Name: The New Forest Inn
Address: 2 Boult Bee Cottages, Lyndhurst, SO43 7DY, GB

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2026

Jacqui

We had a lovely stay at The New Forest Inn. Very comfortable bed and wonderful food. The staff were very kind and helpful especially when my husband mislaid his wallet. Thank you for rescuing and returning it. Only downside was that it was so hot in the room. Not the accommodation fault just such hot weather. We were provided with two fans. Thanks for a great stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jul 2026

Dan

Excellent location for walking. Great pub with welcoming regulars. Room was very warm, being above the kitchen but very comfortable and clean. Great food and really good atmosphere

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jun 2026

karen

Weekend away for my husbands birthday. we had a quirky room over looking the beer garden. unfortunately it was soooo hot we couldn’t sleep and the two fans provided didn’t touch it.. would be a good idea to have a fridge in the rooms as the bottles of water in the room where warm.. the food was ok…

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2026

GARY

Another very relaxing and enjoyable stay at this inn. Staff are welcoming and friendly. They serve good food and a well kept pint, what more do you need?

Pet

8/10

Excellent

07 Jun 2026

Tatiana Howard

A peaceful location, favoured by dog walkers, ramblers and cyclists to the New Forest.
Proper pub with modern bedrooms reached via steep stairs. Wi-Fi worked well.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Apr 2026

Les

Stayed four nights in a superior room which was clean and comfortable with the usual amenities. Access up the very steep and narrow stairs not for anyone with poor mobility. The breakfast was excellent but could have had more options beside the cooked breakfast. Meals and drinks in the evening were great. Parking was ok, but could be difficult in the busier months . A quiet location with direct access to a beautiful part of the forest. The pub has no staff on site during the night which is a little disconcerting.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Apr 2026

Alan

Welcoming with excellent staff service and the food. No complaints.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Apr 2026

JACKIE

Lovely comfy bed, lovely staff and food, fantastic location

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2026

Tara

Really good food, lovely rooms, great location,
You get breakfast included in the room price (they don’t advertise this), we stay once or twice a year for a long weekend

Pet

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2026

Zoe

Really.enjoyed our stopover before onward travel into Dorset. Friendly staff who were warm.and welcoming. The room was lovely simple but well equipped and comfortable. We had a lovely cheese board very tasty sweetpotato snack and a very nice local gin which had a distinct and moorish flavour of strawberry subtle and not overpowering. Pleasent breakfast to end our stay. Would stay again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Apr 2026

Nigel

Very enjoyable

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Apr 2026

Frank

Clean room excellent food

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Mar 2026

Richard

Service from all staff was excellent, very pleasant trip, will visit again

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2026

Elsa

We loved our stay atRoom was spacious and clean, the bed was very comfortable, and the staff was friendly and helpful!

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2026

Emily

Beautiful spotless room, really friendly and welcoming staff and super easy check in and out experience. We had dinner and breakfast in the bar area of the inn and it was prompt and delicious!! Gorgeous walks in the surrounding area as well, we will most definitely be returning here in the future!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2026

Neil

Good selection of wine and beer clean rooms

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Jan 2026

Jane

Clean room, great shower. Staff were helpful and friendly and food was fab.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2025

Julia

Lovely stay in one of the smaller, cosy doubles. Room nicely decorated and the whole pub had a really nice, cosy vibe. Food was great, always such a wide menu with large portions. Good ale and wine selection too.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Dec 2025

Chris

Room was spacious and lovely decor. Very comfortable.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2025

Julia

Lovely clean and comfortable room. Good food. Good breakfast. Friendly staff

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2025

Robin

Great room, great food, friendly staff.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Oct 2025

Tony Phillip

What a fantastic litte find. Quirky rooms and excellent food in the evening and breakfast. Already planning a return visit.

