakes and ice creams. Not an easy order and not ideal at closing time however Richard didn't complain once. The cakes were superb and all homemade. The kids said the milkshakes were amazing too! If we are ever in the area again we will definitely be visiting!!

Friendly staff, well filled tasty sandwiches amazing home made scones and delicious cakes we will be back soon

V friendly, nice food, well priced.

Highly recommend, we popped in for a cream tea but as I passed the window I noticed someone eating a jacket potato, I had the best ever jacket potato with Stilton and walnuts, generous portions as well, with a lovely fresh salad, very reasonably priced as well, wish I lived closer. I would definitely recommend visiting you won’t be disappointed.

They made a great fuss of our dog, before serving us some excellent coffee and cake. Reasonably priced, recommended.

We were welcomed, sat at table, ordered drinks first, then breakfasts. Food was absolutely delicious. Chap serving us was very friendly. We come to Milford quite a few times throughout the year and have never been in here before, will definitely come back.

Walked out after being ignored for over 20 minutes. Real shame as we were hungry and the food looked good, but after being directed to a recently vacated table that we were told would be cleared we sat for over 20 minutes with no contact from staff who were busy faffing around behind the table making drinks or serving cakes etc. The table wasn't cleared and we were totally ignored. Even a 'sorry we are busy - will be with you shortly' would have done. But nothing. After over 20 minutes waiting with no indication of when we would be served we just got up and walked out. Really need to learn how to make customers feel welcome. Had to walk over to the CO OP and make do with a meal deal. Really spoiled a day out.

Lovely tea room, comfy and relaxed, excellent coffee and a tasty eccles cake, very pleasant staff, will return.

Wanting to take the mother-in-law for a afternoon tea we made numerous phone calls only to receive a poor response or ridiculous prices until we contacted Pollys, from the moment the phone was answered we got positivity, a booking for 3 was made for the Luxury Tea, when we arrived we received a warm welcome and shown to our table in the window, when the Tea arrived I couldn’t believe how much there was, the other customers looked on in amazement the sandwiches were so tasty and fresh, the cakes were obviously freshly made and fantastic, Scones were huge with lovely jam and lots of cream, we ended up taking a lot of it home with us. Polly’sFantastic is well worth the visit as is the beautiful village.

What a little gem. Dropped in for a brunch. Had a lovely poached eggs on toast with a side of beans. Coffee and peppermint tea, followed by coffee and walnut cake as a takeaway. Huge slice for £2.80! The cake is made on-site. Very friendly staff and a large car park just round the corner. Plus there’s some lovely little shops in the high street. So well worth a visit.

Popped in for breakfast with some friends....nice atmosphere and the staff were very friendly. A good selection of breakfast choices teas and coffees. Well worth a visit if you are in Milford on Sea.

What a welcome find in Milford on Sea. Popped in for a drink and spotted their lovely cakes. Tried walnut and coffee cake, vegan Tiffin and the Dorset apple cake is divine. Very friendly, on a wet afternoon a delicious find. Worth a visit.

Fabulous full English breakfast, good value, friendly service.

Used to live nearby and popped down at the wknd to see family so thought would take a little trip to Milford first for breakfast having set off from our place at 7am. Must admit, we weren't planning on coming here as we intended to eat in what used to be a lovely cafe down the road. However, when we got there it now only does takeaway. The lady suggested we went to Polly's Pantry. We said no, we've been there before and it wasn't for us but she said it's got different owners and is much nicer now, you should try it. So we did and she wasn't wrong! We went for a Malcolm's cowboy breakfast each and a pot of tea for two. Food came out in good time and was piping hot. I often have to ask for extra butter but there was plenty for my two slices of toast. We both agreed it was a very tasty breakfast with lovely bacon too. Pot of tea came out with the food as requested which was a bonus. Often find despite requesting this that people forget and send it prior to the food so was pleased with that. It's the little things that make the difference. Richard who served us was very welcoming and friendly and we had a good little chat with him whilst he took our orders although we never did discover who Malcolm is! Dog friendly cafe and the dog biscuits were pointed out to me when I arrived which was another nice touch. Reasonably priced too. Only disappointment is that we live 100 miles away. Will we come back? Most definitely.

This place has changed hands so if you've not been here for a while, like us, then you are in for a treat. Very dog friendly and friendly staff too. We had breakfast and it was really tasty and reasonably priced. Would thoroughly recommend. Enjoy!

Great food, freshly prepared. Excellent service and a relaxed and friendly team. Brilliant value for money. Will visit again.

Wow what a lovely little find,lovely welcome very comfortable good variety on menu which is reasonably priced,food was cooked to high standard and service excellent, very clean which cant be easy with the teapot collection lol,we loved it and will be going again next month

Great place to stop at If you are in the area.

