Spyglass & Kettle in Bournemouth

The Spyglass and Kettle Pub is a brilliant night pub for good food, drink and then of you fancy it, dance the night away with a live band. I am a regular. Love the place!!! Thank you Jo xx

I come here every week for great food, drinks and service.

The atmosphere in the Spyglass is perfect and the service great. The staff are friendly and welcoming. The prices are great and value for money. The Senior menu is just perfect for those who don’t want a huge plate of food. Can’t wait for the Summer so that we can sit outside whilst eating our meal.Always look forward to going there if only for a coffee and a piece of Carrot cake. Wow.

Greta pub great music great food

Very welcoming place to go . Friendly staff and always helpful . Nothing is too much trouble . I hold a coffee morning here once a week and today as it was Good Friday Jo the landlady came out with hot crossed buns for all of us . Such a lovely surprise and very nice . Thank you so much . Sometimes we stay on for lunch and always found it very delicious

The management provided our Friday coffee morning social group with many free hot cross buns complete with butter...well done Jo x

We went for Sunday lunch at the Spyglass and kettle Bournemouth. It was a fabulous meal and excellent service especially from our server Grant. Will come again. And live that it's doggy friendly

I usually love this place but to be charged £6.65 for a pint of Moretti is too much. 4 drinks for £26.60 is beyond acceptable. The price is not displayed on the bar tariffs, only 2 of the cheaper beers are listed. Isn't it law to display all prices so customers can make an informed choice? It seems a little underhand to only display the lower end prices whilst keeping customers unaware that they will be charged £6.65 after ordering.

My son took me to this sea side pub for lunch and we both had the turkey & beef Sunday roast. Even though every table was booked our meal arrived so fast! I loved the vegetables, very generous broccoli, nice chunky carrots, perfect parsnips and loads of peas, also cauliflower cheese. The meat was so very tender and soft. I loved the horseradish (what a kick it's got). Also it had cranberry sauce and a big jug of gravy. Staff were very nice.

Great service with a smile at 8am on a Sunday morning after what seemed like a busy Saturday night! Popular spot, nothing was too much and the breakfast was just what we needed. Parking for campers opposite, perfect location with easy access to beach!

experience was absolutely amazing for the special occasion we had planned, perfect service and the food was amazing. so reasonably priced will definitely be coming back, thank you jono and ben for the great service.

Great food but the music or bingo calling is much too loud

Very busy indoors at midweek April lunchtime. Staff were excellent in attendance and attitude.

This is a great pub on the front in Southbourne. The food is pub food but of a better quality than you would expect. It's the staff that really makes this place. On our first visit, we were served by a lovely, very friendly young woman. Sadly, we did not get her name. We also met Sean, who was equally friendly. We went in a second time, and Sean was off duty but made a point in talking to us and, once again, making us feel at ease. It was quizz night and packed. The staff who served us were very busy but again helpful and very friendly. As I have already mentioned, the food is for a chain pub very good, and the kitchen staff know what they are doing.

My son took me to this sea side pub for lunch and we both had the turkey & beef Sunday roast. Even though every table was booked our meal arrived so fast! I loved the vegetables, very generous broccoli,nice chunky carrots, perfect parsnips and loads of peas, also cauliflower cheese. The meat was so very tender and soft. I loved the horseradish (what a kick it's got). Also it had cranberry sauce and a big jug of gravy. Staff were very nice.

Lovely place, right next to the beach with great food and drinks!!

It is a nice place,the staff is very friendly and kind.The food is delicious, the prices are good for nowadays.

Really good and wide menu choices. A welcoming place with good service

Brilliant place amazing atmosphere. Recommend anytime without hesitation

Loved our stay. My second visit and wasn't disappointed. We stayed for two nights, rooms clean, lovely comfy beds, and hosts are amazing. We dined in the bar and restaurant, fun and busy atmosphere. The food was yummy and super value! The location is spot on. Overall a fabulous place to stay.

Good pub, friendly staff and a good choice of beers and food.

