The best restaurants in Purbeck South West

Ordered the burger and lamb. Had water jug at the table with glasses with ice cubes. There was a fly in the ice. My burger was overcooked so sent it back. I then ordered the fish and chips. The left bit of the fish was fine but the right side was bony and hard. I sent that back and the waitress seemed annoyed. I heard her saying "she has sent this back as well". She said she would get the manager. She eventually returned saying that she had taken my fish off the bill. I went up to pay and the chef was there. He made me feel decidedly uncomfortable. Very unprofessional. I then heard her say as I was leaving "I did not put the service charge on the bill".

DO NOT get the steak and ale pie. It’s worse than a supermarket microwaveable one. The chips portion was hardly there and it cost £16. I ended up sharing my daughter’s nuggets and chips. There was no steak. The gravy was basically water. Honestly the worst value for money and pie ever. Don’t order this. And if you can avoid it eat somewhere else. The photo uploaded is what was delivered. No chips eaten. Literally that small of a portion

Just a really nice coffee shop, and that's that. It does what it says on the tin and quite nicely really. Would defo go back again, that's for sure.

Can’t believe these are all genuine reviews. Wouldnt surprise me if they weren’t written by the owners friends. Didn’t think much of the place. Food appears to be pretty stale and not freshly made and the juices sickeningly dense with no real flavour. IMHO Not worth the bother as there are other better places available .

I clearly ordered Cod and Chips and a child’s battered sausage and chips , waited ages due to this crazy system where you ask one person who rights it down then posts it on the back , wherever you go this doesn’t work , just makes confusion worse ! Fish was full of oil and chips were almost non existent , only a sausage in a bag , no kids chips ! I ran a fish and chip shop for years , very successful , never amidst the chaos tonight , oh , and frozen chips reheated , not a great advert 🙈

DO NOT BOOK! Turned up on 20 February 2020 to find that it had completely closed. We had booked but did not receive any notification by email or phone...

Poor quality food. Chips were overcooked and not very tasty. I tasted haddock which was ok. Fish cake was completely tasteless no fish in it just potato covered in batter. I’m at loss how restaurants can serve such poor quality food and think they can get away with it.

I went here as a pitstop before I went on a causal boat trip with my partner. We tried to get some prawn crackers to see us through, and when they came out they were all chewy in the middle, it might be as there normal chef was off but even so.

Wide menu and very cheap. The food was good, but this restaurant is badly let down by the dirty toilet and a general worrying lack of cleanliness.

A lovely characterful pub, spectacular location on the hillside with views of Corfe Castle from the beer garden and the breakfast room. Was expecting a small standard room and was pleasantly surprised when we were shown to our ‘room’ which consisted of a bedroom, seperate wc and bathroom AND a sitting room with a couch and dining table. It was cosy and warm and welcoming- could not have asked for more.

We were booked ( a very large family and friends group. Last year,We booked a variety of lodges, caravans and camping. This would have been for the last weekend of September 24. Today , we all got emails cancelling our bookings. Reason given : a Solitice event!!!! What appalling customer service. Offered vouchers for monies paid. Never will consider visiting a ParkDean resort .

Thought we'd give it a shot to have real seafood, not fish and chips. They do have real seafood, but a very limited menu, and the chef seems to be a bit afraid of spices and salt. Fairly bland food overall, though the balsamic reduction on the veg was nice. It didn't help that when we asked for salt (there was none on the table) it exploded on the side of my wife's plate. Luckily, most of the salt explosion stayed on the side, leaving just enough on the food to make it OK. I didn't argue the bill, but I also don't think I'd return.

We ordered from here April 2025. The chow mein was burnt and barely edible, the sweet and sour chicken balls were not cooked in the middle of the batter to be honest they looked like they had been cooked once then rebattered and cooked again. All in all very disappointed and quite disgusting food. Would not recommend this take away ever.

Really lovely experience here, lovely staff, we didn’t have a table booked and we came with our 1 year old daughter they had tables fully booked for the night from 7pm onwards and they let us get seated straight away and did our food order so quickly so we could eat inside with our baby, they were so helpful and told us which table to sit in with the latest booking so we had time to feed our daughter inside, massively appreciated this and all the staff were so kind and helpful

We'd read the mixed (mainly bad reviews!) before camping at next-door Primrose Fields and couldn't have been more pleasantly surprised. The family that ran the pub were lovely; warm, welcoming, accommodating and friendly. It was a super hot day and I didn't fancy a hot meal which is all they had on the menu - so I asked if there was any chance of a sandwich - no fuss, no bother - I wasn't made to feel difficult at all! Sandwich was big and delish; tuna crunch with salad on fresh tiger bloom and a side of tasty chips. The rest of our party had a mix of burgers, scampi, more sandwiches (I set a trend!), all of which were very well received. Not a morsel left. After lunch, I went to see if they might have any ice creams, and very kindly, they sold us six cornettos which were evidently from their family supply - I was really impressed with their above and beyond attitude. In addition, the pub garden is lovely; big mature trees, a wildlife pond, big lawn with sun and shade seating options, mini play park for the kids - all set way back from the road so you really feel you're in the middle of the country. All in all, it felt more like going to someone's house than a pub which I really liked. Would definitely recommend to any campers or passers by.