Barley Mow Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food here is genuinely superb and comes highly recommended."
• "Had a gorgeous meal in the pub, food was amazing!"
• "Great food, quickly served, and reasonably priced."
• "Ambience, tasty food & good service."
• "The food was out standing. Full of flavor and excellent quality."
• "Fantastic Fish and chips. Also loved the Asian influence."
• "Fish and chips was excellent as was the Sunday roast."

Cons:

• "Not cheap considering very basic."
• "Unfortunately the food was disappointing."
• "Dry old starters, no taste, no moisture. Our mains were COLD and tasteless."
• "Not a happy experience! Mushroom stroganoff is to be avoided at all cost very poor the sauce was, virtually inedible."
• "Had Cod which was full of bones, which totally ruined my meal."
• "The food was really awful, chips reheated and obviously frozen not fresh."
• "Food was worst I have ever eaten. I ordered chicken and chorizo, chicken was grisly and looked more like cat meat."

Service

Pros:

• "Owner and staff very friendly."
• "Quick service."
• "The staff friendly, the service was very prompt."
• "The staff and landlady were very welcoming."
• "The young man on the bar also acted as waiter and was charming, helpful and efficient."
• "Good service and friendly staff."
• "The service was very good Imogen the front of house could not do enough to please."

Cons:

• "Overall, whilst it was all generally OK I won't be rushing back."
• "8 of us and we weren't really made welcome."
• "Staff unfriendly the lady who served us didnt smile at all."
• "Waited over 30 mins for drinks and even longer for food."
• "Service also extremely below where it should be."
• "Popped in here yesterday for food and a drink, service non existent, kept being told to wait.....the pub was empty, wasn't necessary to wait....also was very cold inside.....and the food smells wasn't good......"
• "We were never asked if everything was OK."

Ambience & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely thatched pub in a quiet location."
• "Lovely looking place down a country lane."
• "Beautiful rural setting."
• "Fantastic location at a friendly pub serving excellent food!"
• "In the Countryside just outside Wimborne."
• "Perfect spot, we were the only ones in this pretty field, well except for 2 wild deer."
• "A beautiful, part thatched, typical old Hampshire country pub. As lovely inside as out."

Cons:

• "Road right next to carpark was busier than I'd anticipated."
• "The campsite was advertised as a quiet, no music, peaceful campsite... yet we could still hear their music all afternoon and shouting till gone 11.30pm."
• "Toilets in pub were dirty."
• "No Wifi, which caused us a problem as we needed local information."
• "Heavily reduced menu which wasn't announced on their website."
• "The camping field was horrendous. Just a field with very long grass and a very long walk to toilets. No showers!!"
• "Litter had been left in the field."