The best restaurants in Brockenhurst and Forest South East New Forest South East

Good service from Brad and Issy Delicious food, albeit that Caesar salad was short on salad and long on Chicken and dressing.

I’ve been here a few times and normally find the food reasonable but £26 for this? I’ll leave it to you to decide.

Food was good and service excellent, the only thing that spoilt our visit was the children running around the bar area, playing in the toilets and not being supervised by their parents. Not what you would expect from a wine bar.

We chose to stop here specifically as there was a rapid charger for our EV. The grounds are relaxing and quiet. The conservatory restaurant had a good atmosphere and the service friendly and courteous. We had the Gnocchi and Ploughmans for lunch. Both were very tasty and well presented. Puddings were light and refreshing. Prices are not cheap but good food is worth paying for. Having tried out the restaurant and general ambience we are very likely to arrange a weekend break here soon.

En route back from Southampton we broke our train journey home @ Brockenhurst and dropped into the Forresters for a couple of drinks - Saturday evening husell and bussel - a busy local with atmosphere - great for a drink and being near to station was really handy.

Amazing place to stay or celebrate an occasion super friendly staff very attentive great attention to detail through out. Defiantly recommen.

We had a very bad experience staying here. There were flies in the bathroom, and the place was extremely hot and uncomfortable. The pool wasn’t working even when querying before booking and was assured it was open which was very disappointing. we got locked out in the rain for 20 minutes because no one answered the phone and we wasn’t informed the doors would be locked after a certain time. Helen was defensive and not understanding towards my concerns at all and was looking for more of the leg to stand on other than a solution! Refusing any form of refund and dismissing my reasons as to why we left unhappy. On top of that, I had an allergic reaction to dust and pet dander, so it didn’t feel clean at all. It’s a shame because the location itself is lovely, but the overall stay and lack of compassion from staff was far from enjoyable. Don’t recommend!

Lovely old traditional pub in a beautiful part of the New Forest. Great atmosphere, friendly helpful staff, delicious food at reasonable price. Never disappoints.

Spent an enjoyable 3 nights at Balmer Lawn but not sure we'd stay again. Hotel is quite local to us and a place we are familiar with and in lovely location in heart of New Forest. Staff were very friendly and attentive, breakfast was good with plenty of choice, dinner in the restaurant was very good, use of local produce always a bonus. However, we thought our room on the top floor was very drab and certainly not what we would expect from a 4* hotel. It was also noisy as above the outside terrace area and facing the very busy through road. Housekeeping was very good but there was no mini fridge to keep drinks cold or safe for valuables. The bathroom was small and having to climb into a bath to shower is not acceptable or safe. I did raise the issue of poor quality pillows and having a nice fluffy pillow would add to sleep quality.

Lovely couple of meals outside . Pea and mint soup and garden pappardelle were delicious . Staff friendly and attentive . Foccacia with tomato dip unusual. The negative reviews were not our experience and we think the menu must have changes an awful lot as there weee no pizzas !

Excellent service, the food was the best chinese meal we have had. Kung Po king prawn & a king prawn chow mein. Our now regular take away restaurant.

Wonderful experience! Food was brilliant. Argentinian asado cooking with an asian twist. We want to do it all again next year!

Great place for a cup of tea and a piece of cake. What more could you want from a quiet enclosed area with great tea, coffee and cake. Perfect.

Came in for breakfast staff was extremely rude when came to us asking for food some of group had dietary problems. Asked for a baguettes and was told couldn’t change or we should just have full English when people couldn’t eat half of what’s on the plate the atmosphere was like a funeral home and the service become worse and worse as our visit continued I would not come here or recommend any 1 to come here its disgraceful service. As the breakfast went in we continued to get dirty looks off the staff 😡

Gorgeous cosy pub with open fire, with lovely food ! We had the yummy venison stew - recommended ! Grrat service. If I lived nearer, I'd visit regularly.