The best restaurants in Castle Purbeck South West

Sadly no longer in business, as it was a favourite of ours, doing g lovely food and coffee, with lovely staff, in a beautiful location. Corfe has lost a major attraction.

Really fantastic local community bar run by the local community. They hold a great Guinness and have fantastic stone baked pizza. I was invited to the new year event and was made to feel welcome constantly. Definitely a must visit.

After a walk at Studland, we went to Manor Farm Tea Room hoping for lunch or at least a pot of tea, only to find it unexpectedly shut again. This is our second attempt to visit recently, both times closed! Very disappointing after reading the good reviews and looking forward to the apparently delicious food. maybe next time......

Called for lunch and had the most delicious food. Extremely friendly, welcoming staff. Beautifully presented hotel.

Lovely beach hut cafe with outdoor seating in a terrific location. Lovely large mug of tea in ceramic cup-,,-no flimsy paper cups and a limited choice of brownies or flapjack -both delicious. It's just off the coastal path and is well signposted

Good food, reasonably priced, and served with a smile. Much better than you might expect if you only judge it from the outside 🙂. Same again in 2022 and again in 2023, we've been numerous times and it's been good every time - many thanks. We came back again in July - service was slow, but the steaks were good, although one of us was served rather few fries (also, the chocolate brownie was rather small especially when compared with the sticky toffee pudding). Our first visit in 2025 yielded three very good steaks, long may Thursday's steak night continue 🤞 A pity that the desserts are still rather small.

Excellent cream tea. Such delicious fruit scones, and great portions of jam and cream. Fairly priced - a lovely little cafe!

Visited the bakery to get something for lunch while visiting Corfe Castle. So much to choose from including hot sausage rolls, pie's and pasties. Cakes all looked delicious and very reasonably priced. We bought a Pork Pie, 2 huge Cheese Straws, a Vienesse Finger, Cinnamon bun and an Eccles Cake and cost a shy over £7.....very good price. We thoroughly enjoyed everything....the pastry on the pork pie was crispy and very tasty. I wish I lived in Dorset near this bakery as I could visit regularly. Fabulous little village bakery with amazing home made goods.

Played it the other day. Not sure how someone can say the course is immaculate as I found it rather tired looking with poor greens ( ok it is only mid April I know ) It is a fabulous course but the cutting back of the gorse and the cutting down of trees has left the course looking very untidy and in my view the overall course look has been ruined. Piles of soil and cut down trees/stumps all over the place. I'm sure the course playing conditions will improve greatly with a combination of some sunshine and rain but the site of so much debris left from the tree/gorse destruction will need to be removed and tidied up for me to return. Shame as it should be a gem !

Popped by on Good Friday without a reservation and got a table (albeit the last one) right away. The staff were all very friendly and very fast and the food was piping hot and absolutely delicious. Thanks for having us! My personal recommendation: the pork belly and the crumble.

Lovely spot for a drink right by Corfe Castle and some lovely local shops and bakeries 🤩

Let me get my only real gripe out of the way right upfront. During my stay I had the Mangalitsa Pork and Vegetable Pie. It was the most bland - tasteless plate of food that I have ever eaten. Horrible. So, overall The Pig On The Beach is superbly located overlooking The Old Harry Rocks at Studland. Stunning. It is hard to find a less than enthusiastic team member. My room was very clean and I enjoyed my stay. Plenty of after dinner cosy corners for a drink although some people thought that bar prices were a little high! A good hotel.

Cosy little coffee shop to shelter from some showers on a cool June day. We ordered the Dorset Cream Tea, which was more than ample to keep us going on the climb to the castle. Staff were friendly and service was great. The only shame was the fact that they used Cornish cream not Dorset!! While having my tea my wife picked up on a couple speaking Afrikaans near bye. They were also trying to keep out of the "cold". Before we arrived in the UK there was a forcast for a heatwave. However a heatwave in the UK of 25 degrees is just a normal spring day for us. All of us got caught out and need warmer cloths. In fact we spent a number of weeks in the UK and it was the coldest June we could remember. Definitely would recommend this cafe if you are in Corfe either a stop before or after you have visited the castle.

This is the only café situated on the beachfront. They provide excellent coffee and a wide array of drinks. Next to the café, in the same building, there's a shop where you can buy various souvenirs like books, hats, and more. The café boasts a fantastic beach view and also includes restroom facilities.

Stunning location on South beach. Best bacon rolls around. Great coffee, lovely staff. Then at the end of the day a cup of tea watching the oyster catchers. A very special place