The best restaurants serving British food in West Dorset South West

From a recommendation we visited for breakfast. We found an outstanding cafe with polite attentive staff, who couldn't do enough to please their customers even when the small premises was busy with hungry patrons! A great menu to please everyone with good freshly cooked food pleasantly served. Thank you, you topped off our weekend!

Wow. Sunday lunch. We had the lamb, beef and pork and all were so incredibly tender. Never tasted meat so tender. The chef apparently slo cooks overnight and uses fresh local meat. You could really tell. Prices were great value too. The raspberry and Nutella roulade was so gorgeous too. Staff very friendly and efficient and compliments also to the young lady who was helping serve too. Definitely recommend. Will definitely go back when we’re in the area again

We stopped in for a quick drink on a rainy Friday. The coffee was very good, as well as being well priced and the service was excellent - friendly and helpful.

Best chips ever. Small battered sausage and chips £4.50 - absolutely delicious Small fish and chips £5.50 - absolutely delicious Lovely friendly staff

Spent weekend here in our motorhome Friday and Saturday night, great food lovely atmosphere had Pizza Friday which was superb and chicken skewers on the Saturday with great live music in the garden. David and Louise are superb hosts and should be celebrated, coming back at the end of July

What a beautiful setting for a thoroughly enjoyable lunch. We had sirloin steak from the specials board. The steak was perfectly cooked and the accompaniments were really fresh. After looking round the museum for a few hours, we went back for tea and cream scones. The staff are very professional and very friendly. Would highly recommend!

What a beautiful old building in a lovely setting! Parking is very limited, but available parking on village road alongside. Beautiful ambiance, with an olde worlde feel. Mothers Day afternoon tea very well presented, on/ in bone China crockery, with great variety of sandwiches, cake & quiche. Attention to detail with regard to any dietary needs.Copious amounts of tea, linen tablecloths, & staff were attentive, but not intrusive. Comfy furnishings to sit in. Did not feel rushed. Good value for money. I also attended a craft workshop here in an adjoining room a couple of weeks ago. This was well run & hot drinks & cake available at this event too. Outside seating also available. Will definitely visit again & can highly recommend!

I stopped for a cup of coffee when road works held up progress. I got the sort of genuine friendly service you don't get in chains and a great cup of coffee too, which I had in the little garden at the back of the shop. I loved the place and would definitely return.

Lovely lunch - we had the pie and a quiche and both were tasty and beautifully presented. Service was superb as always so we were well set for the rest of the day 😊.

My husband and I stayed for two nights at the New Inn as friends are moving into the area. The pub was very pleasant with an open fire and separate eating area that was warm and inviting, as was the landlady Andrea who really couldn't do enough for us and said, on more than one occasion, that nothing is too much trouble. The accommodation was superb. A large comfortable bed. A warm, quiet room and drinking water and biscuits were available along with the usual tea and coffee in our room. The breakfasts were delicious. Plate wasn't overloaded but every ingredient was well sourced and cooked to perfection. Cereals, juices, tea and proper coffee available too, along with a loaf of toast. Ha! Ha! We stayed for an evening meal on the Friday night with our friends. The food was VERY good and much of it was home cooked where possible. Home made pie and the home made chips were cooked to perfection. So Andrea thank you so much for your warm welcome and hospitality and we look forward to seeing you again whenever we visit. Best regards A&P

Nice food friendly helpful staff.

Had a quick stop for some dinner on the way home. As is Sunday a carvary was on the menu which seemed great. However, food was bland. The gravy is out on for you on the plate before you are allowed to put your vegetables on. I asked politely if I could have it on after my vegetables had been put on my plate and was swiftly told I could but would have to go to the back of the queue again! Why is it they can't offer small just of gravy if it's such an inconvenience to have him put it on after? To be honest it's like water with crumbs of meat in so not worth the drama anyway. I have eaten many carvery's in the local area and this is by far the worse i've had by far.

A big thank you to Emma-Jayne, Michal and the team for the lovely birthday celebration meal that we had today 8/4/2025. The food was delicious and everyone really enjoyed it. Emma-Jayne and our waitress were very friendly and attentive. We had such a lovely afternoon, thank you so much. John especially appreciated the hand written "Happy Birthday" message on his desert. John and Fran Manning

I always figure you can’t go wrong with a bacon roll. A good test of a place. Unfortunately it was a disappointment. For £5.50 and a 15 mins wait (was not busy) I opened my roll to find fatty almost streaky bacon. After removing the fat I was left with two or three bites of roll and bacon. If it is streaky back then it should state that. If it is fatty bacon then I would expect to be giving more than 2 slices. Staff were lovely and friendly and the place and other foods did look good. It was a bacon roll fail for me.

got a sloppy cow burger chips and a coke. Staff were very friendly and food service was very quick