Good food, friendly service, reasonably priced.

We popped in on Wednesday for lunch and the chef went out of his way to clean everything down that had been used for eggs. Has I have a allergy to them. He went above and beyond to accommodate my needs. And the staff were really friendly. If you around please pop in for a beautiful meal and service. Once again my sincere thanks to one and all.

Brilliant cakes. Very good value (tea and cake for two plus a flapjack to take away for under £11!) Friendly staff. Airy room. Dogs welcome. We would definitely return.

We live over a hour away and have now visited pollys pantry twice. Always such a nice welcome, make you feel comfortable and seems like nothing is to much trouble. Very accommodating, friendly. Food is fresh with cakes I believe all home made and very...

Nice place with a family atmosphere. Food was ok & not expensive. Would certainly visit again. Thank you

Really kind staff and excellent service. Perfect for a day out. Food was great and the workers are amazing.

Lovely place, can’t recommend the pancakes enough!! Lovely homely service - will be back.

This tea room is now owned and managed by a family who put customer service as well as quality of food at the very top of their list. They are helpful when ordering, the food is very enjoyable and plentiful and the prices are very...

The new managers have doubled the prices and introduced a booking system. Who on earth books ahead for a cream tea? A once great tea room in sad decline.

What a wonderful little cafe! We always visit when in Milford. Lovely people, nice food and very reasonably priced. Good selection of cakes as well😀

This has been a regular haunt for my wife and I for over 30 years when we used to bring our now grown-up children down to the area on holiday. We now live in Christchurch and regularly walk along the coastal path from Barton to...

We walked down from the top of the sea front into the town centre and were really looking forward to finding a small friendly cafe for a bite to eat! We weren’t disappointed! From the moment we walked in, the staff made us feel at...

A really pleasant old school premises in the centre of the village. Popped in with my wife for a cappuccino and a piece of cake. We both had the Tiffin cake which was delicious and large, drinks good too. Perusing the menu there was a...

Very cosy with a nice atmosphere. The staff couldn't have been more helpful and so friendly

haven't been into this cafe for years. Now new owners have improved its cleanliness and ambience beyond measure. Coffee is lovely and buying a homemade pasty, I can say it was second to none! Please, come back to this cafe if you haven't been for...

I, my wife and another couple stopped for a quick lunch after an energetic walk. Only three of us were eating and we all opted for soup of the day (cauliflower and stilton). This was very tasty but two out of three were luke warm....

Always get here if we can. Its a great traditional cafe and tea rooms..all thr feod is great. had full breakfast before neo...amazing. Also like the crumpets which I call pikelets being a Black Country boy. Highly reccommende. Dr.Terry langford

Lovely, just lovely. Then pancakes looked and tasted amazing and jacket potato was veey nice. Both super filling so no space for cake sadly. Staff friendly and attentive. We are staying in the area, not local, but would absolutely visit again if we get the chance.

A nice local tearoom with a good selection of food. Could do with some older experienced staff. i would recommend a visit and enjoy the atmosphere

Absolutely beautiful spot for some afternoon tea, service was fast ir has a large range of handmade cakes and fresh food in a very cosy atmosphere.

Lovely staff, great cup of tea and top breakfast

Have visited on numerous occasions and find the newowners are making a much better go off it especially as this is their first venture in this type of business. The front of house staff are great and will normally be able to get anything for...

Went for a sandwich and tea the baget was about a foot long and briming with filling I recommend the chicken tikka.

Maggie and all the front of house ladies are so welcoming and kind. Had a wonderful Scone with Jam and Cream. A lovely traditional tea rooms. Highly recommended. Very happy customers. Thank you!

Sorry to see previous reviewers comments. I too am local but had not used this cafe for several years due to the rudeness of the previous owner and I am far from alone in that opinion. I have visited with different friends three times in...

Given two star because the staff were lovely. A very disappointing lunch. The chips were enormous, dry and powdery. Each persons food came out at 5 minute intervals. Coffee machine is in the main area and it was so loud you couldn't hear yourself think above it. The cupboards look...worn. There's vintage and there’s knackered. Shame really. Lovely location, just needs some serious tlc. New owners need to try all the food. Menu is very dates. ‘Can of pop’ who calls it that?

Had a good hot coffee just how we like it. Also Bacon, and Egg bap and sausage bap. Excellent. Service from staff friendly and efficient.

Disappointing. We were drawn to the charm from the outside but the food was really poor. When a traditional English breakfast is something that you major in, you should be able to get the basics right. Staff seemed friendly enough but the food wasn’t worth...

