Best Casual Restaurants in Downton

A beautiful restaurant - relaxing surroundings -wonderful food cooked to order using fresh ingredients hence a small menu. The down side for me is the gratuity charge added at the end. I. Simply don’t like it. I think we should be able to make our own decisions about the tip and it not be an assumption.

Last minute decision to go out for dinner and decided to give The Ship in Distress a try and didn't regret it. Superb service, friendly and welcoming. Food was delicious and well presented. Overall very good and will be back. Many thanks.

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

We dined here on the Friday evening Tapas menu and it was superb. Genuine hearty food items imported from Spain by the very warm and friendly host and owner Carl. We cannot recommend highly enough, as all of the Tapas we enjoyed were flavoursome and well cooked by Carl and his staff and the service was fast and friendly. Everyone is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the food they are serving and that makes for a great ambience, we had the best evening here,and can't wait to return 😊

Quirky and attractive styling. Good varied menu. Food was lovely.