The best restaurants in Blandford Old Town North Dorset South West

This is a nice friendly cafe with good ambience. I had the avocado on sour dough with bacon and egg. They could have been more generous with the bacon and they should have used a fresh avocado - this one was bad - it tasted off and had with black bits in it. Disappointing.

Can't recommend No.8 Cafe enough. Friendly staff. Nice inside and out. Off the East Street so nice and secluded. I had the Little Breakfast - which was enough and very tasty. Every element well made and sourced. I especially like the mushroom with thyme, cooked for a perfect amount of time and not swimming in butter like usual. Bang on! Had a really nice coffee too. Go!

Best cafe around by miles, fresh cakes every day & daily specials like meatball subs & burgers! Huge portion sizes, deffo doesn’t dissapoint! Good quality food & since being taken over by Mandy the nicest staff in there always up for a laugh & chat!!

Really lovely and friendly staff; lizzie and matt were very welcoming. Explained what drinks they had and made us very wonderful and tasty drinks for very reasonable prices. Just a very friendly place that goes out of it way to give fantastic service. You will not regret coming here like ourselves who had not been here before as we are new to the local area. Hope you try it yourselves!

This is such a cute place! The decoration is quirky and the staff were lovely. I had an amazing savory scone and the best ginger cake ever. Would definitely recommend, and I'll definitely be coming back.

We had a fantastic meal at Jerry's, everything was delicious. Jerry is always so cheerful and attentive. We were a mixed age group with a baby and all made so welcome.

Another delicious lunch - our choices (moussaka and lasagna) beautifully prepared and promptly served. An excellent lemon drizzle with coffee completed our repast. The quality is consistently high - our visits to the Georgian always a highlight.

Love bro 💙 always nice food cooked well 👌🏽

Visited Steve and the Yellow Bicyclists for a couple of their supper clubs. Always an outstanding and fun evening with gorgeously prepared and cooked food, served with a smile. We understand that Steve will be hanging up his apron, so thank you for everything and good luck for the future. You deserve it.

I have supported this business for some time. The time waiting has always been high but inevitably the food has always made it worth the wait. However this weekend they broke all the records for poor service. I was notified on the order tracking service my food was ready for collection. However on arrival I was informed it was not ready. 45 minutes later I was given my order. I got home to find the food was all wrong. I phoned and was told my order was being bagged up so would be ready .On arrival it was not ready. I had to wait a further 30 minutes. The girls on reception were polite but unable to carry out front of house duties. Real shame as I cannot see the business surviving unless the whole place is given a deep clean and the staff are given decent training.

My favourite takeaway in Blandford. Just came back from Thailand, love the Thai dishes here.

Scruples is a little gem. Unpretentious, homely, welcoming, with a real community spirit. So much so that we regularly make the 30 mile round trip from where we live to have lunch there. The food is always freshly prepared and delicious. The service is attentive without being overwhelming.

We held our daughters baby shower for 25 people here at the weekend, Alex put on a superb buffet and drinks (non and alcoholic). So helpful in letting us set up the room beforehand with a balloon arch and arranging a few tables. Everyone commented on what a lovely venue and how nice and friendly the staff were looking after us all afternoon. Alex and his teams award winning cocktails are a must to try,

Recent visit - hate being asked (even by the machine) about tips - this is before ANY service or produce!!! Not good!! There’s a saying, if ya have to stand to order your food ya ain’t getting a tip! Tips should be at the end when all customer care, service and food/drink has been had!! Of note I did not tip.. I also didn’t get any sugar with my coffee or cutlery or napkins with my toasty …. Coincidence ????

I am absolutely gutted that this place has closed. It was my go-to curry house for a sit down meal. Many, many thanks and my very best wishes for the future must go to Somok Ali.