The best restaurants in Lytchett Minster and Upton West Purbeck South West

Not a good experience today. After quite a wait we placed our order for drinks and food with the waitress. There were four of us dining and just two meals were eventually served to us, although I had ordered a meat quiche, I was served a vegetable quiche and when I queried this with the waitress was told that she would check. It transpired that the two meals weren’t for our table after all although one of my friends had already started eating the roast chicken as this was what he had ordered. After much waiting the other two meals arrived together with the meat quiche. However, the gravy was missing which should have come with the roast chicken. Mayonnaise and tap water were also requested which we had to chase up twice. The meat quiche was over cooked, the chicken in the Caesar salad and roast chicken were tough, the smoked haddock fish cakes were tasteless and the poached egg with the fish cakes was under cooked. All in all a very poor dining experience both food and service wise. The staff clearly could not cope and/or need more training. It’s such a shame the Barn cafe has gone so down hill as the food used to be exceptional and the service excellent. We were offered complimentary coffees which really weren’t adequate for such poor service. A discount off the bill should have at least been given instead.

This was our first time here and I had a “cowshed” breakfast and my wife had a “calf” breakfast - the “cow shed” was a larger breakfast with 2 eggs, 2 bacon and a hash brown along with baked beans and vine tomatoes mushrooms and toast and butter The staff are friendly and helpful We will return

Cuando visite Dorset siempre nos gusta llevar nuestro perro a pasear en Upton Park y es agradable para terminar nuestro paseo con un café y un aperitivo fuera del té. Muy agradable.

Had Battered Sausage & Chips, chips were very good in quality and portion size, battered sausage was freshly cooked, nice light crisp batter with a lovely firm sausage. Shop was clean and tidy, staff were friendly and polite

Lucky find. Lots of individual shops .All hand made craft.From a jewellery (silver),carpentry, hobby and craft,to name but a flew and a cafe. Food was delicious. I definitely recommend a visit.

We have recently attended two Sunday carveries under the new management. Our first experience was the trial carvery day and the second was two weeks later. We enjoyed the first carvery (the meat and potatoes being particularly good), but some of the vegetables on that occasion weren't so good. However, our second carvery food experience was markedly better. The turkey, beef and gammon joints were all well-cooked, the meats were succulent and tender and the portions generous. On the second occasion, the vegetables were also well cooked and there was a good selection. The staff are friendly and pleasant, but the ‘front of house’ could be better organised, although to be fair one member of staff said that they were trying different “meet and greet” options on the day. Hopefully this will also improve as experience is gained. After seeing very mixed reviews since the pub changed hands earlier this year, it is great to see a good carvery returning to the village. Give it a try and help support your local pub. We will definitely be back.

We had booked a table weeks in advance and people who were in front of us who hadn't booked was given a decent table . Where as we were seated at a table that was central point where everyone was walking around and draughty. We expressed our disappointment and where told there were no other tables yet there was and I again expressed our unhappiness where we sat and asked to move to a vacant table that was a bit more secluded. Waited ages for our salads which were vertually thrown in front of us by a young guy . Terrible service food medioca. Won't be going back.

Bad start when the member of staff greets you with a moan about how many bookings they have. That’s not my problem. Maybe try welcoming us with positivity and wishing my wife a happy Mother’s day instead. Our table seemed ok to start with, but before I had even warmed the seat up we were being asked if we knew what we wanted to order. We asked to be given a minute, but immediately afterwards a second member of staff asked if we were ready to order. The conveyer belt was truly in motion. Well the table was made worse when guests arrived on the adjacent table. It was clear there was insufficient room for comfort. Please stop the money-grabbing, cram them in like sardines approach and provide an enjoyable experience. We ordered our food, two roast beef and a child’s fish goujon and chips. I reckon 5 minutes passed and we were presented with our plates. The only nice part was the horseradish. My beef was tough, potatoes over done and lukewarm at best. The gravy was bland, not beef gravy and I wish I hadn’t added it to the dish. The lunch was rounded off with a bill that already had service charge applied in faded print that I didn’t see. We were a table of 3, why is service charge included as standard? I didn’t want to tip their poor service, bad setting and rubbish food. To top it all my wife had to ask for the Mother’s Day chocolate gift, another chance to say Happy Mother’s Day missed. Never going back!

we popped in for lunch,what a mistake! i was brought nachos with chile on stone cold,it was heated when i asked for it to be hot but the whole lot was just put in the oven hence burning the nachos.my mother had a prawn salad which did have A prawn in and was just a load of soft green leaves not pleasant, my father had a sardine salad which did have two fish and the same soft green leaves but for £7 you would expect more! as we where leaving i went to the bar to complain but all the staff had vanished !!!