The best restaurants in Forest North West New Forest South East

The staff were friendly and welcoming. There were a selection of tables both inside and out, and the menu offered a variety of foods and drinks, I wasn't expecting a place like this to offer a such a fantastic burger and chips, but they certainly did! Can honestly say that it's one of the best I've had in a long time. My wife had a salad, which was also delicious and filling. We sat for some time enjoying the atmosphere and reading our books, whilst helping ourselves to more tea and coffee. This is a lovely place to stop for food and drinks, and we would highly recommend!

Met for a family gathering, came from Essex, London, Devon. Had a brilliant time, the food was excellent, rooms clean and tidy. Staff are a credit to the business. Will be back in the summer for another gathering. Thank you so much.

Popped in here for a breakfast, all the tables had ‘reserved ‘on them( a sign of a good place!) and we told the staff we were just after brekkie though it was nearing lunchtime. They reconfigured a table so we could eat and we had a lovely full english, quality sausages nice bread etc. will always go back there when we visit the forest

Very Disappointing! We’ve eaten here before and had a lovely meal but last night was not satisfactory. The lamb in the passando was tough and chewy, the onion bhajis were undercooked and the nan bread came out cold. When paying over £100 for 2 x adults and 2x kids when the quality is poor leaves a very sour taste in your mouth!

Excellent food highly recommend for an evening meal but good idea to book in advance

OVERPRICED, FOOD WAS DRY, SERVERS CLUELESS AND OVERPRICED FOOD AND SERVICE CHARGE

Amazing family pub in a beautiful area of the New Forest. I’ve been coming here since I was a child and the atmosphere has always been very friendly and welcoming. Food is nice and they have great selection of cask ales and keg beers. Excellent for a spot of lunch and a forest walk.

Very small portions looked like we were served child size portions and the chips had seen better days very disappointing

We are regulars for lunch on a Sunday and the Carvery is brilliant, however other menu limited. The soup off the day has been mushroom for out last 3 visits (don't like it).. The table and chair arrangements today were awful. We were packed in like sardines. Couldn't hear ourselves talk and could hear everyone else's conversations. Sat nest to a large table of 12 with 3 huge, hairy, very smelly, muddy dogs. The smell was overwhelming and not conducive with the eating area. The pub was cold on arrival and 2 tables complained and came in from the conservatory. The food off menu limited and boring, though fairly good quality. The desserts again same old, same old... Sorry Old Beams, we won't be back for a while now.

Lovely big pub with nice outdoors area but service very slow and half of us had delicious food and the other half not great vegetarian option.

Lovely pub food in the heart of the new Forrest. Friendly service, I rushed and very pleasant atmosphere. You are made to feel welcome on arrival and who can forget the gorgeous Pub Labrador, Guinness

Really disappointing - and very expensive for the quality they are serving up. We came here after reading good reviews, when we arrived the car park was quite empty on a Saturday night and we should have taken that as a sign. The food is very expensive and incredibly overpriced for the quality - dry and not fresh fish & greasy chips. We left almost a £100 lighter and feeling very disappointed - we could have spent half of this and been more satisfied elsewhere. I would suggest avoiding.

They seem to have fixed the app issues. The staff are friendly and helpful. The "background" music is too loud , especially early mornings, should be adjusted to suit . Sauce and serviettes are not always available. Overall good service. Click and Collect is not much use, as long as the management allow this (photo).

Staff do not manage Disabled Parking. None of vehicles parked displayed a Blue Badge on the occasion when I recently stopped by. The bonnets were cold to touch! Observation of the movements of diners eliminated customers as the vehicle owners. The only other explanation is that staff were using the allocated Disabled spaces for their use. When questioned the restaurant Manager's response was, "I can do nothing about it!". McDonald's staff are responsible for the whole site, including parking. Concern and support for registered Disabled, by McDonald's at Picket Post, is lacking. ignoring supervision and the correct use of Disabled parking. (Sadly it is also very clear that reviews are not read and responded to!).