Storm Fish - Poole

This has been a fantastic restaurant for many years, we came 6 weeks ago for our anniversary meal and it was even better than the original, however we came last week and it was shocking. Poor menu choices, slow service, an all round poor experience. If this is how it's going to continue then I doubt it will be there much longer which is a shame.

We've visited Storm in the past and enjoyed it, so back we went again. The first surprise was that it was empty not a good sign. The waiter was pleasant, and noticed when we needed more bread with our starters good sign! There were three meals ordered. Number 3 came out a little while after the first two, so by the time we started eating, the first two were pretty cold. The hake was a bit dry could have done with some sort of sauce? The chard was overcooked and there was only a small taste of golden beet puree. The lemon sole was rather overcooked. We decided to go for puddings, but were disappointed by the portion size, particularly considering the price. I felt sorry for the waiter, who was trying his best, but was dealing with a poor product. It's unlikely that we'll be returning to this restaurant in the near future.

Walked in off the street to a lovely cosy restaurant. Asked the chef about dietary requirements for my friend and nothing was too much problem. The hake was splendid and my friend enjoyed their steak as well. Everything was cooked to perfection. Staff were excellent. Will go back again.

Food was brilliant but service was abysmal only one gent appeared to care about the service and customers. Food 10/1 Service 1/10

We came here on 2 July and just had the most wonderful dinner! Don't be put off by the rather dark exterior, this is a really great place and the food is fabulous. We were welcomed by the delightful staff and the lady in charge, Cat, looked after us so beautifully. The thing that struck us most of all was the freshness and high quality of the ingredients my husband's starter came with tomatoes but they were so sweet he said that he had never had tomatoes that were tasted so good in the UK! We chatted to the chef Mike afterwards who was obviously so passionate about his job and putting together interesting flavours, and using locally sourced ingredients. We would really recommend this restaurant. Cat pointed us in the direction of Tin of Sardines (a gin bar where a friend of hers works) afterwards so we finished off the evening with a delicious cocktail there. A great night out