The Sailors Return, East Chaldon - pub details
Address: Chaldon Herring, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8DN [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 2921) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Website: http://www.sailorsreturndorset.co.uk
Moreton - Dorset (4 miles), Wool (4.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Quiz night (Mondays)
- Dartboard
- Food served, Sunday roast, Gluten free meals available, Real ale
- Outside seating, Dogs allowed, Children allowed, Credit cards accepted, Car park
Pub suggested by John on 29 May 2003
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> Current user rating: 6.2/10 (rated by 29 users)
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Red Lion, Winfrith Newburgh (1.6 miles), Countryman Inn, East Knighton (1.9 miles)
user reviews of The Sailors Return, East Chaldon
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| This is a lovely old country pub i have eaten here quite a few times over the last few month and everytime we good the food is fantastic and good value we even went there recently for mothersday and again flawless and an amazing deal with mothers eating for a fiver. As for the previous comments ref. mice this i believe was over a year ago uner old management all i can say on that is the place looked and smelt very clean and look like they had spent alot of time and money to get it right still has its character. jpe1598 - 22 Mar 2012 14:46 |
| I gave this pub an 8/10 a while back because I was pleasantly impressed. However, today I see on the BBC Dorset website that the former publicans were just fined £6,000 for a mice infestation: "Live and dead mice were observed along with vast amounts of droppings... The kitchen and bar area were found to be infested with mice. There was little regard for pest control in evidence." It's now got new owners, the article says, but I don't think that I will be eating there again any time soon. And I withdraw my earlier rating. HenPen - 10 Mar 2012 17:08 |
| Not really a pub,more a place to eat, and the food is expensive, especially for what it is. My meal was very disappointing and probably the worst I have had in a pub fora few years.Beer okay,but very limited,just 3 pumps for a very big bar, Ringwood,Otter and Copper ales, some lagers.Staff very helpful and friendly, but all a bit chaotic and a bit noisy.Have been 3 or 4 times, but wouldn't visit again, especially to eat. jdb1 - 31 Jan 2012 17:11 |
| The alarm bells started to ring after seeing the Egon Ronay approved sticker in the window. Now I know why their food prices are on the high side. The usual type of main meals were over £11 (£3 to £4 cheaper elsewhere). Lighter bites were £6. Portions were generous, quality okay - but not value for money. The beer quality was poor and, judging from previous reviewers over the years, the choice is always the same - Palmers Copper Ale and Ringwood Best. Strangely the third hand-pump had the overrated Marstons Pedigree. Unlike the 'good old days' when you paid for drinks/food with cash as you went along, these days one normally sets up a tab and settles by card after you have been fed and watered. So, a tab was set up. It took nearly twenty minutes to settle it. I waited ten minutes for the customer in front to settle his bill. There seemed to be a lot of disputing what he was being charged for. Then it was my turn. My rough estimate for the bill was about £40 - £41. I was charged £56. Time for my disputing to start. Instead of putting all your tab slips under your table number, they were mixing them with other peoples tabs. The bar staff then try to guess which ones are yours. Idiots. Heaven forbid if you were in there one busy night.........you might end up treating the whole pub. fugglehops - 4 Oct 2011 21:35 |
| Was staying in the village and have to say that the staff were all very friendly. Although I prefer to comment on the drinking aspect of pubs I have to say what a pleasant change it made to have decent individual cooking - the gravy accompanying the 'Game Parcel' was superb. Sweet Garlic and Nigella seed according to the chef on one of his sorties to mingle with the punters deportivo_azul - 2 Jul 2011 22:19 |
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