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Rick Stein, Sandbanks Restaurant and Bar Poole Reviews
Soft Yolks - Hard Luck!
8 plus 1 child for breakfast. Our daughter ordered a vegetarian option that included poached eggs. She specifically asked for the eggs to be hard poached as she dislikes runny eggs. The waiter duly made a note to that effect. All our meals were fin
Disappointing
My daughter and her son treated me to breakfast for my 80th birthday. What a disappointment the crab omelette was. It was overcooked, rubbery and tasted of nothing, certainly no hint of crab.
Terrible get Gordon Ramsey here quick!
When you visit a so called top notch restaurant i expect more. I have been here many times before the menu has become limited and over priced. We received bland cold food and was charged £250 for the privilege. Now i see whys its rated 72/500 in t
Faultless meal from the taste of fifty years menu
Couldn't have had a better restaurant birthday treat (evening, October 28). Every ingredient was spot on and every dish perfection. Well done everyone in the kitchen and serous respect to whoever was running the brigade. Full marks to front of
Lovely dog friendly Restaurant
Beautiful food as always with Steins but I must mention the Lobster Egg and Chips that is amazing and will hopefully stay on the menu
60th friends and family celebration 🎉
After several years absence, this venue was chosen as the place for a family gathering and a triple birthday celebration. As a group of 20, many things could have gone wrong but they didn’t. Unsurprisingly, there was a wait between courses, but wha
The food looked like a work of art!
We were visiting a relative in Bournemouth yesterday and went for lunch at Rick Stein's restaurant in Sandbanks. We'd booked a table in the upstairs restaurant and weren't disappointed. The view from the restaurant across Poole harb
Crabtastic
We had a wonderful meal here last night both choosing the Singapore Chilli 🦀. Truly an eating experience this dish is one to be savoured. The depth of flavour in the sauce was incredible, just the right amount of heat so you could still taste the
Absolutely Perfect x
Excellent Food … Excellent Service .. staff couldn’t do enough !!! Lovely lunch to celebrate my birthday while on holiday …. 10/10
Poorly prepared food
We we’re a party of 8 for midday sitting so not busy service was ok as were the starters, mains out of 8 meals 7 were just warm only 1 was hot, one of are party did comment about 3 minutes before are meals arrived that there was meals waiting to be
Brilliant takeaway
OK. we had the takeaway fish and chips, and didn't dine in. All I can say is they were fabulous, ready exactly on time (ordered online), hot, beautifully cooked and delicious.
Date mix up
Visited on 3rd October to taste the new menu - informed (after asking) that ingredients hadn’t arrived and the new menu would start the next day ! - would have been handy to tell people before hand so we could change the booking. Meal we had was ve
A great celebration night.
A tantalising menu from which we all chose something different. The fresh food was expertly prepared and presented. The staff were excellent - helpful, knowledgeable, engaging, interested in us, efficient and professional. We enjoyed it so much we w
GREAT GARNACHA !
This is really an update from my review posted on Sunday relating to our very good family Sunday lunch celebrating my 71st birthday. I was pleasantly surprised to see that between Rick and his son Charlie had included a Garnacha red wine from Campo
Overpriced and Underwhelming
Oh dear. I had such high hopes. I was on my own so decided to eat in the bar but off the restaurant menu. I had come here from spending 4 weeks in the south of France so my expectations were high. But it’s Rick Stein so it should be good ….. Star
Lovely restaurant and location but food was underwhelming and over priced.
We were looking forward to coming to Rick's restaurant but left feeling disappointed at the quality, quantity and cost of the food. For starters, I had the deep fried prawns and although tasty, there was only 5 and the 'dip' was ok bu
Poor lobster, should be able to produce better!
Slow service, and abrupt. Scallops good to start. My wife's Lobster thermidor, was good, my grilled lobsters was poor, overcooked, lake of taste and not enjoyable.
Always a real treat
A wonderful dinner. It’s our fourth visit and never disappointed. We had a table by the window with view of the sunset. Fabulous food and impeccable friendly welcoming service.
Fabulous
A fabulous evening. The staff were tremendous, the views excellent and the food……perfect. Fresh fish and lobster perfectly prepared. I just loved it.
I'm sorry, we didn't enjoy this
We kind of felt left out, sorry. There was no lobster and our kid's meal which should have been the easiest was always at least x10mins behind ours. It was slow service and some of it frosty, especially at reception. We were given a partial refu
Save your hard earned dosh
Save your money I went on Friday night as a birthday treat on a gift voucher from a family member Well that didn’t go far How disappointed we were very very over rated food for a supposedly top chefs restaurant Table position was the best for vie
Expensive overpriced underwhelming
Felt tightly ripped off the experience was noisy. The four was okay very overpriced the wine very overpriced. The restaurant is full people paying for the noise and food which is at best average Service average location Good would I recommend it? No
I have great birthday time and enjoy good time
I been rick stein restaurant at 02/09/2025 dinner time in poole !i do enjoy my birthday fresh and delicious scrumptious food ! And steward 、chef for me special birthday cake with food !kitchen staff teamwork spirit was so help done it good job! W
Poor reception but a good evening
Lovely evening with great food (Fish & Chips was excellent) spoilt by the miserable girl on reception who looked very disappointed that we had brought our dog with us although we had booked the are where you could take dogs. Would have been 5 sta
Beautiful food and great views, staff was so accommodating and charming through out the night…
What a night with my uncle and aunt, great family experience eating the finest food and in a great location in sandbanks..
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