This is the first cute looking cafe as you walk into the rather Yelp bereft Lyndhurst, as we know…read morecute. It's located on the edge of the town close to the public car parking. We were looking for somewhere interesting and calorific pre hike around the new forest and this little place fit the bill. My partner had clotted cream and scones while I had a cheese and ham omelette. The omelette had good large chunks of ham and generous helpings of cheese while the scones/clotted cream were nice and traditional. The value was also pretty good though overall the food was not out of the ordinary. There are plenty of other options in the town though the willow tree provides good service and great value food whilst also being quiet. The service was fast and the servers friendly perfect for a pre hike feast! A solid three stars, bordering on four.

It was quite busy when we went, but despite this there were attentive staff who worked hard to…read moreprovide a good service. A good menu, reasonably priced. We will certainly visit here again next time we are in Lyndhurst.

Fantastic selection of teas and brilliant service. Worth trying for a different tea taste at Tea…read moreTotal opposite

Traditional cafe with wide variety on menu using local produce. Good quality food by friendly…read morestaff. The number of regular customers speaks for itself. Highly recommended.

I visited with my wife for lunch on Sunday 13th January, it was the first cafe we came to after…read moreparking up in Lyndhurst and maybe we should have taken a wander first and compared other cafes, pubs and restaurants as there is so much choice. I had a sausage and onion baguette, my wife had coronation chicken baguette, we each had a side of chips (my pet hate chips were served in a pretentious little metal bucket but that's not a dig at the cafe everyone seems to have jumped on this bandwagon). Add a drink each and it came to just over £20, maybe everywhere in Lyndhurst charges these prices but to be honest I regularly eat better sausage rolls in greasy spoons at a fraction of the cost these sausages tasted like they had been cooked a few hours earlier, likewise the temperature suggested they hadn't just been prepared. However to be fair I should point out that my wife however really enjoyed her chicken baguette, the staff were friendly and attentive, our drinks were very nice, and although it was busy it was very comfortable.

Avoid like the plague. The best thing about this place is the food, which is terminally average…read more The decor is dismal, the service is mediocre, and whatever charm it may have had in the 1980s has long since vanished. We visited because we'd seen a nice-looking ad in a "Visit the New Forest"-type brochure. But we were deeply disappointed. The decor is gloomy, and the massive teddy bear in the window was probably cute when originally bought but is now just a bit mangy. There's a weird system of attracting the attention of waiting staff by hanging a small wooden teddy on a pole on your table - an explanatory note on the door gives instructions, but there's no real reason for it and if anything it makes the staff less attentive. They don't make eye contact with customers easily. We had some sympathy for them though - they are dolled up in an almost 'Allo 'Allo-style get-up with silly headdresses and aprons. Some explanation may be found in the personality of the manager, who at one point burst out of the kitchen, patronised a teenage boy who had come through to ask whether his family's ice creams were on the way, and didn't wait for an answer to his question "is anybody waiting?" (which we were). He seemed more interested in talking loudly and ignorantly about hospitality than actually doing any, and certainly didn't create a good impression for customers or role model for his staff. When our order arrived, we were still unimpressed. A banana milkshake was mainly warm froth; the cafe latte was metallic and tasted suspiciously like Kenco; the treacle tart was doughy and unappealing and the carrot cake appeared to have had a bite taken out of it before it got to us. So much for an afternoon tea. Anyway, the details are mostly by-the-by. The upshot is that Brockenhurst is a beautiful little town, so don't ruin it with a visit to this shabby, poorly-run, unimaginative and slightly creepy little disappointment.

The Brock and Bruin is situated in Brookley Road Brockenhurst. There is a small car park at the…read moreback, and a public car park on the other side of the road. If you a teddy bear addict stop here. They have many examples for sale. It is a busy café serving above average meals. A lot of the food is made in their own kitchen. It is the sort of place where you can just have a cup of coffee or a tasty lunch, or an afternoon cream tea. The staff are friendly, and there always is a good atmosphere.

Nice coffee shop to relax and take in the atmosphere... Friendly and efficient staff with seating…read moreoutdoors.