The best restaurants in East Southbourne and Tuckton Bournemouth South West

Our first visit to Restaurant Roots. We were blown away with the combination of flavours, the wonderful food, the presentation of the dishes and the whole tasting menu experience. A warm welcome was followed by attentive service, wonderful wine suggestions & totally sublime food. Our lunch was excellent value and a return visit has already been booked.

Our picky grumpy journalist friend was down for the weekend for some R&R. He's used to being schmoozed and schmoozing dubious London bigwigs in overpriced and under performing eateries in The City - so where to take him? Round to the Cork of course. 3 delicious surf and turf specials later we waited nervously for his reaction - and perhaps to pay the bill. Then he announced it was our turn to pay but that he'd loved the experience of eating here and he wished he could uproot this establishment including the fantastic staff and relocate them to his postcode in West London. So thank you Jan and Chrissie and Mauro and Liam for cheering him up and making our weekend a lot more cheerier

Went there tonight as was very hungry and couldn't be bothered to cook. Was quite busy and stood in the queue for 15 minutes and when it was my turn I placed order only to be told I would have to wait for 25 minutes or more. To say I was rather disappointed would be & understatement! Walked straight to never return again. Now sat waiting in another establishment that's just opened up the road.

Great venue that offers something for everyone from Yoga to Food, Drinks and Great Music and Dancing

I cannot believe what I have just witnessed I am absolutely disgusted and mortified how rude and insensitive the staff really are after 2 lovely ladies came into the cafe with their adults with clearly additional needs and the were asked to leave because of the noise they were making how insensitive and rude can you and your staff be I have never been so disgusted in all my life who you treat your customers no matter who we are or what needs we have it doesn't matter a customer is a customer and should always be welcome well NEVER EVER again please avoid this establishment in every way and please tell your friends or neighbours or family or even work colleagues DO NOT use this cafe the staff are absolutely rude and AVOID AVOID AVOID please please help me spread the word as I am mortified on how these members of staff and owners think its ok to treat other human beings in this way so again Please AVOID AVOID AVOID at any cost !

Really cool little place, very stylishly decorated, and has a real buzz about the place - it all feels very authentic. The Tapas Thursday is great very and you get a great choice of dishes. The pizza nights are enjoyable to. Very friendly service and has a great Italian vibe to it all.

You cannot beat the food and service given by Debbie and Kev at Schooners Cafe. The food is high quality, non greasy, beautifully presented and always cooked to perfection. The customer service is amazing. Debbie is so kind, attentive, warm and friendly. ❤️ If we could give more stars, we would. We visit here every trip to Southbourne/Christchurch. Amazing! X

Stopped for coffee during a walk from Mudeford

My trousers literally exploded with the joy I received from eating the magical Tapas at Bodega. My arms fell off with the simple amazingness of the place. I shall return for another round of excessive fantasticness very soon. By the way did I mention it’s quite good there?

Crap if you have a dog as not allowed inside. Everywhere says don't feed the birds but morons feed the frigging birds. Before id got to the table starlings were drinking milk off my tray. Stupid thing is more dog people than non dog people go there so sort yourselves out and allow dogs inside. Machine coffee so a bit like weatherspoons but pricier won't go back

Visited on a trip out from Bournemouth. Appeared to be a family run concern with staff having knowledge of a number of the patrons. Although it was getting close to closing time we were treated to a lovely cream tea with a decent sized pot of tea. Weather on the day was not condusive to being outside, however there was plenty of outside eating space with views of the river. I would expect plenty of activity on the river in the warmer months.

Always amazing service from the legend that is Raj! Highly recommend. Brilliant prices with even better staff

A warm welcome and shown to our table. Sally was our server and is always smiling! Our food… linguini & pie were delicious , drinks were lovely too. Back ground music could have been a little quieter but we had a great time!

The food and service in this restaurant is so good that we ate there 3 times during our week’s holiday. The menu is varied and we enjoyed every course we tried. Most impressive though was the service. I have to give a special shout out to Eddie who twice managed to sort out tables at short notice (our party was complicated by including a dog, a wheelchair, and being 7 people) and clearly made the extra effort to accommodate us, even by phoning us back after we’d originally been told there was nothing suitable for us at Sunday lunch. That level of extra effort and professionalism is priceless and we shall definitely be returning on our next visit.

Wow! We popped in for a light lunch and ended up having a feast and having to take a doggy bag home (no way was I leaving anything). Delicious tapas (spicy chorizo, hummus) and the best paella! Portions are huge - if you are eating other tapas, a single paella is plenty for 3-4. Excellent house wine too. We will be back - often!