The best restaurants serving British food in Selborne East Hampshire South East

We visit The Hanger as often as possible. Its perfect for a quick lunchtime bite or a special occasion. The menu has something to suit all tastes and budgets. The hands on, working owners (chef & front) of house provide an experience “second to none”. As well as lovely food, extensive wine & cocktail list, The Hanger has fabulous inside & outside spaces. A sunny terrace and log fires. Well worth a visit.

Did a walk up the zig zag path to enjoy the beautiful views over the Downs and surrounding countryside and the ‘pin drop peace ‘ of the common and then enjoyed a lovely unhurried lunch in the sunshine at this friendly cafe. Our tuna and bacon sandwiches were garnished with salad and crisps and much better value than standard ‘stately home’ fare. Thanks so much 😊

I had the duck salad, and although the quality was good the quantity was very small. Ok duck is expensive, but the amount of salad was poor. And no--one asked if everything was Ok.

Given that the food within Country Market itself – the butcher, the cheese counter and the vegetables are all wonderful this could have been fabulous - However, apparently this cafe has nothing to do with country market at all. My salad (at over £7) was iceberg lettuce, 2 tasteless tomato's chopped into quarters, and about eight slices of cucumber. And the chicken was extraordinary! It had been cut into square sided wedges like chips and had clearly been cooked and then frozen. It was very cold, watery and the first couple of pieces tasted a bit like fish. Suffice it to say that I left the majority of the quite generous portion. When I ordered I was offered by the wonderful staff to have either mayonnaise or have it as coronation chicken – I suspect that was to hide the reality of the meat (if you can call it that) itself. They have no salad dressing. You can only have mayonnaise or salad cream – unless you want to put the malt vinegar they use for the chips on your salad. Olive oil does not exist and apparently they only use vegetable oil in the kitchen The redeeming feature was the coleslaw which was absolutely lovely – as were the staff. The cakes looked great and the people in there seemed quite happy with their coffee. They don't actually have a salad on the menu so I suspect they normally put the chicken in a baked potato or a sandwich but for those people who can't eat grains a salad was the only option. I was grateful that they made it for me however I think cheese might have been a safer bet! I was so stunned by how truly terrible it was that I didn't even manage to take a photograph – very remiss or you would've seen the state of the chicken! I was sorely disappointed – it was one of the worst meals I've ever eaten. I would've done better to have gone into the shop and bought an avocado, a couple of tomatoes and a piece of cheese! I know for next time!!