Oscar's Restaurant in Bournemouth

We went as a party of 19 for Sunday Lunch. Staff in both the restaurant and the bar/lounge area were really welcoming, friendly and very accomodating. Food was 3 courses, choice of starters and deserts. Main course was a carvery - very good selection of beef, pork, turkey and even battered fish. The beef was particularly excellent. Very good value for money at £12.95 for 3 courses (half price for children and unders 5s eat free). It was all help yourself and there's no drinks table service - you have to go to the bar just through in the lounge but this isn't an issue. Plenty of water available too. Plates were cleared away quickly and efficiently. This lunch was a perfect Sunday carvery - relaxed and friendly. If you're looking for a fancy restaurant, this isn't for you, but it's great value in a hotel right near to the beach. We sat in the garden area with coffees after lunch and it was lovely.

Oscar's is housed in the Royal Bath Hotel. This must have been a wonderful hotel in the days of Oscar Wilde who visited but now the glory days are over. It needs a wealthy person from Dubai to spend millions on a refurbishment and restore it to its former glory. And for that matter all of the gorgeous Victorian/Edwardian architecture in Bournemouth. What has happened to this town it use to be a heavenly, elegeant place to visit.

Staying in the Royal Bath we had breakfast both mornings in Oscar's restaurant. The breakfast was 'ok' and we did not try the evening meals.

Espectáculo realmente pobre: las críticas anteriores sobre el almuerzo buffet del domingo fueron infaliblemente precisas. Sin embargo, el personal era amable, pero el hotel realmente necesita examinar su oferta

Al alojarme en el Royal Bath Hotel, pensamos que le daría una buena oportunidad al restaurante del hotel. Ni la esposa ni yo somos fanáticos de los buffets, así que fuimos al restaurante a la carta. ¿Excepto que no hay menú a la carta esa noche, solo un menú fijo? Parecía una buena opción, así que tuve la sopa de tomate (granulada, caliente e insípida) y luego el bistec (muy pequeño, sin oferta de cuchillo de bistec, tuvo que pedir uno, que todavía no podía cortarlo, primer trozo de bistec que he dejado) postre (no podría ser molestado).

We thought we had booked Sunday lunch at Oscar's Restaurant but it was closed and we were directed to Oscar's Brasserie. We could not believe it when they asked us to pay up front. When my husband said we would like some wine he was told he would have to get it from the bar in the next room and bring it to the table himself. The self-service starter was either soup or pate. No salad or anything to go with it. On the small hot counter they had veggie burgers and two types of meat in gravy (no clue as to what they were) and a chef carving beef. I have to admit the beef was really tasty. They then had 3 trays - one with Yorkshires, one with roast potatoes and one with overcooked cauliflower, broccoli and carrots. The vegetables were luke warm so I left mine. For dessert there was the choice of fruit crumble and custard and three cheesecake type desserts which looked as if they had been frozen. We will definitely not be going back.

This was so filthy and utterly disgusting! the food was foul and inedible! when pointed out the manager he was threatening and scary!! The glasses on the table contained so much dirt you could wipe it from the glass and leave black marks on the tablecloth! We were both very ill after only eating the bread and having a drink here.

My wife and I ate our Friday evening dinner at Oscar's, having arrived at the Royal Bath that afternoon and being too lazy to find an external venue. We were very pleasntly surprised. The decor, while traditional, is much fresher than the rest of the hotel. Service was quick and attentive. There was a choice of set menu or a la carte and the set menu offered really good value. There were several choices for each of the three courses. We trusted the fish for starters and main course and found it fresh and well presented. The set menu included a bottle of house wine and this proved to be an acceptable Chilean Sauvignon Blanc. Dining at Oscar's was definately the highlight of an otherwise disappointing stay. It wasn't fine dining but it was certainly very good value hotel dining.

This is a beautiful, elegant little restaurant with lovely staff and superb food. Excellent value for money, a good variety of dishes and very large portions. The restaurant is at its best in the evening when the lights are lowered and it is quiet and romantic.

