THE NEW FOREST PANTRY — Restaurant in New Forest

Firstly, I want to say, in terms of decor, cleanliness and staff, this place is fantastic. The decor is quite original and quirky, and we found it to be very inviting. Also, very clean which is always nice to see.

The highlight however for us were the staff. They couldn't do enough to help. Very friendly and extremely helpful. An absolute credit to the business. I will also say the coffee is amazing!

Sadly, what loses this place it's two stars off being a perfect review is the food. Having seen the lack of cooking facilities we saw, it isn't surprising, so I guess that it shouldn't come as a surprise.

We ordered 3 all day breakfasts. Unfortunately it was devoid of any real taste and having the bread covered in what appeared to be margarine was a real let down. The sausages were quite small, and didn't have that normal meaty taste that you'd expect from a unique cafe such as this. The bacon appeared to just be thin strips of bacon flavoured crisps. No option for anything other than scrambled egg (I appreciate that is due to the lack of facilities and I was aware of this when ordering).

I appreciate that everyone is different and I'm sure there will be Ringwood locals that may vehemently disagree with me on this, but it just felt like a real shame, and the meals left us completely underwhelmed.

We didn't see any point in complaining, as there was nothing wrong with the food. We received exactly what we'd asked for and it was hot. Because of everything else being fantastic, we felt that it wasn't appropriate, as the issues weren't anything to do with what was done on the day. Perhaps something for the owners to consider, given the amount of healthy competition that you have in Ringwood High St?

In summary, I would not hesitate to come back for a coffee and would gladly spend my money there, however I would in no way recommend the food and wouldn't eat there again. Give the food quality some attention however, then I'd be in no doubt that this place would the best place to come to for coffee and breakfast...

This is a nice place and the breakfast was good. However I found the full English was a little smaller than I thought it would be. They also gave my friend tomatoes when they’d said they’d switch those for an extra sausage. The tomatoes were also cherry tomatoes and uncooked which I wasn’t a fan of. The drinks are also quite expensive (£2 for a small glass of orange juice). However they have a good deal where you can pay an extra £1 if you’re getting the full English and can choose any drink. The hot drinks they make are excellent and well presented. I’d recommend the chocolate milkshake, the Jaffa cake hot chocolate and the tea (which comes with an entire pot). When we left we also got the dirty chai and the mocha, both of which are absolutely delicious. The cafe itself is nicely set out, and clean. It definitely has a quirky vibe to it. I’d recommend the place if you’re in...

Popped in at the last hour of service on a Sunday and they were quiet enough to accommodate me and my friend with our two dogs. They were the one of very few places open on the high street it seemed for 3pm on a Sunday so that was lucky.

Very cute, intimate setting.

Service was great, they brought up some water and treats for the dogs which was really sweet. Drinks were great. The carrot cake was dry and the white choc and new forest muffin was inedible, I don't know what was wrong with it exactly but I couldn't eat it. Maybe the fruit was bad inside, I'm not sure. Would go again though and maybe just have warm food instead, the menu looked lovely as did lots of the other cakes. I think we just ordered poorly for that day.

We had two cakes, a pot of tea and a fruit smoothie that came to a total of...