St. Peters Finger, Lytchett Minster in Purbeck

Easy to book on line dog friendly and good food

Nice place, quite busy but plant is space. Friendly staff and quick service. Worth a visit if you’re staying in the area.

Great pub, better food. I had the venison stew and it was delicious. Has the feel of a good standing British pub and staff were friendly and eager to help. lso stayed for a few more drinks and did not feel like we we're rush out. Will 100% lunch again.

Absolutely delicious food, wonderful service and a lovely decor in this countryside pub. We will be back when next in the area!

We have been a few times, it’s always a lovely experience, lovely food and amazing staff. Especially Ned & Ethan.. thank you x

Food delicious staff friendly but busy. Nice atmosphere

Lovely meal, attentive staff, good value for money and definitely worth a visit, thanks you.

The staff were polite and friendly. The food was very good, it's the first time my wife has had a decent vegetarian Wellington.

Lovely place. Super tasty food, freshly made with top quality ingredients. The steak pie I had was perfect. Succulent and lean meat. Dog friendly. Service was also top class. I recommend trying a local draught lager.

One point deducted as the first attempt at Nduja chicken included a very small and seriously overcooked chicken portion. This was replaced although the side salad then became considerably smaller ? The rest of the experience was good and our server Charlie was extremely attentive and pleasant.

Great place Great food Just live the customer service as it’s really great

I had high hopes that the food and atmosphere would match the reviews seen here. Sadly the food was mediocre at best. My wife had the beer battered fish and chips. The batter was not crisp and while the chips were ok the overall impression was that food was not prepared with any degree of care or skill. I had the venison bouginon with smoked bacon, mushroom, mashed potato and kale. The venison was indistinguishable from beef and the flavour was just not there. My wife had a quite passable Shiraz wine and I had an alcohol free pale ale. The building showed some character but the old timbers must have been embarrassed because the meal was just another example of poorly delivered pub chain food. For what we paid it was disappointing and unless the business recognises the customer actually wants good food, and is prepared to pay for it, I doubt this pub will last long.

Didn't eat, but a great pub in a lovely village. Not a plastic pub, it has visitors and plenty of locals giving a friendly happy atmosphere. Love the 'after work' club

This pub looked so cosy from the outside, with the nice lighting and traditional building. We were put off a bit when we found that it was quiz night, but this was just ending. We’d been driving for hours and were hungry, so we wanted a decent dinner. We ordered two sharing platters, which were expensive but took our fancy. What arrived was passable, but there wasn’t much of it. About five vinegary olives, some bits of bread, a thimble of salad, a doll’s house size bowl of this, a midget’s pot of that. It would have been ok for a tenner, but nearly £18 a plate for this array of bits and bobs!!??! What a joke. The staff weren't at all interested in whether our food was ok. Perhaps come here for a pint but eat elsewhere.

We had a wonderful lunch. The waiter who took our order was really helpful and the other waitress was brilliant- polite and efficient. Lunch was delicious. The only thing that I would say is it felt a little tight for space at some tables but there were a few wheelchair users who found it a bit difficult to manoeuvre. This would be easily rectified and didn't affect our lunch, just something to keep in mind.

Traditional pub recently refurbished. Lovely vegetarian option for Easter Sunday lunch. Very personable service although they forgot our pudding, they were so nice about it that it really didn’t matter. Everyone enjoyed their food. Easy parking. Dogs allowed. Perfect after a long walk at Upton House.

Food excellent but portion size to small for the price

Booked a table. Arrived, parking awful. Waited over 20 minutes for all the team & servers to literally ignor us, even though we had a booking! And waited at the appropriate place. It wasn't that busy, tables free. Awful experience, so we left never to return.

Limited menu but a lovely place to eat and the food was excellent 👌 😋

Very good service with friendly staff. Food was excellent.