Ordered 2 teas and 2 ranch style wraps, tea came in a cracked teacup. Wraps were described as breaded chicken, came folded in quarters with a piece of hot chicken shoved in so salad was hot and slimy inside. Wanted a piece of cake, but the 3 mature ladies were either trying to get a radio station or clearing tables that had already left leaving us completely unattended so didn’t bother.

Recently under New Management. New take on a well established formula. The new owners seem to have it just right. New additions to the menu. All cakes made on the premises, scones and cream teas a delicious treat. Familiar faces in the serving team but well qualified team members in the kitchen. Additional opening hours and really well worth a visit. Pre book for the cream teas. Large public car park a few steps away. Going to be one of my favourites as very clean, very friendly, reasonably priced and good food. Bonus

I used to go here a lot all year round, on my own and with my husband. A lovely, clean, traditional independent tea rooms with friendly host and mix of experienced and younger staff. Good menu, excellent value and all beautifully presented. Tried twice since...

Food was superb, and the staff were impeccable. Thoroughly recommend to visit. Thank you ladies.

Lovely traditional cafe. Simple food, tasty.

It's a fantastic tea shop with loads of different and unique teapots on display, plus they do the best cream teas ever!!

Had lunch in Pollys and it was FANTASTIC best scones my husband and I have ever had, so delicious we bought two to bring home. Could have bought more but decided best not to deprive others of them! Service and ambience was fantastic. Thank you so much.

Had cream tea , delicious, lovely warm homemade fruit scone and proper clotted cream. Proper tea in a pot, two good cups. The cakes looked good, plenty of choice. Would go again.

We were treated 5* by the amazing staff who were friendly and efficient... the tea shop is unique in its decoration and ambience will definitely visit again a gem for this beautiful village

Good service, very reasonable prices.

Very friendly and great service

Very quaint although the butter served with our toasted teacakes was rock hard

Great for afternoon tea and cakes, even let you take small to medium sized well behaved dogs in, perfect after a walk on the sea wall.

Couldn't get a table as people were still sitting down after they had eaten their coffee and cake. Were told to walk round the block, we went back nobody had moved. So decided to do the takeaway, then take it to the seats over on the green. Disappointingly the cappuccino was very weak and watery and the cakes were very dry. Will not be going back.

Lovely tea rooms, had a very good cream tea. Friendly staff. Good menu. Would certainly visit again.

We came in for coffee and cakes as a family of 5. They went out of their way to accommodate us. The service was great, friendly and swift. The apple cake was to die for! Hopefully we will squeeze in another visit before we finish our holiday.

doing a great job in covid times to stay open while being as safe as possible. nice food as well

Lovely place to eat, very well organised with screens, temperature taken on arrival and Covid checkin. The food was delicious especially the apricot tart !

We wanted somewhere for a morning coffee and a snack, in lieu of breakfast. Looking in through the window, we were impressed that we could see that efforts had been made for good separation of tables, in such a small place, by hanging transparent screens. So in we went.We were initially very impressed with the Covid arrangements. In addition to the screens, the waitress was masked and there was hand sanitiser, as one would expect, and our temperatures were taken also. (Although we late realised that no-one had taken our contact details for track and trace purposes.) So we sat and gave our order of two Cappuccinos, a bacon bap and a toasted tea cake. There was only one other table in the café occupied at this time, with a family of four. So whilst it seemed to take a little while to get our coffees, we were even more surprised that it took so long for our snacks to be served. So long, in fact, that my wife had long finished her coffee and I had to ask whether they would be much longer. And when they were served, the man from the kitchen who brought my bap, was wearing neither a mask nor a visor! My wife's tea cake was Ok, although we do wish that more cafes would put a bit more butter with them; two small portions is really not enough. But my bacon bap was rather strange. I was warned that the plate was very hot, and it was, but so also was both the bap and the bacon in it. To the extent that the bacon would burn your mouth! It was far hotter than one would expect just from being freshly fried or grilled, and I can only think that the whole thing was probably zapped in the microwave on the plate.Not at all impressed!

Just shared two lovely moist tasty generous slices of lemon drizzle cake cake and toffee apple cake both delicious and great value at £1.50 to take away. Highly recommended only comment I have is the serving girls obviously bored could be out of sight on their phones

Lovely cakes. Lady in shop was really friendly. We had two slices of cake and some caramel shortcake. All were really tasty and sold at value prices. Well worth a stop if in the area. Highly recommended.

We visited on a wet windy day after a trip to Hurst Castle. We were warmly welcomed and seated by the window behind a clear safety screen separating us from other diners. We had a ham and brie panini and a prawn baguette, both came with a side salad and we're absolutely delicious. Sadly we had no room for a cake but we're very tempted. There was a steady stream of takeaway orders and all tables were full and we could understand why after we visited. Would definitely recommend Polly's to others visiting the area.

