The best restaurants in New Forest South East

a few in our party had visited before and were really impressed, however sadly this trip really didn’t live up to our expectations. food is priced high, but the service we received certainly didn’t match - very inattentive, lots of missed opportunities (missing cutlery, unclean glasses). the food had lots of issues also sadly - cold pancakes with the duck, mains came out before duck and then had to be reheated leaving the rice clumpy, only one portion of noodles left on a Tuesday night, and very salty beef with mushrooms. overall was a really disappointing meal, and sadly unlike those local in our party will return.

A fantastic spot for coffee lovers. The drinks are consistently smooth, rich, and full of flavor, with plenty of options to choose from. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, making it a perfect place to relax or catch up with friends. Jack’s passion for great coffee and customer service really shines through — highly recommend checking it out!

Just had the mushrooms on sourdough with Morcilla. Flavour was amazing. Recommend extra bacon too.

England is dead, because of people like this. So rude, so laced with persecution and inhospitality by pseudo-elites. They want war at this place.

Very busy, but worth waiting for, as turnover of tables is quite rapid. Excellent lunch, good coffee, and an exceptional pineapple upside down cake, which is not easy to get right, let alone as good as this. The menu is really extensive for a cafe and very reasonably priced. Friendly service as well.

My Friday recommended me to went the and i love the food and service was great and Fast as well back Again.

Excellent food very fresh & the best Thai we have had for a long time great flavours. Lovely staff served with a smile & not too long a wait even though they were busy.

Een gezellige pub in het centrum van Fordingbridge, gastvrije bediening en gasten, maar helaas niet erg lekker eten. De fish and chips waren wat ons betreft niet van erg goede kwaliteit, en de plakkerige tafels hielpen ook niet mee. Ik zou hier terugkomen als ik met vrienden biertjes zou willen drinken, niet om met mijn gezin uit eten te gaan

We went for a relaxed breakfast and it was great. Very reasonably priced, lovely coffee ( we ordered more!) and good home cooked food. The service was excellent too. We’ll definitely be back.

As usual we had a very enjoyable lunch here today. Despite having two vegetarians and one gluten free out of the five of us, nothing was too much trouble. We all had different very tasty roasts. Followed by some good desserts, the toffee roulade was great. The Ship’s Sunday roast is definitely the best around here.

My friend and I visited Esme's for breakfast during our stay in Brockenhust to visit the New Forest and Hampshire County Show. I enjoyed a very delicious cooked breakfast on both days and my friend was tempted by toasted teacakes and toast with jam. Had some great chats with Storm and her colleagues! On our final morning, we were tempted to take home some deep filled chocolate cookies which had just been put on display on the counter....scrummy! Lovely display of other cakes and bakes too, but the cookies were definitely a winner. Looking forward to returning again next year!

As always the food was delicious and the service very friendly. Gavin goes out of his way to use the highest quality ingredients and will even get liver in for my husband even if it’s not on the menu. Would highly recommend, best Sunday Roast Beef out!

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

Having read some very complementary reviews I though this would be a good place to take my friend to eat on her birthday. It was difficult to chose from the menu as there was a very restricted choice. Our starter was promising , tasty but small portion and quite fatty. The main course of Chicken Croquettes We’re exceptionally salty, I couldn’t eat it all. Desserts were excellent. Staff where very pleasant. With 1 bottle of SB wine at (£40) a bottle Total for a meal for 2 over £150 Certainly not cheap.

Lovely lunch of toasted sandwiches, with tea and espresso. Gluten Free options very good, and included a GF biscuit with the tea.