The Garden Room Restaurant, Fine Dining in Wareham

“Cooking is an art, and art is a passion.”

We serve lunch Tuesday to Saturday and our popular Sunday Lunch. Morning coffee, drinks, and dinner is served daily.

Afternoon Tea is served Monday to Saturday, we serve Cream Tea on Sunday.

Please visit our Book a Table page to view our availability.

The Garden Room experience

Savour the Moment: Book Your Priory Dining Experience

Indulge in an unforgettable culinary journey at The Garden Room, where exquisite flavours meet a warm and inviting atmosphere. Our carefully curated menu features seasonal ingredients and innovative dishes, all crafted by our talented chefs to provide you with a unique dining experience.

Reserve your table today and embark on a memorable culinary adventure with The Garden Room at Priory Wareham.

Indulge in Delicious Dishes Crafted with Local Ingredients

Savour the Flavours of The Garden Room

From vibrant vegetable medleys to expertly prepared meats and fresh seafood, every plate is a testament to our commitment to quality. Pair your meal with our carefully curated selection of wines, and let our knowledgeable team guide you through an unforgettable dining experience.

Join us at The Garden Room, where every bite tells a story and every meal is a celebration of local flavours.

Breakfast

Good Morning. We hope you slept well…

Breakfast is served daily between:

Monday and Saturday

7.30 a.m. – 9.30 a.m.

Sunday and Bank Holidays

7.30 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.

To Begin

The Main Event

On The Side

Drinks

£30.00 per person for non-residents and room-only guests

If Preferred Breakfast Can Be Served To You In Your Room For Charge Of £10 Per Guest

Food Allergies & Intolerances: Before ordering, please speak to our team about your requirements.

Lunch Menu

Starters

Mains

Dessert

All 14.50

Teas & Coffees

A la carte

A discretionary service charge of 12.5% will be added to your bill. Distributed entirely to the team.

Food Allergies & Intolerances: Before ordering, please speak to our team about your requirements.

Treat Yourself Lunch

Treat Yourself Today

Sides

Food Allergies & Intolerances: Before ordering, please speak to our team about your requirements.

Sunday Lunch Menu (a sample)

Starters

Mains

Dessert

Teas & Coffees

Three Courses £55
Add £5 For Hot Drink

A discretionary service charge of 12.5% will be added to your bill. Distributed entirely to the team.

Food Allergies & Intolerances: Before ordering, please speak to our team about your requirements.

Treat Yourself Sunday Lunch

Treat Yourself Today

*Denotes Supplement

Food Allergies & Intolerances: Before ordering, please speak to our team about your requirements.

Afternoon Tea

Available 3.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.

All Cakes & Biscuits are Hand-Made on the Premises

This menu may be reserved for residents only at busy times.

Food Allergies & Intolerances: Before ordering, please speak to our team about your requirements.

Dinner Menu

Canapés from Stephan

Starters

Mains

Dessert

Two Courses £62.50
Three Courses £80.00

Food Allergies & Intolerances: Before ordering, please speak to our team about your requirements.

A discretionary service charge of 12.5% will be added to your bill. Distributed entirely to the team.

Treat Yourself Dinner

Treat Yourself Today

*Denotes Supplement

Food Allergies & Intolerances: Before ordering, please speak to our team about your requirements.

The Garden Room at The Priory

The Garden Room at the Priory Wareham brings the outside in, come rain or shine you will dine with views over our lawn and down to the river. With ceiling-height windows that open fully, green oak beams, and luxury Mulberry Home interiors, we hope to bring you one of Dorset’s most memorable and unique dining experiences.

Head Chef Stephan Guinebault’s ethos lies at the heart of all he does. When Stephan joined Priory Wareham in 2006, he brought a wealth of knowledge and experience, which all stemmed from growing up on his grandmother’s (grand-maman) farm in the Loire Valley, and her cooking. Motivated by his love of (her) food, he started work as an apprentice chef while simultaneously attending catering college. He progressed through Michelin and Relais & Chateaux establishments in France, gaining invaluable classical training and an understanding of regional dishes and techniques. Today, Stephan’s passion for food is as evident as ever. He thrives on using fine, locally sourced, seasonal produce, with a guaranteed provenance.

Booking Information

Please mention any dietary requirements, allergies, or intolerances when booking. Our food is a huge part of your experience, and we aim to offer a menu that works for all our guests. You will find a vegetarian, and vegan dish on all our menus. However, please speak to use ahead of your visit if there is anything you would like discuss.

Please kindly note that a booking is only confirmed once a deposit of £10 per person has been received (refundable if cancellation is made 3 days or more before the date of your reservation).

