The Railway Hotel, Ashford, Fordingbridge

It's amazing how a once-excellent source of food can go so far downhill. Tried lunch. My king-prawn stir-fry (£12.95) wasn't a stir-fry -- merely heated prawns in a sweet-chilli sauce, served with (properly-cooked) rice and a pretty bland salad. It was at least edible, which is more than can be said for my wife's Thai chicken curry (£9.95). This appeared to have been reheated at least once: the chicken, the mange-tout, the carrot and the mini-corn-cobs turned to mush with a little attention from a fork. The Ringwood Best Bitter was good. Absolutely will not return!