I have been to this restaurant twice both times the food was excellent quality the service was second to none it has a romantic ambience

Stayed at the hotel, brasserie too busy.opted for Oscars. Lovely table in the window and elegant surroundings. Food really well presented and very good value and absolutely excellent service, a really good surprise

This restaurant is located within the Royal Bath hotel. It aims high. Food was all very good or better although the apple pie very processed and commercial. Nice presentation. Service was excellent and friendly when the restaurant was quiet but became very erratic and inadequate when busy. Staff seemed very confused: it seemed likely that some were very new to the job.

We dined early evening when the restaurant was quiet and enjoyed a series of wonderful meals with good wine to accompany them. The steak and other meats were cooked to perfection and the veg was piping hot.. This was followed by a fine array of deserts that would satisfy and suit anyone's tastes. Great atmosphere, very good staff and fine wine selection.

Went for a £9:99 Sunday lunch at the Bath Hotel in the Oscar restaurant. We didn’t expect much but we were very surprised. I have had a lot worse and paid a lot more money. No waiter service thou so you have to go and get your own drinks If you are in Bournemouth on a Sunday give the £9:99 Sunday roast a go you might be as surprised as we were.

If you would like to try something more than special in your life you must dine at the Oscar’s Restaurant! LOUIS and his team will make your evening remarkable and full of magic!!! The food is top but the experience with the service is absolutely another level!! Book your table and enjoy your evening keeping a full smile on your face! William & Erica

Absolute must stop and try if in Bournemouth. £45 for a 3 course meal that was amazing. Great value, great food and great service also.

Cené en el Oscar's Buffet. Un mar de mesas vacías sin un mantel a la vista.

This Restaurant is a great place to eat, £45 for 3 course Dinner. With a bottle of wine, the food is amazing and great choice, the wine was OK as well. Would recommend.

The food is excellent. Good selection and plenty available for the money which includes fruit juices and coffee. Highly recommend,

Rude staff, horrible food and clapped out. It was a great place in the old days however like the hotel now that it is part of Britannia Hotels it is awful. Go elsewhere.

We went here as a large family group. Staff were friendly. Plenty of tables to choose from. Sunday carvery was excellent. Good cuts of meat with plenty of fresh vegetables. Very good value.

We stayed at the hotel for 1 night,and had an evening meal and breakfast,which were both excellent! Plenty of choice. The staff were very efficient, and polite and helpful.

It was closed so an option to upgrade to this resteraunt was not available had to cope with Braised beef,...

Stayed in the Royal Bath Hotel where Oscars is located and ate in on the second night of our stay...

Menú de comida maravillosa muchas opciones increíble comer allí cuando me alojé en el hotel. el personal excelente, muy amable muy recomendable.

Mi esposa y yo tuvimos cena y desayuno en el Restaurante Oscar's. Muy espaciosa. La comida excelente y el personal es amable y feliz

Este hotel es absolutamente precioso. Situado a pocos minutos de la playa y de las tiendas y servicios. La comida era deliciosa una gran variedad y puedes tanto como quisieras. El servicio del personal era excepcional nada demasiado para ellos todo en nuestra estancia en una hermosa habitación con vista al mar bien merece la pena. Volveremos de nuevo.

Después de estar una noche en el hotel, desayunamos en el Restaurante Oscar's. Debo decir que para 10 pund sólo para poder comer 1 huevos y un tost porque todo lo demás estaba muy seco o menos buscando ser fresco. Platos y vasos sucios

Good buffet style meal with 3 starter 4 main and 3 dessert choices reasonably priced ,eat as much as you like .please walk around before purchasing a seat as they do run out or replace items listed on the menu which can be disappointing for picky eaters

Approximately 2 months ago my wife booked the restaurant for the mother in laws 80th birthday on the 27th of October for 9 people, my wife phoned 2 weeks ago to confirm the booking & was told all was well, this evening the 24th October we have received a phone call to say the restaurant is now closed for the week. We initially spoke to the receptionist & asked to a manager about the matter, at first he was supposed to be busy, we asked the receptionist if he could call us back for a explanation, numerous calls later it seems he is still to busy to talk to us (obviously trying to avoid discussing the situation with us) very poor service from a supposed top hotel in Bournemouth...

Had our meals here as part of the hotel room packet. Overcooked, greasy and really only acceptable because it was part of the package. We even chose to skip a "free" meal one evening just to get some decent food.

