Kings Head Poole - Carta

Stayed for a pint, badgers on tap so if that’s your thing come here. Otherwise interior is a bit dated as many sea front pubs but the beer garden is very nice brings the rating up.

Spontaneous, drop in for lunch and so very impressed. Lovely Old School English pub with good old fashioned service. Started with a great GnT for myself and my gorgeous lady. Then a home made steak n ale pie and a great glass on Merlot. Fantastic.

The wine and beer were fine. The service came with a smile and was very good! But the food was very disappointing. The fish pie was dry and should have been creamy. The seafood chowder was bland, little flavour, needed more fish stock and far less flour thickener. Ver carta

We called into the Kings Head as we were on holiday in Poole and having looked around decided to visit here for lunch. We had a chilli con carne, hunters chicken and ploughman’s salad. Food arrived within 10 minutes, superbly cooked, piping hot and delicious. Great value for money. We loved our visit, very olde worldy inside, very welcoming and the landlord is a great character had us in stitches. Fantastic visit.

Called in for a meal on a saturday night without pre-booking a table. Friendly welcome from bar staff. Meals served hot and tasty. Hubby had steak pie , chips . I had the hunters chicken , chips, coleslaw buttered corn on the cob. Good old fashioned pub grub , filling and very nice. (Other customers entering asked me what meal I'd got as it looked so good , and they ordered the same). Well spaced out tables. Ciders and beers kept well.

Family visiting from Norwich with young children . Decided to book here and so pleased we did . We were met by friendly staff. We ordered the 2 course Sunday roast with dessert a choice of beef, pork or gammon . Food arrived promptly hot and fresh .Dessert was a delight. I decided to have the Pineapple Upside Down Pudding with custard . It reminded me of my childhood days when mum made this dessert . Staff were very attentive and deserve this review for their hard work and friendliness . Thank you so much Ver carta

Visiting here for a short break, I thought I’d try this pub. After ordering drinks in a seemingly placid bar, I thought nothing about charging my phone by a nearby socket. This has never been an issue when I normally frequent pubs. A couple of mins later, the ‘landlord’ come storming over like a bull in a china shop, yanked the plug out and raised his voice in an aggressive manner. Unbelievably rude and intimating, even if he felt I should have asked him first. One of the most hostile landlords I’ve ever encountered, and not fit to run a business in any capacity. Thankfully, he is not representative of the generally friendly hospitality I’ve encountered in this nice town, and won’t put me of...

As soon as we entered this pub we really should have turned around and left. There was no to my greeting just scowls from the manager. We went into the garden as we had our dog with us and only wanted a drink. There was a gate in the garden which we shut as no one else was there and we wanted to let the dog off the lead. The manager came into the garden throwing the gate open and said it should be left open as he stormed past us to check the back gate. We explained why we had closed it and he then told us to put the dog on his lead then . What a welcome, we won 't be back. The pub was virtually empty August!!! so I would have thought they would be happy to have some customers. As Deborah C s...

Reading some of these negative reviews makes me feel quite angry. The service industry has become even harder to work in since covid. A lot of people are extremely entitled these days and i think the attitude of some customers would get a one star review from my own experience in my own public facing job. This is a good honest pub in my experience and i am very partial to the home made BALTI Burger! Friendly family run atmosphere and the Landlady made not only my party very welcome, but all the other parties who turned up that night. As you can see a lot of the negative reviews look like they have a personal vendetta against some of the staff here. I can say from my experience i have always... Ver carta