The Turk's Head Inn Restaurant in West Dorset

Went for a carvery mid December. We were a table of 3 surrounded by some large groups and as a result were ignored. Had to find someone to take our order, were not approached for more drinks after getting our tokens. After waiting for no one to see if we wanted dessert we had to go back to the bar to ask for the bill. It was also insanely hot but that may just have been where we were sat

Wow we went here on recommendation from family friends . Service with a smile , the waitress check our table reservation on her phone and gave us a choice of restaurant or bar . We choose the restaurant which had lovely christmas decorations. We all had starters and loved the hot tasty soup . We all choose the carvery. 4 meats to choose from and amazing selection of vegetables and wow crispy roast potatoes. For dessert I have the chocolate delicious with cream , outstanding and my wife said the christmas pudding was better than marks and spencers. Great pint of Doombar. Well done to all here 5 stars

The Turks Head has a particular food allergy - it is allergic to answering the phone. Making a reservation thus takes time. But that doesn't matter much because our reserved table for six was unreserved anyway. When we got there we had to push two tables together ourselves. The waitress was very interested in the activity on her own personal phone, however, such that we felt it an imposition to interrupt her fun to make our order. Chips were cold, sprouts were harder than curling stones, the 'Stilton' burger contained only the merest trace elements of Stilton, the salmon came on a hill of potatoes, but other vegetables, alas, were an endangered species. Food at the 'carvery' had been there all day and looked more exhausted than the waitress. Three of the six puddings were absent without leave, and also without apology. The chocolate delight - £7.50 - was just about visible through a microscope, and looked like it had escaped from the bargain bin at Lidls. No toilet paper in the toilet. Overall impression: I had a very nice half of draught Guinness.

We had a Christmas meal , 15 of us and I can’t recommend it enough, the staff and the food was amazing

First Christmas dinner party. Excellent food and wine.

Went with work for our Christmas party. Fantastic food, service with a smile, would highly recommend. The only problem was when I went to pay, there was a problem with finding my deposit, but it got sorted.

Meet Santa for breakfast, brilliant 👏 great effort. Our little one loved it. Well done all

Had another lovely meal with friends tonight at the Turks Head , as locals we've visited many times and reviewed before and the fabulous food along with the friendly staff never disappoint. Well done the Turks Head would highly recommend.

Good pub for a meal... dog friendly, child friendly. Nice helpful staff. Good food.

Brilliant night. Even though there was a funeral on it was great 👍

Absolutely shocking service from a young team headed by a middle aged lady who is the rudest woman I’ve ever had the displeasure of meeting! Didn’t write down what we wanted,, didn’t give us all dessert menus to look at and rolled her eyes and walked off when we hadn’t decided what we wanted, tried to charge us for another tables drinks, asked us to leave as our table was taken when we were still eating, we are a local family of 12 celebrating 2 birthdays never again will I go there!

Brilliant night all round. Service, food delicious .drink perfect. Would recommend it.

Excellent Sunday Carvery, twice visited now. The veg is perfect, not overdone & all very fresh. The staff are friendly & on the ball considering very busy. Great atmosphere, a true country pub. I called ahead to add another person to our group & mentioned we had a dog (bar only) when we arrived a dog bed was by our table for the dog! How great is that? Really impressed! They also gave left overs straight from the carvery to take home for the dog in a sealed container. Extra incredible service, take away Sunday dinner! They were flying out! Can’t take advantage as live too far away, but great for locals. The owner here has great foresight for business & runs a tight ship. Well done!

Lovely pub with food served in Bar and restaurant. Staff very friendly and food really good especially portion sizes . A word of warning if you order Cookie dough dessert have it to share as it’s huge and one of the few times I’ve only managed to eat half and had to send rest back as hubby already had his dessert and couldn’t eat any more!!!

Fantastic pub. Lovely staff and great atmosphere. Home cooked food and doggy friendly.

Having booked online and received confirmation the day before we were incredibly disappointed on our arrival to be told there was no table for us. Staff weren't overly helpful, just telling us that the online system allows you to reserve a table despite the restaurant being fully booked! More disappointing was when we were leaving someone approached the same member of staff, requested their table, showed their confirmation email and was ushered to their table straight away. When we challenged this the member of staff couldn't explain the difference. I would guess our table had been allocated to someone else and out of embarrassment the booking system was blamed. I would understand if we turned up late but we were ten minutes early. Safe to say we won't be returning.