Beautifully laid out table with crisp white table cloths and knapkins. Happy to alter menu if requested nothing seems to mych trouble . Staff are not pushy or overly attentive which is a refreshing change.

Excelent meal with a great offer of free bottle of wine. lovely room which doubled for weddings so shame it was not open to residents on the Sunday

was not expecting too much for a 3 course meal for two with a bottle of wine for £45 it was a small menu but it was the best meal we have had in a long time and the serves was great

Brilliant value £9.99 for 3 course lunch. Cavery style buffet. Had beef which was cooked beautifully and melted in your mouth. Help yourself to vegetables also cooked well ( not overcooked or mushy) choice of hot or cold sweets also delicious. Beautiful large dining room overlooking the garden. Definitely recommend.

While spending the weekend in Bourenemouth, we decided on the off-chance to call here for an evening meal. We could have opted for the buffet but chose the table dhote menu in the restaurant instead and were not disappointed. The 3 course meal was very reasonably priced and included a good quality bottle of wine.The menu itself had a good range of options and the quality was first class. I recommend the rib eye steak. Cooked to perfection. The salmon was succulent and accompanied by a good selection of veg.The deserts were likewise very good. I recommend the apple tart (which was surprisingly light) accompanied by vanilla ice cream infused with delicate slithers of chocolate.But perhaps most noticeable of all was the quality of the service. The waiter, Victor, was most attentive without being intrusive, and his amiable personality and attention to the needs of his customers are to be complimented. He is a great asset to the restaurant. Thank you so much.We will most certainly dine here again....soon, I hope.

There is a saying "you get what you pay for" Sunday lunch advertised 3 courses for £9.95. As it was a bank holiday we decided to try it. I pre booked in advance. On entering I said we had a reservation. They did not ask our name as they were only interested in asking us to pay. Pay when we had not even had anything. I said we wanted drinks so would pay at the end. So glad we did not pay in advance. They Showed us to our seats and asked us if we wanted a drink. It would have been nice to have sat down first and showed the wine list. So we ordered our wine and sat and we sat and we sat ! Eventually the wine arrived with apologies in tow. And the bill for the food and wine we had not even had. I fully understood eventually why there was so much pressure to pay in advance. We made our way to the buffet if that is what you could have called it. Starter was either a very odd looking roulade or pate. Bread in a basket and soup over the other side. We plummed for the tasteless pate. Main course was beef which was so rare I would not have touched it. Other choice was a pasta and what I think was a fish dish which was in a heated tray. Selection of vegetables poor. No one to carve the meat the chef had disappeared. No one to request for the beef to go back and be cooked more. Absolutely no idea at all. I asked one of the waitresses where is the chef she said she would get him. Waiting seems to be the thing at this place. Enough is enough we left without finishing our bottle of wine and not having Sunday lunch. I flatly refuse to pay for dreadful service and food that is below standard. I dont' care that you offered 3 courses for £9.95 that does not give you the right to serve dreadful food and give poor service. Oh and by the way folks dessert was either profiteroles or chocolate cake. Enjoy ! Glad we did not bow to pressure of paying up front. We ended up going to The Crab Restaurant. Lucky for us because of our sad tale of not having had lunch they let us in without a booking which is not the norm for them. No booking you cannot get in!

food hot and plentiful very good selection the bread and butter pudding was great staff helpful and friendly

The choice of food was excellent, the food was good and the wine choices superb. The service was attentive.

At £40 for two three course dinners, including a passable bottle of chardonnay, this restaurant is well worth considering when dinning in Bournemouth. There is a pleasant ambience while proper crisp linen table clothes and napkins add to the experience. The pulled pork terrine with piccalilli and a huge prawn cocktail were very good. It would have been five out of five but the wild mushroom risotto filling didn't really taste of much when expecting a "woodland" scented porcine; perhaps because of too much cayenne in the sauce. Otherwise, for three courses, it was excellent value. The melt in the mouth pastry of their raspberry slice, highly recommended!

I was staying on business so chose the a la carte restaurant. I wasn't disappointed - lovely scallops followed by fish and chips. Great service and very good value. Shame I was only staying one night.

