Peppers in Mendip

Five star friendly service,breakfast, vegan cake and coffee was very welcoming after our parkrun, Will definitely return, Thank you Peppers

We arrived for lunch during a week in early December when a number of groups were visiting for Christmas get togethers. The fact that the cafe was very busy did not pose a problem for the very friendly and efficient staff, who took our orders and served our food very quickly. The food itself (we had soup followed by carrot cake) was excellent, and very good value for money. NB: we had a similar lunch out in Bath the following day which cost a lot more and was nowhere near as nice. We'll definately come back next time we're in Shepton Mallet.

This is the second time we have asked Peppers to cater for us, once for a drinks party for 50 people and now for a funeral afternoon tea for 60 people. I could not fault the food or the service. The tea, cakes and sandwiches provided were excellent as was the service and we got lots of compliments from our friends. I would highly recommend.

We stopped by for lunch. I had a nice cheese plate with a very good coffee. A good spot right in the High Street.

Very poor service with the gentleman who served us was miserable from start to finish, we will not be returning

Even though we arrived late (5 minutes before closing) and even though I have specific dietary requirements, we were served well without feeling uncomfortable or hurried and with delicious food. First rate chef and first rate service - thank you.

Called in for lunch. Had olives, hummus and pitta bread and also sampled tai chicken curry. Delicious!had a very nice rose and wen I asked what it was our waiter wrote the name down for me so I could source the same. Lovely lunch. Lovely atmosphere.

Lovely little café on the side of a well stocked deli in a pretty little high street. I had a 'cheese tea,' a savoury take on the usual cream team. The cheese scone was home made, delicious and was served with butter, cream cheese and a choice of three chutneys. Along with a mug of tea, an absolute bargain price of £3.50. Note to owner - charge more for this!! There was an easily accessible clean toilet facility. Service was friendly, solicitous and impeccable. Other meals served looked just as delicious. I was delighted to have found this gem of a café and cannot recommend highly enough.

Visiting Shepton Mallet around lunchtime we decided to try this restaurant for lunch. The moment we entered through the shop we knew we'd made a good choice. Very bright and informal we were greeted and served by a very friendly gentleman ( owner maybe?) . The menu is not huge, but quite varied so something for everyone. We ordered sandwiches which were obviously freshly made to order. Fantastic thick cut fresh bread with quality fillings ( ham salad and egg mayonnaise ) which came with crisps washed down with delicious chilled apple juice. Chalk boards with different cakes, scones etc were displayed on the walls and the prices were very reasonable. Everything we sneaked a peek at as it was served to customers looked delicious! We left after buying some biscuits from the shop, and a bottle of the Apple juice we had with our lunch ! Should we ever return to Shepton Mallet we would certainly eat here again. Thoroughly recommended!

I woke up the other day fancying a really good ham sandwich, so mid morning I wondered over to Peppers. Crusty white buttered bread, very fresh, nicely buttered, ham cut to order, filled with salad and mayo, brought it home, found a nice accompaniement, put my my feet up. My kind of working lunch!!

Maybe this place is just run for the benefit of local people and the rest of us will 'find nothing here'. I've popped in twice now. Both times just for a cup of tea - 'what you not eating?'. Second time round that didn't go down too well. Cearly I was meant to have a scone or two. But the tea is good, so I can't give them 'terrible' much as I want to. The problem here is customer service. I had a lovely smile from the woman behind the counter of the deli (the cafe is part of the same operation). But the guy 'waiting' on the customers in the cafe just has no idea of how to interact with people. He's surly, one whisker away from downright rude. He doesn't want you in the place and he let's you know it in no uncertain terms. I don't want anybody losing their job, but maybe he could be moved to another department where no public interface is required. Perhaps he could have some training. Or maybe he could just lighten up and re-connect with humanity. The quality of foodstuffs and the displays in the deli looks pretty high. They obviously do well on outside catering gigs (they were preparing for one on my second visit and, clearly, it was far more important than me, my cup of tea and the friend I was there to meet). Okay, the cafe is not high on atmosphere and the decor is a little drab, but - honestly - it looks like it could be a little goldmine. I hope they can work that out. But the first thing that guy needs to learn is that, as a customer, I am the most important thing in his establishment. Do your preparations for your outside catering gig by-all-means. But do them discreetly. Don't make it so obvious me and my friend aren't welcome. Then I won't write you a rotten review on here.

