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Nº 421 in 551 in West Dorset

Nº 135 of 178 British in West Dorset

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Great food, great atmosphere, amazing service

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Costina Irimia . 2024-11-17

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First morning there was an issue with the kitchen so not hot breakfast. No offer of refund, just a continental breakfast. Apart from that, room was as you expect from Premier inn.

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Tony Oakley . 2024-11-15

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Visited to compare with another Marston pub in Dorchester. Good beer, good service, didn't eat so can't comment on food.

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Paul Dickson . 2024-11-15

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Nice atmosphere, great prices and service, always pop in for a meal after the cinema as a family treat.

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mathew courtice . 2024-11-15

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Lovely food nice relaxed atmosphere

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Suzanne Benjaafar . 2024-11-09

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Staff were brilliant, good was really good. Lovely decor inside. Couldn't fault it.

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the kepples . 2024-11-02

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Great staff good food but it's a bit expensive for a medium wine and and a lager over £10

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charles chivers . 2024-10-23

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Excellent location , very accommodating staff .

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Mark Windsor . 2024-10-23

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I absolutely loved eating and having a relaxing drink here. The staff we're great, very friendly and helpful and good competitive prices. Clean and tidy . Went here once again and was very satisfied. The staff was even better than before I visited and food as impressed once again.

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Brian Priest . 2024-10-22

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We certainly hit the jackpot when we found this pub, the staff are really friendly, food is amazing. We were allowed are two dogs inside and they put the F1 on for us. Perfect in every way 👍

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Angela Bell . 2024-10-20

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I stayed in the hotel. It May be one of the worst rooms I’ve ever stayed in. The roof was leaking the carpet threadbare the bed was broken. The shower was powerful but half it broken. Tv good the lock on the door was not secure and it was open to the public without any security. Don’t stay with children. The shower tray was deadly. I’ve been on less slippy ice rinks. I had to walk through a 2 inch deep puddle like the chlorine foot baths you get at swimming pools to get to reception in the morning. Breakfast was ok.

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David Lowe . 2024-10-16

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Wonderful friendly staff as soon as we walked in. Very personable and lovely atmosphere. 2 of our group had steak which was cooked to perfection and I had the steak and ale pie with mash and a lovely gravy. We hope to be back very soon

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Lyndon Huw Parry . 2024-10-14

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Called in for a quick drink. Friendly staff and a good selection of drinks. Clean and we'll maintained

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Dave Manyweathers . 2024-10-03

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Always a lovely experience, great bar staff, great food, great atmosphere

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chloe mccarthy . 2024-09-29

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Great food at reasonable prices and fab service.

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Richard Biggs . 2024-09-25

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Great food & excellent service from Vicky

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Hayley Guille . 2024-09-24

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Friendly helpful staff good pub.

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Sylvia Mitchell . 2024-09-16

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Absolutely perfect pub , we were wasting some time before the cinema so popped in for a pint , well priced and friendly staff

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Ben “Lenny B 84” Lane . 2024-09-11

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A great pub for food, atmosphere and sports

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Jodie Mitchell . 2024-09-10

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Our regular book club meeting place. Good food, great value, friendly staff. Always enjoy our weekly meetings.

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Alastair Gibson . 2024-09-10

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Great food. The cheaper lunchtime small portion option is perfect to fill you up and keep you going.

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Gary Holly . 2024-09-10

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Bar staff were friendly and polite and quick at their job. Lager tasted clean and crisp. Tables were a little sticky and in need of a hard clean. Menu was limited but being a Sunday, to be expected. Cowboy burger was very tasty and the fries were crisp and not oily The Vegan soup tasted like it was tinned and came with a slice of bread instead of 1/2 baguette as advertised. Also the bread was not great, possibly gluten free? The strangest thing was the fact that the soup was ordered as "Vegan Soup" but then came with butter. My wife is not vegan, she has Crohn's which means that she can not have anything high in lactose, so no cream. I imagine any vegan ordering this would be very offended.

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Scott Maytum . 2024-08-26

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Great pub friendly staff is always worth a visit for us.

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Viv B . 2024-08-24

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One of the best lunches I’ve had out in Dorset . I ordered the fish and chips, the size portion was ample. The fish was fresh and cooked perfect, it was lovely and flakey 😍

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Chanel Spark . 2024-08-19

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Vicky and Sean really looked after our family. I can highly recommend the mixed grill, where all the meats were succulent and cooked to perfection. The kids meals were very generous and I highly recommend.

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RICH . 2024-08-15

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Staff are great and the food is always brilliant. Really nice place to chill with the family and have food! 👌

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Dave Chidzoy . 2024-08-14

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Loved the Rockie Road ice cream and the salty chips - Megan

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kez pearson . 2024-08-10

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It was OK. Left chips as not nice. Didn't like how the food came served, prefer a plate.

