Smugglers Inn, Osmington Mills - pub details
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Address: Osmington Mills, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 6HF [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 13903)
Weymouth (4 miles), Upwey (4.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by Ian on 20 Aug 2004
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> Current user rating: 6.5/10 (rated by 35 users)
> Local guide: Dorset pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Sunray at Osmington, Osmington (1.0 miles)
user reviews of Smugglers Inn, Osmington Mills
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| lovely location with sea views from the car park. This is a very popular pub. We leave it for the tourists during the summer so went here on 2 January. Almost full at 12.30. By 1pm the staff were making a waiting list for those wishing to wait for a table. We had to wait about 30 mins for our food but it was worth the wait. Very good food, Very good service considering how busy they were. However I would advise anyone to arrive before 1pm. Megdorset - 4 Jan 2010 12:20 |
| This is indeed a lovely location but I must agree with the previous reviewer about being a victim of its own popularity. We visited on a very busy Friday and the pub was packed. We should have been sensible and taken the warning when we saw that every table outside and inside was busy, and the queue for the bar. The food we ate was cold (Even my replacement when I complained was just as cold) and most of it ranged from mediocre to poor. We also ended up waiting over an hour and a half for our main courses (cold, and mediocre) - this was made worse for us by the fact our 15 month old son was with us and he was getting hungry and cold, and just fed up! The whole experience was such a bitter disappointment, the pub looks stunning and your expectations are high. The only good thing is that the Manageress did give us all of our money back when we complained (Perhaps I was lucky to have found her, as talking to other staff did not have much effect) Suggest trying the pub when quiet, as probably much nicer ! Adrian adriancollins - 17 Aug 2009 10:41 |
| A beautiful building in a picturesque location. Unfortunately in the middle of tourist country and obviously is a victim of it's own popularity. Long queues for the bar, food by numbers and delivered by automaton staff who are plainly working too hard to care much about the customer experience. That said I cannot fault the food I had or the ale I drank. Maybe a nice place to try on a winters night at low season but avoid during the holidays unless you are there to walk the coast path or admire the view from the car park. Simon200 - 10 Aug 2009 20:47 |
| great pub on a sunny day - nice beer garden and decent ales (Lemony Cricket was pretty good). Food good as well. A must if you are in the area or walking the coastal path. hartleys_best - 6 Aug 2009 15:07 |
| This pub has by far the most scenic car park that I've ever seen. It looks directly out to the ocean. But where's the pub? Behind you, in a hollow behind the cliffs, no view at all. This pub is owner by Hall and Woodhouse so if you like Badger beer you're in luck. Except that when we visited they only had one beer on tap. It was called Lemony Cricket (you know with a hint of lemon). Everthing else was off. I don't fancy lemony beer myself but could have been persuaded to have a pint of lager. Well perhaps I would have been persuaded if they hadn't come up with the novel idea of making you queue up for the bar (not the food) as if you were in the post office. It wasn't that busy when we were there and they had two blokes working behind the bar. Still I stood in line for a few minutes and watched as they called the next person up to the bar. It seemed much slower than the old traditional way of bellying up to the bar. Couldn't be arsed to wait any longer for a beer I didn't really want or to queue like a shopper at tescos. So we let our feet do the talking, paused for another tour of the car park, and left. DRJSurrey - 7 Jul 2009 13:47 |
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