Wagamama - Bournemouth in Bournemouth

Me and my friends came for a meal here and we were greeted and seated quickly, our food was impeccable as always and I wanted to say how lovely the service was from Nidia, we absolutely loved her and want her to know how amazing she is! Thank you Nidia & everyone at Wagamama Bournemouth for a wonderful experience 🫶🏼

Love this place. Came in yesterday with my partner and we had a lovely server called Rhiannon? Superb service with constant checkups and super helpful when the app got confusing. The atmosphere is amazing everytime we go and the food has never once been bad, sides coming out 3-5 minutes in, and the mains coming out in 10. Overall costed around 50 for me and her, but honestly always worth it nevertheless. Thank you!

To start we had duck bao buns which were dry and we had to wash down with a drink. For main I had katsu curry and the chicken was overdone and was like crispy cardboard. My partner had the steak teryaki noodles. They were flavourless, the beef was dry and chewy but unfortunately we'd already used our drink to wash down the bao buns. During our meal we were not checked on once. I don't expect to be waited hand and foot at a wagas but at least check on our meal once? If they had asked i would've shared my thoughts on the food and hoped they could rectify. I wish I could just complain about the food but the service wasn't great either. Once we had finished our meal we sat there with our plates to the side (quite obviously that we had finished) and no one came to ask if we wanted deserts or the bill. Instead we had to get the attention of someone else who wasn't even our waitress. Finally, she came over with the bill and while we were paying, a waiter interrupted us and got in the way of us paying as he cleared our plates. Why didn't he just wait till we had gone? The final straw was when we left and weren't even acknowledged as we left. As soon as I left i stopped at the mini mart to buy a chocolate bar to get the taste of disappointment out my mouth. Thanks Wagas can't wait till tell my nan the gift card she bought me was wasted. 0/10 will never come back.

Always enjoy a Wagamama but that doesn’t always mean they are the same,fortunately Bournemouth restaurant is up there with the best.

First visit for me and my partner and sadly came out feeling we just experienced an Asian style fast food restaurant, that comes with a high bill. I have eaten better ready meals from some supermarkets to be honest. Be warned, the font of parts of the menu is tiny and with the dimmed lighting I needed help from my daughter to read it for me (I'm in my late forties occasionally needing glasses for reading). Service was minimal, order was taken, follow up with a standard 'is everything ok?' and that's it! Nobody asked if we wanted more drinks, the glasses were swiftly taken away once they got empty. Some of us were still eating and my partner would have another pint of lager for sure, we were not offered to order desserts either. Food started arriving within minutes, sadly at different times. I was the last one to be served. At some point I was offered dishes from other tables, even the staff looked confused. I had Yasai katsu curry with brown rice. There was way too much rice and not enough sauce (that looked like it came from a carton or was instant) for my liking. 4 slices of veg in breadcrumbs and some salad on the side, missing pickles or dressing. My partner had a duck donburi bowl. He really enjoyed it, especially the meat, again lots of rice in the bowl. My daughter had grilled chicken ramen, the broth was very rich and salty. She enjoyed the meat and managed some noodles as there was way too much for her. On reflection we might go back, but with the experience, we will definitely customise our dishes (lighter broth, more protein, less rice/noodles). It would be nice if the waitress made us aware of such a possibility. Once again... the menu is not easy to read

First thing's first- MASSIVE shout-out to Alexandra who provided flawless service throughout the meal. Did a great job making us feel comfortable and was extremely attentive, especially to our 19 month old who could not consume the rice fast enough. She even gave her a free kids meal as part of the Xmas giveaway they are doing, so our bubba tried some pickles and some carrots, all of which went down a treat. It was a quiet time and the atmosphere was great, super chill - but having a server that goes the extra mile really makes the experience 5 stars all around.

