Wagamama in West Dorset

Only ever visited 1 other Wagamama and remembered why Chaotic restaurant service , very loud music which meant you couldn’t talk with friends and food that was just mass produced and bland on all flavours The beer at nearly £7 wasn’t all that either

The worst £24 ever spent on lunch. In my opinion the starters/sharers of chicken gyoza, duck gyoza and squid was like eating old cooked plastic food and didn't taste fresh at all. The chicken gyoza was so badly cooked is was verging on being burnt and were split like they had stuck to the pan, the duck sauce was horrible so i left that. Also why advertise the salmon sashimi when its not ready and cant be ordered, this should of been prepped this morning before service! so disappointed and left feeling ripped off. Also got stomach problems on my return home so I will not be going back.

Em was the most fantastic server we have had. Always come back to Dorchester wagamamas as it’s so lovely but this time really smashed it out the park. Em couldn’t have done more for us made us feel so welcome as well as getting everything we asked for no matter how fussy we were. Cannot thank her enough. Will be hoping to see her on our visits back here!

After a disgraceful dinner at Drgnfly, just over from Wagamama, we tried Wagamama for lunch for comparison. Wagamama takes the win. Great service, tasty food and happy staff. Thank you for a lovely lunch.

Friendly, clean, up to date, Asian fusion chain. On a nice pedestrianized part of the city center (parking on the street free for 2 hours but be mindful). Friendly and helpful staff, outgoing vibe. Adaptable for kids too. Recommended.

The staff in this restaurant deserve a special mention - attentive, friendly, accommodating, great with kids. We had an excellent evening as a family of 11 - the staff and the atmosphere was superb. Thankyou so much!

Went to this Wagamamas today for a late lunch/ early dinner and was seated right away. I was served by Isabelle, who was very helpful and made sure that I was looked after and made the meal as easy as could be. Food came out with no wait and was delicious. Overall, couldn’t have been better.

Always love a bit of wagamamas. We visited for dinner on a Friday early evening and so it was a little busier than usual, so the food took a bit longer. We had to cancel our dessert as I think they forgot us and half an hour of waiting was too long, especially with the children getting tired.

Thank you so much for supporting St Marys's with our charity event today! The staff absolutely loved the food. It was so delicious and put a big smile on everyone's faces!

Special mention to the manager Carlos. He sorted out a missing item from our takeaway order, was very helpful, and put in a complementary dish and voucher for the inconvenience for having to drive out and collect twice. He was really helpful and resolved the issue in a very friendly and professional manner, thank you Carlos. Takeaway food was delicious, and comes in easy to eat from packaging.

I am on a very restricted diet. I gave them a list of things I could not eat. They gave me a choice and adapted recipes to my requirements. It was my friend's birthday too. They made our visit very pleasant and memorable. Thank you.

The food did not disappoint, service however…. Was questionable. The manner in which the manager spoke to the waitress was disrespectful and unreasonable, borderline bullying. It got to the point where it ruined our meal by dampening the family dinner that we were looking forward to. We will not be returning.

This Wagamama was the best I've been to EVER!. The head chef came to our table and spoke about what we had ordered and my daughter said she loved the side salad , the Chef then came back with a huge bowl of salad and a bottle of his own signature dressing for her to take home free of charge !!! . The staff were attentive and worked so hard . The food was impeccable and hot and the whole experience was top notch !!

Came to Wagamamas for dinner with a friend of mine and was Served by Callum, great guy and very attentive. Gyoza ramen was really good as usual

Phoebe and Enya were fab hosts, super friendly and great customer service for our boys birthday. Super helpful with recommendations, thank you!

We came to wagamamas at half 7 in the evening, which was prime time. We waited a maximum of 10 mins for a table. Once we got to our table we was greeted by Dan. He was absolutely out of this world. He helped us decide what to eat, giving his own opinion on things on the menu ( which we wanted). He was smiling the whole time, even though we was indecisive, he had a lot of patience. I think without Dan, it would have got a 3 star rating AT A PUSH.