Take away Sunday Lunch. Pipping hot delicious food. Kept hot in a tin foil dish. Seperate gravey pots. Top nosh!!

Really good pub food, thoroughly enjoyed it

Found this place by accident but went in had the carvery which was excellent and good value for money the guy serving was polite and friendly as were the staff if your in the area I'd recommend popping in and give it a try

The steak and ale pie is excellent. Guiness is very well served!

We went there Monday for a lunch before heading home. We were pleasantly surprised, dog friendly, which is always a plus. The also catered for my hubby who is dairy and gluten free. Very helpful. Food was freshly made and very tasty. Will definitely be back.

Friendly helpful staff serving good food. Smaller portions available at lunchtime. Excellent gammon steak too

Very good service and excellent food

Great food, plenty of choice, dog friendly, fabulous staff who will try their best for you

First time visiting The Turks Head 20/9/24 For the wake of a true and special friend. The staff were wonderful, the pub itself was spotless clean. Lovely old feel and lots of wood. This goes for the loos too, fresh and clean. They provided a cold buffet which was of good quality, some home made food, the coleslaw was thick, creamy and a fantastic taste. Highly recommend a visit if you are that way.

The chicken tikka was tasty and a fair size portion but a nice poppadom to accompany would of been nice, the sticky toffee pudding was lush, music was low, staff very friendly would recommend a visit

Fair play credit where credits due the food is very good 👍 would return when back in the area 5 stars

After previous visits, disgusted that our collection order was less than half full… the lasagne’s in this case, lacked in meat and based on previous less than half a portion, was only luke-warm. Another meal we had of gammon eggs and chips, fair portion but all was cold! Fish and chips, were chewy & again cold. Attempted calling The Turks Head to explain our disappointment however no one seeming to answer the phone tonight. We have supported this local for years, what a shame!

Food was great and the staff were very friendly would recommend this place to anyone in the area.

Nice place and nice people..You cant miss it..

Staff were so helpful and chatty even though they were busy! Food was so good best steak and ale pie I have ever had and was handmade which is rare these days. Also dog friendly which was great. Thanks for great food and smiling staff ❤️

Had a lovely family meal really friendly place and food was great

A lovely place for a great British roast dinner. All the food you could want washed down with beer or cider. Cheerful staff and a great atmosphere.

Disappointed, not as good as prevous vistis. Short on staff, so table was not ready, we had to ask for it to be cleaned, took ages for order to be taken and my food was luckwarm and over cooked, crumble was dreadful ! A real shame, felt sorry for the staff, who were doing there best.

Excellent food and although they had problems with lack of staff we had excellent service! One of our favourite places to have a meal.

Amazing food we all said this is the best cavern we have ever had. We ate on the 31st July 2024 chef was so nice cannot fault it. By the way I had a cheeky cocktail which was amazing too!

Sad that pub seemly had been left to 2 teenagers . Who were both excellent but under pressure to serve food cover the bar , clear tables hope they are being paid extra where was the BOSS food excellent.

Had a wonderful Sunday carvery. Lots to chose from. Nice and fresh. Veggies were being replenished frequently Definately recommend x

The tables were left dirty, no after service ie comments about the quality of food. No service to the table for a choice of sweet or coffee. Staff more concerned about chatting at the bar than looking after the customers, absolutely bismill!

Booked for Sunday carvery and was not disappointed. Plenty of meat and all the trimmings which was piping hot. Really enjoyed the meal, with a fine pint of Timothy Taylor's landlord.

Ordered from set evening menu with drinks and sides. Had the fish cake and found a hair in my food mentioned to waitress reply "oh I'm sorry I will let them know" waitress didn't return I went up to the bar to pay my bill, I asked if she had mentioned it to the kitchen staff reply "I did" and that was it. Paid my full bill and Nothing further was done! Very disappointed tbh!! Something like this should be followed up further and some form of compensation!

Been there once before and had a lovely meal. But this time was rubbish, mains was good but the dessert was where it went down hill, lady took our dessert order as soon as she gave us the menu, us having no clue what we want all just start ordering anything, one asked for the server to come back in 5 minutes to continue our order, she did not return at all 3 desserts came out 10 minutes later we then ordered the final dessert but ended up not getting it. We waited over 20 minutes for one dessert, it had only just come out by the time we got up to pay and leave. Don't think we will be returning

Really grumpy rude guy serving meat at the carvery. His bad attitude ruined our lunch there.

Lovely friendly atmosphere,great food ,and helpful staff.