Good service but took a long time to take order and receive food though staff were very polite. Forgot to bring sauces we’d asked for. Ordered ‘dressed’ salad instead of chips but no dressing given until asked and not much salad on plate. Food was average for Main courses. We were a party of 7. Had a booking but table want ready for 20 mins after we arrived so had to stand at bar and get I everyone’s way, with a toddler on the loose!!

Fantastic local pub with a real family feel. The staff are fab, friendly and efficient. Great menu and delicious food. Great location with accommodation above, perfect for stays at this amazing beach.

Have been here a few times and it’s been good, 4 stars. Last time was awful, awfully long wait for bad food. Would give it 1 or 2 stars if I was reviewing that one experience. Will be avoiding on weekends going forward.

Well what can I say. I could not have asked for more. I had my 65th get together here on the 21st March. I had 55 people which was a lot for them on their popular Friday evening with a band. Melissa was amazing..She sorted out the tables. Helped with decs for tables. She was so organised. We staggered people coming in so the kitchen had a chance to cook. The food was great. The band was fab. The manager was great. She made it possible in the first place. A big thank you to all of the staff that night. 🙏 A brilliant night. Lovely atmosphere and friendly people. Highly recommended this place. Sue Johnson-Hewitt

Went to celebrate my friends 65th birthday on Friday 21st March. Had a wonderful waitress serve us, who coped admirably with a very busy service. Smiling throughout & nothing was too much trouble. Didn’t catch her name but she is management material. I train hospitality staff and she is a natural.

Great food, pleasant atmosphere 😊

We visited the spyglass and kettle for a last minute meal with the kids, I was a bit dubious as I wouldn't normally pick to eat in a pub restaurant with children, however I was pleasantly surprised with the lay out and it felt more 'restaurant' like than pub. Good choice of veggie options on the menu which was nice to see, and we particularly enjoyed the nacho sharer. The best thing about this place were the staff, they were friendly, polite and couldn't do enough for us including singing happy birthday and bringing out a cake. The restaurant and bar were fairly busy, but it didn't stop them from interacting with us and not feeling rushed to get in and out the door. Thank you Mahala, Oscar, Dylan, Pierra and Kristina, if we are in the area again we will be sure to pop in.

Always soo good , friendly staff nothing is too much trouble , fabulous food and lovely atmosphere , we really enjoy every visit . So family friendly and dogs so welcome , brilliant all round experience every visit . 🫶🏻

Great food, fast service, nice location. Compliments to the chef!

The service and atmosphere in this amazing seaside pub is great food 10/10 definitely recommend

A warm and friendly greeting awaits. I go to this place regularly whether to meet up with friends, join in with the quiz or have a meal. Great service and on the coast overlooking sea views.

Stayed in Bournemouth for my birthday weekend and popped in for drinks and a bite to eat before we went out. Great atmosphere. Services was friendly and fast. Would definitely go again

Celebrated a milestone birthday on Saturday night at the Spyglass & Kettle. Excellent friendly service from Mahala on a meal for six at a busy time on an early in the evening. Took some great photos of us.

Had friends with us for the weekend and we enjoyed our drink in the garden and really good meal. It's our local that we love. Keep up the good work team! We recommend the roast dinner, beef bourguignon and the meat pies!

Nice food....BUT...got the bill and a regular lemonade cost £3.85!!! I asked about it and apparently that's what they charge. Unbelievable.

“Bianka is great behind the bar—always friendly, quick, and makes everyone feel welcome. Definitely one of the best!

Hi. I like to say the pie and the signature burger are yummy when I've been in. Food and presentation is great. Always busy in there! The staff are really friendly and the atmosphere is nice. Welcomed and friendly! It's also dog friendly too. Well done to everyone. Friday nights are good when a band is on and always busy.

Absolutely shocking quality food, wouldn’t feed it to my dog. Wait times are over 1hr for a bit of charcoal in an untoasted bun with microwaved pulled pork carelessly slapped on top. Avoid avoid avoid!! Seriously terrible place to eat or drink. Glasses are filthy. Only upside is the staff are very apologetic for the disgrace they call a food service. Other than that, i really seriously implore you to seek elsewhere to eat, this establishment is an utter disappointment.

