I had the opportunity to visit this restaurant with friends of mine yesterday. First of all the…read moredrive out is through a national Park and is absolutely stunning. This place must be absolutely hopping in the summer! The pig is a restaurant and a hotel, on a beautiful piece of land on the water. I have included several pictures of the view. This is a true farm to table restaurant. We enjoyed a long leisurely lunch that included the 'piggy and fishies' tray, homemade warm bread, cauliflower soup and fish and pork chop mains. Absolutely fantastic meal with wine pairings. We then retired to the lounge for coffee and a bit of a rest before the journey home. A+! The ambiance is 'elegant countryside' and service was top notch. I absolutely must return here with my family in short order as they would love it. PS- may have picked up a bit of a Brit accent while here!!

Fantastic location, gorgeous views to the peninsula, pretty gardens, beautiful hotel, wonderful on…read morea warm sunny day, food was excellent, innovative, fresh, decorative and with attention to detail. Would definitely return.

This is a good hotel for business as it is situated near the town centre. The rooms are good and…read morethe food well cooked with a good choice of menu. The hotel can get booked up during the week so worth booking in advance. A good value place to stay.

There are two Premier Inn hotels in Poole. This one is closer to city centre and has a very nice…read morerestaurant - to start with the good points. I would go for the other one again if I would stay in Poole. This hotel is so noisy that I could hardly sleep. Normally I can sleep everywhere. There is a big dual carriage way on one site and an industrial estate on the other site. The rooms are a little bit dated compare to the other hotel. The hotel is wheelchair accessible (but no roll-in shower).

Quite a good premier inn with adequate restaurant . Recently modernised . Good for accessing Poole .read more

Wonderful guest house near everything in Poole! The owner and staff were wonderful and made me…read morefeel very much at home. I hope to stay there again some time!

This place must have the best view in Dorset, looking over Poole harbour to Brownsea island, or…read morethrough the pines to the Old Harry Rocks. The venue makes good use of this with picture windows, and a huge deck where you can eat outside if weather permits. And there's nowhere to beat it for sunset cocktails. A recent lunch featured baked goat's cheese with toasted walnuts, followed by dressed Portland crab with chunky chips (generous on the crab), finished with Belgian choc brownie with marmalade ice cream. The cooking is good but not great - it's only a bistro after all. But the ambience, views and service are all tip top. Our meal for four (three courses) with wine and coffee was £118. The set menu pricing is Lunch: 2 courses £20, 3 courses £26.50 Dinner: 2 courses £24.50, 3 courses £29.50. Highly recommended if the weather's fine.

Great view, beautiful restaurant. Food is excellent (lunch for 3 on a Sunday was great and…read moreexpensive but not too crazy at 85 pounds)Service is very very slow...which makes this 4 stars not 5

Afternoon tea at Sandbanks? Hmmm I think, 'no thanks.' Probably not again, anyway…read more I visited the hotel for Afternoon Tea with my sisters to celebrate a birthday. We'd planned on sitting on the terrace overlooking the beautiful coastline, but the rainy weather got the better of us, so we opted for the interior lounge. It was clean and pleasant and cosy, but really no more exciting than your standard hotel communal space. Afternoon Tea is served between 3-6pm. I went up to the bar at 2:45pm to get the attention of the 5 members of staff milling about each other until one came over. I asked it I could place the order now and have it served at 3pm, but I was told I had to wait. Fair enough. I returned again at 3pm where the waitress checked her watch to see I wasn't cheating. In a country where the quintessential tea and cake experience is widely popular - especially in tourist traps - this was an average offering. The metal pots and canteen crockery were average. The scones, cake and sandwich slices were average. There wasn't enough cream and jam to go round. It was all quite heavy with no light accents in the offering of little fruits or macaroons to break up the stodginess that you see in other establishments (apart from a cute little meringue). And it's just shy of £15 for the privilege. The real selling point is the location and this place might have punched a little higher had the weather been better and the service a little less dismissive. We went for a taste of the high life and just got caught somewhere in the middle.

It's located in one of the best spot of the area but the premises and the facilities are outdated…read more(let's you travel back to the 80s) Unless you can get a promo fare daily rates are pricey... but breakfast (&wifi) is included! At least that!!! ;)

For a one night stay it was good. Clean and the front desk gentleman was helpful and welcoming…read more It is a good basic economy stay. No frills. Would stay here again.

