The best restaurants in Lyme Regis West Dorset South West

I'd seen this place on social media, flaunting trays of freshly made filled doughnuts, so needed to get over there to check them out. This weekend I planned on a 'long run' and was going to run east, but realised that I could run exactly half a marathon from Burton Bradstock to this place, along the south west coastal path, so I did. I expected my family to be waiting for me in Lyme when I arrived but they'd been delayed, so I grabbed a coffee and a blueberry jam doughnut without them (I had calories to replace!) I sat on the beach and enjoyed the doughnut with a coffee, also from the Whole Hog. Both were fantastic. The doughnut was exceptional. When my family arrived, we had brunch at Swim and I told them about the doughnut, so we stopped by again on the way back to the car and bought a box of three, the Lotus biscuit doughnut, the raspberry jam and the honeycomb topped one. When we got home, I put the kettle on and cracked open the box. My son had the Biscoff one and my partner and I shared the other two. A second doughnut in the space of two hours I hear you say? Didn't I tell you I had calories to replace!? The honeycomb was superb, light and tasty. The filling inside that doughnut was awesome. Would we go again? Everytime we're in Lyme, and that's a lot! I think I've found my new favourite coffee shop in Lyme. On a side note, I LOVE the boxes too.

We had a lovely time - great pizzas, great service and a lovely atmosphere. I had the special which was mushrooms with egg yolk - absolutely delicious. We sat in the outside covered area which was warm enough with the heaters and only added to the atmosphere with the wind blowing outside.

We almost never eat out -always disappointing and not worth the calories. We visit Lyme Regis just to buy bao buns at Red Panda ! The beach and town are just a bonus. The food is beyond delicious with this special crunchy chilli sauce which we buy to keep us going before our next stay. Especially recommend the salad and bao buns

So having had one review removed because our guest wrote it, I feel I should review our experience, or lack of it, at this restaurant. Firstly, I suspect the food is good, but I can’t comment because we had our booking cancelled. A table at the restaurant had been booked for our 30th wedding anniversary for ourselves and two of our friends for a lovely celebration. At 4:30 on the day of the booking we were getting ready, champagne on ice, when we received a phone call from the restaurant stating our booking was cancelled due to ongoing building works. WHAT! so late on in the day? It was too late to book anything (we tried) so ended up in a pub, nothing like the celebration we had been planning for months. Surely the owners should have been keeping track of the work enabling them to cancel table bookings much earlier and offer some alternatives. Is this too much to ask for an important celebration? What followed over the next couple of weeks was the most atrocious customer care I have experienced in the last 20 years. Initially offering no recompense (blaming contractors and landlords), with emails taking too long to answer, claims of offers for recompense being been made when they hadn’t, and comments about the removed review, I eventually gave up seeking any compensation: I felt that I was communicating with someone who had no care or consideration regarding the significance of a 30th wedding anniversary (it only happens once!), or experience in providing good customer care. I’m sure the food is good. Unfortunately, the ability to care for their customers in unforeseen circumstances and deal with the fall-out following their domestic problems was at best pitiful.

A lovely little cafe with great speciality coffee. Cakes are v yummy too! Really friendly staff. A must visit for us whenever we're in Lyme Regis!

Excellent local food and great service very knowledgable and friendly staff! A memorable experience and he paired wines were a great compliment to this vey English cuisine.

Amazing service. Really considerate of my needs as I'm coeliac. Friendly to my little boy and let him try a bit of ice cream as he was getting into a panic about deciding. The ice creams were delicious. Really lovely flavours and a good selection. Highly recommend

This little cafe stands out from its competitors with lovely fresh food, beautifully presented and at a good price. We return whenever we are in Lyme Regis

Great new owners, NOTE telephone number on trip advisor is for the old owner so please don’t call it.. Shop is based conveniently in the car park with easy access. Serving hot and cold snacks drinks and must have beach essentials. Enjoy a stroll down to the town or a stroll to the beach, great location for exploring the local area.

The best seafood I’ve ever had in Lyme Regis - including Mark Hicks! Brilliant, charming, knowledgeable service and atmosphere and the food was so good we came back the next night!! These two young talented people deserve their own restaurant NOW!! ❤️

Absolutely delicious food! We had a super evening enjoying every single element of the tasting menu. The food was exceptional value given the quality! Highly recommend!

Lovely place for a cuppa and cake. The staff were so helpful getting us seated as we had a pram and a mobility walker. Tucked these items out the way for us and bought a little tin of wooden toys for our little one to play with. Cakes were all amazing (Dorset apple cake the best) and I went back to get some takeaway pasties later too. These were also excellent. Definitely visit again when in Lyme Regis.

We were lucky enough to get a table following a recommendation from the B&B owner. So glad we did, great choice of little plates. We enjoyed 6 between us, including monk fish, prawns and scallops. All very fresh and brilliantly cooked. Great relaxed atmosphere. A memorable night, helping to make our holiday special. Thank you

It's good to know there's a vegan restaurant in Lyme Regis. It's good, affordable, run by a cheerful cook, and is conveniently situated on the short main street, not far from the sea and the sea and close to the gardens that overlook the beach.

We were in Lyme Regis last week and went to the new Baboo Gelato Bar to have an ice cream with our 6 year old daughter and we all absolutely loved it. It was quite simply the best salted caramel ice cream we've ever had (and I've had quite a lot - we live in West Sussex near to the sea and regularly visit beaches and have the mandatory ice cream each time!) The staff in there were all really friendly and helpful, if you're in the area I'd highly recommend popping by! I really hope Baboo expands out to West Sussex so we have have more of their delicious gelato!