Not recommended, what has happened to the Royal Bath, once the pinnacle of a visit to Bournemouth. The accountants have taken over the restaurant and driven out the food lovers.

We only ate here once although we were staying in the hotel. Not over impressed with either the menu or service

Very good restaurant and I think this has been recently decorated. A severe lack of staff though which really needs attending to. We had a wonderful meal but I ended up feeling rather sorry for the waiter who was running around attending to everything and consequently the food was very slow indeed. Given the prices, this should be attended to as ultimately it is potentially a large revenue stream for the establishment not to mention it is a signature restaurant of the building. That said, the waiter was particularly friendly and very knowledgeable and helpful about the menu. When the food arrives, it was hot and very good quality. I would certainly visit this restaurant again but please take my criticism constructively and get some more staff who can help each other rather than guests having to go to the other restaurant to find someone!

Love that it is a buffet style meal. So much choice and of a good standard. We have been here many times and very rarely disappointed.

The food and service was excellent at a very reasonable cost the salmon cream cheese starter was delicious as was the duck the cheese platter at £3 extra was beautifully presented and delicious. The service was excellent

This restaurant had a three course meal with wine for two for £45. Okay there was an extra charge for steak £7. There was also an A'La 'Carte menu which was very reasonable. It was nice to have a quiet meal. And the food was very enjoyable

We arrived to discover that there had been 'no deliveries' so half the menu (which we had looked at the day before) was missing and many of the items were at an extra cost. Prawns in the cocktail were tasteless and chewy and served roughly on iceberg lettuce - dreadful. The other starter was a slab of goats cheese on a bit of french bread and toasted - tasted alright but very basic. One main meal was breaded pork (not too bad) served with roast potatoes (clearly either frozen or re-heated from earlier) and a mess of chopped tomato - was it supposed to be a sort of ratatouille? No other vegetables or garnish. The other main meal was the sirloin steak - at extra cost - chosen because of the limited menu. The steak was inedible and was served with an obscene amount of chips and some burnt mushrooms. Our desserts were commercially made. We complained and discovered that 'the chef was ill' and the dinner 'made' (thrown together) by the sous-chef. All in all truly dreadful - what a waste of an evening.

We had booked dinner but we're told in the hotel that the menu we had paid for was for a menu more in-keeping with a cheap pub chain. We opted to upgrade +£30 but we're still limited to 3 choices unless we paid even more. The food was really mediocre compared with other 3* hotels we have stayed at.

Just ok but anything nice on the menu was extra, waiter was nervous, kept dropping cutlery and got my desert glass over him. At the end of the day it was hotel food and we couldn't be bothered to walk out amd fine somewhere else

Went to Oscar's restaurant rather than the brasserie. Had the 3 course menu for £22, the trouble was that a fairly high proportion of the main courses and desserts incurred a supplement of up to £10 which made it quite pricey. Service was good as was the quality of the food. Not busy, so lacking in atmosphere, mainly due to the prices and close proximity of other cheaper alternatives in the town.

Would definitely not RECCOMMEND the terrible buffet here! Poor service even from the manager, inexperienced staff. Food was similar to a homeless soup kitchen.

Food and service is the worst I have experienced and would never book again, the food was not hot and had such little taste and presentation.

Food was excellent value for money, well presented, service very attentive, sofltly playing background music, candle on table, lovely laundered starched tablecloth. Old fashioned standards, in keeping with the building, most enjoyable!

The a la carte is very good but The Brasserie is mediocre. Not very exciting. and produced like school dinners

Surprisingly intimate . Excellent maitre d'/ manager. OK, some of the staff are a by inexperienced, but with good supervision everything works out OK. The set menu at £22.50 for three courses is great value. Our food was cooked exactly as we asked for it. Pot of tea for two was only £3.00.

