The best restaurants in New Forest South East

As a regular customer to Rays Italian, both my wife and myself would like to thank Stacey for another wonderful meal last night. We love all things Italian and this restaurant certainly presses all the right buttons for us... What do we like about Rays Italian? Not just the great food but the staff are always so welcoming and attentive. Best wishes Mark & Jan Laming.

Never have i had such an awful experience with any takeaway whatsoever. I’ll begin with the fact that the food was late, but that’s not that big of a deal. The first issue lies with the fact that half the food was either missing or wrong. Missing 3 rices, Naan was wrong. Again i’m a forgiving person i’ve had this before with takeaways and usually quick phone call and it’s sorted. Didn’t receive a refund, new food or anything. They’ve said i can get a discount soon and that’s it. Aswell i’ve never had a worst tasting indian. The chicken tikka masala tasted like milk and tomato paste. Food was barely warm. I’m suprised because the other reviews aren’t negative. Please note i’m not one to have a rant i’ve never written a review for anywhere full stop. Please do yourself a favour and go down to asha in ashurst and get food there. It’s closed on a monday so i took my chance with this place. Never again.

Lovely meal but the young server with the long dark hair asked if we would like to see dessert menus. She went away and never came back. We waited 20 minutes then went to find someone to get our bill.

Outstanding service, lovely food, great atmosphere and a surprising level of busy for a rainy Monday in October. Highly recommended

Jack N Grill isn’t here anymore must of gone to get the pail of water.

Just wanted to take this opportunity to praise offbeet for never failing to deliver excellence. The restaurant was sadly closed by the government during the first wave of the pandemic and the team have bounced back during such a difficult time and adapted to meet with the ever changing government guidelines. They have created the new Offbeet deli open on weekends and I have to say, visiting on a Saturday for a doughnut and coffee is truly the highlight of my week. The team are always so welcoming and friendly and go out their way to assist and answer any questions that I might have. I would recommend to anyone! :)

We had a fabulous breakfast enjoying the continental and hot food , the staff made us feel very welcome and took photos for us nothing was too much trouble . We will definitely stay here again , great hotel.

We went here after reading good reviews in the daily echo, but I will certainly not be going back. I ordered the sirloin steak, not cheap at £22, and unfortunately was part way through it when I noticed a large insect had been cooked with it. After pulling it off of my steak I called over a waitress who said she would fetch the manager. The manager came over and inspected the insect, and then amazed me by saying "I am not sure exactly what you want me to do about it, we are in the new forest after all and unfortunately you have to expect this kind of thing to happen with all of the insects and bugs etc flying around, would you like a dessert instead?". Needless to say I declined his offer, settled the bill less the £7 he knocked off for my unwelcome extra, and left never to return again. Be warned, do not eat here unless in training for I'm a Celebrity duties.

The the generous helping of scallops was accompanied by nicely cooked vegetables. The service was prompt and friendly. we enjoyed our visit and we will go back.

Great place for a curry with the (old) lads. Always top notch! Welcoming staff, amazing curry great beer what more do you need!

We visited recently for a mid-morning pick me up and were not disappointed! There were several gluten free cake options and I opted for the coffee cake. WOW - such a light sponge that didn't fall apart and the flavour was fantastic. I can't wait to go back again soon 😊🤩

After passing this place numerous times over the years, I had the opportunity to visit today, I had a milkshake and pancakes with peanut butter and banana, absolutely delicious, I was the only diner and unfortunately today was their last day of trading, I'm so glad I finally got a visit in, such a shame it's closing tbh, very good food/service at a reasonable price

Love the fact they do bubble tea in here! That's grate

Recently been advised to lay off the caffeine and have, in consequence, been drinking some pretty awful drinks. However, this place was a complete revelation. Their decaf americano was far and away the best coffee that I have drunk in weeks. Bags of flavour, deep colour and generally well presented. I cannot speak for their other coffees, but I imagine they were pretty good too, judging by the number of customers present. A good range of cakes and pastries were well displayed in this café, which also stocks a range of deli-type produce.

This review is based on my experience on the day and could be different for you, but I doubt it. Superb service from this F&C take away and excellent food to boot to. Called ahead and asked if they cooked Gluten Free on a Saturday - was advised it was cooked Tuesday to Saturday- as one member of our party had an eating disorder. Complied our order and called back a 2nd time and placed the order and was told it would be made immediately. Drove there and collected it after paying. Superb service. FYI- they do not deliver so collection is the only option. F&C was excellent and tasty all found, no complaints and empty plates as was the add on food expected within a fish and chip shop that we purchased. Have to say the Saveloys were superb and very tasty. So to summarise, superb helpful staff, fantastic food, good for people with food allergies, all sorted very quickly Try it you will be back Trudy me on this.