​Our Café runs a very simple unpretentious menu with honest, hearty food. We have formed a veritable reputation for our Breakfasts, brunches and lunches alike with a regular and varied customer base who visit us from far and wide and extremely local!

We are very happy to cater for all tastes and dietary requirements. We often find ourselves working off our regular menus to meet with our customers tastes- we love a challenge!

We serve delicious fresh coffee using 'Read's coffee' of Sherborne and have an excellent choice of loose teas. There is also a selection of fruit juices including Bridge Farm apple juice from East Chinnock, presses or thick ice cream milk shakes using ice cream from 'Baboo Gelato'. In the summer months we also make our own iced coffees which are very popular. 
In the winter months we have our beyond luxury hot chocolates that our regulars love. We change them regularly and they are almost a meal in themselves! 

Please note that our Lunchtime Specials menu blackboard is posted in the Café and constantly changes.
We rotate and change our lunchtime menus to include spring, summer, autumn and winter menus, including a special festive lunchtime menu in the run up to Christmas. The current sample menu for lunches is always posted on the homepage of this website, but featured below is a sample of our typical lunchtime menu... followed by our current Breakfast menu, our Coffee Menu and our Drinks Menus.

We are now serving freshly cooked and served lunches from our delicious LunchThyme blackboard menu of Dorset Delights to eat outside in our outdoor Marquee courtyard setting or inside at our café tables! As you would expect from a Restaurant Café priding itself on using local produce this menu changes daily. We usually have some of your favourites on the menu plus our ever-changing specials. Have a look at the sample blackboard menu below to get the flavour of what we offer at Thyme after Thyme Café...

Homemade crab cake, Scottish smoked salmon, king prawns with Marie Rose sauce and chips with salad - 13.95

in a Taylor’s Bakery Bap with Barber’s Cheddar, salad and fried onion with chips and our Slaw - 12.95

Served with two fried eggs from the farm next door and a portion of our homecooked delicious chips - 11.95

with chips, green salad, slaw’, cheese and Dorset yoghurt - 12.95

 with pilau rice, naan bread and minty Dorset yoghurt - 12.95

made with Barber’s Cheddar, served with our garlic bread, slaw’ and a green salad - 11.95

with a tomato & Basil Sauce and grilled with cheese on top, served with a green salad and slaw’- 10.95

served with green salad, slaw’ and crisps - 7.95

with either our garlic bread or brown or white bread and butter- 7.95

4.50 each
Dorset Affogato
double espresso with Baboo Madagascan vanilla gelato and our homemade Biscottis
Dorset Apple Cake
with Blackmore Vale clotted cream

layers of our own delicious chocolate brownie, chocolate gelato, whipped cream and Cadbury flake

layers of our raspberry blondie, Baboo salted caramel gelato, whipped cream, Biscoff crumbs and Biscoff syrup

layers of our homemade meringues with our own lemon curd, Baboo Madagascan Vanilla Gelato, whipped fresh cream and topped with more meringue and toasted almonds.

Individual Pots of Ice Cream - 2.50 each
Choose from-
Madagascan Vanilla, Double Chocolate, Strawberry, Salted Caramel, Mint Choc Chip

We are now serving from our delicious menu of Dorset Fed Breakfasts to eat outside in our Marquee or to order and collect from the Café. Have a look at our Takeaway Breakfast Menu page or our Chalkboard Breakfast Menu below, for eating Alfresco in our courtyard Marquees or inside at our café tables!

Rump Steak (4oz), Smoked pork loin bacon steak, Butcher’s Cumberland ring pork sausage, Butcher’s pork faggot, griddled tomato, sautéed mushrooms, fried Thornhill Farm free range egg, sautéed potatoes- £16.95

Mato’s Butcher’s large pork sausage, smoked griddled bacon, Bury black pudding, fried Thornhill Farm free range eggs, sautéed mushrooms, our bubble and squeak, our homemade baked beans, and slices of Taylor’s Bakery toast- £11.95

Scottish Smoked salmon or griddled smoked bacon, avocado on toasted Taylor’s corn bread with Thornhill Farm free range poached eggs- £11.95

Mato’s Butcher’s large pork sausage, smoked bacon, Thornhill Farm free range fried egg, griddled tomato and slices of Taylor’s Bakery toast- £8.95

Our homemade waffles cooked freshly to order with griddled smoked bacon, Thornhill Farm free range poached eggs and maple syrup- £8.95

Taylor’s Bakery bap filled with Mato’s butcher’s large pork sausage, smoked griddled bacon, Bury black pudding, Thornhill Farm free range fried egg and sautéed mushrooms- £8.95

Thornhill Farm free range fried egg, Vegetarian black pudding, homemade baked beans, our bubble and squeak, griddled tomato and sautéed mushrooms- £8.95

Vegan black pudding, sautéed potatoes, griddled tomato, homemade baked beans and sautéed mushrooms- £8.95

Mato’s Butcher’s gluten free pork sausage, griddled smoked bacon, gluten free Bury Black pudding, griddled tomato, our own bubble and squeak
and Thornhill Farm free range egg- £8.95

Griddled Sausage (less than 5% fat), griddled bacon (fat trimmed off), griddled tomato, steamed mushrooms, poached Thornhill Farm free range egg, slice of Taylor’s Bakery wholemeal toast (no butter)- £8.95

Griddled smoked bacon bap or Mato’s Butcher’s sausage bap- £5.50 or -
With a Thornhill Farm free range fried egg- £5.95

for your canine family member
Mato’s Butcher’s pork sausage, griddled bacon and ‘Winalot’ shape biscuits, served with a bowl of water or milk- £4.25

£1.75 per item
Smoked griddled bacon, griddled tomatoes, Bury Black Pudding, Vegan/Vegetarian Black Pudding, Our bubble and squeak, homemade baked beans, sautéed mushrooms, Thornhill Farm free range fried eggs, fried bread, sautéed potatoes, poached eggs, scrambled eggs, Taylor’s Bakery slice of toast and butter.

