The best restaurants in Parkstone Poole South West

Filthy rooms and broken bed - no staff to be found during our stay so emailed after. They agreed to a refund but have never sent it despite phoning and emailing many times over the weeks. Do not stay here!

Visited the NI Hao resturant with a few friends and was greeted straight away with a available table for us all even on short notice. The service was great very friendly and also the food was amazing, well presented and fresh tasting we all could not fault any of it. I will be Defenetly visiting again.

We booked an overnight Berth at the Parkstone Bay Marina and made a reservation at South Deep for the same Evening. What a fantastic place, really vibrant and relaxed atmosphere and plenty of choice on the menu. We had the Whole Lobster and a bottle of the Langham Culver Cuvee, would definitely recommend it.

I live local to MBs and each time I go in, it is incredibly slow service with staff who do not even acknowledge you. A quick, polite “we’ll be with you shortly “ would help, but you get nothing. Sorry, but too slow and too expensive.

Booked for Christmas lunch with the family looking forward to great food and service. Unfortunately the day turned into a complete disaster. Starter took over an hour, the main more than an hour and a half and the sorbet course didn’t even materialise. The quality of the food was very sub standard. Have eaten there before and had great food but this time it was really awful. A Christmas Day ruined

Was in the bar for most of the evening. Checked the bar next door and then refused reentry because one member of the party was wearing ‘sports shorts’ - despite leaving the bar 5 minutes previous with no issues. No reference on the website initially about dress code. Happy to take our custom at the start of the night and accept money then. Suddenly a change of opinion. Will leave our custom elsewhere. Poor customer service - disappointing.

In pouring rain, we dived into this little gem, more to get to somewhere dry than anything else. How lucky were we! Absolutely beautiful food, excellent service and a cafe atmosphere. What else would you want! We visited this café today for a quick lunch and couldn't believe our luck. Fresh, artisan bread used to make all the different sandwiches, the freshest and tastiest fillings. Lovely cups of Dorset Mint Tea to cap it off.

Late review- went to now “Parkstone club” to get a feel as now living in the area. With things a little different to how things were before covid-19 it was a lovely experience. Staff were friendly and helpful, full and clear guidelines in place making you feel safe within the business. There was Table service during our experience this was because of the guidelines, staff seemed happy enough, polite and even the lady chef offered us a Freshly cooked lunch. Drinks were lovely and food was Devine! We will be returning when we can. 5star*

Friendly staff, great food, reasonable prices. Found this place by just walking up the street. Would definitely eat here again.

Ordered over £70 of food via deliveroo, over half of the order was missing, very disappointing - eventually sorted but took a lot of effort to get resolved

If I could give no stars I would. On Saturday, we visited The Bricklayers for drinks around 4 PM. Although the establishment was busy, we managed to find an empty table. While half of our group was ordering drinks at the bar, a woman approached and placed a reserved sign on our table without acknowledging us. When my daughter pointed out that the table was free when we arrived, the woman dismissed her comment and insisted it was reserved. When she returned a third time to ask us to leave, despite there still being half an hour until the reservation, her demeanour was once again discourteous. She addressed my young nephew, implying we needed to vacate. I felt it necessary to address her directly, emphasizing that she should speak to the adults at the table and that her approach was unprofessional and rude. Unfortunately, instead of addressing my concerns, she repeated my words in a condescending manner and attempted to walk away. When I inquired about her name, she identified herself as Abbie and claimed to be the manager, which only heightened my disappointment as I believe a manager should exemplify exceptional customer service. As living local to the area, we wanted to give The Bricklayers another chance, despite our previous experiences with unprofessional staff. After this incident, we decided to visit the newly opened Flamingos. Callum, who I believe is either the host or manager there, greeted us warmly and explained that they were fully booked. He expressed regret that he couldn’t accommodate us and invited us to return another time, which was a refreshing contrast to our earlier experience. Ultimately, we chose to enjoy our evening at the Dancing Moose, where the staff, despite being fully booked, warmly welcomed us at the bar, providing excellent service and delightful cocktails. Regrettably, this unfortunate encounter at The Bricklayers led us to reconsider our patronage, resulting in a loss of potential revenue of over £300. After investing significantly in refurbishing the space, which now looks quite appealing, we have unfortunately had an unsatisfactory experience with one manager. As a result, I cannot say we would consider returning.

Don't bother. Ordered at 20.05. ETA 20.45. Arrived at 22.20. Had to reheat in the microwave. Hungry, and disappointed, and no customer service from the restaurant or Deliveroo. Tried to call restaurant four times. Twice they hung up. Twice went to answer phone. Finally Deliveroo called back and refused to cancel the order or compensate.

Fantastic food and wonderful staff!

Have been going here for years and years! Still my favourite curry house in Dorset! Love it

We visited twice my daughter absolutely loved it, Sunday was so hectic I wouldn't recommend visiting on a weekend as it was so busy and so many people. We went back on Tuesday as it was a miserable day and it was like a completely different place hardly anyone there so my daughter could run and play around without the worry of being pushed around or slammed in to. She wears AFO which means she needs to wear her shoes with it and the manager was very accommodating to her needs! We paid £11.50 for 2 adults and 1 child for over 2 hours of play, well worth the money, they have an under 3s area which I have to admit needs more work but the older kids part was so much fun for my little girl. If we're ever back that way we will make sure to go again!