We ate at Oscars as part of a family celebration. The dinning room itself is lovely and very comfortable. However, the food a joke. The salmon starter consisted of a slice or two of reasonable quality smoked salmon and a rubbery pink disc of what appeared to be liver sausage, on tasting turned out to be a salmon sausage. This was accompanied by some only just fresh rocket a cherry tomato cut in two halves and a thick wedge of lemon. We had to ask for dressing as the dish was so dry and unpalatable . The rib eye steak had good flavour and was tender but I think it had received a fair bashing with the tenderising mallet before hand. This was served with a grilled tomato and some nice chips and a peppercorn sauce which had a good taste. The desert however was a travesty, the apple and chocolate tarts were served in what looked like bought in pre-made small, dry, pie cases, the chocolate tart was too hard to cut and when my dinning partner finally resorted to pick it up and bite it was still unrelenting, a new desert was bought in it's place, a chocolate gateau, again was try and tasteless. The young waiting staff were charming but the senior staff member was aloof, snooty and disinterested. I found it strange that our bottles of wine were placed in an ice bucket at the far end of the table and we had to get up and serve ourselves throughout the evening despite the dinning room being virtually empty and a full complement of staff. What a shame this could be a thriving restaurant as we certainly enjoyed the décor and the ambience. Why is the menu, it's flavour and presentation still stuck in the late 70's early 80's? I noticed with interest a lot of other comments on trip advisor all virtually mirroring our comments yet, there is no attempt from hotel managements to respond to these reviews or quite clearly take any steps to improve their product. The members of my party are all local business owners and we thought it was a shame that such a lovely restaurant was so underutilised.

My mum and I wanted a quick meal before we went to the theatre so called in here for a bar meal. The bar menu is pretty basic, but as we were after something quick thought it would do. The service was ok, staff were polite enough, but I'm surprised that the kitchen can't even manage to get a jacket potato with cheese or beef & horseradish sandwich spot on. The potato was luke warm at best & had no butter. The horseradish was missing from the sandwich, which had no butter so consisted of bread & 1 slice of beef. In fairness the beef was tasty, and the waitress did bring butter & horseradish when asked. Also no salt & pepper until requested. Would not go back & have no desire to try the restaurant given the lack of effort put into a basic snack! I can only assume this chain company does not inspire its staff to do a good job & encourage custom.

Ordered food from the Table d'hôte menu, £22 for 3 courses. All the food was delicious, especially the Dark Chocolate Tart for dessert. The service was a little slow at times, but this was only because the resturant and the hotel are critically understaffed. Both of our servers that night were friendly, welcoming and knowledgable about the menu. The resturant is beautifully decorated and the music was turned off when we asked (no-one can sanely handle a continuous loop of Celine Dion!). Any downsides to our evening were more than made up for by the friendliness of staff such as Sabrina. I will definately be making another visit soon.

When we arrived there was no one to help us to a table, where were the staff? We instead stood in the hotel foyer reading the menu. We went in and found that the menu was too old fashioned, the restaurant definitely anti family, uncomfortable for my teenagers, the sunday lunch smell put us all off before we reached the menu. FYI £22 for 3 courses.

The food was awful, the waitress was lovely. The steak was over cooked, the puff pastry desert was stale. The variety on the menu was awful and the cocktails were premixed bottled cocktails. Very disappointing.

Thank you Oscars. And thank you Sabrina our server.Staying at the Royal Bath had been somewhat disappointing until we went to the Oscars Restaurant. Food was tasty , well presented and the Ambience gives you the feeling of being "Special"

Bread: slices of white & brown PAN bread. No nice interesting home made bread. Bad start.Starter: Ham hock terrine. OK, but had to ask for some toast to accompany.Main: rib eye steak and chips very good. Lamb with butternut squash, but no potatoes or chips??Dessert: apple tart was dry and tasteless. So, food not amazing.Staff ALL had BO! Wouldn't eat here again.

First of all, this review is about Oscars Restaurant at Royal Bath Hotel, not the buffet style self service restaurant also at the Hotel, that people are wrongly reviewing. This is the elegant restaurant at the Hotel.We stayed at the Royal Bath on Saturday March 29th.Initially, we planned to eat at Chimichangers Mexican opposite the Hotel, as I'd heard bad reviews about the Hotel food, but we couldn't get a table there, so decided to eat in Oscars Restaurant, after all.We needn't have worried, the food was very nice and the service was excellent.Oscars was candlelit, and we had a table near the window. The Waiter was very nice and worked really hard, as there was only him working in the Restaurant.We chose the 3 courses for £30, and all three courses were nice, Mackarel Pâté for starter, Chicken Chausseur for main, followed by Cheese & Biscuits. You still get the bread roll to start with, and a glass of water, and can order drinks to the table. We were even asked if we wanted to wait a little while for the 3rd course, in case we were full, a nice touch.The Restaurant looks classy and the food lived up to the elegance.I would definitely eat here again, if I ever stay at Royal Bath again.

