Harvester Cooper Dean Bournemouth in Bournemouth

Friendly staff, reasonable prices, good food

Rachel gave the most amazing service !! Thank you!

The staff were very good and attentive, but that's about it unfortunately. The menu is so confusing we had to ask for help to decipher it. The food itself was poor for the price asked- greasy, bland and clearly not prepared fresh in any sense. The salad bar was pitiful and something tasted off, although I couldn't identify the offending element. The building was falling apart with a dirty rag hanging from a speaker, gaffa tape on the plaster, facias falling off. We couldn't wait to leave. To top it all, maybe coincidentally? I have just recovered from a very nasty bout of sickness/stomach bug. Let's see what the refurb looks like, but some professional advise would be recommended on food standard and work on a 'wow' menu that this place desperately needs.

Heather was really a five star. She delivered a five star service. Very friendly and food was amazing. We ordered the mix grill.

Wonderful breakfast cooked by Jacob and served by the lovely Elina

Today we were served by Heather. She was so attentive in her service. Warm and friendly. Even though it was fairly busy the service was excellent. We had a lovely meal that was nicely cooked and very tasty. The chips weren't as hot as the rest of the food but were still warm. The food was prepared in a timely manner and you could see into part of the kitchen which looked nice and clean. Currently (Nov 2024) they have some work happening to the building and directly outside the building. This did mean there was some noise from the work being done. The building is quite well insulated from sound so it wasn't too bad and it didn't ruin the cosy atmosphere. I have been a few times and the atmosphere is always cosy and welcoming. Thank you Heather for making a treat into a special occasion ❤️

I was invited by friends and only stayed 20 minutes! 2 weeks later recieced £100 parking fine. No one warned me either, never again

Really lovely food and service, the waiter was really helpful with the app and the food allergies were catered for with great care.

We were lucky to go on quite a quiet day so the food came very fast. Generally the food was great (lemon blizzard sundae is amazing!) Terri was our server and she was super friendly and helped up with everything we needed. Salad bar is always amazing - best part of a harvester in my eyes

The menu is simple and choices for even the fussiest eater in our group. The food was ok - salad bar was well stocked Terri was a good hostess

Menu has really improved since we last went to a Harvester. Restaurant was really clean & well presented & the salad buffet was outstandingly clean. Thank you Heather, who was our waitress. You were very engaging and reacted quickly to our needs and those of other customers. A very positive experience all round!

Heather out waitress was exceptional

Great service received today from heather 5 star

Excellent service from Heather! Sorted out the bill 3 times with 3 different vouchers to make sure we got the most money off! Such a good asset to the team!

Heather was fantastic, great service & lovely food!

Heather was a very attentive and friendly waitress - will be coming back!

Heather was so lovely, so friendly and helpful. Food lovely could be with a bit of updating looked scruffy worn chairs ect

Been here before, but not for a while! We had a family lunch here this afternoon. Was not disappointed food was lovely, my whole party enjoyed lunch. Thank you Havester

Fantastic service from waitress, extremely helpful & friendly, excellent food a very lovely experience

Elina the lovely waitress was very cheerful and bubbly could have asked to have a nicer waitress serve us

It was lovely, cheap and our server Heather was lovely, thank you for a lovley morning.

Food and service was great. Heather, our server, was very friendly.

The food was very good and we weren't waiting long for it. Our server Heather was very friendly and kind, always had a smile. Would come again

Awful place, poor service, poor food that was not worth the money. Would not recommend this place at all. Poor lighting and freezing cold. Some people were waiting well over an hour from their food.

Excellent service and Heather was an amazing waitress and even brought our 2 year old daughter a small bowl of ice cream as she was upset that they had ran out of cones as we were all sharing a lovely Rocky Horror desert

Quite a delay on serving breakfast but there was 10 in my party

Great service from Heather and lovely food.

The server Heather was polite very friendly and went above and beyond, she’s an asset to your company. The chef George I couldn’t fault steak cooked to perfect and chicken was succulent and tasty. Will definitely be returning 😊

Absolutely disgusted to receive a parking fine at the cooper dean harvester. Having arrived in the evening when dark and raining, did not look for any signs. Was not told about registering my car at any point during my meal. Lovely evening but now spoilt will never return and will ensure others know as well. Point to add I have been to other restaurants that do this and the first thing the server asks whether our car has been registered. A lack of customer service at Cooper Dean.

All good. Friendly waitress. Now you have to enter your car number into a machine to avoid charges. They have now removed salmon from the menu. (Not good for my wife who is not a meat eater)

Heather severed us on our way to airport, we were a large group and nothing was too much trouble. Thanks for great service.

Came here in a rush, served quickly by heather who was amazing with the small child in the group, service was great, as well as breakfast!

Rachel is an amazing waitress. Very happy, friendly and nothing is too much trouble.

We were served by Rachel who was absolutely great we all had a lovely breakfast

Bloody nice breakfast served by Rachel Great poached eggs jacob

Came in for breakfast this morning served by bubbly Rachel couldn't fault the service and the food.

