Penn Central
Penn Hill Avenue, Poole, Dorset BH14 9NA. Tel: 01202 710 888
We had our company Xmas meal here one year and recently went back for a friend's birthday.
There is a wine bar on the ground floor and a restaurant up on the first floor. Very modern in design. Nice place to go.
Food is pleasant enough but... I found the flavours to be very full on, not very subtle or with any finesse.
I had the tempura tuna which was a large chunk of tuna done medium, which I enjoyed, but the batter was not tempura. It was very brown and look as it was fried in quite used old. The flavour was too strong for the tuna. The noodles that came with it I really like. Chinese Ho Fun and not the usual cop-out thread noodles.
Angela had the lamb (and I had a steak before) but the sauce was a bit strong as well. The black olive didn't add to is as the flavour of the lamb was nice enough.
The food is nearly there. Seems like they try just too hard. Tone it down a bit and it will be spot on.
