The Print Room, Bournemouth Review

Last week I visited the Print Room just off Richmond Hill in Bournemouth’s town centre for a birthday dinner around 8pm.

The Print Room used to be the Bournemouth Daily Echos newspaper printing room and as a result it’s an impressively large room with high ceilings with an Art Deco design. The building is over 100 years old and the Print room has kept many of the original features as it is a Grade II listed property.

In the main dining area there is combination of open tables and wooden American style booths for a slightly more private dining experience. We found the table a little small however for 6 of us but it did make for plenty of conversation between all guests as we could virtually touch each other!

My wife had soup to start but didn’t really like it as she said it had no flavor and was just watery really so that wasn’t an ideal start.

For the main course I had a leg of lamb which pretty much literally was just a leg of lamb in a bowl with some beans around it. The lamb was very nice and cooked perfectly however, overall the meal was pretty boring and could have done with some potatoes, vegetables and maybe some sauce or gravy.

Most of the other diners on our table all pretty much felt the same that the food was cooked well but didn’t have that great deal of flavor.

On the night we went there was a special set menu offered which did offer a considerable saving over ordering from the standard menu and many in our group felt that they would have been unhappy to have paid full price for the meals.

Al though this review doesn’t sound great I actually would go again as I have been previously and had a fantastic Sausage & Mash dinner and service has been very good on both occasions. There is a certain ambiance about eating in such an unusual building too which adds to the experience.

I think the Print Room does pride itself on high quality ingredients and service but lacks that certain ‘je ne se qua’ in the taste of food sometimes.

Try it out and see what you think and let us know in the comment section below. If you want to book or find out more about the place, see there Website at: www.theprintroom-bournemouth.co.uk