Came here for lunch with my friend before going away. Great food and great service, chill atmosphere and clean and tidy restaurant. The staff were all great. Huge shout out to our server Enya for being incredibly friendly and helpful, made us feel looked after for our whole visit.

Very friendly staff. Food as good as always. Unnecessary need for a "trained" member of staff to take my order because I was asking for rice noodles because I don't tolerate gluten. I know they are protecting themselves but when you say you are not allergic/Coeliac they could probably be a little more relaxed

What an excellent place and such really lovely attentive staff , especially Dom who was cheerful and so professional. Loved the outside searing and food perfect

Lovely atmosphere had a delicious dinner we all thoroughly enjoyed, the experience was just completed by our server Dom who was just fantastic and great fun! Empty plates all round 😜

The service was poor today, and I have been many times. Food is always good, but the experience comes from the lack of care and attention from front of house staff. Food was literally just thrown down in front of us, was given dirty glass to drink from. I was horrified at the state of it. Replace the cutlery if it’s that gross looking!

10 out of 10 for the peeps in the kitchen; I wish I could say the same for everything else. The enduring appeal of Wagamama took a bit of a dent today. Arriving at their (not exactly oversubscribed) Dorchester spot for a late Friday lunch with family and friends, we were quickly welcomed by a wonderful, warm and friendly member of the team who, despite being heavily pregnant, was running around doing the work of her 3-4 other restaurant floor colleagues, who were preoccupied with more pressing personal matters (a theme that carried through the whole experience – including, at one point, when a member staff not 20 feet from us was using a restaurant interior mirror to comb and style her hair, while we were displaying all the internationally recognised signs for "We've eaten, now we'd like to pay, please"). On balance, a pungent whiff of disinterest from 75-80% of the customer-facing staff (with one noted exception; hats off to the front-of-house). The food was excellent (as always), and much appreciated! No doubt one of the few remaining saving graces of a restaurant chain that has an air of "We just don't really need your money" about it. Wagamama: where's your hunger to be best gone, eh? You're better than this; don't become another Byron Burger.

Great service from Amelia who couldn’t have been lovelier and very efficient and helpful staff. Lovely tasty food and arrived very quickly. Hats off to chefs too who work brilliantly under pressure of a busy lunchtime service as the place was packed!

Fresh, tasty food and such great service. Iris is the best, thank you! Can’t wait to be able to return 🥰

Wonderful family lunch while passing through Dorchester. Food was wonderful and service outstanding, particularly Em who was really friendly and helpful and great with our 7 yr old Son. Everything was quick and efficient with attentive service and food and drinks came out rapidly.

Absolutely awful. Got a table swiftly, and it went downhill from there. Staff decided to serve others who cane later than us, and then when we we served, it took 20 minutes to bring the drinks. The white wine was at room temperature, so it was promptly returned. The server thought it was acceptable to then just put the bottle in ice and return it! We were not offered an alternative drink. They just grabbed the wine and walked off. Went to the Gents, and it smelt of vomit, wee was also all over the floor by a urinal, almost impossible not to have to walk through it. When we scanned the bill, it wasn't our bill. All this time, the staff all young just seemed to be socialising with each other. Won't be revisiting this one.

I visited on Thursday evening on the 26th of May, food was lovely and came out hot and quickly. My main reason for writing the review is to acknowledge the young woman who served us Emma. I’ve honestly never been made me feel so welcomed when visiting a place to eat. She is the biggest credit to the Dorchester branch. She was just so lovely! I hope she sees this and recognises how much she made my day that evening. Thank you xx

Have been here twice now in the last couple of months for celebrations with a large size party and can highly recommend them. The food is delicious and plentiful. Service is prompt and staff are very polite and friendly. Excellent prices.

Hate the fact wagamama do not book tables. It was my birthday and u really wanted to go. But to turn up to a big queue and having to wait out in the rain I am not impressed There were about 10 tables free on the other side of restaurant but seems they were only seating people in a couple of sections even though tables were free. You should be able to book for special occasions! I am not impressed!

