Barrows House - Dorset

Excellent service, excellent drinks and excellent food! We ordered a NY Strip, lobster Risotto, salmon and chicken. All were superior entrees. We will soon be back to enjoy this welcoming jewel of a restaurant.

Restaurant ambiance it’s great, we ordered appetizers the boule (cheese herbs bread) was very garlicky, I love garlic but this made us very sick, my husband and sister said the garlic and salt wasn’t normal quantity, the wanton duck confit was good balanced, my dinner was way too salty, I had the duck breast with spinach purée and potatoes, the duck was great, but the spinach and potatoes were unbearable extremely salty, my husband had the pork chop was excellent and my direr had ravioli bolognese and for a Italian is pretty difficult to accept was very good! I think the chef had the hands busy and didn’t check on seasoning, I’ll give them a second chance, because it’s a beautiful place and our table was in a nice spot behind the bar.

Wonderful place for dinner….excellent atmosphere Very rustic….staff was amazing….cocktails fabulous.. All three of us found the food over salted… Desert …delicious…. Overall wonderful experience

Dinner was very good! The special appetizer was Crab Fries and they were OUTSTANDING! This should be a permanent item. Also, the Lobster Risotto was delicious. We will definitely be coming back.

I ordered the prime rib special. It only came in medium rare, which is fine. When it arrived, it was very rare. Asked to cook it further and a completely different piece of meat came. When I questioned, they swore up and down it was the same. Not even close. It was half the thickness. Staff (we ate at the bar so two bartenders served us) were horrible. Plenty of combative attitude and lying about the prime rib cut. They took it off the bill. This was my experience several years ago and I didn't go back until last night. My friend ordered the duck, it was just ok. The potato rosti was probably roasted it duck fat. I tasted it, she had the whole thing. Shortly after dining, we were fairly unwell with our stomachs. She was much worse. We will never go there again. Staff was way too rude.