Wonderful pub restaurant. Food was excellent, staff were efficient and friendly, and the place was…read morevery clean, even the toilets!

From the owner: The White Hart is a traditional 200 year old pub sitting on the border of Lymington and Pennington…read more The wood beamed traditional bar area with its log fire leads through to a large contemporary restaurant. There are relaxing spaces for adults on the front patio and a large family and dog friendly garden with play area to the rear. All dogs will be given a very warm welcome, we have treats, toys, water, blankets, dog beer and even their own dinner bowl on a Sunday. The food menu is varied and includes traditional pub dishes, Sunday carvey and exciting specials all using local produce. Kids and Senior menus are available along with a selection of vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options. A charity quiz night is held every Monday and our poker tournament is every Thursday. Sunday nights are popular with great live music including rock, blues, folk and the open mic night. Please see our website for details. The pub has a large car park and is close to local bus routes and the IOW ferry. We are ideally located for the high street shops or the marina near by. We look forward to welcoming you soon.

Love it!! Marked as closed today (Saturday) but it wasn't!…read more It's a quaint little pub in the marina side, porter potties, draft brews, and a sitting area outside consisting of hills and boulders (when the tables are full). It was a great way to spend a sunny day in Southampton. The crowd is diverse and super cool, there were families out on the hillside enjoying the sun and the marina view, there were a bunch of younger people enjoying the good weather as well. I hope I'm back soon :0)

This bar was bumping, so many people sitting outside and at the bar and the restaurant upstairs was…read morepacked the whole time we were there. Service here isn't that great. We walk up to the host stand and are immediately told it's reservation only. "Great! I have a reservation." "Oh sorry! Head upstairs and they will take care of you." We go up a gorgeous staircase and find ourselves just standing there for a while. Someone finally comes over, confirming we have a reservation and we sit. Our server comes right away, drops two empty glasses (for water) and menus and immediately asks if we are ready. Nope, you just gave me the menu right now, I am not ready. She leaves and never comes back. She forgot about us. She apologized but it never got better. It was half an hour before we got our pints. Our appetizer came 15 min after this and our food came in another 30 min. It took an hour and 15 minutes to get a burger and chicken. Thankfully, the food was good. Oh, and those empty glasses for water, stayed empty until they finally remembered to bring us water, about 1 hour in. And before you ask, yes, I hailed other servers and asked for the water and the status of our meals. They seemed annoyed they had to pick up her slack and maybe kind of took it out on us by doing things for their tables first before ours, which I understand but still kind of sucks. Would I come back? Absolutely not. However, it's so pretty and such a cool building and the beers and food were good so I do recommend checking it out.

An absolute jewel of the bay, nice cuppa and the homemade cakes are to die for! If you are on the…read moreIsle of Wight you MUST try this tea shop. Lovely atmosphere and really friendly staff

I don't know if I've ever had more genuinely nice, or good, service at a restaurant ever. It's…read morereally hard for me to knock a star off and only give four, because our maître d' was that amazing. We managed to stumble in off the street and get a table before most of the other diners arrived, as the place was fully booked. We had the table for just over an hour, so it was fairly rushed, though we felt very lucky and glad we settled on Forresters. There are a couple of things that could have been better: my rib eye steak, though a decent size, was quite thin and therefore came out medium well, rather than medium rare - probably unavoidable with such a thin cut. And we didn't really have time for it to be returned to the kitchen. Luckily it was still delicious and tender, but I always find overcooked steak a little disappointing. And the cheesecake dessert appeared within a minute of ordering it. I know most restaurants prepare items like this in advance, but even one minute more and it wouldn't have felt like it had been whipped straight out of the fridge. Again, this is largely because we had such little time, and it tasted great anyway. The good points far outweighed these niggles though - my friend's duck looked perfectly cooked and by all accounts it was. I had a surprisingly excellent side salad, the presentation of the food was pleasing but not fussy, the ambience was relaxed, the whole experience was enjoyable and especially so because of the warmest, friendliest (and somehow totally unobtrusive) service I think I've ever had. My only regret is that I think I forgot to tip when I left, which is something I intend to make up for the next time I dine there.

Beautiful inside, airy and clear but also warm and atmospheric, due in main to the huge hall space…read morethe main dining area inhabits, with the mezzanine dining area above the kitchen and bar helping to avoid the feel of simply being in an empty room. It manages to be cosy and airy at the same time. Choice-wise, the menu was excellent and each dish which our table of 4 received was not only carefully considered, but perfectly executed and beautifully presented. The maitre d', Amanda, was an absolutely perfect host, both warm and personable but also respectful of one's space and privacy, with a knack of just being there when you needed her, and away tending to others when you did not. We were all 4 of us so impressed with this place, we asked if she would ever have any plans to move the whole setup to London (where we live); she said we were the 3rd table to ask that in the 12 weeks since they opened (!) and this does not surprise me. This place is absolutely head and shoulders over anywhere else in Yarmouth that I have tried. If you like good choice, carefully devised, delicious, classy food served in a calm, pleasant but memorable atmosphere then this is the place for you. Excellent stuff.

Really nice and homey place a couple of vagabonds…read moreFound. We enjoyed it immensely. Although we had pizza, there weee many other selections on the menu.

Love the live music and ambiance here. I ordered the seafood bouilanesse (however you spell) and…read moreit was pretty good. Not crazy about the whole fish in it and only 1 prawn but still good enough. Pricey place but for a weekend trip, splurging is ok.

This chip shop is just outside Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight - ideal for calling in at if you've…read morejust visited The Needles and are hungry on the way home. Truly some of the best chips I've had from a chip shop - fantastic, and a regular portion is more than enough. They do kebabs etc as well and the chicken ones looked pretty damned good!

The Chapter House is a beautiful historic pub and hotel with original features dating back 500…read moreyears. A spirited 15/20 minute walk from the train station will allow you the opportunity to soak in the local bucolic vistas. The Chapter House is close to the city centre, but on a quiet road and a stone's throw from the Salisbury Cathedral. The in-house restaurant delivers delicious, no fuss, home style meals. I think I had the best rib-eye of my life at The Chapter House and I've had steak in Texas! The complimentary breakfast was also delicious and well presented. The staff go above and beyond to look after guests and instantly made me feel welcomed.

Great service great food would definitely. I had the best hamburger there that I've had in all of…read moreEngland.

Stayed here for a few nights during a holliday. Great service, excellent breakfast, good food, nice…read morewine. Friendly staff / owner, working hard to make things even better. Good value for money.

What a wonderful dinner! We were on our way back to London and needed to stop for a quick bite and…read morehappened upon this through Yelp. We had wonderful food and service in a lovely setting. We had a delicious mushroom soup with mains consisting of rib eye and salmon, both well cooked. Great wine choices and the bread was was soft and tasty. Couldn't resist dessert of the apple-rhubarb crumble with custard, which was a delight. All in all, it was a wonderful evening that almost made us think about staying there the next time we were nearby.

One of the best surprises in Hampshire, fantastic ambience, nice service and the food was just…read moreincredible. I had a lamb roast that was divide, my wife had an incredible mushroom gnocchi and my daughter had a what seemed a never end.tower of fine chicken breast, English bacon and cheese with a good portion of home made barbecue sauce. Lovely lunch in the middle of the New Forest.