The Townhouse, Lymington — Restaurant in New Forest

Booked for a table of six on a busy Saturday night. The food was very good! The scallops starter was exceptional. Main courses were good but the Bass was very slightly over done. Desserts were also very good. The only criticism was the initial slow service. It took over ten minutes for our drinks order to be taken. Luckily we had been in the bar before the meal and took our drinks into the restaurant. The food service was also a tad slow but to be honest we were not bothered. I should imagine other guests might take issue. Staff deducted the coffees from the bill in recognition of the slow service which was a nice gesture. All in all, a lovely meal in a buzzing environment. We definitely will...

Generally a really nice experience. Very attractive and friendly waiting staff. The Sunday menu sounded interesting and was a good portion, and all fresh, but ultimately a bit "hollow". The pomegranate and chicken salad I had was beautifully presented but not noticeably better than combining two cartons of meal deal salad from Tesco - which can be seen as a compliment to Tesco as much as a failing of the kitchen to inject something spectacular into the ingredients. We were a large party however and everyone else who had the Sunday roast / nut roast left completely satisfied, so mine was a minor taste anomaly among an experience that was very...

We came here for a birthday celebration at Sunday lunchtime. We were a large mixed generation group. The staff were exceptionally good, really friendly and very relaxed, attentive without being in the way, and it was like nothing was too much trouble. The food was great...I had the road beef which was really great. As such a large group we were sat at the end of the room. This was great as we were still in the main restaurant but weren't going to disturb everyone else. So a great lunch was had by all, in a great, unpretentious restaurant, plus it's...