Review Harvester Poole

Toby Daniel

I've been coming here on & off for nearlly 20 years & I was impressed more on my visit this time round more than ever with the service? & the young man serving behind the bar was very impressive, great service, My son & I had Steak dinners & it was very good. We will be visiting more often again now. Thanks guys

Connie L

Another great harvester! Our waitress was really attentive, nothing was to much trouble. The food was fresh and tasty. I’d definitely recommend a meal here. Great work :)!

Sharon Lowey

Every member of the team working there were friendly, helpful and welcoming. The food we had was great and the salad bar looked fresh and the choices plenty and all very tasty. Our server, Jared, was a great host.

Rhiannon Short

Today I went to the harvester with my family. We didn't book a table and all though it was rather busy they managed to fit us in which we were very happy about. We had a young waitress named Millie and she was lovely! Although she was rushed off her feet she made us feel very welcome and no inconvenience. She noticed my son was wearing a football shirt and payed special attention to him asking if he plays, his position, etc which made his day. The food came out quickly and cooked to perfection brought to us by smiley Millie. All in all we very much enjoyed our meal and believe Millie deserves high praise.

Barry C

Nice restaurant, pleasant atmosphere, polite and attentive staff, good hot food.

sam dwyer

What a great meal we had last night, it was my nephews 7th birthday and the staff were so attentive and even gave him a free pudding with candles! Great staff, friendly atmosphere! Thank you

Paige Mills

Staying in Bournemouth just down the road from this lovely restaurant, all the waitresses were really nice and welcoming. I want to personally thank Amy for being so polite and helpful, it made our experience here very enjoyable. 10/10 experience over all, and again thank you Amy for your amazing service

Ellie Chaloner

First time coming to the harvester and I will definitely be coming back ! The Food was excellent, tastiest I have had in a while! I want to thank the waitress Millie, she was so lovely, very helping and efficient. Thanks to Millie she made our time here very enjoyable :)

rosie Latham

We had a great time with the kids here. the food was great and the service by Dan was phenomenal. Even to the point my 5 year old daughter asked him out 😆 🤣

Becky C

Delicious meal here this evening, Chloe was an absolutely lovely server. So friendly and kind to us, but I did notice how polite and caring she was to every other customer too.!:)

C M

We were greeted by the door being held open by Dan who had noticed my auntie was on crutches and he then very thoughtfully selected a table for us near the salad bar, so she wouldn't have to walk too far. Best, friendliest, funniest, and complimentary service either us of have had. Would give more stars for service if I could. Thank you Dan you are a credit to the Seahorse 🙂

Paris Braid

Jared and Eloise was exceptional. Best service I’ve had in a long time. Really chatty and everything was bought out fresh and quick. The food was amazing and would recommend the half chicken for anyone visiting.

jennie whitfield

Staff were very hardworking helpful and polite. Food was good. Have had better cocktails to drink. Area we were sat in was a bit dull and in great need of a lick of paint.

Alex Ogle

I wanted to leave a review to express how amazing my experience at Poole Harvester was. My friends and I fancied going out for dinner but somewhere of good quality but not too pricey and I was extremely impressed with the standard of their food. My table got a range of different meals and all of us agreed that it was 10/10. I really want to make a special mention to our waitress I believe her name was Millie, she was a younger girl with dark hair and blonde highlights. She was very friendly and smiley and made us feel most welcome. One of my friends has a speech impediment but wanted to order his food himself and Millie responded superbly to his needs and was extremely patient with him which we were all most grateful for. We most definitely will be coming again and if all the staff are as lovely as Millie then i can't speak highly enough.

Kris BMental

Had such a lovely experience while joining friends for a drink and food. The burgers are so tasty and the mix grill looked amazing. The staff were so friendly and welcoming and I look forward to returning

Justine Woolcott

Daniel was our waiter. Can honestly say of all the times we have been here he has been the loveliest person to serve us. He was friendly towards me and my children, funny and caring.

