The Anglebury House and Restaurant in Purbeck

Our third visit to the Angelbury. Very good food, very reasonable prices and very friendly service. Interesting history to the building with connections to T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).

Friend staff but very underwhelming breakfast. On par with what you would expect in a supermarket cafe.

Popped in for Breakfast. They happily altered the items for my fry-up and my Wife had Beans on Toast. Everything was as expected. We will be back. Xx

Just visited Anglebury House after 2 year "pandemic" break. We had an excellent meal, served efficiently and politely by Emma. Decor is a bit dowdy, (probably because it is a very old [listed?] building) but the food and service more than compensates and the prices are very reasonable. Highly recommended.

The weather was lovely and we would have liked to have sat out by the river but the area is used as a car park and we did not want to sit overlooking cars so we walked up the high street and stopped a local lady and asked her for a recommendation and she suggested The Anglebury House. We walked there and it was a charming old property. We sat in the walled garden and enjoyed scones and cream and delicious italian coffee.

Had not booked anywhere for evening meal and stumbled across this little treasure in a desperate search in these trying times! What a find! The service was friendly and prompt, and the ambience lent further charm to an amazingly good meal. The house was very old and had been frequented by T.E. Lawrence....! Very pleasant memory.

We've eaten here twice this week now while on a trip away from the kids. First day we popped in for some cream teas which were beautiful. We came back again for our last evenings dinner and it was perfect. The staff were very friendly and welcoming, the menu was diverse yet simple and the food was delicious. I hd the duck with rice and my wife had the chicken pasta followed by the sticky toffee pudding. Couldn't fault anything and would definitely recommend to anyone travelling to Wareham.

Following a very enjoyable boat trip in Wareham we had planned for a late-ish lunch. Seven of us (including children). After being turned away from one of the pubs nearer the quay as they would soon be stopping serving, we spent a while looking for somewhere else. Eventually reached Anglesbury House, where they smiled, welcomed us in and served us excellent food in good sized portions and good value. Would highly recommend them.

Called in for a meal when camping in the area, the restaurant obviously takes their covid responsibilities seriously and has implemented several safety measures which was very reassuring. The homemade burger was delicious, some of the other food was a bit basic but pleasant enough. The service was attentive.

The menu was extensive and the food delicious but it was similar to dishes served at local pubs. The staff were helpful and polite, and made us feel very welcome.

Wanted a plain meal, like home cooking and we got it. Lovely mash. Dessert huge, enough for two on each plate. Quiet, a few tables booked but really nice, will come again.

Stayed here for two nights . Stayed in room 4 , small but comfortable and clean. Nice comfy double bed and good shower. Staff very helpful and friendly . Breakfast was very good and they basically serve it til whenever which is great if you fancy a lay in . Ate in the restaurant one night , food was lovely , hearty and reasonable. Good location , perfect for stumbling from pub to pub and out of the hustle and bustle of the quay . Would definitely stay here again.

Male waiter very efficient and friendly .Although busy was happy to give local directions . I had the bacon Pasta which was good but not great , however the Cheesy Garlic bread and coffee were outstanding . We sat in the corner seat ,where a plaque advises Lawrence of Arabia used to sit when visiting .

This is a 21st take on South Asian Cuisine. The staff is very friendly,. We learned all about the Gurkha regiment form our waiter. Our only question - my wife had never seen large chunks of Duck before?

Very clean, comfortable, friendly and obliging. Hope to stay there again in the near future after having two nights B&B.

Delicious food in quiet, old fashioned surroundings. The main course was freshly cooked and sadly we had no room for dessert!

Took a friend here for lunch. Great place to sit and talk, excellent food. My friend was planning his next visit almost as soon as we left!

We had lunch with some friends who were on holiday here. They loved the setting and friendliness and were impressed by the menu. Good food in an unrushed atmosphere. They even cooked an omelette that wasn't on the menu. We would highly recommend.

Staff where very abrupt and everything was an inconvenience, when we entered she was near the door to the restaurant we said hi and she asked how she could help, I asked for a table for two to which she pointed to the tables and said sit anywhere and I'll get to you, there where 4 customers in the place who all already had there food so the abruptness seemed uncalled for. We both ordered omelette, chips and salad we asked what omelettes where available to be replied with a huff and a very quick response of cheese, ham or ham and cheese, also when she found out we wanted a pudding we where again greeted with what had become the standard huff and short abrupt response, when she saw we wanted to pay card she tutted and abruptly said "you better follow me then" leading me in to the hall to the location of the card machine, The whole experience was very poor and we will never visit this place again. The sad thing is that the food was nice, nothing fancy but nice, shame about the staff and complete lack of hospitality and customer service.

