Nesting amongst the yacht clubs, the Mayflower is a little gem of a pub with hotel accomodation…read moreabove. There is a large beer garden, fabulous in summer to sit outside with a glass of pimms and some of the potato wedges which come with a mean sweet chilli sauce! The food is average, quality having depleted in recent months, a change of chef possibly??? Bar food is reasonably priced and they also have a resturant which is fairly pricey but clearly better quality food. The pub is clean and modern with a good selection of beer on draught and the inside seating is mainly wooden benches. In the winter there is a fantastic log fire, ideal for warming up around after a walk along the sea wall, that is if you can get anywhere near it!

A very nice pub/hotel. More pub than hotel. Very nicely located next to the solent, with lots of…read moreboats and ferrys. The food is good with an extensive list of specials that change daily. The menu has pasta's,curries, burgers, fish, chinese dishes and traditional British. Something for everyone. There is an okay wine list, bit pricey perhaps. There is a large garden to the rear with a play area for children of all ages. There is also a bbq on offer in the summer months. The mayflower can get very busy in the summer when the sailing crowd descend in their droves. The rooms are decent, but the decor a bit tired.

One night here is not enough...there are only a few rooms but all are differant,we had the…read moreDarjeeling' & 'Lord Earl Grey' which had the biggest open fire ive ever seen,low ceilings,rugs and a rocking chair...its sooo cosy and romantic to the max. Breakfast is served till late 11am....thats cool in itsself lol. I recomend the blueberry pancakes and bacon...huge. Look at the website for special offers too.

Perfect in every way! Michelin 2012 food, great staff, very comfy beds, take dogs, pizza oven oh…read moreand it is in the middle of the New Forest (Brockenhurst) just a hop skip and jump from the sea too.. Delicious rooms! Great stay! We want to move in ;-) Josh http://www.joshwardgardendesign.com

Brilliant family celebration We chose The Manor for my 80th…read moreBirthday Celebration, as we had stayed there before and always found it welcoming and comfortable and good value. My plan was to have a weekend with my partner, my children , grand children and sisters and their husbands (Total 31 people in all) with a lunch on the Saturday with 10 more relations who could make the journey and back in a day. As it happened the numbers were ideal as we were able to use all the bedrooms and have the hotel to ourselves for the weekend, with a few of the people staying a few extra days before and after. The atmosphere was very relaxed and every one had a fantastic time. It was a great opportunity for my grandchildren (teenage or a bit older) to get to know each other and have fun together - some live abroad and others at some distance from each other. The lunch on the Saturday went off very well with everyone very much at ease. The food was very good with a varied menu that I had agreed in advance with Tim the owner and the Dining Room suited our number very well. The next day we celebrated the 60th birthday of my son in law who had driven over with his family from Austria and we had another celebratory lunch, this time there were 17 of us and again we had a lovely meal. The hotel rooms were very comfortable and there was enough flexibility to have a few extra beds for some children. Tim and his team were very friendly and helpful and made everyone very welcome. A special mention to Helena and Angie, and Matt the chef. Highlight for me were the lunches and also the breakfasts where everyone was able to mingle very happily in a totally relaxed atmosphere. For me it was the highlight of my year and I have to thank Tim and his Team for making it such a happy and memorable time

I stayed recently for a weekend getaway and loved the hotel. The rooms were clean, a good size and…read morehad a nice contemporary design. The staff were efficient and a good balance of informal/formal. The food was great. This hotel offers so much with it being in such a great location for outdoor pursuits, however, they have their own lovely grounds if you fancy a bit of a walk. Look out for the summer when I am sure lunch and dinner will be served on the terrace.

Gorgeous hotel on the edge of the New Forest. The main reception rooms are set in a beautiful,…read morehistoric building - although most of the guest bedrooms seemed to be much more modern. Rooms were clean and very comfortable, if rather 'chintzy'. There's a gym etc and spa - with swimming pool, sauna, steam room and whirlpool. Breakfast is served in a room overlooking the beautifully manicured grounds and consisted of a cold continental buffet and then waiter served hot food (choice of full English, kippers, porridge etc). The hotel is very near the ferry terminal for Isle of Wight ferries and a short drive to Lymington itself. There's a nice pub though on the way to Lymington (called the Waggon and Horses?).

Have had a timeshare here for the last 20 years. Alway enjoy coming here in November. Great base…read moreand alway enjoy sitting by the fire with a gin and tonic. Always a great selection of places to eat in Lymington at the Stanwell hotel or at the Cloud in Brockenhurst. Fantastic shops in Lymington and a great Market on Saturday.

A cousin took us here to eat while visiting England. The food and the service was lovely. And, the…read moregrounds are beautiful. Highly recommend it, and the food is sustainable and mostly organic.

