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The building itself is an excellent venue in a great location on the quay at Wareham. This was our first visit to have an evening meal at the Old Granary, and was much anticipated because I fully expected to have a great meal here. I hoped it would be at least as good as the meal we had at the Italian Kitchen in Wareham 2 weeks previously. However, we were very disappointed about many aspects, and especially the quality of food. The first issue was that my wife and I were offered different menus. Although it didnt have a heading to say it was anything other than the standard menu, it turned out I had been given the Gluten Free menu whilst my wife had the correct one. I was struggling to find a sutable main course until my wife showed me her menu. The Starter we both chose was the Mushroom Soup, which was surprisingly dark in colour, but worst of all tasted very greasy. This unpleasant flavour was apparently caused by the chef adding 'finishing oil' into the soup. Well yes, it did finish off the quality of flavour, and also wasnt helped by the fact that the bread provided was fairly stale with a very 'heavy' consistency. I gave this feedback at the time but the waiting staff just said they would tell the chef. I heard nothing more and so we just finished the soup, whilst leaving the bread. My wife later noted that another table actually sent their soup back to the kitchen, and so maybe we should have done too!! Our main course then arrived, along with the bottle of white wine which was just plonked on the table with no thought to even take the top off let alone offer to taste/pour. No refinements in serving at this restaurant it seems. Having chosen Pan Seared Hake with Samphire, Tenderstem Brocolli, and smashed new potatoes, I was hoping for an improvement on the starter. I was again disappointed though, because my fish was overdone and quite dry. I presume the skin side was grilled to create a crispy skin which was fine, but the other side was then Pan Fried to such an extent that the surface was browned off and almost solid. This meant the rest of the fish was fairly dry in texture. The Tenderstem Brocolli though was Al Dente to the extreme which meant my knife needed a lot of effort to cut through it and was very firm when I chewed on it. The rest of the veg and sauce was satisfactory but nothing more. Again I gave this feedback to the waiting staff who again said they would tell the chef. Again I heard nothing more, so we decided not to risk ordering a desert as we had originally intended. When paying the bill at the desk, I was again asked if everything was ok, and so I repeated my previous feedback and was again assured she would tell the chef, but no thought to offer any kind of a discount!!! I would point out that my wifes main course was of better quality. It was only because of that, and because I really didnt want to spoil our evening out on New Years Eve, that I didnt send my food back, or make a greater issue of things at the time. NB: The live music which had just started when we finished our meal also sounded quite poor quality too and so for all these reasons we decided to finish our evening at the Quay Inn instead which had excellent entertainment booked that night. We dont intend to return to this establishment at any time in the future. There are a number of great eating venus in Wareham and so thats where I'll spend my money it future!!

Great meal. Recommend the venison burger, wow.

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff, warming real fire. Cold Guinness, hot food cooked freshly with a generous portion. Happy to return and eat here again. Also have accomodation with facilities for disabled visitors with mobility needs.

Meeting friends from bham a perfect place right by the sea it really made the evening perfect even though it was raining the atmosphere in the restaurant was very welcoming and warm 👍

Ate here twice on a recent visit to Newquay, both times the meal was tasty and reasonably priced, service was fine although dissapointed they refused our Scottish ££ notes. Great atmosphere and live music.

The usual Boathouse but more hygienic a good experience

10 out of 10 for Dave, 9.8 for Dan and 55 of 56 for food. Family time with the family, priceless. Have you ever seen a meal and wanted to become a part of it. I have. I loved every single delicious bite! Great value for money.

Staff were great but the food resembled something out of a Poundland Xmas cracker. Disappointing in that area lol

Lovely service from Erin for my mums birthday meal.

I would like to thank Charlotte who is amazing. Running round, polite, hard working, and made are visit perfect. Thank you Charlotte.

Always a lovely breakfast and excellent service, we visit regularly and always enjoy the food and have a great time

Came for the EV charger, stayed for the grub. Good times where had.

Great pub friendly bar staff really good bar prices and food is a good price

We arrived at the pub early and were lucky enough to get some stools at the bar (usually busy). The pub really is a great place to go, have a drink and some good food. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable and serve as quickly as they can depending on how busy it is. So in review, it’s great drinks great food and great staff, give it a visit, we will be returning soon.

The meals were good, served hot, pub grub! The waiter was lovely. The short haired small blonde lady who i imagine is the manager needs to learn service with a smile and customer service skills. Very abrupt.. sadly a massive let down for the place as food was ok for the price