The best restaurants serving British food in North Dorset South West

We found this hidden gem a few months ago and absolutely love it here. The food is all fresh local produce and the homemade treats are always so tempting. They serve lovely coffee (the best tasting around) and the fresh tea serve in your own pot is perfect for any time of day. We have been to most of the local cafes and this is bar far the best and the one we would pick over and over again. Margo and her team are what makes this cafe different to others in the area and unique. They always take the time to have a chat and are invested in making you feel so welcome. Would recommend to anyone, they even do takeaway. What more could ask. We will be back again very soon xx

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!

Lovely coffee and delicious lunch of beef and bell pepper curry. So nice to find good gluten free options. We will definitely be back 🙂

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

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.

They sell themselves as "A restaurant with rooms" and that gives a mere hint of what they're REALLY about here, firstly, the rooms are beautiful, clean, & well maintained, their location literally couldn't be any better, just on the edge of the very lovely hill-top medieval town of Shaftesbury, it's a two minute walk into town and we'll worth a visit in itself, now then, the nitty-gritty, the food, OMG! I'm based in Leicestershire, and now I know how good the food is here, I can tell you that I would drive the 161 miles straight there for a feed here, no exaggerating, all three courses of my evening meal were absolutely stunning, the aromas, the textures, the sheer depth of flavours, I'm not gushing am I ? LoL Anyway, Don't take my word for it, get booking! You won't regret it

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.

Had A Lovely Breakfast at the Secret Garden Cafe at Thorngrove Garden Centre, it was delivered to our table nice and hot which is always a good thing. The service from Sam and all the staff was very good. Will Visit Again

Really good quality food. Good size portions, reasonably priced with friendly staff. Also available a good gluten-free range.

What a great lunch stop! The steak and ale pie with mash and veg was out of this world as was the broccoli and Stilton soup… the bread was awful, stale and freezer burnt… the server was very apologetic about it… would def go back here again! Mmmm sorry no photos only took video for YouTube and it doesn’t allow me to upload video!

I was disappointed that the Set Lunch Menu was no longer available but, as we received a warm welcome, decided to stay for lunch. The menu is a cut above the standard pub menu with prices to fit, although there was a limited Pub Classics choice. My onion tart was well cooked, although the dish as a whole was very oily. My husband's fish and chips came in a very generous portion but slightly overcooked. All in all, we would not go again for lunch as there were no light alternatives but I am sure it would be perfect for a special occasion.

I went to the ridings cafe with my mum today There today I had a latte which I really enjoyed It was one of the best latte I have ever had Also I had a raspberry crumble which I also really enjoyed it was one of the best rasberry crumble I have ever had in the whole wide world The staff that work there are very kind lovely friendly The service there is very good amazing wonderful I had a very lovely experience there today at ridings cafe This place gets it's very first 5 out of 5 star rating by me Enjoy reading your google review by me Have a lovely rest of your day 5 stars all around