Welcome to Thyme After Time!

​We are a Dorset based Café and Caterers with a huge passion for Dorset!
Our customers have come to expect proper food, cooked properly! They know that they will get a quality meal made from quality ingredients, delivered with tons of Dorset passion and soul!​

Start Your Day with a Breakfast
SERVED 7.30-11.30 MON-FRI AND 7.30-2.00PM SATURDAYS

So we are now offering our delicious 'Sidings Full English Breakfast', our ever popular 'Coach Class Classic Breakfast' of Smoked Salmon (or Bacon) and smashed avocado with poached eggs on toast, our extremely popular Dorset Fed Bap, our ‘Off the rails Veggie Feast Bap’ and our ever popular BLT and then pretty much any bap- sausage, egg, bacon, mushroom and black pudding combo you can dream up! We also now offer our breakfast baps in white or wholemeal still using the fantastic Taylor's bakery of Bruton bread!

Check our board in the café for our lunch-thyme menu

See a sample menu by visiting our Dine in Lunches page

You can also find out what Margot and the team are cooking up this week by visiting our facebook page

Lunches are served from 12 noon till 2.30pm Monday to Friday and 12 noon till 2.00pm on Saturdays

​Feel free to ring us and order in advance so you don’t need to wait for us to cook it all fresh for you.
Just let us know when you call if you would like Heinz Ketchup, HP brown sauce or BBQ sauce in your bap.

Take-Out Menu

​The Sidings Full English- Bacon, sausage, black pudding, fried egg, mushroom, slow cooked cherry tomatoes, toast and butter- £12.95
Dorset fed Breakfast Bap- Bacon, sausage, mushroom, black pudding and fried egg- £10.95
Coach Class Classic Bap- Scottish Smoked Salmon or Bacon with smashed avocado and fried egg- £10.95
Off the Rails Veggie Feast Bap- Veggie sausage, vegan black pudding, mushroom & fried egg- £10.95
Bacon, Sausage & Egg Bap- £7.25
Bacon & Sausage Bap- £6.75
Bacon & Egg Bap- £6.25
Bacon Bap- £5.50
Butcher’s Sausage Bap- £5.50
We can also offer filled rolls, sandwiches, paninis, pastries, homemade cakes, scones and other specials from our lunch menu on request- just ask us about availability when you call.
Take Out Drinks- 12oz cup with lid
Lattes, Cappuccinos, Flat whites - £3.50
Hot Chocolate- £3.50  Mocha £4.00
Loose Tea Selections- £3.00, Americano- £3.00
Iced Coffee, Milkshake (made with gelato) or Smoothie- £4.75

Soft Cold Drinks Menu

1 Pint Milk shakes- £4.75
Each bottle contains one 125 ml pot of Dorset made Baboo gelato in whichever flavour you choose and made with unhomogenised milk from Woodbridge Farm from just up the road. Flavours- Madagascan Vanilla, Strawberry, Salted Caramel, Mint Choc Chip, Belgian Chocolate, Espresso.

The Buffer Smoothie- £4.75
Strawberry, apple and banana smoothie, made with locally produced 
Bridge Farm Apple juice (dairy & gluten free)

Sidings Iced Coffee- £4.75
Made using Jimmy’s iced coffee made right here in Dorset and laced with the syrup of your choice Served topped with cream and with a straw! Available dairy free on request.

Syrup flavours
Vanilla, Caramel, Black Forest, Terry’s Chocolate orange, Ginger, Cinnamon or 
Sugar Free Hazelnut

Chilled Bottled and Canned Drinks
Traditional Lemonade - £3.50
Elderflower bubbly - £3.50
Palmer’s Ginger Beer- £3.50
Raspberry Lemonade- £3.50
Bridge Farm Apple Juice (local)- £3.50
Orange Juice - £3.50
Coca Cola - £3.50
Diet Coca Cola -£3.50
Can of 7up £2.50
Still Water - £2.50
San Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral water-£2.50
Glass of Woodbridge Farm, unhomogenised whole milk, 250ml- £2.50
Fruit Shoots- orange or blackcurrant- £2.50
Cartons of milkshake- Strawberry or Banana- £2.50​

Americano (Filter Coffee) £3.00
Espresso (Double Shot) £3.00
Latte (Milk, No Foam) £3.50
Cappuccino (Milk, Foamed) £3.50
Flat White (Espresso & Hot Steamed Milk) £3.50
Mocha (Double Shot of Espresso & Hot Chocolate) £4.00
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Syrup Shots 60p

Alternative milks (Oat, Soya) 60p

All of our coffees are made using the finest quality coffee from Reads Coffee Roasters of Sherborne and our milk comes from Woodbridge Farm, just down the road from us.

Why not catch up with a friend over Coffee and Cake?
We always have a great selection of our own homemade cakes, including gluten free options, and for a generous slice it's the perfect partner for a Cappuccino or a fresh pot of tea.

Cream Teas
You may not be aware but we offer our cream teas all year round as a gift box take out. Each take out box contains 2 scones (one fruit, one plain sweet), a pot of our homemade strawberry jam, a pot of Dorset clotted cream and some fresh strawberries. Boxes come complete with message of your choice should you so choose. Pre-ordering is essential. £7.95 to take away

Our latest blog post

​We have a very active facebook page where we're always posting about our latest dishes and cakes.
Why not take a look?

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The perfect little gift from your local cafe- All home made in small batches

Savoury Canapes, Sweet Canapes, Finger Buffets, Hot Fork Buffets, Cold Fork Buffets, Cheese Buffets

Thyme after Time Café is renowned for its Private and Corporate Catering service. Click on a link above to see the sort of tempting delights on offer. Have a look at the many inspiring photos of catering fayre we have made for a variety of clients, from schools to private companies, from societies to charities, from weddings to wakes, we have catered for all.

The Dorset Hand Made Food Company

Treat yourself, your friends, your loved ones and your colleagues to the Finest Cream Tea experience from The Dorset Hand Made Food Company, packed full of Dorset goodies and delivered throughout the UK in our gorgeous gift boxes.

"When we started The Dorset Hand Made Food Company we wanted to gather together the best local and ethical produce from the best farmers and artisan producers in the Dorset region to complement our own ethos. The result is a wonderful combination of truly hand made, local and ethical. It is something we are really proud of"- Margot x.

Have a look at our cream tea selections by visiting our online shop...

The Dorset Hand Made Food Company