The Riverside - Bournemouth

I have dined at this restaurant a few times but I do not recommend it. The separate vegetarian menu is quite basic. I ordered the masaman curry, which arrived lukewarm. It was a small portion for £15, especially compared to my friend's plate of linguine. There was not much sweet potato in the curry, some pieces were undercooked. The fine green beans were also a bit too al dente for my liking. Additionally, the rice was crispy in some places. The only redeeming factor of this meal was the view of the river.

I chose the aubergine coconut curry, when it arrived it looked good. However, the curry was about 5 small mouthfuls, was lukewarm. It did have 4 broccoli spears and a chilli on the side, which hardly counts as a normal sized meal. Majority of the meal was one great hard clump of rice, which was terrible and I didn't eat. Customer service was good, they did offer to cook me some more rice or get me something else. My non vegan friend had a lovely meal, large portion of seabass, potato's, veg. Apple and damson crumble with custard was yummy and vegan.

Small portion, vegan dishes a bit tasteless, staff quite nice though.

It's fantastic to find a pub offering a vegan menu, especially in such a beautiful location and not in a area that I would have expected to be vegan-friendly. The food was excellent and reasonably priced! By the way, you order at the bar.

I tried the harissa eggplant and spinach burger at this restaurant and it was fantastic. It came with a tasty side salad of cauliflower couscous and kale with a delicious dressing. I also had the treacle and pecan tart with coconut sorbet, which was delicious. The prices were reasonable and the food was very tasty. I'm looking forward to going back and trying more dishes from the menu.