The Old Granary in Purbeck

We were a walk in couple and seated by a very pleasant lady. Her colleague served us drinks quite promptly, and we ordered our food. My wife chose the braised beef, which she enjoyed, but the portion size was small. I ordered the vegetable tart with rosemary and garlic potatoes with a side salad. Whilst the tart was superb, the potatoes had been re-heated and were inedible. I mentioned this to the server but no allowance was made on the bill, and there was a 10% service charge, which we paid. It is in a lovely location but really needs to do better food wise. I could not recommend on this visit.

Booked a table well in advance for 8 of us as half term and thought they would be busy. Arrived snd table was placed right in front of the coffee bar with no space around us at all. The waitress was very stony faced..a French lady..no chat or engagement whatsoever. The food was good. A mixture of burgers, fish and chips and pie although some more seasonal veg with the pies would have been nice. We noticed the same waitress giving another family very hard stares as their toddler walked around, she wasn’t disturbing anyone as empty in that part of restaurant. There were two other waitress's who smiled and engaged a little but the atmosphere was not relaxed. We won’t return as not made to feel welcome as a family. We have noticed previous reviews get the usual reply from head office…please please read the reviews and act on them, not just a standard auto bot reply!

The lay out of the pub was very inviting, and comfortable, but as soon as we walked through the door, we were not made feel welcome by the lady who was there, and was very arkward, the lady needs to inprove her customer servise skills, we continued to order a drink, the lady behind the bar was very nice and chatty, we were going to eat but after not being made feel welcome, and the food was very expensive we decided no to eat

Lovely location, very tasty food. Restaurant was a little cold and front of house staff on the Saturday evening looked scruffy which is why I’m not giving full points.

A very disappointing visit to The Old Granary. Three of us for lunch. One had halloumi wrap - which was cold (she had previously had the same in another Hall and Woodhouse pub and that one was hot), one had pulled mushrooms on ciabatta which was inedible. I had a starter - smoked mackerel pate with ciabatta toasts and pickled cucumber. Very poor value for money at £8.25. It consisted of a blob of pate, 3 very small pieces of toast which was rock hard and seemed to have come from a pack, a sprinkling of the cucumber and a scattering of poor looking green leaf (possibly lambs lettuce??) I had to ask for some bread. The pate itself was quite nice. We have been here before but won’t be repeating the visit. When we expressed our concerns to a member of staff we were simply told that all three choices were popular with no complaints. We went with the intention of enjoying lunch, we were not looking to find fault. I regret not taking photos.

The worst ceaser salad I've ever eaten in my 38 years. I may aswell have drank a bottle of dressing. It was completely soggy and wet. I did make this clear as I'd not eaten all day so I could eat out, but nothing was offered to accommodate me. I couldn't even eat half of it and I can eat. Not worth it for me and I won't be going back to eat . Absolute joke.

Pulled .ushrok. sandwich with triple cooked chips..delicious

An immense fishfinger sandwich!! What a great place!

Lovely venue, and the food was fantastic. Lovely atmosphere and location. Bar and most waiting staff seemed untrained, unhelpful, and uninterested. Got served a pint with a 2 inch gap from top of the glass and got sighed at when I asked for it to be corrected. Had to ask for previous tables plates and glasses to be removed after sitting for 20 minutes with them stacked up at the side of the table - it wasn't busy. Most of the staff wandered around aloof and unaware of the need to be aware. Didn't detract from a lovely evening though, I probably wouldn't risk eating there if it was busy.

Absolutely perfect spot. Beautiful by the river. The food and service were faultless!

Great service. lovely helpful staff food was great

As a local, the Granary is seen as a staple of Wareham. It’s such a nice place on the Quay. However, every time I have gone it has always disappointed me. The food is good, depending on what you get, i’ve never been disappointed but also never impressed. The coffee is good coffee but you can find better in Wareham. My main disappointment is the service. The younger staff are usually pleasant and provide good service, but the older staff (that i’ve experienced) have never been directly rude, but just cold and half the time I feel like I’m a massive inconvenience. No effort to smile or anything. I’d say the Quay Inn is a better option.

