The best restaurants serving British food in New Forest South East

Excellent iced coffee, friendly, accommodating service and a delicious meatball panini. Very reasonably priced. Will visit again.

Wonderful quality for a huge family order with lots of variety - all delicious! We had a group of 15 with varying tastes and everyone was really happy with what they had, the fish was beautifully cooked and great chips too.

Having had a ploughman's at another pub in the week, this was a breath of fresh air. Served on a sensible sized plate with a good choice of main items such as Pork Pie, Scotch egg, Cheeses but it was enhanced by a choice of bread, Branston or local chutney, silver onions, gherkins and a sensible sized piece of butter. Everything had so much flavour and was good value for money. A+ and will visit again.

Great cafe, lovely owner who's always up for a chat even when she's busy. Reasonably priced, well made food. Had very nice bacon sandwich last time I was there. Highly recommend popping in if you are passing.

Afternoon tea for 6..lovely food..excellent service and we were not rushed at all..thank you so much for a lovely afternoon

Ambiente fantástico y quesos uno para morir! Personal atento y vajilla maravillosa - hace una gran diferencia, créeme!

Although it is along some country roads once there the welcome is warm and friendly and the food is always really wonderful. We travel from Southampton to get there and it has been well worth every mile on each of the half dozen occasions we have been there so far...and counting!!

A great place to stop for some lovely Cafe grub! Familly and Dog friendly too! Thank you for a fantastic lunch/breakfast

Lovely meal, great portion sizes and good quality food. We would recommend

The best place for breakfast. We travel from Southampton each time to enjoy it. The quality of food, the service and the whole place is amazing. We absolutely love coming back and we have reassurance that the food will as superb as each time . Coming back tomorrow for a lunch and cannot wait.

Didn't have any decaf coffee or skinny milk, didn't do brown bread sandwiches, also we waited along time for our food as there was only 1 person serving

I first reviewed the Rose and Thistle under the old lovely owners - fabulous food and service. It was wonderful to hear that the community had managed to take over the running of the pub, and today was our first sunny trip to the RaT under the new community landlords. Very pleased to say it’s as good as it always was. Superb food and fantastic service. I had a bit of a meze with the cheese soufflé at the heart - was a fabulous soufflé and all the food was just divine. For those (like me) who rarely carry cash with them, just be aware that they don’t currently take tips on card - felt guilty not being able to tip the superb service. We will definitely be back. Congrats to the Rockborne community for bringing back the Rose and Thistle and making it marvellous!

We spotted this place Sunday evening having just arrived in Milford on sea for a three day break and decided it looked the perfect spot for breakfast the next day. Having a dog in with four adults meant this was vital he was allowed in and thankfully he was. The four of us decided to have titanic breakfasts which came with everything you would expect to see on an english breakfast. Whilst waiting the three of us who had coffees all commented on the lovely taste and quality of the beans so this got the tastebuds tingling for the main event. The breakfasts came and did not disappoint. Standouts were the sausages and the black pudding as they were both so tasty but you could not fault anything. Upon leaving I did also point out to the person who appeared to be the manager that the service that the young man looking after us gave to us throughout was outstanding with everything we requested being carried out quickly and efficiently with a smile.

Stopped here with the family for a brunch on a Saturday. Was very busy but the friendly front of house girls were attentive and made sure we had a table, plus they wiped it down instantly rather than letting us sit near any mess. We ordered a small breakfast, a breakfast bap, and for our 7 year old, they allowed us to make up a plate of things as "extras" from the menu which was great. Not sure if they allow swaps or not on the set menu's (many in New Forest don't allow). The food was really tasty, all good quality ingredients, excellent butchers sausages, and HP/Heinz sauces (not refilled with cheap stuff). Coffee was also nice and everything served nice and hot. Excellent food, great service, clean - will return when next in the area on holidays.

We had a really lovely three course lunch here today. The food was excellent and the waiting staff/students were all so polite and helpful. I really recommend it.