The Potting Shed Hyde in New Forest

The Potting Shed in Hyde… well. Where to begin. This was our third time eating here and as per the first two occasions the food was exquisite! Some context… We live in Essex and have had a couple of trips to the New Forest for weekends away, on these trips we have traveled to The Potting Shed for breakfast on one of the days and the food and atmosphere has always been perfect. There is some magic in the herby mushrooms we are sure of it! Our latest visit to the New Forest was not a weekend away, it was a one day trip centred around having breakfast at The Potting Shed… that is correct folks… we drove 2 hours and 38 minutes to go and have breakfast at The Potting Shed and it was, as always, sublime! Did I mention the mushrooms? Eat here and you will not be disappointed. We heartily recommend The Potting Shed and driving over 2 hours to eat here testifies to that. We will be back!

Sensational! You will not find a nicer café. Roaming donkeys outside. Easy parking. Food fabulous. Staff so friendly! Highly recommend.

Lovely breakfast and coffee was lovely as well. Would recommend!!

Really nice breakfast and tea. Even better as the tea is loose tea and the sausages were so tasty.

Loved the cream tea. Dog friendly and a variety of seating options. Plus cute little plans on sale

Had a fantastic breakfast yesterday , been going there for a while but this was the best ever. And it appears they are opening a bar in Mr Mcgregor’s garden soon, that will be a cool place to go and have a cold drink in the forest.

Stunning place to visit new forest gem

April 23rd 2025 Our first visit to the Potting Shed so close to home we will be going again,great food,generous portions and good price,very friendly and relaxed. Loved it

Food is good and shops are nice too.

Lovely vibe in the cafe, staff v friendly, good quality tea and small but excellent menu.

First class breakfast, fantastic menu, great service, friendly staff, definitely will be back.

Superb little cafe selling gorgeous food in the heart of New Forest

Nice food fantastic Bacon 🥓 and good quite relaxed atmosphere. Can't comment on other food fads. I only eat proper protein 😋

Visiting our old hometown, we couldn’t resist returning to our favorite café—now under the new ownership of Terry and Mark. Breakfast was just as fantastic as we remembered, so we came back for lunch during our stay. I had the chicken burger, my wife enjoyed the soufflé, and the kids loved their jacket potatoes. Everything was delicious! A great bonus—this café now serves beer and wine, making it even better. Highly recommend!

Great food for a small cafe. Tucked out of the way in the New Forest.

If I was clever, I'd write a review saying "it's terrible, don't go there" because it's excellent and I don't want it to get over crowded. But it's a really a great little place, with happy friendly staff. Would definitely recommend.

Willow made my visit amazing, had lovely breakfast with them. Will be visiting again!

Immediate impression as you walk in is that of a well-kept, clean, attractive, and organised environment. Three distinct areas, main building, 'poly tunnel' and garden, so plenty of seating and space, especially in the warmer months. The food (we had breakfast) was tasty, cooked well and plated in an attractive manner. Minor note, the toast had lost its crispiness due to the fried eggs on top. Beans were in their own pot, which is always a bonus for me. Pot of tea for two provided a generous four cups. It was an enjoyable experience, and we would happily make it a regular visit, but we live two counties away!

Expensive, not catering for anyone with allergies and just refused service. Would never go again.

Always delicious food, great coffee and friendly service.

We've had a couple of lovely meals here recently. We can't fault the food it is good quality, staff are friendly, on hand and helpful. Nice inside and outside. Some outside heaters would be nice as does spill out to the outside on busy days.

Quality hot chocolate. Worth visit just for one of those!

Lovely little farm shop and restaurant here. The staff were super friendly. Unfortunately we didn't book in advance, so we had to sit outside in the under cover area. It wasn't too cold, but lacked atmosphere out there. Both had the Cheesy One sandwich, very nice and the chilli chutney helped to cut through the cheese. Wasn't a fan of the coronation coleslaw and divisive having a mustard dressing over the salad (luckily I don't mind mustard). Would recommend visiting, but book!

My third visit and as before we had excellent food alongside friendly and attentive service. My favourite café and a relaxing place to visit.

The staff were friendly and welcoming. There were a selection of tables both inside and out, and the menu offered a variety of foods and drinks, I wasn't expecting a place like this to offer a such a fantastic burger and chips, but they certainly did! Can honestly say that it's one of the best I've had in a long time. My wife had a salad, which was also delicious and filling. We sat for some time enjoying the atmosphere and reading our books, whilst helping ourselves to more tea and coffee. This is a lovely place to stop for food and drinks, and we would highly recommend!

