The Conservatory Restaurant in Bournemouth

Been a while since we were there

We had breakfast and dinner in the Cunarder restaurant. The menu variation was good. Dinners were well presented and good quality.

Excellent food. Well cooked and good choice of menu. Waitress staff all very helpful and friendly. Dining room well decorated for time of year and kept very clean.

Nicely decorated restaurant, light and airy in conservatory area. Excellent service. Live keyboard music during Christmas meal.

Great atmosphere, lovely food and excellent service

good menu, i enjoyed brandy pate' to start followed by roast salmon, food well presented, great value, excellent service with a smile.

Very helpful and friendly staff, nice views from window seats, tasty dishes and good value. Very pleased with our dinner.

Great food - Great staff. Nothing was too much trouble - even when I was late booking in, due to the late docking of the Condor ferry from Jersey. Food was still made available for me to eat without any fuss!

As we were staying in the hotel we had lunch and dinner here the first day. My husband had Moules frites (twice) which he raved about. My choice was 3 small plates £10. Unfortunately I feel that they were bought froze. Crumbed prawns were mushy, the Mango chicken skewers didn’t taste of mango. The chorizo bites were nice enough though.

Excellent fish & chips, lovely to sit and eat with a sea view, the Tuna steak salad was also good. Helpful staff and nice atmosphere.

The food was very good. Interesting menu and good size portions. First time had scallops, lovely. Husband had mussels twice as he liked them so much.

ate here during our stay. hot breakfast and dinner well served and prompt service. very tasty curry by the way!

Fantastic food, amazing service but very reasonably priced - would recommend to anyone visiting the area

food was excellent for all meals we had in restaurant, breakfast was self service and very good. evening meals were hot and varied

The steak ... couldn't be better just perfect 5 stars DELICIOUS !!!

Excellent food and service from friendly staff. Very accommodating. During the Twixmas period the room is decorated making it a very enjoyable experience.

We we’re visiting the area for the weekend. Our family have few dietary allergies and I usually spend a lot time finding a good please where we dont get sick. That being said we arrived late to our reservation (gps lost) but when we got there they were so good to us. Our table was ready for a toodler(high chair) and aditional space for our newborn. The food was excellent and they had a lot alternatives ( gluten free).

Food was okay and a fair choice to suit all palettes. Service was fine. All the diners were sat together which for me is a bit overpowering. I would prefer a quieter table.

Lovely outlook, excellent food, excellent service - what more could you ask for. This is an ideal place to have your wedding/wedding breakfast which we experienced in October 2017. 5***** couldn't fault anything x

Stayed at the gem of a hotel over weekend in August, we have booked it for a large event in May 2019 really looking forward to it. Staff are lovely, very helpful and attentive. Events Manager Amy cannot do enough to make your event very special. Can't recommend this comfortable great hotel highly enough. Super pleased they can accommodate our event.

The food is excellent hot and tasty

The staff here really go out of their way to be helpful and are really friendly. The food in the restaurant was really tasty and great value.

great food and staff .. my wife is Coeliac and have to eat gluten free foods .. the staff went the extra mile to make sure she was cater for

We used the restaurant when we were staying at The Riviera hotel. The food was reasonably priced and well cooked.

Decent choice of dishes and everything we tried during our four day stay was well presented and tasted fab. Table staff were first class.....professional but always served with a smile and ready to help in any way they could.

Vey keen staff who want to look after you, food was ample and good quality. Not too pricey - actually very good value for money.

Part of our stay at this excellent hotel the menu was very good with excellent choices. Staff were well trained and attentive to diner's needs

Lovely venue for wedding, wedding breakfast and the whole shebang for the morning after. Food great, lovely choices for breakfast and great service

Nos hemos alojado en este hotel dos veces en Bournemouth cuando visita a la familia y amigos. Nos hemos alojado de septiembre de 2014 y septiembre de 2015. Las vistas desde el restaurante, que es un invernadero es hermosa mirando hacia viejas rocas de Harry. El desayuno es abundante cantidad de fruta y aperitivos junto con un delicioso desayuno inglés completo todos. Se lo recomendaría a cualquiera.

The restaurant was in the hotel in which we were staying and the standard of food during our 4 night stay could not be faulted

Christmas day lunch try and find where the turkey was . A very small portion in loads of bacon ,stuffing and potatoes to bulk up. Only 3 courses and smoked salmon postage stamp size for starters

Friendly staff. Good choice for breakfast. Nice corner table with views to the sea. Stayed in the apartments but needed an early start so great to have breakfast in the hotel

Personal amable, excelente restaurante menú del chef. El menú de Navidad es una delicia tanta variedad y abundancia.