Had a lovely morning having breakfast here today Rachel was absolutely incredible. Very attentive and so helpful.

Good food good service. went there many times and never was disappointed

Arrived at 9pm Sunday greeted with we are closing in 30 mins !! We were not informed of the need to give our vehicle registration number. Two days later we received a parking ticket of £100 each for a 30 mins drink Fortunately the pub did get the tickets lifted but the whole experience has made us avoid this place in the future.

Great service from Heather today ! Very efficient and friendly !

Heather was very kind and welcoming, lovely staff

Rachel always goes above and beyond with her cheery manner and excellent service. We so enjoy our regular girls get together on the round table. 😍 Many thanks Rachel

Heather, the lady in the restaurant is really very nice and polite. She took good care of us. Thank you Heather. You re a star....!!! 👍👍👍

Rachel was so friendly welcoming and helpful

food was nice, steaks were cooked well, balance bowl was really good, waitress rachel was great- polite, attentive and friendly xxx

Heather was great, quick and efficient, food was great too

This place needs to close and reopen with a new approach to customer service. Gobsmacked to be told that we were lucky to be allowed in as they were closing early due to lack of customers. They advertise opening hours...but clearly don't stick to them. We were shown to a dirty table, then the staff had a disagreement and we were told to move to another table elsewhere. The food was so basic, the chef clearly had no idea on how to cook a medium-rare steak...I know it's just a Harvester, but surely a steak can be cooked right? The peas, well...the life has been cooked out of them. The mushroom? Well... shriveled and dehydrated - appalling. The salad was being cleared away and they stopped when they realised we hadn't had ours yet - and we got to choose from the few pots that were left. The Guinness, well I wouldn't wish it on someone that I don't like! All in all, we felt like an absolute inconvenience from start to finish. Don't go here, unless you love disappointment.

Some staff were running around like headless chickens, others walked around gormlessley not knowing their left to right. Food took ages to come out, when it did the order was incorrect, we had to ask more than twice for our drinks. Wouldn’t return as when questioned there was no apology from the staff and the tip was auto added onto the bill.

Rachel who served made our day with her bright smile and very warm personality. Had vegetarian breakfast and it was so delicious

Our waitress Elina was extremely helpful towards my partner explaining allergies. Food was cooked perfectly and service was quick and pleasant.

Nice cosy place with friendly staff and a lovely lady served us on the day when we went to have lunch there upon arriving in Bournemouth town.I believe her name was Deborah she was kind, and sociable and made our experience very pleasant. So much so that we returned the next morning to have breakfast there too. Thank you and we hope to be back soon.

Lovely food, hit & tasty. Our sever, Elina, was kind & helpful. Thank you!

Very lovely service by Elina at the harvester in Cooper dean. Very friendly and happy, service with a smile. Thank you for making our visit pleasant.

So yesterday I went for 40% off there new menu which is cool but I used to love salad cart especially the coleslaw but when had the coleslaw yesterday omg it tasted disgusting very buttery and and a kick to it even my boy who loves his food eats most things even spat it out so won't be having salad cart for a while unless goes back to the original coleslaw as that was the best bit for me big disappointment that's all I can say for the first time never enjoyed the salad cart one bit 🤮

Excellent food and staff were helpful and knowledgeable

Our server today was Heather, very attentive, very polite. She is a credit to your company!

Served by Terri. Cheer. Charming cheerful and warming.... obviously she's gonna be one major reason I'd be back at harvester

Rachel was an amazing waitress and helped with everything food was lovely will definitely be coming back and will highly recommend.

Everything was pleasant. The staff were friendly and efficient. The waitress even told me about an offer I could use on the main meals, which I didn’t know about, so that was a lovely surprise. Mostly, the food was great, so I would definitely recommend a visit to anyone who is thinking of dining out somewhere, either for lunch, or an evening meal. The wait for food and service wasn’t too long, even though it was busy. The only thing I’d say, is that when we sat down, there were only two knives in the cutlery pot on the table, so we had to reach out to another table to get forks, but that’s only a minor thing. On the whole, it was a lovely dining experience and I would recommend it to anyone.

The best services Rachel was lovely

Plenty of parkibg spaces, register car reg when you enter at main door! Rachel was very professional, drinks served very quickly, Rachel checked on us to see if everything was ok when we was eating our main meal, offered puddings. Rachel was also very welcoming and very polite throughout our visit

Staff very friendly, but food cold, no soft ice cream - ordered ribs for my son they come out plan bbq ribs with no bbq sauce, no bbq sauce in restaurant. Drinks come out after we had already finished our salad bowls, had to ask twice, Really disappointed with the whole thing.

We usually go here for breakfast or brunch and we are happy with Mr. nice guy server but today’s server is Mrs.grumpy and not smiling at all. The teapot’s beak is dirty as well as the cup has stains on the outer part.

