Tamburino Village in Mendip

Best food in Street, much better than anything within Clarkes Villages and much quieter as a consequence. It's well worth popping out onto the highstreet for. Great quality authentic Italian!

Me and my boyfriend had the steak experience here and it was lovely. The guy who served us (i assume a manger ?) was delightful and very attentive. One of the other servers seemed inexperienced but eager to help where he could and everything from drinks to mains came out efficiently and with a smile. Very knowledgeable staff and lovely atmosphere. Would come again :)

This restaurant is amazing to go to for dinner. Me and my partner had a great time and the food was delicious! Atmosphere was great and the staff were incredibly friendly and upbeat which was brilliant.

Really good quality food, fresh ingredients all well made. Catered really well for my wife who is Coeliac with a pizza and pasta options which we shared. Kids menu high quality as well with home made chicken nuggets

Fabulous service from Libby Really helpful and great advice Love the atmosphere Great setting for family get together

Food always good, although my last meal with mussels was very disappointing. But I'll go again.

We must have visited on a particularly busy and understaffed Friday night. We had booked in advance to celebrate our friends engagement. I'd hoped to make a bit of a fuss of them but the staff were unfortunately very overrun. We waited an extended time for drinks, starters, and mains. We weren't checked on as the staff simply didnt have time. We gave up on dessert due to time, which was unfortunate as the menu was appealing. The food itself was delicious. I'm sure on a quieter or better staffed seating it would get 5 stars. I'd return for the food.

Had a lovely meal with my partner. Reasonable price. The young lady who hosted and cared for us was amazing, I didn't catch her name but she deserves recognition as she really stood out for fantastic customer service. We came in on Tues 10th September. She is seen in pic 3.

We came in 4 adults for dinner. Started with minestrone soup which was perfect. And then various dishes of pasta and a quatro fromage pizza. All the pastas were fresh, tasty and quite large. We cleaned the plates. The manager was kind and outgoing and service fast and friendly. Great place for a quality italian dinner.

The food is nothing short of amazing—each dish is crafted with fresh, high-quality ingredients and bursting with authentic Italian flavors. From the mouthwatering pasta to the perfectly seasoned meats, every bite transports you straight to Italy. But a word to the wise: don't eat everything! You'll want to save room for their exquisite desserts, which are the perfect finale to an already delightful meal. It's a true Italian food experience, hidden away in a small village, waiting to be discovered. Highly recommended!

We have been here many times but I've never left a review so have decided it is about time that I did. The welcome from the staff is always so friendly. They are all very attentive and it is like they have all the time in the world for you even when they are so busy. The food is always delicious, I cannot fault it. This evening, the manager recommended a dish to me and said that if I didn't like it, he would swap it for me. There was no need for that as it was so good. I said that I've never had prawns cooked so nicely before, they were so succulent and I just wish there was more of them as I enjoyed them so much...a few minutes later, he arrives with some more Prawns for me to add to my dish...this is going above an beyond. Not once have I had a bad experience here! Great work Tamburino's...such a great evening as always!

Lovely meal and lovely atmosphere.

We came in to your restaurant on Tuesday 20th with our twin Grandchildren. Coming to Tamborinos has always been their absolute favourite thing to do. They choose it every year on the birthday and we have always has such a great evening! The Italian lady that worked there for years and the younger man always made them feel so welcome (and us) We bring them in the summer holidays too and they were so excited about coming. I can’t tell you how disappointed we were. I was shocked that you didn’t make any effort to welcome them, you didn’t actually make any contact with them or us apart from asking what we were having. Our granddaughters children’s Carbonara came out with penne instead of pasta but when you corrected it and bought it back after 10 minutes you just chucked it in front of her and said nothing at all. My husband’s pizza came out when the rest of us had almost finished our meals. There was no apology for the delay either! We are locals and have been to your restaurant dozens of times and always had such a lovely experience but this was certainly not at all like the other times. I appreciate that you’re all so busy but we are used to your staff being so kind and friendly and welcoming. The young staff you have now clearly don’t have the experience yet in customer relations but they were certainly more friendly than you were. The fact that it was the manager who dealt mostly with us made it even worse. You didn’t smile once. I thought I should tell you as it was such a shock to us, especially regarding the little ones. The fact that my husband had to eat after us wasn’t acceptable either. There wasn’t even an apology for this!

