New Forest
Cafe Aroma

Cafe Aroma

25 Southampton Road, BH24 1HB, New Forest, United Kingdom

Steak • Vegan • Coffee • British


"Ordered a continental breakfast while out with my friends. Everyone's food starts coming out individually while I'm still waiting. Cooking an English breakfast has a lot of moving parts so i was expected it to take a little longer, but after another 10 minutes of waiting after the point my friends have all already got their food I ask if my food is still on the way to a waiter, who tells me yes, it is. A minute later the waiter comes back and asks what it was I ordered(! . Weird thing to ask after telling someone they knew it was on the way! I tell them again and they say it's coming and leave. I then hear them walk around to the kitchen and ring the order in for the first time. By this point it's been about half an hour, my freinds have almost finished their food. Not wanting to sit their eating long after my freinds have finished I find the waiter and tell her to cancel it. All in all, an hour experience to get 1 cup of tea that frankly wasn't that great! Not to rag on literally everything, but paying 2 pounds for a cup of tea that arrived a tiny bit better than luke-warm isn't great. It came with far too much milk, and someone had clearly not even bothered to stir in the milk after pouring. Paying and checking out wasn't a great experience either. the guy taking the payment was notably annoyed that we wanted to actually split the order and pay for what we got (especially after the food jnot arriving . At first he tried to insists on just dividing the bill by the number of people and letting us handle working out who actually paid what. But by that point I had given up and had left it to my friends to handle it Think I'll give the place a miss"

The Fisherman's Rest

The Fisherman's Rest

All Saints Rd Lymington, New Forest, United Kingdom

Kebab • Sushi • Seafood • European


"My mate and I met at the pub for a quiet lunchtime beer and chat..it was great to see him as we had not seen each other for years and need to catch up on news... All we got was pressure and hassle from the...staff. We had our beers..two minutes later one staff member arrived asking if we needed more drinks??..No thank you...Two minutes later another staff member arrived..You gents ok??..Can I get you more drinks??....Our beer was barely touched..No thank you we are fine.. Two minutes later another staff member arrived ...Can I get you more drinks?? Then a young man arrived..Are you gents dining with us??.. we had not planned to eat, just have a beer .. Do you have sandwiches??...No we don't was the answer. Five minutes later another question if we had ordered food??.. Different staff member arrived time after time, every few minutes to ask if we needed more drinks or if we were ordering food... We ordered food we didn't want...It was nothing special..Usual pub food that is quickly forgettable..Not great food..mediocre. Only then did the hassle stop and we were left alone to have a chat. I know there is not much profit in beer...Pubs make their money on food. But the restaurant area was not busy...We were not sat in the restaurant dining area..The table was not made up with cutlery ready for diners..No further customers were sat in our area...The table was NOT required for diners. IT IS A PUB!!...People to go pubs to drink beer and spirits, read a book, chat to other folk, play cards, read a newspaper...It a place of social gathering. All we got was hassle and pressure. I do not often write reviews..Far less write a poor report..I much prefer to give praise and say things were excellent. We shall NOT return.. Incidentally, I do know and like good food..The previous evening I dined in a pub where the chef was a past winner of the TV programme MasterChef ...However, this pub food was mediocre..."