House Martin - New Milton

This is a really nice place, the staff were very friendly and accommodating to our requests for warming of the babies food.

The large room with all the decoration was perfect for a meal where you wished and heard titration. The high ceiling added the sense of space. We regularly go to a meal with these friends and we were all positive about the restaurant.

The nut roast was a little dry and the vegetables were clearly precooked for all roasts and simply sitting in the kitchen waiting to be used. This means the casual atmosphere and the beautiful furnishings for a good place to catch up with friends. The staff was friendly and professional, we would recommend it to others, but perhaps only for drinks.

We thought we'd try Valentine's Day. They have spent money on refurbishment, which was well done, and it had nice touches, but we were very disappointed by the meal. Our appetizers were lukewarm and our steak was gristy. We were only asked if everything was okay when we paid and the answer we got for our disappointment was. I'm sorry. We paid 60 pounds for the meal and 3 drinks we didn't think was worth money. We will not return.

Overall good value. Service excellent. Restaurant area spacious, airy, and comfortable. My lunchtime starter prawn cocktail was not appetising. The lettuce garnish was limp, the solitary top prawn in its shell was so old/soft that I could not eat it. The size of the skinned prawns was more like shrimps. Not impressed at all. But, our main courses were excellent.. We had the chicken/ham hock pie and the fish pie. Both steaming hot and very tasty. Recommended. We would definitely return, and would recommend it as well worth a try.