2 Best Restaurants in Lyme Regis, The South

A solo venture from celebrity chef Mark Hix, this restaurant combines stunning views overlooking the Cobb with his trademark high standards and originality. The menu changes twice daily, but the focus is always on simply cooked and beautifully presented locally sourced seafood dishes, such as grilled monkfish tail with caponata, chargrilled black sea bream, and, of course, local oysters. There's a limited vegetarian menu, but the dessert menu is extensive, with dishes like Brazilian chocolate mousse. Book well ahead to sit by the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the coast, on the small terrace, or for the six-course Kitchen Table experience, where Hix cooks for you in his own home.

This cozy, child-and-dog-friendly restaurant in a 17th-century building at the bottom of Lyme Regis's main street makes a great spot for a light lunch or an excellent cream tea. Apart from hot drinks and sandwiches (including fresh crab), you can order more substantial dishes like homemade beef lasagna. It closes at 5 pm.