Rick Stein, Sandbanks

4 people all had faultless food, but the langoustines were very expensive. It's probably cheaper to buy British langoustine in Spain! Minor points on service such as not cleaning table of remains of langoustine mess before laying cutlery for main course. Let's get rid of this service charge nonsense. Your vet or dentist doesn't ask for it. Just pay the staff a fair wage.

We came to Sandbanks during our Honeymoon in Bournemouth - even though there was an issue with our reservation the Maitre D’ found us a table with a view and saved the afternoon! We shared some starters and had the Lobster for main which was incredible, still thinking about it now. Thanks to Luke for the great service and being very attentive but also not too over-bearing! Will be back our next time in Bournemouth.

Outstanding ! Went here for lunch and was not disappointed. The menu was incredible, great wine list and good service. I had the seafood chowder for starter and lemon sole for main course, both of which were expertly flavoured and presented. My partner had the shellfish platter which was also amazing. There is also a lovely outdoor seating area where we had post lunch drinks with some cheese. Well recommended

Suspect they were understaffed yesterday evening. Overheard two different tables taking about the delay with their food and drinks. I found service to be OK. The food varied from interesting and innovative (crispy mackerel salad) to the underwhelming (escalopes of halibut). Overall experience was good but have had better fish at several other restraunts which is surprising given the name above the door.

Had a wonderful lunch with my family. They do a set menu of three courses which was very good. We did not book, but it was a Monday and took a chance that we would get a table. We were lucky and were given one overlooking the harbour. It was perfect. Staff and food were excellent and we would definitely return if we were in the area.

Beautiful evening dinner on the terrace. We had a reservation, which we called ahead to say we were running 10 mins late for to be told that's the only amount of time they could hold our table and wanted the table back at the same time (not sure what happened to the standard 15 min grace period.), my partner felt the interaction was a little rude. Turns out there was no booking after us we later learnt. Was pricey as expected, but worth it which is all you can ask! £5 for a bottle of still water and £4 for a flat white, is bit excessive in my opinion. Happy to pay for quality, not so much for other standard items like this though - that annoys me a little. We had a friendly, knowledgeable uni student as our waiter - he really made an effort for us which made a difference to our dinner. Overall, the view was amazing. Staff were helpful and friendly. Food and drinks were great. Will go back when visiting again.