Home Castle Cary in South Somerset

Stopped here on the off chance as we were passing and were lucky enough to get a table. Good range of choices for vegetarians. Loved the quirky decor. Food delicious.

We viewed empty tables through the window, only one with 'reserved ' on.. We went in and asked for a table for 2, We were told they were fully booked, and not likely to have any available. Most places would have said, would you like to pop back later to see if we have any tables free. Now given , we both noticed the lady looked at our badges, which said 'We stand for Freedom ' and 'Cash is King'. We are now wondering if we hadn't had the badges, would a table have been found. We will not be returning, and will advise our friends what happened, so they can be aware.

We dropped in for for a light lunch last week whilst visiting Castle Carey and Bruton. What a lovely antidote to the expensive and packed with luvvies eateries in the latter which we beat a hasty retreat from. This cafe by contrast was delightfully unpretentious, the owners were friendly and accommodating, and their freshly prepared salads were excellent and very reasonably priced. Restores faith in local Somerset life! We look forward to returning when passing through next. Well done.

Always friendly service and great coffee. A very eclectic and warm interior to hide away and relax or sit outside in a quiet alleyway.

Luke & Jackie were considerate, friendly hosts. Lunch ( we are gluten free) was beyond delicious & definitely worth a lunch time stopover. Greatsetting in old courtyard, too.

A delightful place and really delicious food. Very friendly and hospitable hosts. Set in a quiet mews with tables available outside.

This is a small quaint cafe on the high street, with the entrance up a little side street. The owners and staff are very welcoming and friendly. There is a nice relaxed atmosphere in here. The food is all homemade and tends to be baked in front of you by the counter. The duck salad wrap was very tasty and there was a nice range on the menu - not extensive as all homemade which is understandable. The coffee is very good and the cakes were good. Will be visiting again.

A fabulous lunch. The recommended approach always seems to be keep your menu simple and your ingredients fresh. Home has absolutely nailed it. Mackerel Pate was simply superb.

Great place for a cuppa and a bite to eat. At the top end of the High St but worth walking the extra 30 seconds for real mint tea!

Had a roasted red pepper, feta and tomato salad, was absolutely gorgeous. Very affordable, seating outside. Lovely staff.

Lovely place to sit and relax. Friendly staff and today’s Celeriac soup was to die for. Will be back !!

Just popped in for coffee and cake during a short visit to Castle Cary. Lovely friendly welcome and cheese scones to die for made for a very pleasant 1/2 hour, all with well organised COVID-19 arrangements. Recommended.

Called in at the little gem after trying to find food in nearby Bruton....... Bruton has lost out big time!! The most delicious open sourdough sandwich with roasted pepper, cherry tomatoes, hummus and olives Friendly owners, lovely homely ambience we will definitely return!

A fantastic little restaurant with absolutely delicious food, Jackie and Luke are very welcoming and this is a must when visiting Castle Cary for breakfast, lunch or just tea and cake.

Always great menu choice. A great husband and wife team Luke makes your main meal whilst Jackie makes delicious cake and her cheese scones are yummy. Love sitting outside in the courtyard and the new Covid set up inside works really well. Highly recommend

Great (home-made) food and great coffee in lovely surroundings. Snacks and meals and great service. Talented kitchen.

Super little restaurant for lunch, warm and friendly. Love it. Pleasant staff and small, but excellent, choice of light meals. Meet a friend here when travelling from Surrey

Courteous service and delicious food throughout. Starter of celeriac soup was tasty with a garlic and herb oil on top and home made bread. Mains of polenta on black pudding with a poached egg on top and a wild mushroom and cream sauce. £16 each - a bargain!Haut cuisine qu\ality food

Such a lovely lunch - so much choice and different tempting dishes. Great ambience and will certainly visit again

We regularly have morning coffee and lunch here. The seasonal menu is well thought out and imaginative. The coffee is excellent and the food is absolutely delicious, freshly made using good quality ingredients, served with a smile. An absolute gem!

A little gem in Castle Cary. A great place to have a coffee and cake or a selection of about ten other lovely food choices with delicious flavours .Try it out, the hosts are great.

My friend and I were looking for somewhere to have a late lunch on a Monday afternoon.After being turned away from one establishment she suggested 'Home'. As I've had a knee problem recently she was concerned I wouldn't make it up the High Street. It is sloping but not extreme, so, we continued on our way. (The alternative was shopping for and preparing "a bite to eat" for ourselves NOT much of a treat).I am genuinely delighted that we carried on.The Roasted Vegetable Salad with Halloumi was easily a scrumptious plate to set before two hungry women.With a side order of soda bread and butter.Now -for a dessert we "Umm-ed and Augh-ed" in the choosing the Bakewell cake.I had Bakewell tart, many times, even in Bakewell, BUT NEVER, Bakewell cake.Delicious. Moist. When you push the fork in the jam oozed out from between the layers. Really a sweet tasty treat.A latte each and we both agreed it was a late lunch that deserved a positive review.The couple who served us were friendly and welcoming on a chilly, grey, drizzly day.HOME deserves your custom.And they're open till 5pm (17:00).