I had what is possibly the worst cooked English breakfast in my life. Every item on the plate had an issue and the portion was rather pathetic for the price. When I pointed out to the apathetic waitress that the chargrilled bread was burnt she responded that that's how it's meant to be lol. She never returned with replacements. The whole sad ensemble was towered over by an enormous cooked tomato and it seemed the cook had probably focussed on preparing this rather than paying attention to the bacon, which was so dry it brittled upon touch. Very disappointing.

Great but pricey but same everywhere and card only

A lovely Riverside pub with out door seating. A Hall and Woodhouse pub with a great selection of real ales and Badger beers. Had a light lunch and it was good

Superb restaurant with great views over the river, lovely service lovely meal. We had our dog with us so we sat in the sun on the external raised area perfect….

Our experience at the Old Granary left us with mixed emotions and sadly we won't return. this was our third lunch here and we were excited to bring a good friend with us. We are not local to the area and had not vistied on a Saturday before. On our arrival we were surprised to find that the parking area was filled with a market and we had no idea where we could park. We pulled over and our guest popped in to enquire as to where we could find parking. He was met by a frosty unhelpful lady who shrugged and said she didn't know, and by her attitutude she didn't care either. Fortunately when stopping the gentleman also assiting at front of house, some directions to parking were proferred. The first impression for our guest though was not what we had hoped for. Our table was in a loud and busy area, which would have made it impossible for conversation, something to note when making your booking. Fortunately, and a plus on the service experience, we were able to be seated in a quieter area. The Old Granary is an attractively detailed pub and we liked the decor. Issey, our server was fabulous. Great smile, engaging and she rescued the lunch on the whole. Food wise, we had the Larder sharing platter which was well presented and tasty, classic fish and chips, the chicken and bacon pie, and the sirloin. The sirloin was not the best and quite pricey even for steak, and was a bit of a disappointment. After a rainy day the sun evetually broke through the clouds and we wanted to take advantage of the deck area alongside the river for a drink and dessert. As requested duly settled our account and headed outside with our drinks, I popped inside for a menu to be told by front of house that because of the weather no food was being served outside, not even dessert. This was in case the rain returned and we needed to come inside and tables were not available. It was late afternoon, between sittings with many empty tables, and when settling our lunch bill I had stated we wanted to have dessert outside and was told that this would not be a problem. We were a table of 3 an our bill was about £50per person... Overall not very hospitable, and not what we expected from our previous lunches a disappointing end to our afternoon.

My food was inedible like someone had accidently spilt dry herbs on it. Everyone else's food was slightly better but had been under a heat lamp for a while. Nothing was great. I left having only eaten a bit of bread for my starter. It was very disappointing.

Came for lunch, only had an hour as on a boat cruise so choose picky bits. Bar staff explained to another customer on the same cruise, no delays for food when we were ordering. Food arrived in stages, had to ask where my sons food was and in the end he had to take half of it with him back to the boat and we also had to rush our food because of the delays. 5 mins before we left, I had to go to the bar staff and ask for the money back on the food that never even arrived. Such a lovely setting but the service was very disappointing and when asking why - no explanation for these delays were given.

We hadn't booked, but although the restaurant was busy we were shown to a quiet table straight away. We had a sharing plate, which was delicious, and then chocolate brownies, which were out-of-this-world! Service was swift and friendly and the decor really tasteful. Smashing.

Stunning little pub on the side of the river in Wareham. Ducks, sun,boats, and people all enjoying the sun. Lovely place to relax and eat.

Had a lovely lunch here. Service was spot on. Great location.

Tasty food, good selection of drinks! The decorations were great!

