The best restaurants serving British food in East Dorset South West

Clearly understaffed, food was hit and miss (Bang Bang cauliflower = hit, fries = miss), maybe OK for a quick casual experience but poor for a proper meal out. Badly run.

Lovely friendly family pub, we decided to have roast dinners. I had med lamb loads of melt in your mouth meat. Cauliflower cheese mashed and roast potatoes. Lots of vegetables all freshly cooked. Boyfriend had small gammon lovely meals, ended up taking some vegetables home. Great price for meals and you lovely gravy boat. Best roast in wimborne and also have a menu for different meals. Well worth a visit . Great service

Very pricey but then all other garden centres are

The first time here for a number of years and it turned out to be a good choice. Came here with some friends for a midweek lunch and, although the place was busy, they kindly fitted us in. The menu offers a good range of dishes - we sampled quite a few between us and all were well cooked and presented. The portions were good and the service was friendly and efficient without being pushy. We felt the pricing was a little high for a pub meal but was justified by the quality of the tasty food. Definitely recommended

Ate here as was staying at the local premier inn. Staff seemed friendly enough. Very basic menu (pretty much all fried). Food appeared to be plonked on the plate/bowl and served with no attention to presentation; no garnish of any kind. Child’s pasta dish was tiny; probably ok for a 3 or 4 year old; served in very small enamel dish. Overall, food was ok and it was convenient for our stay.

Always friendly staff and good food. Very busy on Thursdays (quiz night!), but the rest of the week there's no need to book

Nice fish and chips, but best to avoid on a Friday evening, as despite pre ordering online for a specific time I still ended up waiting for half an hour after that time passed. Lots of unhappy customers in the same position.

I took my family for a meal on Sunday it was my wife Birthday as well as Mum’s day. We was welcomed and showed to the table. 4 had Sunday roast and 2 had ham egg and chips. The roast was great. I looked at the Ham egg and chips and asked how was it they said nice. But I could see they was just trying to just be nice. I thought it was just a some ham out of a supermarket for a sandwich. I asked for bill and payed it. When I got home looked at it again and their was £17 service charges on it I know it’s my fault for not checking it properly. But £17 is not right when it is a pub. Also no one come over to ask how the food was we had to ask for more drinks. I think they was more interested in the next sitting. What a shame as the roast was great. So watch out for the service charge!!

Very good service and friendly staff

Booked a table for two we were taken to a table shown a specials leaflet with about 8 items on it 7 were crossed off, ordered 2 drinks and given the main menus not told if any of the meals were sold out, drinks arrived were asked what we wanted to eat I chose a steak pie none left I said I would have the pork belly none left this was only 7.15pm, only spicy food left or fish & chips so ordered the fish & chips nearly an hour later my meal arrived, the pub was not busy. We ate up asked for the bill waited, 15 minutes later asked again finally got the bill I usually give a tip not today would not eat here again

We visited the Sheaf of Arrows for the first time, and will be returning soon. Warm and comfortable, efficient and friendly service, and an excellent Sunday roast washed down with a couple of pints of well-kept ale.

Lovely clean rooms but let down by small detail.. Room and breakfast were included in the £112 price per night. At breakfast I was told that a cappuccino would be extra.. To me that was a complete management greedy mistake to spoil was was otherwise a decent stay. Molly did her job with great enthusiasm but ultimately that experience left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The Customer is always King, and to me the asking at breakfast for more money on top of an already paid breakfast for a cappuccino was petty and greedy by the company.. Rooms and cleanliness was 1st class but ultimately that tiny issue was the difference between first class and last class..

Fabulous pub. Great character, great food and great bar man. Free sample of new beer given and the food was perfect. Ploughman’s and gammon, egg, chips, peas and tomato - gorgeous. Definitely looking forward to going back

Better than our last visit and service has definitely improved. Jess was an excellent ambassador for the pub. Roasts were good, both beef and Pork with good vegetables. Only improvement would be to ensure the gravy, sauces and custard are hot....not warm.

Really nice chips since they reopened. We've visited 3 times now, but there has been a 20/30 minute wait between ordering and getting the food. Fix this, and it would be 5 stars