The best restaurants serving British food in West Dorset South West

Lovely little cafe. Really good gluten free breakfast

Lovely experience. First chippie I've been to since getting off the plane a week back.

Wow fantastic, arrived on time , kept very hot.

Wonderful evening, attentive and genuinely welcoming staff, beautiful venue and fabulous food. Both our mains Plaice and Crab delightful as was the Eton Mess for dessert. Service efficient but never felt rushed and food obviously cooked to order. Thank you. PS lovely to see RNLI pager being worn by front of house….

Just not for us - went by others reviews but things have obviously changed. Pub is in a small village down very narrow lanes. Parking is available with a new overflow area but up a steep slope. The garden is being developed, which looked good. Room was ok, good bed but overall tired. Bed was however covered in horrible fleece blankets. The bathroom smelt awful and had visible damp. Shower was also dirty. There are very steep stairs to room and there is a strong smell of damp dog. Decided to have a meal in the pub again based on others reviews but we couldn’t eat it due to too much salt, both meals were inedible. We were told there was a new chef. The Landlord is super friendly and he said he took over recently from the owners. It’s a shame our visit didn’t live up to the expectations but we are just being honest.

Warned that with a 6pm sitting that we would need to be finished by 7.30. Arrived on time. Were slowed to be served. Found the portion size was very small for the price. Eaten here many times before and always been delighted. The cod this evening was particularly small for the £18 price tag. Cabbage side was £9….they serve ‘tapas’ style but their portion sizes have massively reduced. Madness. Due to the slowness of their service, our guest didn’t have much time to eat desert. Only one of us out of 4 had desert - the apple crumble - which was also disappointing. Warm - not hot, and crumble was terrible - a sprinkling if anything. Needed more for sure. You can’t call a crumble a crumble without the crumble!! The bill presented was £240 and on checking it, discovered they’d over charged us by £100. They also gave us the bill before the end of the meal stating that we had to leave by 7:30 - we didn’t HAVE to go anywhere, but they wanted up out for the next sitting. No apology given. Didn’t thank us for eating there, really sullen waitress. I was unimpressed!!

Just had lunch at the Brewers Arms , fantastic food, brilliant Landlord and friendly staff , the best pub I’ve been in for years. I’ll definitely visit again when next in the area .

I didn't stay the night, so I can't comment on the rooms. But the service and food was excellent. The staff were caring.

Lovely food. Drink prices very good.

My wife and I had a great lunch, and we had a special tomato tart and a cheese toastie they were very tasty and nice. Staff were very helpful and friendly. It's also dog friendly. It also has a very nice delivery attached to the cafe. What a great find

Amazing staff, super friendly and welcoming

still first class food and service. And good value for money . Just had my breakfast today. First class as usual.

Really great food and atmosphere, almost perfect - but being charged £5 for a slice of bread (was cut in half) did jar, come on you’re better than this!!

We walked here from Charmouth beach for some lunch. The service was efficient, welcoming and friendly and the food was delicious - it was super tasty, looked great and came out quickly. They went above and beyond to make everyone feel welcome, definitely recommend!!

If you are looking for a change from the usual humdrum Prem Inn Travelodge that seem to be taking over most town centres then this exquisette steeped in history creaky floored no room the same Hotel is for you. Refurbished to an excellent standard whilst retaining the period features. Staff were very friendly and helpful from the 2 receptionists we met to the lady running the restaurant to the bar person to the excellent chef we really couldn't fault it. Our evening meal in the restaurant was delicious and breakfast the next morning cooked to order much nicer than buffet style hot foods from above mentioned hotels. Thank you to all the staff we met who couldn't do enough for us and really topped off an excellent stay.