Gloucester in Weymouth and Portland

We visited here for my sons 18th birthday. Was a last min event and the staff were so helpful and accommodating for us with a group of up to 30people and had already started blowing up balloons ready to decorate as they didn't know if we'd have any... We did but that was So sweet as didn't expect that. It's the small details that matter. The food was AMAZING. Everyone was happy and the portions were great.. Food left was only because portion size so good as food was lovely. Would highly recommend. Special. Shout out to Danny who took the booking, Alice for dealing with all the last min orders and especially Joanne who looked after us all on the night.. Great job guys.. We will be back soon.. Thank you X

Staff were great, food looked nice

Stood at the bar for over ten minutes to eventually be told by other customers the que for the bar is single file! Why no bar told me when they saw me at the bar no idea!

We had table booked on Saturday, end of September 2024. Drinks came fairly quick, but we have waited for the food to arrive 2 hours!!! We complained, other customers complained. There was no reason given to us to why such a delay. It was a busy day with football on. They obviously couldn't keep up with orders, but they were still inviting new customers. When asked one of the waiters if they are short of staff, he unapologetically said 'no we're fully staffed' and 'just one of those days'. One of us has never received his order, and his wife shared her meal with him! One meal was inedible - dry steak pie with chewy beef, not a drop of gravy, it was returned. We had to request money taken off the bill for two meals and requested that 1x round of drinks be taken off as well - it was granted but should have been offered by the staff. On a positive note, my chicken linguine was very nice, and steaks on the rock were also nice :)

Been here many time during our stay in Weymouth honestly can say this is the worst place in Weymouth, badly ran poor service and rude assistant manager . I told a member of staff that I wanted to make a complaint and the man told me his name bluntly ‘Danny’ and walked off, another member of staff told me he was the assistant manager, absolutely laughable he can’t manage a line of people let alone a pub full. My best advice to the big bosses get a new assistant manager and quick! The rest of the staff I can’t complain about just doing thier job. Food and service was vile won’t be returning intill it’s a different assistant manager

Had to book online as no telephone available. Online appearance opulent. Steps for disabled and elderly challenging. Overall ambience was discouraging as sticky tables,grubby dogeared menus and dirty seats. Torn curtains did not help appearances. Cappuccino was weak normal coffee. At this point we downgraded our hopes of a wonderful steak because of the difference of online promise of 28 day dry aged steak and the fact at source was only available on Tuesdays. So we ordered fish and chips. WOW. Huge portion of tasty fish but disappointment with frozen average non handcut chips .Petit pois ok. Service was excellent and friendly. Attentative table appearances. Delicious puddings. Costly but -------?

Quite big inside and is dog friendly which was nice. All in all not worth the money. We were sat down and not told we had to order at the bar. We sat there waiting for 10-15mins before we asked and found out we had to order at the bar. Food came out quite quickly but after we finished they did not come collect our plates for around 15mins and then we got fed up of waiting and left. You are made to pay in advance of getting your food and thats because the food is terrible. The hallomi fries were rock solid, if you order the ribs; you will get one rib and when challenged they say that there is always only one rib. Its a shame, under different management it could be really nice there.

It's steak night and you can cook your own steak so it's cooked perfectly on the hot stones. All in this lovely friendly pub on the seafront with attentive and very polite staff. Highly recommend you give it a go. An excellent choice of beers on tap.

Could do with more staff behind the bar but still very good experience. The staff they had were very hard working. Food was excellent in taste, presentation and value for money

The food was amazing, slow service but I appreciate the team were busy. We called for service twice and eventually followed our server to the bar. The food came surprisingly quickly. The dining area was dark, and the table was very sticky. Friendly staff, reasonably priced and generous portions.

Sunday carvery with excellent choices of 4 meats and about 6 veg. Fill your own plate. Booking for meals advisable.

We just popped in here for a drink. Seemed clean, and friendly staff. We sat outside atmosphere was good.