During a visit to Shepton Mallet I found the above Cafe. A rare place in that it is as near perfect as possible. It sells wines spirits hand made cakes and sandwiches, bread, plus it serves superb coffee.The staff were efficient polite and caring.All together a superb place to visit with old fashion values great staff and WOW the coffee. This is a very quaint small country town to come and see with the bonus of this wonderful cafe,shop and delicatessen .

Yummy cakes and cream teas as well as a full menu in the cafe and the deli has loads of good things for sale. Well worth going in if you are in town

Absolutely lovely visit. The food was delicious, so simple but so satisfying! The place had a very nice atmosphere. Extremely reasonably priced! Would certainly return.

My family popped to Shepton Mallet for the day and decided to find a cafe. After reading google reviews saying family friendly we decided to go in. We walked through the lovely delicatessen shop to get to the cafe entrance. We were then greeted by a very unwelcoming man who said ‘Can I help you?’ We asked if there was space for us. He replied in a VERY patronising manor ‘We are closed, we closed at 2pm, it says that on the board outside! We didn’t get chance to sample any food but won’t be returning due to the rude and unprofessional welcome received. First impressions count !!!

We dropped into peppers during a few days in Somerset.

This little cafe is wonderful. We had homemade soup with crusty bread and it was delicious. My husband had wholemeal scone after and I had a cream cheese tea. The scone was excellent and my cream cheese tea was the best I've had. Lovely large warm wholemeal scone,large pot of cream cheese and great selection of chutney. Do visit if you are in the area you won't be disappointed.

We selected Peppers for lunch based on reviews and thankfully we were not disappointed. It may not look enticing from outside however the food and service was excellent. Afternoon tea comprised wholemeal scones and delicious homemade jams coupled with a generous portion of clotted cream. The proprietors are running a lovely eatery and deli stocked with wonderful produce; I really wish I could relocate them to a more fitting site such as Frome or Wells.

Called in on a bitterly cold afternoon having visited Shepton Mallet Prison (guided tour of now defunct institution). We had, between 4 of us, chunky vegetable soup, garlic bread, coffee, hot chocolate, wine and gooseberry Bakewell tart. The food was delicious and just what we needed to warm us up. A great accidental find on the way back to the carpark.

Peppers kindly hosted our volunteers Christmas event today, the food, service and ambience was excellent. I've often bought a takeaway lunch or eaten here, and have seen their outside catering services and can't recommend them highly enough. We will certainly use Peppers for our events in the future.

Visited this unpromising looking deli/cafe for a late lunch on a November Wednesday. The town was deserted as was the cafe, although apparently it is always busy between 12 and 2pm.The lunch menu was provided promptly and had a good selection of snacks, sandwiches etc. We had the soup of the day...very tasty pea, leek and mint and sandwiches...very fresh and certainly substantial.couldn't resist the ginger and treacle tart...Lovely. And the Christmas menu looks so good that we may make the 60 mile journey from home to sample it. A gem in a quaint, pretty but sadly rather run down little town.

This super little restaurant is in the heart of the relatively quiet high street of Shepton Mallet. There is a wide choice of food. Even a late morning snack of toast and marmalade is appetising - the bread is fresh and crusty. Service is excellent. I love browsing in the attached, amazingly well-stocked deli shop on the way out, and I am usually tempted to buy something I do not need! There is plenty of parking available in the area as, sadly, Shepton is a somewhat 'forgotten' town.

We are really lucky to have such a great cafe in our town. The menu offers an extensive range of snacks, salads and light bites for lunch, at very reasonable prices, and served in fresh & cheerful surroundings. Newspapers & local publications are available to read while you are enjoying a leisurely lunch or coffee & cake, with attentive but not intrusive service. Next door there is a fab deli with lots of delicious treats to enjoy, so grab a take out to relive the experience at home!

