RestaurantsDorsetMilborne PortDT9

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Restaurant and bar in a stunning converted Victorian schoolhouse.

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Summary

£87
 ££££
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A “beautifully renovated building” – originally an 1860s school, with impressive vaulted ceilings and now a mezzanine bar – plays host to this exceptional outfit on the Dorset/Somerset border. Chef Luke Sutton (ex-the acclaimed L’Ortolan, in Berkshire) oversees the “varied” and “very interesting” British menu, which remains of note for its particularly “good-value” set menu.

Summary

£80
 ££££
5
Exceptional
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Chef Luke Sutton’s “consistently excellent and interesting” cooking, from a “delicious locally sourced menu”, is served in the “beautiful setting” of a high-ceilinged hall with exposed wood beams – a “fantastic conversion of an old school building” from the 1860s. The set lunch and early evening menu is particularly “great value”.

Summary

£72
  £££
5
Exceptional
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A “beautifully converted old school building” dating from 1864, and featuring striking exposed rafters, sets the scene at this “fabulous, unexpectedly glamorous restaurant” (“feels like when you drive in France and come across amazing upmarket places in the middle of nowhere”). All reporters praise its “truly outstanding” seasonal cuisine, and there's an “exceptionally well-curated” wine list to go with it.

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Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£17.00 £35.00 £0.00 £13.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £20.00
Filter Coffee £4.50
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
Gainsborough, Milborne Port, DT9 5BA
Opening hours
MondayCLOSED
TuesdayCLOSED
Wednesday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑9:30 pm
Thursday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑9:30 pm
Friday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑9:30 pm
Saturday12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑9:30 pm
Sunday12 pm‑4:30 pm

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