Lovley pub dog friendly and great Ale

Friendly welcoming staff & great Atmosphere 👍👍😃

Been coming here for last two years the pub has changed new management it’s now really good

Went for Sunday lunch today. I had Beetroot Wellington which was soggy and whatever was in it was mulched and the pastry was soggy also as when I have had it before it's been a nice crusty puff pastry...this had just been cooked in microwave I think. My partner had a roast and the chicken was pale and bland with 3 small potatoes! The starter of soup was ok also. The staff were lovely though and lovely pub inside.

Great food, good service from Ned & Olivia, lovely surroundings

Great food and the service was excellent. Would definitely recommend!

This pub / restaurant has had a complete refurbishment, and what an amazing job they have done. The service was excellent, and the food was superb. The only issue was that you do pay a premium for your drinks.

Poor choice of food, roast options had finished for the day at 7pm.

Lovely atmosphere, friendly helpful service and great food choice and quality.

We booked Sunday lunch with friends, three of us had the Sunday roast, it was lovely and just the right portion size, I would recomend booking as I can imagine that this is a very popular place with the customers staying at Lycett Manor camp site,,

Great food great place best brewery nice outdoor area and ample parking. If only it was next door to my house….

Great food Great staff Great atmosphere

warm friendly welcome, extremely helpful staff

Haven't visited this pub for a while but it was handy to meet someone. A quiet Monday evening but that was fine with us. On a Monday the food bill comes with a 30% discount so that was a pleasant surprise. I had chicken Kiev with mash and green veg and my friend had a superb steak pie. We followed this with ginger puddings each. All of the food was excellent - tasty, hot and well presented and served by the very pleasant Charlie. Highly recommend.

Wonderful food, attentive service. Took advantage of the current offer - 33% off food on Mondays. Pork Belly dish on Specials menu was soft, melt in mouth & delicious.

the service was fantastic and the food was amazing

Staff welcoming and courteous. Unfortunately it felt like we had been forgotten between courses and had to seek bar staff to provide a pudding menu.

Front of house lady was miserable. Our server was a lovely young man. So polite just what you need.

We booked at the last minute, turned up earlier than anticipated but were welcomed with open arms! Great food, so attentive to our dog (fresh water and snacks) and fabulous service - we'll be back!

Enjoyable evening at St Peters Finger. Decent menu, with a nice selection of mains to suit everyone. Food was excellent, well presented and tasty. My only very minor criticism is that our table was in a slightly dark spot for my liking.

Love St Peters ! Great friendly atmosphere, great food, etc worth a visit !!!

I thought you were excellent - this was a last minute booking on a recommendation from my friend. I thought the food was excellent and the staff engaging and attentive. I’ll definitely return.

Went for lunch, the whole place has had a make over, very nicely done, we had lunch, which was very good, excellent service, will go again

Love the new decor! Really tasteful and modern whilst maintaining the classic pub vibe! Great food and excellent service.

Warm relaxing new decor, friendly and accommodating staff - with a special mention for waiter Charlie, who was more than helpful. Super food and very adaptable for my dietary requirements. Will be back!

Service was excellent, team were very good without being overbearing. Nothing seemed too much. Food was well prepared and delivered in a timely manner, we didn't feel rushed.

Welcoming, friendly and efficient staff, and the food was tasty too.

Very nice meal, slightly restrictive menu as no Specials board.

Beautiful food Wonderful atmosphere Excellent service Excellent evening Thank you so much

Very dog friendly staff very nice and helpful Yogi loves it

Nice dog friendly pub. Good beer and coffee

Worth a visit of you are out that way. The food was good. The five stars are for the service.I

Great pub! Had food and a few drinks here - service was very fast and the food was great! The venison bourguignon was amazing!

You can’t help but be drawn in by the beautiful outside. On a dark cold day it looked warm and inviting. Just after Christmas the inside was still decorated in festive cheer. The staff were very pleasant and the food came out quickly enough. The food was perfect. I had Sirloin Steak and halloumi fries. A wonderful atmosphere and great food. No complaints, can’t wait to go back.