You saved the day! We’d booked another restaurant for my birthday dinner and they kept us waiting for an hour so we left. Fortunately, at 9pm you were still open. We were served quickly - a glass of Prosecco bought back my good cheer - then the usual delicious food followed incredibly quickly with great service. Just as well as we were so hungry! Thank you for saving my birthday!

Really nice meal this evening. The place had a real relaxed buzz about it Without exception all the staff were really lovely, particularly our waiter Joe who was an absolute sweetheart, efficient, friendly and super helpful.

Came here for a date night with my partner and had an amazing meal. The hoisin duck buns were incredible as well as the katsu chicken salad. My partner had the beef brisket donburi and it was absolutely insane!! Ali our server provided the best...

We love this place,, Always doodling on the menus when orders are placed. Thank you for looking after us so well! Have a great Christmas and new year

Ralph was extremely attentive, fab staff and stunning food 10/10 all round. Would have to recommend.

What a great restaurant. Greeted by Carlos who made us very welcome really quickly. Rob our waiter was straight over ensuring we ordered everything we needed and promptly bought our beers. Great relaxed environment with fantastic food as ever. Cant recommend it enought

I was having lunch with my husband, but his meal arrived ten minutes before mine and he waited for me thinking it is good manners. His food was barely warm buy the time mine arrived. The server told me that that is the wat Wagamama...

These guys were seriously amazing. Looked after me and we’re so friendly and nice without over doing it. Put me in a good mood for the rest of the day - thanks 🙏

This is my 3rd visit here and again it was amazing. There was a slight delay with taking our order but it was understandable. They were so busy which isn't surprising. We sat on table 711 and our server was Emma. She was so profesional...

Very bad reception from customers at the entrance and terrible customer service during the meal. We have always been customers and in the beginning this restaurant had for me one of the best service and care for customers. Unfortunately we can't say the same at...

Went to Wagamamas Dorchester last night about 5 and it was busy busy and to top it all they were short staffed. But you know what with Kelsey in charge all the team with no exception applied themselves and served everybody with a smile on...

Me and my friend came to wagamamas yesterday as we have done a few times already, but this time was especially amazing because of our server Em. She straight away made us feel welcome and was the most loveliest server, you can tell she works...

Forst time at this specific Wagamama, and it was lovely. The staff were fantastic and attentive without being overbearing, the food was utterly delicious (as per usual though) and I'll be back again soon!

Second visit this month, always well served. Especially Brian, very welcoming. Food was delicious as was the green tea refills.

Long time since we’ve been to a Wagamama though have visited several at different locations so we were looking forward to it. Sadly we came away very disappointed - staff seemed disinterested in being there - one quite rude when asked a question regarding egg...

Fantastic food, fantastic service, couldn’t fault anything really. Only comment would be it’s a shame you can’t book a table in advance. We waiting an hour for a free table. If we could have booked we would have turned up at the right time. Was...

I had some friends coming to stay with me where I live on Poundbury and wanted to take them somewhere safe! Dorchester Wagamama always delivers in my opinion. Great value and tasty food with good service. Yes, it’s a chain but we always leave satisfied...

A group of 8 of us came in today and we had super fast friendly service easy split online payments We even got to choose where we sat

They offered me and my friend some free sides! It was really sweet! They also told us about the app and told us that we can write a review as a favour. I didn’t really like the sides but then again I’m a pretty picky...

My friend & I had booked a table somewhere else, but decided to go to Wagamama instead. There was a 10 min wait but a lovely chef (apologies, I didn’t get his name) came out with a menu. We got chatting & I showed him...

Rohan, Callum, Ali, Carlos, Dan were so polite, friendly, well mannered and obliging. My friend and I had a really lovely evening. Would highly recommend. Really good service.

Thank you for such amazing meal, warm and friendly service and welcome. It was mum's first time at Waggamama..... it was her birthday and at 92 she loved it very much. So sorry we did not catch our servers name but he was a lovely...

Very enjoyable family meal with all dishes living up to our expectations. Side dishes were extremely tasty.....crispy squid was outstanding. Very friendly & professional service by Tibbs. Would recommend a visit.