Faultless Wagamama’s 🍜 The best Wagamama’s in the South! Was well and truly wowed by Wagamama’s Bournemouth! It has all the standard bells and whistles of a usual Wagamama’s however the service at this particular franchise was faultless! Partner this with hot fresh food (despite a particularly busy service) and an atmosphere unlike any other Wagamamas with its neon red indoor lighting! Would absolutely recommend this restaurant and I cannot wait to return! 🌟 Recommendations: Ginger chicken Udon noodles, chilli and garlic edamame beans 🫛 Prawn crackers ( a surprise star 🌟 ) ⛔️ Drawbacks: busy! Cannot pre book📖 🦑 Squid Rating: 8 🌅 Instagram - The Calamari Game 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 / 5 Stars

Eat in or take out, absolutely fantastic!!

The food was sooo good I completely forgot to take photos! Tiana was looking after me during my visit and she was incredible! She recommended a couple of dishes to me which I politely declined and order the Katsu chicken curry dish and it was DIVINE! Atmosphere was perfect due to the time of day around 4pm so wasn’t too busy! Props again to Tiana and I hope management sees this and lets her know how awesome she was! Will be stopping again soon!

It's not the sort of place I would normally go and I'm not used to the food. It's good, but not for me.

Food was OK. Restaurant was very busy but service was very good and food was promptly served.

We were quickly given a seat and our food was delivered quickly. It looked and tasted delicious. Staff were very polite, the atmosphere felt great and everything looked clean. No complaints

Mary and Isobel gave amazing service!! Made sure we we're happy and got everything on time and drinks were really good! Would recommend!

I had an exceptional dining experience, with delectable cuisine and attentive service provided by Isobel and Mary. The overall ambiance and quality of the food made it a memorable occasion. I highly recommend this establishment for a memorable dining experience.

We had a lovely meal at this Wagamamas. We came on a Saturday and it wasn’t too busy. My boyfriend has a peanut allergy and it was dealt with very professionally by the manager. The food was amazing, I recommend the shredded duck soba noodles and the basque cheesecake. Can’t go wrong with a Wagas 🕺🏻

Very good selection of food, the service is very nice. The ambience is not as great as in a hall. Price performance is completely okay.

Over priced poor quality food, portions do not reflect the prices they charge. Waitrose do a much better katso children curry and sobo noodles which you can buy in supermarkets at less than half the price you pay there. Will not recommend to anyone and certainly will not be returning 🙂

Our table service staff today, Rebecca and Barnaby were brilliant. The food is always amazing. Really enjoy it

Lovely visit, teriyaki soba was fantastic and Rebecca was a lovely waitress

Wagamamma has always been my favourite restaurant, up until very recently. They have changed the recipes for many of the dishes and they are awful. My favourite dish is the kare burosu ramen in broth, it used to have udon noodles and now they have changed the noodles which are horrible and difficult to actually pick up! They have also removed half the ingredients and broth, so it was essentially a bowl of horrible slippery flat noodles and nothing much else. They have also changed their pad thai and many others for the worse. I'm gutted as they've lost a very loyal customer, who probably ordered weekly and spent a lot of money.

With kind, attentive service, we arrived at the most delicious dishes. The exciting Asian flavors made the delicious snacks even more varied.

Wagamama is consistently good. I was greeted quickly at the door and drinks arrived a couple of minutes after ordering. The food arrived quickly, well presented and tasted great. The little basket of sauces was not on my table so I grabbed one from another table. No problem, it was 9pm and staff were all working hard cleaning. Staff were all lovely and very efficient. From arriving to leaving was around 30 minutes, perfect! Hot honey chicken +yuzu sauce: new dish, sticky, crispy chicken tasted great with nice texture. Yuzu (citrus) sauce went well with the chicken. Chicken teriyaki soba: always good but can be a little bland so I add soy and chilli sauce. Wagamama feels like a healthier option that other options in most big towns/cities, not that I care about calories. I just want good food quickly when dining alone.

