The best restaurants serving Default food in Canford Cliffs Poole South West

This place was refurbished in 2022, with no great improvement, and the menu was changed badly with prices also increased. We feel sorry for all the staff especially Mark who we got to know as he served us a lot. We are not surprised it has closed but the owners brought it on them selves by ruining the atmosphere and spoiling the food.

The burgers and fries here still taste exactly the same as this did in 1998 which is bizarre and cool. If you are peckish and it is late then be sure to make a pitstop here!

Friendly, spacious, welcoming bar. Five stars if you get a keg based pale ale/ipa/craft beer on tap

At the start of Sand bank peninsula Beach to Bournemouth one side harbour the other .

Very busy period yet the staff were attentive despite being busy. The pizzas are tasty and varied. Value for money and highly recommended.

We were given a gift voucher for afternoon tea to celebrate my birthday. The voucher included a pass for the gardens. They were magnificent with all the spring flowers on display. We so loved walking around. The afternoon tea was one of the best we have had. We often do "teas" and in fact for my birthday we went to a five star hotel nearby, but it wasn't as good as Compton Acres. We are both diabetics so the chef substituted savoury items instead of cakes. So we had sausage rolls and the best quiche we've ever tasted. The sandwiches were great and the scones delicious. All in all a wonderful after, can highly recommend it.

The Caff is busy, why because it is excellent. Food exceptional, staff greet with a smile and the chef's, who don't have time to look up turn out brilliant food all the time.

A very charming spot next to the harbour, with wonderful service and a relaxed ambiance. We had several small plates from the menu, each of which was well thought out and very delicious. Even the salads are good (the Waldorf is excellent)! I look forward to visiting again - this is a bit of a gem.

Love this place! fantastic food, attentive and friendly staff. Great for Families and individuals alike. Decor is great, ambience is amazing. Troy was very professional abd fridndly.

Fabulous scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, all really good quality. Cafe is always packed full with people waiting outside for tables. Only a 4 star for atmosphere because it is noisy and the tables are literally side by side with no space in between Will be back again for more scrambled eggs and salmon

It was a great experience the food was lovely

We booked a table for 12 in August for my daughters birthday.. total disaster.. terrible service! .. took half an hour before we were offered any drinks or even a menu.. took another 20 minutes until they took the order... other 20 minutes still no drinks or our food orders taken which by the way was set menus .. so not hard... drinks some forgotten others wrong had to tell the waiter 3x At this point my patience was running out.. but we were a large party and at this time in the evening we really had no other options but to endure this 🎪 s... show until the end. .. the atmosphere.. another example the lightning in there was up so much it was like shopping in a 90s New look store or being in a collapsed super nova.. we asked if they could maybe turn it down a bit.. which they declined... When the food eventually came out the portion sizes were small and were poor quality.. .. the crispy shredded beef was so chewy we couldn't eat it.. the sauce that was poured over it seemed to be maple syrup. None of the staff came over to check on our meals.. asked if we needed any more drinks ?.. i observed them mostly talking to themselves .. twice members of our table had to go over to them to get there attention they seemed totally oblivious to what was going on around the restaurant. It wasn't very busy so there was no excuse for this... We asked for the bill which we requested to be spilt .. this is the one and only time we saw the manager.. he appeared quickly telling us this was not possible and too Complicated to do... we just wanted to pay and leave. On the way out one of the waiters had the front to say 'have a nice evening'.. to which i quickly responded i will now this is over with!. I will never return here again.. there using the reputation from the old Ocean Place that used to be at West Cliff.. trust me this place is nothing like it.. The hotel and veiws over the bay are why people are lured in. Overpriced.. poor service.. terrible food.. bad atmosphere.. avoid at all costs!.

Fabulous views of Poole Harbour and Brownsea Island with spacious terrace and restaurant with great gardens

Fantastic food lovely waiter will definitely be back when in town

Amazing food, amazing service, hands down the best in the area