The Crab at Bournemouth

Absolutely amazing experience. The staff are so friendly and attentive. The sea food dishes are tremendous. The piano player is a lovely touch.Absolutely enjoyed everything about The Crab and definitely recommend it

We visited The Crab, which was not probably the best idea when I suffer with shellfish allergy, however the staff were amazingly helpful and supportive. enabling myself and friend to enjoy their cuisine. I had an excellent fish dinner, while my friend enjoyed her shellfish. The food was first class, just like the service. Thank you The Crab

I don’t feel the need to go into detail on the point that was lost rather more about the other four stars. These were awarded to firstly the host Casey who was polite, informative and professional throughout our evening and personally was five stars. Secondly to the nearly perfect food.Without his input into the evening I’d question the rosettes. Give that man a pay rise !

First time to this restaurant for a wedding anniversary and it did not disappoint. The atmosphere was lovely the staff all welcoming and attentive. The seafood was so fresh and we indulged in the hot seafood platter which was a good array of seafood. It was a Saturday evening and we had the absolute pleasure of listening to their very talented pianist. He was amazing and this added to a superb atmosphere. Overall this restaurant is a seafood must.

The restaurant is part of the hotel we are staying in and we have eaten here twice this week. The staff are lovely, the restaurant is spotless with air conditioning. The food is amazing. I had seabream the first time and lemon sole the second time. Both were cooked and presented beautifully. The lemon sole was the best fish I have ever had. Along with starters and trying my companions food I have had muscles, scallops, crayfish, turbot, haddock, squid, lemon sole and sea bream. Best seafood restaurant I have ever been to.

We were staying at the Central Park hotel so it made sense to have dinner in their adjoining restaurant. It was very high class,situated just off the seafront with a lovely ambiance,a piano player serenading us. The food was amazing, the waiting staff friendly, attentive and professional. I would definitely recommend it. If I have to be picky, I should have had a finger bowl with my prawns and the floor was a little dirty with leftover food under my table but overall,we would certainly come back and enjoyed our experience.

Came to The Crab for our last meal of our short Bournemouth trip. The service and food were excellent and could not be faulted. We had the crab soup to start, which was exquisitely flavoured with spice, prawn, scallops and mussels . Then I had the crab of the day with Thermidor sauce and my better half had the fillet of hake on a prawn risotto. All food was well presented and provided great value. We accompanied the food with a glass of the savi B and Chardonnay. Lovely evening of tasty fish within an ambient setting with great service at a valued price.

A bit disappointing really We have eaten here many times and always been very happy However this time we tried to book a table at 5.30!pm but were told restaurant was busy so we had to book at 4pm. We sat in restaurant alone and even at 5.45 pm there were still only 6 people What the hell was that all about Anyway we sat at table and to be honest it was not clean, there was evidence of previous food on table and floor Food was sort of ok and service was ok ish Anyway as we were staying at hotel we sat at the same place, and guess what, the food remains on table and floor were still there Only difference was that the female waitress in duty in morning was rude and totally disinterested, sorry...

This was part of our bed and breakfast of the Park Central hotel, to which I 've written a separate review. But I have to start by saying, I have no idea why it is attached to that hotel. I 4 star rated that hotel, and 2 star this, and even that I was being generous! the dinner on our first night started off very nice. We were seated quickly, drinks came relatively fast. As with all offers there is a separate set menu, we optioned to pay extra for the main menu as I wanted some good sea food! We started with oysters which where lovely, this and one factor at breakfast, gave it that second star, other wise it would have been a one star! Ordering off the main menu my husbands sea bass was quit...