The best restaurants serving British food in Downlands and Forest New Forest South East

Really wonderful, fresh, seasonal food, prepared with attention to detail and flavour. Rhubarb pavlova was a winner.

Lovely to be back at the RAT. Great service, lovely meal, as good as it always used to be. Friendly service, great vibe. Looking forward to returning again soon.

Monday lunchtime and the pub was full! That must say something about the quality of food, service and atmosphere! ....and good value too. One of our preferred regular haunts.

Visited the new forest for a family Sunday lunch. The three pubs we tried all booked up so left the forest hoping to find somewhere. By chance we stopped here and so glad we did. Lovely garden for the three children with play equipment. Varied menu with child friendly options. Food came out in a timely way and was hot. Lovely helpful staff. Lovely guy whose people skills were excellent. Bill was reasonable. So what started as a disaster with fed up children turned out to be a very nice lunch.

We went here after reading good reviews in the daily echo, but I will certainly not be going back. I ordered the sirloin steak, not cheap at £22, and unfortunately was part way through it when I noticed a large insect had been cooked with it. After pulling it off of my steak I called over a waitress who said she would fetch the manager. The manager came over and inspected the insect, and then amazed me by saying "I am not sure exactly what you want me to do about it, we are in the new forest after all and unfortunately you have to expect this kind of thing to happen with all of the insects and bugs etc flying around, would you like a dessert instead?". Needless to say I declined his offer, settled the bill less the £7 he knocked off for my unwelcome extra, and left never to return again. Be warned, do not eat here unless in training for I'm a Celebrity duties.

Wow, so I went for a medium Biscoff Frozen Yoghurt that turned out to be huge! A generous amount of Cadbury’s Fudge was added to my serving, too. Very popular with students, and I can see why!