Absolutely amazing spot for craft cocktails and sexy ambiance. Luca was our attender and we loved…read morehim!

Highly, highly recommend this place. The food is to die for! I also recommend you come hungry…read morethough as the potions are generous (my favourite was the twice baked soufflé). The oysters were fresh and served with a tasty shallot vinaigrette). The cocktails were deliciously good and made to perfection (I had the Mai Tai and my mum had the Espresso Martini) - presentation exquisite. The service was incredible - we had a very friendly and attentive waiter. The upstairs table was also perfect - wonderful view of the sea front. I couldn't have asked for a nicer more perfect dining experience. When I'm next in Bournemouth, I shall definitely be returning.

We wanted a decent cocktail and we got one. For a Friday night it was a bit dead but the cocktails…read morewere excellent and the decor soothing and very plush. Lots of early bird offers and even waitress service if required. Not too keen on the sound coming out of the speakers being different to the video playing on the tv screens but thats the only negative point.

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I do love a good cocktail and this one served my very own favourite, The Espresso Martini. As a bit…read moreof a connoisseur I can be hard to please but this one left nothing to be desired. Perfect.

This is one of the best bars we visited In Bournemouth. The bartenders are quite nice and very…read moreskilled. They even had green chartreuse and knew how to make a last word! There's two floors. When we were there live music was playing at the door. They were very good, but it was very loud so we opted to go downstairs after getting our drinks. Toilets there are very dive bar, but they work. Overall had a great time here and would definitely come back.

Beers are a bit limited but to be honest when there's this many bourbons on offer who cares!read more

I've been looking forward to visiting The Bear for over a year when it was taken over and has…read morealmost finished being refurbished by the owners of Love Cake in Swanage. I had a delicious lunch and obligatory piece of cake today. Very friendly and helpful staff and I have organised an event for 12 people later in the month. Highly recommended. The only snag is there's no parking but there are several small carparks nearby plus some unlimited parking on roads.

Great venue of modern historic significance for Bournemouth a real bit of recent 'industrial…read moreheritage' for the seaside town that seemed to miss that particular revolution no dark satanic mills here but a wonderful Art Deco printing 'factory', the old Bournemouth Daily Echo print room, now a really cosy and welcoming bar (with restaurant next door in the huge old print room itself). High stools and tables, luxurious lounge settees, dark, moody but warm atmosphere, excellent.

This bar is situated in part of the Art deco building which houses the Bournemouth echo (hence the…read morename). This bar is a good place to go for a drink with a new date, especially if you were to follow it up with a meal in the print room next door. The decor is chic, with lots of dark colours and opulent fabrics.

This cocktail bar promises a lot, with a SkyBar atop the Bournemouth Hilton. The cocktails are…read moreamazing, but at around £15 each they should be. The interior is stunning and obviously the high-end finish yoy expect. Apparently Ted Baker but in not sure how you'd tell. The outside balcony is a real treat with great views over Bournemouth for the 8th floor of a building that's already on a hill. The seats are heated from below, and there are blankets too if you feel the breeze. A great location. Sadly the best view. ..out to sea. .. is tantalisingly only seen with a lean over the edge of the balcony. The sea view is reserved for the £550k apartments that have that side of the building. The staff were welcoming enough with a slightly condescending this-is-exclusive-you-know expression on their faces, but maybe they get tourists covered in sand just going for a look.

View may be nice but overpriced and the tapas are terrible. Meatballs had no flavor and fell apart…read moretrying to eat them. After tasting the chicken pops I left them as they just weren't good (which your server will not even notice). They only give you a cocktail fork and bev nap to eat with. Social drinks here only!

Before dinner drinks with friends. Cocktails looked good, service was excellent. I'll be coming…read moreback for a few beers at some point in the near future.

Expansive special menu for Gluten Free with top draw treatment by staff to ensure allergy is taken…read moreseriously. Very impressed with how they handled it all. Food was beyond delicious. Staff was very attentive and friendly. A nice atmosphere.

OK, so it's a chain, and it's a formula, albeit a quite attractive confection. Cosy Club is a…read morewelcome addition to scoffing options in central Bournemouth now that the Print Room is gone. The quirky decor, though faux, is appealing if you like chandeliers, Victoriana (likely from China), and stuffed stag heads. Music is a quite loud speakeasy playlist. Lots of menu options, from tapas to burgers with a gastro pub range of mains. Nice cocktail list too, and they have a gluten free menu - though sadly, as everywhere else, the only gf pudding is sorbet. Service seems fine, and they serve meals all day from 9am to 10pm, and breakfast is served til 6pm! There are a lot of stairs, though there's a lift to the first floor to get you started. The main restaurant is only open Fri, Sat, Sun in winter, but you can eat in the first floor cafe/bar the rest of the time. There is a third floor dining area with terrace for summer, which we did not explore in January! The food is very serviceable if not exactly a gastronomic experience. We had excellent game stew, with lots of chunky pheasant, venison and rabbit. The promised root vegetables in the stew were a bit few and far between, but it came with champ (mash and spring onion), and was gluten free. Dessert was chocolate croissant bread and butter pud, with fine vanilla custard (for me) and (good quality) mango and blackcurrant sorbets for my GF partner. A rum based espresso martini to finish. So dinner with two courses, and drinks was fifty quid for two, which is pretty reasonable. So, definitely will be back, and we recommend it.

Food is always awesome in here. Atmosphere is really good and staff are attentive…read more Definitely have the burger... And the pulled pork sandwich... And and and

Went for the Annual Xmas meal with Friends here over the weekend and it was quite disappointing…read more Have been in for drinks before and some bar food and has been good but this was our first meal. When we were seated the presentation of the table was great, crackers and all! However we had to wait 20 mins for someone to come and take our orders ( we were not aloud to pre-order). Starters were good but we were kept waiting almost an hour between courses and actually had to go up and chase the manager (No apology, just told it will be out soon). Staff & Management presence on the floor was sporadic (Despite there being more than enough for the covers they had in) with the waiters either congregating at the pass chatting or reluctantly clearing tables. Our second drinks order was forgotten and had to be chased up and re-ordered, These finally arrived just before our desserts. The food was very good, its just a shame the customer service was lacking and at no point was our table touched by a manager to see how our meal was. As I said above, this is a great place for the bar, Cocktails and the great range of craft and obscure beers. It just needs someone to implement some steps of service and some service flair that would match the rest of the business so well.