Bento Bento

A Japanese-style meal featuring a variety of delights such as rice, meat or fish, vegetables, and pickles, all neatly packed in a box.

Dim T

Dim T

Whiteley Shopping Centre Whiteley Way, Winchester, United Kingdom

Thai • Asian • Chinese • Japanese


"6 weeks ago we gave this restaurant a 5+star rating. It was the best food we'd had in a Southampton restaurant. Fast forward to Father's Day and we could barely stand the hideous dishes put in front of us. We asked the waiter if the chef had changed but she was new so had no idea. The bad: The tempura prawns were poorly battered overcooked lumps of something, definitely not tempura. The noodle dish was tasteless and lacked ingredients, the rice dish was okay but lacked ingredients and had to be seasoned, the crispy beef was a lump of gooey mess on a plate and definitely not the superb crispy beef we'd been introduced to previously. The Spring Rolls were undercooked doughy chews with a hint of veg inside and a revolting dipping sauce that probably should've been cooked and none of us could stand. DimT have you actually tasted that sauce? The good: 2 of the 3 dim sum dishes were tasty. But you can't really mess up a steamed dim sum then. The staff are always great! If you going to pay higher than normal prices in a restaurant, then the food has to be good. Would we go back to DimT? Not in a hurry and if we did, we'd refuse any dish that comes out inedible again. This is necessary to teach the cooks (can't call them chefs in this instance), what is acceptable and what isn't. We may go back because we know DimT has a formidable award winning chef hidden in the cupboard somewhere and we'd really like to taste their food again. One last chance one day, maybe."

Drgnfly Pan-asian Restaurant Bar

Drgnfly Pan-asian Restaurant Bar

1 Bournemouth Road, Poole I-BH14 0EF, United Kingdom

Sushi • Asian • Fusion • Japanese


"Booked a table of 5 for my birthday dinner. We were promptly seated then immediately asked for drinks orders before even being offered a drinks menu or water. After we had ordered drinks we were being rushed into ordering some food, every two minutes different waiters coming and asking if we are ready to order (at least 7 times). After we did order and the food was brought out, we were then just forgotten about and nobody came over anymore to check if we needed any more drinks (4 out of 5 glasses were empty) or if the food was ok. (It was- but no one checked). After we had finished dining, we still had empty glasses and had to wait 20+ minutes until we eventually stopped a waiter walking past and asked if we could order more drinks. The drinks then took another 15 minutes to come. It was also very disappointing that although we had mentioned on the booking itself that it was for my birthday, there was no acknowledgement of this (I have been before and had received a plate with ‘happy birthday’ written on it in some kind of sauce with a sparkler). My sister even went to ask the woman working on the front desk and received a standoffish attitude back saying no. When the £235 bill came, it even listed ‘birthday plate £0.00’ on it!!! That really let the evening down. The interactions with the staff themselves were great, they were very polite and personable but the actual level of service of being rushed to order and then totally forgotten about really dampened what could have been a fantastic evening."

Rising Sun

Rising Sun

32 Bowden Hill, SN15 2PP, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • Vegan • European


"We went to the Rising Sun for a family Sunday lunch. We were seated in the conservatory, we asked if we could sit out on the deck but this is not possible if you’re having Sunday lunch. The sun was shining directly in my in-laws faces, when we asked if the blind could be lowered the waitress asked her manager who said this couldn’t be done. The alternative table we were offered was too small for our party of five to be seated comfortably so we elected to stay put. The Sunday lunch was ok, though the quantity of meat and roast potatoes for the price was not particularly generous, especially for those of us who had beef. The thin pieces of beef were reminiscent of school dinners. We decided to have a two course lunch with pudding. We had quite a long wait before the puddings we ordered arrived. My husband enjoyed his strawberry cheesecake but I was disappointed with the Eton Mess because it was about 60% crème fraiche, 29% compote and 1% meringue. The crumble seemed like it had been microwaved and had very little flavour. Service was attentive but slow, the group at the next table had been waiting for their starter for a while when the manager told them it would be a couple of minutes; they still hadn’t arrived by the time we left. The manager was quite dogmatic, shouting across the room at his staff. We had only gone there because of the view and would not go there again to eat."