The best restaurants serving Other cuisines food in Lyndhurst New Forest South East

One of the fun things about travelling around, (often in your own 'backwoods'), is when you unexpectantly stumble across a small eaterie or coffee house that you did not know existed... as was just the case for me recently with Forest Edge Roasting in Lyndhurst. I spend quite a bit of time in The New Forest and especially in Lyndhurst, (the de facto capital of the Forest in fact), for one reason or another and am quite well acquainted with the High Street coffee chains & independent outlets in the main part of the high street..but I don't normally have reason to head further up the village past the terrific Lyndhurst Antiques sited on the corner. However last week whilst visiting a couple of friends who trade in the Antique Centre somebody mentioned Forest Edge Roasting, just around the corner..so offering to buy them hot drinks, I popped around the corner..just 3 or 4 doors up... and there indeed it was. Not sure if I had opened the right door, (it looking for all the world like an entrance to one of the flats above), a good-looking, well laid out & spotlessly clean, coffee bar met my eyes, with several comfy-looking nooks in which to sit... and in the far corner, a small wee business-like area where, I was told, the owner actually roasts the coffee beans..so you can't get much fresher than that!. The delightful young lady behind the counter was very welcoming and appeared to know well the specific coffee order that I was putting in for my two friends..and for me, well I opted for a hot chocolate. Probably a sacrilegious thing for me to order in a 'proper' coffee house', but she was very happy with my order and so, thankfully, I got my 'rare treat'! On a cold morning, I am so glad I stuck to my guns and ordered my favoured hot-choccie as it was just superb..and was even more pleased that I ordered their large option..for though in my experience of ordering take-out drinks, hot chocolate is an easy drink to get wrong: too thick or too thin, too sweet or not sweet enough..luke- warm or mouth-burningly hot....however Forest Edge Roasting's offering was spot-on and just mouth-watering.... ....and my two pals also gave the thumbs up to their coffees as well! So if you ever find yourself down in Lyndhurst, (you may have popped in to view the famous Ferrari garage down at the bottom of the village or you are perhaps heading up to see Alice Liddell's grave...the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's 'Alice Through The Looking Glass'... in the Churchyard of St Michael & All Angels Church at the top end of Lyndhurst), make sure you find time to you pop into Forest Edge Roasting, ( at the top of the village on the right-hand side), for cuppa..either in or as a take-out..! Here you'll get a wonderful welcome, a cracking hot drink...and you'll also be helping another hard-working, small local business compete with the major high street chains in these times of tough trading! 👍

This is a cycle shop with a small but great cafe serving delicious cakes and light lunches to eat in or take out. A terrific change from all the chain coffee shops. Friendly service and a nice peaceful ambience.

Excellent food and coffee with quick service, best cafe in Lyndhurst will be going back for more

We popped in here for some morning refreshment whilst slugging it around the nearby shops of Lyndhurst. The waiter quickly found us a table, it was about 10am on a bank-holiday Monday so fairly busy. We ordered a hot chocolate & a chocolate-mint shake, which to be honest wasn’t very minty! It was okay, but a bit expensive really. The hot choc was very nice (words of my wife!) We decided to order a Croque Madame to share. It was actually pretty tasty, however they forgot the mushrooms and normally there’s more of a gooey cheese with this dish so I think they could do with improving this to be more authentic. We sat inside as it was a little nippy, but outdoor seating is available. Staff seemed very efficient and friendly. Other people’s food appeared nice as it was brought out. A nice selection of cakes available in the cabinet. Lyndhurst is served by a large main car park just down the road, in easy walking reach of this Tea House.

This was our second visit to this wonderful pub and both times have been excellent! The food, drink and atmosphere are all exceptional, we would highly recommend this fantastic pub!

Lovely pub - caters for everyone. Large seating area outside with a large tv. Nice restaurant space indoors as well as a separate bar area. The food was presented lovely and tasted as good as it looked. Reasonably priced too. Staff were friendly and attentive.

What a family what fantastic produce...I drove specially from London to buy a Chicken Borcalli Pie, and Sausage roll, and a delicious Carrot cake....Thank you madame and daughters .....stay single......

Wonderful food and beautiful garden. Dog friendly and brought mine over a water bowl.

Great ice cream here with lots of flavours. It is also a coffee shop and the cakes looked good. However for an ice cream whilst walking around Lyndhurst this place is a good choice.

We hadn't eaten in the Fox and Hounds for a couple of years as our last experience wasn't great. I am pleased to say we gave it another go. They even did their set menu on a Bank Holiday Monday. We all had 3 courses and all were very good. Delicious home made soup, 3 different main courses and treacle tart and sticky toffee pudding. However without doubt the stand out dish was the caprese salad. It was soooo good! Also a massive shout out to Rebecca, a true hospitality professional and a credit to the Fox and Hounds. We will be back 🙂

Visited on the 14/5/25 very welcoming, had the smaller chicken and mushroom pie and it was delicious, wife had ham, egg and chips, chips were very thick and also delicious, spacious garden and undercover eating areas as well inside which was very delightful, if we down in Lyndhurst again this is where we are eating 10/10.