The Best Cafes in West Stour, Dorset, United Kingdom (2025)

Great food. Great staff. Great atmosphere.

Lovely coffee and very friendly service. If you have a few mins before your train leaves you should definitely go here

A new coffee shop on the block. The atmosphere is very friendly, music set at just the right level as if on your own you can listen to the music while relaxing and groups of friends can easily hear each other without having to compete with background music. Prices are very competitive and the coffee is great. I didn't give a rating for the food as I didn't have any on this visit, but it is well priced with a good selection.

Love this coffee shop. Comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. Great coffee and cakes. The almond croissant was delicious. Friendly service, the perfect place for coffee and a natter.

It is great to see a proper cafe in Gillingham with a delicious cake (pretzel brownie, cherry brownie). The coffee is really good, the staff are lovely and friendly. A wonderful place to spend time with friends or family. So pleased Gillingham has this cafe! Very reasonable prices for cake!

This delightful cafe was recommended by another local retailer that we came to visit specifically. What a super recommendation it was. A very pleasant, light airy cafe selling homemade cakes and sandwiches. A very good cup of tea to accompany the cake too. What more could you ask for the start of a week off. Thoroughly recommend it

Just a quick coffee stop to the new look Cafe...much more space now in the showroom space, so now can easily seat larger groups. Lots of different areas to be seated in..staff are very friendly and helpful and the food and drink are always great at very reasonable prices... always on my list of favourites for a ride, coffee or breakfast..👍

Mixed experience at The Old Brewery. The service was very good, quick and friendly and the coffee was good although the large Americano seemed to be just a single shot with extra water rather than 2 shots (it wasn’t very strong). The Brewery breakfast tasted really good for something which came too quickly to have been cooked to order and unfortunately this was evident with the eggs in particular which looked like they had been sitting under heat lamps for a while. Overall the quality of the food was very good just a shame it wasn’t cooked to order.

It's a nice clean cafe with a difference. It's full of motorbikes, but this doesn't stop a wide spectrum of people using it, from senior ladies having brunch to bikers all getting on well together, the service and food is great aswell. Fully enjoyed my stop there.

Lovely breakfast. I'm no food snob but you can tell quality ingredients in a fry-up. My photo might look a bit tomato heavy (yum) but I asked to swap out the mushrooms (yuk) which was no problem. Good service and very friendly staff. Lots of interesting bikes to look at too.

Went with my sister ( a local ) and daughter and granddaughter. Food was really lovely. Highly reccomend the quiche. The play area is safe and really well laid out. If you are in the area it is well worth a visit. We live over an hour away but do make a beeline for Blackmarsh Farm when visiting. Staff are lovely too.

An amazing maize, maze one of the best around. What a pity it's the final maze this year. A wonderful attraction for all the family with all the usual facilities including a superb little cafe. Play area for younger children and very reasonably priced. Staff extremely friendly and helpful adding to the experience. The maze is open all summer until early September so get in there quickly for a brilliant day out!

Good location on the edge of Sherborne to let the kids run and play while you sit comfortably in the old farm yard with a cake and coffee or maybe a light lunch.

First time visit. Nice roomy cafe. Value for money menus. Enjoyed the large breakfast and hot drink offering. Not bad for the money hot and tasty very friendly staff. Will definitely return.

Had a really good breakfast today and really good value. the coffee was lovely too. I thought it was excellent value for money too. I was very hungry and hungover this morning so started eating it before I took the photo.

Fantastic cafe with brilliant friendly service! We were in the area for a couple of months and tried to eat here as much as possible! The inclusive breakfast is legendary, AND a great price. Thank you for feeding us! :)

Went here this morning for a latte. The two lads working there gave excellent customer service. They were polite, attentive and very efficient. The coffee was lovely and hot and served with lovely chat. These two men should be rewarded for their excellent service and they both appeared to be enjoying their job. A few other staff in other Costa branches could learn a thing or two from these lovely chaps. Well done.

A little costa coffee shop but very polite and friendly staff. It was lovely and quiet when we went in which I prefer.

A lovely place to come and grab a coffee. I’ve only been a couple of times and taken away both times but the coffee has been excellent. I always ask for half the shots of coffee and it’s never too much bother. Staff are friendly and good at acknowledging my child too which makes her happy. They also always ask if you have the Costa app which is handy as I would forgot to collect my rewards else. The Maple Hazel Latte is a new firm favourite too! Will have to visit a lot more while it’s on the menu.

A normal Costa - service not the fastest. Only went here because my son came out without his epi pen. Otherwise would have tried Kaffe over the road as it smelt amazing as we walked past. Or Coffee and Canines which is near and fab.

Great experience as a place, but also in the restaurant and in the store I would like to find things of very good quality, not just the basic one. The bread for breakfast can be one from a local bakery not a frozen baguette or the store could also sell organic milk in cartons not in plastic bottle or a yogurt in a jar not just plastic buckets...etc. Overall it was good with skilled and kind staff.

Great farm shop and very good restaurant, but has gotten incredibly busy. The farm shop is excellent, with a great butcher's counter and great selection of fruit & veg, as well as lots of posh nibbles. The restaurant is very reliable, decent food and good service. The only downside is that, with the large additional seating area they added to the restaurant, the whole place can get very busy. On a Saturday lunchtime we were lucky to snag the very last parking spot left in both the main and the *overflow* car parks.

A huge, varied menu with very tasty, generous portions of food in a nice setting. A bit too easy to spend quite a lot of money! Great location with children when the weather is ok as there's a big field with football goals and some play equipment.

A huge thank you to Jude for all her care and attention to detail in putting together our order of 15 Christmas Hampers as gifts for our staff. Top quality products, beautifully displayed. Very grateful. Hope to be back next year.