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

Met for a family gathering, came from Essex, London, Devon. Had a brilliant time, the food was excellent, rooms clean and tidy. Staff are a credit to the business. Will be back in the summer for another gathering. Thank you so much.

Popped in to this lovely quirky pub between Salisbury and Ringwood as we needed a loo stop and some lunch. It was humming with groups of people eating lunch. The meu is pretty extensive. I had a mountainous cheese and ham sandwich (£7.25) which was absolutely delicious, with some crisps and a small salad. My wife had a very good steak pie and chips (£17.50). We ordered water and a coke and then threw the water glass on the floor which caused a flurry of activity, but the staff were absolutely charming and cleaned up in no time. It was a very good experience. If you want pub grub in Ringwood I recommend this place.

Unwelcoming to families with young children. Staff with a lot of attitude. We’ve been here many times over the years but never again. Such a shame. We booked ahead for late Sunday lunch and when we arrived learnt dogs were not allowed in the restaurant. I asked if the bar was available but was told with attitude ‘I’ve just said there’s no room’. Clearly we had made the cardinal sin of needing anything from the staff and our booking was scrubbed from the book. We received a lot of attitude and eye rolling from the female restaurant manager and waitresses when we asked for our booked table back. We should have known to leave at this point. We had a baby and three toddlers and the staff blanked us. We asked for menus, we asked for our orders to be taken, we went to the bar for our drinks. We asked for water and glasses, We asked for drawing paper and received attitude again. Our children now starving were acting up. We asked for the bread and butter we ordered to keep them happy but ‘the kitchen hadn’t made it yet’. Two underwhelming roasts, a kids meal and £60 we got out of there. Of course we asked for the bill. And the card machine.

Lovely pub food in the heart of the new Forrest. Friendly service, I rushed and very pleasant atmosphere. You are made to feel welcome on arrival and who can forget the gorgeous Pub Labrador, Guinness

Really disappointing - and very expensive for the quality they are serving up. We came here after reading good reviews, when we arrived the car park was quite empty on a Saturday night and we should have taken that as a sign. The food is very expensive and incredibly overpriced for the quality - dry and not fresh fish & greasy chips. We left almost a £100 lighter and feeling very disappointed - we could have spent half of this and been more satisfied elsewhere. I would suggest avoiding.