Filly Inn

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   Emma

   Devon

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely atmosphere, service and food. A great place to stop for a drink or food after a walk in the New Forest.
   

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   Julian

   Hampshire

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 8 December 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   So this is a lovely place to go and eat. The ambience is lovely, the place is clean and clearly well looked after. The Filly is a busy place so booking is advisable. So we were looking for a good place to have a Sunday Roast. I love a roast, my partner less so. My main criteria for a Sunday roast for me is that it should have at least one component that is better than what I can make at home. We were welcomed and quickly shown to our table (sadly right next to the kitchen door). Excellent selection of drinks, beers were bought. I ordered the Roast beef. I was a little disappointed. The beef although tasty was tough, there is a current trend to pile the plate high with root veg at the bottom, a gravy that felt like it had come from a packet, slices of beef on top - there was more then enough beef here, then the Yorkie on top of that. For me the Yorkie should have some gravy in it, but as the gravy was not separate this was not an option. I also ordered the cauliflower cheese - this was the best part of the meal. So quick summary, roast potatoes and parsnips were soggy - the potatoes at least should be crispy on the outside and floofy in the middle - they were just soggy. The green veg was well done and different to what you would normally get. The cauliflower cheese was excellent but without enough salt. The salt cellars were the grindy kind and they hadn't been filled with salt crystals to crush, fine table salt inside - not the best. Am I being a bit picky? Yes, but for £25 including the cauliflower cheese that was extra I expect something better, and as I said a decent roast should include at least one component that is cooked better than I can. There wasn't. So in summary, lovely ambience, decent service great surroundings - including one couple eating in the fireplace which looked awesome - go here. Just don't expect the roast to be good value for money.
   

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   Caroline

   Dorset

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 8 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Overall very good, busy pub restaurant, good atmosphere. We did send 2 roast dinners back to be hotter, would go again and would recommend.
   

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   Davina

   Dorset

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 7 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely area where we sat! , food was fab. Service was very good
   

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   Mandy

   London

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 30 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great food and really nice surroundings. Would definitely recommend.
   

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   Ruth

   Hampshire

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 29 November 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Lovely friendly staff, even lit the fire for us as the restaurant was cool. Lamb very disappointing. Mostly fat.yuk! meal not very warm. We told the server that the lamb was of poor quality and she could see the amount of fat left on the plate. No recognition and scant apology. Probably won't bring friends here again until we have had a bettert experience. Rather disappointing.
   

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   Nikki

   Dorset

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 24 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great roast at the Filly Inn - look forward to going again
   

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   Lynda

   Hampshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 23 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   First class again, but that's why we chose it. We wanted to eat somewhere with flavoursome food realistic prices and a warm and friendly atmosphere.
   

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   Matthew

   Hampshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 22 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fantastic food, probably the best shepherds pie I have ever had (dont tell my Granny)
   

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    Tasmin

    Hampshire

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 17 November 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Very good roast and all the trimmings. Thoroughly enjoyed. Be sure to book as it is popular!
    

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