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Fantastic nights stay.. wish to stay longer. Excellent breakfast.

While visiting Lymington on a busy Saturday in August my wife and I were in need of coffee and all the usual suspects were all full so we visited this lovely friendly cafe.The coffee was very good and the service was quick and efficient.The breakfasts being served looked great so we will certainly be back.

Always go there for my chips etc. lovely food and friendly helpful Staff.

What a lovely little Italian restaurant, only a few minutes walk from our hotel. It is my husband's birthday so it was a lovely treat to eat in such a romantic place. The food was fab. Hot, plentiful portions, served by a young man (sorry didn't get his name), with attention and extremely polite. My husband had the linguine with mixed seafood and I had a vegetarian pasta which was heavenly. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area

Very good food and friendly service and atmosphere friendly 👌

We had some time to kill before checking in to a nearby hotel so stopped in Beaulieu to stretch our legs and have a look around. Turns out there is not a lot to see in the village itself but this little café made the stop worthwhile. The coffee and cakes we had were delicious. And customers sat at nearby tables were relishing their food too. It's a welcoming, comfortable café with a few tables outside too for when the weather is warm enough.

We ate here whilst staying in the area for a few days. Between us we had gammon, burger and local sausages with mash. The food was delicious, generous portions and great value for money. The staff were friendly and welcoming and the venue was cosy and tastefully decorated. We can’t recommend The Ferryman highly enough and would definitely visit again when in the area.

Lovely but slightly pricey. Sadly, closing due to owner/chefs health.

Honestly food was amazing, can’t fault that at all! But the customer service was appalling, we turned up to an empty restaurant at 5pm asking for a table for 2, and was initially told there were no tables. After saying we wanted to eat right away, we got a table and sat down. Starters were lovely, mains came and I ordered a burger with chips, and it felt like I was asking for the world when I requested some Mayo. They didn’t check whether the food was okay half way through, when we asked for the bill, they came over to collect the mains and didn’t ask whether we enjoyed the food. Service charge added straight away, so we removed as I didn’t feel it was deserved. Weird atmosphere, but couldn’t fault the food!

Went for Sunday lunch with high expectations only to be disappointed Service extremely poor Some of the food was good -- the cod dish for example but the porchetta was poor fatty and no crackling The deserts flattered to deceive A nice location but the service not up to the standard required

Excellent meal with fab wine. Went on a week night and what a delight. Service wasn’t fast but it was date night so didn’t care!

We had lunch here today for my birthday. The staff are very friendly and service was excellent. The food was soooo good. Highly recommend the beetroot and goats cheese mousse starter. The whole meal was delicious. Will certainly return.

Excellent service, food and comfortable surroundings. Definitely call again when in the area.

We ordered a take away from here last night through uber eats. Honestly was the worst curry. Had no flavour. Was super watery like soup. The nan was soggy. Honestly super disappointed as this was our one take away off the week. It just went in the bin.

Visited the Sail inn with my uncle who lives in Lymington. Previous experience at the pub had been very good however this visit has left a very poor taste in the mouth. While the fish and chips were adequate the use of some sort of paper to "soak up the oil" from the food was less than appetizing for my uncle who is elderly. While the stated serving hours were 12 to 3pm when I requested dessert and coffees we were told the kitchen was closed as the chef "had to be somewhere" Given the choice of quality establishments in Lymington we obviously regretted choosing The Sail Inn and won't be doing so in the future - the fact there was no warning that the kitchen was closing early is annoying however the actual decision to shut early on a Friday lunchtime in a competive marketplace is beyond me.