The best restaurants serving British food in Waverley South East

Recently refurbished. Looking fantastic. Under new management. Definitely worth a visit. Tom the new landlord is doing his best to turn it around. Go on, give it a go!

The food was good & the staff were friendly. Plenty of choice and it's nice when the light shines into the cafe.

If you want to have a veggie option roast then go early as it was sold out by 3:30.

Bland food, tepid at best, no atmosphere place was dead, waiter kept looking at his watch and said we close at 11pm even though we were seated at 9.45, avoid !!!

A simple mince steak pie with baked beans served with 3 soup plates. Which ridiculously cools the food quickly and you have navigate between three stupid huge plates a simple lunch made stupid, served minutes apart. A whole soup plate of baked beans. Chips in another plate. Then a 3rd soup plate with stupidly hot shepards pie in uts own plate, 4 plates for one lunch. Soup requires a wide soup plate. Chips, baked beans and shepherds pie Do not use Soup plates. Tasteless hot and cold, ridiculous..

Well done Hemingways! Bank Holiday Monday! So busy! We were warned there was a half hour wait on food, but in less than ten minutes the plates were put in front of us. Delicious! Everyone was happy, smiling and so friendly! We will be back.

Decaff oat latte was terrible. Used 'Alpro' oat milk - the lowest quality.

Did attend The Crown Christmas Eve 2024 was a good singing night. Will be going to The Crown every Christmas now.

Stopped off here on our way to Lymington with our 2 small dogs for a drink, lunch and a break. We had a chicken baguette and a cheese and ham wrap. Both very tasty and very reasonable price. Staff very helpful and friendly. If you are passing, give it a try.

Very small portions and expensive

Nice and lovely place, we had a good experience there and would visit again , they are friendly and helpful as well

We have visited The Spotted Cow many times over the years and have always enjoyed great food and excellent customer service. Sadly, today’s experience was incredibly disappointing. We arrived for our booking to find our table wasn’t ready. This wasn’t a problem — we ordered some drinks while we waited. However, 25 minutes later, the table was still unavailable. Once we were finally seated, we placed our orders and initially things seemed to be going smoothly, albeit with noticeably slow service. At that point, we were still hopeful. Unfortunately, the food arrived cold. Two roast dinners were served without any gravy. The children’s meal was also cold and had an odd taste, as did the burger. My pizza was undercooked with solid, unmelted chunks of cheese. Being 26 weeks pregnant, I have to be particularly careful with what I eat. Thankfully, the pizza wasn’t something that would make me unwell. A member of staff checked on us after just one bite, but we didn’t see anyone again. We requested gravy, and only one small jug was brought out — barely enough for one person. We also ordered a drink for one of the children, which never arrived. The roast dinners were extremely small and fatty — just a few bits of meat and a single parsnip. Absolutely not worth the price. A small glass of wine cost over £8, and we weren’t able to order more than one pineapple juice as there was only one bottle left. Service was so slow that keeping a toddler entertained became increasingly difficult. We felt compelled to raise our concerns. However, the response from a gentleman in a shirt (possibly a manager or the owner) was, “Well, you should have complained earlier.” When we explained our reasons for waiting, he was incredibly dismissive. He offered 20% off the bill, which only removed the service charge. Following this, the waitresses became noticeably frosty towards our table. I was still eating when they began clearing plates around me. One of the waitresses then walked off while making a comment about us, which was clearly unprofessional. This visit was a huge disappointment, especially as some of our family had travelled a long way to join us. We have always loved coming to this pub and so have they. The way we were treated today was simply unacceptable. We don’t usually complain, but the poor quality of the food and service needed to be addressed. Sadly, we won’t be returning again.

Great menu lovely carvery and dessert trolley to die for x

Small kitchen so be prepared for a wait for large groups 15+, especially if you haven't preordered. Food was amazing. Every dish that came out I had FOMO about.

Very good service and delicious food. Couldn’t ask for more. We visited this afternoon for an early tea with a toddler. All food was really tasty. Shared the Camembert to start and then had 2 x fish and chips, a Greek mezze and a kids pizza. All were very good quality! A little mix up between Greek salad and Greek mezze was quickly and professionally rectified.