North Dorset
The Museum Inn

The Museum Inn

Nr Blandford Forum, DT11 8DE, North Dorset, United Kingdom

Pubs • Full • Lunch • British


"The Museum Inn, located in Farnham, Nr. Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8DE We booked late on Friday night and only one room was available so it was meant to be! We arrived around 5pm and were greeted by friendly staff, shown to our room The Catch and made a reservation for dinner, luckily they still had spaces for dinner but it is advised to book in advance. Lovely spacious room and bathroom, kettle, teas, coffees and bottled water supplied. I have to say I fell in love with the hand wash and hand cream, I have already purchased some for home, the brand is called Bramley and the scent is Lavender, Geranium and Petitgrain. The bed is probably the most comfortable we have ever slept in that is not our own, soft feather pillows that were just right! Dinner was a three course meal and it was delicious, we took 2 hours to eat but never felt rushed or like we were waiting too long between courses. Starters: Ham hock terrine with sourdough toast and Prawn, potato and crayfish fishcakes. Mains: Burger and Steak Ale pie Desserts: Chocolate Brownie with cherry sorbet. Biscoff donuts with pumpkin pie ice cream Drinks: Poretti lager and Cherry cocktail. Breakfast: Eggs Royale and Smashed avocado, poached egg and bacon, absolutely scrumilicious! Big thanks to Amanda who served us this morning and checked us out. Highly recommend staying and eating here and we will 100% be back again! Safe travels! The Allsebrooks x"

Crown

Crown

Crown Road, DT10 1LN, North Dorset, United Kingdom

Pubs • Steak • British • Vegetarian


"My friend and I visited The Crown today for a roast lunch. We were SO disappointed! We both ordered the roast pork and were looking forward to a few succulent slices carved from the joint and some crisp crackling. However, we were presented with a dry looking pork loin steak with thick fat on the edge. Clearly not carved from a joint of pork! We told our waiter this was not what we were expecting and asked to change it for the roast chicken. He was very defensive, but agreed. When the plates were brought back, we had been given a chicken breast portion each, again clearly not carved from a whole roast chicken. The chicken was dry, the roast potatoes appeared to have been reheated, the carrots tasted like they’d come out of a tin, the Yorkshire pudding was soggy, the cauliflower cheese was mushy, there was one small stuffing ball (probably from a frozen pack), the mashed carrot and swede was tasteless, the red cabbage was acidic and rather slimy and the only green items on the plate were a couple of over-cooked spears of broccoli. We agreed the whole thing reminded us of a bad school dinner! We paid our bill and told the member of staff how disappointed we were. Again, she was very defensive and said that they had only had good feedback ‘from everyone’ (implying it was us who had the problem). No attempt to apologise or offer any kind of discount. Needless to say, we won’t be returning. Such a shame, as the Sunday roasts used to be excellent."

Hambro Arms

Hambro Arms

The Street, North Dorset, United Kingdom

Meat • Steak • Cheese • Coffee


"We arrived to this pub after finding them online and seeing what looked like a really good menu. However on arrival when seated we were given a completely different menu which only had starters available and mains available. Which didn’t give much choice...at all. After ordering a waitress then came over and said they had no pork belly for of the main dishes but it would be replaced with pork loin. The rest of the group ordered steak of the day, which when they came out only had been cooked correctly and had to be sent back. of which came back full of fat and gristle which could not be eaten and then the other that was sent back which should have been medium rare came back well done. The pork loin was fatty and didn’t have much meat on either, was a let down that the pork belly had run out. Apparently the chef has left and leaves only person in the kitchen. If this is the case we couldn’t understand why on such a small menu the dishes that were on offer could not be cooked to a decent standard. Also considering we had rang and booked if they were on such a limited menu it would have been nice to have been told this over the phone as they apparently can’t access the website to change the menu online. When speaking to the manager at the end they are apparently changing the menu this week. The meals that weren’t eaten were taken off the bill by the manager after what looked like she had to check with the owner who was constantly stood staring at us with his hands on his hips, which made you feel uncomfortable. I wouldn’t recommend this pub at all until they have got a fully staffed kitchen and by the looks of previous reviews we aren’t the first to have been disappointed."

China China

China China

31 West Street, DT11 7AH, North Dorset, United Kingdom

Meat • Asian • Chinese • Chicken


"Over all I give this 0 stars I will not be eating here again for the following reason’s: Wrong food turned up, when we called to say this we were advised it would be another 40 minute wait onto the hour and half we had already waited for the food in the first place. Chow main was cold and the noodles and bean sprouts were not cooked enough it seemed as if someone had stuck raw noodles in soya sauce and stuck it in a box. Lemon chicken was congealed and again cold with 7 strips of chicken for a main course of £6.50 the dish was not even a snack. The salt and pepper chips were soggy and wet and yet again cold ! The BBQ sauce tasted nothing of the resemblance of BBQ sauce it tasted purely of warm salt. The pot of sweet and sour sauce that we had was tiny considering the amount of chicken that came with this dish and also in comparison to other local restaurants that supply that dish there was not even half the amount of sauce we would have got if we had gone to our normal establishment. All dishes were cold. The only good thing I have to say about this is that the delivery driver was a genuinely lovely human and was very apologetic when I mentioned theses things to her. In total we spent £40 and we might aswell have just thrown that £40 in the bin as that is where all the food ended up ! Never again will I order from here and the only reason we did in the 1st place was because Tasty in town were far too busy to compete a delivery this evening, they are by far 1million times better than china china, so disappointed."