We were in Street for a family event and had an evening free. We booked a table at Tamburino and weren’t disappointed. We both had calamari whitebait as a starter-excellent with the tartare sauce and chilli sauce. I had lamb cutlets and my wife had beef stroganoff, both off the specials menu. My cutlet’s, cooked medium were superb. My wife was not so glowing about her Stroganoff, it was good but she prefers her version( and so do I). We shared a Semifreddo along with short coffees. We had a bottle of Nero d’avola with our dinner- excellent drink. Our server was Giovani, who is very helpful and charismatic. Street is lucky to have a restaurant like this.

Genuine Italian; attentive and knowledgeable service, relaxed and friendly atmosphere with delicious food. Really happy we found Tamburino.

Fantastic meal, service was fantastic what more can I say. Lovely place to eat. We will return!

The staff were really nice, I had a spicy chicken dish with rice as per the waiter’s recommendation as I couldn’t decide and he was 100% correct, it was delicious, especially with the chilli flakes and tabasco sauce he bought me after I said I liked spice. For dessert I had a chocolate soufflé which was delicious, really rich and chocolatey with a perfect texture inside. The atmosphere was very welcoming and I am definitely coming back here next time I’m in the area

By son, daughter, two nieces and I had a great meal here. Lovely food, great service, and a really nice environment. Thank you!

Good food. Good service. Let us have our dog in

Absolutely amazing service from start to finish,food was the best we’ve had for a long time,the monk fish was so fresh !!

We had such a delicious meal, the staff were so friendly and helpful and the atmosphere was lovely. A little piece of Italy!! Thank you for such a lovely evening. We strongly recommend it and we will definitely be coming back.

Ate at this restaurant recently, the inside has been newly refurbished, whereas it looks modern and clean, its lost the Italian /Sicilian touch, crazy jazz music playing too loudly, tables much to close together, I'm slim, but, still had to squeeze between the tables to pay a visit to the ladies room , I'm sure that other customers don't want to see my bum squeezing past in close proximity whilst they are eating, I certainly wouldn't, I also dont want to hear their conversations either. So come on get rid of some of the tables. The food is great, but the atmosphere and noise make us not want to rush back.

Thank you Giovanni and Domenico for making us feel at home... everything was delicious!

The service was amazing, Giovanny very friendly and welcoming . Very good food I recommend this restaurant

Came here on a whim and so pleased we did. Food was beautiful, service was attentive but not overpowering and the was a huge choice of food on the menu, including a kids menu. Swordfish was beautiful and the kids pizza was delicious. Definitely recommend and we’ll return again to try more delicious dishes.

Lovely atmosphere & gorgeous food. Also great service! Thanks for a lovely meal.

Very good experiences in Italian restaurants. Impeccable service. Very nice waiter/managers. The pizza was “Molto buono”! Thank you!

Staff very friendly and accommodating as soon as we arrived, service excellent and food even better! Big portion sizes we had to take the rest home! Thankyou for having us! Will definately be back :)

Absolutely fantastic service and food! We found you via a sign outside and thought we would check it out and we’re very happy we did!! Wonderful family friendly staff and delicious food - what more can you ask for?! We will definitely be visiting again - thank you so much!

Amazing pizzas and fabulous service! Thank you!

Highly recommended! Delicious food.

Monday 5th August… great atmosphere for a Monday! Service was superb, food was delicious… Thanks all!! 🤩

We dined here twice during our stay. The first night was great. Lovely food, the two guys who served us were nice. The second night was a completely different story. We were seated downstairs around lots of flies and they ignored us to the point after a while my husband went and found the waitress. During this time we saw another couple leaves as they had been ignored too. The young woman serving us was filthy and needed to wipe her nose. She didn't appear to know the menu at all. She didn't know what arancini was. Then she brought spaghetti carbonara out instead of the veggie spaghetti. She was insisting that is what I ordered - I'm vegetarian I would not have ordered that. She got incredibly rude and argumentative rather than just apologising. My husband asked for the manager and another young woman came over, she did say it was the other waitresses fault however at this point we were so annoyed and upset at how our waitress spoke to us that we ended up leaving.

