Hare And Hounds Pub - New Forest

The home-cooked food at this restaurant is excellent and offers great value. The service is prompt and we have dined here multiple times while visiting the New Forest. The steamed vegetables are delicious, the portions are generous, and the desserts and coffee are all top-notch.

We visited H&H for a Sunday roast and were impressed by the bustling atmosphere. The pub was full and they had to turn away walk-ins due to the high demand. The service was outstanding and the home-cooked Sunday roast was delicious. I highly recommend trying the roast, but be sure to book ahead as it is clearly a popular choice.

My first time visiting the New Forest, my stay in the peaceful village of Sway included a couple of visits to the Hare and Hound. The staff were welcoming, and the traditional pub atmosphere, complete with open fire, made for a cozy experience. The menu offered delicious pub food, especially the 'from the field' selection. I highly recommend this spot for a relaxing, family-friendly meal in the countryside.

When we arrived we were taken to our table,there was no room to move , they had crammed the tables so close together that you couldn’t get out of your chair. We asked for a table with some room as we had a pushchair with us, but no. After an hour waiting a staff member came to take our order, not a lot of choice , some of us had the trio of roast, sounded lovely, when the dinner turned up it was disappointing, the stuffing didn’t taste or look very nice and as for the veg well, not the usual Sunday veg, it turned up in a small dish for 3 of us , there was red cabbage , courgette and carrots. The puddings not nice either, waffles hard you couldn’t cut , cheesecake which tasted like it had loads of gelatine in, and the treacle sponge pudding usually is a light brown colour,well it was almost black and tasted of black treacle, not nice. We didn’t have coffee, wasn’t asked. Staff not friendly , never asked if we wanted any more drinks, if our dinner was ok, we had to keep calling them over. Wouldn’t go back .

We stopped in as was staying near by. We managed to get a table even though there were lots reserved. The food was very good, even a fussy 10 year old and fussier 15 year old enjoyed theirs. The service was wonderful staff very friendly