The best restaurants in Chesil Bank West Dorset South West

Food was fantastic, freshly cooked and very tasty with fresh herbs. I had the roasted squash salad, my elderly parents had salmon & beetroot salads and my partner had the lamb burger..everyone was very happy. We also found room somehow to try the cakes which were also also great, lemon & blueberry and the orange & almond. Dog friendly too and tables were not crammed together so good if you're dog is a bit nervous like ours. Service was good too, friendly and attentive. Place was relatively quiet on a Monday, and a shame not more of the adjacent craft places are open / occupied.

We have visited the Abbey House a few years ago and drive especially with a detour to revisit. Since my wife uses a wheelchair I asked to be seated on the lawns just a few steps from the terrace to make an accessible place available (we had been seated there during our prvfious visit). The waiter answered: we only put tables there duiding a wedding. So no other option for us then just leave the place since which is NOT accesible for a wheelchair. We were very disappionted and felt unwelcomed.

Welcomed with a cream tea and some chatter. Lovely room with large bed and shower. Great breakfast on request . Eggs.Yogurt.Serials. Full English if you want . Very central location.Sue and Nigel couldn't do more for us.

The cream tea was delicious and thoroughly enjoyed as was the toasted tea cake. It was really good tea too Very genial host and hostess.🌞

Very nice cafe in the middle of picturesque village of Abbotsbury. Steve is brilliant with his friendliness and wit. Very popular with his locals too. The food is always freshly made.My friends and I like to go there as often as we can. Steve is an asset to the village.

Great. 5 year old loved it. Our 3rd hotel in the LFH group. Rooms and hotel recently renovated. Game zone (trampolines, indoor football, table tennis, pool, snooker arcade games) brilliant for our son and the best of the hotels so far. Halloween activities in childrens club top notch (party in the Den; Spooky Hunt around the grounds). Staff couldn't be more helpful. And the food significantly better than the other 2 stays in LFH group - fresh fish available each night (red mullet, Dover sole, bream) Overall, it does exactly what it offers, and does it well. Centred around kids. Lots to do (including nearby if you want day trips). Yes, it is pricey. The pool area could do with a refresh in the next few years though it is big and fairly warm and works well. The food service can be a bit slow though is very friendly. And the menu isn't fine dining - but doesn't pretend to be. But we are fortunate enough to be able to and willing to pay for all the benefits for a short stay. And on that basis it was excellent. By way of comparison, it reminded us of the Fowey hotel (also recently renovated) and much more comfortable and activity-plentiful than the Ickworth hotel in the LFH group.

A lovely place for breakfast or lunch. Our family of 4 stopped here for a delicious breakfast and cakes.

Brilliant pub. Great bar staff and the owner keeps a good beer and a welcoming place for a pint and a bite.

Lovely setting, lovely staff. Homemade tomato soup was very peppery - so much so that I couldn’t taste the tomatoes. Bread roll was ok. Hubby had vegan pasty which he really enjoyed. Shared a fruit scone which was not nice. There was a hint of vanilla (unnecessary) and an underlying taste which was horrible. I couldn’t finish mine.

Great spot. Stopped off while walking some of the south west coast path. Had a lovely pizza and managed to watch it being made by Connor with some tips on how to make it ourselves!

My disappointment of The Elm Tree closing has been relieved a small amount in finding out both the Head Chef Emma and Paul Clark have moved down the road to Salt in Portland so I do not have to go far for an amazing meal now

Was told on arrival it was a scaled down Sunday lunch menu as they only had one chef, one waitress and one bar person. This was ample as the place was almost empty and got even quieter. Dinner arrived looking very unappetising. Frozen Yorkshire, hard cauliflower, grey fatty beef, I like mine quite rare, very hard roast potatoes, like they had been cooked but kept warm for a long time. Gravy and carrots were OK but the cabbage, I think it was, was a pale mush . Only 3 choices of pudding which the waitress had to get the blackboard. Surely you can remember 3 items! Halway through my dinner a started to choke on a piece of hard potatoe. Not one member if staff helped me, I ran to the loo and tried to dislodge it but to no avail luckily, a lady came into the loo, saw my distress and got her medic husband. Thank goodness for him. He sent out for water. Eventually it moved and I went back to my table, not wanting the rest of my dinner obviously. Not one member of sraff asked me if I was OK. Needless to say we will not be going again. £17 ! Shocking price for awful food!

Only a few people there or atmosphere would be better

Had a lovely mug of tea and a delicious homemade Belgian white chocolate and marshmallow tiffin. The setting is very colonial ( is that word allowed). The staff seem tired.

Overpriced cafe offering bottles of coke/tango £2.75 and sandwiches £4.95. No presentation like you see in the photos. When asked if it was really £2.75 for a fizzy drink the responce was " I don't set the prices I just work here!" Would highly reccomend a picnic and eating in the many stannary picnic areas. Such a shame as we'd passed on another cafe locally at a precious stop off!