My mother in law stayed at this hotel last week and invited 7 family members to dinner on Saturday night.The buffet food was appaulling.The mushroom soup was tasteless and all the main courses had very low quality meat.I didn't eat anythiing (neither did my daughter and her boyfriend) other than the pudding which was quite good.I think it came from Iceland.And it cost £15 per head.We won't be going again.

Food was terrible. Roast potatoes were grey and definitely not roasted, looked like last weeks spuds, beef was like shoe leather, vegetables were so stewed they had gone soggy, gravy was like dish water. I have never experienced such awful food in all my stays at hotels and it was like a holiday camp atmosphere.

Great attention to detail and staff excellent. Water glasses topped up throughout the meal and overseen by a very efficient restaurant manager. Top class.

I have visited this hotel on a number of occasions over the past few years. It has steadily got worse as a group of friends who although do not stay we would eat in the gardens enjoying the view. We have stopped eating here the food got worse as did the service, this year we saw advertised a new whiskey snug, in the mood for a relaxing evening we thought we would try it. Upon arrival we looked for it but had to ask for a little direction which we were given. Directed through the main lounge we asked the barman where to go and he happily replied it is here. There is no snug there is no seperate areas and when we asked him about single malt whiskeys the barman recommended Bells! Needless to say we did not stay not will we return.

selection was good.a 3 course meal, with salad or soup starter and main meat or vegetarian, then lovely gateau and cream, or profiteroles.

I'm embarrased about writing another bad review for a Bournemouth venue but as a hotelier myself I'm also embarassed that far-travelled Australian and American guests staying or visiting this grand looking old hotel will go home thinking that all English Afternoon Teas are this bad. Come on now! stop microwaving the scones -they can easily be kept warm and crisp in a conventional oven, very tight fisted with the clotted cream yet offered mounds of jam; no hot water jug with the tea and a microscopic quantity of milk for the 3 of us (are dairy farmers being paid the same as black truffle producers?). If you have to charge a bit more do, but please make it worthy of your Hotel's long standing reputation. (We were intending to go to the Cottonwood Boutique Hotel but were afraid our parking ticket would run out-perhaps next visit).

We were sat right under a cold air duct even though the restaurant was practically empty but did have a window seat which was a positive.My steak and chips were fine but my friends pasta had too much garlic sauce which overwhelmed the dish. Service was at times very slow. Oscars could do with a makeover.

Went for afternoon tea for a family birthday celebration. The food was presented on long plates rather than traditional tiered trays. The quantity of sandwiches was meagre and we'd requested a vegetarian option for one guest which wasn't properly catered for. There were scones which were actually very nice but the cakes provided were really disappointing. No little pastries or delicate bite sized cakes, instead we had slices of chocolate or black forest gateaux which tasted like cheap gateaux from Costco. However it was the service that was truly appalling. Waiters were distant and absent minded. Everything we asked for was forgotten and we had to ask more times than was reasonable for a cup of coffee that in the end just never came. The bar manager was rude and one member of staff was talking to himself about 'when could he retire from this place' behind the bar whilst I was waiting to pay. Overall a shocking afternoon tea for £13.50. I can think of numerous places in Bournemouth where you could get a much higher quality experience for a cheaper price. Don't go!!

I stayed at the royal bath with my partner, I wanted to go to the Oscar restaurant rather than the brasserie, as it looked pretty and romantic. My partner was happy with his cod and chips, a little disappointed with the £7 prawn salad , expected more for the price.I chose mushroom risotto, it was the worst risotto I have ever tasted, it was bland, no stock used to cook it, just taste like boiled water was used, the texture was all wrong, I said to the staff it was horrible, and I couldn't eat it ( I have never returned a dish before) I then chose steak, it was £23 for the thinnest and fattest piece of steak I've had... I didn't have it in me to complain again but the food was extremely poor and disappointing. I would have had a nicer piece of steak in a generic pub steak sandwich, maybe he gave me a dodgy steak cause I complained about the risotto or maybe it's all that bad?!!!

