Moondance Cafe, Deli and Gifts in Mendip

This place has recently changed hands and the new owners are also in business marketing wine particularly from South Africa. Our visit were was principally to collect a couple of cases of wine that we had ordered, but whilst we were here as part of our Wells mini break, we decided to have brunch having not breakfasted. Parking is not easy here, the custom seems to be to draw-up right outside on the main road, and park on part of the pavement. There is a car park opposite and to the left about 100 metres away. This café/shop serves the village of Chewton Mendip and, judging by the clientele we saw there, it is well supported by local residents. There appears to be different menus available depending on the day of the week and the time of the day. When we visited the breakfast menu was still in operation and we chose the standard breakfast rather than the larger version. We had 2 rashers of good bacon, a great sausage, a hash brown (which was a tad oily), a well-cooked fried egg, a small (but sufficient) serving of baked beans and a slice of toast made from supermarket bread. At £7.95 this represented excellent value as it was all cooked to order. It was much-enjoyed and made the better because of the sachet of HP Sauce available in the sauces selection. We also bought some good scented candles and had a good peruse of other ‘fancy good/gifts’ and the wine on sale, but in the latter we were seeing if there were some South African wine that we hadn’t tasted from our connection with the wine cellar mentioned earlier. The lady serving was very pleasant and helpful, and we enjoyed our time here.

Excellent selection of pies pasty’s all homemade . Called in for a takeaway pasty it was delicious. Will visit again to try the lunch menu

The Mendip Pantry is doing very well under its friendly new managers. there is a good range of home made food to takeaway and good coffee. It also stocks a good selection of groceries.

I feel obliged to write a review to say the old owner has gone. The place is now clean and refurbished and bears a new name The Mendip Pantry. Its worth a visit. They do takeaways and sell all sorts of things including fresh fruit and veg. The owners seem very pleasant and live in the village.

Everything was dirty, awful food and expensive beyond belief. Empty shelves. Quiite simply, one fo the worst places i have ever visited to eat. I don't know who the owner of this place is but it needs a ggod clean and a new person in charge. Simply dreadful.