We were very impressed with the safety measures in place and thoroughly enjoyed our lunch at Polly's. The service was friendly - the food was excellent. Well done.

Fabulous! Best scones and cream!! Everyone is very lovely and extremely cautious with the current situation. They have very adequately made arrangements to ensure social distancing, which is an added bonus on top of the amazing food. Must visit!

Wonderfully quaint little tearoom, we had coffee with a toasted teacake, served by a charming young waitress. It was a lovely experience.

Whilst on holiday my husband and I stopped off for a Hot Chocolate ‘with all the trimmings’ hopeful for luxuriousness from a village tea room. However this was far from reality. Firstly ALL the trimmings were unavailable (cream/marshmallows/flake) The hot chocolate itself was made with water (yes water) and it was extremely weak with a little frothy milk spooned on the top to try and make it look good. Very disappointing.Staff were all friendly, I can’t comment on the food as we didn’t eat there. The place itself was clean albeit a little dated. No hot water in the lavatory for hand washing.

My daughter, grand-daughter and myself visitied this establishment on Saturday afternoon 22nd. The staff were very friendly and efficient and we were seated in the window table after it had been thoroughly cleaned. My daughter had a cream tea which looked fresh and plentiful, which she couldnt eat in one go and they kindly boxed up what was left so she could eat it later on that day. I had a caramel shortcake which was the thickest and biggest one i had ever seen and tasted wonderfull. The teas and ice cream which my grand daughter had were delicious too. In all a lovely experience which we will repeat when we are in the area again.

Very welcoming staff. Best prepared café for CV19 precautions I’ve seen. Saftey screens decorated in homely way, with flair. Excellent Americano coffee.

Not the best. Waited ten minutes before getting served and I was second in line. The girls in there kept wandering off away from the shop front. Wasn’t welcoming - people ahead of me had to ask if they were serving to which the response was “if you let me do this I’ll be with you” (did not seem bothered that there was a line of customers) baring in mind they had 2 people sitting down and eating so wasn’t exactly busy. I was told that it would take 15 mins for 2 tuna baguettes, went back after 15 mins and food still wasn’t ready. Had to wait another 10 mins for it to be done. There was way too much mayo in the baguette so you couldn’t even taste the tuna. Won’t be going back there.

Saw this small tearoom when on holiday in Milford on Sea and wanted to support it in difficult times post lockdown.Ordered a two scone takeaway cream tea as advertised in the window but was disappointed. Person who took my order asked the young lady to make the takeaway tea, she was abrupt with her after she clarified what to do.Unfortunately this young lady handled the wooden knives and spoons to go in my takeaway box by the end that touches the food. My cream tea had two fruit scones but there was not enough jam and cream for the two scones.

Had a take away for 4 of us, 4 different coffees and four different cakes. Not the cheapest in Milford by a long way, but possibly the best!

Breakfast, coffee and tea were all over priced, Had the Vegetarian breakfasts, ok, but the sausages were hard and tasteless.

Always good food and friendly waitresses. Cosy atmosphere.

A good traditionaltea shop and cafe. Excellent food and a nice buzzy atmosphere without being too noisy. Long established.

Terrible, order was taken only to be then told food would be a 30 minute wait. We were with a 3 year old and a 3 month so this wasn’t ideal but we figured it would be quicker to wait than go elsewhere. We asked if the meal for our 3 year old could be done quicker and they managed to prepare this in 5 minutes.40 minutes later our food arrived, ham, eggs and chips which was extremely basic, the bottom of the egg wasn’t edible and a jacket potato. When we complained about the wait the owner said it was busy and lots of orders had come in at the same time but it wasn’t even that busy and it was lunchtime so I would have thought you would expect that. The standard of food certainly didn’t warrant the wait time.We were offered some free cake but based on our experience of the food asked for a discount which we were reluctantly given.On a positive the girl who served us was really nice, she explained it was only her second day and the delay in the kitchen obviously wasn’t her fault. Unfortunately it seemed no time had really been spent given her any training, she hadn’t even been shown of to take a card payment.

The food is straightforward and tasty enough but the service is unbelievably slow even though the number of tables is limited. We were told 30 minutes for a bowl of soup (after we had ordered) and the couple next to us still hadn't had their meal when we left and they had been waiting nearly an hour!

We called in at approx. 10am and were treated very well. The menu included a full English breakfast but as I wasn't too hungry I requested a small breakfast in it's place. This was readily agreed to and was well cooked and presented. The crockery was fine china and the cutlery heavy and of good quality.

Victoria sponge wasn't very good. Also wasn't serving any hot foods at the time of day we went, disappointing!