I stayed here for one night as I had a work event and for the price I paid it was as I expected. The rooms could do we modernising but it was clean, comfortable and the towels were lovely (something I find is usually lacking in quality). I would recommend ear plugs if you're a light sleeper as the walls are very thin. The customer service was brilliant and thank you to the gentleman who offered to take our luggage and brought up the food we ordered to our room. The actual venue is in a fantastic location and I will certainly return when I'm in the area again for a drink, especially in the summer. The food was average and I only had some starters/sides.

Expensive breakfast for very poor qaulity food

Great atmosphere and food. Staff were so warm and friendly. Great menu range as well.

Watery and tasteless red pepper houmous starter. Great chicken schnitzel and beef burger for mains. Booked in advance, added a note to say it was a 21st birthday lunch. Not one comment from the staff. Overall: disappointed

We have just had a wonderful Sunday roast at the Spyglass. We sat at table 3 and were served by a lovely waitress called Bianca. She was friendly and attentive and the food was piping hot and utterly delicious! Highly recommended.

Great coffee, warm welcome, dog friendly! Our dogs even got given treats! Will be back to try the food soon!

We booked a table, arrived, table taken, stuck on an isle table with inadequate space, or wait 1/2 hr more. Food portion was abysmal, smallest pub grub I’ve ever seen, Chaotic, below average pub when busy

Food was fantastic, friendly staff highly recommended.

Fabulous place, often busy as the food is so good. Could just do with less tall stools for those with kids, dogs and the elderly so more standard chairs please! It would be most helpful to get this without needing to book, as being a local there is a warmth about being spontaneous, especially when coming back from the beach in all weather's.

Great atmosphere, friendly staff. Close to beach. Good selection of drinks. Love the veggie roast!

Traditional pub food, great staff and service

Arrived for Sunday lunch, it's a busy place but managed to find a table, 1 turkey roast, 1 turkey & beef roast, 2 drinks, 2 deserts just under £55, one of the drinks a passion fruit spritz cocktail, as it was flat and not very nice the bar staff changed. With the turkey roast you get 2 slices of turkey and some very nice veg, with the turkey & beef a slice of each, for me the beef was a bit fatty. Both deserts were lovely with proper custard. Overall really quite nice perhaps the only observation I'd make is the gravy, cauliflower, cranberry jelly & horseradish all came in ramekins served on the plate which took up a bit of room on the plate.

I've eaten here before and not had a wonderful experience but I thought I'd give it another go, but wish I hadn't. My meal was fish, chips & mushy peas.... the peas were not mushy & barely hot, the chips tasted horrible & the fist mouthful of fish was like eating a spoonful of oil, I scraped off the overly greasy batter and started to eat the fish, but stopped after 2 mouthfuls as it was barely warm. I didn't eat any more of the meal. I had to actually ask for a refund as the staff, although polite, did not offer me any recompense. I shall never eat here again & definitely don't recommend it.

I was disappointed today. The soup came warm so we sent it back but it came back warm again. We then changed our starters to the chicken strips which were good. I ordered sausages with creamy mash for my main. The sausages were anaemic looking and not brown and the mash looked like it had been put in the oven to keep warm and had a crust around it. Or they ran out of mash and scooped out a jacket potatoe. I don’t think I should have had to pay for my main course to be honest but waiter said that the chef said they will try and do better next time.

Great pub with great atmosphere

Best pub in southbourne. Food is great and well priced. Great atmosphere and the service is brilliant . Our favourite place to Go. Thanks spyglass

Fantastic staff, great food at a reasonable price and wonderful atmosphere. The only pub in Southbourne for me!

Bought in tubs for Macmillan and stopped for bite to eat Very friendly place staff very polite. Food was good enjoyed my katsu curry with rice & chips Cheesecake was delicious Definitely be back again

Great pub and location. We had brunch on a weekday, which was a traditional breakfast. The food was good and only let down by a poor quality sausage. Upgrading the sausage would make this a much better breakfast. Service was fantastic and the staff were very friendly. I'd recommend this pub.

Gorgeous pub, lovely staff and nice food. We go there a lot and never been disappointed. A special thank you to Klaudia, very friendly and kind young lady. Definitely will be back. Thank you .