The Hartnet holder and Company restaurant and the limewood hotel property overall are possibly the…read moremost beautiful place We dined in an 11 day trip to the UK. The property is bucolic and only 20 minutes from Southampton in gorgeous rolling countryside and forest. There were horses grazing in the fields. Four of us arrived for an early dinner and the chance to have a drink and tour the grounds. To be honest, we were underdressed, but they treated us like visiting dignitaries showing us around, checking our car and codes offering us boots if we wanted to walk in the rainy woods and allowing us to occupy a table at the bar for two charming hours of drinks and tea. The place is exquisite. The only fault it would have as a wedding venue would be the arguments about which spot is the prettiest to take the pictures. And then there's the restaurant, headed by chefs, Angela Hartnett, and Lukas holder. We were familiar with Angela from her television Chef career. The experience did not disappoint. The pasta courses were among the best we've ever had with sixty month aged Parmesan on creamier risotto, beautiful tagliatelle with lamb and Morels on gnocchi. The complementary Arancini came in three flavors and we each each other a favorite. The duck was delicious and the braised lamb was done beautifully. We shared the Pavlova with strawberries and whipped cream, and it was a nice light and to a really exquisite meal. I would highly recommend this place for lunch or dinner or if you really want to indulge a spa weekend rooms treatments, food, and all. My review would not be complete without mentioning Frank, who was so welcoming when he greeted us and handled the car and coats and earnestly showed us around the grounds, and Finn are wonderful, handsome young waiter, who was very professional and still friendly and charming. Thank you to both of them.

Limewood offers a beautiful escape if you are anywhere in the Southwest of England. My favourite…read morething that limewood offers is its beautiful internal decor and external grounds. Once you walk in you will be impressed with their gorgeous fresh floral arrangements, the roaring fires, the detailed wallpaper, the plush furniture and the well curated artwork. I've never been lucky enough to spend the night but I can comment on their food in the restaurant. This past week I had their Easter set menu. I started off with their goat cheese plate. It was a beautiful soft cheese with fresh capers and other vegetables with pesto drizzled over it. It was beautifully presented and tasted light and delicious. It was one of those starters that gets you excited for the next course. For my main I had rare Beef. With every roast you have roasted vegetables- the beets were perfection- and Yorkshire pudding. I loved mine and I could not stop scooping veggies onto my plate. To top it off I had the chocolate mouse which was rich and smooth. With the country atmosphere, warm interior and delicious food you know I'll be back again. Just waiting for the next opportunity to justify it.

After hiking around the New Forest, we were craving New Forest ice cream so we walked down a little…read morepath to the Secret Garden. There are mismatched cushions and arm chairs in a gazebo with floral bunting and little chairs and tables around it on the grass. Our dining neighbours' drinks looked really nice and their afternoon tea menu looked lovely as well. I have a feeling the Secret Garden is more about their twee ambience but we enjoyed it all the same!

In 1666, King Charles II made New Park Manor, in the heart of the New Forest and was his favourite…read morehunting lodge on his return from exilein France apparantly! We attended a wedding reception here and it was a really lovely venue. The grounds are probably most impressive, with a huge terrace and even a swimming pool. The reception room was rather standard in comparison to the beautiful old style rooms and ceremony room. We found the staff to be very friendly and they even gave us a lift back in the early hours as all the taxi companies had closed (it was a Sunday!). Not the cheapest of places - x5 drinks cost £25 a roundOUCH, but a very nice venue and a lovely setting for a wedding.

Wow, what a huge disappointment. Whoever did this hotel's website was brilliant at taking…read moreflattering photos and writing estate agent-ese in describing the place. This is the kind of place that gives English hotels a bad name. I can see easily how tourists will get taken in by the beautifully presented website and feel like they've been seriously ripped off when they get shown into their cupboard of a room, before being fleeced in the bar. A lot of people come here for the spa attached to the hotel. It's really not worth making a special journey. The spa is tiny, has very few facilities, and isn't all that relaxing, due to the fact that there's at least one door that slams itself shut very loudly whenever anyone walks through it. The spa dealt with, onto the hotel. We were put into what is basically an attic room, and a tiny one at that. To be fair, the website makes no secret of the fact that these rooms 'feature sloped ceilings'. It doesn't tell you, however, that you are tucked into the slope so much that even my wife, a tiny 5'0" woman, found it difficult to navigate around the room. For my part, I was unable to stand up to pee and anyone taller than an average two year old child shouldn't expect to be able to take a shower. For £135 per night (and they usually ask for a minimum 2 night stay at the weekends) you really expect much better, even at a hotel that thinks it's at the premium end of the market. On the positive side, dinner at the hotel restaurant was passable, if overpriced by 25%. The food was well cooked and presented, although I was very disappointed that when I ordered a side dish of new potatoes I wasn't informed that the main dish I'd ordered already came with potatoes. For anything other than dinner, travel into one of the nearby towns and avoid eating at the hotel bar. The tuna used for one of my open sandwiches tasted like it came out of the tin, and the crab mayo for my other sandwich was massively over-seasoned, to the point of being inedible (I'd have sent it back except that staff had disappeared, possibly out of shame). The biggest laugh came with the pretentiously arranged 'fat chips' that we'd ordered: 12 soggy chips for £3. The only reason this hotel gets two stars is because it really is in a lovely location, and I suspect if you're willing to pay through the nose, the more expensive rooms might be passable. The staff here are really friendly and willing. It's just such a shame that the hotel they're working at doesn't deserve them. If you want a good spa/hotel, Pennyhill Park (http://www.qype.co.uk/place/80859-Pennyhill-Park-Hotel-Spa-Bagshot ) is head and shoulders above this place.