Guildhall Tavern - Poole

I wish I liked it more. It was busy and seemed popular. But the menu choices and taste wasn't for me and I was disappointed. The seabass was bland and it didn't work with paella for me personally. My husband didn't love his meal either. I love fish and often order it when I eat out.

So we went to the restaurant with some friends the other day. I dropped my partner and her friend at the entrance until I parked since there is no parking in front of the restaurant and one of them is pregnant. It took me a total of 19 minutes to park the car and het back to the restaurant during those 10 minutes the waiter went twice to ask them if they'd like something to drink and although they initially replied that they were waiting for their partners he sent the manager out the bar to ask them in a more intimidating way and so they ordered water. Highlighting that this happened in between 10 minutes. When we arrived at the restaurant, we ordered the roasted bread, which you can actually see it wasn't roasted or warm. By the time our mains arrived the table next to us was empty and remained empty for until the time we left so made me question why the staff asked my partner a few times on what they would have making it look as they were in a hurry since there was ppenty of sitting space within the restaurant. During the whole time we were in the restaurant, there were a few flies around us which you wouldn't really expect in an indoor space restaurant of this price point. The food was amazing. We had 2 of the hake fillet and the sea bream. On the other hand my friend who ordered the sea bream was expecting it this with asparagus but instead it came with another green which would be nice to know from before. I got a creme brulee for a desert, the short bread biscuit was amazing the top of the creme was crunchy but yhe inside could have used some extra taste. All in all, if the service wasn't this poor and the flies weren't present, this review could have been way more positive.

Very delicious food. Tried oysters, scallops and seabream here. All of them were absolutely del8cious. nice atmosphere and service.

This has been an incredible experience of a meal. The collective experience of wine to food, to setting, location of course the service made this one of the best meals myself my wife have eaten in the UK. A huge thank you to everyone working that made this night so special

Ok, soooo, this place is T O P! We had an amazing time, with AMAZING food and amazing overall everything. Definitely a place to be tried out in Poole will come back again. Thank you George for being a brilliant host