Google nearby search for lunch Glad we chose this Beautiful riverside pub Lots of choices for kids, vegans, vegetarians Great prices Would've loved to indulge in the various desserts listed but ran out of time :)

What a find! Spotted it whilst we were in the bus to Swanage, so on the way back stopped off. Great pub in a superb location. After a lovely meal we were back on the bus. Big thank you.

Firstly we ordered our drinks which took forever to arrive. After asking where were our drinks we ordered food. 5 mins later we were told 1 item was no longer available,ok so we ordered the same roast. 45 mins later after several enquires our meal arrived. Roast potatoes were dried up eighths with a small variety of veg. The beef was not pink as description on menu. We were still hungary so ordered desserts. Rubbish service yet they had the cheek of adding 10 percent! We paid via app to get out of there so didn't realise they automatically added it. Dont bother going.

Terrible. Had the nduja chicken supreme, three absolutey rationed pieces of miniature chicken which were delicately covered in sauce, half the plate was covered salad, this also came with potato's (had the choice of chips, regretted choice after what came) ...about 6/7 max of small half cuts of baby potatoes in a little bowl which also took up another large part of the plate, the bowl that is . Outside, the waiter dropped our plates to table, didn't drop any cutlery, didn't even tell us it was self service for the cutlery, sauces etc. Post meal, no one asked us how the meal was, just took the plates. This place dines on its river view which is an Ok view, just a note for this average view... you'll pay. Stay well and truly away would be my view, your pocket and stomach will be much the happier. Had to go get something in the chipper up the road a short while after due the starvation I felt and I'm not of the larger buildnlet's just say. Generally felt cheated.

We had prebooked our wedding anniversary meal here and we were both looking forward to it! We put our best clothes on and arrived . We were disappointed to be placed next to a noisy busy bar instead of being seated at the back of the restaurant to enjoy our meal. The table also had a tile on it , our booking was written above it with the time and underneath was the next booking so, we had 2 hours to complete our visit here weather we liked it or not ! We then waited 35 minutes for our drink order to arrive , the waitress looked miserable and was not helpful when we had queries with the menu choices . Our meal was however very nice although expensive for what it is . We are local people and will not be booking here again . Shame really .

Sunday Roast outside by the river. Good portions and dog friendly. Ordered through table app and drinks came with in min. Good Roast beef came with a long hair in it!

Great location and surroundings. Service was below par, may be a few members of staff still learning their trade, I don’t really want to have to keep walking to the bar when it’s table service for a drink. Portions were small, Soup and Mussels for me were not VFM. Had been in the Horse and Groom earlier and was inspired by their Mussels….. should of perhaps eaten there.

Great location and decent food but the service left a lot to be desired. When we asked when our main courses might arrive we were asked if we'd informed them that we'd finished our starters (an hour earlier). Go figure!

Stumbling upon this restaurant by chance, we were won over by the quality of the dishes offered! It was delicious and we even came back on the way home!

We went there because of the beautiful location. Unfortunately! Although there are dishes with rice on the menu, they refused to cook a portion of rice for our three-year-old daughter. So she ate the chips that came with my mini burger (double cheeseburger). My wife's salad was the size of a side dish and cost a main course. We got a pizza after our meal. Not recommended!

Lovely view but shame about the service. Sat 20mins on a dirty table with no server in site. Asked server to remove dirty crockery when drinks were bought and despite having a tray in hand said she'd send someone out. Waited another 10mins before going in and asking again to be told by a very condensending girl that they were extremely busy inside and someone would be out when free; only 5 tables were occupied that could be seen inside. Hairy fibres on pint glass when took a mouthful but lady behind bar very apologetic and helpful with that.

Foreign lady at the at with tattoos should not be working with customers. Rude to my wife while holding our baby, made her so upset was about to leave. Rest of the staff were amazing. But she needs having word to by managers or sacked, disgusting attitude.

