Brewhouse & Kitchen - Southbourne - Bournemouth

Steve R.

Nice pub lovely beer, but the only tonic water they have for gin, has a lemon tang, the first Hendricks I had had no cucumber and without asking a lime was put in, which I quickly took out. But the taste was not like any Hendricks I ever had before. I googled the London essence and found was made with lemon, my second gin monkey 47 asked if different tonic was told that’s the only none flavour tonic, please google and it’s got lemon in it.. had to go next door to the coop and buy fever-tree tonic and the monkey 47 tasted amazing as normal, you do need to change your tonic .

Nick G.

We had a gathering of nine friends for the evening, for dinner, drinks and chat. We have been before so we knew what to expect.
We had an enjoyable time, prompt and excellent service for both our food and drinks.
The table was the same one as before - plenty of space, warm and comfortable.
Between us we all had three courses - my ribeye steak was excellent , my starter of Fried Calamari was a bit small for the price so that was disappointing but overall it was very good. I had a small glass of wine and a non alcohol bottle of beer which were nice.
We all had a good time and everyone enjoyed their food and drinks.
We undoubtedly will return at some stage.

Dazza C.

After reading varying reviews I thought I’d check out the Brewhouse for lunch with my son. I’ve previously only drank there so had no experience with the food. I have to say it was excellent and great value. A similar meal in Harvester would easily be more expensive. My son and I had plenty to choose from and the food was delivered promptly. I had no issues at all with cleanliness, service, food quality or anything. So a job well done and a lesson to not judge a place solely on others’ reviews

LA P.

Had a birthday party here in the maltings function room. Really enjoyed ourselves. We were well looked after by staff and the buffet went down a treat! Always feel welcome here

Emma

We booked a table for 10 on a quiet Sunday evening. Food was mostly good, waitresses were really lovely.
This was a first get together for us in over a year and a couple more people turned up and politely asked if it was ok to join the table. The waitresses were really accommodating but the manager was extremely rude which was entirely unnecessary. (There was only one other table in the restaurant). That aside, we had a great time catching up!

James

Paid £22 per head for the Christmas part to get:

6 finger food style items per person including a chicken wing and cocktail Sausage.

We had booked in June for our social and had such a great experience I decided to bring the company back, we had enough food then to take home.

This time round some people didn’t even get enough to eat! We nobody was taking crazy portions or went to twice. Really disappointed after talking to the manager the next day who just shrugged it off.

Definitely will not be going here again or bring my company here again.

Reply : We were given a small side plate of chips, please tell me the portion for chips isn’t 1 chip per person too? I had a client who attended her work party there last week and had a similar experience as our June party where people ended up taking food home? So within a week, the portions had changed/ doubled. I can see there is other reviews about the rudeness of the managers.

Sue J.

Service was good staff very nice for a Saturday lunch time it was very quite. There were about 3 other tables being served.
Husband ordered fishcake with poached egg looked lovely but was not cooked. The fishcake was still frozen in the middle. Manager Michael did apologise and said its because they were busy!!!.
He ended up with a portion of chips.
Asked them to take his dish off the bill and they only charged us for our drinks.
Such a shame, so disappointed.

Kara F.

The restaurant area is poorly lit, so we were using the torches on our phones to see the menu. Our server lacked knowledge about the menu and didn't tell us in advance what was not available, which wasted lots of time as some of us wanted pie, but had no idea it was not on the menu. Food was mediocre. It is a shame how hit and miss the brewhouse can be with food and service. Due to the inconsistency, it is always a bit of a gamble going there, so we rarely visit, and only went on this occasion because we knew that they could accommodate a large group.