The Three Tuns Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "everyone thought the food was very good and I thought my game pie was excellent."
• "The best roast dinner I've had in a pub for many years."
• "Excellent presentation and taste on the food: pork belly, seafood linguine nero, supreme chicken."
• "The food is always of a high standard with friendly and quick service."
• "We had 2 burgers, one curry korma and one fish and chips and the was absolutely delicious."
• "The starters were to die for (mussels for me and baked camembert for my husband), followed by the Château Briand and it was cooked to perfection!"
• "The slow cooked pork was beautifully tender, the fish and chips were the best ever, lovely golden batter and crisp chips."

Cons:

• "Jersey royals were undercooked and kept warm making for a very dry and hard texture."
• "Roast Beef brisket wasn't very tasty, carrots hard french beans stringy."
• "Food was dreadful. Fish had funny texture and nasty taste and new potatoes were rock hard and green."
• "Overpriced menu and poor quality food."
• "Fish and chips were lacking tartar sauce and lemon, so room for improvement there, and batter was a bit poor."
• "The food is a big let down."
• "We ate seafood and it didn’t taste fresh. Bread was stale."

Service

Pros:

• "Table ready when we arrived. Good quick service."
• "Leanne was amazing and very helpful."
• "Staff exceptionally polite & accommodating, good reputation for food."
• "Professional young staff at the bar."
• "Service excellent with a cheerful disposition."
• "Great service and usually very good food. Any issues resolved promptly and professionally."
• "Staff were enthusiastic about the food and the atmosphere was lovely."

Cons:

• "Once again no table service when ordering drinks etc if you have a dog."
• "Very few tables for people to sit with dogs and hardly relaxing."
• "Nice pub but long wait for lunch on friday and it wasn't busy."
• "The front of house service was exceedingly lethargic and poor with seemingly no management coordination."
• "Service was good until after our dishes were taken and we then waited 20 minutes for a desert menu by which time we had gone off the idea of a desert."
• "We went to the firework night there and were appalled at the slow bar service in the barn and that they only had one card payment machine!"
• "No water served with the meal and cheap disposable serviettes. For the price, this should be changed."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Beautiful country pub on the edge of the New Forest."
• "The pub is picturesque and cosy (winter time)."
• "Lovely venue and location."
• "A really friendly and welcoming pub."
• "The pub and venue are stunning and the food delicious."
• "This is a great pub. It has a great choice of beer and superb food. The garden is massive."
• "An old picturesque English country pub set on the edge of the new forest."

Cons:

• "Bit too gastro and not very family-friendly."
• "Full of pompous staff and barmaids who prefer to serve known regulars."
• "The location is a little outside of Christchurch so you may struggle with a taxi home (as we did)."
• "What used to be a lovely, relaxing area ideal for wasting away a wet afternoon has now been converted to a harsh, sterile room with uncomfortable, out of context furniture."
• "Nightmare with our big pram though as there is not enough room to swing a cat 😅"
• "No personality. At all."
• "We had to sit in beer garden which was cold as it had been raining."

Value

Pros:

• "Two courses with drinks was around £55 which I felt was about right for the quality and service."
• "We paid about £25 per head for a main, dessert and drinks."
• "Highly recommend this English village pub, high standard of food presentation and service at very reasonable prices."
• "Delicious food, served on massive plates... they give you loads of food, for little cash!"
• "Good quality selection of food on the menu - with a range of options you don't often find and at reasonable prices."
• "Main courses are good quality, tasty and fairly priced."
• "Price was good too - on the higher end, but worth it."

Cons:

• "Food was pretentious and expensive for a pub."
• "The food was very expensive (£120 for 5 people, 2 courses each) and quite 'fiddly'."
• "Nice little pub but the staff were rude and the food is VERY expensive for what it is."
• "The New Forest Toad in the Hole was very small and certainly overpriced (14 quid for two small sausages)."
• "The menu is over priced."
• "The price they charge for steak is an absolute scandal."
• "Nice pub, small inside, however lots of outdoor space. Rather expensive on the food."

Accessibility & Dog-Friendliness

Pros:

• "I am also disabled and in a wheelchair. There facilities for the disabled are good and the toilet is nice and clean."
• "Beautiful and quaint and very very dog friendly."
• "It is very dog friendly. I will definitely be back."
• "Good for the doggo too 👍"
• "Really friendly welcome from the bar staff, dog friendly in the bar and large garden."
• "Nice looking pub, and dog friendly except in the restaurant area."
• "Nice looking pub, and dog friendly except in the restaurant area. There's seating in other areas if you have a dog but still want to eat."

Cons:

• "Once again no table service when ordering drinks etc if you have a dog."
• "Very few tables for people to sit with dogs and hardly relaxing."
• "It had quite a big garden at the back with plenty of seating. People were letting their dogs run there though which was frustrating as it wound up our dog."