Young Children and Paws

Children over the age of eight are most welcome in our dining room. Younger children when part of a private party using our private dining room or exclusive use of the hotel are most welcome. This includes babes in arms.

We accept guide dogs only by arrangement.

Dress Code

The Garden Room Restaurant is smart casual. Smart jeans are suitable; men often wear a jacket in the evening. During the summer months, at lunch, it would be acceptable for men to wear tailored shorts with a shirt. We politely request no trainers or flip-flops, please. Many people choose The Garden Room at Priory Wareham to celebrate special occasions, we operate a dress code to ensure the atmosphere of our dining room reflects that.

Discover Delight: Coffee Mornings and Afternoon Teas

Served in the comfort of our Drawing room, John Turner room, or when the sunshine, our terrace.

Start your day off right with our Coffee Mornings, featuring a selection of freshly brewed coffees and mouthwatering pastries. It’s the perfect opportunity to unwind and connect with friends in a relaxed setting. As the day winds down, indulge in our exquisite Afternoon Tea. Enjoy an assortment of delicate finger sandwiches, freshly baked scones with clotted cream, and a variety of delectable sweets, all paired with a selection of fine teas.

Champagne

Champagne is the wine of celebration, commiseration, racecourse success, christenings, wedding & seductions, making the perfect aperitif or after-dinner refresher. There are many Champagne Houses, all making wine in their own style. Most Champagne can be a blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay & Pinot Meunier, there are exceptions, when made only from Chardonnay the Champagne will be listed as ‘Blanc de Blanc’. Rosé has become very fashionable in recent years, it’s lovely salmon pink colour will enhance any party or celebration.

NON-VINTAGE	PER BOTTLE	PER HALF
1 Lenoble Cuvée Intense	86.00	53.00
4 Taittinger Brut Reserve	138.00
6 Louis Roederer Brut Premier	134.00
7 Pol Roger White Foil	137.00
8 Veuve Clicquot	156.00
10 Laurent Perrier la Cuvée		86.00

VINTAGE AND DE-LUXE	PER BOTTLE	PER HALF
9 Pol Roger Vintage 2015	279.00
12 Louis Roederer Cristal 2000	800.00

ROSÉ	PER BOTTLE	PER HALF
17 Lenoble Rosé Brut NV	110.00
19 Laurent Perrier Rosé N.V	220.00
20 Billecart Salmon Rosé N.V	236.00

Please kindly note, that our wine list and drinks menu change frequently, so this sample is subject to changes in wine, vintage, and price. If you would like to check the vintage or availability of a particular wine on our list before your arrival, please contact our reservations team.

Sparkling Wines

These should not be thought of as cheap alternatives to Champagne. They are often as well made and produced by the same method as Champagne, they are merely different wines in different styles.

	PER BOTTLE	PER HALF
16 Le Monde Pinot Nero Rosé, Spumante Italy	41.00
18 Midas D.O.C Prosecco	44.00
18a Midas D.O.C Rosé Brut	50.00
21 Prosecco Azzillo Italy	39.50
22 Blanquette de Limoux Ma Maison France	41.00

English Wines

A new page in our expanding wine list. We feel the need to shout about our English section as it really is rather wonderful. We are very lucky living on the Jurassic coast surrounded by some fantastic vineyards using all of today’s methods but with the same basic principles and amazing grape varieties. We are starting close to home with some delightful Sparkling wines from Lytchett Matravers, before moving down the coast slightly to the now World-renowned Furleigh Estate just outside of Bridport, a quick skip into Devon and the Dart Valley before a final, at least at present, last jaunt over to Kent for some supremely good fizz from Gusbourne. We hope you enjoy exploring our offering as much as we enjoyed tasting them for you!

English Sparkling Wines

Produced locally in Dorset, English Oak Vineyard at Lytchett Matravers and Gusbourne Vineyards in Appledore, Kent both wines are made from a blend of the classic Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir grapes. Great wines, why not try some for that perfect celebration.

	PER BOTTLE	PER GLASS
23 Gusbourne Blanc de Blanc	86.00	22.00
24 Engelmann Cuvee Brut	65.00
25 Chinkapin Rosé Brut	69.00
26 Gusbourne Rosé	82.00	21.00
27 Everdene, Furleigh Estate	78.00	20.00

English Still

	PER BOTTLE	PER GLASS
28 Furleigh White Pinot Noir	44.00	12.50
29 Furleigh Bacchus Fume	48.00	14.00
32 Sharphams Dart Valley 2022	48.00	14.00
33 Gusbourne Rosé	66.00	17.00

Bordeaux

Our claret list is an ever-changing feast, offering classified wines and those little gems from lesser known areas. Bordeaux is the largest fine wine region in the world, its great glories are its fine red wines, together with a tiny production of wonderful, sweet wines from Sauternes & Barsac. Bordeaux is split between two main districts, on the left bank of the Garonne is the Medoc where the wines in general are Cabernet Sauvignon driven with a little added Merlot. On the right bank we have St. Emilion and Pomerol, here the wines are Merlot driven with varying amounts of Cabernet Franc, these are very general comments as in life there are always many exceptions.

