The Haywain in New Forest

Can't beat there breakfasts or Sunday roasts absolutely brilliant 👍

Disappointed tea and coffee were an extra payment on the buffet breakfast. Nice quiet environment mid week. Easy to book online. Staff were friendly. Definitely kid friendly and good value apart from drinks not being included.

Plates, meat, and veggies were tepid bordering on cold! Overall, average.

Went for a carvery today and never like to judge a book by its cover by reviews here. So, I gave it the benefit of the doubt here. The food was cold, and vegetables were well over cooked. The roast potatoes were disgusting like they were days old reheated. Gravey was watery, with no consistency at all. Overall, this was the worst carvery I ever eaten in my whole life . Maybe the chef should try and eat this rubbish they cooked. Desert chocolate brownies were stale awful. Would I come here again, no. Would I recommend you definitely not. Staff were lovely and looked embarrassed to be working here because of the chef poor lack of cooking skills. Guy behind carvery was rude to my disabled daughter. All because she thought she needed a tray for her food. We were new customers and definitely won't be returning again. Good food needs to be cooked with love and passion. And if the chef doesn't enjoy his/her job, then leave. Because good food is all about right timeing and flavours when cooking it right. And you would think by now with all your customers negative feedback, especially the chef. You would think you have improved the food by now. All you can say to your negative feedback is we make it better next time, lol. Really sounds like you're ignoring negative feedback, hence why your reviews are getting poorer. If you're not improving things, it will never improve. Also this pub is not disabled friendly. I wouldn't even feed a dog the food you serve it so bad. And to top it of me and my daughter and I both spent the night throwing up from your old reheated disgusting foods.

Food can be good - but hit and miss with quality. Cheap

Meat was dry, very fatty beef but nice flavour and luke warm. . The vegetables were over cooked. The roast potatos were almost cold and not at all crispy. . Very disappointing . Perhaps it may have been better had we gone skirt.. it was around 1.30. We won't go again

Great service and food as always. The staff are always really friendly and always go above and beyond for our kids. Food is always served quickly and we’ve never had a bad meal here. For an after school meal for a family it’s absolutely ideal

Went for Mother’s Day, service and staff were lovely very quick to bring our food considering how busy it was.

Absolutely amazing customer service !Very delightful food, well enjoyed!

Amazing food and friendly service

Mothers day meal booked for 12 at 12. Meals served fast and to good quality, no wait given that we were expecting one being so busy. Very happy. We had Ellie and Tyler serve us at the bar. Brilliant service. Helped us with our allergy queries.

Very good food excellent service from staff warm welcome

We enjoyed a fantastic meal here today. The carvery is beautiful & full of flavour with lots of choice. My Husband loved his burger & my kids fully enjoyed their pizzas. We all had some delicious desserts & left with satisfied stomachs. The kids enjoyed a play in the play park before we went home.

Young Tom - brilliant advert for you. Took the time to chat and ask all the right questions. Nice to see a young person understand the importance of good customer service when so many of his peers don’t care. Well done Tom!

This is the third time I've been here and I've been disappointed every time. I thought I'd try again thinking I must just have bad luck. No, it's consistently bad. The serving staff are nice but the young (chef?) carvery server was clearly not where he wanted to be. No manners and not pleasant. The beef was dried and looked old, the gammon didn't look much better which gave me a choice of 1, turkey. 2 and a half slices! The roast potatoes were dried up and covered in a white powder. I had to dig down to find a few that were edible. The stuffing was just an embarrassment as it sat shriveled and dry in the tub. Lastly the 1 choice of gravy was hot but lumpy. Not a happy experience. I will reiterate that the serving staff were fine.

Carvery, service not applicable.

Went for all you can eat breakfast. Selection is just cooked food and toast. There’s no other selection included. The quality of food was bland and not great quality. Better restaurants out there for the same price and all you can eat option with drinks included.

The Haywain - it is what it is. Reasonably priced food and drink. The Pub has had another change of management! It's clean and tidy, again. A very young team, that held it together when at shift change it became quite busy. The staff were very professional and welcoming, they all seemed fairly new.

