The best restaurants serving British food in New Forest South East

These guys accommodated 9 of us for lunch with 4 kids and a dog. Superb attentive service and delicious food. Healthy too 😀 Thankyou. Highly recommend

What a lovely find in Lymington - probably one of our best meals in the last few years and we enjoy eating out alot. We found this via the Michelin guide and made a day trip of it to visit this charming restaurant by the marina walking street. We chose to have an early lunch with their 7 course tasting menu. Our particular menu had a seafood focus to it and my goodness was it a treat. We had oyster dressed in honey and jalapeño, delicate crab with asparagus velouté and poached quail egg, skate cheeks with the most lovely langoustine sauce and lobster cassoulet! As the courses kept coming, we were delighted with different flavour combinations. The best, well - perhaps second best because the crab dish really stole the show - was the main dessert which was a sabayon with an indulgent chocolate mousse drizzled with the most perfect South African olive oil - the combination was nutty and rich and each time you inhaled, you got the lovely olive oil aroma dancing with the sabayon - such a surprisingly lovely combination that just makes you shake your head in wonder. Service was professional and attentive with a full understanding of each dish and detail. The accompanying wine flight was also the perfect compliment to the tasting menu - not trying to stand out but instead meanders with you on chef’s culinary journey. We drove from London and will do so again in a heartbeat to come back. The tasting menu is innovative and interesting, but not so wacky that you don’t recognise your meal. Prices are not cheap but certainly not over the top for the quality of the ingredients, experience and skill of the chef’s team and impeccable service. Lunch is a good time to visit as its not as busy as dinner (which they are often fully booked) and allows you time to enjoy the experience and still have a nice walk afterwards. Note: bring cash as service is not added to the credit card bill and can only be paid separately - nearest cash machine is at Tesco about 8 mins away so good to sort this out beforehand. Parking is available in the lots at the marina (if its busy, wait a few mins as people seem to come and go). Dress code I would say is comfortable and neat. The ambiance of the restaurant is calm and charming with a few little whimsical features that make you smile - we sat next to a metal angler fish lamp! But the team here really pulls it all together, - so welcoming, knowledgable and passionate about their food and wine. Such a lovely find and we will be back again soon!

Abysmal beyond words. The staff ignore you and ignore you. We had to find a waiter to order. Wrong drinks arrived - our fault apparently. When I voiced my displeasure it seemed to amuse the smirking young man who eventually came to see us. Food actually reasonable but literally ( and I do mean literally) the worst experience in a restaurant pub in my life. And as we speak I am chasing a coffee that never arrived - they can’t even get that right. Update - coffee cancelled as they couldn’t remember what we ordered. I summarise our visit as an experience of the worst service imaginable and staff that showed no concern whatsoever even after , half way through the stay, we expressed our disappointment. It did not get better at this point- it actually got worse.

Amazing food, fantastic service , excellent situation - terrific value for money - what’s not to like! A really great lunch with friends

We are fairly local, and I hadn’t been before. My friends had advised me that the landlord could be quite rude. When being served we asked him several questions regarding the ales, to which he kept silent and blanked us. What a strange way to treat customers. Very odd behaviour, and frankly off-putting. Why you would purposely be standoffish and rude is just bizarre. Anyway, the pizza van outside was great, which also had nothing to do with the pub. Unlikely to go again

Delicious food and excellent atmosphere in a beautiful setting. Perfect for a walk through the forest, plenty of outside space to enjoy and dog friendly to boot. Absolutely wonderful service from Chloe, a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. Thank you for accommodating our large group. Highly recommended.

The food was nice enough albeit very expensive. I don’t agree with ‘service charges’ it’s just restaurants helping themselves isn’t it. If you want to tip you tip - by choice…. There were very few patrons for a Saturday night, speaks for itself.

Visited for Easter Sunday lunch. 3 course set menu with a few options for all courses. Fantastic food, the roast beef was exceptional along with the gravy. Service was fantastic. Very good value.

Always a treat to have to have an evening here and never disapppoints, which is why I keep going back. Peter's food is delicious and beautifully presented and Nicola and her front of house team always give a very warm welcome and excellent service. This restaurant has been in business for many years and there's a very good obvious reason for that .Would highly recommend

Lovely lunch on our return Brockenhurst and Britannia Thai. Friendly service, lovely dishes including lamb massaman. Really glad we returned to this lovely restaurant.

Really beautiful place. Lovely people who work there. Would stay again... And again... And again.. Loads of places to go and visit all around you.

Quick and attentive service. We had cake and tea which was really nice. However, prices were at the high end. Good stopping off point in New forest.

Ate here as part of our stay here. Warm decor in the restaurant. Was given a warm welcome by our waiter who provided great service throughout the evening. Enjoyed tasty small Barbacoa Beef Tacos to start, a great Battered Haddock & Chips with a salted caramel to finish. Recommended if in area or staying at hotel.

Had Sunday lunch with the family at this hotel. The staff were friendly, the meal was good, very good, but the service was appallingly slow. The drinks at the beginning took 20 minutes to arrive. We had to cancel our coffee order as it had not arrived after 30 minutes, pay and leave. We felt completely ignored. It's a shame because that was poor, and we left feeling a bit fed up.