The Barn New Milton Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was really delicious and good portion sizes (my burger was huge!!)."
• "The food is cooked superbly, I've eaten a number of times and have enjoyed everything so far."
• "The prime sirloin was cooked to perfection."
• "The food was amazing and cooked from scratch. Food was cooked to a high standard."
• "The food, wine, staff and afternoon tea absolutely superb!!!"
• "Food wonderful, all freshly cooked and taste amazing."
• "The food was amazing with an excellent choice menu."

Cons:

• "Chose gammon which was more like slices of chewy bacon!"
• "Bacon and beans had obviously been sat under a hot lamp for a period of time and the eggs were burnt around the edges."
• "Food was OK but nothing to shout about, deserts were very disappointing."
• "Very ordinary Sunday lunch, very little choice of mains and desserts."
• "Gravy needs thickening and more flavour."
• "Not much seafood, a bit of Salmon; no prawns! And was stodgy."
• "Food poor. I paid £10 for average chips, two burgers in a bun. No garnish whatsoever."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were helpful, friendly and committed to making sure we enjoyed ourselves."
• "Great service, really friendly owner."
• "The service was just fabulous."
• "The staff were very friendly and helpful on both occasions giving us taxi numbers and advice on the food."
• "Very friendly, helpful and welcoming staff."
• "The staff were all very good."
• "Excellent customer service from all staff I spoke with, so friendly but also very professional and attentive."

Cons:

• "It's gone right down hill since the last lot of staff were ceremoniously sacked by the owners."
• "The service was rather slow, between courses."
• "We ended up waiting a long time -not great when you're feeding children."
• "Wait for table set I e which was a bit slow, had to keep asking for order to be taken."
• "The wait for service cant be a bit long as it took them over an hour to serve for a dinner which was pre ordered."
• "Waited over 45 minutes for a drink, people left before they received their order as they were bored of waiting."
• "It took my friend and me 15 minutes to catch the attention of a member of staff and order our drinks."

Ambiance & Location

Pros:

• "The décor was very beautiful too."
• "The Barn has a pleasant relaxed feeling."
• "Super laid back & tranquil atmosphere: loved it."
• "Nice ambiance."
• "Beautiful, atmospheric and very relaxed atmosphere, as well as fantastic food."
• "Such a charming and characterful place."
• "The atmosphere of the barn, was relaxing, with mood music playing in the background."

Cons:

• "Bit out of the way location though!"
• "It is a little cold in the non summer months."
• "The restaurant was also a little cold."
• "Music very sombre."
• "The food was lovely as was the staff but it lacked atmosphere as not many people in and no background music."
• "Rather than embracing a community spirit by letting local families use their parking facilities... they prefer to install parking control measures to shoo them away and fine them."
• "No more Sunday Carvery, just a choice of roasts and vegetarian options."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Well worth the money, very well priced for area."
• "The roast meals were very good and the main meal plus dessert price of £15 was excellent value."
• "Excellent value for money £69 for family room including lovely breakfast."
• "For the price, this place is outstanding value for money and you'd be hard pushed to find anything better in the area."
• "Great value for money meal."
• "Both impressed with quality of the food with a great price."
• "Food was excellent and very reasonable price."

Cons:

• "Breakfasts very expensive and substandard, menu very confusing, very little buffet breakfast selection."
• "The continental breakfast was the bare minimum and there was no option for any hot food - in my opinion it was not worth the £100 price point."
• "Food good if a little expensive, although I had a Groupon, but at £10 for a breakfast with no drinks or extras like marmalade with toast seems a little over the top."
• "Very over priced and wouldn’t accept the discount I was given."
• "Price wasn't really warranted by the quality of food."
• "Price vs quality - poor."
• "Last time we went they didn’t have half the stuff on the menu, and the other half took what felt like a week to come to the table."