Cliff Poole Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The Ribeye Steak was cooked perfectly, with soft crunch chips and a great peppercorn sauce."
• "The food was delicious and reasonably priced."
• "Food was incredible, we had fillet steak and ribeye! Both cooked to perfection 👌"
• "Food was fabulous."
• "Food was delicious. Battered fish was sensational, really crispy yummy batter."
• "The food was very tasty and service friendly."
• "The food was piping hot and delicious."

Cons:

• "Service was very good but the quality of the food served was poor."
• "Ordered the smoked haddock florentine fish cakes. Could not taste any fish."
• "We ordered a trio of roast meat. The beef was like leather and the pork was a tiny piece of fat."
• "Sea Bass, nice dish ruined by being dried out."
• "But the food was very poor, roast potatoes were awful, fig & dolcelatte roast was dreadful and Yorkshire puddings bland."
• "Salad with chicken breast has fridge cold cauliflower and broccoli sprinkled with cinnamon!!!!"
• "Worst Sunday dinner I ever had - meat was inedible and when I asked for another dish they returned with sea bass that was cremated."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff was lovely, attentive and tolerant."
• "Special mention to Lois our lovely waitress, friendly and helpful."
• "Great food and service from Jabyn was excellent."
• "The staff were so nice and could not do enough! Five Stars!"
• "The service was amazing and nothing was too much trouble."
• "The serving staff were friendly and efficient, even though it was a busy Saturday."
• "Our server Ryan was on the ball and catered to all our needs!"

Cons:

• "Nothing to complain! Always great service although sometimes the staff crew keeps you waiting-no immediately attention and approach when a client arrives!"
• "The service was very poor and slow."
• "Visited late yesterday afternoon and sat outside... the first waitress blanked us when I spoke to her... The staff working outside were all quite young and feel their training does require fine tuning."
• "We waited 3/4 hour for our food."
• "We were then presented with our bill without us asking for it, apparently outside service finished at 5.30pm, which is fine, but the waitress should have mentioned this when presenting the bill to us."
• "There were a couple of misshapps with the meals but were sorted in fast timing."
• "Didn't really feel the service was there after that as had to order everything at the bar."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "Lovely ambiance inside."
• "Lovely decor throughout."
• "Super cozy atmosphere."
• "The new decor and ambiance is really quite something."
• "The Cliff, with its beautiful new decor and even more amazing staff!"
• "Decor great. Great table spacing."
• "Beautiful decor and atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Expensive like everywhere else in Canford Cliffs."
• "The place is very cosy and the atmosphere inside nice."
• "Smokers right by the main entrance door were a little off putting."
• "The restaurant area: tables for 2 people too small. Chairs not very comfortable."
• "Decor; modest."
• "Very cold in restaurant on a dinner out with family."
• "Despite reviews, they are certainly NOT dog friendly."

Value

Pros:

• "This is not your usual pub grub and therefore not priced at that level, but saying that it was not outlandishly expensive where you leave still feeling hungry."
• "The whole meal was excellent value for money and we will be returning very soon."
• "Would thoroughly recommend eating here for excellent food & value for money."
• "Very reasonably priced and super-delicious."
• "Service was excellent and value for money."
• "The food is so tasty and great value."
• "We went for the lunch menu on offer, which is very good value."