The best restaurants serving British food in Shaftesbury Central North Dorset South West

A very nice place to stay in Shaftsbury. Lovely breakfast and pleasant staff.

It was a lovely little cafe with plenty of seating and the staff was very pleasant and polite, there was a decent menu and selection of cakes on the counter to choose from. We opted for the breakfast which was very disappointing, the only nice thing on there was the bacon as it wasn't overcooked the rest was overcooked and seemed as though it had been sitting under a warmer or hotplate, the fried bread was in parts burnt, and the sausage was rock hard down one side, the hash browns where not great however we did eat it all as we paid for it and we don't like to waste food and because of the amount of money we paid for them I had a large breakfast and my wife had the small and the extra addition of black pudding on both and two drinks cost was under £32.00.

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

A bit disappointing as drinks weren't great and food took a long time to arrive. Decor was lost somewhere between the 1970s and the stone age. But I will say..the staff were very helpful and friendly All said...I'd go elsewhere next time

The cafe definitely feels like it’s in an institution - it has a feel of a church/hospital/AgeConcern cafe. It’s in a multi-functional building that houses the prison’s learning centre, on the second floor. It was originally opened to serve prison staff and visitors, but is also open to the general public 10-3 (kitchen closes at 2). It’s simple food - jackets, baguettes etc and is fine. We were served by two very hard working ladies - no sign of any inmates and no “HMP” stencil anymore on the cappuccino (as was shown in someone’s post). You could forget you were in a prison, the few reminders being bags, mugs, aprons etc with the Jailhouse logo on. It’s a great cause (rehabilitating prisoners) and worth supporting if in the area and in need of a simple lunch.

We had reserved a table for lunch. We have been a few times before to The Mitre. On this occasion, we were seated at the back of the pub with no-one else in that area until a couple arrived later. We felt a little "out of sight" although the service was good but we didn't get the usual buzz of the atmosphere as on previous visits.