King Charles Inn in Poole

Ancient pub in Poole, in wood and stone, very characteristic. We assume that at least part of it was a former church. very impressive, we drank a good £5 beer. Recommended for the atmosphere

Great as always. A beautiful historic pub in the heart of my home town

Was in Poole for the day with my husband and we popped in to have a drink and a nose but decided to have a Sunday dinner when we saw someone else’s so glad we did it was beautiful I had lamb and hubby had beef and both agreed it was delicious nice friendly staff as well.

Traditionel pub Very lovely food...lamb, cheese cake..wow! Lovely atmosfeer Like to come back Good prices

Nice pub friendly atmosphere good food and at good price will be using again

I recently visited the King Charles in Poole, and I can confidently say it’s a gem of a local pub! The venue itself has a fantastic atmosphere, blending traditional charm with a modern touch. It’s the perfect spot to relax, whether you’re catching up with friends or enjoying a quiet evening. The drinks selection is impressive, featuring a wide variety of local ales and craft beers. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, always ready to recommend something new to try. I loved sampling a couple of their rotating guest ales—each one was better than the last! As for the food, it was absolutely delightful. The menu offers a great mix of classic pub favourites and contemporary dishes, all beautifully presented and bursting with flavour. I tried the homemade pie, and it was one of the best I’ve had—perfectly flaky crust and hearty filling. The King Charles is a must-visit for anyone in Poole. The combination of a welcoming atmosphere, great drinks, and delicious food makes it the ideal place to unwind. I can’t wait to go back!

Great pub with a medieval hall for bands

Great food love this place great beer cheers

Great night, good service, and we all loved Elvis

Class pub, good lads behind the bar and excellent pint of Guinness. Top drawer 👌

Cozy old pub, friendly staff, good food and drinks, value for money is also okay. 👍👍

1st time here. Good music in the upstairs room which is a fantastic space. Barmaid and barman friendly and polite. Will definately return

Very nice place that wasn't too busy on bike night, & didn't close the kitchen too early like many, Good Service, Nice food, would definitely go there again!

Great local pub, one the oldest in Poole, owner Mick was great 👍 stop by and say hello and get some wonderful homemade food 😋 sorry for the blurry photo. My husband took it 🤣 this was the lamb shank. Absolutely amazing! Compliments to the chef.

Great bands on Friday and most Saturdays...

Saw sign outside saying best crab in Dorset so thought that's worth a visit . That was not the case probably should have realised that because everywhere else was full and we were the only people in this pub. Ordered crab salad and seafood platter . Both extremely disappointing , crab hardly visible a few flecks of white meat on some vey slimy brown ! Seafood platter obviously frozen deep fried rubbish with small bowl of fries . There are lots of nice places to eat in Poole this is not one of them !

Found this little gem whilst strolling along the quay and deciding where to go, so glad we chose this pub. The interior classic, the staff helpful and pleasant, plenty of choice for drinks. The food was excellent, well served well presented, best fish cakes I have tasted. Hubby had the scampi and again very pleased. This is a true gem of a find and completed a lovely holiday in Dorset.

Didn't try food can't comment. It's a pub. Doesn't try to pretend to be anything more than it is.a place for adults to go and have a few beers and a chat. I'm sure it was rockin 300 years ago when all those pirates and smugglers hung out there. The spirit of those legendary traders and entrepreneurs still lives in that building.

Nice old pub with excellent food. Good choices for gluten and dairy free and also vegan. Friendly staff, good service.

This was a Wednesday night steak special. Great night, mussels to start, fresh that day 👍 plump and some of the best I’ve had in a long time. Steak was cooked just as we asked and was full of flavour - Oh, and the wine included was very good. We will be back 👍

Interesting interior, but the huge hall smells very odd and unpleasant. Staff were functional at best and the beer wasn't well kept. Big disappointment so didn't eat here.

I had visited with a large group upstairs and had a great meal. On this experience I took my partner out for dinner. The fresh mussels were stale and had a strong smell. The fish pie was dry. We did not eat most of our food . On mentioning our dissatisfaction with the food the lady behind the bar said the mussels are fresh every day and offered no apologies. I have been a high end chef all my life owning my own Michelin restaurant for many years. So I think I can judge good food from bad. NB to owner on average 10 people are told of a good experience and 50 people are told of a bad experience. I have recently moved to the area and will be telling all my friends and neighbours!

