Le Blaireau — Restaurant in New Forest

I loved the restaurant and the vibes the moment I walked in… Sorry literally did a photo video dump of what I had and experience whilst at the Spa retreat as a small bday treat to myself. Such a beautiful restaurant and lovely staff. If you come in via the hotel entrance it was the most wonderful immersion before the wonderfully delicious food!

The Emmental Choix Buns were recommended when I gave them the few amuse bouche that I wanted to try. They were delicious! (If you like and can eat cheese). I then went for the lobster soup which was very flavoursome. Wasn’t sure what I was meant to do with the mayo but as you can see from the photos… I did my usual thing of experimenting… I trusted the mix of flavours presented to me and put them together. I’m a believer that when there’s all sorts on a plate, you should try eating all flavours together to taste or for that course. I was pretty much set on main until I got to the restaurant but I decided to go for (Marle?) their fish option which was perfectly cooked. To finish, I had a yummy liquid dessert which was similar to a Sauternes but even better as it was slightly less sweet.

If you stay at Carey’s I highly recommend visiting this restaurant, their spa and other restaurants. The staff throughout the hotel were also lovely and friendly from reception to the lovely staff who prepped our room and the bar staff (even when...

I would like to give Zero score to this restaurant. This restaurant established 1989. It was like gone back in time, the setting of this restaurant was like still back in 1989. This place seriously need renovation and redecoration with brand new furnitures, everything were outdated. including toliets, need redecorate and cleaning, there was a spider web in the disable toliet on the wall. It was terrible. For food wise, it was waste of Time & ££££, I felt like I have been robbed. It was a absolute RIPPED OFF PRICE. The Lobster soup just tasted like fish stock woth Zero Lobster, it was very watery and bland. Waste of £13 ....Seafood were terrible too, it tasted frozen, very small portion, absolutely waste of time and monies. A Very expensive meal, but in return the quality and quantity of food does not add up VS to the price. They have got the cheek to ask for 12.5% Service charge for this kind of food and service. I think they need to close it down and start again. This place seriously need refurbishment. Got Robbed once, NEVER...

Absolutely terrible. We just went there and the atmosphere seemed fine and the front of house staff were friendly enough. However when it came to the food, the whole experience was completely ruined by the beef bourguignon, it was the worse cut of meat I have ever even seen let alone consume, it was 20% fat (which is fine), 75% gristle with perhaps 5%of very low quality meat. I honestly don’t think it was suited for eating let alone for the price we paid. We were so disappointed because the reviews seemed good, and we’d gone there as a birthday treat. We are not the type of people who usually complain or don’t leave a generous tip, but in this instance I had to ask the service charge to be removed and out of good nature didn’t want to cause a scene so paid in full. I would not recommend this place to anyone and certainly will never go back. It has left me feeling quite unwell and left a bit of a sour taste on what had been a very pleasant trip...