Lunch time visit with a baby. Fabulous food. All the staff were really friendly. My baby made a mess and they asked me to leave as they would tidy up after us. She also knocked my drink over and they replaced it free of charge-...

A quick business lunch in Dorchester but a busy day in Wagamama how would it go? From the moment we were greeted to the wave goodbye we were blown away by the care, smiles, service and food! Manager Brian exudes passion for his role and...

The vegan food tastes bland, we had two vegan dishes as we are vegan and they were awful. The steamed buns were probably the only nice thing. The service was awful too. We waited by the door for 10 minutes (the place wasn’t even busy!)...

Family visit to the Dorchester Eatery as we entered we were greeted by Kelsie who we had previously met in the Bournemouth branch. As per usual Kelsie took time to explain to my sons and Grandaughter dishes they may like . My wife and daughter...

I came with my sister for dinner and was greeted with a really lovely member of staff who gave us choices of where we’d like to sit and made us laugh instantly, we were then passed onto another amazing member of staff Georgina who was...

Always return to this Wagamama, amazing food - shout out to Joey in the kitchen. Team are always amazing especially Krissy who served me, was very helpful when wanting to find a new dish to try.

Visited today. Had a variety of starters and 2 mains between us. Food was served fast and very hot. Server Ali was lovely and very attentive. 10/10 lunch!

I like Wagamama, but we were planning on trying an independent somewhere in Dorchester however it was a Sunday evening and google said that most were closed, the hotel was two minutes from Wagamama and it was busy tonight and had been busy the night...

First time and even though we couldn’t book ahead, we waited 5 minutes in the rain to be told we had to wait another 15 minutes before we could be seated, it’s certainly the first of many visits. Great staff and service. Clean and pleasant...

Massive thanks to Ali & Katie who looked after us this evening. My husband has a nut allergy which can makes us feel like slightly tricky customers, but not tonight. The reassuring, friendly and efficient service couldn’t have been better. Food was excellent as usual....

We've just eaten our first and it won't be our last Wagamamma lunchtime meal in Dorchester. The customer service greeting at the entrance, table service and restaurant manager input/service were all excellent. The Manager even invited us to watch meals being prepared through the open...

Amazing service from Ali! Food was served quickly . Loved the vegan options 👌 would coke again. Thanks

We had a lovely meal here, would highly recommend the firecracker chicken as it was very tasty. The Portuguese manager on duty was extremely helpful and polite.

First trip to Wagamama in Dorchester, but we are familiar with their restaurants and this one didn't disappoint. Good food with friendly staff. We entered just before a group that a staff member knew, so felt a little overlooked as the staff were focussed more...

As always food was great. Service from Ali was spot on and the food came out very quickly. Will be back soon!

Came here on a whim, good was delicious and Ali was great! Recommended amazing pudding! We will be back!

My Mums first visit to Wagamama's today. We were greeted by such friendly staff. Rohan was very helpful, talking us through a few of the dishes on the menu and what would be best, the food was all freshly cooked and on our table so...

Our server Ali was lovely, very attentive, professional, yet friendly. The food was great, the portions were very generous. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit here

Ali was brilliant tonight! Very attentive, recommended a delicious meal and made the experience pretty awesome! Thank you :)

Martin served us today and he was an absolute star, he was funny and made us laugh. He cracked some banging jokes. The service was excellent and food came really quickly!! Love you Martin from Ava Oscar Lily Maddie Bea and Rach. The party lot...

My boyfriend and i had a lovely time. Was an insanely busy night, we could see how hard it was for them all. In spite of how busy it was 2 members of staff really stood out. The host martin and aw waitress lucy. So...

Came for a vegan friend's birthday. The food, as always, was excellent with lots of options available for everyone. Our server, Indy, was very welcoming and attentive. A massive thank you to all the staff who sang Happy birthday to my friend and prepared the...

The food was amazing and the staff were so welcoming and friendly (especially India and martin) service was also great!!!

Cracking meal, cracking staff and atmosphere and a big shout out to Martin (at the door), Adam ( the manager/boss) and Rohan our server for making my first visit to Wagamama’s such a great one! Highly recommended and will definitely be coming back. Big love...

