The best restaurants serving British food in West Dorset South West

Called in-and as normal with spoons whom offer excellent value for money quite busy,Service at the bar was quick when ordering drinks and food. Are meals arrived quickly and was hot and freshly cooked brought to us my friendly team member.

Meant to be a dog friendly pub. We attended with our friends and dog which was on his lead the entire time. We brought with us dog treats and a dog toy as any responsible dog owner would-to keep our dog entertained. A man was there playing pool, he had two dogs with him. We sat the other side of the pub. Because he was not a responsible dog owner and didn’t have dog toys, he moaned to the bar staff that our dog’s toy was upsetting his dogs…..so the barman came over to us and asked us to stop playing with the dog toy….wtf??? Trying to entertain our dog?? We were only there for one drink, and won’t be returning. We have been there once before when a dog NOT on a lead, came over to our dog, and tried to intimidate him. It’s clear that if you’re a regular drinker with a dog, you and your dog can do what you want in there….evryone else….not welcome. No thanks, will go elsewhere!!

Very poor all round: no indoor seating (despite plenty of space for it), a tiny coffee, that was very expensive (£3.40), and very mediocre in terms of its quality.

Popped in here for a bottle of water on a hot afternoon. Thought I had misheard when told it was 1 pound, that's a great price. The ladies were very chatty and explained they tried hard to keep their prices down. Although there were plenty of patrons sat outside it was quiet inside and I had a good chat/laugh with the two ladies. It seems a popular place.

Went there with my family for a drink and ordered fish and chips to be shared as we already had our lunch but still spent around 50 pound .we ask a rude lady for extra cutlery she very aggressive said that you are paying for 2 but feeding 4 mouth and I will have extra washing to do ...never heard anything like that. She even took our plates away while we were still eating avoid avoid avoid.

Ordered two regular breakfasts and two coffees. Allergens were asked about and dealt with efficiently. Coffee was good. We found the breakfast to be greasy and not particularly hot. The bacon was very hard (not a new complaint, but very hard to eat nonetheless), but obviously at this price and with two kitchen staff, bacon cooked to order isn’t difficult. The FOH staff obviously had their favourite customers and tgey were the ones who received good service. On reflection, would not eat here again

Disgusting service from an elderly lady in here. My daughter was rudely approached by the old hag, and told not to eat her sausage roll in the restaurant as she isn’t a customer. I explained that I was going to be eating and buying drinks. We didn’t even have the time to find a seat, as my daughter was collared by her half way in. Now I totally respect that places don’t want you eating food from other eateries. But her manner and approach was completely aggressive, and to approach an 11 year child. I explained that if there is an issue to then speak with me, the parent. Totally rude and ill mannered, and the rest of the staff had an awful attitude. I’ve eaten here before and food has always been mediocre. Just cheap and cheerful. The service is just appalling. AVOID

Friendly enough staff but low quality over priced food. £9 for a sausage sandwich which would be equal quality to a Morrisons cafe. Would have expected to pay half that for the quality of the ingredients.

Very bad experience with rude/bad attitude from a member of the cafe staff. To myself and another older customer. Would not recommend.

We ate here as we were staying in the hotel (Royal lion) for a couple of nights and had a nice meal. We both opted for fish dishes and whilst the menu is not extensive we were both happy with our food and accompanying wine. The menu is reasonably priced compared to some in Lyme Regis and the service was good. The price of restaurants in Lyme seems to have increased significantly since Covid and availability is sometimes limited (staffing seems to be an issue here as with many places). The hotel restaurant used to be located in a large room on the first floor and had a more inventive menu although the room itself was a bit too formal for my taste

Firstly this guy needs to get a sense of humour. Secondly his pasty's are rubbish,and yes as he said witch flavour traditional,lamb and mint and on and on..So he was not happy at pasty flavour. Well I've cooked pastys And it had flavour and meat and potato not just potato and not 2 or 3 tiny bits of meat. So I suggest make it yourself or find someplace better. And you get a sense of humour!!

Unbelievably bad. As we have done regularly over the years we came for lunch. We arrived 12.15, the food didn’t arrive until after we complained about the wait at 1pm. There was only one other lot of food before us and they too had to complain before their food arrived Ridiculous! In all that time not one table was cleaned and cleared, staff preferring to gossip and hide in the kitchen ( they clearly weren’t cooking anything). As our food arrived, 4 staff we hadn’t seen suddenly appeared from nowhere. Two of these half cleared 2 tables but no one cleaned a table The worst bit was that it was 4 degrees and NO HEATING. There’s not a sign to say that so we sat and shivered on one of the coldest day in the last year. If you are thinking of taking anyone elderly AVOID THIS PLACE Next time we’ll go to Holme for Gardens it’s warm, nice staff good food. It’s a real shame because the food itself was good

Huge thanks to the staff for making us feel so welcome and being extremely helpful. They were happy for us to join their locals quiz night and kindly allowed us to order food after the cut off time. All staff were great and we would definitely go back. Any negative is drinks a bit pricey but food is delicious and best chips ever!!