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Mrfuncake Gaming . 2024-08-07

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Great pub for food and drinks, and to catch up with friends over a beer or two for a few hours. Very chilled during the day, friendly staff, and plenty of space and seating. Live sports on with a number of screens around the different areas. Excellent choice of well kept beer as well, and good quality pub grub. Note: price-per-person showing here is what we spent, but that was over a good few hours with food and drinks. Bar and food prices are what you would expect from a pub in town.

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Limpet 7R . 2024-08-07

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Great value for money, lovely pub food and very friendly service

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Heather Greening . 2024-08-05

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Staff were very helpful and accommodating. The room was massive. The food was well cooked. Overall no complaints.

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Nigel Seaman . 2024-08-04

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Lovely staff, really friendly and helpfull, actually brought my Guinness to the table for me. Ordered a piri pirir chicken jacket and my wife said it was definately tasty but seemed a little stingy on the chicken and would have liked a bit more actual chicken. The sauce was really tasty though and overall it was enjoyed. I had a fish finger sandwich (because I'm ever so posh haha) the bread was clearly cheap white bloomer as it was a little crumbly and the fish fingers themselves where skinny more batter than fish wich was a shame as you need thick decent fish fingers in a fish finger sandwich but that's not what you get. The chips you get with it where faultless and really tasty. Minor points but if I was the chef reading this it would def be something I'd bear in mind. Overall very pleasant lunch time and very clearly a warm and friendly family pub... 8/10 in my eyes. If your in town stop in you won't be let down

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Chris Mann . 2024-08-03

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food arrived quickly and freshly cooked from the professional staff, it was just enough for lunch at a more than acceptable price. I also had great viewing of the Olympics with their many screens, they also had horse racing ( which was fun, as I won )

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Climber256098 . 2024-07-31

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Great location with some sun late in garden in the afternoon / evening. Food was good and service excellent.

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Gregg Dodd . 2024-07-31

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Lodging at one of the rooms, we decided to stay for dinner and did not regret it. They serve good traditionnal english pub dishes such as steack and ale pie, with a very good quality/price ratio. Good beer too. The full english breakfast the next morning was also very nice.

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Anne V . 2024-07-29

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I can't thank the guys enought for what they did. They went out of their way to post a jacket that I left behind. Also would like to add that they serve a great breakfast.

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Jill DeZwart . 2024-07-28

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Friendly service and absolutely delicious well-priced food. Steak cooked to perfection

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Dave Tomlinson . 2024-07-21

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Friendly and welcoming, really helpful staff. It's definitely worth another visit next. I'm in Plymouth.

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Martin Hayden . 2024-07-06

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We come here quite often because the food is always yummy. The staff are always friendly & helpful. Always a good atmosphere.

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Anjie Mason . 2024-07-06

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Lovely polite & helpful staff. Food was delicious and the pub was very clean. Would definitely go here again.

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Jayne White . 2024-07-03

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My wife and I popped in for a quick bite to eat, and seriously regretted it, we had 3 small plates, the mac and cheese was the worst we have ever had anywhere, the piri chicken wing's were undercooked, so just left, disgusting.

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s shergold . 2024-07-03

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A nice place to drink, the wine is over priced nasty vinegar... But minus that it's a lovely intimate fun sports bar loads of games on! The staff are lovely and I always have fun. The food isn't great but not awful it won't make you sick. It just disappointing and the 5.99 little starters are a rip off avoid them!

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Psyduck Psyduck . 2024-06-23

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This will be our new go to place ... amazing tasty food and very reasonable priced too, can't fault it ... friendly staff. Really worth popping in.....

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Hayley Legg . 2024-06-22

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Vicky the waitress was extremely helpful and friendly. Will definitely come again.

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Colin Edney . 2024-06-19

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As a woman on her own it’s quite daunting going into a pub on your own, I found all of the staff helpful and friendly.As I have a dog sometimes it’s difficult to find somewhere to eat but they have an area where you take your dog. I had a roast which was really tasty and reasonably priced quite a varied menu available. I would recommend a visit.

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Glennis Mabbott . 2024-06-16

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Always friendly and helpful staff.

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Owain Lloyd . 2024-06-10

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A good place to drop in for a meal if you have a dog, not overpriced for average pub meals.

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Keith Lee . 2024-06-05

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Great satisfying food and polite and friendly service from the young lady serving us

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Julie Cochrane . 2024-05-28

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Because of this pub we missed watching the Southampton Leeds Wembley playoff final! We booked a table, with the specific instructions on having a view of a TV from our table. When we arrived at the pub no such table was available and in fact they didn’t have any table reserved for us and so we left the pub feeling very annoyed and couldn’t find anywhere else in Dorchester to watch the game. Very disappointing and bad vibes from other customers in the pub too.

