The Forage Reviews Summary

Menu and Food Quality

Pros:

• "A very well managed place with lots of choices on the menu."
• "Great menu and the food was just as excellent!"
• "The food is usually excellent. Great flavours and good portion sizes."
• "The food looks beautiful and fresh, the service and team are lovely."
• "The food was amazing, highly recommend the Chicken Alfredo & garlic bread.... delicious & a really good size portion."
• "The food is always fresh."
• "The food was absolutely delicious."

Cons:

• "Only issue was that my husband is gluten free and the website stated they had gf pizzas but on arrival we were told that they don't do them."
• "Paying £8.50 for garlic mushrooms is already quite steep but when you open the box and it's 4 mushrooms and a small salad."
• "The food was not worth the price. £15 for a salad that was worth half of that."
• "The food was okay, but I've had better English breakfast than this one."
• "Pizza too thick and dough was like it hadn’t been proved over a long time."
• "The cheese however was pre grated I a factory by the look and taste of it. Rubbery with little flavour."
• "The calamari was extremely chewy and didn't have much flavour."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was very very prompt and the staff were pleasant."
• "All staff exceptionally pleasant and sincerely helpful."
• "The service was very friendly and efficient."
• "The service from all staff was fantastic."
• "Staff were very welcoming and efficient."
• "The service was excellent and efficient and friendly."
• "The staff are very friendly and incredibly helpful!"

Cons:

• "The glass that was given to one person in my party for his drink was completely filthy."
• "They are very defensive and appear not to take any responsibility for mistakes that can/are bound to happen sometimes."
• "Although the staff are friendly and courteous, the speed of service can be slow."
• "Sadly the service was so appalling and waitress was so rude we left before we got to order."
• "Soft Drinks and Coffee very expensive so went without, £4 for a small bottle of ginger beer!"
• "Extremely bad service - been there a few times due to the convenience of the place and I even had go to the till myself to get a menu and order as the waitresses kept ignoring us."
• "Appalling service and overall experience."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "The portions were decent and value for money."
• "It was so affordable for the quality and quantity."
• "Provided me with the best breakfast I've had in years."
• "Food is excellent at an astonishingly cheap price."
• "The food is excellent value, always delicious and tasty too!"
• "Top notch service and delicious food, all at a reasonable price."
• "Excellent value."

Cons:

• "We also found it was very over priced, paying £35 for two lunches and two soft drinks."
• "£8 for two coffees, ridiculous - ive been a regular visitor and won't return very disappointing."
• "But the drinks are well overpriced. A very watery iced latte is 4.50 and room temperature orange juicy that melts all the ice from a carton is 3.00."
• "The pizza was non descript. He had the meaty one. It was ok, but English sausage on it and sparse ingredients made it not worth the £15-16 they're asking for it."
• "Niceish food but portions are very small and the price is quite expensive."
• "Thought it was nice environment but food OK and quite expensive."
• "When I enquired about the bill the manager was absolutely rude and said we charge for everything!!!"

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Visited this little town and came across this amazing restaurant."
• "We sat in the courtyard out the back, quiet and peaceful."
• "The venue so beautiful, fresh, spacious and clean."
• "Beautiful table in the garden and dog friendly."
• "The decor was lovely, the seating comfortable and there was gentle piano music playing."
• "Definitely the more upmarket of the coffee shops/ cafes in Lyndhurst with a lovely sunny outdoor terrace to enjoy in the summer months."
• "The atmosphere of restaurant superb."

Cons:

• "Food came out really quickly, it was nice but nothing spectacular."
• "The atmosphere was loud and it felt as if people had to shout over one another to talk."
• "Noisy place, couldn't hear my own voice over the kitchen noises."
• "The tart itself was also a mess and just fell apart in a way that was completely unappetizing."
• "The atmosphere in the cafe felt really stressed."
• "Atmosphere - a bit busy and noisy."
• "The cafe lacks a little bit of character and needs something to give it that va va voom."