The best restaurants serving British food in North Dorset South West

I have written reviews before for TaT when at the last location,and when they moved into the new location,we were first customer back in July this year. So Friday of this week was my second visit,and now really upto steam,and on the tracks for a new year. In prevysite,I loved the extremely large breakfast choice. Margot in new place,has reduced the range, quality is just as good,but less complicated and labour intensive,as it has to trade in today's climate. So we went for lunch... And as to be expected everything was top notch. Margot has years of catering experience and thinks up new ways to present her food. I had macaroni cheese,with topping of melted brie..served with pigs in blankets,slaw and salad. Two others had panini type pizza,and minced beef pie...all with the Margot twist. I have not made comment about the cakes....all made in the kitchen,all delicious and we always come away with cake for later. Thankfully I live about 159+ miles away,otherwise I would be a more regular visitor,and would need to lose more weight than now. I really like and rate TaT.

More than just a leading Tea House, Comins Sturminster Newton is a very coeliac friendly café.  Full 5* review at CoeliacwellNES.com.  They have soft doughy GF gyoza, gluten free sweet treats and obviously phenomenal tea.  A lovely place to watch all the comins and goings, will try out the Bath branch soon!

Our first visit after seeing it advertised. Excellent coffee so stayed for lunch Again food very good. Lovely friendly staff. All of this will make us return....

Sarah and Robin created a wonderful Birthday lunch for our family. Six of us sat down to a three course meal, the highlight being a fabulous Beef Wellington. Nothing was too much trouble and they were marvellous hosts. We cannot recommend them highly enough.

Really lovely and friendly staff; lizzie and matt were very welcoming. Explained what drinks they had and made us very wonderful and tasty drinks for very reasonable prices. Just a very friendly place that goes out of it way to give fantastic service. You will not regret coming here like ourselves who had not been here before as we are new to the local area. Hope you try it yourselves!

This café is gorgeous, and is a lot bigger than it looks from the outside, it's like the Tardis! It's very airy and has a lovely, peaceful design scheme with a variety of tables and sofas. It is very clean and well-kept, with a light colour palette that is really relaxing. I definitely will bring my laptop and work here. I don't have a dog, but I felt very welcome, and it's lovely because you get to see so many dogs here. They clearly love it. The cakes are homemade and really delicious. There are also lots of high-quality products on sale, I actually bought some raw food for my cat here as there are a lot of products suitable for both. I genuinely think this is a lovely new space for Gillingham meetups.

Breezy ridge offers a stunning backdrop.a perfect place fo a summer party. We had an amazing time celebrating mine and my sisters 50th birthday here. The food was absolutely delicious and staff we friendly.. service was outstanding.. we Honestly had the best time, all the guests commented on the setting. Truly makes any occasion a special one . Thank you Becky for making sure our parry was a blast.. really appreciate all the hard work you guys put in ..oh and the cocktails were spot on ..!! Thank you

Off the charts. So friendly, great fun, brill staff. This pub is off the charts. Loved it

Absolutely lovely stay here. Hosts were friendly and very helpful. Our room was clean with good facilities. Great location for the town. Breakfast was superb.

What a wonderful pub. The food was exquisite, mouthwatering. The staff were wonderful, friendly and welcoming. Sarah is a wonderful person and landlady, with hardworking staff around her. 110% recommend

Visited Steve and the Yellow Bicyclists for a couple of their supper clubs. Always an outstanding and fun evening with gorgeously prepared and cooked food, served with a smile. We understand that Steve will be hanging up his apron, so thank you for everything and good luck for the future. You deserve it.

This is a hidden gem of a cafe. We went for breakfast and it was lovely. Well worth searching out and they are so friendly. We will be back 😊

Always served with a smile and great tasting food and good selection

Nice place to eat in Shaftesbury. Lovely atmosphere and lovely staff you'll feel well taken care of by them. Food is very nice and very well price. Nice local placw to get some breakfast or Lunch.

Well worth a try excellent food, we came early on a Saturday evening, very attentive service and friendly, food was good quality hot and delicious …. Would recommend we shall return. Looking forward to visiting in the Summer to sit in the garden