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Greg Moore . 2024-05-27

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Great service (thanks Vicky), good value food, reasonable drink price. Good selection of sports screens. Def recommend.

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SEAN B . 2024-05-22

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Absolutely amazing, the bar lady Vicky was unbelievable and Albert and Landlord was brilliant too. Great family, Pub very welcoming And great food.

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martin32smith . 2024-05-22

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Great staff and great food. The atmosphere is wonderful, Vicki was expeditiously welcoming and amazing would definitely recommend!!

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Freyja D . 2024-05-22

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Food was lovely barmaid maid that served me was absolutely lovely always has a lovely smile definatly be coming back beer goes down very well in a place like this. X

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Jesse Brodie . 2024-05-20

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Friendly staff good food and drink good value for money 😃

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vince taylor . 2024-05-14

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I can’t talk enough about how brilliant these guys are. Customer service was brilliant and the food was fantastic!! I called in here for lunch and a drink with my daughter and was very pleased with our choice. The quality of the food was delicious! We were served by Vicki, she was very friendly, polite and professional. Thanks for a great meal and overall great experience

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Anna Durrant . 2024-05-07

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Cheddar and leek pie was fantastic and above all they are parrot friendly 🦜😎🍻

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Tony Dickinson . 2024-05-07

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Roast dinner was not worth it and the cow burger was burnt and the fries were cold 1 star is to much for this place will not come here again

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Mr Big . 2024-05-05

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This lovely pub in the heart of Dorchester has become a regular for my friends and I. Every now and then I will get some food from here and each time it is just as delicious as last time. Yesterday I went for the lunch deal and from start to finish the staff were very friendly. There is an ambience to this spot that really makes it stand out to me.

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Ali Kose . 2024-05-04

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Nice but not too big menu, choixe and easy to pick, Good pub, clean food, plus the football was on :)

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Lisa Thomas . 2024-05-01

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Just popped in for a quick lunch. Decent food and good value for money.

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Emma Irwin . 2024-04-30

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Brilliant service, great food and drink. Especially well looked after by Vicky as my wife has a food allergy and Vicky went out of her way to accommodate and make the whole visit a great experience

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Tis Best in Diecast . 2024-04-24

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Short break in Dorchester. We had roast beef at The Junction yesterday & the pie & beer deal today. Great food & very friendly helpful staff. Half price Directors on Monday went down well !

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robertc946 . 2024-04-22

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Called in on the 17th of April 2024 ,I had prawn cocktail very cheap prawns tiny amount of lettuce ,hardly any cucumber no tomatoes,hubby had surf & turf steak good but chips looked like reheated ,kids had sausages mash peas ,peas were hard & mash looked all dried out & reheated ,Also other meal was chicken dippers ,chips & beans couldn't eat beans totally dried out & over heated when I said to the lady she said yeah kids meals arnt great how unprofessional & not what I wanted to hear , definitely not returning A waste of money as kids couldn't eat it also sausages overheated as hard

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kaz261268 . 2024-04-18

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We had a really lovely meal at the junction. The staff were very friendly and professional. We watched the football here. It was a great atmosphere. Thank you. We will be back.

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Anthony Lucas . 2024-04-17

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Accommodation not very good very tired one pillow each door which could be kicked in ...were outside Accommodation TV couldn't even work it very basic for 100 for one night. In respect food good and lovely attentive staff but was freezing whist having breakfast as manager left door open in morning. Staff lovely Food good Seems a good pub But Accommodation needs looking at And nonwont be staying there again not for 100 quid

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Stephanie Legg . 2024-04-15

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We stop here for lunch while on our holidays.Absolutly right decision as Vicki is great with a lovely smile on and very quick service.Food was yummy too.lovely location with beautiful ambiance. Would love to come again.

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bhavesha patel . 2024-04-10

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Big shout out to Vicky and Ashley Lovley people n great at remembering me Nice pub on the way back to the train station Been in here a few times and will return

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Samantha N . 2024-04-09

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Walking around Dorchester and took refuge in the junction from the rain, and glad we did the beer was super cheap and decided to have a sharer plate to eat.

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andythewatch . 2024-04-06

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We visit every time we are visiting my inlaw who lives at dorchester. Great pub disabled access, spacious, great food. Friendly staff.

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Joanne Lulham . 2024-04-06

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Lovley food, great atmosphere, very accomidating with families with children, big range of food and good drink. Great location.

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Amy B . 2024-04-04

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Lovley pub, great food and lovley staff and very accomidating with children

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Amy Bodycombe . 2024-04-04

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We called in form lunch with family who live locally. The staff were very welcoming and there was a good choice of food. Service was swift and friendly. The six meals were all really nice. We will certainly call in again when we are next down.

