The Anchor at Shapwick, Shapwick

Former Victorian village pub. The excellent food and pub-like atmosphere just about compensates for the fact that it has been refurbished in the popular stripped-pine wine bar style.

20 Mar 2005 21:38

The High Corner Inn, Linwood

Rambling place with a Tardis like quality. Starts off in the intimate old beamed bar with lots of small nooks and cranies and progesses through a series of larger and more moder rooms until you get to the conference facilities out the back.

Unfortunately it is one of those places where the food sounds a lot better on the menu than it is when it is served. I've eaten there many times, but still haven't sused out how they manage to remove all the flavour from the food.

That said, at the end of the day it's location, location, location. Oh, and beer. I'd go anywhere for a pint of 6X.

19 Mar 2005 23:46

Cricketers, Blandford Forum

It's OK. Perhaps almost a little too keen to please, to the point of making you feel a bit uncomfortable if you don't fit their idea of an ideal customer. That said the food's OK, the beer's OK, the building's OK and the little garden borders on the charming. I'll give it an 7. It's OK.

19 Mar 2005 23:26