Beresfords - New Forest

We had the perfect Sunday afternoon at the Balmer lawn hotel. On a lovely sunny afternoon we enjoyed pre lunch drinks on the terrace, listening to live music in the Lodge outside restaurant. Very chilled atmosphere and an amazing female vocalist put us in a great frame of mind for our fabulous Sunday lunch in Beresfords restaurant, which didn't disappoint. If you like good size portions of well cooked and presented food, delivered with humour and professionalism then you will love this restaurant. Post dinner cocktails on the terrace rounded off the perfect day.

We had passed the restaurant a few times whilst visiting the area. As we are 3 couples we called to see if they could accommodate us, which wasn't a problem. Decided on their special menu and all were extremely pleased with the quality and quantity of the food. Service was excellent. Highly recommend. Thank you

Visited with friends and had delicious lunch, it was all excellent with the best roast potatoes Friendly team with great service.

For our family roast lunch on Sunday, our daughter-in-law K, who is quite knowledgeable about food, declared it the best roast she's ever had. The impeccable service we experienced during our dinner was also upheld during our Sunday lunch. Overall, Beresfords continues to maintain its reputation for excellence.

I was very disappointed on Saturday. It clearly states that non-residents are welcome to use the bar/restaurant, so we decided to go in for cocktails. It wasn't busy, but we had to ask for a cocktail menu after waiting for 10 minutes. The menu was promptly brought to us, but after waiting for 25 minutes, our order still hadn't been taken, so we decided to leave. Our friends had stayed there twice before and were also very upset and disappointed. This was not the level of service we were expecting.