The Old Farmhouse And Tea Rooms

Set in a lovely part of the village, with ponies roaming free outside it was such a find when we arrived. The staff were so welcoming, the food was great and service fast. Lovely place and we recommend.

We were visiting Bournemouth from Saturday 23rd March-Monday 25th March 2024 and this was the first place we stopped after our long drive from North London! I had the leek and cheese lasagna,it was delicious!

As previous reviews from others, it's correct. Can't fault the food....when it eventually came, but service is very poor. Girl who took order looked like a deer in headlights, didn't seem to understand what was being said. 3 plates came out, had to send one back as incorrect changes hadn't been noted. My lunch didn't arrive at all, she hadn't written it down which is crazy as I said to her 4 meals and 4 drinks which she agreed to

Stopped here for breakfast, my husband said it was one of the best full English ones he has ever had ! No grease just tastey well cooked food. The service was quick and efficient and they were very busy by the time we left.

... a pity about the service. The restaurant wasn 't overly busy. Plenty of available tables. We chose to sit outside and after checking we were told it was table service. Eventually someone came out after a 15-20 minute wait and took our order. Turns out there was a couple behind us who 'd been waiting for 30 minutes... When the food came we were asked if we wanted cutlery. Said no but suggested having our drinks would be nice.... ' What did you order? ' Drinks brought to us.... no sugars offered. Eating panini 's? No napkins. Think there were only 2 staff working and all seemed very chaotic. When asking for the bill, the waitress said she was going to get the card machine and we never saw her again. At the risk of running out of parking, we ended up going inside to pay rather than wait. We don 't mind doing that. What we mind is being told they 'll come to us and then not appearing. Although the food tasted nice, a lack of good customer service unfortunately overrules and therefore it 's questionable whether we 'd go back.