Popped in for breakfast on a lovely sunny morning and sat outside to enjoy the weather. Very tasty cooked breakfast of eggs, bacon mushrooms and tomatoes topped off with delicious coffee. Excellent friendly service, shall be back to try their lunch soon and they are dog friendly which is a huge bonus to us.

Travelling in the area we decided to have a look at Castle Carey (a lovely little town)and stop for lunch.We are so glad we found "Home".All three of us agreed it was "our sort of food"very tasty and freshly prepared.The staff were friendly and helpful,I would recommend it to anyone.

Two of us had breakfast and my colleague described the scrambled eggs on toast as the best ever. Very friendly service, quirky building in a convenient location with outdoor seating.

We ate an extremely tasty lunch of red pepper/feta wrap and bacon & egg wrap finishing up with a gooey and gorgeous chocolate brownie. The wonderful proprietors could not have been more helpful or considerate of our dietary needs. This is the third time we've visited and every time we have been made so welcome. We highly recommend the food and customer service.

We have had lunch here now several times and afternoon tea and the food is so tasty. With a wide selection of breakfast and lunch on the menu’s the food is wonderful. The coffee and cakes are also the best in the area. Very friendly helpful staff and a great restaurant. I highly recommend this to you.

Met my partner for lunch, I had a really tasty gnocchi dish which was filling, warm and very generous in size, he had a veggie open sandwich. The decor and atmosphere was very relaxing and the staff attentive. A lovely little spot.

Stopped here for morning coffee and in some ways wished we had arrived a little later as the lunch menu looked original and tempting. Having said that the homemade flapjack and tea cake were both delicious and the coffee very tasty. Highly recommended!

My friend and I both really enjoyed our meals here - delicious food and a really nice atmosphere. I will come again the next time I visit Castle Cary.

Have only had breakfast and coffee/cake here - both delicious. At last, someone who makes scrambles eggs as I like them - a bit sloppy. Fabulous crispy bacon. The best place in Castle Cary for breakfast in my mind.

We popped in for a very quick sandwich lunch only to find that it was more of a small restaurant than a cafe. However we decided to stay and have lunch anyway.

Popped in with two friends for breakfast. Warm welcome to quirky but cosy dining area. Delicious toasted soda bread served with butter in a butter dish and a trayful of jams, marmalades, two types of honey as well as Marmite and home made peanut butter. Good coffee and friendly and efficient service - as it's local we will be back.

Only popped for a coffee and a sticky bun whilst escaping from the A303 but what a good decision. If we had had more time, would of loved to stay for something more substantial. Good luck to both of you, Wa Doig.

I wanted to get to Glastonbury and everything I read said go to Castle Cary by train, it’s not far to Glastonbury and it won’t take long. Well that’s my first mistake.

My second visit since Home changed owners, and just lovely again. We shared a really tasty and generous spiced bean wrap, and delicious mackerel pate that comes with a fresh apple, balsamic and 'interesting' leaf salad and toasted soda bread. Somehow managed to squeeze in the fantastic 'Bakewell cake'. Coffee even better than it used to be! Efficient, friendly service. Thank you!

Had the most delicious and beautifully presented wrap along with a perfect coffee - loved it. So glad I stopped by. Lovely people too.

Lovely welcome, delicious fresh healthy food. Good service - nice little 'courtyard' area outside if the weather is good.

Been meaning to try this little restaurant, from a conversation on another table its recently changed hands, warm welcome small menu but lovely. Mum went for the baked polenta,blue cheese sauce mushrooms and wilted spinach she enjoyed. I had root vegetables salad with lentils and grilled halloumi cheese which was yummy lovely decaffeinated coffee. The lemon drizzle cake was okay. We did find it a bit cold in there. Would return

A brilliant cafe for cyclists; top rate coffee, home made soda bread and banana pancakes and a very friendly and relaxed welcome, but quick service too. What's not to like.

Fantastic place with seriously good food and a great buzz and atmosphere. Seems well loved by staff and customers. Will be back for sure.

As ever fantastic service. Superb coffee, out of this world new juice flavour; THE BEST -0even from here. Very European staff- will they stay post-2019? Irish- Fiona, Italian (allegedly)- Paulo, and some German girl.

