The best restaurants in Shaftesbury Central North Dorset South West

The best cheese toasty, we were looked after so well and they were happy with two large dogs under the table (mostly ). Great service and all round recommendation.

Great little addition to Shaftesbury high street. They are dog friendly too! Lovely food and pastries. Staff are very friendly and welcoming.

Russ and the team at Gusto are fantastic and the food is excellent every time. Baked spuds, paninis, roll, cakes and a great coffee. Can’t recommend this cafe highly enough

They sell themselves as "A restaurant with rooms" and that gives a mere hint of what they're REALLY about here, firstly, the rooms are beautiful, clean, & well maintained, their location literally couldn't be any better, just on the edge of the very lovely hill-top medieval town of Shaftesbury, it's a two minute walk into town and we'll worth a visit in itself, now then, the nitty-gritty, the food, OMG! I'm based in Leicestershire, and now I know how good the food is here, I can tell you that I would drive the 161 miles straight there for a feed here, no exaggerating, all three courses of my evening meal were absolutely stunning, the aromas, the textures, the sheer depth of flavours, I'm not gushing am I ? LoL Anyway, Don't take my word for it, get booking! You won't regret it

Great brunch! Served by May and she was brilliant. Great entertainment and great staff - short staffed but still got very good value for the money paid - will definitely be back!!

Unfortunately my roasted pepper salad had everything but the pepper in it. Very disappointing salad even though I finally got some roasted pepper later. The location is absolutely fantastic though.

Really good quality food. Good size portions, reasonably priced with friendly staff. Also available a good gluten-free range.

Great food, excellent coffee, really super atmosphere, great service and all in a building that oozes medieval charm.

I went to the ridings cafe with my mum today There today I had a latte which I really enjoyed It was one of the best latte I have ever had Also I had a raspberry crumble which I also really enjoyed it was one of the best rasberry crumble I have ever had in the whole wide world The staff that work there are very kind lovely friendly The service there is very good amazing wonderful I had a very lovely experience there today at ridings cafe This place gets it's very first 5 out of 5 star rating by me Enjoy reading your google review by me Have a lovely rest of your day 5 stars all around

Absolutely love the food. Best fish around. Right nice gravy. Staff are great too.

Very friendly service, always a great breakfast. Can’t fault

It was an amazing evening at chutneys where food was quite excellent and service was 10 out of 10. I would like to specially mention that the food, which was mouthwatering and flavour was wonderful. Great experience and i want to recommend everyone to visit chutneys if you want to get better food, service and environment

The best olives I've ever had in my life 🫒

Excellent food in here. Tucked away in Shaftesbury. Very interesting menu with plenty of choice and generous portions. I had the pulled pork balls and he had the Korean beef taco to start and then I had the cauliflower shawarma and he had the belly pork with butter beans and lots of tasty things. We ordered sides. The courgette dish the spinach dish and then on a whim, the fries. We really didn’t need the sides though they were delicious! The service was very good but the kitchen were a bit slow. However the quality of the food far outweighs any delay we may have had. The restaurant is small so best to book but there is outside seating just in case we get a balmy evening ever again! They also do takeaways. This is a great addition to Shaftesbury and we are very pleased we went.