The best restaurants serving British food in Swanage South Purbeck South West

We managed to get a seat in this fabulous eating house. Staff were SO friendly, and we had the BEST bowl of soup ever - carrot, red pepper, and paprika with lovely wholemeal bread and real butter. What a delightful. The ambience was so cosy, rustic, and welcoming. we can see why it's often necessary to book. we wished we had room to try their amazing selection of homemaked deserts, cakes and pastries. We will return..........soon!!

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.

Lovely café, serving very good restaurant-quality food. The people in the kitchen know what they're doing! One of our favourite places to eat in Swanage. Lunch is served 12pm until 3:30pm, can be worth eating a bit later to avoid the rush.

We always have lunch here when we visit Swanage and have had some lovely food. Sadly not on this occasion. We ordered crab sandwiches. Served promptly but the bread was dry and stale and the salad garnish was past it's best. Such a shame that more care wasn't the taken especially as they weren't even busy.

They managed to fit us in without a booking and had a lovely meal, one fish and one steak. Delicious. We asked about booking for another evening but unfortunately they were closing that evening to retire!

Excellent food and the staff are amazing I will be back again

Had breakfast here twice. Very nice full English breakfast, very reasonable price and quick service. My review would have been excellent but the cafe seating area needs cleaning (dusty and dirty round the counter and skirting under the windows) and a small overcharge on the 2nd visit. With a bit of attention to the little details this place would be even better.

Me and my wife came here for dinner on New Year’s Eve, it was the perfect way to celebrate the year. The food was excellent and we loved watching the chef cook over the coals before plating up. The service was great and all the staff were super friendly, the whole restaurant had a great atmosphere. We’ve been here for breakfast and coffees on many occasions, but will definitely be back for dinner in the future. I would highly recommend a visit!

Fabulous full English breakfast for under a tenner!! Piping hot, freshly cooked and a log burner which was a bonus!! Definitely reccomend!!

Excellent food, exactly what I wanted and more than I expected. Lovely staff and a great little pitstop, can’t recommend enough

This has to be the best restaurant in Swanage. There are no end of fish & chips and burger places in Swanage but if you want a high quality meal, home cooked with excellent ingredients and a feeling of ‘class’ then this is the place for you. The food is reasonably priced too and cook by the owner. Book a table to avoid disappointment and the house specialty is the local Purbeck pie. An absolute gem.

Chanced on Brooks accidentally on 16 Nov, looking for lunch and escape from the cold. Very good service and good sized portions. Mum had an enormous fish finger sandwich with chips and salad. My wife had a small English and I had a pie and mash. Everything was piping hot and very tasty. Don't live locally but would visit again.

Same experience as the last reviewer, the barman (manager?) made us feel unwelcome. It was late afternoon and the pub was almost empty other than two families with young children and pushchairs. We were told when we arrived we had to sit with them (no explanation and we were made to feel a nuisance even going into the pub!) After getting our drinks we went to sit at one of the many empty tables, we were immediately told we had to move to the crowded area. I would add we are both around 70 and as it turned out the families and children were delightful unlike the manager!

Sunday carvery was fabulous, highly recommended. Staff and chef were excellent and the food was fresh and tasty. Really glad we found this brilliant place.

Ordered 2 haddock, the battery was hard and overcooked, difficult to cut and the fish was dry, chewy and there was hardly any flesh , very disappointed Purchased 24/09/24 7pm