Reviews in Dorset

Top class service and meal. Staff excellent and will return again in future

Superb Portuguese food at great prices and a very friendly host.

This pub is not closed at all in fact it is a very busy local.

Went for the first time today cant fault the place staff very friendly, very clean, great service and reasonable prices will definitely be going again.

The food ,surroundings, staff and atmosphere were outstanding. If Carlsberg did restaurants they would do one like this. Many thanks to all concerned.

It is new open place so not many people know about it yet. I am chef from Birmingham and I was there with my wife today. I must say that food is amazing and staff is kind and friendly. I had a see bass with creamy saffron sauce, my wife had a crab and spinach ravioli. My see bass had crispy skin and sauce was absolutely amazing, additionally I had fresh cooked new potato. Ravioli was homemade and was delicious. For desserts I had cheese board which was ok and my wife had raspberries cream brûlée and that was best cream brûlée I and she ever had. I recommend that place to everyone.

July 2015 We visit Swanage every year and usually have 2-3 meals at the upstairs Mowlem restaurant during our stay. This has now changed. I would not recommend the place to anyone. We were taken to our table at approximately 8.30 pm, placed an order which took over 40 minutes to arrived (yes 9.10 pm -others being served around us – there was nothing ordered that warranted this length of time cooking) - my son had Penne Arrabatia - not a single piece of penne pasta in the bowl and when he had eaten it the bowl had a layer of oil at the bottom.My meal arrived last, I chose the Salmon with vegetables (£14.95) it arrived the vegetables were disgusting and dried out and colourless, apparently from the carvery server - how long does it take for mash potato to dry out? celeriac which I thought was cauliflower, red cabbage (I presume); rock hard honeyed parsnips (two about 3 cm long) and mashed carrot (I think) the size of the portions were also an insult, somewhere between a teaspoon and dessert spoon.The cook (definitely not a chef) advised that he had selected the vegetables himself, so lord knows what the peas or other green vegetables looked like. He also disagreed about his parsnips mentioned earlier and picked my knife and fork and tried to cut through them above me. The cook then said he would get me another plate but would take 10 minutes, I declined as I am not sure what would have come back. I believe for the amount this meal was being charged for should have had fresh vegetables.I will allow that the Salmon was lovely (freshly cooked as well). But I didn’t touch the vegetables. At the end of the meal I took my plate with me to pay which was quickly whipped away with the quick comment that the ‘chef’ had already told them of the issue. We did get a partial refund but attitude of staff was not the best – makes you wonder how many other issues they have during the day.The rest in our group meals were OK but because of my issue it put a pall over the whole meal. They also know I am not a person who makes complaints without reason and would rather soldier on. I will definitely miss eating in this restaurant with its fantastic sea views

I went here a few days ago and it was very nice, lovely staff.

We have had sunday lunch several times at Quayside and have found both the service and the food to be excellent. The setting is beautiful, with large glass windows on 3 sides of the restaurant giving panoramic views of the seascape. In fact we like it so much that we have booked a large birthday celebration party there.

Best fish and chip shop in dorset. Go in most weekends for their very reasonably priced breaded cod special. We also go in every Tuesday night for one of Their new famous "chicken fillet burgers" which are to die for. The boys in their are very dishy and can't be more helpful fulfilling your every whim. Going their is one of the highlights of my week. Great food, good prices and a bit of eye candy whilst you wait. 5 star, great establishment.

Excellent fish and chips and chicken breas whih are very good value! The staff and owner are always cheerful and helpful - one even delivered a missing item to my home after I phoned up about it!! Thoroughly recommended.

Excellent food, Must try Mutter Panner in veg and Lahori chicken curry. Biryani is mind blowing. Will rate it 5/5.

