The Stag on the River, Eashing

Nice pub - Staff were very friendly and couldn't do enough to help - Let down by the fact that there is only one table inside for drinking, all the rest are laid for eating - And while the staff were very happy to let us use one to have a drink when not eating, its not a nice place to do so - Just very much lacking in atmosphere - However outside is a great beer garden and it has a great selection of ales. In short a great pub to be outside in in the summer, but on a cold/rainy day I would give it a miss

21 Jun 2011 12:54

The Old Granary, Wareham

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

21 Jun 2011 12:12