First time going here and it will be the last. Who serves frozen potatoes on a carvery? The beef was over cooked and chewy. Veg was vile. Even had frozen swede. Over priced for fried frozen potatoes. The only good thing was the exit.

Really really good value and really good quality, highly recommended

I would like to say it was bad just to keep others away! Unbeatable Sunday Carvery and a great desert selection. Would 100% recommend to others (but not too many 😂).

Came for a carvery on Sunday 2nd June. We were so impressed. Would go as far as to say best I’ve had. With that in mind we booked a table for tonight 5th June as it’s our anniversary. Arrived and the lady couldn’t find our booking. Seated us anyway. Went off to get menus. However she forgot. Eventually caught her eye ordered our meals. Came quite quickly. Absolutely delicious. Ordered dessert at 7.45. By 8.20 we gave up. Paid and left. Not good really is it?

Good food, Good Beer with excellent service

We came here for dinner whilst on holiday and were super impressed. The staff were so friendly and accommodating to families and we all enjoyed our food. In particular the shepherd's pie and the seabass special with crab mash. Would recommend a visit

Great carvery and great price too Staff are really friendly.

Never been in a pub where the staff were so smiley and friendly.Nicely decorated and good atmosphere. Food was good staff checking all was well.

We were staying at a nearby site and was recommended this pub by one of the staff. It did not disappoint. We had a lovely roast beef lunch with loads of vegetables! Very generous portions and with an extra jug of gravy. My husband was very happy and also because they had Timothy Taylor beer! The staff were very friendly especially the chap who served us. Well done the Turks head!

Had family meal and the food was amazing, great selection on menu good choice on kids menu really friendly staff felt so welcome definitely going again

Best value carvery around. Great food too. I'm very impressed and will be back again soon.

Fantastic Carvery, food was excellent, service was so friendly and efficient. Definitely come back.

We (as a group) love this eatery so when we wanted to celebrate a birthday it was the go to.. I booked it a couple of weeks in advance.. Very disappointed when we were put in the bar area on mismatched tables of differing height, my chair was broken and one of our party who has mobility issues felt unable to use the w/c easily and left early... I challenged it and staff were lovely and explained other larger parties needed the proper dining area.. Had I been informed at booking that we would be in bar area I would have gone elsewhere, I have a fear of dogs and the bar area is dog friendly, thankfully no dogs were in.. Meal was awesome, staff lovely but it wasn't the surprise meal we had planned due to very very unsatisfactory seating x

Had not been to this pub for about 15 years, have to say the food was excellent we had today!

Great food, ate there twice. Carvery was excellent on Sunday night.

Lovely meal in a great pub. Busy on a Tuesday evening but staff coped. Will return.

Great staff, good selection of drinks, only pub I have found that has a sweetie bar, got a 1kg bag of sweets, fantastic 😀

A lovely carvery, very tasty. Staff attentive. Only thing I felt was a shame is the child’s carvery was going to be the same price as the adults. My son had to have something different from the children’s menu.

Our food was terrible,i ordered a stilton,garlic &mushroom burger,it had no stilton or garlic on it,also no skin on chips just normal,when i made a complaiant about it,the staff member said at first it was not on the menue,then he said they dont put stilton on as people dont lime it!!!unbelievable,my partner ordered a beacon and cheese buger and ask for extra cheese,huumm hardy any at all!!again really bad and again informed the staff member and they did nothing about it ..not every saying sorry,would never eat here again,not even to say we will replace it or add the cheese on both the burgers,bad and bad,relly upset about it as it was my partners birthday as well.DO NOT EAT HERE..NEVER.

Really nice pub, nice atmosphere. A good choice of menu, and nice to know that they do smaller portions on the lunchtime menu.

It's not the Ritz, but then it never tries to be. It's a country pub that knows it's customer. The food is better than much dearer places near by (moonfleet, looking at you). But the staff and service are great. They have connect 4 there too if you're going with the missus.