Small,cosy dining room with regular menu items as well 'specials'. I had the Thai peanut soup which was tasty but could have been improved with more seasoning. My friend had the quiche with salad which looked appetising. I am not a vegetarian but don't think that I will become one.

Myself and my Mum visited Home for lunch today after reading about it in a local magazine and we're not disappointed! Its a lovely cosy environment that lives up to its name! We were advised to book beforehand and we were glad we did as there is limited seating available. The staff were very attentive and the service was excellent. Then menu is a vegetarians dream and has some lovely unusual food on nearly all the dishes. We tried the quinoa pizza and frittata and asked for some of the homemade soda bread on the side after hearing how yummy it is, which they were happy for us to do even though this isn't a menu option. Both dishes were excellent and totally lived up to our expectations. Its very reasonably priced and a hidden gem in a small town! Overall we couldn't rate Home highly enough and will definitely be visiting again soon.

Great vacation large house suited us magnificently, very clean and comfy , TV in each room with BT channels and great Wi Fi it has two lounges so a very good price although just a couple we had four floors to ourselves fantastic bathroom and the house had a quirky French feel.

Returning to Castle Cary after 9 months we went straight to our FAVOURITE coffee /lunch place HOME.

Having seen the message on the window we just had to try it. Lovely greeting as we entered. We both ordered the warm salad and they were happy to modify it to meet my dietary requirements. The salad was a surprise and a delight as was the freshly squished juice. We sat in the tiny garden area and were delighted with our choice

We stopped in Castle Cary on a damp June morning after coming off the ferry at Poole. We had never visited the town before and were looking for a somewhere to have a (slightly wet) mooch around and a morning coffee.

We were lookng for a restaurant with vegetarian options and asked at the local hardware shop. They recommended Home. It met all our requirement, with a very welcoming and relaxed atmosphere and delicious interesting food.

We happily fell upon this restaurant in the late afternoon of a very hot day. The owners/staff were very welcoming and gave us plenty of time to pick our table and select our choice from the menu. The drinks were first to arrive, my wife choosing an appropriately refreshing Green Smoothie, for myself a ,well flavoured latte, although bearing previous comments in mind, I will order a mug next time..

Frittata. But not as I've ever known it. Look, its main ingredients are pastry and spuds. So should be ordinary. Not this. Beautifully light, amazing balance of textures with the perfect basic flavours shot through with subtle bursts of herbs. Served with an excellently dressed salad and two lovely little grain accompaniments again perfectly seasoned. This was getting on for Michelin quality, but with no brigade of chefs, just the very talented Fiona. Superb.

Popped in for a quick lunch and was really delighted with the service, quality and deliciousness of the food.

Eaten and coffeed her a good few times now and superb every time. Fiona's food is partly inspired by Ottolenghi, but sorry Yotam I've eaten at yours and Fiona's tastes better. This is food made with real skill and love. Paul is the Head Barrista as resident Italian. Pippa is the resident grown up. No point in recommending a particular dish as it is all the greatest. Because it is all carefully made from fresh be prepared to wait, and Paul and Fiona have school age kids so don't cause them to be left at the school gates by expecting Home to stay open after 3pm.

My wife and I had an excellent experience at "home". The food was delicious and different and everything was very efficient and relaxed We will be returning soon

Had the best soup and soda bread for lunch today. On such a cold day the peanut soup with sweet potatoes and chilli was very welcome. The soda bread was delicious too. Coffee also was delicious for somewhere that doesn't pertain to be a specialist coffee shop. Will definitely be passing the message on and looking forward to finding an excuse to visit Castle Cary again.

We stumbled into Home not quite knowing what to expect as we are not locals but were welcomed in and provided with excellent, tasty food at a very reasonable price. The coffee is also superb. Lovely people too and you can see them preparing the food. All is made freshly from scratch, can't rate it too highly, We'll be back

I like to think of myself as a bit of a foodie and I love Italian. This was by far the tastiest Italian meal I've ever had. The Italian eggs were amazing and Nonna's tomato sauce was absolutely delicious!

Lovely in all ways. Nice atmosphere, welcoming,relaxed decore, a good choice on the menu. The food was delicious, proper home made high standard food!!! Different tastes a real treat, will definitely be back.

Popped in here yesterday and was delighted with what was on offer. The lunch choice was excellent and the food did not disappoint. Loads of flavour and clearly very fresh ingredients used. The food was also beautifully presented.

Meeting up with a girlfriend for lunch we popped in here, lots of yummy things on that day's menu, we opted for sharing African peanut soup and then a wonderful melanzana (aubergine) dish in a delicious tomato sign with broccoli spears...all finished off with a shared chocolate beetroot and espresso cake and 2 espressos. Extremely tasty, wonderful friendly staff -hope to return again soon

So...we hadn't visited Castle Cary before. We parked...needed a quick lunch...happened to park outside "Home" ...and found our way in. Through the arch, turn left...

