Rising Sun Gastro Pub Review

The Rising Sun pub is located in Dear Hay lane in Poole, just behind the main high street by a car park. It used to be a Thai restaurant but changed to being a gastro pub a couple of years ago. Haven eaten there a few times recently in the evening, I decided to have a family meal left my father’s birthday as the food had been excellent.
The pub has a very warm feel and as you enter the bar is on the left and a small seating area on the right. The main restaurant area is on your left and there is a secluded outdoor garden in front of you for those now rare sunny days! I believe the Rising Sun was actually an old coach house years ago and I think it is at least a couple of hundred years old.

We were seated near the window which turned out to be a blessing, as it became very hot throughout the evening and we were able to open the window behind us. The staff are always efficient and friendly in the rising Sun (which sadly is fairly rare these days) so it is unlikely that you will be waiting a long time for service.

I started off with a home-made mushroom soup with some granary bread that was first-class although I probably shouldn’t have ordered it as it made me even hotter than I already was.

The head chef at the rising Sun is Phil Etheridge and he has helped the restaurant gain two rosettes which I feel it deservedly holds. After reading through some information on their website it appears Phil has worked at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant in Claridges London which might explain the high standard of food.

For my main course I decided on the fillet stake that at £23 was not cheap but having had it before I knew it was going to be worth it. Twice now I have ordered the state as medium to well done and twice it has arrived exactly that. My steak was accompanied by green peppercorn sauce, watercress and chunky chips, and the portion size was just right.

If I had to moan about anything, it would perhaps be that is slightly bigger menu would be nice. However there are specials available that generally seem to be geared towards seafood and I would prefer a small the menu that they were able to cook perfectly and utilise fresh ingredients for than a larger menu with average food.

When we went to the restaurant on Friday night it was almost full and I would recommend booking in advance just to make sure you are not disappointed, particularly if you are a party of four will more as generally restaurants are able to squeeze in a table for two at short notice.

For the desert my wife and I shared a typically British strawberries and cream as we were both pretty full from our main course. I actually quite fancied their mixed berry fruit crumble but as I knew the portion size would be quite large I opted for the lighter option.

I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the rising Sun and everyone who ate with me enjoyed the food and service. It’s maybe a little more expensive than your typical pub, but the quality of the food is not typical and you get what you pay for here.

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