The best restaurants in Bransgore and Burley New Forest South East

Good table service, friendly helpful staff. Had the Christmas menu, starter of smoked salmon was very tasty but main course of turkey and the beef was a little bland needed more seasoning, plenty of potatoes and good selection of hot fresh veg. Finished with hot tea and coffee and little mince pies. Overall quite a good lunch. Aservice charge of 10% is added to your bill.

Food was fantastic as always & there was a good atmosphere in the restaurant. Our waiter was Mario & he was friendly & made us feel welcome.

Best sunday lunch, ever, attention to presentation and quality food , lovely meat and roast pitatoes, great staff always happy to asssit

We visit every year whilst on holiday, but feel it has gone downhill. It’s such a shame as it’s such a charming place with lots of character. It was disappointing to see that we were the only customers, and the ‘new’ cafe next door was nearly full. I think the owners need to up their game in order to outdo the competition. We both had a Full English breakfast. Both of our fried eggs were solid, with no runny yolk. The black pudding was very dry. Husband asked for white bread, but was given granary. We asked to change it, but my husband had almost finished his breakfast by the time the white toast arrived. We were apologised to and told that there was only one chef in today ( we were the only customers). We left the potatoes as there was lots of black parts in them. The toast came with just butter and no marmalade or jam. I felt that the price was very expensive considering that drinks had to be paid for on top. It is usual practice for a Full English to include tea/coffee. Next year we will be moving to the new Shappen cafe next door, and by the looks of it, we are not the only ones.

What a wonderful time we had. 20 of us for an 80th Birthday lunch arriving in style on a vintage London bus. Food and service was fantastic, meals ordered and served to us so quickly. Turkey , lamb, pork, were just a few dishes ordered. Thank you to Barbara and her team. Happy Christmas

We had our wedding here on the 28 August 2024. What a fabulous day from start to finish. Everything was perfect. Tom and his staff were very professional but friendly and accommodating. All our guest guests thought it was the perfect venue very relaxed. Even the weather was perfect and we were able to have our ceremony outside, but even if we needed to be inside the venue would still have been perfect. A really big thank you to Tom and his team for making our special day perfect.

Friendly staff, good service & extensive menu of proper home cooked food.

Very different from previous visits. We were served cold food and asked for it to be replaced. Was brought out cold again. We were polite with the workers and the manager Woody was outrageously rude to my mums fiance. “ I didn’t cook the food I am not the chef “. Shocking service and something I have never experienced from staff speaking to a paying customer in this way. Absolutely fuming and would advise everyone to stay clear of the white buck and there rude arrogant manager.

Recently have eaten twice at this pub /restaurant Excellent food Steak with prawns fab Service lovely, manager & waitress both very good I would say sign up for emails you get very good vouchers sometimes The decor is a vast improvement Thankyou.

We just walked in, they squeezed us in for Sunday lunch, the roast was excellent served nice and hot plenty of tasty vegetables.My husband even enjoyed spotted dick and custard for pudding. Great service and even a log fire

Food wasn't as good as usual so won't be back soon

We had a family Sunday for a table of 11. Never been before and a beautiful looking place. Arrived 10 minutes early but seated straight away which was great as we had young hungry children with us. This unfortunately was where the good service ended. Sat quite near the waitress station and till we were in prime vision for multiple members of staff (of which there were a lot) and they walked past our table regularly. However we had to ask at every stage… please can we order drinks, please can we order food, please can we look at the dessert menu etc… Even when we asked for the dessert menu they didn’t clear the plates which had sat empty for some time. We didn’t feel particularly wanted and more like an inconvenience. The food itself was ok, never one for high hopes for a mass produced roast I was pleasantly surprised although for the price it’s quite small and ideally would’ve been slightly warmer. Desserts again were not particularly hot but ok. Having not been asked if we wanted more drinks than the original first order we sat with empty glasses for some time. Leisurely is good, but attentive it wasn’t which was a real shame. Not sure we’d rush back.

After a challenging weekend in the New Forest, (not the Forest’s fault) we decided to try and salvage something by having a posh afternoon tea at Burley Manor before returning home. We rang and booked the day before as wifey is both vegetarian and GF, and we wanted to give them a fighting chance. I wish we hadn’t bothered. Let’s start with the parking - there isn’t any if your vehicle is bigger than a small family gadabout. We were in our motorhome, and ended up parking in a field that was open for a separate event. Burley Manor assured us this was fine, and that neither gate (big or small) would be locked. You guessed it - wrong , but we squeezed out thanks to wifey’s skilful driving and steely nerve. Then let’s talk about the perfectly coiffed member of staff who seated us, took our drinks order, sent somebody else over with them, then ignored us for nigh on 45 mins. Finally our afternoon tea arrived and was placed by a disdainful waiter, who when he was confused about who’s was who’s and I pointed out the ramifications of getting it wrong snapped, ‘well I didn’t take the order, did I?’ The food itself was fine, just fine, not excellent or amazing, and certainly not worth £61! When we challenged our disdainful waiter on the horrific wait, he was more than happy to throw his colleagues under the bus, saying that his previous establishment had been much more professional! His excuse was that they had had been overbooked for lunch and had several afternoon tea bookings. They had our phone number, if they couldn’t handle the number of guests, they shouldn’t have taken the booking, or they should have cancelled us. To be honest, the nice man who had accidentally locked us in the field, on his Penny farthing and talked about deer and pigs, but reassured us we would easily get Buzzy the motorhome out was the highlight of the whole debacle, and he didn’t work for Burley Manor!

Disappointed to discover they have closed their indoor seating area, for good it seems, and only offer take away service. Which for disabled persons, means struggling with your food and drink to outdoor only benches some 20 yards from the cafe entrance.