8/10

Excellent

15 Oct 2025

Joanne

Breakfast was excellent, staff was very friendly and great service. The room was clean.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Oct 2025

Mark

Great place although the bedroom was very hot and a little noisy.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2025

Neil

This is a lovely old country pub with nice log fires, the rooms are nice clean and warm, they are dog friendly so as a dog owner it’s all you could ask for, after fabulous food you can go and walk it off in the forest, the staff are all nice and friendly, they are very attentive but not overbearing which is fabulous, it is great watching the donkeys walked passed at breakfast, would highly recommend and will be going back again soon

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2025

Trevor

The place is in a good location and a good place to explore the New Forestand further afield

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Sep 2025

Pamela

Good stay.

Just about everything was good

Tiny niggles small bed and pay at property is not quite that as payment is taken 48 hrs before stay do much sure you put the card you want to charge on the initial booking with hotels.com.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2025

Michael

Awesome location right in the heart of the stunning New Forest. Although it is an 18th century building the room was super well renovated although you better be skinny for the shower! Altogether great!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2025

Christine

Great Inn in middle of New Forest

Great 2 night stay in middle of New Forest.
Traditional Inn with welcoming, friendly & helpful staff.
Room 5 (Knightwood) was modern design with comfy 5' bed & big ensuite shower.
Hearty breakfast was made to order, also self service cereals, yoghurts & juices.
Delicious dinners both evenings.
Although limited parking, arriving ~16:30, found a space both days.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Sep 2025

Richard

Houses outside

Very nice inn

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Sep 2025

mark

Lovely country inn

Lovely New Forest location inn, close to Beaulieu. The rooms were comfortable and well equipped, although getting to them requires a steep staircase and a walk across the back of the building. Other than that the bar area and restaurant have a lovey feel to them, and the staff were excellent.
We had an evening meal and breakfast there, both of which were very nice. We plan to stay there again.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2025

Verified traveler

Good accomodation, clean and comfortable if a bit tight on space. Superb food.

Self

8/10

Excellent

07 Sep 2025

Charles

Limited parking that cost £15, or street parking

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2025

Amanda

Bedroom very clean and big shower room with complimentary toiletries and fresh towels replaced during stay.
Fresh bottled water and beverage making facilities in room also restocked.
All staff cheerful and helpful.
Good choice of breakfast and well cooked to order
Can be a little tight to park when pub busy but didn't have a problem and our room was at front of Inn and would see ponies and cows wander by ...
Great place for walking in forest ,would happily return....

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Aug 2025

Melanie

Fantastic Pub

We had an amazing time in the New Forest ! The New Forest inn pub was lovely, they made us feel so welcome, the food and atmosphere was fantastic . The pub is clean and the rooms are lovely.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2025

Angela

Very nice stay!

Greeted by a nice lady in the pub. Stairs to room quite narrow and steep but room very nice and modern. Large TV, nice tea tray with biscuits, nice toiletries to use. Two fans in the room were useful.
Shower very good and bed comfortable too.
Breakfast very good, nice bacon, sausage and eggs, cereal if wanted, toast, tea and coffee. All good!
Went for a walk behind the hotel in the morning and saw some horses grazing.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Aug 2025

Roy

Staff very hospitable. Gorgeous food. Perfect location for exploring New Forest.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

18 Aug 2025

Mike

Smack bang in the middle of the New Forest itself, it would have been criminal of me not to explore the surrounding wooded areas as part of a long walk. My room was very comfortable and the staff were very helpful and accommodating. The shower helped wash away the day's labors but the bed could have been more comfortable. I dined there on the evening which was ok but for breakfast, the eggs were undercooked and the bacon cooked to the point that you could only identify it via its fingertips. All in all, I would look to stay here again but would perhaps dine elsewhere.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Aug 2025

Richard

Worth a visit

Second time visiting. Lovely rooms, very comfortable. Due to current hot weather rooms a bit too hot as no air conditioning. Breakfast excellent

Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Aug 2025

Rebecca

Avoid room 1

When I first turned up and was taken to the room I was a bit concerned that it would be a bit shabby, the hallway smells and the carpet is filthy, thankfully the bedroom was really nice.
Lovely pub and my dinner was good. The girl checking me in was really friendly and helpful. The thing that really let my stay down was my bedroom was above the kitchen and the noise was terrible. I really wanted an early night but it felt like I was sleeping in the kitchen, the noise went on until 11.30pm. For that reason I would never stay again whilst working as it's too noisy.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2025

Julie

Great location. Helpful staff. Amazing breakfast
Could not fault it at all. Would highly recommend

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2025

Gail

Riding in the New Forest on the way back from Exmoor. The room was bomfortable and the food good both evening meal and breakfast, Would stay again. Nice New Forest location.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

05 Aug 2025

GJ

OK, place could do with a little tlc.