	PER BOTTLE	PER GLASS
30 Château Gachon Montagne St. Emilion 2018/20	45.00	27.00
31 Château Peybonhomme Les Tours ‘Biodynamic’ Premieres Cotes de Blaye 2019/20	52.00

Medoc

The wines of the Medoc are pleasantly perfumed especially when young and develop a good deal of ﬁnesse in bottle.

	PER BOTTLE
34 Château Beaumont Cru Bourgeois 2018	76.00

Margaux

The outstanding characteristic of the appellation is ﬁnesse and breed, they are slower to evolve but deliver in spades, just delightful.

	PER BOTTLE	PER GLASS	CORAVIN 175ml
40 Château Moulin d’Angludet Cru Bourgeois 2017	105.00		29.00
41 Château Rauzan Ségla 2015		85.00
42 Château Giscours Grand Cru Classé 2018/19	288.00
46 Château Brane-Canternac 2eme Cru Classé 2008	300.00

St Estéphe

In many ways a transitional area between the Medoc and the Haut Medoc, breed and power are the outstanding qualities of these ﬁne wines.

	PER BOTTLE
48 La Dame de Montrose 2nd Wine of Chateau Montrose 2018	160.00
50 Château Calon-Segur 3eme Cru Classé 2008	400.00

St Julien

The wines of St. Julien have great character and originality with wonderful body and vivid fruit ﬂavours.

	PER BOTTLE
53 Château Connetable-Talbot 2nd Wine of Chateau Talbot 2020	125.00
57 Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2eme Cru Classé 1971	420.00
58 Château Talbot 4eme Cru Classé 2015	360.00
59 Château Leoville-Barton 2eme Cru Classé 2015	460.00

Pauillac

These wines are the most powerful in terms of both bouquet, body, and ﬂavours, together with ﬁnesse which develops with age, just waiting to be enjoyed.

	PER BOTTLE	CORAVIN
68 Château Batailley 5eme Cru Classé 2010/12	260.00	69.00
69 Château Pontet-Canet 5eme Cru Classé 2010/12	340.00
70 Château Duhart-Milon Rothschild 4eme Cru Classé 2009	320.00

St Emilion

The town of St Emilion is surrounded by vineyards sloping away gently towards the South. The wines are very easy to drink and very smooth.

	PER BOTTLE
73 Château la Rose Saint-Georges St. Georges St. Emilion 2021	67.00
77 Le Petit Cheval St Emilion Grande Cru 2009	695.00
78 Château Beau-Sejour Becot Grand Cru Classé 2017	220.00

Pomerol

Properties in Pomerol in general produce very small quantities of wine. Most Chateaux have over 75% planted with Merlot; some, like Petrus, plant over 90%. This makes for round, voluptuous wines with appeal to the English palate.

	PER BOTTLE
84 Château des Moines 2020	58.00
86 Château de Valois 2018	130.00

Graves Pessac Leognan

The region of Graves takes its name from the gravel soil which is prevalent there. This soil imparts a dry, earthy character to the wines. This sounds less than a recommendation, but the wines mellow rapidly with age and become soft and delicious with just a hint of their youthful earthiness.

	PER BOTTLE
98 Château Haut-Brion 1eme Cru Classé 1966	695.00

White Bordeaux

The white wines of Bordeaux have undergone a renaissance in recent years, with the introduction of modern production methods of wine making. Cold fermentation & less oak ageing allows the wines to express their true fresh fruit character and fresh lively style.

	PER BOTTLE
103 Chateau Peybonhomme les Tours 2021 ‘Biodynamic’ Premieres Cotes de Blaye	58.00

Sauternes

There is no better way to round off a fantastic meal than to indulge in a glass of Sauternes with your pudding, just wonderful.

	PER BOTTLE
112 Château le Juge ‘les Mignets’ 2019	68.00
119 Château d’Yquem 1er Grand Cru Classé 1970	950.00
120 Château d’Yquem 1er Grand Cru Classé 1967	2600.00

Beaujolais

The light, delicious, fruity wines from the beautiful Beaujolais hills are perfect for summer drinking. They have an abundance of marvelous raspberry-like Gamay fruit and are as good chilled, as the French drink them, as they are at room temperature.

