The best restaurants serving British food in Blandford Old Town North Dorset South West

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!

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.

Scruples is a little gem. Unpretentious, homely, welcoming, with a real community spirit. So much so that we regularly make the 30 mile round trip from where we live to have lunch there. The food is always freshly prepared and delicious. The service is attentive without being overwhelming.

Arrived and sat down on a comfy couch . After being ignored for several minutes managed to make eye contact with the waitress......the xtra large Eastern European one with bleached blond hair. I asked would it be possible to order and she abruptly replied " you order from the bar " turned her back and walked off . There is no signage to inform customers this is the protocol? So I walked up to the bar and she disappears knowing full well I wanted to order food ......bizarre/ unbelievable! After couple of minutes the other waitress took my order . Pleasant young girl with glasses. I ordered bacon & egg sandwich & coffee ......a few minutes later the sandwich arrived minus the fried egg . Few minutes later ( no problem mistakes happen ) the correct sandwich arrived with a request for me to go to the till after I finished to pay for the egg ! I have never ( I'm 64yo) experienced such rude ignorant behaviour in a restaurant. Hall & Woodhouse .......you should be ashamed employing such incompetent rude ignorant staff that can barely understand English and do not understand the meaning of the word service . The food was EXCELLENT but will not return .

We arrived at The Nelson and was greeted with a lovely smile, ordered 2 x beef roast dinners and 2 x Ringwood 49ers, meal arrived pretty soon, didn't have to wait long, talk about stunning meal, loads of beef, veg and potatoes, including their creamy leek and stuffing ball, everything was hot and delicious as usual, as this wasn't the first time, meals are excellent, well worth a visit.. five stars all round from our reservation in the name of Carol

No food but snacks great owners aloud ur dogs in there very friendly local pub watch sports etc clean amd tidy always.

Been here a few times now since new management took over. Always friendly and helpful staff with good food. Would certainly recommend.

Great place if you want rubbish chips we spent about £18 pound in here and not happy with the chips we received what a waste of money!!!