Nice young lady serving. Fish and chips...yuk. Looked like the cheapest possible frozen supermarket fish e.g. Smart Price. What a shame, it looks so elegant from the outside.

El buen camarero joven, muy agradable. Comimos bistec y patatas fritas. Que estaba bien.

Al llegar pensamos que habíamos cometido un error. 7. 00 y no había nadie más allí. Chico joven espera era lo suficientemente agradable y atento. Posiblemente porque él no tenía nada más que hacer. No vi a nadie más entrar mientras estuvimos allí. Entrantes eran justos, algunas con el cebo blanco mayo hubiera sido agradable principal cordero estaba lleno de bits de cartílago y algunas partes eran muy duro, estoy seguro de puré de enfriador del supermercado y microed. Los postres dejan mucho que desear, algunos panqueques de piña eran hecho de congelado en un microondas. Como intentar cortar y comer dos trozos de cuero. . Sugiero evitar.

Whilst staying locally we looked for a place to eat, from the outside it looked inviting so we decided to give it a try, the menu was varied with a good overall selection, we ordered steaks and a mixed grill, steaks were cooked as we ordered and with a nice peppercorn sauce, not from a packet, and a good sized mixed grill. Very enjoyable and would eat there again if in the area

No estábamos seguros acerca de este lugar, pero decidimos darle una oportunidad. La comida está bien, no de alta calidad pero de buen nivel de cocina. La parrillada mixta era enorme (o al menos lo parecía) y había suficiente para llenarte para otras opciones. El camarero era bastante dulce, muy joven, pero muy amable y respetuoso. Comer aquí.

Hemos comido aquí varias veces en el pasado y no tengo ninguna queja, pero en la última ocasión t estoy estándares miedo han decrecido. Esperamos las edades antes de que alguien vino a tomar nuestro pedido para el almuerzo. Las faggots eran bonitas pero demasiado grandes, uno habría sido suficiente, y no lo suficiente para absorber la salsa puré. Las salchichas eran asquerosas, efectivo y barato llevar, el 99% de pan... si faggots venía de carnicería local, ¿por qué no las salchichas? El retrete estaba en necesidad de cuidado y no muy limpio y no había papel higiénico. Cuando vinimos a dejar, de nuevo esperamos las edades para que alguien tomara nuestro pago. Que decepción tras las visitas anteriores... no volveremos!

Nos dieron una cálida bienvenida, ya que fuimos a la zona del bar de este hotel y de inmediato me sentí como en casa.

Mientras visitaba a Wareham en un domingo que queríamos beber algo pero no había muchos lugares abiertos así que llamamos a la Anglebury, es un edificio muy antiguo y al entrar hay un restaurante y bar a la izquierda a la derecha.

Pub was quiet as it was late afternoon...Food was plentiful,piping hot well presented looked nice and tasted nice.

I ordered a medium cooked sirloin steak it was cooked to death and very dry came with cheap frozen chips and garden peas. Had garlic bread and partner had garlic mushrooms as starters the garlic bread was 3 slices of cheapp0 shop bought froze bread, the mushrooms had no taste. I wont be back.

last time we visited this place we sat in the bar and drank a very good local real ale , that was back in sept 2014, the pubs back yard and toilets were being painted that day and looked fresh and clean,the bar clean and tidy, the barmaid really nice and friendly. The reason for this review is , we needed somewhere to stay for two nights near bournemouth area Dec 15, remembering the anglebury,decided to read reviews on their accommodation side of things. there are no reviews, only for the restaurant and bar. looking at the anglebury website,again not great. one photo of a double bed. based on all other reviews we decided not to book, which is a pity because i really enjoyed that real ale!

Whilst visiting Wareham from Swanage, decided to have lunch at The Anglebury. We were very impressed with the facilities and service provided. The young Waiter appeared to be nervous but did a great job. The food was very good, well presented and at a reasonable price. Will put it on the list of places to visit again. Shocked to see some of the comments on Trip Advisor.

We sat down in the coffee lounge and asked if they had any cakes. We were told they had just sold out and were offered either scones or tea cakes. We ordered a scone and a tea cake and a tea and coffee. We weren't offered any choice of coffee but on looking at the menu later there were many different types. The tea cake was so hard it could have been used as a doorstop. The scone was adequate - nothing exciting. We pointed out that the tea cake was stale and it was deducted from the bill. All in all a very unpleasant experience.

