The best restaurants in New Forest South East

Great sandwich and great coffee. Service was exceptional and welcoming for our dog too. The Vanilla Bun was a great way to end our time!

We had a takeaway from Oliver’s last week which was delivered to our home. The meal was delicious, but we were charged £1 for delivery, when on their website it is advertised as Free delivery on orders over £15 within a 2 mile radius. I checked the bill later on and saw that we had been charged £1 for delivery even though the meal was over £15. As we only live about half a mile away I telephoned to query this and was told because the price of petrol had gone up everyone was now being charged £1 for delivery. I don’t mind paying £1 but I should have been told this when I ordered the food and they shouldn’t advertise free delivery on their website anymore. We have used them many times in the past and have never had any complaints before. This is why I am only giving them 4 ****

A warm welcome and just had a cooked breakfast. All satisfying, good quality and very tasty. Will certainly be back for a repeat 👍

Would recommend 10/10 service lovely people, really good conversation and atmosphere. Really great woman to own this place, honestly cannot wait to go back there. Matt was lovely too great server

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.

Have been using Ming's for some time now and have never been disappointed. A good full menu but the only surprise is that the curry does not have any chili icons. I would prefer it a lot hotter.

Special Chowmein very greasy masked any flavour that should have been there, lemon chicken was very bland texture of chicken put me off finishing it.

This is the first time we have been able to book the brasserie here thanks to Covid. The entrance via the clubhouse almost made us turn back, with rubbish strewn over tables and the floor, but as we wound our way through a more mellow bar area, we eventually came to this bright and modern restaurant. Too bright really and the room would really benefit from dimming the lights and real candles on the tables, so it felt more like a brasserie than a café. That said, it is surprisingly attractive and pleasantly furnished. The menu is not as published online, which was disappointing, but the options were interesting. We shared a Garden platter and a family platter and also had one soft shell crab and a lamb kofte. The Garden platter was very good with light felafel, tasty onion bhajis, and really good home-made hummus. The family platter was also very good apart from the Calamari which were very rubbery. The softshell crab, which is rarely seen in local restaurants, and the kofte were good too. Most had burgers and chips for mains which were ‘yummy’ both chips and burgers. The tuna steak was enjoyed but was said to taste like beef! I had the South Asian curry. It looked really dull with no attempt to make the dish look attractive. A pile of boiled rice on the plate and a bowl of curry with a handful of chopped cooked chicken thrown in the top and not even stirred in. However, this was gorgeous and one of the most flavoursome curries I have eaten. The waitresses made us laugh as there were three Sauvignons on the menu and we chose the Chilean. The waitress wasn’t sure if they had any and asked for our second choice, so we picked the New Zealand. We got the Australian, but it was fine so we didn’t say anything. We ordered a second bottle and this time we got the Chilean wine! This was a very pleasant meal and with a bit more atmosphere this would be a very good night out. I think the menu is perhaps a bit dear and too fancy for the residents as there were only three tables taken – they need to push this place some more with a few specials nights maybe?

The food was good but rather on the expensive side now.

Such a spacious and comfortable room, bright and airy. Plenty of parking out back, and great food downstairs.

Live locally was a nice sunny evening so my partner and I decided to walk around to our local pub for dinner/ drinks Bar staff were lovely and polite very welcoming had food which was ok not exceptional had a nice evening until leaving when the landlady was stood in the doorway sparking up a cigarette looking us up and down giving us dirty looks for no reason whatsoever ever Not very welcoming as a landlady…..

Absolutely fantastic meal, booked ahead as we knew it would be busy due to the great reputation this classic old pub has. A lovely table had been set up in the sunny courtyard, which we sat at after ordering 2 thirst quenching pints of Inches cider (did have a laugh with the bar staff🧐). From the specials board, we shared the garlic Crevettes (didn’t want to be shellfish🤣),…fantastic served with bread to mop up the sumptuous buttery goodness. Having seen the schnitzel go past earlier, my better half decided on that with myself choosing the cod loin from the special board. Both were amazing in all aspects, with special detail taken enabling the seasonal flavours to flourish throughout. Special mention for the black garlic aioli served with the cod 🤤 Absolutely stuffed we had a DJ Steve (private joke:didestive ) of Calvados with the merry landlord, who like myself and girlfriend are allies of the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️‍🌈. I would highly recommend a visit this beautiful pub in the New Forest coastline.

Didn't have the food that I wanted plus atmosphere felt unwelcoming

Decent facilities and is extremely popular. Occupies two retail spaces, which isn't obvious from the outside, so normally there's enough room. Good quality coffee, and the staff members are very friendly and attentive. It gets busy so the tables are often in need of a clear when it gets busy. Pied a Terre area outside, especially for when the weather is more clement.