The best restaurants in Old Town and Lawn Swindon South West

Rated the best place to eat in Swindon and the second best place in the whole of Wiltshire. That’s some serious hype to live up to especially when there’s three Michelin star restaurants to compete with. And does it? Yes, it does! The food was absolutely incredible, of the highest quality, and we experienced flavours we have never experienced before which made it truly special. We ordered 4 dishes and asked Michael to choose another 2 for us. You may notice a lot of reviews mention Michael by name. That’s testament to how personal the dining experience is. Every single dish was brought over to us by Michael himself and was explained in detail before we enjoyed it. This level of service is extremely rare and aside from the exquisite food itself was a highlight of the dining experience. Aside from Michael and his food talked about above, the general atmosphere was also fantastic. There’s a lovely cosy feel to the place. You’re made to feel as if you’re the only people there, and yet there’s a great buzz from all the other tables who are also having the same experience. That’s a very hard dynamic to pull off! Price wise, we spent a fair amount and for us personally it will become a special occasion place to visit. However, I really believe that for the quality of the food and dining experience it was worth significantly more than we paid, especially when you consider it’s rightfully rated higher than some Michelin star restaurants that would have cost 3 times as much. So really it’s a bargain for what you’re getting! A special shout out must also go to Natalie who was both friendly and fantastic. She gave us a lovely welcome when we arrived, took our coats and once sat at our table gave us the rundown of the restaurant as we had never been before. I’m sure anyone reading this will have experienced that annoying part of most dining experiences where you want something like another drink or the bill at the end and spend the next 10 minutes trying to awkwardly catch the eye of your server. Not with Natalie on hand! We’ve concluded she must be able to read minds as the second we thought we might like something she was there as if by magic. Fair play! I’ll be amazed if before long this place isn’t in the Michelin star guide, or even gets a star. Stop reading reviews and experience it for yourself!

Just visited this restaurant for the first time with two friends. The service was fantastic, and the staff made a lovely fuss of my friend as it was her birthday. The food was good and we had a complimentary slice of banana cake which was delicious. We’ll definitely be back :-)

Beautiful, 'naked' style 50th birthday cake decorated with silk flowers. It was admired by all, tasted lovely and the flowers now make a beautiful centrepiece placed in a complimentary coloured shallow bowl.

Definitely best pizza had in a while Not usually a fan of pepperoni but found myself unable to stop Ian is also attentive to his customers

Started raining so took shelter in here. Oh my God, thank you for the rain or we would never have stopped in this gem. Great atmosphere and service. Will be back!!

In the heart of Swindon Old Town, Dotty's is a charming breakfast café. The best item on their menu is the "make it yourself" breakfast where you pick your items. Lovely atmosphere, with wooden tables - feels like an old fashioned café! Polite and smiley staff.

Just tried this restaurant for the first time and we will definitely be back. Welcome was very friendly and we were shown to a lovely little side room on the top floor with a table for four and a nice 2 seater sofa in there. Lovely ambiance. There were 3 of us and we had the jerk chicken skewers for starter, followed by the jerk lamb, chicken and steak for mains. All of the food was fantastic, well cooked to our preference and all had great taste of the Caribbean seasoning on the meat and in the gravy. Had a couple of cocktails too which were very nice - mango mojito was excellent. All in all a really nice experience, thankyou.

A vibrant and lively atmosphere both at lunchtime and in the evenings. Welcoming staff, a decent drinks menu with some authentic Spanish beers, wines and sherry’s and a very tasty selection of tapas that caters for meat eaters, veggies and vegans. Book well in advance as this place is popular! Highly recommended 🫶🏼🤌🏽

Zeus was fantastic. We had a great time and with lovely food. Will definitely come again! The food was delicious and fairly priced

Absolutely the most attentive service and the food was fabulous. Always will be a no.1 restaurant for family and friends.

Popped into the Moshan Island grill with my family on Thursday as I had heard wonderful things things about it from both my friends and customers. I was interested to find out just what they were all ranting and raving about... We were greeted warmly...

Really lovely authentic curry, lovely that they can adapt the spiciness. Service was friendly and the lovely lady gave us great advice. The Himalayan lamb curry was our favourite.

First time in eggelicious.. ash the owner was extremely helpful... I had a chicken and chorizo wrap with various other ingredients which was 1st class... I'll be back

Really tasty food and great service. Had imperial prawn toast which were amazing and a delicious chicken massuman curry. Would definitely recommend.

Great Ice cream Fantastic to replace my daughters ice cream she dropped How ever the young lady behind the counter today august 17th who seemed to be having issues with the card machine was obnoxious and judgemental My son is a sends child with autism and various other diagnoses he was excited and looking what flavour to have when he touched the ice cream display counter which any child is going to press there nose and hands against in pure joy and excitement Only to be told off by the young lady with a demeaning attitude and tone in her voice “ please don’t touch the freezer it does say it on there” in such an obtuse condescending manner which was absolutely disgusting how dare she talk to a child like that or any other child in that matter that is one sure way not to get returning customers The lady that served the ice cream was amazing I understand your busy it’s summer and Ice cream is the first thing on a child’s mind but you work in hospitality and catering in all my years in this industry which is over 30 years of spoke to a customer they the young lady did I would have been fired Again thank you for replacing the dropped ice cream and the ice creams were delicious in there own right