The Rising Sun in New Forest

I live locally and have eaten and had drinks at the Rising Sun a few times since it was taken over by Fullers. The food is ok. It's so much better than it was prior to takeover but comes with a hefty price tag. In my opinion the quality of the food does not match the cost. I had the 2 course lunch recently: the terrine was tasty but the bread had not been toasted properly. The main course of beef Ragu and pasta was really disappointing. It was a bit of a sloppy mess and not worth the cost at all. The steak I had on another visit was good but for the same cost I'd get better elsewhere. Drinks are pretty good and a decent choice. Again, approximately £7-8 for a pint seems ridiculously high. Service is generally good. The atmosphere is ok and fairly good at weekends. Overall I don't think I could recommend the Rising Sun. If you want good food, good drinks or good atmosphere then there are other better pubs and restaurants locally. One positive is it has a good garden and play area for kids.

Just going home after having an amazing Sunday lunch at The Rising Sun. The staff were brilliant, Tim the chief took the time to ask us if we had enjoyed our meal and the manager Sasha couldn't do enough for us, just like all her staff. Can't wait to go bac!!!

Lovely place for quiet drink, atmosphere was nice, menu little pricy. Cider £6.45 with cranberry @ £3.45 again very pricy, In shropshire a cider is no more than £4.50 cranberry juice £2..

We had a wonderful meal on 21st September as a family for our anniversary. Great service, good & value- thank you

Rude front of house, who was snappy with us because we had dogs with us (website says dogs allowed) and because we wanted to eat outside and she felt that it was too cold. Rude manager who very loudly asked for my daughter’s I.d. When I explained she’s 16 and she’s having a small glass of wine with her meal (which is legal), informed loudly and rudely that it was the pub’s policy that you had to be 18 and over, even when eating. Food expensive and not well cooked. Undercooked potatoes, half a small carrot, a few peas and cabbage and small nut roast for over £20. When we complained to the manager about the rudeness and how we were having a family meal celebrating a birthday, we were informed in a rude manner that we should have checked the pub policy, when actually we know the law and if the pub policy is different that needs to be stated to customers, not the onus being on the customer, also a complete lack of understanding that there is a way to speak to your customers and actually had both members of staff spoke in a polite manner and not loudly in front of all other diners then there wouldn’t have been an issue. Really disappointed, ruined the main part of the birthday and wish we had decided to go elsewhere.

Lovely beer garden with fabulous children’s climbing frame

Massive play area for kids nice location good food

We went for a pint as my uncle would say. it was good, Sat around for an hour+ just talking.

Excellent, last minute booking on a Sunday evening, couldn’t be more helpful. Sunday roasts were plentiful and very good value for money, would highly recommend.

If you are out in the New Forest, this is a good pub to visit. This is the one with a huge beer garden, kids play area and a few horses. The choice of drinks was very good. Food was really good, i had a roast. And the staff are all running around to make sure everyone is okay. It can get busy sometimes but there are almost always seats because of the size of the outside.

Enjoyable meal, polite staff in a family friendly pub. Steak was delicious and good portion sizes

Such lovely staff great food and service. Lovely experience x

Good !! got a park for the kids ! Nice inside! Very clean

We had a lovely Bank Holiday afternoon at The Rising Sun. The welcome was friendly and the service was great, a special mention to Sally, who looked after us! They have three areas that you can sit, the restaurant and have table service, or the lovely garden with large playground or in the bar area. If you choose the garden or bar you need to order your food at the bar, the restaurant is table service. There is also an opportunity to have pizzas cooked from their outside pizza oven! The menu was good. I only gave four stars for food as we thought the burger was a little over priced! As you see from my previous posts my son does like his burgers! The fish & scampi were delicious 😋

Very overpriced since overtaken by fullers. Portions and food quality do not reflect prices . Used to be a lovely pub serving pub classics. Gone too Gastro. Would not visit again

Always nice spend time with friend outside 🥰

I recently visited this charming English pub and enjoyed a warm welcome from the friendly staff. While there was a minor hiccup with our food order, the meal itself was delicious. The standout dish was definitely the chicken schnitzel - I highly recommend giving it a try! Overall, a classic pub experience with tasty food and a pleasant atmosphere. Worth a visit!