Amazing food, served very quickly and Heather our waitress made us feel very welcome. Always smiling, and unwittingly kind. Thank you very much. Thoroughly enjoyed our experience.

Really good visit, I made a mistake when booking table and only put 2 instead of 4 (2kids) but they kindly squeezed us all in even tho they were pretty chocca. Our server Terri was amazing, really friendly and attentive and great with the kids which made my 6year old in particular feel really special. Also helped with ordering and using the app which was great as I’m rubbish at that sort of thing. So grateful :-) Toilets could have done with a bit of a clean and tidy.

Was not impressed with the dessert ask for lemon blizzards but was not whipped ice cream just 2 scoop of vanilla ice cream never said machine wasn,t working . Ice cream was full of ice bit and for the price wasn,t brilliant.

Very surprised by nice new menu, certainly different to what we expected and delicious. Our waitress Rachel was brilliant and added to our Happy mood Thank you.

Laura was our waitress. Food was okay but took a while to arrive. Really friendly and amazing service would come back again.

Laura, fantastic server. Bubbly, helpful and always smiling. Couldn't do enough for me. Excellent food. Fresh and perfectly cooked harvester grill.

Rachel was our sever today, lovely and amazing serviced. Always happy, going above and beyond making sure we’re all happy with our food. Fast and fresh food 100% would come again. Lovely staff and amazing atmosphere.

Lady called elina served us never had such a pleasant waitress ever so happy and friendly and very good at her job she should be a trainer for all staff to act like her and make the visit enjoyable many thanks elina today

Eling was fantastic, really friendly and helpful.

Basic lunch nothing to write home about. It hasn't improved since the last time visited. The salad display very messy and food basic. Chips were ok lol The only real change is the prices have increased becoming poor value

Harvester was beautiful in every way, service, food & ambience.

Me and my grandparents had a lovely meal today, great service and friendly staff. We had a lovely waitress Rachel. Thoroughly enjoyed our meal.

Javi served us was great. He was funny, attentive and gave us great service with a smile! Thanks Javi

We were lucky to have Rachel as our waitress. What a lovely lady. I have Coeliac. Usually there is some hoop j have to jump through before I get food. Not here though. Rachel bought Over a tablet with all the information on. She found what I wanted and advised me. It was so easy. We had the chicken skewers with the Golden rice. I can highly recommend it. Thankyou for making things so easy Rachel.

I always love coming to Harvester at Cooper dean and Heather is a darling

Food good, we all liked the salad bar

The food was amazing service was really good and we even brought a sauce of them to take home 🤣

All good thanks Heather was amazing

Heather made my visit on a first date really special - VIP service - we will be back

Went for my Dad's 88th birthday meal and service, food and whole experience was great as always! Our waitress Laura was helpful, attentive, efficient and lovely and smiley. The only thing that could have been improved was the dinner arrived a bit quickly which didn't give us much time to eat our salads but that's just a minor thing. We loved it and will be back! Thanks Donna

Great service as always. Heather was lovely.

Food very good, service a little slow as the place was busy lucky to get a table so quick.

Very happy lunch we had at the harvester Cooper Dean Rachel gave us great service 5 start

Fab food. Great service, Laura was lovely.

Delicious food, awesome service, very surprised the increase in all round quality since my last visit to a harvester! Elina, our server was extremely helpful, polite & friendly.

Stopped by for a quick meal. Love the salad bar but our jacket potato was over cooked, peas hard and gravy gloopy so not so good.

Thanks to the chefs and waiters, especially Allison for always smiling and making our day Will make sure to visit back

Decided to have our ladies lunch today here with friends one of whom had moved away but was visiting. Food was delicious, Alison looked after us very well. Lovely and relaxed atmosphere. Thank you 😊

Food was lovely, seated straight away, brilliant table service and service all around from Alison, will definitely be returning here for breakfast

Friendly waiter ( he was from spain I believe made our visit tbh ! ) very chatty made us feel very welcome having said that even though the restaurant was very busy. The salad bar was rather grubby we didnt wait too long for our meal we had the original spitroast chicken wasnt the best was quite dry but we did enjoy our icecream afterwards.we was on a break way so just travelling through have been to better harvesters but it's always very good value and wouldn't hesitate to use harvester again .

First time visiting this harvester and we was very impressed! Very friendly staff and speedy service. Laura was our waitress and she did an amazing job.

The service was amazing food came too us within minutes of us ordering.

We choose exactly what we had in Scotland 3 weeks previous.. not as tender or as tasty the chicken was very dry, coleslaw was not the best.. I didn't touch mine as it did not look that appetising. Hopefully it was a one off

Rachel is very cheerful and friendly and professional! Much appreciated for her pleasant service!

Great friendly service from Elina

food was brilliant. service was fantastic. sadly the chairs are all torn and tatty and need replacing which is the biggest let down

Alison served us, she was very happy and very helpful giving us a lovely service, will come back again the food was exactly how I expected at a reasonable price