Botany Bay Inn, Winterborne Zelstonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Stopped here for breakfast on the way from weymouth to london. helpful staff, 3 friendly pub dogs and a decent sized english breakfast for about £5. Obviously this doesnt help for anyone wanting 'beer in the evening' but if you want 'breakfast in the morning', you cant go wrong (after 10am).
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This is always my favourite stop for a bite to eat on my way to Weymouth for our annual holiday the great thing about this place is my dog Harry is always made very welcome the foods good too keep up the good work
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Places like this have a nasty habit of staring down their noses at you if you dare to enter the building and just want a drink. The barman (I'd often wondered what had happened to Duncan Norvelle) fiddled with receipts and did his best to ignore us for 10 minutes, obviously realising that we didn't have a menu in our hands. Very poor service.
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Arrived for Sunday lunch – car park full – that’s a good sign, it’s popular.
Got a friendly welcome from behind the bar. No table available in the restaurant but that’s wasn’t a problem, we were happy to have a drink in the very pleasant garden. Wandered back into the bar, “there’s a table available sir”. All very impressive up to this point.
Waited 20 minutes for the order to be taken – “sorry I thought you’d ordered”. After another 10 minutes – “sorry we haven’t got any salmon (one of the starters). The main courses eventually arrived but, oh dear, the roasties were well and truly roasted and a steak knife would have been useful to cut through the beef. Gave up waiting to order a desert. We were finally presented with the bill along with a “sorry for the mix-up”. – So were we.
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If I'm staying in Dorset this is my local. Wonderfull hosts and staff along with excellent food, beer and wines make any night spent in this friendly pub a night to remember. Damien & Sara, 10 out of 10!
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Good beer, good wine and very good pub food indeed. This pub is outstanding. Nice folk too.
Paul Leighton - 26 Oct 2004 18:57 |
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