A delightful lunch, with C &A Girls, all retired . .The food delicious and so reasonable, with different offers. STAFF absolutely delightful and so helpful, a big thank you to Melissa for all her hard work, dealing with 10 ladies😘😘

Good service and food was excellent.Lovelly location.

Really nice pub, great service, great food. We will definitely visit again.

Staff were very helpful and found us a table on a very busy Sunday.

Your staff are always helpful and very friendly. Nothing is any bother to them.

Really good lunch deal with a drink and lovely member of staff

Dogs are welcome, for this alone we'd have given a min of three stars 🤩 Food was good, although the service was a bit slow as the place was certainly not busy. However, when it came, the service was good and the staff helpful and polite. Worked out a nice place to stop and break up our journey, if we're ever back in the area we'd probably call in again.

I work as a support worker for people with learning difficulties and we had a large group of us come in for drinks and a meal. As they all have to pay separately and required a receipt for supported banking this was very confusing for me but Klaudia did an amazing job helping add up individual payments and find a way to make this process as easy as possible. She was very helpful, kind and respectful to the clients and really went above and beyond with helping us. Really appreciated all the help from Klaudia and the rest of the team. Thank you, the clients had a lovely time out with their friends at spyglass

Absolutely worth a visit on Tuesdays they play card bingo on first visit I won 104 pound. Melissa, our waitress was amazing. Went back on Wednesday for quiz night won a bag of chocolates and the staff were still amazing attending all our needs before they were a need. Kluadia served us on Wednesday and we had such a laugh and amazing service even whan they got our bill wrong it was due to Kluadia that fixed it for us and immediately sorted it out. Would recommend this place highly as it has a good atmosphere and super friendly staff..

Nothing is too much trouble for your staff. Food good.

Marverlas restaurant Come pub Come disco

Had lunch with partner’s family here and their beef pie was delicious

Really lovely experience. Food great. Service was excellent. Very friendly

Staff were excellent an especially accommodating.

Disastrous visit, table of 10 with no food appearing after 1hr30 wait so we left. Waiting staff tried to help but let down by the kitchen which was clearly unable to cope, hence they should never have taken the booking. Don’t like to pile in but this isn’t an independent and Greene King should do far better…

Pre ordered food for a group of 9; starters came ok (however prawns were overcooked and chorizo dry) but they somehow forgot to tell kitchen about 2 main courses. Final main course came whilst everyone else had finished! Why preorder? Lasagne was poor; mainly pasta and cheese and dry. Vegetables overcooked. V poor quality food and service. Avoid!

No booking, but made very welcome. Excellent waiting on tables by hard-working, pleasant staff. The meal was very good value, well cooked and presented. A lovely experience during a very busy lunchtime. Also good to observe that dogs not allowed in the restaurant part of the pub.

Food great and staff great and always lovely atmosphere

Friendly staff good pub food and nice atmosphere!

Had Christmas lunch today. Food was superb and beautifully presented. Excellent value for money for three courses plus a hot drink and mince pie at the end. You could even have a specialty coffee or a hot chocolate, not just a regular tea or filter coffee. Would 100% recommend this place. Staff were friendly and jolly and very welcoming. Also did festive cocktails and dogs were welcome.

We had our choir Christmas meal at the Spyglass & Kettle (as we have done for a few years). This time, as always, we had a great evening. The food was great, and served hot to all 20 of us, and the staff were brilliant. We'll be back!

Popped in for a beer while walking dog 👍

Due to an illness have not been to our favourite restaurant/pub for a number of weeks however returned last night . Have to say nothing has changed the atmosphere was vibrant the entertainment outstanding the food excellent service and friendly approach was stunning and the management very visible including the Manager Jo with the customers making it a great friendly place to visit as a couple or as many were in large family groups enjoying time together for Xmas Many local pubs have closed which is no wonder if they have the spy glass as a competitor as can not match it Jo and time keep going making peoples evening happy /great value and enjoyable I will be back next week Thank you so much Regar GordonSilvester

I had the festive menu, the food was good, the service was great and the entertainment was good as well, with 3 courses for £23.99 the food was better than some of the Hotels in Bournemouth charging a lot more for food that is not as good, I highly recommend this place!

