Rick Stein, Sandbanks

Lunchtime visit with friends. Two opted for the spring set menu, good value at £17.50 for 3 courses. I opted for a single plate from the main menu, fresh crab linguine, which was extremely good. Service and setting was excellent. The restaurant was full and had a lovely atmosphere.

Great views and service.

Incredible food, incredible service, and a stunning location to enjoy taking the family for a nice meal! Highly recommend! AND… the master classes and supper clubs are 10/10!

Visited Friday afternoon it was not busy. Had a table outside for a drink and bar snack as the weather was good. Staff were polite and service quick the snack was the Halloumi which was ok nothing special. Didn't like the atmosphere, too formal partially created by some of the clientele present. In particular an older couple who looked me up and down as they went past. The class system/ money talks is alive and thriving in Rick's at Sandbanks ! What a shame as he comes across as a chef in touch with the people. How uneducated and arrogant that these type of people with money still think it makes them superior to others.

Had a fabulous meal. The chicken fricassee was sensational.

Went here to celebrate a birthday and have been here several times before. Was expecting it to be busy as it was Good Friday but the staff were clearly struggling. We arrived slightly early but were kept 45 mins past our table time with no offer of drinks and had to eventually order our own at the bar which took a long time to come. When we were finally seated we were offered a free bottle of fizz but the waiting stuff were inattentive and took a long time to take our order and when ended up pouring our own wine etc which is unusual for this place. The food was excellent as always although the birthday cake they arranged was dry and had obviously been kept in the fridge which any decent chef will tell you is not good for sponge. The service really let down what was supposed to a special (and expensive!) night. I waiter kept disappearing and coming back smelling of cigarettes and coffees we ordered never appeared and we had to ask for them to be removed from the bill. This was the first time I have ever asked for the optional service charge to be removed from a bill. Very very disappointed. I would expect so much better and have experienced better from this restaurant.