Very excited to see a whole menu that was gluten free but couldn't order as was before noon. Had a gluten free cheese scone which was tasty. Manager had a dry sense of humour.

We had cheese scones with cream cheese and home made chutneys, which was exceptional, warm tasty scones with fresh tangy chutney complementing the cream cheese. Highly recommended

Fuimos para un aperitivo y pegado a una tienda de comida de salud deli, muy concurrido y popular lugar./ El personal era muy amable y un montón de comida saludable y la selección en el menú y deliciosos tés eran preciosas y patés con/cuña de pan mejor que he probado jamás.

This is a great place to stop and have a bite to eat. Great food and lovely staff. Highly recommended

Yo estaba buscando un lugar para celebrar una comida de restaurante para un grupo de amigos. Aunque el restaurante no abre al público en la noche, Mark y Caroline era complaciente a la hora de organizar la noche y menú. El precio por cabeza era muy razonable. El servicio era eficiente y la comida estaba caliente y sabrosa. Tuvimos una gran noche.

Por qué pensamos que este sería bueno es un misterio. Sólo un caso de ser hambre y parar en la ciudad equivocada y en el lugar equivocado. Calle Shelton es un sombrío mallet alta zona muerta, sin vida el enorme Supermercado Tesco en la cima de lo ha hecho su trabajo, aspirando la vida de esta pequeña ciudad de mercado. Peppers era pobre la camarera bien ella no podía ser molestado. El té se sirve en tazas de grietas y el sándwiches tostados eran pobres. Puedo ser molestado para decir no, realmente aparte de que no podía ser molestado y por desgracia puede ser molestado en decir que esta es la peor experiencia que he tenido en un café de este año.

Friendly staff, good advise and good food, nice choice for a tapas diner. Just what you need for lunch with friends.

Came upon this cafe by accident en route to a weekend down in Dorset and decided to have lunch there. What a great decision that turned out to be. Food was absolutely delicious, service excellent and all very reasonably priced. Tastiest lunch I've had out in a long while, would definitely recommend it

Peppers is a real find in Shepton Mallet! The high st needs a lot of TLC, but shops like Peppers make it worth a visit. Lovely deli goods to buy! The cafe, although serving good food needs a bit of an update on the decor. If it was updated it would attract people, not just for the food!But take home - yes!!

Although i have only visited the cafe on a few occasions for afternoon tea i am a regular in the deli. The staff are always very kind and helpful and will always order in items for you.At Christmas Peppers was a Pandora's Box for little treats like chocolate covered marzipan and local chocolate made in Evercreech!

All round good service with a deli to tempt you with joined on to the café. Hard to find if you did not know it was there.

Planned a day out at Kilver Court but they could not cater for a coeliac so I had looked on the web for a local alternative. How pleased we were to find this place, they have a separate gluten free menu and also one for dairy free. The staff were friendly and the food excellent. We enjoyed between the four of us, a burger, a chicken and bacon warm salad ( this was not a plate of lettuce leaves as is often the case!) and two of us had cheesy potato wedges, one with garlic mushrooms, and the other with goats cheese, you then choose three salads from the menu to accompany the wedges. If in Shepton Mallet again we will definitely go back.

If I am in the town around lunchtime, I will often pick up a filled bap, they are good, but could contain more filling!The staff are friendly, and the shop has some treats available, I have never used the café side.

We had lunch here. Lovely food but we were the only customers. What a shame a Jemma in shepton is not use more. V. Friendly owner who always gives good service. Come on Shepton don't let this one close too.

We use Peppers as a deli and for their catering too, but it is great as a lunch venue- plenty of space for larger groups, and with homemade sandwiches, soups and cakes, all their usual fresh ingredients with a good range on the menu. This is a great family business with Julie and Caroline taking great pride in what they do.

Visited for the first time, impressed bt broad menu including a dairy free menu and a gluten free menu.We had a light sandwich lunch; very tasty . Perhaps a salad garnish would have made even better. Delicious range of cakes and desserts.Will certainly return as plenty of things on the menu that looked good.