Samantha Coleman

My mum and I came here for Breakfast on Tuesday 10/01/23 The food was absolutely delicious. It's no longer a buffet, but it's eat as much as you like but you choose what you want and it's cooked freshly for you. Our waitress was a young lady called Chloe, and she was outstanding. She was friendly, helpful and very professional . She couldn't have done any more for us. An excellent experience all round We think that Chloe would make a wonderful manager. Thankyou so much Chloe. And the chef who was on that day. It was absolutely delicious. Sam and Sheren.

Serena Pearson

I went here with my partner and my parents on Saturday night to have a few drinks and a bit of food, unfortunately for me this "restaurant" is located very close to my house so seemed like a good place to go, which it would be if it wasn't for the food and the staff. Firstly the barman was incredibly rude and clearly couldn't be bothered to serve drinks as I could of gone to Spain and got a pint of San Miguel faster than he deemed it necessary to acknowledge our existence at the bar, when he finally did it was with a distainful roll of his eyes as he clearly had far more important things to do than serve drinks to customers, when he was challenged over his rude gesture rather than apologise he deemed it far better customer service to try and deny he had done it and argue like a 4 year old being told off by his mum. Anyway onto the "food" this was overpriced and looked like it had already been turned away by about ten other hungry customers before being served to us, somehow the garlic bread was burnt and cold at the same time, which seems to be a speciality in this place with all their food as the one other time I've been here in the past year i got the same standard of fine cuisine. I definitely won't be heading back here unless I'm forced to at gun point, even then I might still take some convincing as I might get to go to hospital where I will get better food.

James Fine

Had a meal yesterday at this particular harvester and was really not impressed by the service and food. Was greeted at the door having not made a reservation and was told to wait whilst a table was ready.i could see at least 8 tables not occupied at the time yet this was treated as we had just disturbed there whole dinner service.The lady serving us was very dismissive and abrupt towards myself and my partner but was very chatty to other tables in our ear shot. Once the food was brought out we were never asked " how we were " or checked on us throughout our meal.this was probably for the best as the triple combo chocked was dry and the chips stone cold. I've always loved the harvester but will think again about visiting any of its branches. Very rude staff and food inedible. No doubt writting a review will not be responded to and treated as a serious complaint

Paul Carter

I went to this pub/restaurant with my son and partner. There was a party sitting at the next table to ours. Unfortunately there were children, one a teenager and three younger children, who were running along the bench seat and shouting and shrieking. The parents should have told the children to behave but they didn't. As the parents did nothing, the staff should have said something as we weren't the only family who were having their evening meal ruined. When I asked the waiter why he or a member of the management hadn't said anything I was told that they wouldn't say anything as there was no breach of health and safety. Both my partner and I were shocked by this. Another negative point about this place is that it is the only Harvester which will not take bookings by phone. Regarding the staff, they are at best mediocre. One waitress thinks she runs the bookings and seating and has on more than one occasion caused an argument with the guy who's job it is to sort the bookings and seating in front of me. Unless this place bucks it's ideas up I won't be going back there too much more, if at all.

Shelley Rosemary Drayson

Terrible service!! 1* is being generous! My friend and I decided to treat ourselves and our children this afternoon. It took a long time to be served even though it wasn't busy at all, quietest I've seen it. My friend asked for a medium/rare steak, what came out was very very well done steak. The waitress took it back but it took so long for her meal to come back through that by the time the children and I had practically finished ours. The waitress didn't even come back to check it was okay. The wait between us finishing our meals and the children receiving desert took at least 25mins by now the kids were pretty bored. We had to chase our waitress who told us we were getting a different waitress who was actually sat down with customers having a chat at a table. We asked for the desert menus and ordered, though my daughter can't have ice cream so asked what the alternatives were and 3 of them were sold out, so what came out was a bowl of fruit which quite frankly looked disgusting and my daughter didn't eat it. In the middle of all of this I asked to speak to the manager, he offered to discount our bill which we accepted. We then waited another 25 mins for our waitress to come by so we could ask for the bill, to which we found her leant across in the staff room again having a sociable chat. She came over and walked off even though we were ready to pay. In the end my friend and I went to find the manager again, and quite frankly disgusted by his lack of understanding and customer care. We are busy mums wanting a treat and actually it was hard work, when we said the waitress was sat down with customers chatting, he said that we like to look after our regulars and I said why about new/returning customers? We won't ever be returning and upon leaving I paid £20 as I felt this reflected the stressful few hours we had endured. From now on I'll be going to Bournemouth Harvester. Alder Hills manager and Staff need re-training. Pronto!