I ate here a while back so sadly no photos however the food was excellent and creative and the staff very welcoming, I’ll be returning 100%

Beautiful location. Friendly and helpfull staff. Had a Sunday Roast, it was OK. A really nice place for a drink or some grub by the river.

Friendly staff and thank you so much for accommodating Wareham Woolies on Wednesdays for the evening. We had a most enjoyable time in your beautifully situated establishment by the river. The decoration is wonderful I could happily move in and live there. The wall of mirrors particularly took my fancy, asking with the rope banisters.. I may well have to start buying some little hand mirrors etcto do something similar in my home. Once again thanks so much for your hospitality

Enjoyed a lovely meal, staff were excellent at finding us a table. The food was very nice and the Badgers Tanglefoot went down very well. Thankyou

Lovely setting by the river. It's getting ready for a refurbishment though as the outside areas especially are looking tired and weathered.

Great location on the quayside in Wareham. Good food and atmosphere and attentive staff.

Worst service ever. A staff member starting clearing out plates whilst one of our friends ds was still eating. No table service.. no cutlery . Poor interaction with patrons. Will never return nor promote.

A very comfortable place, very good food, excellent service....

Lovely hot day, drink on the terrace was needed. Nice setting and quite easy to park being a busy Sunday

Veggie sharing platter was lovely and so was pudding. We also shared a plant burger and chips, which arrived luke warm so sent back and came back lovely and hot. Nice atmosphere in a lovely location. Service was mediocre.

Busy but took a good while for drinks to arrive and around 45 minutes for our meals. The Halloumi wrap was pathetic, so skinny as very little filling. The chips would be nice if dont come ready salted and heavily at that. Veg tart came with a watercress and shallot salad, but just that, a bit of lettuce/ tomato would have made it way nicer. How can you pay a service charge before even getting anything! Ordering is done on your phone, you only see a server as they drop your drinks and food, you have to collect your cutlery etc from service area.

Good gluten free options. Sunday roast was great. Atmosphere good and really nice location. All. Staff serving were friendly and helpful.. Dogs allowed as well

Very limited menu, extremely small portions and higher than average prices. I walked out thinking it was a total waste of money, I definitely would not go back. I hope this is not typical of Hall & Woodhouse pubs.

Lovely pub on the river. Lots of covered seating outside overlooking the river. Also plenty of seats inside. Good choice of food and bar snacks. Dogs welcome. Nice friendly atmosphere.

Very busy pub/restaurant on the river. Quick service, staff were friendly, but appeared to be very commercially orientated. Won't be returning.

Great food. Great service friendly staff reasonable priced.

Cashless anyone supporting the abolishment of cash deserves 1 star. Cash is legal tender. Once it's lost, you never get it back ! It's also discrimination against people with disabilities. A lot of people can't use bank cards and can only deal in cash. Eliminating these people from buying a drink is discrimination and action should be enforced.

Very nice place inside and outside by the river!

Good food, decent veggie and vegan offer. Took a while to get our lunch but worth the wait. The car park is dog eat dog - definitely worth considering parking somewhere else in Wareham and walking down.

Slow service at the bar. Beer is expensive.

Lovely pub by the river frome great service and very friendly staff in a beautiful setting

Food quality way above your normal pub food. Great service. I would highly recommend

We moved here in Jan 24, the staff are offhand, border rude, and the food is a waste of money. I've attached photos of the fish pie. The pastry was like concrete and lacking in fish. Go to the Quay instead, its expensive but you don't leave hungry.

Loved sitting by the river as the sunset eating very tasty food.

Took the grandkids to have a cake and drinks the girls went to sit upstairs to watch the ducks on the river I checked to see if was ok was told yes anyway thr lady came with the cake and one of the cakes was wrong my husband was talking to her she walked away, she came back but she was so rude at least 3 times she made us feel very unwelcome. Thankfully it was a man who bought the rest of the order

I have had Saturday lunch at The Granary for the last two weekends. Food is of a good standard and prices are not out of the way.