We have been to many eating houses in England and my Cheese burger today was definitely the best I have tasted. Well done and thanks to the Chef.

Decent Sunday roast, good value

Good food. Very friendly staff can never do enough for you. Great place to eat. Recommended.

Buffet breakfast, great choice and fantastic price.

The food is superb. The staff are so lovely and engaging they treat you like your family and they really can't do enough for you. It's cheap and cheerful and extremely good value for money for 4 of us it's 50 pound for good sizes meals plus drinks that is why this has been a regular spot for me and my family since we go once a week to this lovely establishment.

Took our son there for his birthday,not been here for years,quite a shock,not only has it changed hands but was tired and unloved.food was reasonable,roost potatoes were one lump in the tray,stuffing inedible so hard,all neede to be hot.

Good fresh carvery. Lovely staff brilliant atmosphere. 21 of us met there for my 40th birthday lunch. They sat us in our own room with bar. Everything was top notch

The most awful pizza ever..over cooked rock hard and tasteless with very little topping.!!!

Hot and didn't seem very clean .

Staff friendly , food arrived quick , food was good

Great visit, customer service was good, staff very polite and made sure if everything was okay. Food arrived quickly and me and my family really enjoyed the food, overall a really good experience will definitely visit again.

Kians pizza was the best pizza I’ve ever had in my 18 years on this planet, absolutely busting 10/10

Very polite and friendly staff especially shelby who went above and beyond with her customer service which made our visit a happy one (even tho she told us there was no fish 😂)

Service is great. Food is ok-ish.

Lovely pub Great staff, Tyler is always ready with a smile to help anyone.We love going to for a fab roast dinner & will continue to return

Alfie brought over our pigs in blankets expertly and gave great service.

Me and my friend came here for dinner and drinks. Food is great, especially for the price it is, service amazing as per usual. Drinks absolutely stunning. Love it here, would definitely recommend!!!!

Carvery was nice apart from the potatoes being out late lovely atmosphere staff are friendly. Would only order a sundae if you are going to get dessert as cakes are very dry and apple and cinnamon pie is bland

after 5yrs its about time i updated my review. at The Haywain i still cant fault the service, cleanliness, food or prices. if i had a niggle it would be the poor phone and wifi signal, so ordering at the table using the app can be iffy, especially if youve got a voucher code (if youre unsuccessful on the app and then try to order at the bar the voucher comes up as having been used)

We had carvery and the turkey and beef was very tasty. Roast potatoes were crispy and lovely rich gravy. The waitress friendly and helpfull we had our work christmas lunch and she went and got our drinks for us to save us going to the bar. All in all a very enjoyable lunch. Would go there again

I have personally been here quite a few times very friendly staff really good good and quality food would highly recommend

Good food, good atmosphere. Will definitely come again.

Had a lovely veggie carvery here and my partner had a regular carvery. Both 5 star. Amazing chef. Really recommend this place

This place has changed a lot; it's been eventually nice and very clean. We love the new Manager, Lady; she is so friendly, polite, and always welcoming with a beautiful smile. We are visiting this place more often because of her amazing service 🌸

lovely food lovely place the staff are so nice

Really nice food and staff. Great prices, we will definitely be back

We accidentally arrived 10 minutes before they stopped serving food and they were still giving amazing service and the food was delicious

What a place! The two chaps behind the bar were impeccable! Banterous and great customer service! And those pizza’s were to die for! Thank you for a great night

Lovely and very kind staff. Amazing food. The gammon from the roast was particularly good

Pleasent service Quick turn around on kids meals Tasty food

Staff were very helpful and went above and beyond for our party of 10.

Good food and a great price. Service is great as always. Very attentive. Will be back.

We love the Haywain, the carvery is definitely a favourite! Offers are really good too with 50% off different things on different days, and more deals if you download the app. The staff are always friendly even when super busy! Brilliant food and brilliant service! Big thanks especially to Dan!