Excited to see this couple opening a restaurant at around the same time as my son opened his in Carmarthen, so I can compare notes!

I really wanted to give this place top marks as we really need a decent place to eat in Castle Cary however there were a couple of little issues! I felt the Latte that I received (in a small glass?) was very small for the price and not particularly good or hot! The Lemon polenta cake was very dry and I wish now I had taken up the offer of the Greek Yogurt accompaniment!

The first step you take into Home will be a memorable one. Before all else, you'll be greeted with the instantaneous warm, beautiful scents of coffee, home-baked cakes and freshly-cooked lunches. The second greeting will come with equal warmth and true delight, reminiscent of nothing less than old friends.

Home has only been open for a month and I guess still finding its feet, but I was keen to try a new vegetarian and vegan cafe in the area, and this on, slap bang in the middle of Castle Cary high street is small but welcoming. You can't get through the front door, and so the only way in is up the passageway to the right and then through the kitchen, where you are warm greeted by the owners. Even before we reached the kitchen however we could smell the aroma of the tasty goods cooking within.

Home, a fabulous new addition to the lovely town of Castle Cary! Serving delicious seasonal food as well as fresh juices and coffee. Highly recommend the frittata and salad.........yummy! Also ideal for a take out coffee when rushing to work, nothing like a double espresso to start the day! Fiona and Paul have created a wonderful restaurant, beautifully decorated with a relaxing atmosphere, a great place to meet up with friends and family!

We had a time problem (we went in at 1PM and said we had an appointment in Yeovil at 2PM, 25 minutes away). They seated us immediately and advised on what was possible in the timescale and made sure we were through in time.

Park in the centre of Castle Cary and walk up through the Main Street till you come to the town hall. If you look opposite you will see a narrow path indicating a route up to the start of the walk. The path goes between houses up through a narrow path with a community seating area. Pass through the kissing gate and walk straight up to a fence the diagonally up a large field. Keep on this path until you reach the ridge, the views back over the town are brilliant. Bear right and walk along the ridge until you come to a viewing area that is closed off to stop cattle entering it. There are seats and a telescope which gives you a fantastic view over the mendip hills. You can see for miles on a clear day. To return to the town carry on down the right hand side of the hill as indicated. You can then view the horse pond in the centre of the town where a pair of swans are usually present and if you are lucky they may have babies!

The young couple who have just opened this delightful and welcoming cafe have created something really rather special, with a menu to feed body and mind and decor and furnishings to give the utmost comfort. The comforts of Home, indeed.

Having spent a week or two in Castle Cary each year, when we come over to visit our daughter , from New Zealand we were really delighted to discover a really funky new cafe , only 3 weeks old , in the Main Street

The food is amazing - one of the best meals out I've ever had! And reasonably priced for what it is!

Can't recommend this gorgeous family run cafe/restaurant enough. Divine buckwheat pancakes with blueberries and creamy Greek yoghurt, the lightest, fluffiest scrambled eggs on home-baked soda bread and excellent coffee. All amidst a cosy sitting room setting (complete with old school radio), looking out onto Castle Cary's pretty main street - genuinely a home from home.

Our first visit to this delightful cafe was very good. Everything was perfect. I has a quinoa pizza which was very good, just the right size and very tasty. The coffe was excellent. The staff were charming and attentive.

Had a delicious late lunch on Saturday of Pauls very tasty melanzane, and a fabulous Victoria sponge. Great coffee. Really lovely surroundings and attentive service. Chatted to Paul and Fiona about their plans - all really exciting and lots to look forward to. Thank you!

We went there about a week after it had opened and were immediately made very welcome by the owners Fiona and Paul. This is a small restaurant which has seating for about 20+ people and includes comfortable sofas for four, the remainder of seating at tables. The space is a little limited but with care one can easily be seated. The lunch was delicious - I had Paul's Melanzane with ginger and garlic tender stem, followed by strawberry and apple pistachio crumble with Greek yogurt. My wife had Quinoa pizza followed by an excellent coffee. The food is cooked to order and very tasty. All very good for a reasonable price. The owners proudly display their food hygiene certificate, top score of 5.

Visited Home the day after they opened and had the Home breakfast which was absolutely delicious - highly recommended. The slow pressed juice (with added turmeric if desired) is fab too.

Came here with my mum for a quick lunch, we were warmly welcomed and loved everything on the menu. We chose the quinoa pizza and melonzane..both were stunning, the quinoa pizza was delicious with chilli oil and goats cheese (as recommended by the chef)!! Very friendly atmosphere and definitely somewhere we will return soon!! Had the chocolate brownie to finish which again was delicious!!