Food,team and service are always nice!

we had an amazing time at wagamamas! we were served by the lovely alex who was friendly and accommodating to our needs, she was wonderful 😊 she made sure our drinks were always full and that the food was satisfactory (which it was!) and was very lovely and chatty. my boyfriend and i eat at wagamama’s often and have always been satisfied as the food is always excellent, as is the service - but we must give alex one last mention, she is fab 😊🫶🏽

Everything was perfect, service was so speedy and the food tasted amazing as usual. Alexandra served us, she was so friendly and helpful with our orders, making sure we had everything we wanted throughout our night, a very genuine person. Would absolutely recommend

A large Wagamamas close to the pier on Bournemouth sea front. The usual, reliable menu and service. We were late (9pm) on a Thursday night and the weren’t many other diners so the atmosphere was a bit flat. The waitress recommended that my dining companion changed his order as ‘we’ve had so many complaints about that dish we’re taking it off the menu’ which was a bit odd. He changed his order!

Overall a great experience! Food was great, staff was friendly and helpful, and tables were clean and tidy. I recommend the squid starter 👌

If you struggle sitting on a hard wooden bench I would recommend either bringing a cushion from home or one of those fold-away camping chairs. Getting a booth may also be a good shout unless you enjoy that genuine refectory style of eating which was prominent in the mid 1970's.

Great experience at Wagamama’s Bournemouth , always good service ( attentive but not overbearing ) great food as per usual , would recommend the Tama Squid and Bang Bang cauliflower along with Firecracker Prawn ( also tofu and chicken option I believe ) will being going back soon to try some of the other new dishes . Thank you Wagamama for a great experience A*****

Boyko and Marco is very friendly, kind and good with customer service.

Outstanding restaurant with the kindest staff. 10/10.

Yet another happy wagaxperience!

Food and service was great and so was Savannah.

Delicious dishes. Nice service.

Lovely food as usual. Never had a bad wagamama. Love the duck donburi bowl. So tasty. Love the fresh juices too!

One of the best Wagamama Branches I have ever visited. We have been here several times and their services are always amazing. From food to customer service. Very clean too. Thanks.

I received my food via deliveroo, I ordered a chicken and shrimp pad tai, and it was horrible, the chicken looked like it was rotting, the noodles were overcooked, the presentation looked like dog vomit, I had to throw the food in the trash and lose my money

Fantastic meal with wonderful service !!

We are here yesterday for my daughters birthday. The food was very delicious, staff are very nice. Ambience is great too

We where ordering the same order for four years that is fire cracker and this year we were surprised that it is not nice like now the chicken is not nice and it is strong and it doesn’t have taste so I hope u change it like before thank you

the service here is amazing, the food is extremely nice one of my favourite restaurants

Starters, sides and mains all brought out at the same time. No finesse when it comes to dining out. Eat and get out.

This place is my fav,allways good food and fast service. This place especially has wow as interior design Thank you for the food and time there

So Amazing my kid loved it too. Quality is there 👌

Andrezza, did serve us yesterday I have to say wow wow wow, really top service best customer service I’ve seen in years, she definitely went an extra mile to help us, or kids loved her and said from now on it’s their favourite restaurant because of Andrezza. Keep going you’re the star of the place for sure!!!

Had dinner here tonight with my 2 friends, my son and my friends son. Food and service great. I would like to say a massive thank you to the staff who were so accommodating and lovely to us whilst my 2 year old son had a few tantrums. He has just finished isolating at home for a week after being very poorly and was very tired so cried and kicked off (a lot I know). I was visibly stressed and the young man with short dark hair attempted to play with my son and cheer him up, you have no idea the effect this had on me. As a server myself I know it can be stressful to have a toddler crying in the restaurant and I appreciate the kindness you showed to us tonight more than you know. This includes our server for our table, she was lovely and kind with myself and my son too. I however would not like to thank the young lady who brought our drinks over though as she pulled faces at myself and my son whilst he cried and this made me feel awful and embarrassed and like a burden. I almost left, I would have if the young man had not made us feel 100x better by trying to cheer him up. You should be really proud to have a staff member like him, and I hope he is as valued as he should be. He made us feel welcome and at home whilst we tried to enjoy an evening out with 2 toddlers. For reference, we arrived about 5:15pm and were sat on table 131. Again thank you so much xx

Good food, friendly staff and spotlessly clean restaurant. Lovely ice-cold Asahi beer on tap. Drinks reasonably priced. Recommended

Delicious Japanese inspired food

Nice experience, however there was no way to book in advance and had to wait to be seated since went with a large group - add a booking system !

