The best restaurants serving British food in Hart South East

We booked Sunday lunch on a reccomendation of friends. It was extremely popular and we were immediately attended by very efficient staff. We had one Roast dinner and one fish pie both of which were excellent The atmosphere and warmth of hospitality were exceptional. (As a traditional English pub establishment should be) The car parking arrangements were a little difficult but only because Sunday lunchtime is obviously a very busy time Hats off to the chefs and all the restaurant staff Our best Sunday Lunch in a long time.

Lovely staff, food superb best onion rings I have ever had out batter so light. All our meals were excellent. Menu choices good plus dishes of the day to choose from.

We held our daughter’s 18th birthday at the cricketers the landlord and staff were amazing and she had the best night. Thanks to Jason and his team

Lovely supper with my little boy

It was a little quiet but the food was fantastic, cooked freshly (upon the order), all homemade, great serving size and flavoursome. Service was spot on with friendly and efficient staff.

Nice pub with good food. However the service is non existent so if you want anything at all you have to get up and wander around the empty pub trying to find your server who is inevitably chatting to other staff members. This would have been acceptable for a local pub but then they add a 10% service charge onto the bill? For what? Haha

Fabulous food and great service. Our roast dinners were delicious and great portion sizes. It is a lovely place - would definitely recommend.

Thoroughly enjoyed our dinner at The Poacher. Tasty and reasonably priced. Lovely environment and the experience was topped off by meeting the lovely Pierre - so friendly and knowledgeable. Thanks for looking after us so well! Looking forward to returning when we are next in the area. Merci 😀

This restaurant really needs to determine its demographic. While the food was sublime the restaurant was packed and I mean packed with children. We asked to be moved three times before finding a semi-quiet table. It was like attending a creche. This is fine if you are paying for a chain restaurant but not for a restaurant that purports fine dining. It's not only the food but the ambience that counts. This could all be rectified by having a family restaurant and one for adults. Service was slow initially too. Had to wait 30 minutes for a cocktail although we were offerred some "bubbles" as the staff recognised the delay. We were told by staff that the hotel aims for kids at the weekend so sadly we will now avoid but as I said earlier the food was wonderful but sadly overshadowed by the kids.

I thought the lamb rump was excellent. Tender and very tasty. And the friendly and efficient service from the assistant manager Simon was first rate. Will definitely come again.

A beautiful place! The food is fantastic, the personnel very friendly and professional and the atmosphere absolutely amazing! Highly recommended!

Lovely helpful staff, great food and lovely atmosphere. Perfect to spend mums birthday lunch there and able to take our dog in too! Perfect!

It had been highly recommended to us by many people. We booked in for my Mum's birthday and the staff could not have been more helpful and welcoming. Really nice atmosphere whether you're there for dinner or just drinks. The roast dinner was impressive, almost too much food with beautifully cooked meat and varied vegetables. Beer and wine selection is also very good, the local beer Phoenix Ale I can recommend for anyone wanting a traditional English Ale. I definitely want to go back again soon, we randomly ended up there the day before our dinner on a pub crawl of Hartney Whitney and had a lot of fun. The staff are always accommodating and friendly, I'll be recommending it to everyone I know.

We went in for a cup of tea at this self-service cafe. The service was slow because a new member of staff was being trained but not properly guided or supervised. We then looked for a table. The cafe was less than a quarter full but there was not one clear table to sit at! There were no clearing staff in sight so we cleared a table for ourselves, but of course we could not wipe it down. About 10 minutes later a member of staff appeared, surveyed the tables and left without taking a single item with them. Shortly after another member of staff appeared and cleared one table (one down only forty left) and took a full tray out. Two minutes later she came back and started on the next table. Then the first member of staff came back and started remonstrating with the one clearing the table. She then went off and the table clearer took a second tray out. At this rate she was never going to clear all the tables as new ones were being created quicker that she could deal with them. A bit of common sense is required: use a trolley so that several tables can be cleared at a time.