The Old Granary, Wareham - pub details
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Address: The Quay, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4LP [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 12170) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Wareham (0.7 miles), Holton Heath (2.5 miles), Wool (5.2 miles)
Brewery: Hall and Woodhouse
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
- Outside seating, Dogs allowed, Children allowed, Credit cards accepted, Car park, Accommodation available
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 17 users)
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user reviews of the Old Granary, Wareham
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| As with the last reviewer we had a fantastic time the first night we went - Food was lovely, staff were friendly and the service was great - We were staying nearby and decided it was so good we'd go back the next night.... Big Mistake unfortunately.... On the second visit the service was dreadful - We had to wait an age for drinks and food, tables around us remained uncleared (as did our starters once finished), and we saw one of the waitresses seat a group of people who then asked her to leave the leftovers of the previous occupants (or maybe she just didn't clear them - Not sure), and they the proceeded to start picking at the cold food left on the table - Not very nice. I ordered the (expensive) burger (having had the stargazy pie the night before which was lovely), and asked for it to be cooked medium. When it arrived it was very well done and when I complained it took a good 5 minutes of it being taken away and eventually a manager coming back and telling me that it was against their health and safety policy for them to do burgers medium rare...... But he could 'try' and get the chef to do me another one but he couldn't guarantee that it would be medium - It might be well done..... I gave up and told him I'd eat it as it was - Regardless of how the burger was cooked it was pretty horrible.... We skipped desert and when we complained while paying we were basically given a shrugged shoulder and told 'well don't come back then'.... In short, given the 2 completely different experiences we had I really couldn't recommend it - Also as has been pointed out it is NOT a pub, there are no seats available just for drinking it is purely a restaurant alfienoakes - 21 Jun 2011 12:12 |
| This is an excellent place to eat. We had a marvellous lunch (nine of us) and it was so good we came back the next day. The sharing platters are good, and the pudding sharing platter is quite exceptional. The location is good, the service friendly, the beer excellent. Don't listen to the moaning minnies who didn't like it. noelprivett - 12 Jun 2011 17:23 |
| Visited the Old Granary in early summer, mid-week and had a good meal with good friendly service. Take on board other postings here, especially that weekends must be v. crowded so I would avoid those times. Although Hall & Woodhouse, they have a different menu from other H & W hostelries (World's End, St Peter's Finger etc.) as marketed more 'up-market' (same as the Olive Branch in Wimborne). Great location and no fights (to my knowledge) unlike some pubs in Wareham. dorsetman54 - 21 Aug 2009 14:46 |
| Is it a pub or is it a restaurant - this does seem to be the question. Despite being called a pub sort of name this place is indeed a restaurant since we payed for our meal after being given the food. Service was a bit rampant but fairly reasonable and watch out for the bloke wanting to do a questionaire. The food is excessively expensive, especially given the size of some of the portions. Vegetarian choices are very disappointing while on the beer side of things there was a couple of real ales. A solid place to go situated by the river and nobody shall surely complain about location here. BigAleDrinkhead - 10 Aug 2009 13:10 |
| Pub? Thisn't a pub!! Indeed, it's absolutely dire! It's a cross between an IKEA-style Canary Wharf wine bar and an antique bookshop. The brewery (Badger, unfortunately) has failed in its design concepts. It's also failed in its beer concepts - but that's not unusual for this outfit. What is it about Hall & Woodhouse that they can't seem to get it right. The Ladies & Gents lavatories are magnificent pseudo-Edwardian and I must congratulate the lavatorial architects and interior designers on this one. It's a joy to go there to spend a penny (even though it doesn't cost a penny if you're a customer). However, I have to say that I'd rather drink by ale (but preferably one not breweed at Blandford) in the Gents than in the bars. The customary funereal black corporate uniforms of the bar staff, who incidentally know very little about the beers they serve and can only describe the plastic, standard Badger Inns (probably re-generated) food on offer in corporate H&W jargon, does not lend itself to a quayside establishment in a little, rustic, Dorset town. Yes, I'm sure that it will do well during the summer months with tourists from London looking for something they can acquaint with, and with the blue rinse brigade coming out of Bournemouth and other conurbations, but, Badger Inns, really, do you have to fill the place with ersatz "character" when with a little more thought you could have made the most of the original concept of the building as a granary? Also, getting rid of, or "retraining" the automatons/zombies behind the bars to be a bit more like bar staff rather than Somerfield checkout (oh, I see that supermarket's now closed) staff might help. Lets have a decent non-plastic menu of good, traditional West Country food rather than the minimalistic, boil-in-the-bag, microwave, sous vide, "jus"-laden, "anything-mash", city-slicker offerings currently on the menu. A good menu, good, non-clinical atmosphere where there is a welcome rather than the blank face of an automaton languishing in the anonimity of corporate uniform noire. Good, well kept beer is also important, as is the way it is served; but that's another story which will probably come to fruition when the Blanford Brewery is converted into flats (or maybe even an enormous "Old Granary" - or should it be "Old Brewery?) and the recipes for all Hall & Woodhouse "beers" confined to the shredder!! I recommend people visit "The Old Granary" at Wareham to visit the lavatories, photograph them for posterity and then leave and replenish your thirst and satiate your hunger elsewhere. The Kings Arms Stoborough and the Duke of Wellington are pretty good although the ambience of their beer gardens are not quite the same as the river at Wareham Quay. pubquisitor - 16 May 2009 11:49 |
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