Lovely country pub with horses roaming freely.. Great food and beer !

London Prices. Mediocore food. Good atmosphere. Completely self service. You have to go find the forks in one end of the restaurant and sauces you have to go to the kitchen… at least they don’t service charge.

We sat outside and had lunch here as a group of four adults, one child and two dogs. There's plenty of seating with or without sunshade umbrellas, plus outdoor pods if it's showery. The seating is close to the kids play area so parents can relax while kids are entertained. The food we had was good quality, fairly priced for the quality, well presented and very tasty. We all had soft drinks so can't comment on the beer quality. I would definitely return to this pub.

Could not have asked for better when looking for a reasonably priced and tasty Sunday lunch. Staff attentive but not intrusive. Good portion sizes, may have over endulged,however could not leave a tasty morsel behind.

Popped in for a drink, only one member of staff (a red headed young gentleman)was switched on. I’ve never seen a more lack luster couldn’t be bothered approach in a pub ever. The female staff members have zero spatial awareness or manners and the older ones in the restaurant couldn’t have been ruder over a menu, this meant we chose not to eat there and left immediately. I won’t be going back and this one of a few locals for me. Terrible for a Fullers pub. Will make sure to warn family and friends.

Just had a quick drink outside. Expensive.

Super play park for kids Super dog friendly inside and out Super food Super service Super speed Super benches Super open and covered outdoor spaces Super pods Super indoor space Super bathrooms Super staff Super nice touches (blankets for the cold, dog biscuits etc) Approx £20 pp for main meal drink and some sides between us.

An excellent afternoon spent there. Couldn't find fault with anything.

Good menu and friendly staff but does get busy in the Summer with holiday makers...

Great play area for children. Good food portions and friendly service

Wait times can be slow but the atmosphere is worth it- and the food.

Only stopped for a drink but it was a very nice drink! Bit expensive but hey, it's the new forest!

We all had the Sunday roast and at the price of 22 pounds and above.It isn't worth it.Potatoes were hard ,The beef and pork was like slices of meat from the deli counter.Staff were lovely,pub and outside area was also really nice.

Lovely pub, good beer and pie and greek mix were great as well. Staff were great, very friendly,

We have decided to come to The Rising Sun for lunch as it has nice reviews and we can say the same. It is situated in the New Forest by itself with a large car park. The building is huge and pretty as the outside space with a space for the children to play and different ambience where to eat. Inside it is a formal and an informal room, the restaurant or the pub and outside there are different levels and terraced floors with tables and chairs. You can choose to be by the shade, under a tree or anywhere about. The food is ordered at the till and they promptly serve the food. There are lots of waitresses and the service is very good. We ordered a Sunday roast and it was very nice. We really enjoyed it. Fresh vegetables and no frying food. The portion was good and the flavour excellent. We also ordered a starter of pate which came with just one slice of bread and I think for the price, one more slice would be better. We just had coke to drink, it was a large glass served with ice. A very relaxing place full of people but everyone was enjoying their time there.

Love the new outdoor area! Specially with the new pizza oven

Pie of the day not bad but the mash must have been around for sometime My guests had the pork chops. The meat was over cooked and very, very tough, even the steak knives wouldn't cut through it. Would I recommend it, on what we had today, no.

Nice food at a proper country pub right on the edge of the forest.

Had Sunday lunch here. Was looking forward to it. Place nice people friendly but food average . Food arrived luke warm could of been much hotter. Asked for braised leeks and got something else. I did ask them to check but was told that was it. All of my party agreed the dish i had there was no leeks. Asked for pigs in blankets and they were so pale ie under cooked left half of them . This was the last day of our holiday so we were very disappointed with it. Wished we had gone to the Royal Oak near where we were staying as the food there was lovely.