Melanie Sanders

Lovely salad from the salad bar. The food was tasty and enough to fill me up. The pudding was yummy and the waitress very polite and friendly. Our table was ready waiting for us. Despite it being very busy we didn't have to wait too long for our food. Never had a bad experience here. Of course we left a big tip for the lovely waitress. Would certainly recommend and will be going back.

Glen Howard

Walked into the Harvester at 11.45 which was like a cardinal sin their eyes. Stood by the sign that says “wait here to be seated” what seemed like an eternity passed before we actually got any acknowledgement from the staff. There was another family stood with us who left because there seemed to be no interest in customers coming into restaurant although it did seem like staff were having a good time having a general chin wag by the bar. When I eventually walked over to ask if there was anyone working front of house I was told they were still dealing with the breakfast set up and me and my family would have to wait in the bar area ... 20 mins later we are finally seated and was all rushed and and the overall service was poor, I wasn’t expecting anything amazing but a simple hello and general acknowledgement for a paying customer would have been nice, should go back to basics.

Bernadette Webb

Went to the Harvester for a quick lunch with my mum, I had griddled chicken burger and mum had plaice and chips off the early bird menu. The waitress was nice and very efficient, the food was hot and tasty, very nice lunch.

Myah Guscott

Worst breakfast I've ever had. So when I complained instead of the lady asking what was wrong with my breakfast she made a comment saying "who doesn't like a cooked breakfast"! Actually we went to have a nice cooked breakfast and it was the worst one I've ever had. the customer service was horrific. Our waitress was rude and impolite. I won't be returning there again!!!

Beverley Morrell

For a quick meal it's fine, nothing spectacular, our waiter was a it forgetful , again they did not have what I ordered. Also no beetroot on the salad bar. Our drinks were soft ones but the Orange squash was so week it needed 3 lots to make it taste ,

Clive Tyers

This is a regular haunt of ours for a Saturday lunchtime catch - up with friends for drinks and bar food. The only problem we have experienced is that there are hardly ever enough staff on to service the restaurant and the bar service and bar areas. As regulars we do understand how some of the staff that are there can be a little dispirited.

Penny Alderton

Was a bit early with the kids so sat in the bar area with colouring for 20mins they forgot to acknowledge we were still there when open to be seated. Plus when we were we we sat next to people who'd obviously been on the lash all night swearing and foul language in front of kids. Asked to be moved as don't want to know about sick etc. waitress was miserable about doing it! Really wasn't a great start to our meal, but waiter was great 5 stars &attentive. Food expensive for a burger, but kids meals ideal portions! But £2for a fruit shoot....

James Corder

I enjoyed my visit to your Harvester I come back regularly with my grandparents and family. Carol was doing her best even though it was busy and nothing was too much trouble she took our orders and food was nicely presented and I would be visiting again soon.

Kitty Marshallsay

Birthday meal with the girlies, good food, ate too much and good price made better by having a voucher off for all meals, main meal and sweet for just under a tenner! :D

Debbie Dyer

We used to be regular customers, but since the new make over feel the prices going up do not reflect in the quality or quantity of food. We have since found different restaurants to visit now

Kate Hope

The extractor fans were not working which wasn't there fault I know but my eyes were so sore ! Forgot several things off my friends breakfast order .but did rectify it .asked for Bill told someone would come in 5 minutes to take our money 15 later. Still nobody, so had to go and try and find someone to pay .ran out of cups for coffee ,milk, only crusts of bread left not being replenished enough the self service items .was very caotic don't think I will be back especially as my bacon and sausage was burnt and it's not cheap .

Gary F Dominey

Hadn't booked but they were able to squeeze us in. Had a nice meal. Service was great. Would recommend. Pre booking advisable

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