Name: The Shoe Inn
Address: Salisbury Road, Test Valley, Test Valley, Test Valley, SO51 6EE, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

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Forest Falconry

Southampton Airport

Bournemouth Airport

The Shoe Inn

Test Valley

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

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breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

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kitchen

This pub does not look special from the outside but inside it’s lovely. The landlady was fantastic, great stock of drinks especially Gins, food was very good and they made our visit very entertaining and enjoyable. A must it you are in the area.

Great food

This is the first of two nights booked in today, June 21-22, 2023, Room No.1. It's now 2310 hrs and traffic is whooshing and rumbling by outside on the busy A36 (the front entrance is 1.0m from the road!) I asked management if they had a room to the rear but there's nothing free. Should have booked into a Premier Inn.

Sleepless Night.

Stayed here for just one night . The landlady was very welcoming and helpful, nothing seemed to be too much trouble. The room at the front was  very clean and the bed was very comfortable - yes it was beside a main road which was noisy but still slept well.  The evening meal was plentiful and very tasty and breakfast the following morning was delicious. The amount charged was very reasonable and if we hadn’t had somewhere else booked would have stayed longer. The pub is situated in an ideal location for visiting various places in and around the New Forest. Also, the dog was welcome as well!

Great value

Absolutely disgraceful response from management. Not a single wink of sleep, may as well have been lying in the middle of the M25. Requested a quiet room. I'm a nurse and work 12 hour shifts. Had booked 2 nights, explained to management of the situation she didn't care one bit. Refused point blank to even refund one night.Disgusting place. Please don't give your money to this appalling place. They wouldn't even allow me a light breakfast at 6.30. 

Absolutely DO NOT stay here

Lovely owners who could not do enough for us and made to feel very welcome.
Excellent food, breakfast and evening meals
Rooms were clean and tidy, bed was very comfortable.
Ample free car parking
Real old and quirky pub with a lovely atmosphere.
Overall a very relaxing stay and would definitely recommend.

Mick and Louise's short, but lovely stay at the Shoe Inn

Lovely place to stay staff were lovely nothing was to much trouble. The room wasn’t huge but done the job with everything you needed in it.  We slept like logs! It was spotlessly clean and the breakfast was amazing we will definitely be back thanks

Lovely staff , spotless room and the food amazing thanks

Great meal on a weekday evening. Staff very welcoming and it’s dog friendly in the bar area. Fish and chips excellent. Lasagne the best I’ve ever had! Easy parking. Pub was quiet which was a shame but understandable as it was mid week. Definitely recommend

Best lasagne ever

Stayed for one night. Staff were all lovely and friendly.. food was great too!

It’s right on a busy road and when the lorries go past the bed actually shakes. I am one of the lightest sleepers ever so I took ear plugs and had a decent sleep. 

Everywhere was clean & room was comfortable. Only thing that could make it better would be a new shower curtain as it was dirty. Also bathroom window wouldn’t open. 

Perfect place for one or two nights to explore the New Forest though. 

Lovely Staff & Food

We have visited this pub before but not recently, and we were shocked to see how little had changed. The decor is very dated and the carpet is grubby. The tables and chairs are pretty basic.

We were warmly greeted and chose a table where we ordered our meal.

The roast was fairly good, with a large chunk of pork, but there were only two vegetables, carrots and green beans, which was disappointing. A third vegetable would have been nice. The meat was tender and tasty but the roast potatoes had seen better days, being hard and dry. They had obviously been around and reheated, which is a shame.

My husband’s meal was acceptable apart from the chips which were also very dry and obviously reheated. We should have sent them back when they arrived but we waited quite a long time for our meal, despite the restaurant being almost empty, so we couldn’t face complaining, as we had been driving for some time and had a further journey to do, and didn’t want to prolong our trip.

The toilet was clean but the hand dryer was not working and there were no paper towels in the ladies.

Car parking is across a very busy main road so do make use of the crossing as it’s pretty dangerous.

Sadly, we’re not sure we’d risk another meal here.

Friendly pub but in need of a revamp

Visited the Shoe Inn today with a group of 38 mostly elderly people.  We were made most welcome and were served an excellent lunch by very friendly and helpful staff who went out of their way to make sure everyone was comfortable.  They also coped admirably with some dietary requirements - vegetarians, nut allergy and gluten free.  Very impressive!

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