Last time for me to have been there. Despite best weather, again denied to sit outside. Not enough staff... The music was so loud that we barely could understand each other. The seafood in my spagetthi was coocked dry, and half the size of the portion i had when eating the same dish i Tambourino-Yeovil.

After an afternoon of shopping, it was an amazing lunch for my partner and me: great food and lovely true Italian homemade food. I couldn't recommend it more. very lovely service, we will definitely be driving back to street just to go here for another date. not very expensive either especially doe the food and service you'll receive!!!

Eaten here many times, but hugely disappointed to not get what was ordered! After pointing out to the waiter that the item delivered wasn't a fillet steak, he shrugged and walked off. I normally take large family gatherings here but will be reluctant to in the future. Trying to pass off a sirloin as a fillet is just plain wrong!!

Hilarious meal here, both of the wait staff seemed harried and not overly keen on customer service, ordering felt slightly like a chore and not much facial response when engaging. When the food arrived, my partners pasta was served in a long handled small frying pan?! Very odd choice for pasta, plus it seemed to have leeched all of the heat out of the food ... my calzone/pizza mashup sounded interesting and was fairly decent except the calzone part filling was akin to a croque monsieur... not overly busy, so strange having to wait for service when ordering our coffees, the waitress seemed to actively ignore the fact we wanted the espresso corretto, which was supposed to have sambuca in and when we received the espressos they were the smallest single espressos I think we've ever seen. Sweets were OK, I felt the supposed home made pannacotta was a touch rubbery and the chocolate souffle I ordered did not resemble a souffle in any way shape or form, that said it did taste good, when I mentioned the dessert was not what I expected the waitress seemed baffled as if I didn't know what a souffle was ?! (I've been a catering professional for a number of years) europop music was awful, given the fine fettle in which the actual Italian chefs voices were in. Weird vibes altogether definite room for improvement across the board. I know working on a Sunday in a quiet town can be rubbish, but you chose to work there, so maybe cheer the f up and engage with your customers? Maybe pay attention to what they order and double-check that you've taken the order correctly? I mean, you must know you don't give a toss when you actively point out that the "service charge" is optional. "Service charge" is a tip, and nothing here warranted that not even rounding up to the nearest pound.

I had the carbonara it was the best I come here regularly and the service is always nice

An absolutely beautiful restaurant with top class service from Giovanni and Frankie. They made us feel so welcome, singing happy birthday to our friend with guitar and drums, such a special night. The Siciliana pizza is to die for!

I am left utterly perplexed, my belly as full as my heart. Not only was the food incredible but our hoasts Giovanni and Frankie kept us well entertained and ever welcome. I can not wait to come back.

Fantastic Italian food, great people and a lovely refurb just completed. Love to eat here

Outstanding service and food, of course, as well as new decor. Best Italian food!!!!

Tasty food, service was a little slow at the beginning as they were under staffed, but friendly staff and tasty food

Francesco and Giovanni provided a really good service. We really enjoyed the evening and the food. The guitar happy birthday song was really good.

From the photos in the reviews, we can guess it must be the Italian restaurant that not going to disappoint us. Pasta and pizza are great. Deserts are alright.

Food is okay but hot water is charged £1.5 each cup and the waiters aren’t great. He is obviously an Italian and say Conichiwa to us when we pay a with a praying gesture, mimicking Thai. He presumed us speaking Asian languages with our skin colour. This is pure racism.

Love the renovations! Light and airy. Service friendly and prompt. Delicious food. Zucchini fritte gorgeous as always.

Found this one purely by chance, Sunday evening, no food in Ashcott, where to go ... Tamburino Village in Street. Just a few minutes away by car. Absolutely excellent. Their Tiramisu is outstanding...

Fabulous excellent food and drinks with wonderful service! Highly recommended lovely hospitality will definitely come back

Found this one purely by chance, Sunday evening, no food in Ashcott, where to go ... Tamburino Village in Street. Just a few minutes away by car. Absolutely excellent. Their Tiramisu is outstanding...

Best Italian restaurant for miles. The kids favourite for birthday treats. Food is always 100%. Service is great. Lovely traditional family restaurant.

