The best restaurants serving British food in Purbeck South West

Lovely friendly café which welcomes locals and visitors. Unlike some others in the area, it will be staying open Thursday to Sunday throughout the winter. Great for arty gifts too!

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.

Afternoon visit to this very busy tearoom. We shared a savory cream tea, 2 cheese scones with cream cheese and onion chutney plus another pot of tea and a generous slice of, Dorset apple cake. The scones were warm and lightand combined with the cheese and chutney was delicious. Apple cake moist and spicey. The leaf tea was good. Service was efflcient and friendly.

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.

We found this little tea room by a search, didn't know what it was like...very surprised, lovely scones, quite little place and very warm welcome by the staff. Get some cakes to go too! As they looked so GOOD. What a gem, we don't make a habit of leaving reviews, but we thought we should. The couple from Norfolk😉

I can’t go without adding a 5 star review. I did not eat or drink here but I did pop in to ask if my elderly mother could use their toilet. Even without dining or purchasing drinks the staff were so very friendly and accommodating and were so very very kind. Thank you so much for being so understanding and I will come back to dine with you next time I am in the area x x

Lovely food and good atmosphere.

We booked for a meal for 14 for a friends 60th Birthday. Despite traffic problems and some arriving later than expected the team delivered a seamless service and went above and beyond to provide a beautiful dessert for our vegan birthday girl. I can't recommend this place highly enough

Overall a very good homely pub with great staff. The one thing that let it down badly was the roast beef. I really don’t know at £20 for Sunday roast that four of us had why the beef was such poor quality we couldn’t eat it.

Lovely little restaurant with outside tables. Good service. Superb cream tea. Tad expensive but good food. Plenty of parking.

Fabulous lunch and delightful atmosphere. We didn’t try the cakes as we were too full. Thank you we will most definitely return.

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.

We had a Sunday Roast, exactly what we needed after a long walk on the cliffs on a cold day. The service was great, everyone super friendly, I really recommend it. I think it is a family-run business and if not, it definitely has that feel. Tasty food, local beers, good choice of desserts...