The best restaurants in New Forest South East

I last visited the Woolpack when it was under the old ownership in fact left a very positive review last time but on my latest visit under new ownership I was left very disappointed the Sunday lunch was just OK Pork quite dry vegetables not great 1 piece of cauliflower (really) and exspensive for what it was it used to be a more of a traditional Sunday lunch with plenty of vegetables and meat done to a T and good value I appreciate prices have needed to rise a bit please offer good value for money, on a final note the service was very good very attentive.

Lovely pub tucked away in the north of the New Forest. A warm welcome from staff, food and service excellent and a great atmosphere. Only downside, which is why I didn't give 5 stars, it was so cold, needed a roaring log fire or even some radiators.

This pub was great, the food was delicious and the staff were fantastic! We had dinner for a birthday celebration, so there were a lot of us, including kids and a baby, and they couldn't have been more hospitable. Shaun made us feel very welcome, whilst Bart and Toby waited us with perfect manners, despite the constant back and fourth with sauces and sides for the kids. Nothing was too much trouble for them! If you want great pub grub, with excellent service, this is the place for you. 5 stars!

Four of us went for Sunday lunch at The New Queen Inn today. The food and service were exceptional. Kiran was a standout. He was attentive and engaging. We will definitely return.

Wonderful roast dinner the service was fantastic but felt for the staff after hearing the constant raging from what I believe was the chef otherwise our experience was delightful . Highly recommend the Compass Inn for a fantastic Sunday Roast .

Building and Rooms lovely. Room was excellent in terms of size, appointment, cleanliness and comfort of bed (unfortunately it was a bit stuffy; noisy when kitchen fans were on; and, strangely, no-where to hang towels). Unfortunately, the Downstairs (bar and Restaurant) is tired and has a 'grubby pub' feel; e.g. crockery not clean, 'restaurant' waiting staff were super friendly but not knowledgeable nor efficient. Barman actually quite brusque and pulled cork from £30 bottle of wine out of sight of table and plonked on the table like a bottle of ketchup.

The lovely staff member Shelby is fantastic and works very hard the food was lovely will definitely be coming back again

I’ll start with the positives: the staff were very friendly, they allow dogs in the bar, and it’s a good location. But MY GOD the food was unbelievably poor, both in quality and value. £24.95 for a roast that contained three slithers of meat, three tiny cold roast potatoes, one slice of carrot, one slice of cabbage, a small parsnip, and a stone cold Yorkshire pudding. And that was the “upgraded” Duo roast, with two meats. There was more empty space on the plate than food, which is hardly how a roast is supposed to look. A Black Forest knickerbocker glory was £10.50, and was just an average size ice cream portion. It was a family table of 10, with two impatient three year olds, so we didn’t send the food back, but certainly on another occasion would’ve done. Don’t eat here. Bad.

This is a real little gem! The food is really lovely, tasty and fresh. The restaurant is very welcoming and the service was brilliant. Not over priced which in today’s market is unusual. We would happily come here again

Nice Friendly restaurant. Nicely decorated Curry good Average with some own recipes. Quite expensive for average curry

Great view. Popped in for lunch on Friday. Fairly quiet. On asking for 2 latte's with Soya Milk. The lady at the till just looked at me and said "can't do that at the moment" no explanation no offer of alternatives, just looked at me blankly. My daughter overheard and asked her if you had any hot drinks and she said "oh yes you can have americano" To be honest the way she spoke to me gave the impression there were no hot drinks. My daughter noticed the coffee machines were being worked on so assume thats why there was no latte's etc. But had to work that out ourselves! The same older lady brought our pastys over and just plonked them on our table without even a smile or a nod. We're very friendly, hate to think how difficult customers would be treated! Other members of staff seemed lovely and the food was fine although very expensive. The view is definately the selling point.

The 3.5 average review says it all. The most expensive bar in Lymington for drinks and the service is usually terrible. Perfect setting and lovely decor but I don’t want to be writing about that when reviewing somewhere; I’d rather be raving about quality service or food - this place has neither. Saved by one of the staff, Elysse, on more than one occasion. Without her, I’d probably be asking for a refund and giving the place a lower score.

One night stay with dinner and breakfast. Friendly, efficient staff. Helpful and attentive without overdoing it. Fixed a minor problem in the room instantaneously.

This place is a beautiful venue and been before for afternoon tea but it’s gone very down hill. Staff were terrible need some Training in hospitality and dealing with customers and issues. I can see this has been a trend by reading other recent reviews. Hopefully the owners read this review and start dealing with the issues as it’s such a shame. Waiting hours for afternoon tea which never arrived ended up leaving. Didn’t get the correct drinks and no one can back to see if we were ok etc I really hope you can turn things around as otherwise don’t know how you can keep going as is

ah what an awesome venue for live music and great food, never disappoionted and bella is the perfect host/barperson Joe +Tracy