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this place is so much better now! the new managers are doing a great job in restoring this pub to its former glory. well worth a visit again if you had a previous poor visit. keep up the good work guys!
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Been here many times and seen many changes, not only to the pub but Staff, and service.
Last visit was 2 weeks ago and granted the place looks a heck of a lot better. Nice to see curtains at the windows and the old stale tobacco stained walls and ceilings have been painted which has given a fresher look. As for the meals, well I guess you get what you pay for. The price is cheap and probably so are the ingredients, produce.
Service: well I did not feel it was up to much. I would at least expect the waitress to bring the cutlery and condiments, after all .. this is not MacDonalds! The waitress delivered the meal and when walking away from the table with her back to us she said "knives and forks are over there" pointing with her finger. I just felt like a little care and attention to the small details would make it an enjoyable experience.
As for the beer: My husband asked for Guinness, there wasnt any, so he asked for other beers and there wasnt any of those, he settled for a lager, which he hates!
The barmaid serving him was arrogant with her replies. Its unlikely we will visit this pub again.
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Will happily update my previous comment with the following;
Having spoken to the "group" that own the pub about the food, we were responded to kindly and went back to try again. Although I didn't have the Sausage and Mash I did have the Italian Chicken which was very good. My hubby had the "hazard" burger (very spicy sauce) and said it was very good too.
For the price you pay, which isn't too bad, you can get a very good meal depending on what you order!
Heres hoping for a good future for The Bold Forester!!
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All I can say is don't have the sausage and mash! The mash tastes like instant mashed potato (Smash if you prefer) and the sausages were meant to be Lincolnshire but if they were then they were the cheapest ones you could ever find. The best thing on the plate were the peas!
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April 2011
We have been to the bold forester many times before. And have always had a good meal
However our recent visit started with absolutely appalling service, no direction on whether we should wait to go up for the carvery. Which we did and waited 10 minutes for a stroppy chef to appear.
The dining room was left unattended, which meant we had missed drinks, but the staff seemed to be having a good joke in the kitchen area, because laughter was heard. Whilst we were left waiting!
A mid-week Tuesday night carvery, which looked and tasted as though it had been there since lunch time, the veg was dry and limited stock, and they was no suggestion more veg was on the way.
The Yorkshire pudding tasted like it was left over from last Sunday�s lunch. Even my 7 year old who's loves yorkshire pud left hers!
The best part of the meal was the pudding which was obviously out of a box, and we had to get up from the table and ask for the menu.
What a big shame we won't be going back again.
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Have just come home from fantastic carvery lunch at The Bold Forrester, Beaulieu Road. Food was great, service was warm and friendly. Many thanks to Johanthan the barman
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The Bold Forester has now re-opened after an extensive refit, so the negative comments on here are now inappropriate and redundant. Great food every day and a, excellent quiz at 8.30 every Thursday evening.
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THE BOLD FORESTER WILL BE CLOSING FOR THREE WEEKS AT THE END OF FEBRUARY FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REFIT.
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The refit for this pub is now scheduled for later this month.
The place does need attention, it's true, but some of the comments here are very harsh. Personally I think the Sunday carvery is great. Oh, the Thursday night quiz is brilliant - really unmissable.
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According to the web, the owners of this pub is the Orchid Inns chain - sixth largest in the UK. It was reported that they have not spent any money on this pub as it is due to be refurbished some time in the future - we've been waiting for action for some time now and the pub has been massively neglected and is in a dilapidated state. Even the sign shown in the above photo is no longer in place - previously it was suspended at one end by some rope, albeit it hung at an angle - some advert! One gents toilet had tiles missing, a light shade missing and a hole in the ceiling where presumably another light was. There was no soap in this gents or the other gents. Many light bulbs were missing in the unheated skittle alley which had splintered wood on the skittle alley runway. Numerous examples of plaster missing and decrepid decor. Now for faults by the staff - an unacceptable and obviously cloudy pint of 6X, snail trails on the skittle alley carpet. Sunday carvery food served was barely suitable for the lower end of the market who piled up their plates for the week. this could have had the potential to be a good pub, but other pubs in the locality have already improve tremendously and have probably taken market share. Don't go there until it's been refurbished and provides a good service, previous comments have not been acted upon.
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where to start with this pub i have been using TBF on and off for many years now mostly for its carvery on sundays, but after a very poor lunch a month or so ago we now avoid like the plague on our last visit food was cold and tastless real ale tasted like vineger, most of the lighting was not working (toilets and dining area) add this to the death trap that is the childrens play area, just awful
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we were staying at a nearby B& B (Dale Farm - highly recommended) and hoped this would be a decent pub & walkable (within 1-2 miles). Sadly it wasn't a decent pub & probably not walkable. Barstaff were courteous and fairly efficient but the pub less us down. The whole place had more of a 'Coach parties welcome' ambience. Granted we went early on a weekday evening to eat, with small children in tow but some things should be fairly reasonable all the time...Front door handle was sticky. Only one ale on tap (Spitfire , didn't try it so couldn't comment on condition - I'm a bit of a girl so I prefer a golden ale) . Menu was very naff and pre-prepared, kids mash with fishfingers was Smash (I thought I would be safe sticking to the grilled Gammon but my jacket potato was very underdone) . Having said that it was stupidly cheap (only �23 for meal & drinks 2 adults , 2 small kids) Ladies toilet didn't have a light bulb in it. We decided not to go back & were delighted to find The Pilgrim in Marchwood the next night- excellent food, a few decent ales and posh bogs too, what more could you ask for?
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under new ownership, all local beers good value food, get in quick before the grey rinse brigade find it
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That should read 50p per head in the quiz - not 5p!!!!
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Bold Forester Marchwood has a good pub quiz on Thursday evenings.....8.30pm, 5p a head to enter. General knowledge, entertainment, history. pictures.......and also a snowball at the end (�1 per entry) where some of the pot is won each week and the rest grows and grows. Come along and try it....the quiz is presented by 'Weakest Link' winner David Morris.
The pub is under new management and Jim & Jenny are working hard to give the place a great new feel.
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