WestBeach Restaurant

We first visited WestBeach when it very first opened probably about 8 years ago, there was just nowhere better to be on a lovely sunny afternoon, great fish, lovely wine, sitting right on the edge of the sandy beach with a great view of both good and bad, sights walking along the promenade. Subsequent return visits saw it slowly deteriorate, in service and decor, ending up with the feeling of a neglected and rundown restaurant. Much as the previous review says.

Poor old Bournemouth… it is a complete nightmare to try and find somewhere decent to eat if you want to be any more daring than Cafe Rouge – all rather depressing really. A couple of years ago a new restaurant opened called the Print Room, which was fantastic, and so when we went back this year we were really sad to see that it had closed down, and not being able to bring ourselves to going to Zizzi decided to have a look at WestBeach again.

We were pleasantly surprised when we visited in September 2010 to see that they have made some improvements. They have smartened up the interior so it looks a lot fresher, the food is still of a really good standard, the service was really efficient and friendly. Between the four of us we had had a really good meal including a well prepared seafood platter, my husband had the mussels (no beards!), I had the sea bass which was cooked really well. I hope the earlier reviewer will give it another try, we certainly will next time we are down.

October 2009 – Westbeach Bournemouth – We heard about this restaurant by way of a recommendation. Menu looks fantastic, shame about the non prepared mussels – no one wants beards left in their mussels! The food went back to the kitchen twice and chef still couldnt get it right! Apparantly the owners wont fix the toilets so ladies are out of use and a horrible smell wafted into the restaurant we asked to move tables, maybe our first instinct to leave would of been the better option. If you wanted to wash your hands after your meal or after using the toilet then there is no soap provided to wash your hands and toilet facilities very poor and dirty. Very dissapointed. Service slow and it cost us £50 for one main course, a bottle of wine that neither of us really wanted any more during such a dissapointing experience. We would of been happy to pay over the odds for a fantastic 2 rosette standard meal on a seafront location with fresh fish etc, shame it doesnt hold up to its rating. Think the AA need to re assess this restaurant. What a shame! :-(