Decent pub, chips not eatable, .

Popped in for a cheeky half. Decent selection of beers too. Staff kindly filled up our water bottles too. Menu looked good but we didn’t eat

Popped in for a cheeky half. Decent selection of beers too. Staff kindly filled up our water bottles too. Menu looked good but we didn’t eat

Had our wedding reception upstairs in the medieval hall. Amazing night, beautiful room, loads of help and friendly staff. Such a nice pub. We visit here regularly and love the food. If you are vegan or vegetarian they offer the best and most options around.

Can't give reports on food as didn't eat here but it looked nice Beautiful historic pub full of history and mystery

Had our wedding reception upstairs in the medieval hall. Amazing night, beautiful room, loads of help and friendly staff. Such a nice pub. We visit here regularly and love the food. If you are vegan or vegetarian they offer the best and most options around as well as meat and fish dishes.

Had passed the pub a couple of times , menu looked appetising, looked at the pub reviews online , so my wife and I decided we would try an evening meal . On entry you get the feeling of an old traditional tavern , Two lads behind the bar didn’t seem very welcoming , ordered our meals , soup of the day came with what was supposed to be croutons , absolutely tasteless and croutons were torn up pieces of bread, my wife ordered a prawn cocktail , that was fine . I then had smoked haddock fish cakes for a main with peas and fries , one of the fish cakes was rock hard , the peas looked like they were over done in a microwave , fries were lukewarm,my wife had a rack of ribs tasted like they had come from a local frozen food shop , again with fries that were Luke warm . The tables are sticky as hell . So disappointed as the majority of reviews were favourable, would never recommend for food , good ales though .

Whilst on holiday in Poole, we spent several evenings at the King Charles pub and had a wonderful time. The staff were fantastic and went out of their way to help my grandparents. The food was delicious, very fresh and tasted homemade. Absoloutely delightful pub, only wish it was our local back home! Thanks to the staff for making our evenings out so enjoyable.

Amazing place and food was excellent.

Fascinating pub, good food, friendly staff, very atmospheric

Birthday get together in a great location...can't wait to return!😃

Lovely old pub,worth a pint or two if in poole,food nice and not too expensive,

Beautiful old room upstairs . If only it could speak

I had the fish pie, luke warm in the middle, (not left long enough in microwave) and drowned in mash potato. One piece of broccoli on the side that was fridge cold, one piece of carrot and some peas plonked on the plate. I ate 2 spoonfuls of fish that was drowned in black pepper and 2 spoons of peas for £15. The cook/chef doesn't know what he's doing, the experience of eating here was awful.

Nice pub. Good decor. Food stopped serving when we got there 8pm on a Friday, but it looked fairly extensive.

What a fantastic building and the beer weren't bad lol . Really friendly staff with a great selection of drinks we didn't eat but didn't hear anyone complain and it looked lovely.

Always lovely service, great drinks, atmosphere and food. All the staff are brilliant, Monika is always fantastic. Great for live music and a dance or a game of pool too

Cracking historic pub. Loved hanging out in the front room snug with amazing old photos and original panelling.

Very nice vintage atmosphere. You pretend to be a knight or some kind of lord. There were delicious mussels in sauce and pork ribs. Very tasty, but the mussels were kind of small. Parents came to visit from another country and they liked it, it is important for us. We will visit again.

A place I am warming to, it may very well be the staff on duty are developing and improving the experience, the menu is interesting but to my taste and preference. Carry on as you are.

The first evening we popped in just for drinks. The atmosphere was buzzing and the beer was great, The service was a little grumpy. The second evening we went in for dinner; service excellent, beer still good and most of the food was OK. The waitress didn't come and ask if our food was OK until she cleared the plates, by which time it really is too late to complain. We mentioned the chips were cool and she said she would tell the chef. We went to the bar to pay, no apology and no discount. I would go back as I think it was partly our fault for not complaining soon enough, but we were too hungry and too lazy to wait for the chips to be reheated.