Excellent service and variety. Food of very good quality and well presented. Window tables give treetop and sea views.

I didn't have high hopes as the hotel is so tired looking but the restaurant is actually not bad at all and very good value. Good children's menu and nice sides of freshly prepared seasonal veg.

We had one meal at this restaurant with 11 people. Food was very good and service was excellent. Really good value for money.

3 night business stay at the Riviera hotel. Dined in the restaurant on the Thursday night, which was very quiet, just 2 other tables. Ordered the oven baked salmon fillet with creamy basil mash, caramelised endive and seasonal veg. Lovely. Great service and soothing jazz, making a pleasurable dining experience.

My husband booked three days here as a surprise for our Anniversary. We thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Breakfast was delicious with lots of choices. Cooked food very well presented and hot. We chose the A La Carte menu each night and enjoyed scallops, lamb, pork, salmon and cod dishes very much. The service was excellent and nothing too much trouble. Will definitely be back and if we lived in Bournemouth we would eat here regularly.

Great food, well presented, imaginatively put together and affordable prices, friendly staff too. We were pleasantly surprised, it was much better than the other restaurants we tried in the area.

I have had the pleasure of eatiing in the conservatory restaurant at the Riviera Hotel and it is excellent. The way it is presented is so very tempting first class chef just been awarded by the AA 4 star food. The staff are so very attentive towards their guests I can recommend this to anyone who is visiting

Restaurant in a hotel but really good. Interesting modern dishes. Beautiful presentation. Delicious.

Booked on 30th Dec table for two on new years eve via open table. Received a cancellation 6 hours later from the restaurant stating they were fully booked! Why advertise tables if there are notebook? Communications between the two need much improvement.

We visit whenever we come to Bournemouth to our timeshare apartments, and always have a lovely meal. My cod was cooked beautifully and husband had duck breast which was just as he had asked. Tempura prawn starter was delicious and my creme brulee dessert yummy. Good wines and attentive, caring staff. Well worthy of the drive from our hotel, where the restaurant food is not in the same league.

Went here with two more people and did not enjoy it at all..i had scallops to start with,they were cold and hard..Main course was fish which had shrivelled up served with boiled potatoes.I had to ask for veg which was not readily available..Nothing on the desert menu I fancied at all...Had a tepid bottle of white wine which was undrinkable..Will not be going back there!!

We were given a very warm welcome The service was excellent as was the food and extremely tasty, Could not fault and would definitely visit again. Not a place for a pre dinner drink though as this is a restaurant within a holiday apartment block some families but mainly couples. Do not be put off it is certainly well worth a visit.

My wife and I ate here on a last minute decision. I can safely say it was a good gamble. The menu is slightly limited, but offers enough choice for most people's tastes. The food was delivered promptly, was well presented and tasted fantastic. The service is excellent here. Difficult to fault the place really. We will be returning soon.

My son and I are staying at the hotel and decided to try the restaurant one night. The service was excellent, actually could not have been improved. Both our meals were yummy, good potions so much that we could not finish it all. Would have good views over the sea if not so cloudy.

I ate here with my partner last week and can safely say that i was thoroughly disappointed. The menu (especially starters) offered little choice so I expected the food to be excellent however i was wrong.I had prawn cocktail to start and expected it to have a unique twist or something that made it stand out but it was just a prawn cocktail that i could have put together myself.The main was also disappointing. The duck looked and tasted like one i would expect to get from a takeaway restaurant. The risotto tasted like it was from a packet and i found it strange that there was gravy as well as risotto.The one thing i will say is that the staff are very attentive and could not do more for us.Such a shame as I was expecting a lovely meal but I will not be returning.

Thoroughly enjoyed the well cooked, well presented food. Only table d,hote menu offered so choice limited but this meant both both the pork & chicken dishes we chose for mains were great quality. Delicious panacotta sweet. Ambience good, attentive service & great view over roof tops to sea.

Stayed at the hotel for a few nights and came in for a birthday meal.. The meal was really nice and presentation was spot on. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Starter we both had salmon and prawns , mains I had the lamb and o/h had the guinea fowl which we both really enjoyed. Dessert and coffee served too for £21. Staff are great and very accommodating and friendly too.. Breakfast was just as nice too. The choices are plentiful and all self service except the toast and tea / coffee. Also there is a menu on the table with extras made to order.

Visoted as non residents based on recommendation. Freshly prepared food full of flavours, superb service, fine wines and lovely atmosphere. Together with relaxing music, the whole evening was a joy. We were on holiday but if we lived here we would be regulars. GREAT.

Wow - loved the food and presentation. Staff were helpful and charming. The cooking is exemplary with difficult choices from a good menu, high quality meat and perfect vegetables. What more can I say?

