Dorset Restaurant Guide

Prezzo - Weymouth

Prezzo has been delighting diners for over seven years, and this Italian restaurant chain has since been able to expand throughout large parts of England with well over a hundred outlets. Interestingly, the company seeks to restore either impressive buildings or ones of local interest.

• Address: 56 St Thomas Street, Weymouth, DT4 8EQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00

Prezzo - Wimborne

Prezzo has been delighting diners for over seven years, and this Italian restaurant chain has since been able to expand throughout large parts of England with well over a hundred outlets. Interestingly, the company seeks to restore either impressive buildings or ones of local interest.

• Address: Purbeck House, 5 West Borough, Wimborne, BH21 1LT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00

Quays Restaurant, The

The hotel enjoys sweeping views over the Christchurch estuary, none more so than those from the Quays Restaurant where fine dining can be enjoyed against a constantly changing background of natural and sporting beauty.

• Address: The Avonmouth, 95 Mudeford, Christchurch, BH23 3NT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00

Restaurant at Castleman Hotel

Castleman is a popular neighbourhood restaurant that serves dinner every evening and Sunday lunch, though they are happy to open for lunches on any other day for parties of twenty or more. Chefs Barbara Garnsworthy and Richard Morris cook varied, seasonal menus with the emphasis on enjoyment rather than fashion.

• Address: Chettle, Blandford Forum, DT11 8DB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Seafood, Spanish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £27.00, Dinner: £35.00

Restaurant at Chideock House Hotel

If all your life has been dedicated towards finding a duck's nest grate, look no further. Surrounded by a handsome Adam fireplace it graces the dining room of this 15th century (about 1465 to be imprecise) thatched house, three miles west of Bridport on the A35.

• Address: Main Street,, Chideock, nr Bridport, DT6 6JN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £26.00, Dinner: £48.00

Restaurant at George Hotel, The

This very straightforward pub offers uncomplicated food cooked before your eyes in the surroundings of a traditional country town hotel. It also works on the principle that anybody who wants to eat after 2.

• Address: 4 South Street, Bridport, DT6 3NQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A

Restaurant at Hotel Alexandra

• Address: Pound Street, Lyme Regis, DT7 3HZ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £24.00, Dinner: £41.00

Restaurant at Manor House Hotel

• Address: Studland Bay, nr Swanage, BH19 3AU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £35.00

Restaurant at Menzies Carlton Hotel

It's all pretty traditional at the Carlton, as one might be tempted to expect. Classic British and European dishes grace the menu and everything is smart and proper, including the staff. Expect lobster and crab salad with salmon caviar, Scottish beef with parsley creamed potato and some pretty exotic desserts.

• Address: East Overcliff , Bournemouth, BH1 3DN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £42.00

Restaurant at Moonfleet Manor

Funny how you look at Moonfleet Manor (a name like that has to be straight out of Dornford Yates) and thoughts of those handsome houses in Jersey come to mind. Surrounded by 5 acres of beautiful countryside; looking over Chesil Beach and Lyme Bay, Moonfleet has an enviable location.

• Address: Fleet Road, Weymouth, DT3 4ED (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £37.00