Food is good - forgot coffee order twice but otherwise great

Good food and friendly staff. Good atmosphere.

Stopped for a quick drink, very enjoyable place with friendly staff.

Lovely pub and so much worth driving past the local competitor on the roundabout. Lovely atmosphere in the building, nicely laid out Food: to be fair it was a Christmas party, which is rarely the chance for cordon bleu. The food was ok, but not special. Toilets- spotlessly clean, although the cubicle needs a new light bulb and a chain to be flushable. I was a little surprised that the staff already knew and kind of implied it had been like it for a while. So, while they were very nice, it’s not a good mark for customer service.

A delightful pub and very well decorated for Christmas. The food for our Christmas meal for thirteen people was perfect and the overall service was excellent.

A friend and I went for a girlie night out at this local pub tonight. We arrived at approximately 6.40pm. There were no staff around. We had to ring the bell twice to get served. We had a few drinks, then was told at 8pm, it was last orders, so we ordered our last drink. Then about 20 minutes later, we were told they were closing at 8.30. They were very abrupt and we did not feel welcome. So do you think we will be returning, when they can shut the door Willy nilly, without prior warning

Comfortable village pub with nice ales and old world feel to it.

Nice place, very pleasant people. Let down by poor portion size - a 3" dia 3/4" deep portion of meat topped off with piped mash is not a shepherds pie. The accompanying veg need not have been served in a separate bowl given there was so much room left on the plate the 'pie' was on! Service could have been a bit quicker. According to a friend who lives locally it has changed since he was last there - unfortunately not for the better.

Always good food from a reasonable pub menu. Can get crowded at popular times.

The menu was much better than when we came 18 months ago. Great to have a range of imaginative vegan options that aren't just assorted veg curry.The staff are always very friendly and helpful and it's one of the few local pubs that retained its traditional style and heritage whilst still being completely wheelchair accessible.

Lovely looking pub. Staff were all friendly, welcoming, helpful and working hard. Can't fault the people that work here. All made a visible effort to look after their customers. Even with the set menu price, food wasn't up to scratch for the price. Bruschetta was a single, non descript slice of fairly tasteless bread with fresh tasting tomatoes on top. I could make a far superior version at home with minimal effort. Fish and chips were below average. Small portion of overcooked chips. Fish itself was tasty but encased in an excess of overcooked overly crispy batter. All of our meals were served lukewarm. We couldn't order most of what we wanted to eat as they were out of stock. We'd have been far better off eating at wetherspoons.

Great pub, excellent food at a reasonable price and very tasty beer!! Our Labrador was warmly welcomed and we were offered a table where he wouldn’t bother others too much! We’ll be back again as soon as we visit the area in future.

We travelled down from London to take two pensioners, who rarely get out, for a treat lunch. I wanted to make the day special but I wish I had read the reviews before booking! We could have over-looked the slow service if the food had been any good but, unfortunately, it was extremely sub-standard and basic despite the extortionate 'London prices'. Worse still, the staff were extremely surly and completely unapologetic when we, very politely, pointed out that one of the dishes was so over-cooked that it was inedible. We had to ask for the table to be cleared after another long wait. Redeeming features: they didn't charge for the inedible meal; the fish and chips was OK; they played a Jake Bugg track on the background music!!! Will not be returning.

We held my dads wake here a couple of weeks ago. The food was excellent as was the service. Cherry and Scot were so helpful in making all the arrangements and very approachable. There was so much food, and it was really tasty. I would definitely use this venue again for any occasion or even just a small family meal.

Held a wake here this afternoon, thoroughly enjoyed the buffet ordered for 20 guests. Lovely staff & very good atmosphere. Will definitely be back. Thank you so much.