Great food, great location, great service

We stumbled across The Potting Shed by accident last week whilst out on a dog walk, we raved about it to friends and today we all cycled there for lunch. We all gave the food, staff and setting 10/10 and declared it our new favourite place to eat!

Absolutely 💯 fantastic… probably the best cooked breakfast I’ve ever had ☺️ and my fiancé’s jacket potato was amazing…fantastic place, found by chance and definitely coming back

Perfect place to have brunch. Delicious food and drinks. Friendly atmosphere. Favoured by locals. Dog-friendly.

A real hidden gem ! WONDERFUL FOOD

A rather excellent flat white; a delicious slice of millionaires shortcake and a fresh cup of Earl Grey. A lovely, relaxed mid morning break after a walk in the Forest. Thank you.

Best rarebit I've had. Not a long wait despite being busy. Dog friendly,we like.

Coffee stop, fairly busy on a Sunny October lunchtime. Indoor tables were pre booked so we sat outside, plenty of beaches outside and seating in the polytunnel.

Can get busy but plenty of outside seating, including undercover. Great food, fish finger ciabata butty recommended.

Great place. Lovely staff. Will definitely be back.

Very busy so slightly confused service But very helpful and open to questions about their curry evenings

Amazing food and pleased they was able to fit us in on a busy day they had planned. Only downfall was on arrival the lady said sorry your parked in a disabled bay (by looking at us presuming none of us are disabled - not every disability is visible!) so we then corrected her and informed her that yes a disabled badge for our son

Lovely little place to stop for coffee and cake.

Hi all we had cooked breakfast we were amazed with the breakfast really nice and looked amazing it made eating there really great I must thank the staff fore making us so welcome when we booked we said about myself using a large powered wheelchair when we arrived staff had put a lot off thought where we sat really great full many thanks andy

Wonderful tucked away forest eatery. Breakfast lunch & dinner served. Fresh food in large portions. Service quick priced reasonable. Also, outside eating. Dogs allowed.

We had two scones with jam and cream and two lattes and for some reason we were charged £22.80, very disappointing to be ripped off so badly!!! Spoilt our holiday!

Love this place ! Never disappoints - we popped in for afternoon tea , beautiful homemade scones and clotted cream - great service , great venue , AMAZING food and good value 👍🏼

Fantastic breakfast and coffee, super dog friendly too. Couldn’t fault our food, just perfect! 🤩

Fantastic find whilst on short break. Great prices, food quality and service. Highly recommended. We will be back. Do reserve if you can especially at weekends as understandably very popular.

Lovely café. Staff are super friendly & helpful. The food is very fresh & yummy!

Great place to have lunch or tea and gorgeous cake 🍰

Definitely worth booking a table in advance! We were incredibly lucky to get seated having just wandered in from the rain. Super quick service for extremely good tea, coffee, soups, cakes etc. The seasoned fries are particularly great.

We went there for breakfast. There was 5 adults and 2 young children. I thought the food was average and very expensive . It came to over £101 for 4 simple mimi breakfasts, 1 yoghurt and fruit and toast. The children had pancakes. It was much too expensive in my view. The service and staff were good however we had to sit outside under a polytunnel in the poring rain and I have to say, it was not comfortable. The seating is hard and old and the tables don't look very clean. I'll be honest, the food was nothing special and I'm not sure I'd be happy to recommend it.

The place is idyllic, we ordered coffee and breakfasts and they came very quickly (I think we beat the rush as it got very busy soon after we had finished eating)! Beautiful outside seating adjacent to a herb and veg garden. All the staff were verybfriendly

Lovely little find. Good coffee, great cakes. Can't wait to go back there.

I arrived at The Potting Shed Cafe at 9am on a Sunday morning just as they were opening up. I was extremely surprised to see that all the inside tables had already been reserved but fortunately, the kind hostess was able to find me a seat and table. Apparently, it's really advisable to book a table at the weekends as this place can be very popular. I ordered the full English breakfast with a latee and two extra sausages to take away (the dogs). The service I received was very friendly with a minimal wait for my food to arrive. I have to say that this was one of the loveliest cooked breakfasts that I've had in a very long time and it's the reason why I feel that a good review has to be posted. The fried eggs were fresh, and the sausages were extremely good quality and not your everyday cafe bread tubes. I would thoroughly recommend this cafe without any hesitation and I'll be returning soon. Well done!

