The Crab at Bournemouth in Bournemouth

Love seafood very much. Unexpected welcome Thai style soup to start with, super delicious. First time tried mussels with Thai curry sauce, so feeling fresh and yummy.

Beautiful restaurant. Great food. Presentation exquisite. Very quiet lunch service without many guests so atmosphere was a bit disappointing.

Lovely atmosphere, love the piano playing in the background! Food was outstanding, value for money, considering what it is. Quality is impeccable. Service was great. The whole crab dish is the go to dish if you ever attend. AMAZING.

Simply the best 👌We started a dinner early (6pm) before the rush. Service was great, menu choice is great was seafood lovers. I got catch of the day. Omg, you should see the size of that seabass. I think the price you get for this value is good match. Definitely coming back to try that huge seafood plate to share!

The table was sticky for some reason.Even though it was lunchtime and people were eating, staffs kept cleaning around us.I ordered grilled oyster which was nice.For main, I ordered prawn linguine which was really disappointing. Presentation didn't really look good and the pasta tasted so bland.

Waited for 1 and a half hours for our food when capacity was only about 30% full. Really should not take that long to make seafood. Food was ok, not the best and I could've cooked it at home. Service was poor, the male host was pretty rude and snubby. Furthermore, the table was really sticky like they didn't clean it properly. I wiped the table to relieve some of the stickiness with water and tissue and dirt came up. Only thing good about this place was the music. Don't come here, save your money. Definitely don't come here if you have children, my nieces food came last. If only the restaurant next door was open we would've gone there instead of wasting our money here. What a let down.

Their crab is definitely the winner. Totally unexpected. And good value! Would go back again for crab any day. Oysters were fresh. Lobster was a bit pricey for size but cooked to perfection. Mussels were juicy. Service was great too. What a lovely evening. Thank you!

Food was great, service was so disappointing. Melissa was our waitress and we asked her questions but she didn't know much about our food or what flavour milkshakes were available. She kept having to go away and ask and come back. She was very polite and well mannered though.Our menu also had a small set meal menu slipped in, which was only for hotel guests. The manager rudely came over and asked us where we got the menus from, we told them from inside the menus he gave to us. He told us we couldn't order from it and walked away. The menus shouldn't have been given to us on the first place!Such a shame for the terrible service because the food was delicious.

We had a lovely evening here. The food was delicious and staff really nice. We shared the grilled oysters, had 2 mains and then shared a dessert (very generous portion), and 2 lemonades. The bill came up to £70, which was reasonable for a fancy night out. Make sure you book in advance, it's really busy and can get quite noisy inside.The only fault I could find was that they had a very limited selection of non alcoholic drinks.

We had a great time at this lovely seafood restaurant where we enjoyed starters of a healthy portion of steamed mussels - one with garlic and the other with red Thai curry; very good. For the main course our party enjoyed dishes of a fillet of cod, Crab, and fish & chips with a chef surprise. Highly recommended.