The best restaurants in Preston Weymouth and Portland South West

After our first cold water swim in November it was nice to visit lookout cafe for a hot latte very friendly staff and very helpful quick service 😀

Lovely place to eat. We were greeted at the door by a lovely friendly lady. The food was excellent as was the service. The HuntersChicken was the best we have ever had. I would go back again in a heartbeat.

This venue used to be absolutely fantastic all around but unfortunately on this visit did not impress. The wait time was just shy of an hour despite it not being as busy as previously seen (which was quicker). Unfortunately around 55 minutes when the buzzer went to tell us time to collect our order. Collected 5 meals of which 2 had to be returned as one was cold and the other was incomplete. Unfortunately the staff not so friendly as in the past, almost seem like they dont really want be there and food not at the previous high quality. Sorry beachside but not happy this time.

Unfortunately since new owners the quality of food has dropped.2 big breakfasts and the quality of the sausages and hash browns not as good, also the quality of the ham on eggs Benedict not as nice. Sadly our four legged also suffered as doggie treats, once free, no longer available. Still the best location to eat your breakfast but as one of the dearest places in Weymouth you should still get value for money

This cafe has for many years been our first port of call on our days out in the Weymouth area. We visit here 5-6 times a year. Sadly I think this will be our last visit. The prices have increased, now I know that everything is getting expensive but this cafe was the cheapest in the area and offered the best food. It is now more expensive than other local cafes and the quality of the food today was pretty poor. Firstly, the black pudding. Last time I had black pudding here it was nice pieces each about a a centimetre thick. Today 2 slices of black pudding cut to a thickness of about 3mm I didn’t know you could slice it so thin. And sadly when it is so thin it dries out on the griddle. And you charge 1.75 for this. You should be ashamed, you’re robbing people! I asked for fried bread, your fried bread used to be great, nice cooked colour and crunchy to eat. Today I got at best bread that looked like it had dipped in hot oil and served pale, soft and limp! We had a bacon bap. I think the chef went out of their way to find the fattiest rashers possible. Over half the bacon was greasy barely cooked fat, awful. I don’t know what’s happened. Perhaps it’s the start of the season and the right staff are not in place but i won’t be making this our regular stop in future. I don’t want to pay a lot of my hard earned money for thin overcooked black pudding, undercooked fried bread and very fatty bacon

Great food, fantastic location and brilliant customer service...lush.

We have only ordered chips in last 3 visits, live locally but the chips seem to be precooked, tasteless hard and tepid each time and still costly for a medium portion! Very disappointing !

Been to this lovely village pub a few times before. My wife and I decided to go for a Sunday dinner, it was lovely, I would say best in Weymouth! Guinness was great to

Was clean and smelled fresh, everyone was having a good time around me lots of happy families and couples was lovely to see elderly folk having the best time. I had a child's cooked breakfast was just the right size for me and was delicious 😋

Friendly, helpful staff the food was excellent

Not that great between not having a few things on the menu to taking ages to be served then getting food served from someone from the kitchen with the dirtiest apron we've ever seen

I don't often post but that was awful, the southside burger was mush. Not sure if it was deep fried but it was disgusting. If you are there don't go for a burger unless you like a pattie like greecey baby food

Went on a Sunday and had 4 roasts which were nice however ordered a spaghetti bolonaise for my 6 year old and tiniest bowl came out she ate it with a few spoonfuls no where near enough for a 6 year old let alone a bigger child. I asked for more but told we couldn’t have any more that was the portion size . For £7 what an absolute rip off we’ll never go back!!

Great food, reasonable price and friendly service all year round

My family and I visited here for my mum's 60th birthday, whilst on holiday in Dorset. There were 18 of us! Wow. The most accommodating staff, the most beautiful location, and the best food. Despite having to make changes to the booking, and adding food, and the restaurant being fully booked - all the food came out hot and at the same time! The brisket burger was the best I've ever had, and my sister said the duck was the best meal she has EVER had out!! I cannot thank the staff enough for letting us bring cake, sing, blocking off a part of the restaurant for us, being nothing but polite and friendly. I wish I didn't live 4 hours away, because this would be my new favourite restaurant! They were amazing.