Fabulous food but our waiter had the most miserable face and not very good manners. We arrived at five to twelve and asked for a menu. He told us that we could have the menus but you won't be served until twelve? Doh.....The place is lovely and the chef and her niece were charming - but the gent had attitude! Maybe he was having a bad day - but it will put me off going there again. We need smiles from you when we are spending our money in your establishment!

One of our favourite places for lunch when friends come and visit. A lovely choice of lunches at reasonable prices.

Quality spills out the doors of Peppers. Atrue Deli with a wealth of choice . If you cant find it here, unlikely, the fantastic staff will make every effort to order it in. The bread is fresh every day and will put you off supermarket bread for life.Lots of local organic produce if that is what floats your boat . Great cheese display offering varieties from local cheddar to anti social Stinking Bishop . If you cant see your favourite just ask. Surrounded by charity shops and closed property Peppers is a true oasis.

Brilliant clean tasty food, great service and friendly staff. Well recommended and worth a visit for their home made food.

I have visited Peppers a number of times with my son and the food is always so nice - i love the idea of salads and healthy options. The place is always clean and well maintained. The staff are extremely friendly and remember names!!

Have been a few times over the years, and although it's at the bottom of town it is always a treat to remember it. The food is great, good honest home cooked food. Fab Salads, and everything is sourced locally! Staff are friendly & the service is warm & welcoming.

We had lunch here the other day and it was just amazing! Everything is sourced by local farmers as you can definitely tell how genuine were the ingredients they use. I would also recommend their scones with clotted cream which is massive and tasty! It comes also with a selection of local produced jams!

Lovely freshly prepared food - salads are something special. Don't let a score of 4 food Hygiene Rating put you off , the food is excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommended.

dont expect any airs or graces here, its very simple non-pretentious place with homely food :) i had salmon fishcakes which came with a choice of 3 salads (all very tasty and fresh) and option of potatoes/bread. yummy!

food is always very good lots of good healthy choices at good prices the waiter can be a little condescending at times but this wouldn't deter me from going again

Very welcoming. Small and part of a wholefood shop. Great and varied menu. They had a separate non dairy (and gluten free0 menu as well...PERFECT.

Was told about this little gem and on both visits I was not disappointed. The egg and bacon in a bap made our day. Thank you Caroline. I would highly recommend you try them. And one more thing great service guy's See you next year if not before.

Peppers is a great place to go for lunch, excellent menu, and the food is fab! My sister and I took Mum there for lunch on her birthday, and we were spoilt for choice. The service is very friendly and professional, and the surroundings are very comfortable. All in all, a little gem in Shepton Mallet, well worth a visit.

The coffee is best in Shepton and for lunch and cakes there is none better. Warm and friendly service and the deli food on your way out is a good stop for the special treats.The good thing is that they are reliable and consistent which is not always the case in surrounding area.

Other half and self went on a wander on a wonderfully sunny autumnal day.Strange, I could not find this restaurant through searching the TA data base.Anyway this is a two in one place. When you enter you find the most amazing lovingly presented delicatessen full of good local food including milk from a farm 3 miles away. If you want to spoil yourself go and shop here and maybe spend 25% more than in the supermarket but without the chemicals etc.I entered the restaurant side. Everyone who works there is in love with the place and that includes waitresses, the cook, and the male waiter. I ordered a cream tea for three pounds. The scone was lovely and thick, home-cooked just right with lashings of cream and a choice of three types of quality jam. When we went to pay I complimented the staff on the quality of cream and they took me around to show me the actual cow from whom the cream came. It was cream so pure and delicious that my body welcomed it.I really believe that food served here is an act of love and it was a great privilege to go and sample this place. This restaurant by the way is in the original high Road and very historic containing lots of really interesting shops. You might go along the alleyway at side to the local church which has an amazing roof. To add to the atmosphere, a guitarist was squatting down and playing the most lovely music while being bathed in the afternoon sun.Anyway, I better stop this review before I get carried away.

We thought we would stop here on the way to Glastonbury. Had a really tasty lunch, the staff were very friendly and would certainly come again when over that way.

