St Peter's Finger Pub & Restaurant, Poole Reviews Summary

Price

Pros:

• "Very reasonably priced."
• "Food was very good and a reasonable price."
• "The food was delicious and great value for money."
• "Total bill for 5, including a few leisurely drinks in the garden, was less than £20. Great value for the food and service."
• "Excellent food at very reasonable prices."
• "The food is also priced well."
• "Really good value too."

Cons:

• "The Pork Belly salad was seriously underwhelming for over £16 worth of food."
• "Unfortunately overpriced and and poor service."
• "Rather expensive."
• "Food average wine left on the table unopened not value for money at almost £40 a head."
• "Overpriced for the quality."
• "Well overpriced. Sorry but even with a free bottle of wine, not for me."
• "Even with the set menu price, food wasn't up to scratch for the price."

Service

Pros:

• "Great service with a smile, warm welcome."
• "The staff are very welcoming and friendly and are happy to help with recommendations."
• "The staff were really polite and the food excellent."
• "Staff were professional and friendly."
• "Friendly, helpful staff."
• "Staff were very helpful and friendly."
• "Service was excellent at every point through lunch."

Cons:

• "Slow service although the staff were very personable."
• "Waited 30 minutes before anyone came to our table to take our order."
• "Service was slow, accept it was a Sunday."
• "Excruciatingly slow service."
• "The speed of food service was dreadful with staff issuing free drinks to guests waiting 1 hour after ordering food."
• "Once seated, we were without menus and no drinks."
• "When our food was brought out the waitress practically threw it on the table & then marched off with a face like a slapped bum!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Very nice after bad thoughts. Sat down at lovely table.all cute old world decor.candles .pics."
• "Lovely atmosphere in the building, nicely laid out."
• "Nice open fire. Warm.food served quickly."
• "The atmosphere is always lovely, whatever time of day!"
• "Very pleasant surrounding's, quite busy for it was a warm sunny Sunday afternoon so Lot's if people outside."
• "Good atmosphere."
• "Great food, great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "No real atmosphere, and doesn't seem to tick the boxes on either account."
• "But I'm afraid £4.10 for a pint of Pickled Partridge real ale is rather too much for a local pub."
• "The furniture is lovely and comfortable, but completely plagued by wasps."
• "Though where we sat in the dining room was a bit dark and wasn't the best for our parshly sighted friend."
• "Booked a table for 8pm, we was given a table in the darkest corner, or one by the noisy coffee machine."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The nut roast chosen by a non-vegetarian who just fancied a change was apparently the best they had ever had!"
• "The food is excellent, my personal favourite is the Steak Frites."
• "Food was delicious, I had cheese and onion on a cobb roll with skin-on fries, and chocolate and orange torte."
• "Really impressed with the food, especially the chicken & ham pie which was on their specials menu."
• "Honestly, the food in this establishment is outstanding!"
• "The food was delicious, the staff were all friendly and helpful."
• "Food was really lovely and atmosphere was just right."

Cons:

• "Dry over cooked roast beef, and fish that was fried to an inch of its life."
• "Although it tasted delicious it was spoilt by the fact the meal was not hot."
• "Food was so poor I have to give it a one star."
• "Unfortunately our visit last week was so disappointing ..."
• "Food was quite greasy and when we complained about the garlic bread we ordered (that didn't taste of garlic)."
• "The food available was lovely but could do with more choices like gammon steaks, curry, lasagne or pizza."
• "The prawn cocktail sauce from a jar was awful and dolloped on the top."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "In the center of a small village you will find a very big pub."
• "It's one of the few local pubs that retained its traditional style and heritage whilst still being completely wheelchair accessible."
• "Full disability access throughout and disabled parking spaces available."
• "Nice country pub with plenty of indoor & outdoor dog friendly seating."
• "There is a step up into the pub however the door space is wide so could be wheelchair accessible."

Cons:

• "Strange one...... . Turned away at 6pm on a Sunday night because the tables were fully booked for the rest of the evening."
• "Turned away from a half empty pub at 6pm on a Sunday. Very surprised."

Payment Options

Pros:

• "All very covid safe, only accept cards for payment."

Cons:

• "Also the Hall & Woodhouse needs to move on from Covid & start excepting CASH (LEGAL TENDER)."
• "Very disappointed to be told I could not pay with cash when did cash become illegal?"
• "If you don't have a smart phone or bank card you're not welcome at this pub."