The Haywain in New Forest

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

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

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.

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

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.

Dirty. Dirty cutlery, plates, bar tops, toilets, I surprised that is not visited by Food Hygiene. Staff were poor, grubby, didn't give a toss really. Breakfast was just deep fried, tasteless, NEVER AGAIN. Do yourself a favour and go elsewhere..

Very busy restaurant. Good Sunday buffet, well priced.

the roast is lovely,could be bit hotter did find one dirty fork think knife and forks should be wrapped up so people don’t touch them and please check to make sure there clean

Well priced, well cooked fresh food.

Very bad visit from start to end Not busy ,so no excuses

Very impressed with the carvery. Lovely meat and a great selection of vegetables.

Iv been coming here for years 😊 My daughter worked here last year , and the food and service was terrible. Today we come back and the service the staff and food has been its best its ever been , We loved the homemade sticky toffee pudding beautiful, Well done new team 😊👌🙌🙏👏

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

The food was nice, however a member of our parties main was forgotten about. Therefore we were unable to eat altogether. We had to ask when the food would be arriving. This then proceeded to happen again with desert.

Lovely food, great service. Very full and content now

Atmosphere is always amazing and I don't know what is it with their music but they always play bangers. You get a lot for your money's worth. Food is great, selection is good and staff is fantastic. Overall a great choice for dinner out.

I've been coming here for at least 15 years, if not more, and currently The Haywain is at its best! Still great value, brilliant food, and great service. I would highly recommend it, especiallythe carvery!

Nice and basic roast dinner, no airs or graces, good price and decent food

The food is ok Although limited choice for Meats at the carvery.. decor a little shabby..

We came for breakfast which was yummy with waffles and mushrooms. Attentive staff. Followed by a lovely ice cream.

Dan was welcoming on entry to the pub. Welcomed in and showed to a table by him. He was very friendly and inforrmative.

Really good food and helpful staff

Really nice carvery, great customer service.

Come here most weeks always good to eat at iv had Christmas dinner here the last 2 years and ill be having it here this yeah defo worth the visit reasonable prices and clean and grate staff

Amazing roast and value for money! Hubby loves the pizzas and garlic bread too! 😊

Love coming here every time! Great quality food, staff are always friendly. Just a lovely experience guaranteed every time!

Great family friendly venue, lots to choose from on the menu and great choice of fresh carvery. Would highly recommend.

Good value for money. The buffet is really good and have a varied menu as well. The pizza oven is good with really good selection of salad. Their breakfast buffet is so worth having, with free refills on tea and coffee

Very friendly staff, food was hot and good quality. Only fault was the timing from the pizza bar for which they were very apologetic.

Very good food polite staff good price for food to

Lovely food , haven’t been for a year due to previous food quality . But new management has definately improved on the food . Will definatley be a regular again for carverys again now

Came from brighton , really nice atmosphere, staff friendly at bar , food came out quickly, cleared away nicely, and ordered at bar .would definitely come again

Lovely friendly staff , great help great Pizza

We picked a very quiet time for lunch 4pm, food was great and staff very helpful. Easy to find and park. Highly recommended.

Not great, arrived at 2pm. Meat was nice, but as for the rest, awful, dried up veg, potatoes rock hard, no swede and carrot. Good job there was gravy to cover it all up. Staff were friendly but won't hurry back.

Excellent service and lovely food. Hot Chocolate was really hot just how I like it

Come here whilst staying in the area for a couple of nights we had dinner here the chips unfortunately were a little overdone and asking for BBQ sauce was told it normally would cost extra but tbh my chicken burger was supposed to come with BBQ sauce but didn't have any on it guy gave me a pot of sauce so didn't kick off....we returned for the all you can eat breakfast and was not disappointed tbh was nice veggie sausages were okay not amazing but rest was nice

Great food. Turkey on the carvery was a little dry, but the beef was perfect. It was a very quiet night due to it being bonfire night.

Haven't been to the Haywain for a long time so decided to pop in for a carvery. Absolutely delicious. We're booked in for Christmas Day lunch and I have to say if the food and service are as good as today I'll be VERY HAPPY 🎄 Another delicious carvery even better it was a half price deal 😋

first time back since under new management, what a change!! Food was brilliant and staff couldn’t be more helpful

Really nice place highly recommend Food was plentiful and very nice

Fab place! Lovely staff, lovely food and atmosphere!

Popped in over the weekend with family lovely resturant was welcoming & clean staff could'nt do enough for us The food was hot and served quick Will be back for sure

Food came very nice and hot. Was pleased with my overall experience ,and will be coming again next time with family !

Staff very helpful they use frozen veg,carrots it needs a clean above where they surf food dusty.

The staff were very welcoming and come across as happy in their jobs. The food was excellent. We've been a few times this year and had the same great service each time. Will definitely return.

Our new go to place. Love it we take the small amount of food we want. Lemon meringue sundae is to die for!