	PER BOTTLE	PER HALF
127 Julienas Domaine Pascal Au franc 2019	55.00
129 Brouilly ‘l’Enfer des Balloquets’ 2022	48.00
129a Brouilly ‘Vieilles Vignes’ ~ Dubost 2021		28.00
130 Fleurie ‘Côte de Poncie’ Côte de Chalonnaise 2021/22	51.00
130a Fleurie ‘Côte de Poncie’ Côte de Chalonnaise 2021/22		30.00

Cote Chalonnaise

Lying south of Beaune is the region of Chalonnaise, producing lovely easy drinking reds using the Pinot Noir grape. The wines offer wonderful value for those willing to have the adventure.

	PER BOTTLE
136 Rully Rouge ‘Chaponniere’ Domaine de Belleville 2018	90.00
140 Givry Rouge 1er Cru les Bois Gauthier 2021	80.00
143 Mercurey Rouge, Maison Olivier Chanzy 2022	124.00

Red Burgundy

CÔTE DE BEAUNE

Beaune, some say is the hub of Burgundy, famous for the Hospices de Beaune yearly auction it is the home of many renowned names such as Volnay & Chassagne, but here the grower is all important, we list a few top names for your enjoyment.

	PER BOTTLE	PER HALF	CORAVIN

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Indulge in Delicious Dishes Crafted with Local Ingredients

Breakfast

To Begin

Weetabix, Cornflakes, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, Muesli or Rice Krispies

Homemade Granola with Natural Yoghurt & Berry Compote

Porridge available with Honey, Flaked Almonds & Sliced Banana or Plain

Fresh Fruit or Stewed Prunes available with Natural Yoghurt

Half a Fresh Grapefruit

The Main Event

Priory Breakfast

Garden Breakfast

Mushrooms, Spinach & Poached Eggs

Poached Egg with Avocado

Smoked Salmon with Scrambled Eggs

Eggs Benedict, Royale or Florentine

Grilled KippersPoached Smoked Haddock

Cheeses, Cured Ham & Oatcakes

Sour Cream & Smoked Salmon

On The Side

White Sourdough, Wholemeal Artisan Toast, or Croissants

Drinks

Hot Drinks

Speciality Teas by Hoogly Tea

Fresh Juices

Lunch Menu

Starters

Carpaccio of Melon and Prosciutto Ham (V, VGA) – 15.95

Wasabi Vodka Cured Trout and Portland Crab (GF, DFA) - 19.50

Salt & Black Pepper Squid (DF) - 19.50

Duck Liver & Brandy Parfait (GFA) – 19.25

Fish Soup (GFA)– 16.95

Accompanied with Artisan Rolls & Speciality Bread Made In-House

Mains

Cornish Mussels Mariniere with Dorset Coppa & Wild Garlic (GFA, DFA)

Beer Battered Dover Sole Goujons & Frites – 34.95

Pan Fried Seabream with Ginger – 34.50

6oz Devon Red Beef Fillet (GFA, DFA) – 36.95

Jurassic Farm Lamb Cutlets (GFA, DFA)– 36.95

Pork Tenderloin, Serano Ham & Cornish Gouda Cordon Bleu – 31.95

Asparagus, Rhubarb & Courgette Stir Fry Tagliatelle (VGA) – 26.50

Dessert

All 14.50

Dark Chocolate and Rhubarb Fool (GFA)

Brûlée of the Day (GF)

Warm Cherry Bakewell Tart

Lemon Cheesecake

Mixed Berry Knickerbocker Glory (GF)

Westcountry Cheeseboard

Teas & Coffees

Pot of Hoogly Tea - 4.50

Cafetiere of Coffee - 5.00

Treat Yourself Lunch

Pan Fried Shetland Scallops

Priory Prawn & Portland Crab Cocktail

Local Kimmeridge Lobster

Whole Dover Sole (26oz)

Rosemary Roasted Devon Red Chateaubriand 16oz

Sunday Lunch Menu (a sample)

Starters

Locally Smoked Duck Breast & Chicken Liver Parfait

Kiln Roasted Salmon Fishcake

Baked Field Mushroom with Spinach & Butternut Squash

Kimmeridge Velvet Crab Bouillabaisse

Curried Parsnip Soup

Accompanied with Artisan Rolls & Speciality Bread Made In-House

Mains

Sirloin of Maiden Castle Farm Aberdeen Angus Beef

Roast Leg of Suffolk Lamb

Both Served with Roast Potatoes & Panache of Seasonal Vegetables

Fillet of Cod

Wild Mushroom, Spinach & Chickpea Savoury Crumble

Dessert

Pear & Spiced Rum Clafoutis

Chilled Dark Chocolate Fondant

Grand Marnier Creme Brulee

Grilled Kippers

Poached Smoked Haddock