Amazing as always! It is just our favourite place to come for lunch. The food is always outstanding and the service fantastic. It is so nice to be able to bring our dog and that she is welcomed as much as we are! We will see you again soon, Roger & family!

What a lucky find,been there a few times now great food and friendly staff. Also sell Downton ale which is a bonus..highly recommend.

Tapas Thursday - simply great! Fab food, decent wine, great staff and all for a very reasonable fee. What more could you want?

We have visited The Potting Shed a number of times and it is just such a lovely place to go! Carrot cake is to die for and Sandwiches are so delicious. Dog and children friendly. Good baby change facilities. Staff are always super friendly and attentive. Highly recommend booking as gets very busy!

Such a nice little cafe to stop at on our bike ride. Places to park bikes, sit outside with very good coffee and fresh cake! Friendly staff (:

Fabulous lunch, sandwiches are fantastic. Also proper tea!! tea strainer provided🤣 Staff are helpful, friendly and the service is quick. Surroundings pretty too Thoroughly recommended

Having lived in this for 60 odd years, I just found this little gem. We will return again as its so nice.

Great find. Lovely breakfast. Even better when you can site outside in sun and enjoy your food.

Great little cafe tucked by a garden centre on the edge of the New Forest. Worth the detour!

Food was amazing and really really tasty, best breakfast. Lovely service and good atmosphere highly recommend

Visited on our way home after visiting Lyme Regis. Wanted somewhere for cream teas and normal lunches. Beautiful polytunnel to eat in, perfect for a scattered cloudy day about 16 degrees, any warmer might be too hot in there! We had a scone and an awesome Budda bowl - just excellent! Worth the detour! Our sausage dog monty was also made very welcome

Excellent lunch, with great choices for my vegetarian daughter

Excellent coffee, great breakfast, friendly staff, thank you all very much!

Nice find on our Fritham bike ride. We had the vegetarian breakfast which was a very good quality. Friendly service. We got in as a two around 10.00am but already tables were being reserved.

A delightful place for a bite to eat or just a coffee.

Very frendly place and great food

Fantastic little cafe and garden shop in the new forest.

A lovely find while staying in the area. I would recommend booking as it's clearly popular. We had the cow burger, Spinach and Falafel burger and pie of the week. It was all lovely and generous portions too. Nice to see a good range of food suitable for vegetarians. Service was excellent and friendly too.

We had the Thai Prawn curry and Beef Rogan Josh and both were not good. The former was a glutinous cornflower paste base and insipid. The latter was a watery beef stew with added red chillies. Sadly we had already paid a deposit. We explained our view to the co-owner who seemed surprised By constructive feedback. Fortunately we did not pay the balance of the bill. A shame as we need good local eateries

This is a little gem of a place. In the New Forest in a relatively small village. It's rustic and apparently in the summer there are outside seating and eating areas. However this was my Mother's day present from my son so we were sat inside. It was a lovely varied breakfast menu with some really nice variations. The staff were all lovely and friendly and welcoming. The food was delicious with a lot of local produce. Families were enjoying themselves and it's dog friendly too. The toilets were lovely and clean and there is ample parking. On site there is some plants and a country store. Not only that but there is a very nice farm shop there too. We had never been before but are definitely going back 😁......thank you all for a lovely time.

Excellent place. Only discovered it towards the end of last year but now one of our favourites, Good food, excellent staff and nice atmosphere. What's not to like! You need to book though to guarantee a table.

So chuffed to have found this place, on our break to the New Forest. Food and drinks were fairly priced and delicious - produce was local and amazing quality. And it is dog friendly too, so we were able to bring our young pooch too. Fab find.

Brought lawyer here to discuss my divorce proceedings, and we were completely blown away with the food. We spent most of what was “meant to be talking” eating. One of the tastiest lunches had, with little work done as a result. Highly recommend the chicken burger, with paprika seasoned fries. I don’t know how they do their coleslaw, but it was so delicious, we kindly asked for more. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (As you can see, we didn’t leave a morsel)

A great find! We had a very tasty lunch here during a cycle ride in the New Forest. The food and drinks were great, atmosphere lovely, service quick and friendly. Thankyou.

Delicious food and good atmosphere.

Could not fault the dinner and service here. Curry night was a little Indian oasis, full of culinary delights. Thank you Terrice and Marcus for your friendly hospitality. We shall definitely be coming back again soon

The most fantastic breakfast! Lovely staff and atmosphere. Lovely will shop at the same location with local produce and garden centre. Highly recommend and will be going back again

Lovely, buzzy place. Great cake

Went there in July 23. Pre booked and mentioned wheat allergy when booking. On the day they decided they were busy and point blank refused to serve anything to anybody with allergies.