Smashing place for a cuppa. Always busy on market day.

Excellent vegan lunch x Allowed dogs in too x thank you for catering for us it was very worth the search x And great to find all the beers are vegan too. xxx we will return xxx Lovely pub, lovely location, good food and drink xxx 10 stars thank you x

Excellent quiz night with great food and service

Beautiful venue but the food wasn't what we expected. After ordering 3 Blanchbait starters, we were informed that there was only enough for 1. Approximately 10 minutes later we were informed that there were no chicken goujons for the children's orders. The camenbert sharer arrived and although it tasted nice, lacked the necessary amount of bread or crackers to complete it. The mussels were cold & lacked flavour and one of the main dishes was missed off which meant that one of our group ate alone. We discussed all of these points with the waiting team who advised that it had been a long and busy Bank Holiday Monday (although I accept that it is busy on bank holiday's it is part of the industy and we had booked inadvance), and they removed the problem parts of dinner from our bill and they were courteous and understanding when doing so.

Staff not over friendly food good but paying was a nightmare.

My husband and I dine here often, but after dining there last night. I don't think we will be back. We had a booking for 7.45pm and we arrived a little early. Our table wasn't ready, so we were moved to another table that was close to the doors to the terrace... it wasn't the warmest of places to sit people, especially when that door was constantly in motion. When we ordered our food, we were told that you had no roasts left... so we ordered the salmon and the duck... after a short while, the waitress told us that the kitchen had also run out of those!! We settled for cheese burger and fish and chips in the end, as this was pretty much our only choice left on the Sunday menu! However, when it arrived, the fish was really greasy, the chips inedible as they looked like they'd been cooked in dirty fat and for far too long, and the burger was really dry. It's a real shame. We don't usually mind paying a bit more as the food there has always been lovely, but we paid £66 for 2 meals, and we didn't eat most of the main. The only good thing about it was the larder plate, which we shared as a starter. I wish I'd taken photos of the food to show how bad it was. We left not long after our food arrived. When I paid for the bill at the bar. I wasn't asked if everything was OK with the food. Otherwise, I might have had this conversation with the staff. My only advice to tourists is to try other places. The Quay Inn does quality food and for a reasonable price. You can always find space to sit and eat or just have a drink. It's the lure of the quay that makes the Granary so busy!

It took 1 hour and 40 minutes for our main course to arrive. The restaurant wasn’t even busy. I felt so sorry for the waiter who was excellent constantly apologising for the wait. Starter was good. Main course Moules and Frites was poor. A third of the shells were empty !! The sauce was watery. Such a shame. I’ve been here before and was good. Not sure what the problem was today.

Location is fantastic, lovely setting and environment next to the river. Food is average. Parking is tough anywhere near, bestvto park at the town carpark and walk down to the pub. Worth a visit on a sunny day.

Food was ok but nearly £40 for a couple of ok sandwiches and some soft drinks is a lot. One of the waitresses clearly didn’t want to be there and there and there was a hostile atmosphere between her and some of the other staff making it a bit uncomfortable. Beautiful views though!

Bit more of a restaurant than a pub but lovely location.

We had no food. We just had a couple of drinks by the river very nice great service very good selection of drinks. They only take card 😒. But we will go again

We had a lovely lunch sat outside in front of the river, I had a double burger and fries!

A real bonus! Managed to find a space in the adjacent car park and visited on a Tuesday afternoon for a cup of tea. Freshly brewed and nicely served, sitting in the outdoor seating area next to the river in the sunshine. Inside is very atmospheric with momentos of a couple of centuries displayed on the walls. Clean, nice place and will visit again for a meal next time.

