The Mayflower Reviews Summary

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Lovely room, spotlessly clean."
• "The room was generally comfortable and a reasonable size."
• "The rooms are very modern and nicely appointed with some fun mottos on the walls."
• "Plenty of cupboard and wardrobe space."
• "Our room was perfect, bay window, bath in the room, coffee machine, party sized bed, absolutely spotless, likewise the en-suite."
• "Stayed for two nights lovely room clean and spacious and cookie treats and coffee machine an extra."
• "Beautiful, spacious room with all the right touches."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the shower tray filled very quickly, so you had to keep turning it off during your shower."
• "Room 2 (wildflower) needs new pillows as myself and my husband have come away with bites."
• "The bed needs a new mattress old and noisy it kept us awake !!!"
• "The room we had was mostly great with a lovely bathroom. However much of the furniture is damaged and looking tired."
• "Our room was single glazed and a little cool, unsurprising due to the time of year and frankly double glazing would spoil the room."
• "Room needs attention."
• "As you leave the bar to go upstairs to the rooms there is a strong dog smell."

Location

Pros:

• "Close to Lymington high street and a good base for a coastal walk."
• "20 mins walk to Lymington Quay."
• "A great location just opposite the Lymington Marina and Sailing Club and just across the river to the Isle of Wight Ferry to Yarmouth."
• "The pub / restaurant is well located for a nice stroll along the sea wall to work off your meal."
• "Great location close to the harbour."
• "It's in a fantastic location, has a car park."
• "Very convenient for the sailing clubs."

Cons:

• "The house itself is very iconic. A bit distant, but the centrum is close enough, and the marina right beside."
• "It was a bit annoying to find the entrance."
• "The only 'down side' at the time of visiting, was there was no lighting in the back garden."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "All was fresh, delicious and well presented."
• "The Yorkshire puddings were enormous and the portion sizes substantial."
• "There was a sense of skilled use of quality ingredients - there is clearly a creative and confident cook in the kitchen."
• "The mushroom, bean and kale wellington was delicious and I would highly recommend it."
• "The food was the best we have had whilst staying in the New Forest!"
• "The food tasted absolutely delicious."
• "The food was delicious, we had Calamari and Pork Rissetti for starters, followed by Gammon Steak and Burger."

Cons:

• "Surf and turf over £25 and it’s not by any means a large portion nor anything spectacular taste wise."
• "Expensive prices for very small food portions eg chips and sandwiches."
• "The beef was chewy and the portion size was very small."
• "Good poor had haddock flavoured batter. Poor quality small portions. Dry burger. Chicken less pie."
• "Food not worth the money. Had the Crab Mac & Cheese. It was lacking any sign of crab meat?"
• "Had a roast beef dinner here it was very poor."
• "The food was quite bland."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was pretty good for a pub - highly recommend!"
• "The food waiters and waitresses were friendly and the food came quickly."
• "The staff were very accommodating and friendly."
• "The staff were attentive and helpful."
• "Marcell & Beth, excellent hosts, very professional knowledgeable."
• "Beautiful food with great service and excellent staff."
• "The staff were simply brilliant. Friendly, attentive and all genuine."

Cons:

• "Customer service non-existent."
• "The young bar manager (who thinks it's OK to shout to his staff across the busy restaurant) was extremely rude to us."
• "A very rude staff member trying to charge us for another table."
• "Unfriendly staff, made you feel unwelcome everything seemed too much trouble."
• "The service was very slow."
• "Unwelcoming, unfriendly and expensive."
• "Staff rude, unfriendly and unhelpful, took my brand new drink away when I popped 5m to my car to get sunglasses."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The place has a nice relaxed atmosphere and the toilets were very clean."
• "The premise itself is beautiful with lots of local character! Love it!"
• "Lovely looking place with large outside seating area."
• "The pub has an incredible beer garden. Outstanding in the summer."
• "Lovely atmosphere."
• "A lovely pub, great atmosphere and big beer garden with a BBQ!!"
• "The atmosphere was brilliant."

Cons:

• "Really really disappointing."
• "Pub was almost empty at peak season....says it all really."
• "No atmosphere what so ever. Sorry but won't be visiting again."
• "The mayflower used to be a very family-friendly pub/eatery. However, the change to the seating and eating arrangements has left it confused."
• "Super disappointed and definitely don’t feel inclined to return any time soon I’m afraid."
• "Very disappointing."
• "Will not bother visiting again."