Ok for the price but don't expect anything special

Me and my partner come here regularly. Great customer service and never had a bad meal. Highly recommend. Their roast are amazing.

Great food, very friendly service!

Friendly welcome and reliable carvery service.

Food slow to come out. Fish and chips really greasy and some black chips. Stella cloudy. Calzone carvery was tasty though

We had a lovely family lunch here. Ellie seemed to be doing everything - serving, waitressing, taking orders, clearing tables - and always with a smile. Really enjoyed the food and great service.

Our 1st visit here and it was an absolute joke of a place food never turned up after an hour and forty five minutes of waiting with young hungry children the staff just avoided the dining area as much as possible it seemed and we had to find them to get any information the other guests where having the same problem and when food turns up on another table we overheard them complain that the burger was stone cold after our lengthy wait we asked for a refund and left as we couldn't wait any longer and went to McDonald's we won't be going here again and now waiting to be refunded. Update of review spoke to a manager called who told me they would chase up my refund and call me didn't call me that was now four days and it's been ten days and still no refund tried to call yesterday with no luck so the poor service is still happening as I can't seem to get my money back from these lot.

We popped in for Sunday lunch just 3 of us . Wasn't to busy . We had our roast then ordered puddings. One arrived and we waited over 20 minutes for 2 more to arrive. In the mean time we were told we would have to leave our table so a group could come in . I think that was so rude considering we didn't even have our puddings at this point . The Guinness was frothy and took ten mins . Also when we went yo get our carvery we waited 10 mins to get served.

Great meal. Roasties were perfect. Very nice Sunday roast and great service.

Breakfast very nice my friend won't come again cuz he got to pay for mushrooms the rest great

Not so good got there 9.30am no sausages, no backon eggs were very snotty not really cooked enough. It's disappointing it's as if they don't care. There was no tray on the toast machine so if you had toast it flew out on the table. Wasn't overly busy so no need for not having food cooked at that time of the day.

Friendly staff Lots of food options Food came quickly Good selection of beers

Food the beef wasn't fresh like it was left from the night before really dry. It was like an old school dinner no where as nice as before. I wanted the fish and chips but they didnt say what the fish was bit off putting. Staff seem friendly and nice. Atmosphere well it was really cold in there felt very flat.

Okay carvery, wasn't largest selection of vegetarian but was okay.

If I could leave a 0 star i would!! wasnt busy there were 3 cooks so I'm guessing a normal amount for a pub ... Waited an hour and half with 3 starving kids and had enough. No one came to explain what was going on. The waitress was lovely and lost haha bless her.

Absolutely loved the food, amazing service, Charlotte and Tyler so kind, having conversations whilst pouring our drinks, and to Alfie from the kitchen helping out with running our food and clearing our empty plates. Overall a lovely night out, will definitely be back. Thank you for such a lovely night.

Very nice pub we had a carvery would definitely have it again 😀 👍

Excellent service and lovely food. Hot Chocolate was really hot just how I like it. Had the breakfast today which was lovely. I asked if there was more black pudding and it was brought over to the table by Charlotte. Going again tomorrow for a carvery 👍

Great value carvery in warm friendly surroundings

Great place. Food great plus beer great too. Staff are great.

Lovely friendly staff, very helpful with allergies and happy to help! Food and service was great

Absolutely amazing staff were very friendly food lovely all good

I went there today looked at the carvery the beef was all dried up asked if any more beef was coming out the response was it was company policy Notton bring out any more until that one was all gone had a burger which was undercooked I will not return there

Lovely carvery just what was needed after a long drive

Worse experience here been a few times, won’t be returning, food just about edible no flavour we went for 2 carvery’s most of the food was either burnt or under cooked, staff seem to wonder around counting steps then helping ‘guests’ to there table including in what appears to be the manager at the time.