Smoked Salmon and Poached Eggs

Order and pick up your Monday morning Latte or Cappuccino from our cafe on your way to work or to take home and read the papers! Available all week, but if you "Don't like Mondays" why not treat yourself to the finest coffee experience from our menu below. We also offer Luscious Loose Teas and Sumptuous Hot Chocolates! Just call ahead to book one to collect between 9am and 12 noon on Mondays and between 8am and 12 noon Tuesday to Saturday.

​Fresh Coffees
Americano (black, or with milk)- £2.60
Espresso single shot- £2.o0
Espresso double shot- £2.60
Small Cappuccino- £2.80
Large Cappuccino- £2.95
Small Flat white - £2.80
Large Flat white - £2.95
Small Latte- £2.80
Large Latte- £2.95
Mocha- £3.50

Shots- 60p
Vanilla, Cinnamon, Caramel, Black Forest

Hot Chocolates
White or dark hot chocolate - £3.25
Luxury hot chocolate with cream, marshmallows and Cadbury’s flake- £4.50
Babycino (milk froth with chocolate sprinkles) for kids - £1.85

Teas- £2.60
English breakfast, Green Tea, Rooibos, Chamomile, Peppermint, Earl Grey
Alternative milks we carry as standard-
Soya, hazelnut or lactose free

Iced Coffees- £4.50
Choose from vanilla, caramel, gingerbread, cinnamon or black forest syrup

- OUR COLD DRINKS MENU -

1 pint Icecream Milkshakes
Served in our funky retro pint bottles
Each bottle contains one 125 ml pot of Baboo Gelato Icecream in whichever flavour you choose!
Choose from- Vanilla, Salted caramel, strawberry, chocolate, espresso, mint choc chip- £3.95 each

​The Spirehill Smoothie
Strawberry, Banana and Apple smoothie, made with Bridge Farm Apple Juice 400ml - £4.50

Fentimans Victorian Lemonade 330ml - £2.50
Barr's canned Lemonade 330ml - £1.75
Heartsease Farm Fiery Ginger Beer, sparkling 330ml - £2.50
Folkington Pure squeezed Valencian Orange juice, 250ml - £2.50
Bridge Farm Local Apple Juice - £2.50
Elderflower pressé - £2.50
Bradleys Apple and Rhubarb Juice  - £2.50
Bradleys Raspberry Lemonade  - £2.50
Coca Cola in glass bottle, 330ml - £2.75
Diet Coca Cola in glass bottle, 330ml - £2.75
Still Water in glass bottle, 330ml- £1.75
Decantae Sparkling Mineral Water in glass bottle, 330ml - £1.75
Glass of chilled Stalbridge milk, 250ml - £1.50
Fruit Shoots, orange or apple and blackcurrant - £1.50
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- Bottled Lagers and Beers -
Thyme after time’s ‘Golden Spire’ Fruity Golden Pale Ale, 500ml 4% £3.75
Wriggle Valley Brewery Valley Gold Fruity Golden Ale, 500ml 4% £3.75
‘Dorset Pilgrim’, Best bitter made by Wriggle Valley Brewery here in Stalbridge 4.2% 500ml £3.75
Becks’ Lager, Alcohol 4%/1.1 units 275ml - £2.50

- Ciders -
Thyme after time’s Fruity Orchard cider, medium 3.8% 500ml £3.75
‘General Pitt Rivers’ Cranborne Chase Cider, medium 6%  500ml £3.75
‘Laycock Cider’ Sparkling Medium Dry Cider, 6%  500ml £3.75
‘Admiral’ Hand Crafted Sparkling Blend Cider, 6%  500ml £3.75
‘Dorsecco’ Naturally sparkling keeved cider, Cranborne Chase Cider 75cl 5.3% £8.95

- Bottles of Wine 75cl -
White Wine
Chateau Margot Pinot Grigio - Bulgaria £11.95
Light, easy drinking, dry and well flavoured Pinot

Beyond The River Chardonnay - Australia £13.95
Fresh, rich wine, full of tropical fruit flavours

Mount Riley Estate Sauvignon - New Zealand £18.50
Vibrant aromas and flavours of lime zest and gooseberries

Rosé Wine
Le Moulin Rosé - France £13.95
Plenty of ripe red fruit flavours, dry on the finish
 
Red wine
Chateau Margot Merlot - Bulgaria £11.95
Ripe, well balanced wine, with soft bramble fruit flavours

Beyond The River Shiraz - Australia £13.95
Smooth and full-bodied, with blackberry and blackcurrant flavours

Individual Bottles of Wine 187ml
Waters Edge Pinot Grigio - Moldova £3.75
Clean, fresh white wine, with great varietal character

Vistamar Merlot - Chile £3.75
Smooth red, with soft cherry fruit

Pink Fox Zinfandel Rosé - California £3.75
Blush pink, with flavours of strawberry and peach


Prosecco
Prosecco Single Serve 200ml £6.50
Classic pear and fresh apple flavours, with a soft dry finish
Prosecco - 75cl bottle £18.95

Freshly baked waffles
with crispy rashers of bacon, gently poached Thornhill Farm eggs and a topping drizzle of deliciously sweet maple syrup.

Gluten Free Tart
with bacon, onion and fresh herbs, accompanied by a tasty and fresh salad from our gluten free Summer Salad Bar.

The Spirehill Grill
​ with smoked pork loin chop, rump steak, Cumberland ring, butcher's faggot, 2 fried eggs, griddled tomato, buttery mushrooms and sauté potatoes.