Really good meal, 2 burgers 1/2 chicken and ribs devoured by the family and reasonable price as well

You are able to sit inside or outside it all depends on the weather .really good place

The Gloucester was suggested by a few people as somewhere to eat that is on the seafront and close to the parking/pavilion. When we arrived, we didn’t know how to get in - you need to head down the steps, not up! The decor wasn’t what we were expecting and left us a little trepidatious about whether we had made the right choice; it definitely needs a facelift and - to be completely honest - a really good clean. We could see other diners looked happy, so we decided to give it a go. The staff were lovely and clearly worked very hard. They did their best to serve us quickly, even though it was busy. The food was good. We can recommend the steak pie, it was really well filled and very tasty. Burgers were good quality too. All reasonably priced. We would return.

Was really apprehensive about going here as a lot of people drinking outside- however really good meal - very good value and generous portion sizes- does gluten free too - website is out of date as it’s just been taken over and they are trying their best to get everything sorted out. Decor a little shabby but this was explained to us about the takeover

Good carvery at a good price on Sunday . Very pleasant staff .

Good food and very pleasant and helpful team serving and caring.

Food worth the money nice cider too

Being a busy summer day, this place never has enough staff working behind the bar, good half hour before getting served,

Was a little wary on entering the pub as a Saturday evening and fairly rowdy crowd outside However we were served by a lovely waiter who explained the place had just come under new ownership. Gluten free menu online but turned out not to be up to due to the takeover however was presented with the allergen folder and advised of what was what. Food was lovely and good size portions Decor needed a bit of TLC but this does not detract from the overall quality of the food

Nice food Nice cold pint Friendly staff I need say no more 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Table was ready before our time,Staff friendly and helpfull, went twice food excellent will use again next year.

Very nice food slightly on the expensive side but not enough to be an issue. However the service was quite lacking, waiting 15-20 minutes for our server to even clear our starter plates after waiting about 40 for them in the first place, then another 50 minutes from for our food, making me think the server forgot to put through our mains order. But the food when it came was very nice with large portions that somewhat justified the price. A nice place for good food if you’re wanting more of a pubby atmosphere, just hope you get a good server

Meat and potatoes were lovely but lack of veg options, carrots looked sad, everything was either cheesy or creamed (didn't impress the kids) not even any peas, not a big enough selection for the money

Food and service excellent - each time we went (8 adults,2 children and a dog) they could accommodate us.

Nice beer Full of ants in the gardens outside Maybe could do with a clean?

Always have a meal here when visiting Weymouth, it's reliable, well cooked, ample portions and good value. Staff have changed, didn't recognise any but the service was good. Can get very busy when big matches are on so best to book.

Nice little pub lovely menu nice food. Busy at times

Home to the wonkiest pool table in Dorset 😉. Normal pub nowadays, fairly expensive drinks.

Popped in to meet up with friend had to clean table off all sticky and dirty Looking quite tired

Food was far too expensive - £22 for ribs and half a chicken and far too big-this would have served 3 people! Also the Tuesday deal was badly worded as we thought we would be buying 1 and getting 2nd for a £1 as advertised which is why we thought the price was so much. They did not have the item I wanted on the menu - MUSHROOM, CRANBERRY & BRIE WELLINGTON

Nice venue , good range of drinks

Visited here for the National Scooter Rally, lovely atmosphere as usual but could of done with more staff as there was large groups of people piling in and out all day and night

Plastic glasses and a huge queue for the bar. But nice place. Staff are professional.

Been here a few times over the last few weeks for the Euros, and I have to say what was once one of our favourite bars in town has quickly moved down to the bottom for me. On our most recent visit we booked a section (2 tables) for 12 people to watch the football. Upon arrival we were told we didn't have a reservation (even though our name/booking was on the clipboard), but they would move things around to accommodate. We were put on a table of 6, so were already compromising what we had booked, but were just grateful to be seated (well, half of us anyway) as it was very busy, which we pre empted, hence the booking. We all bought drinks, and proceeded to sit at the table we were allocated. Another lady then came over and told us we were to move because there was a booking on that table. We explained that the first lady had seated us there because we had a booking, and they had accidentally messed up. She then said that's no problem, went away and got the security guard to escort us away from the table?! The security guard was very understanding, and brought the manager over who moved us to the table next to the one we had. Very frustrating as the people sat here (a party of 8) didn't even have a booking, yet we were being told to move and they weren't. So all in all, a bit of a shambles. It's like nobody there knew what was going on. Instead of trying to sort it like the first lady, everyone else just wanted to get us to move. No point in booking here so wouldn't bother. All of this and the fact there was only 2 people on the bar, causing queues to go out the door just made the whole experience shocking, waiting nearly 40 minutes for a drink. They said 4 people had called in sick hence only 2 members of staff, but I beg to differ as it was the same for the semi final on Wednesday. Sadly won't be returning here, and I am gutted as mentioned this used to be a firm favourite for us.