Superb night watching , dancing and singing along to Diva Legends Tribute Act , featuring Blondie, Madonna and Kylie. Great entertainment backed by great service in the pub itself from Jo and her team . Always made to feel welcome at the Spy , a credit to the local community. Long may it continue!

We have just had the most amazing time with friends and family at the spy glass and kettle in Bournmoth the staff there are so friendly and couldnt do enough for us so accomadating and kind . We can highly recommend this pub /hotel for a place to stay for a party or just for a day trip and lunch /dinner. The manager she was fantastic a great front women . We will definitly be going back . The West family x

Myself and my husband visited here couple of weeks ago for breakfast. It was great, full English and Eggs Benedict, that's what we needed on a cold , windy Sunday. Service with a smile Thank you Joe and the team Andy and Emilia

Had a great night at Spyglass tonight. Live music Friday and Saturday throughout December. It's always a lovely atmosphere what ever time of day. We're so lucky to have such a fabulous place to go as locals.

We had the seniors turkey and tinsel festive meal, the food was delicious and the service was always with a smile. We really enjoyed our little treat before christmas 🎄

Great food and very quick service. All staff were friendly and helpful. Definitely will be coming back.

Visited while on holiday for drinks and lunch. Fantastic food, marvellous service, Oscar deserves a mention, friendly, polite,helpful and professional but all the staff were super. Highly recommend and wonderful location overlooking the sea at southbourne.

We took our daughter, son, partners our grandchildren and our grandsons girlfriends, 13 in total for my and my wife 50th wedding anniversary. Everything was perfect! The service, the food absolutely amazing evening!

Our visit to the Spyglass and Kettle was exceptional, marking a memorable year. The warmth and genuine hospitality we received from the moment we arrived set the stage for an evening that surpassed all expectations. Nestled in Southbourne, the venue's charm offered a cosy and inviting ambience that instantly put us at ease. The meticulous attention to detail in the service and food presentation was truly remarkable, reflecting a level of care that elevated our experience. Each course was a delightful testament to the culinary team's skill and passion. But it was more than just a meal; the atmosphere fostered connection and celebration, making it a night to remember. The Spyglass and Kettle didn't just provide us with dinner; it gave us a memory to cherish and a heartfelt end to our year.

Portions were poor. Not many chips, spoonful of mushy peas, 10 scampi. Upsold steak, as sauce and mushrooms extras. Chocolate souffle not brilliant, half the icecream had melted, what little there was of it. Not told there were sultanas in the sticky toffee pudding. Waitress insisted this was mentioned on the menu double checked, no mention at all, my son hates dried fruit. When mentioned this we were told we should have said my son has an allergy. I had a flag stuck in my meal, after saying I was allergic to mushrooms reading allergy, no reason to do this. Festive menu poor, only 3 choices. Very expensive for what was served

Cannot fault the service unfortunately the food was a big let down ! How can onion rings have no onion? Strange texture of chips, gammon very chewy, almost tasted uncooked

Good value pub type food. Pleasant staff.

Friday night, live music and party night.

Nice atmosphere good lighting Warm enough especially with the freezing winds tonight. 😁 But Unfortunately the Sirloin on Steak night not good £3 not £18 with sides No Alcoholic G and T good 👌

Went here last Tuesday for dinner and drinks as it was my birthday.They had a card bingo night, so we joined in. On the fifth game, I won £106 plus a voucher for a Chicken Dinner. Service/Food/ Atmosphere was very good, would definitely come again.

Attended a family meal last night,but food not good at all ordered gammon and chips unfortunately chips tasted raw and gammon wasn’t cooked enough so chewy,didn’t say anything last night as I didn’t want to ruin the family meal but after talking to two other family members they said the same ,the service was brilliant with the older fella and young lady but the food needs looking at guys ,thankyou

Thank you for a very nice Sunday lunch. Good food, Good prices, good service. We liked it so much we have booked for Boxing day for a family meal! Keep up the good work team your doing the Green King chain proud!