It was the worst visit I have had. The drinks took 25 minutes to come. I had to check on them. They were waiting on the side. I took them to the table. The plant based chicken took 25 minutes to make then it was completely dry and did not taste nice at all. The vegetables were all dry, and sparse. Worst roast dinner I’ve had at Haywain and I’ve been coming for over 10 years

Carvery is good, but £2.45 for shot of lime , in a lime and soda.RIP OFF!!!! Soda was confirmed as free,

So awful we got a refund and left. Staff clearly didn’t want to be there. Place was empty, carvery food had clearly been there for quite a while and they said they would bring fresh out after 15 mins so guessing that would all be reheated. When I told manager about the staff he said it was being addressed yet on another review the manager has put it’s been sorted. Chef dumped new pot of roast potatoes down yet they were burnt even more!! Not even homemade Yorkshire puddings. Stuffing was solid and mash was an awful colour and solid. Certainly won’t go back, such a shame as use to be great

Went for all you can eat breakfast as a treat from a friend

Food was very bland and tasteless

I had a great time here, the food was amazing & excellent value, the staff are really polite, friendly & helpful😀 well worth the travel as I came from Bournemouth

We love the haywain , we are very regular customers & booked for Christmas dinner last year ..as expected ,great service, lovely atmosphere & staff are all very professional & friendly ..

The service was amazing and very attentive. Atmosphere was good but the place could do with a better clean. Food was very inconsistent unfortunately as some meals were great and others were pretty awful such as the burgers.

I had the carvery, sorry to say the beef was very fatty and chewie, no parsnips and cauliflower cheese had no flavour. Told the waitress and she said she would tell the chef. Not somewhere we would return unfortunately 😕

Absolutely amazing carvery at haywain Cadnam can't fault it. Definitely come here again 👍

Menu is relatively limited but the food is excellent. Service is slow but that's likely due to staffing levels today being inadequate to meet demand.

It was such a pleasant experience and the people serving and waiting on us were lovely and friendly Would definitely go again

Served by Dan today and had a lovely meal. Food was great and very welcoming

I lunch here quite often. Most of the family have joined me on Boxing day over the last few years and we all enjoy the day.

The best pub in the area by far, and can’t be beaten for the price! Would absolutely recommend to anyone just to pop in for a drink or some of the remarkable food on offer. I’ll definitely be back next time I’m in the area!

Delicious carvery meal. Welcoming and helpful staff.

Just been to the Haywain for breakfast with Father Christmas. The food was excellent. It was value for money all freshly repaired nice tea and coffee toast although this is a buffet it was all done well place clean and spruced up since the last time I visited. Staff were helpful and pleasant. The only letdown this morning was the Father Christmas experience which had to be paid for on top of the breakfast. Father Christmas I presume was having an off day didn’t really engage with the kids. I can’t remember that even said good morning the value of the gift given was poor a chocolate bar a few crayons and some bits to colouring and a paper gingerbread house which you could make it sometime in the future I’m sure. Sadly most parents felt the same. Father Christmas was having an off day when you’ve got large part of people and Santa is making a fair bit of money didn’t even have a grotto sat on the chair by the fireplace raking it at £5 of pop ho ho ho

Bruce is an amazing carver, well portioned meats… filled my belly.

It's was very nice to see everyone happy the food was really good caravey pizza and kids pizza

The veg on the deck was lovely by D’marcus today, and the meat was nicely done.best specially gifted chef… chef Alfie was brilliant as well with his signature Yorkshire

Staff and food was good can’t wait to return and the staff member Kian was amazing

We often eat here and today we took my 96 year old mum for her birthday. She fancied the beef but I noticed that it consisted of a skin like crust. I asked if they were putting out any fresh joint and was told that they had to use up what was there due to reducing food waste. So it goes without saying we declined. We also found that most of the vegetables were dry and the roast potatoes looked like they were days old. We were there for 6.00pm so not sure what the excuse would be. Also worth noticing was the prices have increased. Not the main complaint but enough to make us go somewhere else next time.

We meet here about every 5 to 6 weeks for a breakfast club plenty of room and the breakfast is good all you can eat help yourself to tea and coffee looking forward to the next one in January

Superb value, food was really nice. Particularly wanted to say how friendly and welcoming the staff were particularly the bar person, she was superb.