The best restaurants serving Other european-cuisines food in South West

We used to stay at The Haven many moons ago and wanted to return to see it. It was also a lovely day and hoped we could sit outside and watch the world go by in and out of Poole Harbour. Things started well but gradually became more worrying as our food did not arrive. We ended up waiting around 1.5 hours for our food with no explanation from the kitchen, despite waiting staff apologetically telling us food was ok minutes away. When the food did arrive, my sandwich looked like it had been toasted, it had sat on the pass for that long. They made me another sandwich and took it off the bill. The whole order should have been reimbursed but the bar manager didn't seem to think a 1.5 hour wait for food was problematic. Lovely setting, food good but staff judgement when things went wrong fell well short in my opinion.

This was our second visit and it didn’t disappoint, you immediately feel welcome when you walk in, the staff are just lovely and the food is superb, the place is immaculately presented but still maintains the feel of a country pub, I cannot recommend this place enough for a good hearty meal in very pleasant surroundings. Very dog friendly too!

This is our go to place for all family meals. Service, food and atmosphere is always wonderful! Highly recommend!! The GM & chef are brilliant!

Welcoming staff. Large restaurant with plenty of seating. Food was served hot. Would definitely recommend, blue light card accepted here. However it’s only 5% off (most places offer more than this), and I didn’t bother using it.

first visit to nandos very disappointed,ordered 1/4chicken breast chips and tender broccoli.cchicken was dry and broccoli was far from tender could not chew it.I was offered something else but the damage is done.wont be returning by choice1.10.2024

We had a great welcome and explanation of the various menu options Then another member of staff, manager maybe as she wasn’t in a uniform and didn’t look tidy, started to mess us about moving seats and things, and not in a particularly polite way Had we not already got the children comfortable I’d have walked and given a better deserving business my money

Came for lunch with my girlfriend and her grandma, we called up the day before and tried to book a table for 2pm but were told we wouldn't be able to get a table booking until 3pm as they were booked up. (when we arrived there were only 3 other tables taken up in the large restaurant so we were unsure why they hadn't let us book any earlier as there was definitely space). We arrived at 3:10pm (10 mins late) due to grandma's mobility issues, we were apologetic for being late when we arrived and shown to our table, where the set menu was already on the table for us. As we sat down the waiter came straight over and told us we had to order immediately as the kitchen was closed and they would have to reopen for us but we had to be quick! Very surprising since there was no indication when we booked the day before that the kitchen would be shutting within minutes of our booking. The manager came up to our waiter and told him to 'get our orders in now and not mess around' whilst he was speaking to us and it all felt very hostile once we had entered - my poor girlfriends grandma didn't have time to even sit down and read the full menu before the waiter was rushing her, telling her he needed to take her order. We said the starters and mains we wanted and then I asked my girlfriend if she would like to get desserts or not, at which point the waiter told us desserts were not available! He then walked off without giving us a drinks menu or taking a drinks order from us. When the starters came I asked to see a drinks menu and get some water for the table but he never returned - we had to go to the bar to get drinks ourselves. Fortunately at the main course we had a new waitress who was lovely and she brought water over to our table. During the main course we heard the table behind us talking to the manager and they all ordered desserts, even though we had been told they were not available to us! When we had finished our mains the nice waitress came to take our plates and asked if we would like a desserts menu, we told her we had been informed desserts were not available and she was a little surprised by this and apologised. We paid the bill and left. Had it not been for the saving grace of the nice waitress we would have refused the service charge as the service we received prior to her arriving was abysmal. Very, very annoyed in particular by my poor girlfriends grandma being rushed by the waiter to order food before she had even sat down or had the chance to ask for a glass of water, not really acceptable to do to anyone but especially not a 90 year old. The bill was expensive for just a lunch but the food was good and the view is spectacular, the service just really let the restaurant down. Would not go back.

It was pretty good , the chicken thighs I had were tasty as well as the peri-salted chips I had. I also got a bottomless drink which was nice . The service was good and the waiters were friendly

A great place for lunch. Often special offers. Today we had fish and chips but a week or so back we had their afternoon tea. Great value, fresh produce and friendly staff.

Visited BOVEY Castle celebrating our 50th anniversary year Chose to eat at Smith’s Brasserie - a great choice Good menu with excellent choices All of our selections were perfect What made our visit extra special and memorable was the attentiveness of our waitress Danielle She was friendly, helpful and professional Thank you BOVEY Castle and thank you Danielle - you made it special

We came to the Botanist for my 21st birthday meal, and it was absolutely amazing. Our table wasn't ready straight away, which I know some people might be bothered by, but it was such a beautiful building and the staff were so fantastic, we were more than happy to have some drinks at their bar and listen to the live music. The restaurant was absolutely stunning, staff very accommodating and the food was superb. I'm not local to the area, but would 100% come to this restaurant again should I be back in Bath.

Stopped off for lunch in this quirky restaurant….basically it’s in a garage! However, don’t be put off by this, as we had a delicious lunch. They offer a variety of sharing plates, both seafood and vegetarian. We chose the pickled anchovies, fried whiting with curry mayo, brown crab rarebit, sardines with spring onions and chilli plus a green salad. The pick of the dishes was the whiting which was just about the best battered fish I have ever eaten but everything was delicious. This was washed down by a frozen margarita. The service was very good. On a sunny September lunchtime, what’s not to like?

Been here often for drinks and the odd meal when it's been great, however, decided to try the breakfast before a trip to the airport for a short break. Sadly, very disappointing. We ordered the large full English which was on a very small plate, too small for all the food so it was piled up high on top of each other, ridiculous amount of mushrooms which took over most the plate and the egg was over cooked and hard. Also ordered Eggs Benedict and bacon on the side as a paid extra. Both poached eggs which should be runny and soft were hard boiled inside and the ham which is part of Eggs Benedict was missing so only got the bacon on the side. Ordered a cappuccino which came with no frothy milk at all and was just a milky coffee. Sadly will be returning to a Wetherspoons for a breakfast on these occasions where a breakfast is of far superior quality and half the price!

Very bad food had Raw chicken. I'm going hospital now I have had pain in my stomach very bad avoid everyone please Not good!!!

Me and my family often pop over to bath for a Nando’s meal , but this time was different, we got to the restaurant at 11.25 under the impression from previous visits it opened at 11.30am We waited outside till opening time 11:30am At 11:35 my wife with my daughter approached the restaurant and went inside to be told it didn’t open until 12oclock and felt it was quite rude in the way she was told this. We decided not to wait over 20mins to be let inside as we had our young son with us so went on back home. I decided to look online at Nando’s opening times to see it was actually saying open and open from 11.30am until 10pm. I really felt like the staff just didn’t want to service us until they was ready to do so being 12oclock which is a shame as we did like coming for a cheeky Nando’s whilst in bath. From this experience we won’t be returning. Think staff need some training on honesty to customers.