We stopped in town to break up a journey and asked someone if they could recommend somewhere nice for lunch. We came here to find a great range of healthy yet interesting dishes on the menu to suit all appetites. As a veggie I'm not used to having so many things to choose from so I was delighted to see probably a dozen main meals on offer. There were plenty of meat options too. I had a lovely homemade beanburger and my partner had salmon fishcakes, both came with generous portions of a wide choice of different salads. It was so refreshing to be able to eat something so healthy and so tasty whilst on holiday. My partner said it was the best lunch he had ever eaten out, and as a chef himself it takes a lot to impress him. We would definitely recommend this place to anyone visiting Shepton Mallet.

A combined restaurant and deli with a good range on offer and delicious meals cooked by the proprietors. It's a family business and it shows; there's always a human touch. Veggies often find it difficult to get a good choice; not here! Spacious, with seating for forty people, they offer a comprehensive selection of breakfast and lunchtime dishes for both vegetarians and meat-eaters, with homemade cakes and sandwiches served throughout the day.. They have good wheelchair access and facilities that helped them to win the prestigious 'Accessible Somerset Award'.Their cream teas are available all year, and consist of a large homemade scone with local clotted cream and a selection of quality jams.They have local ales, water and apple juices (amongst other beverages) and award-winning jams, chutneys and dressings which are all available to buy in the shop.Unusually, they also offer an extensive menu for both gluten-free and dairy-free diners.It's a great place to shop, pop in for a coffee or have lunch. I recommend it highly. And if you can't go them they will come to you! Their outside catering for all sizes and styles of events is renowned.

Great fresh food and great variety of homemade cakes and savouries, at a good price, great service by friendly staff.

This place is a brilliant find, with a gorgeous range of deli items.They made me up a salad from items that I selected, such as garlic olives, sundried tomatoes, roll mob herrings and other delights. My mouth is watering as I write this, just thinking of that deliciously fresh salad again.We went just a few feet away to enjoy our lunch and sat under the market cross in the sunshine and we are looking forward to doing this again soon.Again and again!

We have had lunch here a couple of times in recent months whilst on our way from Honiton to visit family in Bath. The food is well prepared, reasonably priced and efficiently served.  The manager/ waiter could usefully buff up on his 'people skills' a bit  we felt and whilst being quite efficient is a little brusque. The place is well supported by the locals.

love this deli/cafe, great choices for both vegetarions and meat eaters. great menu and friendly staff. The deli caters for wheat free customers and the cafe has some wheat free dishes, worth a visit

Tried the buffet spread that Peppers had laid on & it was fantastic, plenty of food, all fresh, couldn't ask for more....would def recommend!

The menu has a good choice of food & all made with local produce. All very tasty. Not a place to go for an evening meal, but perfect for a lunchtime.The food in the Deli attached to the restaurant is highly recommended.

Great delli counter with very friendly staff, cafe okay.

As a vegan, it can prove difficult to find options when eating out, unless I want soup, salad or chips. Peppers has a separate gluten free and dairy free menu, and I asked if they served vegan food, so they checked for me, and they do! They gave me the dairy free menu and a hand written list of everything that wasn't vegan, so I knew what to look out for. How kind!I ordered the Mexican Vegetable Fajitas with tomato salsa and guacamole. It came quickly, was piping hot and to my delight was perfectly spicy. The guacamole was creamy and delicious; I enjoyed everything on my plate! I don't have a single criticism. The people were lovely and so was the food, something often rare to find in Shepton.

Being in Shepton Mallet over lunchtime and not knowing it, we decided to have lunch at the Haskins Café. However we walked down the High Street and discovered Peppers, an independent deli and café. I thought, being independent, maybe they put more of their hearts into it. The café was empty when we went in, never a good sign, but within 20 minutes it was almost full (on a Monday lunchtime). My tagiatelli with tomato sauce and a green salad was excellent, nicely served in a bistro kind of way and the green salad was clearly freshly prepared. My wife doesn’t usually order quiche but this one, a double Gloucester and red onion was declared one of the best she had had. Well worth visiting.