The best restaurants serving British food in Forest North West New Forest South East

Very unusual for this establishment as normally service is great. Today the bar worker was both inattentive upon our arrival and when asked to clean the table basically "eye-rolled" and then asked "is that good enough for you" in a manner not befitting the usual service received here. Very disappointed as we used to come here all the time to see that standards appear to have slipped. The ultimate show of inattentiveness was when the bar worker dropped her phone into the bin whilst scrolling behind the bar.

We are regulars for lunch on a Sunday and the Carvery is brilliant, however other menu limited. The soup off the day has been mushroom for out last 3 visits (don't like it).. The table and chair arrangements today were awful. We were packed in like sardines. Couldn't hear ourselves talk and could hear everyone else's conversations. Sat nest to a large table of 12 with 3 huge, hairy, very smelly, muddy dogs. The smell was overwhelming and not conducive with the eating area. The pub was cold on arrival and 2 tables complained and came in from the conservatory. The food off menu limited and boring, though fairly good quality. The desserts again same old, same old... Sorry Old Beams, we won't be back for a while now.

We had Christmas dinner here and it was thoroughly delicious, from arrival to leaving we were attended to by the staff, who were very polite and courteous. The food was magnificent on our table we had a coeliac and vegan, there was not an empty belly.

Just had a very nice roast dinner. Lovely staff and service and reasonable prices. A very comfortable place. I'd happily come back .

We actually had a few trips here, for a casual drink, then lunch and a Sunday dinner. We couldn't fault the food and friendly welcome. New owners, Maddie and Billy made sure we were happy with food, accommodating a very fussy husband. Service from them and staff was lovely. Thai night food was amazing, thankyou Yada. And Sunday dinner, WoW! I have never seen so much food, and gorgeous.