"The chef and team at the New Forest Inn cooked a wonderful meal."
"Delicious food, really nice little pub."
"Had the most superb Sunday roast in a long time with generous slices of meat, an enormous Yorkshire pudding and the best roast potatoes ever."
"The food was so delicious, I couldn't bear to leave any of it."
"The food was great with generous portions."
"The food was stunning, and they were so friendly and welcoming."
"The food is fabulous & the staff are friendly, helpful & efficient."
Cons:
"Food was very average with a long wait time, one meal wasn't great but the management sorted this issue promptly."
"Food tastes very basic and prices are somewhat premium."
"Steak pie dried out and tough."
"The food was quite mediocre, the lamb liver and pork round was way overcooked and really dry and the tastes were bland."
"Luke warm overpriced food."
"Avoid the food here at all costs! Microwaved spuds and veg, cold gooey Bisto gravy, leather hard meat and inedible frozen Yorkshire pudding."
"More disappointing was the veg served with both the pies and roast dinners which were frozen rather than fresh."
Service
Pros:
"The staff were very accommodating, polite and friendly."
"Staff are fantastic and friendly."
"Staff were friendly and attentive and our food was delicious."
"The service was very good, the lady in charge made sure customers were happy."
"Great service from some very attentive and helpful young ladies working that shift."
"The staff were so welcoming and friendly and nothing was too much trouble."
"The staff were welcoming, friendly, professional and efficient."
Cons:
"Our waitress was lovely, but we found another male waiter we made a light joke with very sarcastic, killing the mood on the table instantly."
"Was not impressed with the customer service."
"Service was terribly slow."
"Service was very slow and I had to keep looking for staff to make my order, ask for the bill, and pay."
"Waiting staff were poor, slow and more interested in dancing to the music than doing their job properly."
"We waited nearly half an hour before anyone took our order, then we had to ask."
"Bar waitress was lovely, our waiter however spoiled our dinner from the moment we walked in unfriendly and abrupt not hospitable at all."
Atmosphere & Location
Pros:
"Lovely location. Plenty of tables, good pub menu, the usual classics are on it."
"The location is really lovely with wild pony's wandering all over the place."
"This pub has a lovely interior and garden and generally has a good atmosphere around the place."
"Very dog friendly, staff were friendly and lovely atmosphere."
"Lovley pub with loads of character."
"The pub location is perfect situated in the heart of the forest and only 10.5miles from the coast."
"Right off the edge of the forest, full of birdsong and ponies and just out of Lyndhurst, superb for walking."
Cons:
"Some of the garden tables are also on a hill so they are not comfortable to sit on, could do with a clean as well."
"The music was too loud and totally inappropriate."
"The place was empty and there was no welcome no hello nothing but a dirty look."
"We were sat in the garden on a wonky, old picnic bench under a tatty looking marquee."
"The outdoor seating area doesn't seem that well equipped for the change in seasons as it had no lights and no heaters."
"The place looks run down and the garden and decor needs updating."
"The constant stream of 'Erm, we didn't order that.', 'Where are the rest of the main courses?' and 'Sorry, that's raw inside.' really spoils the experience."
Accommodation
Pros:
"The rooms are nice, small but very nice."
"The rooms are spotlessly clean, bed is comfortable."
"We stayed in the newly renovated rooms."
"The rooms were very clean, comfortable with all the mod cons expected in the modern world."
"The rooms were beautifully traditional and waking up to new forest ponies outside the pub door was just idyllic."
"Bedroom was lovely, bright and cosy and warm."
"Our room was lovely. Well presented clean and tastefully decorated."
Cons:
"Next part the rooms, very basic and extremely hot."
"No hot water on the final morning, hairdryer didn't work."
"The rooms... need updating."
"We stayed in room Knighthwood - the only complaint is it has no window and gets very hot, we slept with open door all night."
"However, our room was pretty shabby and offered very little sound insulation from the pub."
"The room itself was absolutely tiny, had no bedside tables, there wasn't even room to open the door of the wardrobe."
"The mattress was so sunk in that when you lay on it my legs were above my body."