Very nice food and the serving staff were lovely and attentive on a busy day

Had a pint here whilst on a cycle ride. It was friendly in a beautiful setting . A children's playground. Lots of inside and outside seating areas. The food that I peeked at looked and smelt delicious

The food was extremely over cooked & the portions were very small for the amount paid. Won't be going back there in a hurry

Delicious food, good service lovely pub with garden

Food overpriced and really small portions. Also, low quality. I think it's good for families with kids because of the playground outside. But I would say, do yourself a favour and go somewhere else. Staff were helpful but overworked and super busy. Great potential, beautiful location, but improve food guys, or at least lower the prices! x

GOOD WELL COOKED FOOD . GOOD PORTIONS .EFFICIENT ATTENTIVE STAFF.PROMPT SERVICE FULLERS PUB BUT NO FULLERS BITTER .APPARENTLY THEY FORGOT TO ORDER ANY!!!!!! WE WERE UNABLE TO BOOK TO BE SEATED AFTER 7PM AND WERE ALLOWED ONLY 1.5 HRS AT TABLE . BUT PUB WAS VERY QUIET.IN FACT NEARLY WENT ELSEWHERESO WONDER HOWMANY OTHER CUSTOMERS WERE .ANOTHER CUSTOMER MADE SAME COMMENT . STAFF SAY THAT IT HAPPENS ALOT HOW INEFFICIENT

Fresh food well cooked. Portion sizes on the small side. Don’t go for the ploughman’s lunch, it’s not great.

What a lovely garden, well worth a visit

Only here for drinks. Therefit has been done really well. Even the ponies prefer this area now.

Really nice food we had the chop and chips. Service was slow but worth the wait. Sat outside in the sun with nice quiet music . There's a play area for the children. Toilets were nice and clean. Plenty of outside seating.

Excellent service, fully catered for all our family and the kids enjoyed the play area in the garden.

Our first visit back to the Rising Sun since its refurb - what a difference! It looks great inside and out and the food has really improved. It was a bit quiet for a Saturday evening at 8pm - only reason for 4 stars for atmosphere. Food was excellent pub grub - best chips in a long time, haddock beautifully crisp and not greasy. Husband and his mum really enjoyed their pork chop mains - succulent and tasty. Great to have a local pub that we can walk to and know we're going to have great food, a warm welcome and friendly service.

Only came for drinks and to check out the refurbishment and menu. A vast improvement. More attention required for the HSB. It was clear and taste OK but the head didn't follow through on the glass. Could be end of the cask or an issue with glass cleaning. The Aussie shiraz is to die for says my wife. Thankyou we will be back to eat before the school holidays and the beach landing. Yes we don't have children but those that do will love it. Even the New Forest Ponies like it here.

Nice place, recently renovated. Good beer, and great food. Really nice, will visit again.

Excellent choice superb food and friendly staff. Dog friendly.

Food was so nice here lovely location and very clean and up together deco staff are really friendly too will definitely return

Adult Food was lovely.kids burgers was very small and dry for big price.staff for got to write down a food order which family member whent with out food cocktails are to strong full of alcohol had to water down with water just very unhappy with service but they did give us a discount on food

Nice food and helpful service. Shame the coffee machine was broken, and the coffee and small dessert section if the menu was therefore unavailable. Why the management didn't send someone out for a jar of Gold Blend is beyond me. I would have been happy with that. The overdependence on machines is quite bizarre.

Lovely country pub with friendly welcoming staff. We stopped here on our way to Milford on sea for a light lunch and were not disappointed. The food was great, the staff were really friendly and the pub itself was lovely.

Came here with a friend tonight and we were shocked by how outrageously expensive all the food was! We figured perhaps it's justified by big portions. No. The Indian Salad with halloumi came in a TINY cereal bowl that was difficult to eat out of. At first, I thought it was just a side salad bowl to go with my friend's pork chop main, but it wasn't! £17.50 for a miniscule bowl of quinoa and a brick of halloumi that was very difficult to cut up in such a tiny bowl. My friend's "pork chops" came with just one tiny pork chop and half of it was fat that needed to be cut off anyway. We had to wait 45 for our two tiny main courses to come out. The table beside us (2 people) were waiting well over an hour for theirs, and they were complaining. We listened to the manager who had to come out and was trying to apologise. While the waiting staff were friendly, they didn't take away the extra glasses when we ordered our drinks so we had no space at all on our tiny table, and it was a 30 minute wait for the table to be cleared after our mains - staff were avoiding our corner, not even looking over at us. Eventually we had to collar a waitress who was taking an order from the table next to us. The wait staff seemed stressed and flustered, so I wonder if they were understaffed, or if there were other issues going on behind the scenes. We ordered desserts because we were still hungry after our tiny mains. The one I wanted was out - the staff didn't seem to know what was on or off the menu because there was some sort of "miscommunication" going on between the kitchen, wait staff and manager. The cookie sandwich was disappointing - two very hard tiny cookies squishing a scoop of ice cream, with a spoon to eat it. Well it was very difficult to cut it up with a spoon to eat, as the cookie was so hard. Would have been better if they used a soft style cookie for this type of dessert, and bigger! I had the sticky toffee pudding which was OK. Sadly, we will not be returning after this experience. While the refurb looks nice, it's simply far too overpriced, and the wait times were awful. The place seems poorly managed. Very disappointing, because this was my favourite family pub growing up.

