The best restaurants in South East

I just moved to the area recently and ordered from Thai to Go for the first time last night for 3 of us. Ordering was easy, delivery was on time and the food was delicious. All of us enjoyed every bit of our meals. Often when ordering prawn dishes, you end up with just 5 or 6 prawns but there was plenty in each of the 2 prawn dishes. All starters and mains were full of flavour. Looking forward to next time!!

I've been going regularly to this pop-up stall for the last 5+ years. It is one of my favourite places in Basingstoke to grab something to eat...it's just a shame it is only around on Wednesdays and Saturdays. I would probably go here far more often if was open all week. Highly recommended if you catch them in town. This is definitely THE place for Thai food in Basingstoke...I haven't seen anything this good since Kwai 2 closed down in Lychpit. It is authentic Thai food with great variety of choice. I will usually buy some Moo Ping (pork skewers), chicken satay or fish cakes if I am after a bite of lunch; I buy the Chicken Massaman if I want to buy something for dinner. The aromatic and natural flavours are definitely different (in a good way) from the Asian "chain" eateries in Festival Place. It's as authentic as it gets. The servings are very generous and prices represent value for money...they could put the prices up a bit and it would still be decent. They only take cash so you need to come prepared...the only cash I have around in my room is literally just a fund for this place. The only downside is that there is often a 5-10 minute wait to be served as they are very busy. I think this is a combination of them being very popular but also service being relatively slow. I have sometimes baulked at the queue and regrettably had to eat somewhere else due to time constraints.

Visited here today food was delicious service spot on. We had chicken burger with sweet chilli sauce would totally recommend, good prices and the pimms was the best!! Perfect place to eat when visiting Viking bay Beach :)

Home made lime juice and freshly-baked scones…what’s not to like? Chilli scone was delightful and the walnut version was glorious. This must be Tankerton’s best kept secret, otherwise it would be queued for miles! Delightful gentleman served us. Well worth the walk from Whitstable.

Best pizza in the area ..!! YUMOLA - we just had a selection of pizza and “new dips” and all were absolutely awesome..!! 10/10 delicious fresh ingredients cooked to perfection.

I ate here with family the night before a family wedding. Alongside out group of 14, there was another group around d the same size if not larger and some couples dining as well. The food was out of this world. I had pan fried seabream with a colcannon mash, absolutely beautiful, fresh and light. Dessert was a rich chocolate mousse, with rum and raisin ice cream and beautifully homemade cinder toffee. Again absolutely gorgeous, rich and a lovely finish to the meal. This is sadly Hiraeth's last week in Bridgend before the boys relocate to Cardiff in the Autumn, so whilst initially it seemed that service was slow it turned out that both chefs had been let down by the waiting staff who hadn't turned up. One chef remained in the kitchen cooking up a storm and waiting tables, whilst the other tended bar, took orders, brought drinks, checked we were OK and did all the other jobs outside of the kitchen. We had a great night, the food and ambience was delicious, both Chefs attentive and considerate despite the circumstances they found themselves in and the whole atmosphere was chatty and happy. Will definitely be going back when Horaeth reopens in Cardiff and absolutely recommend. Beautiful food, attentive hosts and a lovely environment. Thank you both, look forward to seeing you again soon.

Our first visit and definitely not our last visit. Hoogly catered for our family including baby and they also allowed dogs. The layout is spacious and stylish. Great service, great food and of course great tea and coffee 😀 This made our Sunday

I love this place so much, I come here regularly with my family and the food never disappoints! The service is lovely as well such a friendly bunch

I was going to write a review anyway because I was very impressed however my kids were bugging me to write one straight away to say Thankyou and say how much of a fab time they had! The staff made them very welcome and feel safe, it’s the little things like that which make your day! Thankyou so much, my kids had the best time and won’t stop talking about their breakfast!

I discovered Pasta Out during lockdown, so unfortunately there was no availability to sit down and eat within, but the golden side to this was that I discovered their lovely take away service. The pasta is absolutely beautiful, so much so, that I will only have dry pasta in the house for emergencies only. There is a great choice of freshly made pasta and if they don't have any left, they will make it for you there and then. Easy to cook and beautifully fresh, soft and tasty. Highly recommended.

Had the roast lamb delivered to me on sunday. Food excellent and fantastic service. I had no cash but food left with me and Gary then sent me his bank details to pay for my lunch

Manny is a very friendly host and he offered to make omelet which wasn't even in the menu and I wasn't even thinking. It's like he knew what might suit me for a light lunch. The custard tarts were amazzzzzing. His cafe was an accidental find for us and sure I'd say it was a sweet accident. Reasonable prices and very humble :)

Laurel and Alex catered for our wedding this year and we can no recommend them enough! We love Mediterranean food and wanted something as a tapas style and they came up with the most amazing sounding menu....We were absolutely blown away when we went for the tasting session with them and they made the whole process really stress-free. There was not 1 person at our wedding who was not bowled over by the food we had on our wedding day and we still have friends and family talking about it now and wanting the recipes!!! We just want to say a massive thank you to Alex and Laurel for going above and beyond to help make our day unforgettable and we will definitely be recommending you to everyone!!!!

A hidden gem tucked away behind the main road which we found by accident. This has become our favourite place for lunch with a good choice of tasty food. Breakfasts are great but the addition of a fried tomato would bring them up to perfection! As well as breakfasts, we particularly enjoy the Welsh rarebit and the Italian meat flatbread. Really good friendly service. The cakes look wonderful but we always seem a bit too full - we’ll have to resist the lure of lunch and come for afternoon tea!