Excellent friendly service. A wide range of choice including fresh langoustine. Home made bread was really good as well as the Al dente pasta. Almond semifreddo delicious as well the pistachio ice cream. Would be a regular haunt if we lived locally. Mille grazie!

Hands down the best carbonara I've ever eaten! Great customer service, atmosphere is nice, highly recommend and will definitely go back.

First time visiting here on holiday . Tried 2 different pizzas both tasty and well cooked. The staff are very attentive and helpful. The place itself is beautifully decorated and clean . Would highly recommend if you like Italian food and you are in the area.

Always an amazing dining experience, fantastic food etc 😋

Great food as always. We love eating specials at Tamburino and our kids always love their pasta more than other places. We're not locally based but we love to travel 1h or so for a delicious lunch or dinner. Would definitely recommend the food and will always return for more. Thanks!

Amazing food and great location

Loved this place. Good food and the staff are just fantastic. Reasonably priced too

I am sure Tamburino is very nice but I was eating at the Bull and Bar next door which was a very pleasant experience 😁

Immediately from walking in the customer service was excellent. Extremely polite and helpful guy. Restaurant was very clean and food was good. Pizza dough was fresh and the past sauce I had was very tasty. Great experience

Food is average and service is neither here or there.

If i could give 6 stars.... Absolutely delicious food, Service and atmosphere. I recomend.

Horrible! Table for 6 with a booking and they got late and the attitude was not the best. We ordered the drinks and then the food and between the order and the main course was more than 1h. The starters came before the drinks. Service is just basic, there's just one waiter with excellent service (Giovanni). The music was absurdly loud, which made people talk even louder and the noise was completely unbearable. The starter was good enough but the mains were nothing special and in my case the risotto was inedible and flavourless and had no salt. Definitely not worth the money!

Always a go to for great food and service. A great atmosphere every time we go.

1st time visited but really enjoyed our food and attentive service

Very poor. Had pre booked for a birthday meal but table was not ready and put by drafty front door. Food was average and had to ask for things that had been forgotten. Not great.

We had a large group meet up pre Christmas. Everyone in the group said how good their food was, a mix of pizza, pasta and Christmas dinner, and the staff couldn't do enough for us. There was a mix up with one of the meals, we had to preorder as we were a large group, but the staff were super helpful and quick to rectify the issue. The restaurant was quiet when we first arrived, although we had booked for an early lunch, and the atmosphere gradually picked up. Would definitely recommend.

My family first attended at Tamberino in Sherborne five years ago, we didn’t think much of this restaurant, just highly priced food, our next attendance was in Yeovil and was very impressed with the food and started making it our favourite place to go as the food was exquisite for 4 years, last year we booked our table for Christmas Day, the food was ok but felt we were just a number and were rushed through the 6 course dinner, even this was the case we tried book for this years Christmas Day but left it too late so the restaurant was fully booked but it was suggested to us to book at the Street Tamberino, well let’s say our food was cooked to perfection, our atmosphere was warm and welcoming and the service was carefully timed, without us having felt rushed, I also met the part owner who in fact was the head chef and congratulated him with his stunning food, I’ve travelled the globe and his food was out of this world and worth every penny.

DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU LIKE ACTUAL ITALIAN FOOD!!! Shares the same problem with most "Italian" restaurants in the UK: The pizza was thickcrust and not tasting good. Italian pizza is thincrust. I looked at the menu and decided not to get the carbonara because CARBONARA SHOULDN'T CONTAIN CREAM; You get the creaminess from the egg, cheese and starch water not cream*. There was a very annoying interruption for an indoor firework** and way too loud happy birthday. In conclusion, you're better off going to an airport and booking a flight to Italy. *Due to bad translation of carbonara having a "creamy" texture and taste, somebody decided to put cream in it. **Basically a big sparkler. The smell from it was horrible.

Very friendly atmosphere, the service was also very good and the food was delicious. It is expensive and so are the drinks, but a lovely place to go on special occasions. The toilets are upstairs so that can be limiting for some, when dining in.

Couldn’t fault it. Very extensive menu with something for everyone. Friendly, attentive staff who offered great service, food was great and atmosphere was very good. Would definately recommend.

Work Christmas Festive Lunch. Great service, great food and great value.

