The best restaurants in North Dorset South West

Sarah and Robin created a wonderful Birthday lunch for our family. Six of us sat down to a three course meal, the highlight being a fabulous Beef Wellington. Nothing was too much trouble and they were marvellous hosts. We cannot recommend them highly enough.

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

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!!

Great food, awesome quality prices are really good, staff are kind The baguettes are massive you get alot of food for your money

Excelente lugar para toda la familia, impresionantes vistas, mucho espacio de estacionamiento, limpio y ordenado, y muy amigable, la comida es impresionante, ¡una visita obligada!

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!

Breezy ridge offers a stunning backdrop.a perfect place fo a summer party. We had an amazing time celebrating mine and my sisters 50th birthday here. The food was absolutely delicious and staff we friendly.. service was outstanding.. we Honestly had the best time, all the guests commented on the setting. Truly makes any occasion a special one . Thank you Becky for making sure our parry was a blast.. really appreciate all the hard work you guys put in ..oh and the cocktails were spot on ..!! Thank you

Found this place on way to camping. Food lovely and fresh, also able to see the food being cooked. There were 2 sides to the cafe. One for those doing extreme sports so no concern about mud etc being brought through to other side of the cafe area where we were eating. Shame it was raining as from the outside seating area it was possible to see the quad bikes being used. From the car park able to see other areas were other sports were in progress. Definitely go again

This café is gorgeous, and is a lot bigger than it looks from the outside, it's like the Tardis! It's very airy and has a lovely, peaceful design scheme with a variety of tables and sofas. It is very clean and well-kept, with a light colour palette that is really relaxing. I definitely will bring my laptop and work here. I don't have a dog, but I felt very welcome, and it's lovely because you get to see so many dogs here. They clearly love it. The cakes are homemade and really delicious. There are also lots of high-quality products on sale, I actually bought some raw food for my cat here as there are a lot of products suitable for both. I genuinely think this is a lovely new space for Gillingham meetups.

Great service, lovely meal in a warm and friendly 'real country pub' environment.

The chicken and chorizo pasty was the best pasty I’ve ever tasted! The coconut mocha was delicious! I wish I lived closer!

Nice breakfast at reasonable price and very friendly staff.

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.