Rising Sun, Wimborne

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user reviews of the Rising Sun, Wimborne

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Visited (passing through) on a beuatifully sunny Friday evening. Seemed popular with the locals. Food was tasty and generous portions.
Sat at the outdoor seating/decking area, by the river, hemmed in by buildings a bit, but there is a fabulous weeping willow just up stream.
Shame that gardens have such a high percentage of smokers these days, and being a smallish area you couldn't get away from them.
We arrived at 6.56pm and were told food stopped being served at 7, that customers were served in strict order (3 ahead of us in the queue), and that if we didn't get our order in by 7 it would be too late. Fortuntely another staff member wandered up to help serve, and the queue were only ordering a couple of drinks each. I was left wondering what I would have said if we had missed the 7pm deadline. On the plus side, my husband was still parking the car, and I had no money on me, but he still accepted my order. So overall, a likeable pub, and a 7 rating.
jude_the_reviewer - 5 Jun 2010 08:44
Pretty good pub. The beer served here is good AND it is always served in the right glass. I.e. Hopping Hare is served in a Hopping Hare glass.
headstandking - 25 May 2009 12:13
badger ale excellent beer garden by river beautiful service friendly 9/10
fat_beer_badger - 25 May 2008 14:58
One of my favourite beer gardens anywhere. Back in Wimborne from London to see the folks I came here with a few mates - i walked out into the garden for a smoke and realised why I loved it: brook babbling away beside, huge willow tree above, the faint whiff of muck-spreading on the breeze.... ah, I'm home!

I could take or leave the inside mind...
irv - 11 Mar 2008 15:12
GREAT ATMOSPHERE GREAT MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT AND VERY FRIENDLY AND RELAXED
SARAH ATTWATER - 10 Aug 2006 11:36
A great pub. They serve badger ales, which are not my favourites but they are well kept and the hoffbrau lager makes a welcome change from the stella/fosters/carlsberg stuff served elsewhere.
Probably the best place in wimborne to spend a sunny afternoon as there is a large and pleasant beer garden, situated beside the river.
gilgamesh - 25 Feb 2006 12:11

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