This place does not live up to its wonderful name. Perhaps the chef was having an 'off' day! If so, then the manager should have a word. Little wonder this place has slipped down the scales.

Other than the waitress giving our meal away so that I had to choose something else, what can I say? Some of the waiting staff were competant & polite. The breakfast was good. The Groupon offering was poor & small and the house red wine wasn't great.

this is our favourite restaurant in bournemouth very romantic excellent service and wonderful food, a few years back the food and especially the service was awful. thankfully they have a new maitre *d who has completely changed things around and i presume new chefs we are going there for our 30th wedding anniversary and i have noticed the hotel group has been taken over im just hoping the staff are still there

Firstly, this is a reasonably priced, well run restaurant with excellent food, nicely presented and sufficiently attentive to justify the price.However, I found the experience awkward and somewhat embarrassing by the rather abrupt manner of the Maitre D. The bill was presented - albeit with additional items added (service perhaps?) - plus a line for gratuity, which I added. I was then informed that the gratuity would go to the hotel, and that he would not get it back. Leaving an awkward silence that I presume he hoped I would pull out some cash and reward him personally.I disliked this and felt that I was somehow responsible for the rather odd commercial relationship they share with the hotel.A strange choice to front such an otherwise "top notch" restaurant!

The food was really nice. I had a duck salad starter which came with NO salad. Just a little watercress and cold chips!I did mention this and was asked if I would like more duck to make up for it. The waiting staff were most helpful.I had a turbot main couse which was excellent.We did not have puddings, but did have the selection of local cheese which was very very nice.

Awful service by waiting staff and very poor food.Very expensive drinks - good luck trying to get service for a second glass.

Great surroundings we've eaten here about 7 times now, the food and the service is always good and never lets you down. it was a De Vere hotel and is now under new management Britannia hotels we were still impressed with the food, wine and service.

We thoroughly enjoyed the food! There was a good choice and each was presented excellently. The staff were attentive and couldn't help any more.

Excellent, well worth a visit, food was 4* plus, good staff, and very reasonable prices, and good choice of menu's

A fabulous restaurant in the Royal Bath that should be packed - but on the 4 or 5 occasions I have ate there was practically empty. Excellent food, served by attentive and smart staff at a reasonable price.

lovely sunday roast and very well priced but i had two glasses of wine and they were nearly £20, bit rich for lunch time, but overall excellent.

Next time in bournemouth i will return to oscars, my daughter had roast chicken i had roast beef and we both said we never wanted it to end, excellent well done great chef

I been there with two friends for dinner. The service was nice, we got lovely bread with butter and oil&vinegar.We decided us for just 2-courses. Of course we had different dishes. I mean its just boring for the chef, if he have just the same ones. We enjoyed our dinner, and the food was very nice.

Great set menu, candlelight meal and very attentive service. Menu was well priced but we found drinks were extremely expensive charging £10.50 for a glass of Pinot griggio. Not very busy on a Wednesday night but not bothered about this as we had a 3 course meal in 1 hour without feeling rushed. Nice place to visit.

Ate here many years ago on a stag do on Saturday night, had to wear black tie. Was very good, would like to go back.

We had our anniversary dinner at this restaurant. The staff welcomed us and took us to nicely laid table. The menu had a very good selection. You can opt for 2 or 3 course menu. To be honest we were very full after our starter and main but we could not resist trying one of the deserts. It is good value for such a high quality of food. We cannot fault anything and we will definitely be back.

Great. Very expensive but we enjoyed it thoroughly. Nice staff.

We dined here as part of our hotel package and the food was absolutely amazing, an experience which we just didn't want to end. The staff were attentive and excellent. The front of house made us feel very welcome and the ambience of the restaurant was excellent. The set menu is excellent value for money at 19.95 for 2 courses and 3 courses for £25. Definately recommend to anyone and really made our stay at the hotel an excellent experience. Will definately be back when I'm in the area.