Salisbury, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

This “lovely” red-brick gastroboozer in a New Forest village recently changed hands, and is now run by the same team as The Royal Oak at North Gorley. The menu offers British classics with a twist, and based on “really top-quality ingredients”, whether you go for the Sunday roasts or finer dining. There’s also a “garden with well-spaced tables for the summer and pleasant walks close by” – and, should you wish to overnight, you can stay in the dedicated ‘Desert Orchid’ room, which draws its name from the Grand National winner, whose former HQ, the Whitsbury Manor Stables, is just behind the building.