The best restaurants in West Dorset South West

Have just eaten at The Pymore Inn for the St George’s Day meal special. Not only did we have Morris Dancers, the roast beef was great but the apple crumble was amazing. A roast dinner, pudding and drink for £19.95. Highly recommend and will definitely be returning.

Having moved into the area, our thoughts is to support a local business. The garden centre is great and we will continue to use for our gardening needs. Least the chap on there on our visit smiled and was friendly. The visit to the cafe unfortunately not so good. As previous messages left on trip advisor the lack of warmth from staff members in the cafe is non existence . Tea no extra hot water meant the taste of such strong tea was disgusting why not chew on the teabag only forget the water !! We have a lot of friends and family visitinf all year tound and we were thinking of booking the function room especially for Xmas festivities based on the atmosphere and the food which was over salted, just tepid. Won't be booking anything. I am in hospitality, restaurant, cafe, customer service is your business , there should be no let up no natter what your day is panning out personally, without customers you won't have a business, don't rest on your laurels.

We had an excellent celebratory lunch. The staff were attentive, friendly and polite. Our meals were well presented and piping hot . The shell on prawns were the best I've had for ages. I'm not a chip fan but they were crisp and not greasy. Would highly recommend.

Lovely and welcoming the land lady and land lord. Decor bit dated but doesn't take you away from the nice atmosphere. Had lovely fish and chips and my wife had cheeseburger .food spot on for the money and beer good as well .would recommend

Gorgeous little cafe- and big shout out to the young girls who were working there. Nothing was too much trouble. Food scrumptious- from soups to brunch and cakes- we sampled lots! Can’t wait to go back on our next visit to the area

We had a great dinner at the Arts Club. The food was wonderful, the staff were excellent and, being a lovely summer evening, we dined outside in the pretty and surprisingly quiet courtyard.

found these on a face book post , offering delivery on pizza’s to our area . Great Service great food . i had a mascarpone , mushroom and pancetta , i asked for some olives to be added . my partner had meat feast and my son pepperoni . all very nice and arrived hot in boxes . Thank you so much for the sevice . i understand they do takeaway roast dinners on a sunday too .

Every time we visit these tearooms the choices are very limited. The only thing you can rely upon is Red Pepper and tomato soup £6.10. Do they ever offer any other soup flavour? What if you don’t like red peppers?

Sandwiches eg ham & cheese include pickle , not always what a child may like . No childrens menu sadly

Lovely local pub. Beers are great. Staff are friendly. Ample seating. Really nice vibe & the Palmers selection of ales/pales & Dorset Lager was great. A little on pricey side but worth it. Didn’t get the chance to eat unfortunately. All tables were booked out. We’ll revisit when back in the area

Gorgeous pastries and lovely coffee. Great decor too. An excellent addition to the town centre. Loyalty scheme available for coffee purchases. Their toasted ham and cheese on sourdough is amazing and their freshly made sandwiches are excellent. One of my favourite cakes is their Bakewell. Yum!

Lovely olde pub, flowers outside, front and in courtyard. Numerous attractive features, huge bar and so many hand-pumped beers. Super staff, Lucy (manager?) was outstandingly thoughtful, helpful and informative, an absolute STAR. Quick and efficient service. We were a family party of 10 for lunch. Fantastic Palmers Beers, of course. Although we were a happy, self-entertaining group, the Food was generally disappointing. My wife praised her battered fish, and superb crunchy-outside, soft-inside chips; another's Steak and Chips was cooked as she'd requested + 'lovely chips'. BUT. My 'Persian?' Chicken was a miserably small, monotonous and bland bowl of fawn lumps, bulked up by two large (and tasty) chunks of local bread. My companions who also ordered Persian? Chicken were similarly disappointed by the small sized portion and blandness! Understandably pubs need to make a profit on food, but Chicken is so inexpensive (try Googling: "5kg boneless chicken" it's around £35 from numerous butchers) and just a few vegetables would add colour and value. A shame! Sadly my pudding was the MOST disappointing I've experienced for years; creamy Bread-and-Butter pudding (£7.50) was a thin slice of thick custard or sauce on top of literally two 'fingers' or 'soldiers' of dry bread and sultanas. Shame on the cooks! The mini jug of cream ?50ml helped moisten it. But OH DEAR, please Google: Bread Pudding (it can be delicious and not expensive to make!). Might the kitchen focus on a shorter and more thoughtful, still profit-making, menu? Of course, we had a lovely family get-together; enhanced by the spacious and charming pub, the beer, the super staff and in particular by the energetic, charmingly thoughtful LUCY (what a Gem!) who raised my 3* to 4*.

Lovely food at a good price . Delivery was prompt and friendly. Would definitely recommend.

Love the new look, food excellent service good but a smile from your staff would have been nice .

Always a pleasure to go here. Great food and ales on offer in a welcoming atmosphere.