Always warm welcome to this restaurant, place to return for sure.

Always love going to Wagamamas and today was no exception. Tom, my server was lovely, and attentive. Food was yummy as always

Amazing service, amazing food and just amazing everything, definitely a new local spot for me

Very nice service, food was great and atmosphere was fantastic.

Nice, polite young servers. Attentive service, sublime food!👌🏻

Matilda and Andrezza were very attentive and friendly, highly recommend this Wagamama

My favorite restaurant. Explosion of flavours in every dish

We went to Wagamama for dinner with our friends during the week and one of us had allergies - we cannot thank Reece enough for all the attention he gave us, from going through the allergen menu with us, to making sure we had everything we wanted, he is a credit to the Wagamama team!

Fantastic place with delicious food and perfect service🌞🌻

Food came out super quickly and super hot, the new menu items are really flavoursome and worth trying! Luvena was our waitress and went out of her way to make sure we had a great dinner. Even when I queried how spicy one of the meals is, she suggested an adaption for it and it was delicious!

Andrea and Bart was so great the service was best I've seen at wagamummas bournemouth on top

Just the noodle not so authentic, but overall experience is good. Bathroom is well maintained. Way better than most restaurants in this country. Staff is polite.

The vibe of the restaurant is great don’t get me wrong, wonderful service, food came quick and friendly staff. However, 3 out of 4 dishes had clumpy noodles which looked slightly undercooked but overall a satisfactory experience.

Really lovely staff - they explained the menu and made us feel welcome. Food was delivered really quickly to the table. Easy to pay the bill by scanning the QR code on the table. Would recommend!

It was rather late when we went in search of a Wagamama in Bournemouth. We had arrived in Alum Chine not familiar with places to eat in the area. It was closing time for most retailers and since it was raining we were able to locate parking and walk about a minute to Wagamama. It was very busy. Our drinks were late arriving due to a fault with the machine so they offered sodas which we declined in favour of water. Our food was mixed as it had this hot/cold vibe to it as if one part of meal was sitting one side then they decided to toss it in hot noodles when the order came in. The staff attentiveness made up for this so pushed the score up to five. After my many rounds with the Wagamama branches I have now learnt never ever go during rush hour.

Missing ingredients in my order. Very small portion too. Surely i was the unlucky costumer of the day

Wagamama's Bournemouth Thursday 25th April 2024 Lovely meal out with my wife. Excellent service today from Alex. As we were leaving the Wagas team noticed me being nosy.....they were tryi g out some new dishes.....The new dishes were Excellent but the best part was seeing the team enthuse about the new dishes.....thanks for allowing us to try too !! Thanks Julian & Amanda

We managed to get a booth in the corner and it was instantly a better experience than usual. Non-alcoholic cocktails are delicious 😋. I don't like that the food comes out at different times. Mine got a bit cold before my friend's food came out. Portions are great of you're very hungry. Overall, a good chain, but nothing special.

Been there a few times and found that the food is a bit inconsistent.

The restaurant is quintessentially Wagamama, I hadn't been for years and the restaurant has been extended since then. There is now more space and the old long benches have been broken up with the newer shorter benches to give you some privacy if you are eating with a smaller group. There are some smaller tables to the side but they were all booked when we went midweek lunch time. Service was quick but annoyingly several people (5-6, lost count) did different parts and no one seemed to know what the others were doing so our meal was a little interrupted with unnecessary confusion. None of the food arrived at the same time and although the food overall was full of flavour, I thought my noodles were greasy and the salmon was definitely overcooked. Menu is simple but varied and available for download online. Pre-book and -order possible (and esp booking recommended), takeout is also available. For anyone noise-sensitive/hard of hearing, the space was at 75% capacity and it was difficult to hold a conversation as the single, large room doesn't appear to be noise buffered at all. Accessible as all on the ground floor, a single bathroom with solo cubicles for all sexes.