Christmas party with work Great pub, great food and the staff were really nice. What a historic building. Love places like this. The bar area was and separate little rooms where we sat and ate and you go up the stairs to the big open room with vaulted ceilings which was so cool. Live band on a Saturday night who were great.

Christmas party celebrated here last night. Food was absolutely amazing! Hot and generous portions for all 3 courses! Best prawn cocktail I have had! Live band was brilliant. Awesome night and will definitely return.

What an experience. We had a private function room to celebrate our works Christmas party. The room was beautifully decorated and the tables were very festive. Brandon was constantly on hand delivering the delicious food and providing us all with drinks of our choice at the bar. Fabulous night Thankyou Brandon and the team

Fantastic place. Food was excellent and Brandon was so hospitable. Thank you. Will definitely be back. Thank you

We had our works Christmas Party at the King Charles, the food was great & a really good atmosphere. We had our own room & the service was fantastic.

Nice pub, live music. Customers are a bit oite toite.

Visited with a group of friends for lunch. Food arrived pipping hot. Food was delicious and of generous portions. Everyone in the group was extremely happy with their meals. Service was friendly and very helpful nothing was too much trouble. Don't think it will be too long till we are back

Food was plentiful and hot. Service was excellent. Nothing was to much trouble. Went as a group and everyone was full off praise. Would definitely return

A quiet Tuesday night but still the same effort was obvious down to the chef coming out to check our food was up to scratch. Very pleasant girl behind the bar looking after us. Will be back.

Food to be proud of, great staff had a l

Lovely old pub. Excellent beer. Lovely food though we did have to wait quite a while for our sandwich, which seemed strange as there not many people in the pub. Worth the wait though.

Had dinner in this pub this evening (my husband and I both had the steak) Staff were very helpful and the food was great. Stayed for the live music which we also enjoyed 🙂

We were here for the steak special night, where it's two steaks incl. garnish plus a bottle of wine. Very good quality meat and platters that will fill you up for a very competitive price. Cosy atmosphere, friendly staff, great deal and place.

Had a beef roast..potatoes and beef over cooked

Nice very old pub serving good food

Lovely roast dinner and friendly service.

Lovely place Atmosphere brilliant. Good choice of food. Food very tasty. Service was excellent.

Take yourself a short couple of minutes walk off the main Poole marina front pubs and pop in here. Met some great people visiting from Manchester and the guy who runs the place came over and chatted with us all, made us feel at home, as did the people behind the bar. We all had a great night. Thanks to all.

Smashing little pub. Cosy and friendly with a good choice of drinks and food. A pleasant place to spend a few hours.

Sumptuous split level stone building, a wide range of drinks available, the multi room layout offers a great choice of areas to enjoy.

Worth it just for the history of the place. Food and welcome good too

Great old pub, the food was excellent and service very good with friendly service. Recommend. Plenty of room inside.

We had traveled from Sussex to enjoy a few days break in Dorset and came across The King Charles just off the main quay in Poole. We were met by friendly staff and a very pleasant atmosphere. My wife and I ordered the steak meal offer which was 2x 8oz steaks and all the trimmings together with a bottle of wine for £35. The meals were absolutely fantastic and so tasty I would thoroughly recommend eating here. We are ex publicans ourselves so we know a great meal when we eat it. Thank you to all the staff front and back of house. Excellent

Very nice old worldly pup, very good beer

Very good food the staff were very friendly, always ready to help. Chef was very attentive. Specials board well advertised

We didn't eat so can't comment on the food, but the atmosphere and interior were incredible. So ancient! Great service and friendly welcome. Kids welcome too. Pool table upstairs in the medieval hall (which is where i'd recommend to sit!)

Slightly off the seafront the place is very nice and gives that old feel of a medieval pub with the stone structure. Sharps Atlantic on tap is always a bonus, pints are reasonably priced and atmosphere pleasant. Can’t complain with the place but for a...

The pub looked dirty, staff sprayed the dining tables with furniture polish not an antibacterial cleaning spray, seating was uncomfortable , I had to repeat my drinks order, 1 pint of lager and half a cider , 5 times to the barmaid, A lot of the mussels in our Moules Marinier had cracked or broken shells , which should NEVER be cooked and served ! Portion was small considering the price. We were so very disappointed . We are Locals and feel sorry for any tourists visiting this sad and sorry pub. A totally unprofessional team.