The Conservatory Restaurant is an excellent restaurant inside of the Riviera Hotel in Alum Chine on the Bournemouth Poole border. The Restaurant has a fantastic panoramic view with woodland on one side then a sea view that includes the western side of the Isle of Wight. On a clear evening you get a beautiful sunset.I have used the restaurant a few times now, every time we have had an excellent meal with plenty of choice on the menu. The staff are all very polite, professional and have looked after us very well. There is also a very reasonably priced selection of wine. As locals we have only used the Conservatory up to now in the autumn and winter, but will probably give it go in the summer, this will be the real test when the hotel is full of holiday makers, my guess is that they will maintain their standards.

My boyfriend and I spent our New Years Eve here, with us possibly being the youngest ones there, the hotel catered exceptionally well for every single customer they had. we had such a warm welcoming from the moment we arrived. We had the night explained to us and we're told where everything was. The food was fantastic and the staff were a lovely bunch of people, couldn't fault anything at all throughout the whole night. Thankyou so much.

We have been visiting Bournemouth for 40 years and never known about this hotel but were recommended to eat there. What a treasure. Freshly cooked food, beautifully presented and reasonably priced. Well worth a visit and staff so helpful and friendly. Restaurant manager, Artur, so professional. Can't recommend it highly enough, compared to some of the meals and service we've experienced. .

Simply had to write this today as we dined here for lunch 5 of us and it was great. Service excellent , food fantastic and one of the best Sunday roasts I have had out as well cooked and fresh and presentation great. The restaurant was quiet when we arrived and it is in a hotel so I think many miss it but I can tell you we will return and it is a hidden gem. The staff also are so friendly and helpful and really look after you. So glad we came here and our family were very impressed. My tip is drive to this place or walk up the hill at Alum Chine as we'll worth it and very reasonable prices.

On a four-night stay at a guest house on Alum Chine we actually choose to visit this restaurant twice, partly because it was very handy for our guest house and partly because it was very good. We visited after dark but there are probably sea views to be had from the airy conservatory part of the restaurant. The menu is a fixed-price table d'hote three-course affair with five choices for each course. The choices change regularly. Food is of good quality, well-cooked and well-presented. On both visits we were asked if we would like more potatoes and vegetables. Staff were friendly, polite and efficient, and food arrived as quickly as it is possible for freshly-prepared dishes to appear. We would definitely recommend this restaurant.

I Had a burger meal, wife had cajun chicken.My bbq burger was delicious with French fries and jalapeño coleslaw which was very spicy too much so for my wife who couldn't eat it so watch out for the coleslaw, would be good to have choice of normal coleslaw. My wife's cajun chicken was ok with warm mustard potato salad and trimmings, all the food was nice, but there was meager portions, making it quite expensive for what you get, felt hungry a hour later. However staff were excellent and the views of the sea were good.

We ate at this restaurant in the Riviera hotel. From the outside it didn't look too grand, but the restaurant was very impressive. Lovely 3 course meal for £25 per person. Food was very nice, waiters were very attentive. So a big thumbs up.

Booked a table for 7.30. They did warn us that they had a Christmas party in as well but they did have space. We arrived at 7.15 they said to have a drink and they'll come and seat us. @ 9pm we left, not acknowledge not seated and really hungry.

It's just so lovely and the staff efficient, friendly and helpful. The food is so well cooked and the choice excellent. Also, breakfast is a meal I always look forward to there.

Very good menu changed on daily basis, interesting local ingredients used to produce excellent dishes. Very good for special occasion.

We didn’t stay in the hotel, just ate there and I can honestly say this was truly one of the nicest meals we have eaten in Bournemouth (and we dine our regularly)For starters we had Pea and Truffle soup and Fois Gras yummy........ And for mains we both had Pork Belly (I never choose Pork when we eat out) and this was absolutely delicious the skin was crispy, the meat succulent, the dauphinoise potatoes were beautiful and the presentation for all 3 dishes was first class.For desert we had white chocolate bread and butter pudding and a vanilla parfait with honeycomb candy again beautifully presented and the taste was sensational.The decor in the dining room could be updated granted, but we had a nice view of the sea in the distance and the waiting staff were very attentive. The menu is a set one when you have a choice of 5 starters 5 mains and 5 deserts and this changes regularly which could be a gamble if you don’t mind not knowing the menu in advanced (I usually need to know what’s on the menu as I am a fussy eater) but I took the plunge and am so happy I did because all 3 courses were 5* at a very reasonable price and will definitely be going back. Hats off to the chefs delicious food great service a real undiscovered little gem.