The St Leonards in East Dorset

Visited on spare of moment for Sunday dinner. Awful just awful. Was seated at a broken table with 2 very young children,the whole top was completely loose, balanced on top and constantly moving an accident waiting to happen , how this was not spotted by staff is beyond me. Roast dinners were old and dry,, burnt parsnips and rubbery carrots, mac and cheese for our 1yr old resembled a dried up sponge and had to be sent back, could blame it on being busy but we was one of three tables that were seated, 10 people in total. Just terrible please don’t waste you money on this place, better off going down road to a fast food restaurant. Just shocking does not warrant the 1 star I had to give to get this posted.

Hair in food, initial response poor without a satisfactory resolution. Would not recommend

Great food, good value. Only popped in for a cup of tea, ended up ordering dinner

Hadn't been for a long time and went for a unplanned meal out. Service was very patchy, a large table occupying the staffs attention and basically not enough staff to look after others. Staff were lovely and helpful but we had to keep approaching them. Is it self service? It felt like it. Meal very mediocre, chicken dry and overcooked.Avoid on Sundays as menu limited and GF even less.

Having had an amazing meal at the Greene King Bellemoor Tavern, Chandlers Ford in August, we decided to check out the St Leonards Hotel by way of comparison. After a 13 mile drive, arriving at 16.10, today, we were very disappointed to be told that no meals would be served until 17.00. We'll try again but after phoning first next time!

Excellent service, very pleasant atmosphere 👌

The staff were very polite but..... we were told at 16:30 that there was no Sunday roast available and no kids steak or fish fingers. We were then told the chef could do 2 adult roasts with some pork loin that's left which we said yes to. When the food came, the pork was dry like it was 2 days old and potentially pulled out of the bin. The Yorkshire puddings were at least 2 days old, the roasties were clearly frozen from the supermarket. The gravy was lumpy and definitely needed more hot water added to it and there was half an uncooked apple with the core and seeds still in it in the middle of the plate. Literally the worst meal I've ever had. Which was ashame because me and my family were on our way home from a self catering holiday and that was our only meal out :-( Probably worth noting that the kids did enjoy their pasta and fish, but we did not stay for dessert.

Went here for lunch on the last day of our holiday. Food, service, and facilities all good. Would recommend a visit.

Waited almost 2 hours for food. Gave up in the end and left. It wasn't even busy. As we cancelled our food someone took a Cold burger back. Chef didn't look impressed

Booked a room for one night to visit relatives. Unfortunately there was also a wedding in their function room. I'm writing this at 22.52 in the room while listening to The Prodigy, and feeling it as things in the room are vibrating. Bear in mind I have no sound system with me, it's from Dave Double Decks at the wedding. If you want a nice quiet hotel, where you can have a nice, peaceful nights sleep then do yourself a favour a book into somewhere else. Would I step foot into here again... absolutely no chance. If I'd known about the Ministry Of Sound in their function room then I would have booked elsewhere. And now it's Vanilla Ice, does this DJ have no class? It's now 15 minutes later and there's now some dire 150BPM techno going on and I've discovered three more things; the loo seat moves, the bedside light doesn't work and neither does the built-in USB charging socket. Things are strange in the world when you start pining for a Travel Lodge. Or Premier Inn. Or a simple two-man ridge tent on the roundabout on the dual carriage way outside, as it would be quieter than this. I do sincerely hope the Bride and Groom had a great day... from the sound of things they did.

Great lasagne Meeting friends who are doing a sponsored walk from Christ Church Oxford to Christchurch

We only stopped in for food as it's a discount on the blue light card, but the food was tasty, I had the hunters chicken which had just the right amount of sauce rather than swamping it, found a table tucked away and they allow dogs which for us was great!

Great service short walk to nature reserve.

Ceasar salad ordered ...... dreadful wouldn't dish it up to a dog!

My stay was spoilt by having to listen to dogs Barking for three hours in an adjacent room while the owners enjoyed themselves in the bar. Having dogs in a hotel room is ridiculous.

Lovely staff nice hotel , but does need a bit of a clean in the rooms

Great pub. Very welcoming. Excellent food & drink selection. Food well cooked & presented. Staff friendly, professional & efficient.

Fantastic staff, very friendly and helpful and very good with dogs our dog got lots of treats and two sausages for breakfast definitely recommend

Terrible pub and hotel. Scam of parking. Avoid at all costs

The food was awful, stringy squid, partially cooked salmon. The egg was slimy, and the kids' pizza was soggy. It took 30 minutes to be served at the bar upon ordering as they had given us old menu's for the children. Cannot comment on rooms only went for the meal.

We pre booked meal for 12 it awful cold badly cooked some meals came and by the time others arrived the first served were finished the picture of the in the advertisement bore no resemblance to what we received we didn’t complain at the time because the lady who organised it for us would have been upset but overall it was a disgrace we wouldn’t dine there again and try to put others off

This evening we went for dinner. Both ordered the same meal, chicken in a basket. When it arrived mine was not cooked all the way through and we sent it back to the kitchen. Another one was cooked and brought out which was MORE RAW than the first one! The manager mumbled an apology and told us we don’t have to pay. This evening was our first night out for 9 months as I have mental health issues. This evening was ruined by the poor meal we were provided with twice and made me very anxious about dealing with this situation. We won’t be returning

Top quality. Expensive but worth it.

Great hotel with a surprisingly good restaurant

Good food friendly staff, accommodating for our dog 🐶

I've been working away and called in for a meal, food was good and the staff was excellent, will be going again.