This is probably the best Carvery in the South, and we have been to a few. We attended the Wickham food festival 🥮 and this was just somewhere we found to eat. It's so lovely inside and has lovely decor. It's a pleasure to be here. It was Sunday and it was very busy. We could buy a drink 🍷 🍻 and wait 🫷 outside. Nice outside area and warm 🥵 enough to dine out. Very soon we had our table in a very nice place. The queue was very long and soon we were at the hotplate and you can go left or right to be served. The team are very professional and friendly, I feel that they have all been properly trained as all staff were very attentive.. 🎂🍪 are to die for, my next trip will be dessert only. Best to go in the week when it's quiet and more cost effective. After dinner 🍽️ you can go on the adult sized swing. Top marks for the Forge. You can get a massive takeaway to.

Came in for a carvery and it was amazing!! staff were lovely place was really nice food was perfect it was hot well cooked and the selection of veg and extras was amazing couldn't fault it will definitely be coming back soon Thanks everyone x

Had Sunday carvery here with 7 others today. Very busy and a long wait but food was very good. Apart from myself being a veggie. Meat free carvery was exactly that, no nut roast just given an empty plate at the meat section. Oh well, £4.00 cheaper I suppose. Would have been nice to have a veggie gravy but no, just 2 vats of beef gravy. Although vegetables were excellent. Oh. It was very busy so be warned, car park can be fun.

I have visited The Forge a couple of times now and I am so glad of being introduced to this place! I am a big fan of roast dinners and The Forge have this every day of the week! The decor is beautiful, very Turkish inspired with the coloured glass and wood. Their new space is very light and spacious and the original space is lovely and warming. Plenty of seating and areas. Self service at the bar which is fine. You pay for your food then head up to the carvery. Queues can often be long so pick your day and time well and allow a bit of a wait if you go at peak times. The food is ample, the meat is perfectly done. The beef is so soft and falls off the joint. It's usually beef, gammon and turkey. Would love to see some lamb or pork on occasional days! Ample veg!! So much you are spoilt for choice! The plates are quite small so it always looks like your plates are overloaded but to get a choice of all the veg this is easily done. Gravy, perfect consistency. It is so nice to be able to come here with my little dog! This will always be my number one choice for a carvery for my whole family. Toilets are very big but cold. Access.. there are steps from the back which go down but at the front there aren't as many steps, so anyone that has access issues would be better coming through the front. Carpark is often over full. There are 2 little huts out the back and up the stairs for outside sitting/smoking area.

What a beautiful place! The interior is amazing and the food is also excellent. We had a carvery and it was huge, very reasonable price and super tasty too. The staff were very friendly and the atmosphere was nice. I highly recommend a visit, the outside doesn't reflect what's inside, a true Turkish delight!