The Rising Sun

This 18th-century pub just off the High Street in Poole is now a spruced-up and stylish, light and modern gastro-pub. A warm and relaxing atmosphere is guaranteed, whether you are popping for a pint of Flack's Double Drop in the elegant lounge bar, or heading for the charming restaurant to explore Greg Etheridge's innovative menus with two AA Rosettes. Both lunch and dinner menus successfully combine traditional pub classics with more adventurous dishes and make sound use of fresh local ingredients. Lunch offers inventive sandwiches and ciabattas, starters like warm salad of artichoke hearts, and main courses such as rope-grown Shetland mussels, and various grills. Evening extras may include chargrilled Honeybrook Farm chicken breast and roasted drumstick; slow-roast belly of pork with sautéed langoustines; and roasted fillet of cod and black olive crushed new potatoes. Seasonal specials are chalked on the blackboards daily.