Rooms are at the top of an awful looking manky staircase, which didn't bode well, but the room was clean. It was small and very hot due to no a/c and warm weather. The common area/hal desperately needs refreshing.
Breakfast was OK. Overall, it feels a bit like it needs some tlc.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2025

Graham

New Forest gem

The food at the Inn was really good and that is bother evening meal and the breakfast. The room was a little bit tight for a large person. The Location was superb .

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2025

Martin

Weekend away

Lovely pub and room, overall it was fantastic, the staff really make it what it is!!.
If i had to moan, queen size bed was 2 tiny singles pushed together. And my side sloped down to the floor and it would be nice if the juice at breakfast was chilled. Howeverbreakfast and food in general was very good. Would definitely return

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2025

Fiona

New Forest Inn

The room was spotlessly clean and cosy. The staff were all friendly and helpful and the breakfast was excellent.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2025

Andrew

If you're looking for 5 star sterile environment this is not for you. When booking on line your'e never sure what you will walk into.As soon as we set foot through the door we knew we had made the right decision. New Forest Inn steeps in atmosphere, 18th century beautiful country pub in the heart of the New Forest, even the ponies were there outside to welcome us.
The staff were amazing as was the food.
Bedroom a little quirky...we loved it, extremely clean throughout.
We will certainly be back, hopefully autumn to this most wonderful establishment!

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2025

Sally

Lovely place, however we stayed there in the heatwave & the fan provided sadly didn’t help. The room was very hot think having the kitchen extra fan sadly outside the window didn’t help, just like sleeping in a sauna there was hardly any breeze coming through the window .I appreciate the staff could do nothing about the very hot weather. It was cool in the bar & beautiful garden

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2025

Nigel

Gorgeous New Forest Inn

This is a pub with a difference, a traditional old New Forest Inn with interesting decor. Also charming New Forest ponies visit daily and stand and watch while you have a beer.

All the staff are friendly and happy and provide great service, nothing seemed too much trouble. Our room was very comfortable and well equipped with tea and coffee making facilities and toiletries.

Situated in the heart of the forest just outside Lyndhurst (20 min walk away) its extremely peaceful.

The food on offer is high end pub grub with a few specials thrown in and you certainly won't go hungry. The breakfast selection is very good and the New Forest Breakfast will last you all day, no matter how far you're going to walk.

We stayed 2 nights and would have stayed longer if we could.

Highly recommended however bear in mind this is an old pub with rooms not a swanky 5 star hotel, but the people who work there warrant that rating.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2025

Christopher

A lovely place to stay. Friendly staff (especially during the breakfast).

Room was compact but lovely and clean.

A lovely pub with a lovely garden.

A fantastic breakfast, with an especially friendly staff member (morning of 08/07/2025).

Thank you for there pleasant stay.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

03 Jul 2025

Ian

Lovely place to explore the new forest

This is a lovely place and the pub I see great. The food is very good and the garden lovely. The staff are very friendly and helpful.

My only issue is that our room was over the kitchen and so was incredibly hot and stuffy. Had a fan but this didn't really do much.

Overall a lovely stay just wish the room was cooler.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jun 2025

Adrian

Great stop off

Great stop off, parking, extensive menu, nice room, plenty of seating jnside and out. Evening meal and breakfast both excellent.Would stay again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jun 2025

GARY

Like the fact that you can walk a few yards from the property and you're in the forest. Good location for walking the dog. The whole of the New Forest inn is dog friendly and staff are very welcoming towards them.Very helpful staff !

Leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2025

Deborah

Lovely accommodation, we had a car issue and they went out of their way to assist ~ special mention for Ellie, who was fantastic with sourcing some jumper leads for us.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2025

Peter

Superb throughout

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2025

Michael

Lovely inn and excellent food

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 May 2025

Pamela

All as good as it could be in a very old building.

We enjoyed the stay but a few things stopped a great stay. Not sure the hotel could have done much about them however.
Room was almost unbearably hot even with a fan going all night. Bathroom had nowhere to put anything but again the space was utilised to the max.
Staff were lovely and the food was plentiful.
Would stay in the cooler months again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2025

Phil

Great room, very good evening meal & decent nights sleep. Couldn't stay for breakfast as it started too late

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2025

Brenda

The rooms were very modern but a little bit small

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2025

Dave

Lovely pub setting in the New Forest.
Very friendly & helpful staff

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2025

Bryan

Terrific inn great room with plenty of room, brilliant breakfast ideal for new forest exploring. Would certainly recommend and revisit.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Apr 2025

Yash

Staff was very nice and welcoming. Food is amazing and the service aswell.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Apr 2025

Margaret

An 18th Century pub, loads of character and staff were very friendly. Parking is a problem at the pub, however there is parking on the road which is well utilised. Breakfast was included, plenty of choice and a huge full English if you are doing a long walk! We stayed in the superior room which looked like it was newly refurbished and spacious.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Apr 2025

Peter

Really enjoyed stay.food was excellent loved liver and breakfast and breakfast. Well done staff

10/10

Exceptional

16 Mar 2025

Heidi

Lovely accommodation in a stunning area, great value for money

10/10

Exceptional

11 Mar 2025

Alexander

Had a great, restful, couple of days at the New Forest Inn. The room was clean and comfortable, with a great side of traditional character. The food and drinks are great and they have a good range of vegetarian and gluten free options on the menu. The deserts are a definite highlight! The staff were friendly and helpful and made us feel very welcome. We will be back in the future.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2025

Angela

Our room was situated on the upper floor, there’s a side entrance to the rooms right next to the pub restaurant. The room was lovely and cosy, towels were neatly rolled and placed on the bed for guests to use. Shampoo and shower gel were all provided. Breakfast was also included in our stay as well.

The New Forest Inn all day breakfast was fantastic!!! Very big portions, everything comes in double. Dinner at the restaurant was also delicious! Must try out their lamb dishes.

We had a pleasant stay at the New Forest Inn and would definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking for accommodations in the area.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Mar 2025

Talbot

Pub grub at its best.

Lovely period building. Comfortable and well presented room. Busy restaurant with great food.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

23 Feb 2025

Alexander

Our room was clean and tidy

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2025

Stephen

Lovely pub with very friendly staff, had a meal in event which was very nice and breakfast was superb. Super clean room nicely decorated

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2025

jane

Lovely stay

Spent 2 days at the Forest Inn. I can throughly recommend this place. The rooms were clean & comfortable. Its a good place to stay to explore the New Forest

We had dinner in the restaurant & the food was excellent, the breakfast were also excellent. The staff are polite, & nothing was too much trouble
Have already booked to go back in the spring.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2024

Verified traveler

Great country get away

We really enjoyed our stay. The rooms are modern and really clean and the Inn itself is right in the heart of the forest which was so accessible for all walks. The staff were really friendly and attentive and the breakfast was brilliant and huge! Would totally recommend.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2024

Martin

The whole experience was top quality from the moment we stepped in, beer selection in the bar was excellent (something for everyone) the room was super clean and cosy with everything you needed (shower was superb) bed was super comfy as well!!
We also dined there in the evening with a great and varied choice on offer!!!
Big up to the chef as the food was top quality.
We will definitely be returning soon even if it’s just to dine out!!!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2024

Kathryn

Beautiful Place. Horses clip clopping by. Wonderful food and comfortable room

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2024

Bryan

Enjoyable 2 night stay, lovely place to stay with friendly staff