Shaftesbury Restaurants

excellent roast and they were very accommodating when we arrived significantly early and still seated us.

Had the afternoon tea as a birthday treat. Fantastic service, very quick with the food and had refills of our hot drinks. The afternoon tea is quite a spectacle! Massive amount of food (we had to take some away in a box!) but all very tasty. We even had a bonus birthday choux bun with chocolate sauce at the end! Only slight downside was the festive Battenberg was a bit strange being bright green and red.

Would thoroughly recommend. We’ve been for Sunday lunch a couple of times and will definitely return. Great ambience, service and fantastic locally sourced food, some from the gardens themselves. What’s not to love. Thank you to the team for an overall great experience.

No vegan/plant based options on the menu, which was a little disappointing. Maybe this is something that could be considered adding to the menu. As we eat plant based for health reasons not ethical we had the vegetarian options. The food was outstanding.

Always a warm welcome here at the Cricketers! The lunchtime menu is good with special mention for the burger and ham, egg and chips. Timothy Taylor Landlord seems to be a permanent option and it is very rare to encounter it this far south in the country and all the more of a pleasure to enjoy one of the UK’s finest ales.