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Wareham, Dorset

Off_itOff_it
edited March 2011 in Not Sports Related
Am staying down there early next week for work.

Anyone know the place and can recommend anywhere decent to eat/drink. Am staying at The Priory hotel.

Cheers
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  • nollynolly
    Banks inn,pub and resturant,good hearty food
  • Bournemouth AddickBournemouth Addick
    edited March 2011
    I think Nolly's talkng about This place. which is very popular locally.

    Not a million miles away but not in Wareham though.

    I've eaten/drank here a few times. Lovely spot on the river if you get a nice night to sit outside.
  • nollynolly
    yeah thats the one .
  • Off_itOff_it
    Cheers Bournemouth.

    I've had a look on Beer in the Evening and there seems to be a fair few decent boozers in the town, so hopefully wont get stuck for a cuff.
  • carly burncarly burn
    So let me get this straight.You're staying at the priory but you're looking for somewhere to get a decent bevvy!

    .You're your own worst enemy you are. ;-)
  • nollynolly
    yeah no worries offy..
  • Leroy AmbroseLeroy Ambrose
    Have a good look round - I think they've got a team in the BlueSquare South or something. We'll probably be playing them in a couple of years :)
  • nollynolly
    scouting mission ..
  • Six-a-bag-of-nutsSix-a-bag-of-nuts
    The Priory is such a beautiful setting on the river.
    It's been a while since I actually stayed there, but I wouldn't be looking to go anywhere else to eat; the grub was top-drawer when I stayed there.
    Pub wise, you might want to take the other guys advice and head towards Corfe.
    The pubs in Wareham are perhaps just a tad 'hillbilly staring at strangers'
  • Off_itOff_it
    [cite]Posted By: nolly[/cite]yeah no worries offy..

    Your "tip" is bleedin miles away!
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  • Off_itOff_it
    [cite]Posted By: Six-a-bag-of-nuts[/cite]
    The pubs in Wareham are perhaps just a tad 'hillbilly staring at strangers'

    Hmmm, that sounds, ....er ...... "interesting"!
  • harveys_gardenerharveys_gardener
    Bankes Arms, steer clear. Visited and landlord was on wrong side of bar guzzling wine all lunchtime. I criticised the state of his toilets on way out and he followed me down the road hurling abuse. Then while waiting for bus locals turned up threatening violence. Pissed. Avoid like the plague.
  • Off_itOff_it
    Should've gone to Weymouth I reckon!
  • Leroy AmbroseLeroy Ambrose
    [cite]Posted By: Off_it[/cite]Should've gone to Weymouth I reckon!
    You absolutely should. Not because Wareham is particularly crap - but because Weymouth is so incredibly f***ing great. Proposed to my wife there.
  • LouisMendLouisMend
    If you get a chance to go to Corfe Castle, half hour down the road, do, it's great.
  • bigstemarrabigstemarra
    Dorset is great. Lovely place....thinking about the Isle of Purbeck makes me wish I was there!
  • Cordoban AddickCordoban Addick
    Which wife Leroy? Much as I love Weymouth its hardly Taormina!
  • Off_itOff_it
    Have had two pints of Hopping Hare with my meal and have just relieved the mini bar of a bottle of Becks.

    Too late to get to Weymouth for last orders?
  • Cordoban AddickCordoban Addick
    [cite]Posted By: Off_it[/cite]Have had two pints of Hopping Hare with my meal and have just relieved the mini bar of a bottle of Becks.

    Too late to get to Weymouth for last orders?

    You twittering what your eating after a humiliating defeat? You will have your name changed to McOffit or OffHare or something.
  • Off_itOff_it
    Glad someone got it Cordoban - nice to see you're awake!
    ;o)
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  • Cordoban AddickCordoban Addick
    Probably the only one sad enough to care..... (I do miss that list of names down the side, made everything more tangible).
  • NathanPriorNathanPrior
    Went there in 2009, was alright, if you get the chance, go to Monkey World near-ish there
  • Off_itOff_it
    Sssh Nathan - don't mention Monkey World!
  • Leroy AmbroseLeroy Ambrose
    [cite]Posted By: Cordoban Addick[/cite]Which wife Leroy? Much as I love Weymouth its hardly Taormina!
    Haha - we went to Sicily about three months before I proposed - Taormina is overrated touristy crap. For the 'real' Sicily (I've been about ten times now I think) you need to stay in a small village in the mountains - and visit Agrigento, Santa Rosalia di Quisquina, Cammarata and all the other places that aren't on the tourist map. It is beautiful, and the people are some of the friendliest I've met anywhere in the world. Still doesn't compare to Dorset though - as a Geologist the Jurassic Coast has a special place in my heart - Lyme Regis, Portland, Durdle Door, Lulworth - it's truly a beautiful place.

    Oh - and Monkey World is fantastic too.
  • Curb_ItCurb_It
    Ive been to Lulworth tonnes of times and have only gone into Wareham to pick up supplies. Nothing much there is there?
  • JTJT
    Monkeys
  • Cordoban AddickCordoban Addick
    Yeah you are right about Taormina (except the views of Etna), I much prefer the interior (like Spain really) but I had to make a seaside town comparison. Not a beach town but I could live in the old town of Syracuse.
  • Off_itOff_it
    Monkey World today, Studland and a trip to the Bankes Arms tomorrow. Lunch on the quayside in Wareham yesterday.

    Can't beat this country when the weather's nice, as it has been for us these past few days.

    Currently glugging on some Aspall's with the french doors wide open, the sunshine pouring in and the beach volleyball on the telly. Lovely.
  • harveys_gardenerharveys_gardener
    Landlord of Bankes Arms is a total c***
  • Off_itOff_it
    harveys gardener said:

    Landlord of Bankes Arms is a total c***

    So you said in march last year - see above.

    As you've been to the area is there anywhere else you'd recommend instead?
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