Had an amazing meal here tonight. My daughter and I had moules frites, and my husband had steak and chips. It didn't disappoint. It was all freshly cooked and absolutely delicious. I think the food was cooked by a proper chef who definitely knows what they're doing. Front of house staff were lovely and welcoming. We will definitely be back

Lovely venue, with lots of history, I recently did a venue here, great staff and plenty of variety of drinks.

Good entertainment, ales are a bit limited, prices not too bad, the young lady behind the bar good, the young men not as good.

Hi there we had meal in the pub , What great Service, nice staff , with excellent good food the steaks were bang on! Thankyou all .

Nice pub and good food at affordable prices

Really old pub and the upstairs is particularly medieval. Friendly service and nice atmosphere. Live music too. Didn't eat there though.

Only used for drink so did not try food, staff excellent, value for money great, atmosphere and ambience perfect well worth a visit

So sad. Great building and location, but the food and drink let it down. I’m afraid that we have to say the food was lukewarm at best and not what we would call obviously locally sourced and freshly cooked (as was claimed). Make of that what you will. The beer almost tasted watered down and the whole place was empty when the Quay front was jumping with loads of people around. Should’ve guessed really that this gave away the appeal of the place. It was so bad, we didn’t finish and scooted off and ate somewhere else ( not wanting to make a scene). It could really be something, but alas wasn’t. 😞

Great place when there is a band on 🙂

Oh dear!!! £33 for half a sunday roast, seafood chowder and 2 pints!!!! No wonder the place was almost empty. Real shame because we wanted to go back for the steaks in the week and its a nice pub. May go back if we're offered...

Had a beautiful steak here cooked to perfection, 2 steak meals and a bottle of wine £30, very nice.

Good place even though I did not eat here it seemed a good place.

We visited this pub at around 12.30, and should have noted there were few customers. We decided to stay and eat anyway. Wish I had stuck with my gut feeling (no pun intended).It started with the pint of Timothy Taylor's landlord, a beer I have...

A real old pub atmosphere, food pretty good too!

Absolute gem of a place , it’s hidden away from the Quay and High street but boy this must be the best food I have had in Poole in a long time . We had the roast Turkey and lamb dinners . It was piping...

Absolute gem of a place , it’s hidden away from the Quay and High street but boy this must be the best food I have had in Poole in a long time . We had the roast Turkey and lamb dinners . It was piping hot with lots of gravy . Will definitely be back! The pub itself has a few little rooms which add to the atmosphere and give you the feel of a private dining area . Lots of history on and in the walls . Can’t wait now to try the specials menu and come for the live music evenings when I am in town .

Beautiful old pub with good selection, including fernet! Sunday roast is delicious.

Great old traditional pub which serves a good pint of Timothy Taylor Landlord. Haven't tried the food yet but menu looks good.

A great place for live music. The food is incredible and they have a good selection of drinks. Friendly, helpful staff and a great atmosphere.

Staff very friendly,wonderful pub(Americans and visitors to England) would love it it's about 700 years old , food great and good wine, definitely will go again. They also have music at times.

Enjoyed a couple of hours in with friends x good service nice vibe

The steaks we had here are the best we have had in a long, long time. Yet they were in a deal of two 8oz serloin steaks and a bottle of wine for £30. Judging by the fact almost everybody in the pub was having...

We had a drink here on Saturday. I commented that any pub that puts homemade rabbit stew on the menu has a great chef who appreciates food. We were right. Went back for a Sunday roast… I had the beef, OH had the turkey. Hot,...

never met any landlord be so rude in my life absolutely disgusting behaviour gentleman got a chair for my sister and the landlord had a hissy fit and caused an unesseray atmosphere so defo give that place a miss

Just had the two sirloin steaks and a bottle of wine for £30 best steak I've had in years good value nice pub

great place for live music on a saturday evening

This place is an out of the way gem, if you enjoy seafood this is the place for you.

Super experience once again thanks to the bar supervisor a wonderful lad. Ate here before good food and value.

Great beer and the mussels are superb