Great atmostphere, welcoming staff, delicous food , my ramen was delichious. Service was friendly, I'll definitely return!

So far the best wagamama I have been to!

Really good food, as expected of wagamama.

Had a lovely meal very tasty meal with chicken and noodles in a bowl with a miso soup. The staff were very attentive and very professional in assessing allergies. Had a nice evening. Only thing that was paying by mobile having to work out the complex algorithms to split the bills , ok if you're young 😂

First time at this chain. Good food and friendly staff. Found it a little odd having main dishes served before the starters we had ordered, but I'm sure everyone else is fine with that.

The food itself was good. However, by the time the food arrived for some of the people on the table, most of the people in the group were already done eating.

Great food and service as usual excellent

Dan went far out of his way to deliver us our food with fantastic energy and reckless abandon, I shall never forget his majestic tales of old and shiny bald head.

The food and service is always great.

Food was so tasty and a great variety of flavours and dishes. Don’t go for the Katsu curry despite popular opinion it is over rated and there are so many better dishes to try. Amazing service with lovely and attentive staff. Highly recommend.

According to my 8 year old boy - best food in the UK and the world! What a spicy 🔥🔥🔥🥵🥵🥵 experience 😜.

Everything was really good friendly helpful staff good food but I just find the place a bit soulless

All good really, been going here since 2019. A little pricey now, yet fast service and staff that can hustle.

Lunch out to celebrate the misses Birthday and was served by Dan. Really friendly gent with amazing customer service attitude. Really impressed by how he engaged with other customers as well. Great job Dan and Wagas team we had a great experience. The smoothies are 10/10.

Meh... food not great, food arrived haphazardly, cold draughty area right in front of doorway, had Japanese night before in local restaurant which was miles better and was cheaper and much better atmosphere.

I love wagamamas, and have found this branch to be 100% consistent in delivering great food and great service. We visit once every couple of weeks and are never disappointed. Big thumbs up 👍

Wow! The food was amazing! The staff were friendly and helpful. And the inside looks fabulous. 👌 Highly recommendable. 🍜😋

Very quick and fresh service. Dan has a very nice beard and is such a lovely energy, loved him honestly.

Yesterday my husband made a takeaway for both of us, I took the beef soup with vegetables and also some beef with noodles which arrived very soft like mush. Very disappointing .!!!!!

Amazing food as always! But Dan was the highlight of the evening. As always he is very attentive and helpful and added charm and personality to the experience.

The ambience was amazing, we were met by staff as soon as we walked in and directed to a free table. Our server was incredibly nice and considerate, and the food was very flavourful and most of all delicious. It was a great experience to try a new cuisine and overall would come back here.

Lions Mane Mushroom Steak.... dear me, amazing!

It was all over a mediocre experience. The ramen didn’t had the thick noodles that you expected, the broth it wasn’t fantastic and all over seemed like an overpriced 1£ instant ramen. Wouldn’t recommend for someone that it expecting a Japanese experience. The atmosphere and staff were nice.

Soooo yummy noodles and dumplings. Staff are also do a good job 👏 They fulfilled all of my requirements when I asked for vegetarian option and without alcohol! It is worth for what you pay👍 Besides you can see how chefs are doing too.

Solo diner & felt forgotten about by staff. It took a while for someone to come take my order. Staff were polite though.

Very good ramen and other dishes recommend roast chicken ramen

Always a great experience at Wagamama and the Bournemouth branch is no exception. Very spacious restaurant. Some ‘communal’ style tables but also more private booths so a good selection no matter what you prefer. The staff were all very helpful and friendly and gave personal advice on the menu. Portion sizes are very generous. Gender neutral toilets available. Coffee isn’t very good at this restaurant. Apart from that, an excellent time!

Dan did his job and his did his job well, so he’s a review.

Dan was absolutely amazing serving us! So energetic and efficient. Nice to get good service along with good food! Thankyou so much

Our server was DAN, what a fabulous young man he is, he is a credit to Wagamama’s x

Dan the man. Happy, attentative service while bringing out the Wagas good stuff. What more could you want.