We had lunch in this restaurant. The waitress was nice but I had the impression she doesn't do this job regularly. From the beginning just 2 out of 4 of us received the Menu lists to have a look and decide about food. The lemonade came with no ice. The tea came into a coffee mug, just before soup.I was not impressed about the food which was not very tasty. The smell of old oil came from the kitchen. I will try to avoid this restaurant in the future.

Popped in for a lunch and was impressed with the food and friendly service only downside we had to ask for another knife as one was dirty and maybe bigger cups for the coffee.

My Fiancé and I had the unfortunate encounter with this very poor restaurant on Valentines day 2015.It lacks any atmosphere and quality of food is very poor.We sent back the main course as the fish lacked any flavour and quality and the potatoe rosties were frozen hash browns!Has to go down as the most unappetising meal ever!The two waitresses were unhelpful and rude and lacked any kind of good customer service skills.Please avoid this restaurant if you enjoy good quality food and a friendly service!

My wife and I visited the Anglebury on the morning of Saturday 1st November for Coffee and a snack.We ordered coffee with real cream which was quite good served in mugs. My wife ordered a Scone with butter, which she described as a lump of dough with no fruit even the shape was round and even looking at it was as she put it "Offputting" but she did try some but it was obviously undercooked. I ordered an egg and bacon sandwich, when this arrived it was served in white sliced bread. The bread was fresh and the egg appeared fresh but the bacon was overdone, and an annoying amount of green leaves on the side with tomatoes and cucumber not really what I wanted with my egg and bacon sandwich.Sorry but I am sure there are better places in Wareham as we subsequently saw.

Stopped here for coffee for a meeting friendly staff, coffee nice but the smell of old oil coming from the kitchen is not good. You just need better ventilation. However Oldy worldly describes it well but maybe needs up dating a little

We ate here after wandering around and finding this restaurant quiet when the others were booked out. The front of house was friendly and the local beer fine.The starters were ok but my mushrooms in garlic and cream really needed a bit of bread. My wife's mushrooms in breadcrumbs with a chilly dip were ok but obviously not home made.The disaster was my steak and chips. The chips had been left in the warmer and the steak had been branded to finish its medium rare status. The branding had created a black burnt pattern on the steak that tasted of charcoal. I gave a piece to my wife to taste. She agreed it was terrible. She has never seen me leave steak before!From the general cooking the chef can cook but he destroys good food by treating it badly after he has cooked it.Steaks need a rest, chips must be straight to the table. Very basic stuff.If you present a nice creamy sauce some form of bread would be really good. They did give us drinks free but that is not what we wanted. Sorry.

the best food i had in my week in Dorset great price great landlady and great for kids eat here if in Wareham one day

When to this place because it as we walked by it looked oldy worldy and food was served all day on a Sunday. The restaurant was empty but the welcome was fine and we sat down. One of the tables had a broken leg so we had to wedge it with serviettes. The menu was varied and all looked fine. We ordered drinks and 3 of our party had coke. Whilst waiting for our drinks a scruffy looking gentlemen stared at us a couple of times through the door which we all found a liittle funny. When they arrived the cokes were warm. We complained and the lady brought us some ice. One of the party still was not happy so we went to the bar to change the drink. We found a dirty bar with coke being poured out of 2 litre bottles (we were told there were no cold soft drinks)and a bar full of undesirable smelly drinkers, the place stunk! We left the drinks cancelled our food orders and left. Judging by our experience and the rest of the reviews I would advise people to leave this place well alone. There are loads of good pubs in Wareham especially around the Quay area.

We decided to go into this pub after looking at others and thought the menu sounded good for choice. The waitress was friendly, but when we got there we had hoped to sit outside in the warm sunshine, only to be "greeted" by a lady smoking (which I believed wouldn't have been allowed in a small courtyard with 2-3 tables) and a man (who putting politely/kindly wasn't best dressed). They were more than likely regulars. Ordered a breakfast, childrens meal and toastie. The toastie was nice but partly undercooked. The childrens meal was good, just standard chips, nuggets etc. my husband said his breakfast was ok, but only the bacon was nice, the rest wasn't great. He left some of it, which is definitely unlike him! The side chips were a bit firm and the garlic bread we had to leave as it was stale and could see the floury white look that a defrosted piece of bread has after being in the freezer too long. As with other reviews, the coke was flat, but we didn't say anything thinking perhaps it was a one off. Mentioned problem with garlic bread and she said she would take off bill. Unsure what amount would have been originally with it on and being wasn't given an itemised bill would never know if it was removed. Strangely and (as other reviews have said), my husband had an upset tummy within the hour after leaving and whether, coincidence or not, I later felt queasy. Being this was the only meal we had that day, it could very likely be the food. Being there wasn't many people in the pub and the only cold drink ordered wasn't right, should have been a warning that chose the wrong pub for lunch. Overall food ok, but building and decor was better than the food.

