Pubs & restaurants in DorsetDorset, England

Clifftop Jurassic Coast pub beneath Golden Cap, an olive best country pub.

Bistro on a small Dorset market square, on The Good Food Guide's 100 Best Local Restaurants.

Beach-shack seafood restaurant on Chesil Beach beside its own oyster beds.

A Georgian country-house hotel in a quiet Dorset village in Hardy country.

16th-century coaching inn with rooms in the Hardy-country village of Evershot.

Cranborne Chase village inn from the acclaimed Chickpea Group, an olive gastropub pick.

A tiny two-room brick cottage on the National Trust's Kingston Lacy estate, beer passed through a hatch by the same family for generations.

A 16th-century thatched inn tucked deep in the Plush valley, with roaring fires, a lush garden and menus built on Dorset produce.

A 16th-century country pub in a remote West Dorset hamlet below Eggardon Hill, with characterful rooms and good walking from the door.

A cult Purbeck cliff-top pub serving ale and cider through a hatch, with a fossil museum, stone-walled garden and sweeping sea views.

An award-winning 18th-century thatched country pub beside the River Piddle, with two gardens and Palmers ales near Dorchester.

A classic Bride Valley village pub popular with walkers and cyclists, known for friendly service and a good local menu.