Great food and service, piping hot and fresh.

The Potting Shed is a hidden gem! It's so lovely here, the staff are wonderful and the food is always great. I've been here a couple of times now, most recently for Christmas carols with a live band, mince pies and coffee - it was fantastic and the band were absolutely superb!

Cute country tearoom. Perfect for lunch or tea. Tasty food. Good service.

Great food, dog friendly and nice farm shop! Bit drafty in the cafe when staff are going in and out to the outdoor seating and leaving the door open. Apart from that it was lovely!

Ruined breakfast for me! Now anytime I go anywhere else I wonder why I wasted my time/money, lovely breakfasts and more importantly very consistent!! Would recommend but don’t want it to get busy!

Staff at the Potting Shed are always so friendly and welcoming. Usually go for breakfast which is delicious, particularly the mushrooms but had lunch today and it was equally tasty. I’m always recommending your lovely cafe to others, thank you.

Staff were helpful and friendly found us a table in the warm. Not the easiest place to find, use sat nav but worth the effort.

Our first visit here today - definitely won’t be the last! The food was delicious, the coffee strong & the toilets were clean! Everything I need in a lunch with my girls! I wish I’d photographed the food, but I was more interested in eating it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Amazing food for breakfast and lunch. The curry night was a sensation but the recent Christmas evening we enjoyed was the best!! Devoured every mouthful. No one will be disappointed eating here! 😋

This was a last minute decision on a cold and wet November Sunday. The inside space was full so we braved it out in the poly tent with a few blankets from the car! It was cold but it was dry inside and there was a charm to the place which meant that we felt warm. It was also very kind of the staff to bring us free hot chocolates all round! We actually noticed that inside was noisy, hot and a bit smoky from the cooking, so we were perfectly happy in the tent. We all really enjoyed our food and between us we had tiger prawns, cow burger, rarebit and pie of the day. The chips/fries were a highlight, but it was all good and reasonably priced. Wherever I go I check out the cappuccino. This was good. I like the coffee strong and could take it stronger than was served here, but nonetheless, this was a good coffee. If I had any suggestions for the team it would be to fully enclose the polytent, put some throws/blankets out there and make full use of it!

Last minute booking for eight breakfasts and allowing two well behaved dogs in too ! Proper full on English washed down with a decent cuppa. Pity I don't live closer ,I'd be a regular !!

Excellent food and the staff are very friendly and efficient. Very dog friendly.

Super unfriendly staff! Really cold vibe, I wish I took notice of the other reviews - noting the comment left on someone’s previous review I think you should pride yourself on something else as friendliness is not your forte!

Because of the attitude of the staff we left immediately after sitting down. Seems as though a few others have commented the same. I'd go elsewhere as there is plenty of better alternatives nearby. Shame as the decor and menu look good.

Second visit, this time for breakfast which was as good a breakfast as I've ever had. I'm not sure what my expectations were, but what arrived was incredible value for money. I'd describe it as really "clean" and well presented. Two eggs, sourdough, local sausage (amazing) two bacon rashers, black pudding, beans, hash brown and incredible mushrooms that stole the show. All for under £12!!! That's a £25 breakfast in most London hotels - I was genuinely surprised at how cheap this was. Great staff, great venue and lots of smiling faces - even on the many dogs that also like to visit. Well done guys you've got a little gem in the Forest.

Fantastic, really lovely place to relax and unwind, surrounded by plants, shrubs and flowers, and run by caring, helpful and talented people. Delicious all home-made food, good vegan/vegetarian choices, a (meat) burger & trimmings TDF, excellent Welsh rarebit & gorgeous sarnies, etcetera. Breakfasts totally awesome, NOT to be missed, booking essential. Well done Lydia, Terry and your amazing Team. 🤗

Loved the pannini. Coffee and tea were good. Prices are a little high but quality is great. Not far from Hyde where you can often see deer and horses.

Great find - all the food and drinks were absolutely delightful (cow burger, dirty fries, sausage ciabatta, kids pizzas). Maybe slightly on the pricier side but the quality is superb so worth the extra. Kids loved running around in the gardens. Highly recommended

Great service Delicious coffee Tasty Dirty Fries

Arrived here today after visiting the area. Wow what a beautiful place. Food was amazing service was quick. Staff very friendly. Will definitely visit again soon.