Been here many times whilst staying at Lytchett campsite. Easy to walk to or a short drive. Lovely atmosphere, great service, friendly staff, warm and cosy and great food. The chicken and ham hock pie was delicious.😋

I booked a table here as we were staying locally in our MoHo, and the pub was a 10-15min walk. I booked on line which was clear and easy and I could stipulate that we would have our dog with us. After booking, i read some previous reviews about poor / slow service which worried me considerably. We arrived slightly early to a nice welcome and prompt bar service. We explained that we were early but our table was ready for us and clearly marked with our name and a welcome greeting. Food was good wholesome "Pub-Grub". Steak and ale pie and the fish pie were ordered and arrived within 10-15 mins of ordering. Because we had the dog, we were sat in a lovely bar area and they explained that we needed to order at the bar - no problem for us. All in all, a lovely meal, at a fair price with happy and helpful staff.

We popped in for a drink and a light meal. The waitress was very good and helpful, however the food was only average.

Really great food and service. Special shout out for Malcolm’s Quiz on a Wednesday night from 7pm

Used to really enjoy going to this pub. Unfortunately this week’s experience wasn’t the best! The staff were not rude, however, it would seem the days of being shown to your table and given menus are gone as we had do that ourselves. The starters were very disappointing, the beetroot and goats cheese salad had barely any cheese on it. The soup was cold and the bread tasted stale, no butter portions were offered. The mains weren’t much better. The double. Cheeseburger was the worst I’ve ever had! The two burgers were so small in the larger brioche bun it looked ridiculous. The burgers were like cardboard, overcooked and dry. This has to be one of the easiest dishes to cook, not sure how it can be done so bad! Replacement drinks were ordered as the mains arrived and didn’t arrive until the meals had been pretty much finished! Overall experience was poor let down by poor food quality and very poor portion size. When queried with the staff they just blamed Hall and Woodhouse (the brewery) for there prescriptive menus and portions sizes!

Now the tourists have gone I would have expected local business to have been valued here. Clearly its not. The pie was served with a fee tiny slices of carrotts(4?) a leaf of kale and a scoop of mash. It was like a comedy sketch they were so tight. The pie was really such a shame to save a few pence. The other food was OK to be fair. Twice we went to the deserted bar to order a drink before giving up. We did wonder if the pub was staffed at one point. Its a long winter ahead entice your local people in with good value and service!

Great food and brilliant service

Tasty vegetarian dishes. Nice garden

Enjoyed our 1st meal so much we booked a table for the next day. Really impressed with the food, especially the chicken & ham pie which was on their specials menu. Dog friendly which is always a bonus. I'm not a fan of chips bit the triple cooked chips are amazing!

Staying at South lytchett Caravan Park was given a leaflet to buy 2 mains and get a free bottle of wine 😊,well worth a visit nice food ,great outdoor seating area and dog friendly .

Can't comment on the food but it did smell lovely,just had drinks. Great service with a smile,warm welcome. Great destination and gives the sense of being in the middle of nowhere and yet just down the road from home💯

Wonderful, delicious food in lovely surroundings!

We have been a few years ago, and today didn’t disappoint, the food was really really tasty the service was spot-on. No complaints

My wife and I had heard good things about St Peters Finger and decided to give lunch a try. Not only did the kitchen staff say that there was a problem with menu availability ( even sausage was unavailable ), but a dozen or more children from the local school turned up ensuring that service would be very slow since only 2 members of staff seemed on duty. We decided to call it a day and left Moral of the story - Don't expect a lunchtime meal at the St Peters Finger

Great beer and food. If you stay at the local caravan/campsite you get a voucher for a free bottle of wine with your meal.