Went on a Sunday absolutely fantastic food service was quick

Friendly staff great food. Can get very busy during summer holidays and weekends

Dropped in on the off chance, we were not disappointed

Fantastic evening meal, food was excellent quality with great service from the whole team. The new pub refurb also looks great.

Excellent Sunday roast - highly recommended. Edited - we returned midweek, brought the dogs, and sat in one of the garden pods and had really lovely fish and chips. Brilliant pub, friendly staff, lovely food

Nice place food smelt amazing only real criticism is the lager selection and the price nearly ten pound for a kids meal and cost me nearly nine quid for one pint and a cordial

Lovely pub in a great location in the New Forest. We were recently down that way for a week and pipped in here for a drink, and let our grandson play in the play are, as we had seen it when we passed previously. Very large outdoor seating area, with a variety of styles of patio tables along with half a dozen or so pods. They had just started their pizza oven, so we decided to try them. Very nice and well priced, too, with a vegan option if required. Would definitely go back again when next in the area.

Thoroughly enjoyed an excellent meal, superb service in a warm, friendly, welcoming atmosphere. Will definitely be returning!!

Fabulous find, great food in beautiful surroundings. A real gem!

Disgracefully expensive for very mediocre food. I was truly shocked at the ridiculously high prices on the menu. This place is taking the micky, especially as it’s just a pub doing pub grub.

Food was very disappointing and expensive. New refurbishment is nice but I missed the old menu which was good no nonsense pub food at reasonable prices. The new menu was nothing special but very overpriced and the standard of cooking was below average. £15 for a small bowl of mushroom casserole which tasted like it came from a packet and a tablespoon of mash no other veg £18 for fish and chips bog standard nothing special burger was nothing special won't be back. Staff were friendly.

Had lunch here yesterday. Nice day for sitting in the garden, and lovely atmosphere. All ordered steak and ale pie, with cabbage, mashed potato, and red wine gravy. The pie was well filled with meat, the mash was smooth, and the gravy was rich. The staff were nice, and efficient. The drink prices were a bit steep, and the food prices were fair for what we got. Would revisit if in the area again.

The Rising Sun has had a refurb in harmony with the New forest surrounding it. It looks good. There are now pods and pizza ovens outside, great for a summer's evening. It has a large car park and there is a good kids play area. The menu is typical pub chain. My poor food score is because my steak arrived cold as was the mushroom. The Bakewell tart desert was also very underwhelming. .

Fantastic after a full refurbishment, great fresh food and even nicer team and Fullers real ales

Can't comment about the food as we didn't eat we had drinks only i supose slightly on the more expensive side but where isnt ?? however it was a lovely place to b especially on a nice day, the garden is ideal and has a good play area 4 the kids , we will return 😀

Possibly the best Sunday roast experience I have had. From the moment we walked through the door to the moment we left. First we met Sam who greeted us at the door, welcoming, friendly and very professional. We were then shown to our seat by our host Meg, my partner and I both had a roast dinner, desert and drink. Incredible food and service throughout, accommodating for our 10 month old son at the same time.

Edit: just been back after the referb, looks amazing. Managed to have the last couple of pizzas from the new outside oven. Was amazing! Going back tomorrow for the roast. Really friendly staff too. Great pub to stop off at for a drink or some food. Great outside space with a good children's area.