Really terrible quality food. The experience was made even worse by the hostile (lack of) service from our server/ the manager.

Excellent place to visit! We're semi resident to Weymouth, and always make a point to visit the Gloucester. You can even cook your own steak!

Great food (British), unfortunately the service does not know the menu, does not pay attention to the guests or the full tables of guests who had already left. After more than ten minutes we were still sitting with empty plates in front of us. The waiter was chatting in the kitchen. We went to the bar to pay. The lady just turned around and walked away without saying thank you or anything in that vein.

Lovely friendly and excellent service in pleasant surroundings. Separate restaurant area adds to the experience. Great place to sit outside in the sun.

Table of 4 recieved mine and partners within 1hrs but daughter and grandson waited another hour, service was atrocious wont be going back I a hurry.

So, we went to this steakhouse on Tuesday. You know how much we love steaks, and they had this awesome promotion—the second steak was only a pound! We ordered the steak on stone, which was cool because we could cook it exactly how we wanted. It came with chips and salad, and it was all really good. The peppercorn sauce was a bit pricey at £3.50, but it was a big jug, so I guess that makes up for it. The atmosphere in the place was great. They had a TV showing the football, and the staff was super friendly and helpful. I'd definitely recommend going there. We spent a little over £40 for two steaks, a coke, a beer, and two peppercorn sauces.

Food cold wouldn’t recommend. When we told staff they said there was nothing they could do. 👎

I've had a couple of bar meals there which have been quite nice, although I don't recommend the carvery, meat was dry, Yorkshire pudding was tasteless and the stuffing balls were terrible, in saying this I will go back for a bar meal

Nice atmosphere, very tasty food and reasonably priced. Helpful staff, certainly worth a visit, the sea bass with saute potatoes was excellent.

Steak night, steak on a hot stone you cook to your own preference at the table. Buy 1 get another one for £1

Humongous quantities of food, my stomach is groaning. The burger and chips were delicious, the garlic bread was top notch, and they catered to our gluten-free dairy-free friend well with the mixed grill. Would definitely come back!

Played one of there fruit machines on the premises lost £18 went to collect £2 left, wouldn't play told staff they said it wasn't there machine so wouldn't give me my money.staff not helpful and and totally dismissive and rude never going back,went to another pud after and found out of spite the Gloucester staff had told other venues not to let me in nice friendly people glad I will not see them again *****

The staff are friendly and welcoming, it just after they opened at 12 so it was a bit empty but we chose a good table and we were given time to choose our meal, we both had a burger they were excellent with lovely coleslaw and onion rings, the chips were very good but far too many a much smaller portion would be better and less waste. I felt it was a bit over priced but we were very happy with our food. Nice wine as well

Popped in here to watch the football , have a snack and a few beers on a Sunday afternoon. A good size sports bar with a fair selection of beers. Tvs at every angle all round the bar so where ever you sit you can watch the sport. Ordered a couple of bar snacks which came out in good time and was hot. The nachos with cheese and chili's were excellent. Sadly the barman didn't know how to count and tried to charge for just one beer instead of 2. Finally he charged for both and couldn't work out what change to give. He then shut the till with no change given. A supervisor came and made it right. Found out that he was a new member of staff. Sadly we found this to serve the most expensive beers at over £11 for 2 pints. Other establishments are all about £9 for 2 pints. Toilets were clean and tidy. All in all a average pub.