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Rob M . 2024-04-04

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Great food, recommend the ultimate spicy burger, though I had it without the maple syrup. My sister had the club sandwich and said it was good also.

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spot t . 2024-04-03

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Clean, spacious Food was good, 2 people had the Sirloin steak medium but came out more well done so they didn't eat much of it

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Meghann Gibbons . 2024-03-29

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It's a nice pub with ok food. Let down by one rude member of staff. All other staff were lovely just one younger man who couldn't be bothered

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daniel is here . 2024-03-28

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Great place for food, drink or live sport

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Robert Hurst . 2024-03-27

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Fantastic staff that served with a smile on their face. Even went found me the Wales v Poland game to watch on the TV. Top venue.

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Earl Palmer . 2024-03-27

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Went with my partner as a treat/to celebrate his moving in. Found the staff very welcoming and friendly. I requested a dairy free option for desert and they went above and beyond to cater for my dietary needs. Food was cooked perfect nothing was over or undercooked our time felt relaxing and calming which for me being autistic is needed will definitely be returning for another meal and have recommended to family.

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tashleannel . 2024-03-25

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Proper pub with friendly, happy barmaid

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Jon Saunders . 2024-03-19

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Quick, cheap, nice food, can't fault it.

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Matt Viney . 2024-03-13

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We had our Christmas do here for work, as soon as we entered we were warmly greeted and shown to our table. Throughout the whole experience the staff were welcoming and helpful. The food came quickly and was to a very good standard. I must commend the bar staff throughout the whole experience as we all had a few drinks and they just made the whole experience better. Would recommend to anyone who is looking for a good meal and to socialise and have a few drinks afterwards. 9/10

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Monkey Maniac63 . 2024-03-11

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Friendly, helpful staff. Good food served quickly and hot

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Julie Thompson . 2024-03-11

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Food is good quality, for the price. Toilets could do with a ripp out and start again, though .

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Gareth Jones . 2024-03-07

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Good atmosphere and service. Basic pub food, but very good.

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Andy Davis . 2024-03-05

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Lovely pub, great food and staff! Would highly recommend

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Finley Davies . 2024-02-28

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Great service good food good value for money

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Andrew Norton . 2024-02-18

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Great hotel/pub/restaurant. Food was delicious and well priced, very clean we will come again

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Amanda . 2024-02-15

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Very friendly bar staff,good food

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Sarah Osment . 2024-02-14

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Lovely friendly pub with amazing food. We seeked shelter from the pouring rain with our very sad dog in tow. All given a warm welcome. Nice atmosphere with music playing. We ordered a mega mixed grill and took advantage of the selection of the day burger and drink deal. Was so tasty. Juicy burgers and heaps of fries to go with it. My husband's mixed grill was equally as nice and the extra sausages went to our pooch. Would highly recommend eating here and we've all left warm and full. Thank you so much and we'll see you again soon! X

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Amber Whiting . 2024-02-13

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Vicky was extremely friendly and kind.

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Westy . 2024-02-07

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Perfect venue for a four generation family meal. Great service, food, wine and beer. We also spent the night in a spacious, warm room with very comfortable bed. Delicious full English breakfast and plenty of coffee, toast etc

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David Payne . 2024-01-25

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Great food and staff very welcoming and helpful, have a good selection on the gluten free menu. Will definitely be returning.

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harleyoddy1 . 2024-01-25

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A treat to have proper tasting food, a good pint of beer and real welcome at the bar.

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Kalina Razey . 2024-01-23

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Very friendly accommodating staff, reasonable priced food/drink. Great music, good seating areas for either dinning or watching sports. Dog friendly. Really enjoyed our visit.

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Victoria Cooper . 2024-01-09

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Very friendly staff , got served by Scott and Georgia. Both very friendly and felt very comfortable being in the pub.

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Katie Tree . 2024-01-06

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Surprisingly good food. The chips were excellent and the Bangers and Mash use good quality sausages. The steak was very nice and surprisingly cheap.

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X6853NYmonicaw . 2024-01-06

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Just a quick drink and a bowl of chips

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Steven Williams . 2024-01-04

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went for Xmas dinner on Xmas day . a 3 course meal and it was fantastic. very friendly staff ,couldn't do enough for us. the food was lovely and plentiful. really made for a great Xmas day.

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John M . 2023-12-30

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Extremely rude man at the bar, absolutely no customer service skills and got my order incorrect. When the food came, the chips were cold and the burger bun was hard as a rock. Really disappointed

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Phoebe Churchouse . 2023-12-29

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Ate here on Thursday and tried out their steak deal. Well worth the money. Landlord was friendly and helpful, gave some good local recommendations as we are new to the area. Will definitely be returning.

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Chris Gouldson . 2023-12-15

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