My first ever visit to Wagamama's last night and what a fantastic evening! We were greeted by extremely friendly staff, it was my best friend's birthday and they really looked after us. Rohan was very helpful, talking us through a few of the dishes on...

Last weekend we met our future in laws from Bulgaria 2 days before the wedding. We chose Wagamama’s and it was the best decision we made. The staff (Martin, Callum and Adam) made it so special for us all. They coped with the language barrier...

Came in to Wagamama very annoyed and left as a happy man. Service was friendly and very fast, must’ve been waiting less than 5 minutes before all my food came. Delicious meal really helped turn my day around and the waiting staff were very professional...

Served a meat dish after ordering a vegetarian option realised after having eaten a piece after being vegetarian for 6 years wa slept feeling very unwell after, complained and was told that it was my own fault for not checking then manager proceeded to be...

Myself and my friends visited Wagamama’s in Dorchester on a very busy Saturday night to celebrate my birthday. We were greeted by a lovely girl who’s name I believe was Frejya,she was friendly and bubbly and it was clear that she really enjoys her job....

My friends and I went to Wagamama as its our favourite place to go. I normally get the katsu curry but ended up trying some of the new vegan dishes which were really good. Our server was Fran who was lovely and gave recommendations on...

great food and even better service, i recommend the pad thai to anyone coming!. every server was lovely and worked with a smile. special mention to chrissy who looked after us and was extremely helpful.

Happy to see so many vegan options and desserts. The staff (Martin and Anda) were very friendly and attentive.

After the third experience of this nature at Wagamama Dorchester i really wanted to share this with you. The staff are simply amazing, really calming and caring when we take our daughter who is 3 years old, being a parent taking kids out can be...

Post James Bond meal! Pad Thai, Ramen Noodle Soup and Katsu Curry all arrived quickly and tasted good. We were shown to our table quickly and service was good throughout. Decent value, convenient, perfect for our needs. Boom!

Amazing food and even better service, Martin looked after us. Supplied us with impeccable service and excellent banter. Went the extra mile with it being a birthday meal and everything we ate was gorgeous. We will return!

A really good visit. Staff were friendly and helpful. A small issue was resolved quickly and with sincere concern. Would recommend.

Very friendly service even remembered what side I had ordered on my last visit! Food very nicely cooked. I would recommend.

I was going to go bro the local Chinese.However my mobile told me it was closed so came here instead.Good decision..Had prawn gyaza,chicken ramen and banana katsu.All excellent and very friendly service

First time at a Wagamama and our server, AJ, was magnificent. She explained all the menu to us. We ordered some wine and decided what to order. AJ returned with our wine and took our order. Five minutes later it arrived. Really tasty, the desserts...

Overall an excellent meal. We were seated and serviced quickly. My katsu curry (pictured) was excellent and my 4 year old daughter enjoyed her katsu chicken too.

We went on an extremely busy night and were apprehensive to get a table but Rhiannon was a superstar and made it actually enjoyable to wait for a table, couldn’t fault her at all. Callum was our service and wow they were amazing her again!...

Food was great. Service also brilliant. Rhiannon was really organized really happy to help, got us seated really quickly.

Absolute diamond can't thank him enough we had the best experience. Friendly and brilliant. Highly recommended

Rowan was a delight when he welcomed us into the restaurant. He was very accommodating and made our visit so lovely. He is a superstar and makes the restaurant feel like home.

The whole team at Wagamama’s yesterday (Monday) night were incredible - Martin in particular was fantastic. My partner had never been to Wagamama before, and Martin recommended some amazing dishes for both of us to get the best experience. Customer service completely on point, my...

Bruce and Martin just went above and beyond, never seen customer service quite like it! Definitely coming back! Good luck with competition lads

Best greeting by Martin followed by amazing speedy service by Bruce and then finished with fabulous food!!

wonderful greeting from martin followed by a rapid service from bruce and topped off with awesome food! will defo be coming back again if martin is here 👍👍