The refurbished Rising Sun is fabulous!! We went around 5pm and was a great time to visit, food is excellent, kids portions are fab and fresh! The new outdoor area is perfect for summer. The kids play area was slippy with moss but sure it will dry after sunshine.

If I'd wanted to make my own baguette I would of gone to Tesco! A Baguette cut in half, I had to cut it open with a normal knife, butter it and add my own filling! Plus £7.05 a pint! This is New Milton not Covent Garden!

The service was good. The waitress was very accomodating. The nut roast wasn't great, but it was nut roast (didn't have high hopes)

What a fantastic place! The food (chicken leak pie) was out of this world!Must try the horseradish woth it as is the best I've ever tasted! The manager is lovely lady was brilliant and attentive! We will be definitely back when in area!

Friendly and welcoming staff, food was very tasty. Plenty of rainy day board games for adults and kids. The outdoor play area is impressive. Would happily visit again!

But beware they want you to tip now just for bringing you a plate out from the kitchen!! We've been visiting the Rising Sun for years because we always know the food and atmosphere will be really good plus we can bring our dog in with us. As we walk regularly in the Forest, we eat here very often. We've had a busy year this year however and hadn't visited for a while so we were looking forward to Sunday lunch after a walk. The food and staff didn't disappoint but I was really angry the card machine now asks if I want to leave a tip and offers suggested amounts!! I mean come on, I order the food and drinks at the bar myself, collect my own cutlery and your staff just carry a couple of plates to the table. If I go anywhere with proper table service and it's good, I will tip, but not for this. I wonder if it's because they aren't increasing staff wages and are expecting customers to supplement them? Won't visit again because it's being expected.

We love the atmosphere of the pub and the staff are lovely, but meal of chicken bacon & leek pie with mash was worst ever. Next to no meat. Complaint passed to kitchen but nothing done to compensate. Previously had sunday roasts and gammon which were great. Disappointed as 1st visit with wife after her big operation, so the treat fell well flat of what we would have expected. Will think twice before visiting again. Shame!!!!

Delicious beef bourguignon with mash and veg.Perfect meal for a chilly winters day.We sat in a cosy nook attended by friendly professional staff.

Very friendly, good food highly recommended

Lovely family meal 😋 decent food at reasonable prices , friendly staff would recommend.

A very nice location. We come here 2-3 times a year. Great play area for the kids and lovely food and beer

Excellent food and service, shame very quiet only a couple other customers in on a Saturday evening

Excellent food, dog friendly, and really helpful with Special Dietry requirements

Long time since I last visited here. A friend had a birthday and suggested that we went to the Rising Sun, what an excellent suggestion. Although the restaurant wasn't that busy the service was great, the staff very friendly and the atmosphere just right. The menu was quite extensive and the 4 dishes that we had between us was very palatable and generous portions, not too large. I don't think that it be that long before I use here again. Well done

Wonderful Lunch today, haven't been for ages so we thought it would make a change, My Husband had the Cheese and Ham Ploughman's and I had the Prawn Baguette, both very Good service friendly too .

Absolutely delicious the best lasagne anywhere. On holiday and we always come here before we go home. And dog friendly x

Great venue! The food was awful

Lunch had a baguette found ut strange you had to make the baguette up yourself

We ate outside and all was good

We had a large group for a birthday party. 18 people mostly from the Sunday Roast menu. Potatoes were very hard and roast beef was tough and lacking taste. The other meats were very good. Drink prices were quite excessive. Not very good value for money.

We ate at 6pm the food was great and a quick service 😋 🤗 ☺️

Good starters, some hiccups with the mains like a burger without the burger but decent enough beer and staff were helpful

First visit for a while, had a shared starter which was very good, plenty of it, nice array of drinks and beers so will definitely be back again to try more food.

Pop in for a pint on way home good beer !! So had two 😊

Really nice pub. Excellent lamb shank and lovely service. Me and my friend have been here twice and both times have been excellent. We come from Basingstoke and we will only come to this pub.

Only stopped for a quick one but staff were nice, nice location and pub, has a large outdoor area

My favourite pub in the New Forest.