The best restaurants in Purbeck South West

Great Indian restaurant! The Prawn ceylon and Madras were excellent as was the coconut rice. Staff were lovely, really friendly and accommodating. Will definitely go back!

Visited this pub to celebrate my brother's birthday. Being mid-week and off-season, the pub was quite quiet. There were four of us, My brother and sister-in-law, my wife and myself and we chose a table in the airy conservatory. We all chose different mains off the menu, which all arrived promptly, and we're delicious. Being pancake day we asked if there were pancake available for dessert as they weren't on the menu. After enquiring from the chef, we were all able to order pancakes with a variety of different dressings. The service was excellent. All in all, an excellent experience, which I would happily recommend.

Beavers is one of our favourite ‘go to’ eateries on a regular basis (we are locals) for breakfasts and lunches. Beavers breakfasts are always very good and are reasonably priced. Lunches also are very good, one particular favourite is Tempura prawns with salad, delicious! Staff are very friendly, helpful and patient.

We had the most wonderful welcome here, both us and our cockapoo! They made such a fuss of us....so friendly! Aside from the usual (and very tempting), a La Carte menu was the midweek carvery, so we opted for that. On reflection, deciding on the large carvery might have been a mistake as we are now in a deliriously cotent meat coma 🤣 The atmosphere was lovely, a happy mix of visitors, locals, and residents. Such a great experience in all areas. I'm really happy we found this place. Sadly, we found it on the last night of our holiday. Otherwise, we'd have been back!

Very nice enjoyable laid back eatery, in a atmospheric C15th (?) restaurant with tudor style wooden decor. We liked the desserts, particularly the "Dutch" apple pie, with local dairy cream. Very relaxed place, very Wareham!

I had an lovely experience again! The service was incredibly friendly, and the staff made me feel right at home. The coffee was perfect—smooth, rich, and delicious. It’s clear they take pride in both their coffee and customer care. I’ll definitely be back for more great service and coffee!

Stayed for 1 night the room was spacious and well appointed, the bed was lovely and comfortable, the only slight issue was breakfast was continental.

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.

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.

This has fast become our favourite spot for a morning coffee and cake. Whether we are sea swimming, kayaking or out on the jetskis, Joe’s Cafe is our go to spot! Welcoming staff, prompt service and incredible view. They offer vegan and gluten free options and are very accommodating of dietary requirements. Be sure to check this beach cafe out. They also do a banging paella night 🍲

We go regularly as it is a great place for lunch. Great food and a fantastic service with a really good choice. Thoroughly recommended.

Enjoyed a nice casual lunch in the conservatory area, food etc was good but wanted to give a shout out to Brad. Efficient friendly service is an increasingly rare thing these days but Brad's service and attention was impressive - thank you!

Excellent food, exactly what I wanted and more than I expected. Lovely staff and a great little pitstop, can’t recommend enough

Change of owners change of produce. Used to buy our daily cob rolls here for decades. Another institution gone. Bakery over the road far better

Delicious Sunday Roast, very tasty and good value, I had the Beef and my partner had Turkey, friendly and helpful staff.