We sat outside the Food was excellent

Very pleasant ambience…but unfortunately one of the staff was short when we ordered our drinks and our friends had the same experience . She needs customer training . And it rather took the edge off the evening . A shame you did not serve nuts

Service was extremely slow both before ordering our meal and then after our order was placed. When the meal arrived my steak was a cremated sirloin instead of the medium rare requested. My partners salmon meal was spoilt by a large dollop of so called bubble and squeak that not only smelt wrong but also tasted wrong. We were so disgusted with the meal we decided to cut loose and forego the dessert. Our meal was far from cheap and the total was further enlarged by a 10% sevice charge. It is years since I last ate at the Old Granery and hoped that the standard would be the same as my last eperience. We will not be going back.

Lovelly pub in a great location

Food portions extremely poor £4.20 for a few chips, salad was not even a handful of leaves. Chips are not standard with meals. The manager did not want to even listen or acknowledge when approached about the lack of portion sizes. Definitely would not recommend or be returning.

Lovely location with nice ambience. Food was good though a five minute delay between half our meals being served. Although we were made welcome on arrival, the overall experience was let down by the standard of service

Friendly welcoming staff. Great seating outside especially when it is sunny. Varied menu suiting all tastes buds. Food was fresh and tastey. Gets very busy due to it ideal location. Will certainly return when I next visit Dorset

Sat by the river and had a nice cold beverage. Met a lovely lady who had a cat called Jessica.

Visited for a last minute family meal today: fantastic food and service. Gorgeous views for a sunny day

Nice pub, nice terrace on the river

We sat outside near the river, lovely location, ordered our food, which was paid for. Next the rain came monsoon style, I appreciate you can't control the weather. There are however umbrella holes in the tables. I would have thought considering the downpours, staff could have found somewhere inside or at least we could have sat under an umbrella. The food was not cheap and ended up very soggy, because of what was ordered we couldn't take it away. So very disappointed. Thankyou from a soggy Dean and family.

After spending over £100 pound the experience of the manager bald man with glasses was awful . Very rude slammed door . After ordering are food the typically English weather. Decided to give us a heavy down fall . We all got in side and couldn't accommodate me and family. Left customers eat in pouring rain what an experience. When upstairs was full vacant 🙄

Very dissapionted with the managers attitude not accommodating at all we spent nearly £100 pounds on food an drink the heavens opened up we appreciate it was busy but there is terrace which is covered was shut we were disgusted with his attitude in be returning!!! Which is shame hey ho

Always good food, however told today that you are no longer doing the classic steak and tangle foot pie on the menu, but instead a chicken bacon pie. Decided to try but not impressed - entirely thickened white sauce with just three morsels of chicken! What a shame! Please bring back a decent pie in time for summer.

Great engagement celebration Sunday lunch.

Staff were lacklustre. Food was awful, it tasted acrid and bitter. We were starving, and ate what we could but left most of the meat. I spoke to the manager who was more than uninterested

The rudest service I have received for a very long time - such a great location but the staff completely ruined it

Lovely meal, service and location. (except for poor mixed veg with Shepherd's pie.

Great food, good service, cosy seating

Coffee and hot chocolate was warmish. Rest is ok.

Every time we visit wareham the old granary is our first port of call always assured of a warm welcome, good atmosphere and consistently lovely food

Cosy, classic, classy English Pub.

Lovely evening service needs to be more efficient

We stopped at Wareham Quay and as it was lunchtime The Old Granary looked inviting. They were full inside, so we sat outside by the river. A little windy, but bearable. We ordered drinks and food at the bar. The steak pie, mash and red cabbage were very good and filling. Staff were very helpful.

Wandered in on a grey Sunday afternoon not expecting too much, and maybe not even expecting there to be any space! We sat outside next to the river which was really nice. Surprisingly good set of vegan options including burger and salad and the Beetroot Wellington (pictured) as a vegan roast option. Good selection of beers too. Sadly too full for pudding

Overall, my experience at the restaurant was fantastic. The food was delicious, and the atmosphere was delightful. However, I must note that the prices seemed overpriced from my experience.