Kings Arms, Stoboroughback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Can't fault the choice of ale.
Otter Autumn Ale, Yeovil's British Summer Time, Ringwood's Razor Back and Purbeck Best.
Poor choice of food - which is very expensive.
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No longer has the excellent 'Cider by Rosie' real cider, but has boxed Gwenn Y Draig Dog Dancer, which is a quite acceptable pint.
A thatched pub set opposite a petrol station and beside it's own car park noticeably bigger than the beer garden.
It's a pleasant enough edge of suburbia house, but anyone who thinks this counts as a "genuine old-fashioned country pub" has never seen a surviving one.
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stoped in here as part of a trip to Arne nature reserve round the corner. what a great pub - the building itself is wonderfull and traditional but modern and clean, a pleasure to sit in. the beers were superb - exmoor ales are brilliant. the servcie was friendly and from what we saw the food look excellent too.
all in all definalty worth the trip from out of wareham to get to. will defintaly be back when visiting the area again.
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I caught the end of the beer fest this year and have to say it was very poor quality, not much point really having one is there if the beers poor
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We couldn't believe our luck when we saw that there was a Bank Holiday Beer Festival on, 20 Real Ales the poster in the road promised, as it is in the GBG we were visiting anyway. The pub itself seems clean and tidy, the diners seemed happy enough and there was a drinking area for us non diners who ventured in to avoid the cold Bank Holiday weather. The beer though was dreadful, why on earth would you pay good money for all these casks and then sell it like this. I tried 3 different beers and they were all cloudy and completely unsettled. I was told that they were put up on Thursday, yeah right. I can see no excuse for the bad planning, ok the big day is meant to be Sunday, but these will be just as bad. Left in a huff as they weren't cheap.
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Disappointing, this pub has gone down hill, dirty, very bland unappetizing food, shame really.
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Had ringwood bitter - it was the end of the barrel... I hope.
Food was dull, tasteless and bland. Steak was over cooked and rather poor.
service was similar in quality. Couldn't sit with my legs under the table as the table was too low. menus were dirty, I should have realised the standard has dropped. Dont expect it to be good and you wont be dissapointed.
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Don't get this place confused with the Kings Arms in Wareham which is just along the road (about half a mile or so). The Stoborough Kings Arms is primarily an eaterie, churning out the usual "pub trying to be a swish restaurant" food (you know, lamb shanks in a berry "jus", deep fished haddock in a beer battered pancake style jacket and served with an anchovie and horseradish condiment all served on a plate of low transfat pomme frites, - i.e. front leg of mutton from the deep freeze and sieved colemans red currant jelly, or fish and chips). The chefs do well, it has to be said, but why, oh why, do you have to ponce it up?!! The good thing, however about this pub is that munchers are to a great extent segregated from the other pub users, so the place still has some atmosphere as a village pub. This is excellent. Also, no smells of cooking emanating from the kitchen and no funereal black wearing bar staff constantly flitting past the bar area with plates of food for those who wish their clothes sizes to rapidly change to those associated with Americans.
The beer was OK, but like all other pubs owned by Enterprise Inns where the tenant has to contribute to their profits by having to pay a bounty to Enterprise of well over �100 per barrel more than either a free house publican or a normal brewery tenant - for no benefit - it was overpriced. Maybe one of the reasons that pubs are doing more and more food and raising the prices of their retail beers is because the blood sucking Pubcos such as Enterprise and their cabal have sucked so much of the lifeblood from the British pub that there's nothing left for the poor old publican. You see, the PUbcos like Enterprise even put meters in the beerlines of pubs to spy on their tenants. They can tie tenants to beers bought through them at super-inflated prices but they still haven't found a way to tie their tenants to food ingredients - but, you bet they're probably thinking about how to do it right now, just like the best parasites evolve to suck even more blood from their host. Anyway, I'm digressing - probably because I was shocked at the price of the beer at this pub'. The beer was good and the atmosphere generally jovial, but I wouldn't say I'd make a pub like this my local - mainly because it's such an eaterie.
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At least 3 interesting real ales, that change regularly. Beer is always in excellent condition.
Food is usually good. The New Menu is the same as the old menu, but with less selection and higher prices!
Beer is typically higher priced than other pubs in the area, but this is a good pub.
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Six of us went here for lunch in early January.We had some trouble parking despite the large car park and expected the pub to be packed.Surprisingly, it wasn't and the service was very quick and attentive.We were expecting a typical Purbeck pub.However, it appears to have been completely refurbished throughout to allow for more diners and is quite impersonal.
Our pints of Ringwood Best were stone cold and very disappointing. The food was very patchy.2 portions of steak and ale pie with chips and peas were very good,although the suet pastry was very stodgy the steak was perfect and the chips were delicious.However,my wife's salmon steak was tough and overcooked and both it and the vegetables appeared to have been kept warm for several hours and looked very unappetising.The chocolate pud was very nice and the penne carbonara was okay,but I didn't get the impression that any of our party would be in a hurry to return.
Curiously, when we left there were only about 4 people still in the pub and yet the car park had about 20 or more cars in it.
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although very busy only 2 bar staff, they seemed to cope fairly well. Asked for two diferant veggie meals at about 7:15 on a Friday night they had sold out, had to settle for a chicken curry, (one local did sujest to eating the menu as "I would have more choice". That apart I ordered the curry for myself and my wife it was served quickly and it was very hot. For a mild curry it was full of flavour, and there was plenty of it , chunky chickin and a pleasant curry sauce.
Over all it was a pleasant meal and I would go back again.
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Presently our favourite pub. Lots of atmosphere, very friendly, good food and lots of room to park. In winter it's cosy and in summer it's lovely to sit outside and look across the fields. Best of all our old dog is made very welcome inside in the public bar when we go for a meal. Specials board is always different and interesting.
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Best pub in the area with good food and ale ,can get busy ,but worth it .
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This pub is by far the best pub in Wareham for food. Real good pub food, large portions, lovely fresh vegetables, and good selection of desserts. The staff are happy and friendly. Better out of season as it does'nt get as packed, Highly Recommended.
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Have used this pub many times, the staff are very friendly, and the food was great. Set in a lovely location close to Wareham, the only draw back is that it gets very busy in the summer, so visit out of season for a fab sunday lunch.
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Just outside Wareham, on the way to Corfe Castle. An old historic pub (with tasteful refurbishments) and managed by a young, but experienced, and knowledgable landlord - Damian) A superb selection of well-kept 'real ales' and an imaginative menu. Highly recommended!!
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