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Orchid Hotel
34 Gervis Rd, Bournemouth BH1 3DH
www.orchidhotel.co.uk
01202 551600
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Urban Beach Upwey Wishing Well
www.urbanbeach.co.uk www.upweywishingwell.co.uk
23 Argyll Rd, Bournemouth BH5 1EB
01202 301509
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ancy a hipper, funkier Christmas? Urban Reef and
Urban Beach have you covered. This Christmas, there’s
a plant-powered theme to the menu, inspired by owner Mark
Cribb. That means beetroot and red onion tarte tatin to start,
roasted winter squash for mains, and spiced baked apple
for dessert. There are, of course, meatier options including
shank of English lamb and roast turkey and the price is
equally appetising – 2 lunch courses for £16, 3 for £19.
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breast, pan seared fillet of salmon, or wild mushroom risotto.
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beautiful spot for Afternoon Tea among the water
gardens, but not half bad for a Christmas party or
lunch either. Book ahead for 2 courses for £19, 3 courses
for £24, including smoked duck breast and West Country
amed for its award-winning Afternoon Tea, you’d trust
cured salmon, before progressing to a choice of roast turkey
Check the website for the full range of lunches and brunches
over the festive season, all prepared by the expert hands of
Chef Eddie Lopes.
chicken paté to start, then a choice of Blandford turkey with Seventh Wave
chestnut and apricot among the mains. Swanage BH19 2JL
port wine gravy and slow braised pork in cider stuffed with
01305 821361
01202 556581
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01305 814470
www.heightshotel.com
www.miramar-bournemouth.com
22nd December, as well as Friday 21st. Enjoy a quick run
through starters including ham hock terrine and beetroot
Portland DT5 2EN
E Overcliff Dr, Bournemouth BH1 3AL
restaurant, offers parties with a 3-course dinner and
disco for £29.95 per person on Saturday 1st, 8th and
161 Church St, Weymouth DT3 5QE
Heights Hotel
Hotel Miramar
ournemouth’s boutique hotel, home of No. 34
T
he view over the bay is worth coming for any time of
year, but at Christmas there’s the Seasonal Sparkle
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O
ver to the fringes of beautiful Corfe Castle, where this
enchanting country inn is offering 2 courses for £21.95,
3 courses £23.95. If you hiked here, as many do, you’ll be
rewarded with prawn and smoked salmon cocktail or chicken
and ham hock terrine to start, then Blandford turkey breast,
slow braised pork belly in local cider, Devon ruby beef, or
fillet of sea bream among the mains.
and Blue Vinny mushrooms, as well as roast turkey,
caramelised beef with brandy or trio of Wessex fillet steak
feel deceptively indulgent.
courses, or £24.95 for three. It’s worth staying for. A lavish
bouillabaisse, firecracker prawns or duck spring roll to kick
you can’t book for a Christmas lunch, there’s also the festive to follow, then a wicked warm chocolate fondant or passion
Coast Meats, and fish caught right off the Jurassic coast. If off, roast turkey, pan-fried hake or mixed game bourguignon
high tea loaded with mince pies, Christmas cake and a glass fruit cheesecake to finish.
Dorchester DT2 0NS
www.foxinncorscombe.com
01935 892381
Pier Approach, Bournemouth BH2 5AA M
01202 587785 Whicombe’s menu draws on local, seasonal produce. If
www.west-beach.co.uk
01929 480205
turns out a solid Christmas menu for just £19.95 for 2
courses for £22, it’s light on the wallet, but dishes including
WestBeach
www.greyhoundcorfe.co.uk
Good Pub Guide and Good Beer Guide any time of
for £17.50 and 3 for £22.95. All meats come from Jurassic The Fox Inn
The Square, Corfe Castle, Wareham BH20 5EZ
roud to be Purbeck, the Kings Arms features in the
year. But come Christmas time, Head Chef Peter Harrison
Seventh Wave’s 7-mile festive menu, with 2 courses
Portland crab cakes, tiger prawns and crayfish cocktail,
The Greyhound Inn
P
ead to the Durlston Castle Visitor Centre to sample
can look forward to a lunch of melon and seasonal berries,
mains.
www.thekingsarms-stoborough.co.uk
01929 421111
of homemade mulled wine.
then roast supreme of turkey or fillet of plaice holding up the
01929 552705
www.7eventhwave.com
menu to look forward too. With 2 courses for £17 and 3
or tian of salmon, prawn and chives among the starters,
3 Corfe Rd., Stoborough, Wareham, BH20 5AB
Durlston Country Park, Lighthouse Road,
Hotel Miramar to put on a good spread for a Christmas
lunch or party. Book your spot at No. 43 restaurant and you
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ournemouth’s favourite seafood restaurant right on
the beach is normally celebrated for its fresh catch
arie and Shane Childs run a cosy, thatched-roof,
traditional family pub in the village of Corscombe
that has already won a Taste of the West Gold. Chef Aleisa
you’ve already popped in for the legendary Sunday roasts,
you’ll know to expect solid comfort food with wonderfully
crispy potatoes and real stock gravy.
and shellfish, but over the Christmas season you can book
your 3-course menu for £29.99 weekdays or £34.99 for
weekends. Dishes include pork cheek and crispy ham hock
to start, then a choice of turkey parcel, hake fillet served
with grilled belly of pork and a beetroot and horseradish
mash, and bream fillet among others.
www.menu-dorset.co.uk
www.menu-dorset.co.uk
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