We come here regularly as a family and we enjoy the food here. The carvery is delicious, great selection and the menu has a great range of dishes if you do not want a carvery. I didn't have a carvery today as i wanted to try something from the new menu, the crispy chicken pieces were delicious and so was the chicken burger with the tater tots, awesome. The service is always good, friendly staff and we would like to thank Shelby for being very kind to us, was lovely to talk to and was working hard to keep everything tidy. We would certainly recommend this place.

Wonderful staff! Wonderful food! Wonderful atmosphere!

Update: We celebrated my birthday on Sunday and were made so welcome, the food was excellent, reasonably priced and customer service went as far as everyone singing me Happy birthday with a cake. Would highly recommend since new management took over We will definitely be back to try the new menu though I love the carvery Thank you very much I had visited a couple of times over the last few months, I was not impressed with the food (cold) service (dreadful and such a rude manager) FAST FORWARD to last night, I had booked the table for family visiting and was handy location for us all. Wow it was as if there was a totally new feeling when i walked through the door, it was a completely different pub. The smiles we experienced when we arrived were welcoming, the pub was spotless and the tables no longer sticky and the cutlery was shining not smeared. Ordering drinks from the bar more smiles and welcoming. I enquired about the change since i last visited, I was told there was a new permanent manager, a lovely lady introduced herself to me and i told her about the issues i had had previously, she said obviously she couldn't do anything about my past visits but if i had any issue whatever in future just to speak to her (sorry i couldn't remember your name) The food was fresh, piping hot and very enjoyable, service excellent I could not fault anything from the moment we arrived to when we left. We will 100% return and recommend anyone to try it again you will not be disappointed

Food was fantastic, Shelby was a superb hostess. Couldn’t be happier! Went home with a smile and a full stomach. Thank you all!

Excellent carvery, good service, friendly helpful staff, good parking.

Great meal, helpful staff! Thank you

Absolutely awesome highly recommend

A lovely home away from home. Sam has recently taken over and made some lovely changes. Thanks to Ellie who served us and made us feel welcome and Ben who made such a fuss of the dog like he was a VIP

Food today was very poor only lukewarm not nice at all! .

On arrival we were greeted by a very friendly member of staff named Nathan. The carvery server Nicky was professional and chatty. The food was tasty but the potatoes although cooked the outside was hard and not crispy. My friend and my mobility is poor and Nathan offered to carry our plates to the table which we very much appreciated.

Lovely helpful staff with our grandson who has a Gluten allergy.Special thanks to Ellie she made our day.

Love their carverys, great value

The lady greeting at the door was really helpful in finding us a table as we hadn't booked and it was a busy Sunday lunchtime. Her extra effort was very much appreciated. Food was excellent. We had carvery and everything was fresh and there was plenty of it. Really friendly staff all round.

Had to be dragged out because i was so full up of the amazing food the team prepared! Insane service, the speed of service definitely didn't alter the quality one bit!! I will be back in a hurry!

Lovely staff, great food, comfortable seating, and very good prices. Thanks to all staff who made our visit to The Haywain enjoyable, and we will be back again soon

On my recent visit I have enjoyed carvery.The food was excellent,cooked well,meat was tender.The service was wonderful.Staff was attentive.Overall it was excellent dinning experience with perfect ambience

Yet again no meat this is the same as the last time we visited we was told we would have to wait 30 minutes for meat to be cooked so we got a refund and left and won’t be returning which is a shame because we used to love this place

Lovely staff, food was amazing! Dog friendly too! Definitely recommend!

Great to see one of the old staff back again I can't remember her name but she is the really short blonde one with the attitude of a professional always helping and my kids love her as she always makes them smile All the best to Bruce and his team he really keeps the place happy and vibrant and such a great guy

This was a regular place for a great carvery. Unfortunately the last 2 visits have been very disappointing. The roast potatoes and some other vegetables seem to be yesterdays left overs reheated.

Had a very nice dinnee on sunday with a group of friends will be coming back

Love the food carvery are amazing

Not a very good experience Not sure if we will go back

Ordered Dessert got informed that there was no cream no alternative and no discount for the desserts that did not have any on them

The Haywain is a lovely restaurant. We eat here often and keep coming back, yes we’ve tried the others .

We stopped at this pub as been many times before It was just before 1pm on a Saturday so we thought it would be busy. When we arrived the car park was practically empty, alarm bells rang slightly. We ordered 2 carveries. I felt put off as soon as we got to the carvery section. The chef was disgustingly dirty. His whites were absolutely filthy as were his nails. The food was really died up and only tepid despite digging deep into the bowls. The mash was just full of lumps and roast potatoes were hardly kripsy The gravy was barely warm. My husband normally eats all his carvery normally but even he left half his. I ate two mouthfuls and just couldn’t stomach any more This report is going to trading standards and the health inspector. It wasn’t even worth 1 star. No wonder the car park was empty

Really good carvery well recommended 👌

Fab experience with the tomato and mozzarella pinwheels being a family favourite and ordered as dessert as well as starter! Lovely staff, great service and very good value

I nice relaxed traditional pub with great food and very reasonable. The all-you-can-eat breakfast is brilliant!

