The Last Post in West Dorset

So many other coffee shops in Dorchester better than this experience. Empty and dreadful toasted tea cakes. More like compressed sawdust with a couple of squashed flies for flavour. Terrible coffee. Not a clue

My partner, son and I went to the Last Post for Lunch. We were drawn in by a board outside, advertising a warming winter lunch. Unfortunately nothing could have been further from the truth. The door was open the whole time making it cold and drafty. The air conditioning was also on?! The waiting staff we're on another planet with uncleared tables all over the place. The music was terrible and way out of date. My tea was in a tiny cup with a dirty rim. The coffee looked nice though! My microwaved jacket potato arrived, with cheap,shop bought coleslaw, and hardly any cheese, it was edible but a long way from a good meal! My salad was way past its best with brown leaves and swimming in dressing. My sons panini was edible, but again the salad was poor. My partners baguette wasn't bought to our table until we had all finished our lunch. They'd forgotten it. The cheesy chips were nice at least! It's not hard to make a decent jacket potato or sandwich! Thank you for giving us the baguette for free. However we won't be returning! I hate leaving negative reviews, you need to step things up though. It's unfair to serve poor quality meals, that have to be paid for by your customers hard earned money.

Called in for a bite to eat whilst out with family. Staff were very friendly and welcoming, even our dog was given a bowl of water. Food was good and well priced. Cappuccino was one of the nicest we have had and certainly better than the ones we regularly have from the various branded coffee chains. Kids loved the milkshake which was great value for money with many varieties on offer. Would recommend to others Dave

First visit, won’t go back. Latte tasted like they had used evaporated milk. Tea cakes were huge but mostly a thin tasteless thing with hardly any dried fruit. Small pat of hard butter. Greasy sausage roll, tepid. But the staff smiled!

Just had a family lunch here, didn't know it was here at first but the food abd service was really lovely. Would recommend 👌

This café, located just off the high street does simple things brilliantly well. The staff were engaging and very helpful. We stopped for a simple snack and left satisfied

Popped in here for a drink and snack while shopping, can't say I will be returning. Ordered sweet potato fries, cheesy chips, hot chocolate and a Pepsi. Pepsi was fine but hot choc was watery and undrinkable but to be fair was replaced quickly with a better one. Chips arrived half cold, soggy, burnt and clearly had been microwaved not airfried as waitress stated. Again to be fair refund quickly given as sweet potato fries were inedible, my sister tried to eat the cheesy chips but gave up and offered constructive criticism to the waitress who took it very well. Another waitress who had clearly been for a 'fresh break' brought my refund, if you are working with food it may be a good idea to have a mint after and not smell of smoke. One last thing if a customer is unhappy with their food it's not good customer service for a man who I suspect was the manager to shoot the customer a dirty look.

Had a light lunch here . Service was excellent and food was lovely . We had soup and jacket potato . Both were served hot and were thoroughly enjoyed . Whilst there we witnessed a couple unhappy with their meal . This complaint was dealt with in a professional manner - although the complaint appeared unjustified .

Staff was friendly Different staff this week Served with smile Great food well presented Coffee was great Full English and cake was great Service was great aswell

We ordered 2 drinks and 2 pasties. Drinks took so long to arrive I had to go in and chase. Chocolate milkshake arrived and barely tasted of chocolate. Then has to go in and ask where pasties were they took so long. When they arrived, mine was still cold. Very simple order and thanks ok so long and quality not great.

Called in mid morning and had the full English breakfast which was cooked just right with good value ingredients. Staff were all very helpful. They do a reasonable selection of cakes and light lunches too.

Sat outside on a sunny day and waited 15 minutes before waitress took order for coffee and tea cake. Coffee delivered 15 minutes later by a waitress followed by a second waitress who wanted paying. I explained I had not received Ttea cake and she said "just coming" Ten minutes later after I had finished my coffee tea cake arrived minus a knife to spread butter. I was told poor service due to lack of staff so why can't one person serve and collect payment, or better still let the lazy one collecting payment also deliver food! That is how staff should be deployed. Pleasant place totally wasted by inexperienced team. I spent about 50 minutes here just for basic coffee and tea cake. I dread to think how much time needed to have a meal.

Nice position in Main Street, it looked promising. Staff friendly. Sat outside and had to pay for meal when we ordered, fair enough. Coffee was nice. Waited a long time for a chicken wrap and sausage and chips. Staff explained that they had run out of chips so sorry for the delay. When the food arrived the chicken wrap was cold and the chicken overcooked and rubbery and you could have used the wrap to sole a shoe it was so tough! Chips were ok but the sausages were horrible, tasted like sawdust! Lucky for them they already had our money as we would have refused to pay the full amount after the meal. Maybe nice for a drink but would certainly not recommend either of these two dishes (in my opinion, two very easy meals to cook)! very disappointing. Will go to the bakery opposite next time!,

Just a quick stop for some sandwiches for lunch, friendly staff, beautiful fresh ingredients for the sandwiches and the coffees were just superb! Faultless really

Lovely corner building, husband and I were out and about in Dorchester looking for somewhere to have lunch. From the outside this looks like a coffee shop - bar, however go inside and it's a lovely light welcoming restaurant - bar. The staff are very friendly and the food is good. We will definitely be getting back to visit again.