Had Sunday Carvery Food was delicious Great value

Fab carvery for mothers day couldn't fault the food or the staff. Even though it was busy drinks came quickly food was served quickly xxx

Amazing roast dinner definitely worth the drive

Just knocked 1 point off because I got the end of the beef joint and it was a bit chewy, and it woukd of been nice to have home made roast potatoes instead of frozen ones, other than that a pleasant Sunday lunch

Great pub serving top notch food

We went for a mid week carvery at lunchtime. Lovely food, very tasty. Staff were v friendly and attentive. We sat in the bar as we ĥad dogs. Would recommend pre booking as it was busy for a lunchtime, this for me is a sign of a good pub being busy on a February lunchtime. 5 ☆

Great pub for a visit anytime, food really good plenty choices of drinks , would highly recommend

Lovely place for friends to get together and enjoy a very nice meal

Enjoyed a mid week carvery at a reasonable price. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

Just had a carvery with family and friends it was amazing everyone enjoyed it thank you to all the staff great service very friendly

Just had a carvery with family and friends it was amazing everyone enjoyed it, and thank you to all the friendly staff great service

Went for Sunday carvery. Pre-booked so no problem getting a seat for 2. Good fast friendly service. Nice food in general apart from the beef which was over cooked and dry. Turkey and gammon fine. Vegetables had bite rather than being over cooked. Will go again.

We had a lovely meal here on our last day in the UK with all the family. Reasonably priced and good food.

As usual meal fantastic, always good service & clean . Staff polite and welcoming , enjoy our visits every time we visit .

The food is gorgeous. Best carvery I have ever had. The staff are so friendly and it’s always clean. We come here all the time. Best in Weymouth

Food was nice but we got there for New Year’s Eve despite our messenger booking it wasn’t written in the book so our table wasn’t ready. Unfortunately we left without puddings and more drinks as we couldn’t find any staff. On leaving and paying behind the bar we saw them all sat on a table in the corner having a drink

My meal was booked for 1230pm. I didn't receive it until 1345pm.

Lovely pub, very cosy atmosphere and the Christmas decorations just made it feel so nice and homely. Polite and friendly staff, we had the Sunday carvery which was beautiful! Very tasty with a lot of choices of food highly recommend.

The food and service was good, we were a party of 19 and a great time was had by all

Lovely cosy pub friendly and polite staff and the Sunday carvery was amazing with a lot of choices. Will definitely be coming back

Enjoyed a lovely meal, but very confusing when paying the bill for 11 of us 🤔🤔 individually

Celebrating grandsons 11th birthday with family, had plenty of choice if foods and there were no complaints from starters or mains. The lady who served us was showed interest, was very helpful and wished Daniel Happy birthday. All in all excellent

Midweek carvery was delicious, hot and particularly enjoyed the red cabbage and swede, well done 👍

Went for the festive three course menu and it was lovely! Food was fab so was the service and the price ! Pub looked lovely and festive too! Couldn’t fault a thing!

Brilliant. Opted for the carvery. 4 different meats to choose from. Massive selection of vegetables. Everything cooked well. First time of visiting but certainly will not be the last.

The meal was excellent…cannot fault it at all. My entire Group felt that the atmosphere created by some of the staff was far from welcoming. Sadly, meal 10/10 but customer service 3/10. Such a shame as it’s a great location.

We visited for the first time on Saturday evening, from start to finish we had a great dinner! The mixed grill was so tasty as was the Steak & Ale Pie! Friendly and helpful staff, Will definitely be back in the future!

An amazing carvery, thank you! Lots to choose from and tasty, professional, helpful and cheerful staff. Highly recommend

Great pub, friendly staff, home made food -huge portions so make sure you are hungry ! all piping hot and served with a smile.

We are regular dinners at the Turks Head, but on this occasion very disappointed with the prices to say the least. Love the Cottage Pie around £12.50 good price, but was told only had Shepherds Pie on menu £18.50 🤦‍♀️. Yes I understand lamb is a lot more expensive but really £18.50.😳😳

Had a carvery here for 11 of us and it was a lovely evening. Food was really good, gravy was lush! Will reccomend.

Just had the homemade steak and ale pie and the wife had roast pork and it was lovely, compliments to the Chief. The food, the pub and the service was of the highest standard, the young girl couldn't do enough for us. The locals are so lucky to have such an amazing pub/restaurant. Thanks

Another lovely experience at the Turks Inn Chickerell , food and service as always amazing ..it's a shame we have to travel from Portland to avoid disappointment...but the Turks Head makes an evening out well worth the effort.. I have other reviews of the Turks Head and as before would still highly recommend .

We visited with two very large dogs, and the staff couldn’t have been more helpful. We arrived about three thirty, and had the carvery, and it was exceptional. It also wasn’t bad value for money. We would certainly return.

We visited today, with our two very large dogs, and the staff couldn’t have been more helpful. We had the carvery, and it was delicious, and well priced. We will certainly be back when we next visit the are in our moterhome! The staff supplied extra food for our dogs, and I’m jealous, as it smells terrific!