Me and my hubby went for his birthday lunch he had the fish and chips , it was beautiful he said not oily but crispy and the fish was perfectly flakey. I had the lamb , and omg it was cooked to perfection melted in your mouth . Thank you guys

Loved the feel of the place just felt a little of the restaurant vibe was lost as we were sat in the ‘dog area’ so had to order at the bar. Sadly our meals arrived before our drinks and when I asked a member of staff if we could have our drinks she said because of where we were sat we’d need to get our own from the bar? I went to see if they were ready but they hadn’t been poured. Food was of good quality but a little cool though I do like it piping. We weren’t asked if everything was ok so didn’t complain (I hate to complain to be honest). I would return but would hope for a better experience.

We waited to be seated, realising they where rushed of there feet. Once seated, we were without menus and no drinks. After 25 minutes i had to go to the bar to order drinks, menus where bought over shortly after drinks where delivered with an apology. We ordered food, one starter and two mains. Then sat with the empty starter plate for around 35/40 minutes! Had to go back to the bar to order more drinks, and let them know to mains away our food. One waitress had her hair down, after 25 minutes we asked about our mains. I have worked in hospitality management before and know it’s tough but when the manger came over to explain to us ‘I’ve read the tickets in the kitchen, and you where only mains away at 7:28..’ I replied “I understand however we booked for 6:15, and i personally had to go to the bar to mains away my table.” She then said the food was coming immediately. Perfect! Sunday roast came was very mediocre, potatoes were dry but beef was nice. Just to add i watched 3 separate tables complain about food. Pics below…

Our 2nd visit came as a walk in pleased you found us a table..ordered our drinks which unfortunately took a very long time and I had to re.ind the young man who served us !! Still we werent in a rush ordered our food Chicken n ham pie and pan roasted Salmon.for Sue my partner both were first class thankyou once again service was a bit out of sinc but the food n drinks were well worth the wait see you again soon .

6 adults 2 kids, warmly welcomed. Service was excellent at every point through lunch, Cherry listened carefully to our varied requests and made sure we got what was ordered. The Sunday Roast lunches were great, good food well cooked. The sign above the kitchen says "Food Magicians" and they lived up to that title.

Waited 30 minutes before anyone came to our table to take our order and that was only because I asked if we could order drinks and food when a waitress walked passed. Food was nice when it arrived. Took 30 minutes to clear our plates no one asked if we wanted another drink or desserts. Asked for a strawberry ice creams they bought out vanilla in a pot and then argued with me that it was in fact strawberry even though I had tasted it after my 4 year daughter incase she had got it wrong. Terrible service. Staff require training. Won’t be going back.

For a pub restaurant it is first class but not Michelin star. Ive not visited here for probably 30 years ! It was quite famous for the Brass band .however this visit was really great we were shown to a table with a choice .Of tables ..ordered drinks which were brought promptly Red wine and a beer both very good ordered 2 x Fish pie again very good always a hard act as Sue my partner makes this dish to a very high standard we will be back as both service n food were excellent well done !

Great place, great food. There was some delay with my food but generally I recommend this pub if u are in the area.

Food wasn't particularly hot, I suspect microwaved. Will probably not go back

Fish and chips were more bread than fish and its crust was oily. The own made bear was good, and the Spanish wine was absolutely the best part

Another lovely family dinner. Relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff and yummy food. Would definitely recommend a visit.

Service is a little slow and food is average for pub fare. Never has enough staff on considering proximity to caravan park

Read good reviews and decided to book a Sunday Lunch. We both had Beef which was inedible… couldn’t cut mine & husband couldn’t chew his. Pigs in blankets were extra and looked terrible ( undercooked sausages and very fatty bacon), so we sent those back. Veg was lovely but not really enough of it. Definitely not a place we’ll visit again!

We visited this delightful pub again having visited the place in February on a similar family occasion. We were a party of 7 arriving for lunch having booked online which was very convenient. The pub was spotless and the staff were both friendly and helpful....

Walked there from the South Lytchett Caravan Park. After telling the barmaid I had forgotten the voucher given to us at the caravan park for food she quite bluntly told us we couldn’t have the offer. We ordered food and drink which was fine as...

Amazing food and great service staff.