North Dorset
Beatons Tearooms

Beatons Tearooms

2 Market Place, North Dorset, United Kingdom

Soup • Cafés • Coffee • Cheese


"Good Friday turned into a really bad one. We had not been to Beatons for 3 months because we said we would never go back, but they say time heals. The order for my wife and I was, Scrambled Egg on Toast, Crispy Bacon and Egg Sandwich (Poached), and 2 One Shot Lattes. The young waitress was very pleasant. Unfortunately she then went on to serve 2 customers that arrived after us which ment we didn 't get our drinks till after our cooked breakfast arrived. My wife had a third coffee and two thirds foam. Really bad result. The food came and my wifes egg on toast was one slice of toast, a bit mean. When I opened my sandwich the bacon was nearly raw, the fat around the outside was still transparent, this is supposed to be crispy as said on the Menu. I really couldn 't eat this, I asked the young waitress to have it cooked more so it went back to the kitchen. 10 mins later it returned with the same egg which was now 15mins old and cold, and the same bread. I would have thought a new sandwich would arrive back that would be done correctly, but no. I did eat it but it wasn 't nice. I went to pay (over £20) for the experience, no apology, just a request for the full amount. As she was young I didn 't make a fuss, just said 'you shouldn 't be charging me for the sandwich, it was awful, ' her response was to lift the card machine for the payment in silence. This is what happens when you employ school children to run your Tearoom and kitchen. Absolutely never again, and I live in the village and could have been a regular income. It will be interesting to see if I get a response to this."

China China

China China

31 West Street, North Dorset, United Kingdom

Meat • Asian • Chinese • Chicken


"Over all I give this 0 stars I will not be eating here again for the following reason’s: Wrong food turned up, when we called to say this we were advised it would be another 40 minute wait onto the hour and half we had already waited for the food in the first place. Chow main was cold and the noodles and bean sprouts were not cooked enough it seemed as if someone had stuck raw noodles in soya sauce and stuck it in a box. Lemon chicken was congealed and again cold with 7 strips of chicken for a main course of £6.50 the dish was not even a snack. The salt and pepper chips were soggy and wet and yet again cold ! The BBQ sauce tasted nothing of the resemblance of BBQ sauce it tasted purely of warm salt. The pot of sweet and sour sauce that we had was tiny considering the amount of chicken that came with this dish and also in comparison to other local restaurants that supply that dish there was not even half the amount of sauce we would have got if we had gone to our normal establishment. All dishes were cold. The only good thing I have to say about this is that the delivery driver was a genuinely lovely human and was very apologetic when I mentioned theses things to her. In total we spent £40 and we might aswell have just thrown that £40 in the bin as that is where all the food ended up ! Never again will I order from here and the only reason we did in the 1st place was because Tasty in town were far too busy to compete a delivery this evening, they are by far 1million times better than china china, so disappointed."

Hambro Arms

Hambro Arms

The Street, North Dorset, United Kingdom

Meat • Steak • Cheese • Coffee


"We arrived to this pub after finding them online and seeing what looked like a really good menu. However on arrival when seated we were given a completely different menu which only had starters available and mains available. Which didn’t give much choice...at all. After ordering a waitress then came over and said they had no pork belly for of the main dishes but it would be replaced with pork loin. The rest of the group ordered steak of the day, which when they came out only had been cooked correctly and had to be sent back. of which came back full of fat and gristle which could not be eaten and then the other that was sent back which should have been medium rare came back well done. The pork loin was fatty and didn’t have much meat on either, was a let down that the pork belly had run out. Apparently the chef has left and leaves only person in the kitchen. If this is the case we couldn’t understand why on such a small menu the dishes that were on offer could not be cooked to a decent standard. Also considering we had rang and booked if they were on such a limited menu it would have been nice to have been told this over the phone as they apparently can’t access the website to change the menu online. When speaking to the manager at the end they are apparently changing the menu this week. The meals that weren’t eaten were taken off the bill by the manager after what looked like she had to check with the owner who was constantly stood staring at us with his hands on his hips, which made you feel uncomfortable. I wouldn’t recommend this pub at all until they have got a fully staffed kitchen and by the looks of previous reviews we aren’t the first to have been disappointed."