The Bournemouth Stable Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "The lady behind the bar was very attentive, friendly and quick!"
• "Super friendly, helpful and knowledgeable staff who were able to fit us in with no reservation even though it was very busy."
• "The Manager Luigi was super helpful and really accommodating to all of our needs."
• "All the staff were amazing with big smiles and a professional attitude."
• "Very nice waitress who managed the orders of our large party well."
• "The staff are friendly and the food is really good quality!"
• "The staff is also really friendly, especially Luigi! They know what they’re doing and what they’re talking about, and you can tell making the customers happy is their main priority."

Cons:

• "We had to get the servers attention to request desert menus and to pay our bill at the end of the night."
• "Waitresses were pleasant but spent more time chatting to each other than checking tables and customers."
• "The table service experience was very poor, staff seemed unengaged, rude, and generally miserable."
• "Unfortunately after the food was served the service dropped off a little."
• "The manager and waitress who made the mistake were not helpful or apologetic."
• "We had a long wait for our order."
• "The service we received was amazing and we couldn't thank the staff enough!"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "One of the best pizzas I've had!"
• "The Cajun chicken and aubergine pizzas are really good as well their Mac and cheese."
• "The food was full of flavour and the service was very friendly."
• "The food arrived very quickly and was the usual delicious high quality fare, no complaints there at all."
• "Best sourdough pizza ever, made even more special with Glastonbury mozzarella..."
• "The pizzas were all amazing, none of us could believe the quality especially at that price."
• "The pizza was fresh and tasted amazing."

Cons:

• "The pizzas we consumed were not anything to be whelmed by."
• "Food arrived after a very long wait, and the food order was wrong, wrong items and missing items."
• "The pizza was rather thin and and crumbly, the base was less of a bread and more of a pastry."
• "When I received the pizza was very disappointed the look of it, almost no bacon and mushrooms, flavourless and dried."
• "Sadly, the pizzas were okay but somehow a bit underwhelming."
• "The pizza are to die for we even went back to get a take away for our drive home."
• "The pizza, well, if it were a competition on how to recreate the flavour of a pizza using 6 Jacob’s Cream Crackers as the base it would have won first prize."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Good food, warm, and upbeat atmosphere."
• "Good atmosphere, busy and lively when we were there."
• "Gorgeous spot for lunch overlooking Bournemouth Gardens."
• "The food, atmosphere and service are all excellent."
• "This place is great! Atmosphere is chill and cool."
• "The place has a nice atmosphere."
• "Really nice ambience and atmosphere too."

Cons:

• "Zero atmosphere, no music, lighting was too dim and we were cold unfortunately."
• "Deafening noise and service was slow."
• "It has a cosy/welcoming vibe inside but some tables are shared."
• "The worst thing was toilets, they are joined. I witnessed a guy using toilet with his door open and children entering and looking at it."
• "The general theme of the whole restaurant was very nice and the atmosphere was upbeat and lively too."
• "The place was not very clean."
• "The atmosphere and feel for the place is great, all feels light, vibrant and fresh."

Value

Pros:

• "The bill was very reasonable coming in at under £40 for two people."
• "The tasting options are great value at only £10."
• "Luckily they had a lunchtime special on, any pizza and a pint of any cider, beer or soft drink for a tenner."
• "Price is reasonable for the quality."
• "Price-wise was really reasonable."
• "Service is very quick and reasonably priced."
• "Would still recommend as a cheap and tasty place to eat in the heart of Bournemouth."

Cons:

• "Two basic pizzas one coffee one cranberry juice £26 absolutely ripped off."
• "The bill came to which the two glasses of wine on the menu were £7.00 a glass. But on our bill we’re £8.00 a glass."
• "Told staight away 'we finish serving at 10pm' it was 9.45pm."
• "People don’t come out and spend their hard worked money to receive rubbish service and lukewarm food."
• "I will warn you though that the prices aren't especially cheap there (a pizza and a pint of cider can set you back around £15 to £20 depending on what you get)."
• "The point here is that we paid a £120 bill for an experience that was poor."
• "But the pizza was very grim."