The best restaurants serving British food in Purbeck South West

Sadly no longer in business, as it was a favourite of ours, doing g lovely food and coffee, with lovely staff, in a beautiful location. Corfe has lost a major attraction.

Wow. What an amazing breakfast, supremely tasty and phenomenal value for money. The staff were friendly and slickly efficient. We felt welcomed from crossing the threshold to settling the bill. Thank you to all the team. If you are in Wareham a visit to the garden gate will enhance your day. Not to be missed.

We love visiting Swanage and have found this gem of a place. We first went here in the summer and enjoyed fresh crab baguettes. The food is excellent with fresh produce and a great choice. This time we had granary baguettes freshly made with ham, salad and chutney. They were delicious. The owners are very friendly too. We will definitely be back for more. If you fancy something different from pasties or fish and chips then the Purbeck deli is the place to go.

One of the best meals I've had in a very long time. All food was lovely and generous portions, the starters (cheese souffle and salt and pepper squid) were exceptional, and the tiramisu was the best I have ever had!! Friendly, efficient service and lovely relaxed setting with fab decor. Already looking at when we can come again! Thank you so much.

This cafe is marvellous. Bacon rolls.... mmmmm. Outdoor tables in the morning sunshine, fantastic staff, fusses and a biscuit for our dog. Thoroughly recommend. The Vic sponge and date slice both won Cake if the Week despite stiff competition in Gairloch and Torridon. Loch Ewe nearby is also amazing, achingly beautiful, perfect beach, and some poignant war time stories (and brilliant museum). Oh, and Inverewe Gardens.

After a walk at Studland, we went to Manor Farm Tea Room hoping for lunch or at least a pot of tea, only to find it unexpectedly shut again. This is our second attempt to visit recently, both times closed! Very disappointing after reading the good reviews and looking forward to the apparently delicious food. maybe next time......

Called for lunch and had the most delicious food. Extremely friendly, welcoming staff. Beautifully presented hotel.

What a little gem. Home cooked food, the very friendly couple / owners looked after us beautifully. The food was beautifully cooked, full of flavour and well presented. Great value. Loved it.

Good food, reasonably priced, and served with a smile. Much better than you might expect if you only judge it from the outside 🙂. Same again in 2022 and again in 2023, we've been numerous times and it's been good every time - many thanks. We came back again in July - service was slow, but the steaks were good, although one of us was served rather few fries (also, the chocolate brownie was rather small especially when compared with the sticky toffee pudding). Our first visit in 2025 yielded three very good steaks, long may Thursday's steak night continue 🤞 A pity that the desserts are still rather small.

Food was delicious, fresh and full of flavour Very lovely lady working there as well 🤗

We recently visited this pub restaurant and were shocked at how expensive it was for what we got. The food was decent, but certainly not worth the high prices. What really frustrated us was the unexpected charges that appeared on our bill—things we hadn’t ordered or weren’t clearly mentioned. If you do eat here, make sure to carefully check your receipt before paying. It felt like they were hoping we wouldn’t notice. Overall, not a great experience, and we won’t be rushing back.

Great breakfast with great friendly service. Good veggie options and tasty cakes. We got there at 10:30 on winters morning. Place filled up quickly so recommended booking if you plan to go any time later.

We never got to experience this cafe. We got there on 27/9/2024 having travelled specifically to eat there based on the positive reviews, I also checked their website/facebook page and there was no announcements about closing. Their page says opened till the end of September and as this was the 27th and a glorious, warm and sunny day we assumed it’d be open. I also did ring the mobile number during the morning (we were getting there for lunch) but no one picked up, I assumed they were busy. Unfortunately one of our family members suffered an injury going down to the cafe so the whole experience was tainted and hugely disappointing.

Bloody brilliant. Food and ambience superb. Service with a smile. Superb plaice and monkfish Thai curry. The desserts are all made by the chef. We had a pavlova but look forward to coming back for the chocolate torte. Very underrated restaurant of the highest echelon.

A wonderful Easter Sunday Roast! Always such fabulous and tasty food, wonderful ambience and delightful service. Thank you Tom, Amelia, Chefs and Waitresses Tracey, Andy & Roger