Booked a table a few weeks ago for the music night. Confirmed the booking over the phone on 3rd December. We had a slight change to our booking so rang to confirm only to be told that they had no record of our booking. Very rude and not helpful. We have frequently visited for years and the staff have always been helpful. Not this time. Some one needs to sort out the booking system. Good luck to anyone else turning up tonight.

Really friendly efficient service, and the grub wasn't too shabby either Veggie option was very good according to my veggie missus, and my pizza was excellent

Ordered takeaway and the pasta with salmon and prawn had hardly any sauce at all and was dry , the lasagna was just tomato and meat and sheets no white sauce can make better at home and calamari was soggy . Waited for a long time for it to be ready . Definetly worth the money very disappointing and wouldn’t go again

Superb Italian food, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Perfect for a special meal out.

Positive visit. Delicious food, attentive staff. The price was outside our normal range but I could see us coming back to celebrate a birthday (especially having seen the firework fountain and cake that arrived at another table along with tambourines!)

Visited for an early dinner after a swim meet with 2 of my sons and a couple of friends. Food was delicious and staff very friendly and helpful.

Excellent lunchtime meal. Good service even though very busy.

Excellent food, fantastic service and great atmosphere. Sharer garlic bread was elite!! If I lived locally, I would definitely be a regular. Highly recommend.

Went for Birthday celebrations. Great atmosphere. They played happy birthday

Music was too loud and intrusive. Food was over priced and there was an automatic 10% service charge. Waiter was always pushing extras that we didn't want.

Food was okay, but sadly I couldn’t taste or see any goats cheese on the pizza I ordered, which it was supposed to have. The main flavour was the blue cheese. One of the staff members were quite rude too, and gave the impression that they were waiting for us to leave so they could eat their own food, which they then started to do sat opposite us before we’d even paid our bills.

Excellent service and delicious food.

Went for the first time last night and what an experience! I had pizza and my partner had a calzone. They were both exquisite and full of flavour. I'd say the best pizza I have ever had! (Dominoes has nothing on this!) They also had live music which was so good and made the atmosphere so fun (lots of people dancing). Overall this was an easy 5/5 experience and we will be coming back.

I'm here in the UK on holiday and went in due to the great reviews. I can say they deliver! The food is outstanding and the portions are just right. The wait staff and servers were very professional and friendly even on a hectic and busy Saturday; we had eaten here on Friday and had to come back! I never do that.

Great restaurant, very tentative friendly staff and great food.

Just had a lovely lunch the muscles were devine and the cheesy tomato mushroomy thing the wife had looked and tasted great followed by goo.

Spot on very good service and food highly recommend

We were hopeful in booking as staff were Italian. Menu has some lovely items and is well thought through: a good mix of salads, pizzas, pastas, meat and seafood dishes. Sadly, the food was only so so. Service was friendly and efficient but atmosphere wasn’t cozy. Prices were very reasonable.

Excellent lunchtime meal today. Amazed how efficient Carmine and his team managed the flow of food and drinks. Will definitely visit again when next visiting Clark’s.

Busy but helpful staff, well worth a visit

Very nice pizza and pasta, nice portion as well. We'd like to order dessert but too full after the mains. Definitely recommend this restaurant.

Music was too loud for a lunch time family meal but they did turn it down on request.

Lovely food very well made. Had the focaccia to start which was very nice, not too garlic-y and proper dough. Then for main I had spaghetti carbonara with chicken added, which had lovely al dente pasta. The service was great, everyone was friendly. The only thing was it was very quiet when I went in and was put in a dark corner of the restaurant when there were lots of other tables.

Such a nice restaurant. Superb seafood rissoto and friendly efficient service. Had Sunday lunch here and it was faultless.

Popped in for quick pizzas. Nice atmosphere, friendly staff, good prices

Excelente lugar, la comida es de primer nivel y la atención es increíble. Comer aquí es un panorama en sí mismo, recomiendo las pizzas en todas sus variedades y la cerveza italiana 'Birra Moretti'.

The best…a 70th surprise birthday was held here, the staff couldn’t be more helpful plus the food and atmosphere was brilliant, and a bonus was the live music…everyone had a great night, well done!

One of the best local restaurants, fantastic food and great service Highly recommend