The best restaurants in Forest North West New Forest South East

A real hidden gem ! WONDERFUL FOOD

Met for a family gathering, came from Essex, London, Devon. Had a brilliant time, the food was excellent, rooms clean and tidy. Staff are a credit to the business. Will be back in the summer for another gathering. Thank you so much.

Popped in here for a breakfast, all the tables had ‘reserved ‘on them( a sign of a good place!) and we told the staff we were just after brekkie though it was nearing lunchtime. They reconfigured a table so we could eat and we had a lovely full english, quality sausages nice bread etc. will always go back there when we visit the forest

Very Disappointing! We’ve eaten here before and had a lovely meal but last night was not satisfactory. The lamb in the passando was tough and chewy, the onion bhajis were undercooked and the nan bread came out cold. When paying over £100 for 2 x adults and 2x kids when the quality is poor leaves a very sour taste in your mouth!

Excellent food highly recommend for an evening meal but good idea to book in advance

We booked a table for lunch for 4 people for Sunday 24th Nov a few weeks ago Arrived to find the pub closed for refurbishment!! No call to advise us and according to google the pub is still open, very disappointing Mr & Mrs Budden

A lovely pub for a meal and drinks. On site parking, dog friendly, excellent service. Pre-booking online is a good idea. Nice varied menu, relaxing atmosphere and a well decorated pub. Great quality food, nice varied menu. Would recommend to those exploring the area or just looking for a pleasant place to rest for a while.

Great service at the bar and from Sue who brought the food to our group of seven. The portions were very generous and enjoyed by all . Great sandwiches and chips and the celiac meal was very good. Thank you from the Stanpit Marsh volunteer warden team.

Popped in to this lovely quirky pub between Salisbury and Ringwood as we needed a loo stop and some lunch. It was humming with groups of people eating lunch. The meu is pretty extensive. I had a mountainous cheese and ham sandwich (£7.25) which was absolutely delicious, with some crisps and a small salad. My wife had a very good steak pie and chips (£17.50). We ordered water and a coke and then threw the water glass on the floor which caused a flurry of activity, but the staff were absolutely charming and cleaned up in no time. It was a very good experience. If you want pub grub in Ringwood I recommend this place.

Unwelcoming to families with young children. Staff with a lot of attitude. We’ve been here many times over the years but never again. Such a shame. We booked ahead for late Sunday lunch and when we arrived learnt dogs were not allowed in the restaurant. I asked if the bar was available but was told with attitude ‘I’ve just said there’s no room’. Clearly we had made the cardinal sin of needing anything from the staff and our booking was scrubbed from the book. We received a lot of attitude and eye rolling from the female restaurant manager and waitresses when we asked for our booked table back. We should have known to leave at this point. We had a baby and three toddlers and the staff blanked us. We asked for menus, we asked for our orders to be taken, we went to the bar for our drinks. We asked for water and glasses, We asked for drawing paper and received attitude again. Our children now starving were acting up. We asked for the bread and butter we ordered to keep them happy but ‘the kitchen hadn’t made it yet’. Two underwhelming roasts, a kids meal and £60 we got out of there. Of course we asked for the bill. And the card machine.

Lovely pub food in the heart of the new Forrest. Friendly service, I rushed and very pleasant atmosphere. You are made to feel welcome on arrival and who can forget the gorgeous Pub Labrador, Guinness

Really disappointing - and very expensive for the quality they are serving up. We came here after reading good reviews, when we arrived the car park was quite empty on a Saturday night and we should have taken that as a sign. The food is very expensive and incredibly overpriced for the quality - dry and not fresh fish & greasy chips. We left almost a £100 lighter and feeling very disappointed - we could have spent half of this and been more satisfied elsewhere. I would suggest avoiding.

Typical McDonald's. Use the app for great deals!

Staff do not manage Disabled Parking. None of vehicles parked displayed a Blue Badge on the occasion when I recently stopped by. The bonnets were cold to touch! Observation of the movements of diners eliminated customers as the vehicle owners. The only other explanation is that staff were using the allocated Disabled spaces for their use. When questioned the restaurant Manager's response was, "I can do nothing about it!". McDonald's staff are responsible for the whole site, including parking. Concern and support for registered Disabled, by McDonald's at Picket Post, is lacking. ignoring supervision and the correct use of Disabled parking. (Sadly it is also very clear that reviews are not read and responded to!).