The Old Granary Pub & Restaurant, Wareham Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Gorgeous food and a wonderful setting."
• "Always been great food, with wonderful service."
• "Yummy food."
• "Chicken caesar salad and Budduh bowls were amazing relief."
• "The cakes selected were chocolate, lemon and carrot cake and every single one of them utterly delicious."
• "Had the Tanglefoot beer pie which was gorgeous."
• "The food was absolutely delicious, I cannot fault it."

Cons:

• "Ordinary food - I was disappointed both with vegetarian choices and quality of food."
• "Food wasn't brilliant. Burger was ok but chips were few and cold."
• "Burgers are imitation meat which makes it feel store bought."
• "The food was very average, some overcooked and extremely slow."
• "Some of the pasta tasted dry and a bit overcooked."
• "Instead of rare the steak was cooked through and charred on the outside, and was so tough it was unpleasant to eat."
• "The beef was stringy & took a lot of chewing."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was excellent considering it was busy."
• "Service was great, food was fantastic and very reasonably priced."
• "Service was prompt and friendly."
• "The staff were very professional and polite."
• "Service was excellent as we're the reasonable prices."
• "Really delicious food and a very pleasant staff."
• "The staff were attentive and very efficient despite the pub being very busy."

Cons:

• "Only half full restaurant but slow service."
• "The serving staff were rarely available to ask why."
• "Service is terrible, the staff seem visibly annoyed with guests."
• "Experience here staff was very miserable and unwelcoming."
• "Service for food very slow."
• "Service was very very slow."
• "Service friendly, if a little on the slower side."

Location & Ambience

Pros:

• "The Christmas decorations looked great and the pub is in a lovely location."
• "Perfect setting on the river - lovely vegan burger and dessert."
• "Gorgeous place right on the river with outside seating and roof seating."
• "Beautiful setting on the banks of the river."
• "Beautiful location right on the riverside with great views."
• "The general setting of the pub is very nice especially on a warm summer evening."
• "A great add on is the location and the beautiful view on the river."

Cons:

• "Lovely location and building but we were not impressed with the inflexible menu, pompous atmosphere and unfriendly attitude of the staff."
• "Whilst in a beautiful location, the male staff member at the door sadly could not make it clearer that we were beneath him."
• "Sorry but there it is, we were disappointed and felt ripped off."
• "Didn't set foot in here due to extremely unfriendly and rude male member of staff."
• "Overpriced and complacent because of view."
• "Most of the diners had dogs and we do not think this is appropriate in a restaurant."
• "We were put in a darkish corner."

Pricing

Pros:

• "The food & drinks are also very reasonably priced."
• "Quality food for a reasonable price."
• "Service was excellent as we're the reasonable prices."
• "The food was excellent and very reasonably priced."
• "Food and beer was good and decently priced."
• "Nice place though and reasonably priced."
• "The price is reasonable considering how expensive a pizza is next door."

Cons:

• "Drinks were expensive £6 for a bottle of cider?"
• "The food quality wasn't quite in line with the prices."
• "We felt it was way overpriced."
• "The food was not as expected for the price."
• "Food small portions, overcooked fish pie, hake and chips came without any sides or dressing for £22."
• "I nearly fell through the floor at over £14 for a glass of wine and a pint of draft cider."
• "For £17.49 per roast dinner I honestly wish I had cooked it myself and gave the money to charity."