Overall very good carvery polite staff always welcoming, good value for money

Walked in, felt uncomfortable, everybody stares at you, crammed tables, weird atmosphere, just walked out

my self hubby and 2 sisters met for lunch friday 2nd aug we had carvery point 1 turkey sliced so thin like ham very little on plate roast pots whwat can i say were black greasy stuffing so hard had job to put on plates then veg was minamaland cold gravy full of lumps we were so hungry ate a little and left so disgusted as always been good there but as we are not complainers we left dissapointed will not recomend for service at there sadly and no return for long time in which it may improve

Great food , availability and service. Can always get a table here and this is because the staff here are so very helpful, polite and attentive. Even when busy. Archie and Lexi were a great help today and swiftly cleared our table, got anything we needed and were very polite. Thanks for a lovely Sunday lunch experience once again!

Lexi is an amazing employee of your very impressed happy helpful made it a very pleasurable experience

Archie and Lexi were outstanding serving us for breakfast this morning. Will be returning. Very happy and full tummy’s :)

Good value for money clean and lots of offers with app

1pm on a very hot Wednesday. Didn't book, but as the place was very quiet, not a problem. A big controlled carpark. Sat next to a window for the small breeze. Starters: prawns, & mushrooms - nicely done. Scampi main was a bit small. Carvery meats of beef, and turkey were tasty, and tender. Veggies ok, roasties good, and gravy choice ample. Cold desserts, all different sundaes, were surprisingly excellent value. Very polite, helpful, and knowledgeable staff. Great value all round.

As a Coeliac I cannot recommend this family restaurant enough. Everyone was so friendly & helpful to me & my husband , and I was given a gluten free allergy menu to look at on an iPad so I could check the food content before ordering. The girl at the till let me take my time. I chose an amazing carvery. The staff asked the chef to do my vegetables separately in case of cross contamination, and I then was carved ample meat and given tasty roast potatoes from the carvery station. I also had a jug of gluten free gravy brought to the table. All in all I was made to feel very welcome and nothing was too much trouble for all the very patient staff who served us. A lovely experience. Thank you!

Beef was beautiful and home cooked potatoes

Three orders, two came quickly. The 3rd meal came after the other food was eaten. If they had waited their food would have gone cold.

Been before no air doors closed. This time the welcoming from the bar man was excellent, he said the doors are open took my drinks to the table whilst I got my family to join us. Showed me the new app very supportive we will go again meat was lovely.

Decided to come back again since last time was amazing and it changed a lot there for good the staff was fantastic considering how busy they was

Okay, went on a Friday, it was not busy, ordered two chicken burgers, not a hard order, after over half hour had to ask where our meal was. Other people came in after us and were served their food a lot quicker. Food good value,but if I popped in, for my lunch break would not bother. Was recommended but will not return, sorry

Ordered the beef, as I was really looking forward to it, but after 3bites I hit the sinew, not just a bit but the whole slice , sent it back to get 3 small slices of topside, which was lovely, the more grizzle. That was it my stomach went. Took me back to old school dinners with ventricles everywhere making my wretch until I spat it out. Never again. Got a refund but an excuse for an apology. Shame the place goes back and forth with each change of management.

Positives: Space, variety of food Negatives: Roast carvery. Had to wait for replacement yorkshire puddings, pigs in blankets, potatoes, carrots & swede, stuffing as it had all run out and took ages to be replaced. Mint sauce was empty and not replaced. Gravy was incredibly lumpy and so I asked for a sieve. Coke was flat. Plastic still attached to cucumber on a child's meal. Selection of chicken had to be returned as it was all over done and as hard as rock. Replacement was equally as bad and did not get eaten either. Ketchup was empty and salt cellar was clogged. Table was very sticky and wet.

I was at this place today with three friends for lunch. Excellent Food Today. Excellent Service. The staff very helpful and polite. Nothing too much trouble. Definately be back again.

Nathan who served us behind the bar for the order was so supportive with our complicated order (due to the kids not having this or that). Smiled all the time. Food was quick to the table, everyone happy. You can’t train customer service but Nathan has it in bucket loads. Well done.

All very good and clean, but the place is looking a bit tired. No complaints about the food though as the roast potatoes make up for it.

Awesome, met the new landlady today sam as she was teaching her chefs, what an improvement much cleaner , happy energetic staff

We stopped at the Haywain on the way to visit relatives. On arrival we were greeted by Ellie, she was smiley and welcoming. Shelly took our order, nothing was too much trouble. Our food was delivered quickly and was delicious. Great coffee toi. We will definitely be back. Ax

Very good atmosphere reasonable price kind service thoroughly recommend.