The Dovecote Café

For all café enquiries and bookings please email: dovecote@walledgardenmoreton.co.uk

or call: 01929 462243 (9am-4pm)

Food serving times from 10am, with last food orders at 2:45pm

We are wheelchair accessible (as is the majority of the gardens), and the café also has a disabled toilet and baby changing.

Set in the surroundings of The Walled Garden Moreton, The Dovecote Café is open 7 days a week. We refresh our menu frequently but always include all day breakfasts, main meals, sandwiches, jacket potatoes, and an array of fresh cakes, scones, plus ice creams.

We’re proud to celebrate Dorset on our menu, with the majority of our ingredients coming from trusted local producers and suppliers. We have hot drinks available consisting of freshly ground coffee, tea, soft drinks plus Purbeck Cider and Prosecco, by the bottle.

Visitors are welcome to enjoy their food inside the café or outside on our patio or the benches in the gardens. But please be aware that table bookings are only available for indoor seating. Takeaway options are available too.

Our experienced French chef has built a wonderful reputation with the quality of our food, and many visitors are often surprised that our little cafe in the gardens setting provides such vibrant, tasty, and filling options.

We offer afternoon tea Sept-July (booking 24 hours in advance required for afternoon tea).

The Dovecote Café works in partnership with on-site specialist education provider EMA – www.employmyability.org.uk

Our EMA students gain real-life experience alongside their studies in hospitality skills such as customer service and front of house, as well as working alongside our trained professionals in the kitchen.

This is one of the key aspects that makes The Dovecote unique, and we hope you enjoy your visit!

Our afternoon teas are specially prepared and available from 2pm. £21.50pp for a divine selection of freshly made sandwiches, pastries, scones and cakes + plus a pot of tea. Get in touch to book!

Craigs Farm Dairy – The fantastic team at Craigs Farm Dairy, based in Osmington, Dorset supplies our milk, clotted cream and Coastal Chedder cheese.

Jurassic Coast Fine Foods – Fossil Farm in Winfrith Newburgh is the home to Jurassic Coast Fine Foods who supply our beef, pork and some of the chicken we use in our meat dishes.

Portland Shellfish – In the summer, we like to add crab to our menu. Portland Shellfish are our suppliers for this – caught straight off the Dorset coastline.

Woodsford Leaves – Based just around the corner in Crossways, Woodsford Leaves supply us with the majority of our fruit, veg including our mushrooms and potatoes and salad leaves.

Café Rico – We’re proud to have Café Rico, who are based in Weymouth supply our coffee and coffee machines.

Purbeck Cider – Brought to us direct from the Isle of Purbeck, we stock Purbeck Cider in our fridges all year round.