Read Reviews About Corton Denham Restaurants

Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Corton Denham

Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Corton Denham restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 6 restaurants in Corton Denham and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Corton Denham restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.

Featured Corton Denham Restaurants

View All

1. The Cross Keys Hotel restaurant in Sherborne 88 Cheap Street - DT9

2023 Review: Well-located in the centre of the town on ‘The Parade’ – this old inn wins praise for “good pub food with some more adventurous items” and “community-minded owners who have become part of the town”. The latter are Mo Gherras and his family, who put their savings into the place in 2019, the pub having lain vacant for a number of years.

2. The Queen’s Arms British, Modern restaurant in Corton Denham

This “newly refurbished family-owned pub with rooms” – originally a mid-Victorian cider house – in a “lovely village” near Sherborne, makes for a “perfect stop-over en route to Devon or Cornwall”, with “agreeable service” and “reliable food including interesting fish dishes”. Co-owner Doune Mackenzie-Francis has a foodie background as a former marketing manager for Leith’s School of Food & WIne.

Price*

£55

££

Food

Good

Service

Good

Ambience

Good

3. The Newell British, Modern restaurant in Sherborne Greenhill - DT9

A “small restaurant in Sherborne, owned by an Australian couple”, and where the “good” and “unusual” food pays testament to chef Paul Merrony’s Gallic training with the likes of Albert Roux at Le Gavroche; there’s an “interesting list of well-chosen wines at reasonable prices to match the excellent food”.

Price*

£45

££

Food

Good

Service

Good

Ambience

Average

4. The Green British, Modern restaurant in Sherborne 3 The Green - DT9

“Great modern European food using locally sourced ingredients at very reasonable prices” again wins praise for this local fixture. Chef-patron Sasha Matkevich grew up in south Russia but has lived in England for 30 years.

Price*

£65

£££

Food

Good

Service

Good

Ambience

Good

5. The Clockspire British, Modern restaurant in Milborne Port Gainsborough - DT9

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.

Price*

£87

££££

Food

Very Good

Service

Very Good

Ambience

Good

6. The Plume of Feathers restaurant in Sherborne Half Moon Street - DT9

2023 Review: “It looks and sounds like a pub”, but this “lively and friendly” old inn opposite Sherborne Abbey “is actually an Italian restaurant providing small plates by the score”. The menu includes a “stupendous choice” (including pizzette and pasta) “using local and Italian ingredients” and it’s very easy to assemble an interesting and varied meal with “dishes to suit all tastes”. “The main difficulty is limiting yourself as there’s so much to tempt!". Top Tip – Rapido lunch for two at £14 per person, served weekdays.