We were recommended to come here by our BnB owners. They said the Sunday carvery is the best ever worth every penny. We had to try it. As it looked very popular we booked. It was as the only time they had by 6pm on Saturday was 2pm Sunday. Not a problem very small breakfast it will be. The pub is a sports pub so tv screens on ready for the big games of football. Big bar and restaurant areas. We were shown to our table with a chalkboard showing our name and time explained how to order at the bar. Got drinks little tickets for regular carvery, as they do childs regular or large. Were then able to get our carvery. 2 meats and so much veg to choose from. My friend cant have honey so as carrot and parsnips were already in honey they brought out a separate bowl very thoughtful. The carvery was gorgeous the veg cooked to perfection not soggy not hard. Yorkshire stuffing balls amazing. Beef and pork meat was so tender and extremely flavoursome very good. There was no rush and people were leaving and arriving all the time. As the football started we left. But we shall return. Just book 1st. Lovely location lovely staff even the 2 on trial shift. Hope they were successful.

Had the Sunday carvery pork gammon beef all the veg and trimmings you could want. It is of a good standard value for money also normal menu and specials lots of meat options. In the pub you have pool table and lots of screens for the sports.

Didn’t have Sunday Roast as advertised on maps

The venue has changed hands and food has gone right down hill it is terrible and the staff were rude since it has come under new ownership. The place looks run down.

£16.50 for 'fish' and 'chips'! I received a thin stick of batter about the same diameter as a carrot - barely any fish to be seen anywhere. The fries were heavily coated in something extremely salty that was not pure salt but had some kind of unpleasant flavouring.

The mains were awful, cold jacket potatoes, the medium rare steak was still mooing, the Chef was too busy to speak with us, (we was the only table in there) booked for a wedding celebration

All’ food is frozen nothing is fresh

As I write I'm here! Gem of a place , big venue, live music great vibes, lovely staff ,great range of beers and drinks, looking forward to a nice Sunday lunch tomorrow. Very nice atmosphere here , perfect for the Esplanade, best to book food as very busy

Stay away !!!! 20.00 Screaming kids running around parents pissed they don't care ! Bar staff do nothing . Stay away !

Great for sport and food carvery very popular

Good for Sunday lunch. A Carvery. Located moments from famous Weymouth beach. only matter is sadly no view of the beach from the venue as located quite low down, Convenient for town centre.

I come here today and had the curry and parsnip soup it was vile the parsnips were clearly Sunday carveries left overs it tasted absolutely disgusting. Being a chef myself I could just tell it wasn't right, safe to say two mouthfuls in and I pushed it away won't be going there again

The carvery was good, but cold. Had to get it microwaved, when we did settle down, it was very tasty.

Good place for family meal. It was fully booked online, but the staff managed to accommodate us prior to the start of the bookings. Quick service and friendly.

Love this place great for watching sport,eating and family friendly too

Only stopped for a quick drink, so not fair to comment

Have visited several times over the past few years, the Sunday carvery is amazing and highly recommended!

Great food & friendly staff, well worth a visit

Went for group Xmas meal, which was unsatisfactory and luke warm, service slow and rock band close to our tables which spoilt our chatting and enjoyment of the occasion.

AVOID AVOID AVOID. My partner and I walked in here twice and were completely blanked. The place smelled of mould. No thanks!

Always forget about this place, then swear I'm going to go back. Really overlooked and underrated, brilliant food at decent prices.

We had lovely food here which was good size portions and it wasnt overpriced. Half a barbcue chicken and gammon. Definately worth visiting we will be going back.

Absolutely appalling restaurant. Had hardly any food left on the carvery (despite booking in advance), charged extra for chicken as they were out of the other meats, no stuffing, the few pigs in blankets left had no bacon on... we were offered free deserts (sticky toffee pudding came out rock hard) and told we would be sent a voucher... despite chasing, this never arrived!!! These guys clearly cannot cope during busy times. And their promises are empty. AVOID.

Absolutely appalling restaurant. Had hardly any food left on the carvery (despite booking in advance), charged extra for chicken as they were out of the other meats, no stuffing, the few pigs in blankets left had no bacon on... we were offered free deserts (sticky toffee pudding came out rock hard) and told we would be sent a voucher... despite chasing, this never arrived!!! These guys clearly cannot cope during busy times. And their promises are empty. AVOID.

Sort of a basement establishment. Descent sized room, Food being served. A few TV's around showing the football. Pool table in the adjoining room. Usual tap beers on. I had a Guinness which was ok. Staff were friendly. Good visit.