Hotel is adequate with friendly staff and clean rooms. Close to pier. No refrigerator in the room…read morewas a disappointment.

I been a guest at Marriott for over 40 years. Marriott never disappoints wherever I stay. The…read moreBournemouth Marriott is truly a wonderful experience. Our room was spotless and quiet. What a great view as well! The staff was outstanding in all aspects. The front desk lady that checked us in was one of the best I have ever had. The breakfast was very nice. I plan to return to this Marriott whenever in the UK, as it rates as one of my favorites. I highly recommend this hotel.

am a professor in the hospitality industry and frequent traveler. Although I love to stay at a…read morevariety of types of properties and have no particular allegiance to a hotel group or chain, when I look for consistent, reliable, and top-tier accommodations and service, I often look to Marriott. However, on my most recent trip to the Bournemouth High-cliff Marriott Hotel, I will revisit my perception of the chain. Let me describe some of the things I encountered during my stay from July 11-15, 2023 for your consideration before booking: 1. I arrived at 10:30 pm after a full 21 hours of travel to find no food. No room service, no open restaurant (the website said the it was open until 1am), no convenience store of food. Nothing, Nada, Nope. There were no options close by either. The desk staff suggested a Dominoes Pizza by using the "food apps." Eventually, I did have to CALL the pizza chain for dinner and had it delivered to my room. Top drawer. 2. I also arrived to find the "please excuse our mess" for renovations occurring at the hotel which was not advertised on the web, nor was I alerted to this prior to arrival as I might otherwise expect. Bad form. 3. The website also lists a business center. It is a computer in a closet. Nobody seems to know how to turn it on or work it either. No printer. They offer to print at the front desk in limited quantities, but an hour after my request, they were "still working at it...." I know most people travel with their laptops now and I would have brought mine too, but I had hoped to only be on the computer an hour to polish a business presentation, so it seems like a good idea to forgo my 16l laptop for the trip. I wish I had made different decisions. 4. Speaking of technology, the room's internet required that I sign into my device anytime it had not been used for more than 15 min or so. It would also charge me 1.5 gbp for a speed that would do more than email and charge me each time I resigned in. Although these charges were later removed, it was a major inconvenience and hassle. The faster internet is also not stream-worthy, so don't even try. 5. The front desk staff doesn't seem to know the hotel, the amenities, the surrounding area, nor do they seem empowered or interested in learning. People could not direct me to tourism, restaurants, business services (given the limitations of the hotel) or even the nearest cup of coffee. I think management needs some training too (see #7) 6. My room had its own issues too. A) The noise levels starting at 10pm far exceed what anyone might expect. The club underneath the hotel gets going with bass booms about 10 and just grows in popularity through about 2am. The party really gets going around 11:30 with festive frat boys drunk cursing, sexist catcalls, and despite the slurring, can easily be discerned by sheer volume and proximity. If the site allows, I have posted recordings from my bed and the window. When I reported it at midnight, they said they would "shut it down", which was not my goal, but it was still going two hours later and I borrowed some noise cancelling headphones from a friend on the 4th floor to get some sleep. They never once offered to move my room (which was my goal). B)The "internet" tv basically means YouTube and Bluetooth, so you are stuck with mostly BBC channels in the room and the ability to connect your device for MUSIC only...you cannot broadcast or screen share. No apps, no movie channels or what you might hope for in a hotel at this price point. Again, not a big deal if they did not characterize it otherwise. C) Drafty, which is too be expected, but not in JULY and with just a 2 degree variability for guests to control themselves in room. Bring pants and a sweater AND shorts and a tank top no matter what season. 7. At this juncture you might be asking why I had not contacted a manager. However, on the second night and after the continued noise issues, I did speak with manager Theresa who was a lovely woman who said she was grateful for me bring these to her attention and that she would look at the bill. Later I found out she took off a whopping 46 gpa on over a 1200 stay. Really? That is your effort to compensate me for this 2 star hotel stay? I promised her I would write this review. I am also sure she told the whole staff, based on the "attitude" I perceived from everyone on my last day. So, that is the review I promised her and my husband who had to put up with my venting. My mom always said that I should say something positive, so the housekeeping staff were amazing, the views of the beach and ocean impeccable and the carpet was well designed and matched the drapes. So disappointed. Corey -- Corey W. Johnson, Ph.D. (he/him/his)