Visited Anglebury House without checking reviews first and wished we had. My partner and I had dinner and both meals were very poor. The beef wasn't even in a sauce, just had a grainy mustard thrown over it and my pasta was terrible. Think it was probably out of a packet. Strangely enough the whitebait starter I had was one of the nicest I've tried but totally let down by not having any tartar sauce or dip of any kind! Very amateurish food and presentation. To finish it off my partner was up that night with a bad stomach from the food. She had been fine all day and hadn't eaten for several hours before going there so I don't doubt that's what caused it! It's a shame this place doesn't get a proper chef as decor and atmosphere wise it's really not bad at all and the staff were pleasant. Will certainly never be returning here again I'm sad to say.

Popped in for lunch, took ages before anyone even came to take our order, my partner had breakfast, which consisted of bacon that was burnt and dry, one value sausage, I had ploughmans, which had value tastleless cheese but wasnt to bad. Wont return again

An unusual place, part-cafe, part-pub, part-restaurant. We were almost the only people there, so we were served quickly. The service was good, the food was fine. Nothing special, but not too expensive.

Dropped in here on a Saturday lunchtime for a snack. Wasn't sure if it was open or not as we were the only ones there and now I know why! The food was awful, how can you ruin cheese on toast! It arrived burn't and consisted of two slices of cheap white sliced bread covered in a very salty and tasteless cheese. Soft drink wasn't chilled and the toilet facilities were grim. They were a shared single toilet for both sexes and it was so dark and dingy off an unlit corridor. The smell from the kitchens was of old fat fryers and filled the restaurant, One other customer came in whilst we ate and I wasn't sure if he was a tramp or not. He was loud and rude with his banter with the staff who clearly knew him. I would guess he was a regular and that just about sums up the clientelle. Wouldn't dream of returning here as it was absolutely awful.

I don't think that this place knows what it is! A pub, cafe, restaurant or b n b. not the most welcoming place. Sandwich ordered was of a poor quality. Cream tea good but needed fruit in scones. Rather expensive given the overall quality. Would not recommend.

We chose this place to eat on our last night in Wareham because of it's old world looks. the menu seemed to be just what we were looking for.When we first arrived the restaurant was full, which made us think that we had picked the right place. But, the service seemed to be casual and the food was of a poor quality possibly just purchased from a supermarket and heated through. It was fairly bland and tasteless

Excellent food served to order so takes a little longer than "ping/ding" establishments. Well worth the wait.

Most of the eating places in Wareham only serve food for 2 hours at lunchtime and again at dinner but we were greeted well on a very wet day at 3.30pm and served with a very good meal in an extremely atmospheric building with many original features.

We were looking for somewhere nice to eat. The hotel looked charming and we received a warm welcome. It is charming, olde worlde and quaint.Starter was fine but then you can't really go wrong with deep fried brie and a bit of salad. Thought I'd try the chilli and garlic sea bass - sounded delicious! Sorry to say that I was unable to eat the thick slab of 'fish' that arrived on my plate covered with thick tomato and mushroom sauce - not a hint of chilli or garlic! Fish was think and rubbery and if I had to put money on it I would say it was 'boil in the bag' cheap fish for cats, definately not fresh delicately flavoured sea bass that I love so much. The lady who served us was not very happy when I explained that this was not at all what I was expecting and certainly did not equate with the description of the dish on the menu. I was told by her that 'this is why we always ask people if there is anything they don't like before they order'. I think she was referring to the sentence on the menu which asked that customers make staff aware of any allergies. Well I don't have any allergies but I didn't want rubbery frozen fish covered in tomato & mushroom splodge! In fairness they did replace the fish for me - and returned with a smaller piece of 'fish' (boiled!) with over cooked veg and no taste or flavour at all. I couldn't eat it and I promise you that I am not a fussy eater! Don't even bother going there!

very good food and very good value, in slightly old fashioned surroundings.

Slightly off beat menu, but very tasty and well cooked and presented. Friendly staff.

Excellent food, good value for money,a friendly welcome altogether an enjoyable experience