Great service an excellent carvery with 3 kinds of meat with all the trimmings and a wide range of freshly cooked veg and roasties. The magnificent mgrs special desert pictured of a Yorkshire pudding filled with jam and chantilly cream brought a great end to a wonderful meal.

Had the best Sunday carvery ever this Sunday on our visit to Weymouth . Lots of meat lovely vegetables and perfect YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS! You know who we are! Staff were very friendly and helpful definitely recommend to everyone

Awful food wings under cooked. Vegetarian dish ... Vegetarian Wellington not on the menu. So the convinced us the Vegetarian ragu was good...... my good god a few pieces of quorn mince with cheap pasta.. very poor

Having to be treated for a trip in the pub,the staff were very kind,knowledgeable and efficient in treating my husbands cuts and grazes. So we booked up later for a table for 13 and again the staff were very accommodating.The food was great and plentiful and the ambience in The Gloucester was great. Would highly recommend and again a big thankyou to the staff for your kindness.

Total disappointment, poorest experience i have ever had. No ambiance. Extremely smokey atmosphere. Our clothing reeks of smoke as a result. Not suitable for asmahtics. Wouldn't recommend to anyone. Arrived 7.30pm, left by 8.10pm. Couldn't call it a night out to say the least !! . Complete let down.

Fantastic value for money carvery.

Despite the atmosphere being great as it was Saturday night and the rugby was on, the food we received was some of the worst I've ever had from here The Fish was soggy and tiny, everyone's meat was dry and chewy, this was after waiting a very long time aswell. Not sure what's going on with the chef and produce but it used to be fantastic.

Only had drinks, good place to visit, but food looked good

Food was lovely. 8 of us had carvery roast dinner. Loads of food, really nice meat. Service very friendl, excellent value. Would recommend

Great night out brothers birthday ,meal looked after my brother as he is gluten intolerant, food very good value for portion size not your normal pub food fresh made burgers steak and chicken and sea food . I would say it is more of a sports bar aswell quite loud but not rowdy gets very busy so book up . I hope the new owners keep up what the previous owners have worked hard to acheive

The majority of the food wasn’t good, we were there for a birthday and no one didn’t really want to make a fuss. The medium rare steak was well done, chips were dry and the king George burger was so dry that with the dense brioche bun was impossible to swallow. The young man which was tending to our table was very polite and apologetic. On the other hand the manager was full of attitude and excuses about how much the meal was eaten and begrudgingly offered a refund. Wouldn’t go back there for a meal if they said it was free!!!

Popped in during the afternoon while the rugby was on. Jack, the new barman, found us a table and served us. He also booked us in for the music that evening and for our main meal the following day. He was cheerful and attentive with out being overbearing. An asset to The Gloucester. We always have at least one meal at The Gloucester when in Weymouth and this was yet another great meal.

Had a loverly meal good pub food gluten free and vegetarian options plenty on 5he plate 10 of us went for brothers birthday meal good value hope the new owners don't mess it up

A nice big pub, I had a steak which was very good service was very quick and friendly

Good for sport. They change the timing of when the kitchen opens on a whim. A large group of us arrived at 8.30 on a Wednesday to eat and we were told that they were not serving at that time. We had all been there the night before and we were happily served at 9pm. We would have spent at least £300. Very short sighted.

Amazing food cooked to how you want it ...staff are really friendly and happy to help ..... even booking us a table so we could watch the rugby 🏉 😃 will definitely return

Food was excellent and plenty of it,great atmosphere, very good value.

Amazing fresh local mussels and the kind food was fresh and lovely as well. The staff were helpful and super friendly as well

The pub owners were incredibly friendly, creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

Looks okay from outside buy once inside it is a bleak, soulless sports bar with TVs everywhere. Depressing. Bar staff didn't care and as a result i didnt order any food. Never again.

Fantastic roast here! The beef wasn't dry and it was just delicious. I highly recommend it!

Lovely place to dine for a carvery.

Just popped in for a meal tonight and the meal, as always, was superb. Also we must mention the great customer service from Jack. Very attentive and observant throughout! Well done the kitchen staff ! - Well done Jack!🙂 Graham and Denise

Better than your average pub grub, but ask for a plate if you order a sizzling dish, otherwise, it will be overcooked. Good quality ingredients.

Food always good And well behaved dogs welcome inside