HOW NOT TO HANDLE A COMPLAINT AND I DON'T MEAN THE ONE ABOUT THE FOOD. On previous visits the food has been of a very good standard so when my visiting son suggested The Marquis for a family meal we had no problem even though our last visit was in September of last year. Was a little concerned when we arrived to be greeted at the entrance down the steps from the car park by buckets each side of the door full of cigarette ends and I am not exaggerating here, looks like they had not been emptied in days if not weeks or else they have some very heavy smokers as customers. Not something you would expect to see outside a good quality establishment and I hoped the food had not gone down as well. My son's meal of steak was fine, however the new potatoes accompanying my husband's meal were barely cooked and the outback ribs I was served were on this occasion overdone leading them to be dry, tough and tasteless instead of succulently falling off the bone as they should. Our waitress apologised and when I showed her the difficulty in cutting through the meat agreed that the ribs were not as they should be and offered to change the meal. Also the potatoes were taken back for a few more moments in the microwave. Top marks for handling this part of the situation. The problem began when the meal was returned. My son remarked how were were getting the evil eye from the cook and kitchen staff, I looked over and they were most definitely not happy with us. While I waited for my replacement meal we continued to get looks from a female kitchen staff member to the point where it was becoming annoying and upsetting especially when my replacement meal was served as once again our table was the centre of the kitchen staff's attention. Upset an annoyed I went to speak to the manageress and it is her attitude and the way she handled my complaint the ONLY reason why I am writing this negative review. I firmly told her that I disliked the way were were being gawked at by her staff and that I found it upsetting and unnecessary. She went straight onto the defensive an abruptly told be that the staff were her family members and that there was nothing wrong with my meal as she had eaten the ribs many times. I agreed that the ribs were usually very good but I felt that because I'd sent them back should not mean that we get dirty looks from her staff, (sorry her family members). When I said that the waitress had agreed they were not to standard I was told this time that the waitress was also a family member. I was then told to lower my voice and return to my table, I'd had my meal replaced what more did I want? Sadly I suffer from a degree of hearing loss so at times my voice is louder than it should be especially when I am upset but I am sure that it was not that loud as it did not seem to be disturbing other people at tables nearby. The woman then said in a very sneering tone that she would serve us herself and would stop her staff looking at me, if I didn't want to be looked at then they wouldn't look at me. I remained calm and told her how bad she was making me, a customer, feel by her manner and the way she was handling this to which she walked off into the kitchen. I returned to the table, what should have been a nice evening ruined. Too upset to eat further my son paid the bill IN FULL to which she said to my husband again in a very flippant manner that she was sorry if her staff had upset his wife by just looking at her. I really DON'T CARE about being served a substandard meal, it happens in all of the best restaurants on occasions and they did the right thing by offering to replace it and I was more than happy with that BUT I will not accept being made uncomfortable by staff rubber necking with po faces over at the table that dared to send a meal back and I will not accept being spoken to as though I were a child. All this woman had to do was to remain professional and say something along the lines of 'sorry I'm sure they didn't mean too, it's unusual for meals to come back etc. and I'll have a word with them' but no she chose to react in a very unprofessional way and as a result has lost custom and earned a negative review.

Brilliant find! great food great service in a lovely setting!

The best breakfast in town. Cakes and lunch Sandwiches are great and Frieda's afternoon Tea is a special treat.

Great food good real ales music and excellent service, good all round pub.

Four of us visited for lunch on Monday 8th Dec. The menu is very uninspiring, not even an all day breakfast, and the service mediocre, which matched the quality of the food. As the waitress cleared away our first course she asked if everything was okay but, when told that the pork was tough, simply replied "oh". No apology, nothing! We could have been persuaded to have a dessert as well but in reality felt we were not really wanted as it was too much trouble. Very unlikely to go back. Very sad given the prime location of the premises; Swanage deserves better.

I have eaten steak in many many restaurants all over and I can honestly say the best steak for presentation, taste and tenderness was at the Marquis of Granby. My family from Manchester really enjoyed their meals and enjoyed the visit. Thank you to the landlord and staff.