At The Plough Inn, we are proud to welcome you to our friendly, family-run pub and restaurant that serves homecooked food and thirst-quenching drinks to local people and tourists. We are situated in a 16th century building with endless charm. It comprises a large bar area as well as an atmospheric restaurant that sits up to 50 diners. Our outdoor area includes a large beer garden, a children’s play area, and plenty of outdoor seating.
ENJOY A TRADITIONAL MEAL
When you visit the restaurant at The Plough Inn, you can be sure of receiving a homecooked meal made with love and care by our talented chefs. Our menu is diverse, and contains dishes ranging from jacket potatoes and sandwich to pizzas, burgers, and country classics. We take pride in accommodating our customers’ needs, so if you have any dietary requirements that we need to cater for, please do not hesitate to speak to a member of our team.
Alongside our main menu, we also have a dedicated breakfast menu, a smaller appetite menu, and a selection of buffet menus. The Plough Inn would be privileged to host your next event, and the buffet menus will make sure that all of your guests are well fed during the function.
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Lovely dog friendly and kid friendly pub, lots of tables for food, and plenty of bar space. Super friendly staff team!
Unfortunately had a poor experience here, dining as a group of 11. We had booked a table in advance but ended up waiting over 2 hours for our food to arrive which was frustrating as it affected our plans for the rest of the day. The pub was not busy so assume the kitchen was understaffed. 2 of us were vegans - there were a few options marked as vegan on the menu (vegan burger and vegan pie on the specials board) which we ordered. We also asked if the veg soup could be made vegan, to which the answer was no which we were fine with. After waiting 2 hours for our food, the vegan pie arrived with mash which tasted very buttery, and the burger came with coleslaw which did not seem vegan so we asked the waitress to check with the kitchen. She came back and asked if any of us were “actually vegan”, then went back to the kitchen and came back to tell us that no the mash and coleslaw were not vegan. To her credit she did offer to take away the non vegan things and gave us some chips to substitute the mash. However, given that we ordered things which were labelled vegan on the menu and that we’d specifically asked about making things vegan, the last thing we’d expect is to be served something non vegan. Advice to the kitchen; if you have a main labelled as vegan, make sure everything else on the plate is vegan! Overall, the food was average to good quality. The vegan burger itself was a bit dry as it only had a patty and nothing else. Pie was good and others in our group were satisfied with the quality of food, just not the speed.
As a visitor to the area only, we located this gem originally in 2022 and had the best rump steaks ever. Sadly in 2023 we had the worst rump steaks ever, even when one was replaced. I have to put this down to the butcher though as I hope it wasn't the chef. They did not fully charge for the food, which was fair. We will still return again, but will probably select other meals. Despite the disappointment, I would beg you to support this pub before it becomes another victim during these hard times. The staff are great and whilst it could do with an injection of money it must be remembered that part of it's charm is the fact that it is old and post Covid has seen massive cost increases for the hospitality sector. It has open and shaded areas in the very large garden as well as a play area. Keeping away from noise is easy. Times are hard but they will be even harder without pubs like this. Note to the owner: Please remove those ugly highchairs from your lovely inglenook fireplace. There has to be somewhere else to put them to avoid ruining the view of your great asset.
Positives: Lovely staff clearly working hard despite being under staffed. Tasty pub grub, good portions at an affordable price - was slightly overcooked but this is probably due to nationwide staff issues at the moment. Dining area is next to garden and decorated well. Negatives: the toilets and rest of the pub need refurbishment to get rid of the grimy feel and smell (smoke in toilets and general dirty bar smell in the bar). The pub has an area for people to drink and watch sports which was rowdy on a Wednesday at 7pm.. not my cup of tea...
Excellent portions, very tasty home made food (not to mention a very large menu!). Asked for a few alterations on the menu and they met our every need. Lovely independent pub with plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. Cute play park for the older kids too. Friendly and efficient staff, will definitely go back again and again
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Bashley, New Milton, BH25