Brockenhurst Restaurant Guide

Beresfords Restaurant

Set on the edge of the delightful town of Brockenhurst the hotel commands views over the surrounding countryside that are breathtaking. The restaurant is a haven of formality and tradition without being overpowering.

• Address: Balmer Lawn, Lyndhurst Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7ZB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £40.00

Brookleys Bistro & Wine Bar

• Address: 58 Brookley Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, English, European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £30.00

Le Poussin at Whitley Ridge

Like so many of its kind in that area, the restaurant at Whitley Ridge Hotel is surrounded by the magic of the New Forest; Whitley Ridge is a two hundred year old Georgian house, the bay windows look out onto woodland and forest ponies.

• Address: Beaulieu Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7QL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £27.00, Dinner: £54.00

Manor Restaurant

Carey's Manor, formerly a manor house which was re-built in 1888 is one of the more striking buildings in Brockenhurst. There are two dining options - one in the hotel restaurant, the other in Blaireau's Bar and Bistro.

• Address: Careys Manor Hotel, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £22.00, Dinner: £55.00

Restaurant at Forest Park Hotel

• Address: Rhinefield Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7ZG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £42.00

Restaurant at Rhinefield House

I remember my first glimpse of Rhinefield, when but a lad. Its splendour has remained with me ever since, expressed nowhere better than in the Armada Restaurant with its sumptuous décor and oak panelling.

• Address: Rhinefield Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7QB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £40.00

Restaurant at Thatched Cottage

Although much of the cuisine derives from the New Forest influence (and is heavily organic) there is also quite a pronounced eastern tendency in some of the dishes. So the definition of traditional must not be taken too literally.

• Address: 16 Brookley Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £50.00

Simply Poussin

In the middle of the village a courtyard provides a suitable rustic setting for this offshoot of Le Poussin at Parkhill , just down the road at Lyndhurst. The menu is exciting brasserie in style, like twice baked cheese soufflé or baked cod on pea purée, as often as not compiled from ingredients of great integrity.

• Address: The Courtyard, Brookley Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £32.00

Stags Restaurant at New Park Manor, The

One of the advantages gained by William the Conqueror was the extension to his hunting grounds resulting from his conquest of England. In 1079 William set about establishing hunting as a prime recreation within what we now know as the New Forest.

• Address: New Park Manor, Lyndhurst Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7QH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £52.00