Waldegrave Arms East Harptree in Bath and North East Somerset

Wow what a fantastic pub to stumble across on a walk around the area. We received such a warm welcome from the landlord and members of staff and felt instantly at home. They even brought biscuits and a water bowl out for our dogs and were very kind about them both being a little shy! Pay no attention to the old reviews - this pub is now community owned, and as such is under new management and the fantastic team there should be celebrated! Our lunch was the best we've had in a very long time - also tonnes of gluten free options which is rare in rural areas, and delicious options for vegans too. The food and service were a 10/10. The curry sauce on my vegan fish and chips was my personal highlight!

Fab Sunday roast today. The portions were enormous and the meat was really good. It got very busy but the waiting staff did a phenomenal job of serving and keeping everything moving. So lovely to have it open again and busy!

This is a great location for pub. The floor staff are super attentive but the bar staff pretend you don't exist. The food was average pub grub at gastro pub prices. The beef (£21) was overcooked brown/grey. The roast potatoes not crispy but soggy, the roast veg the same. Slimey fake gravy and cold Yorkshire pudding... Not an awful lot to say about the sub par roast at the price. Was that your music playing in th3 restaurant or someone playing their own music through their phone? Because the sound was awful!! It would be a great pub for an afternoon drinking, but a "country pub" with £6.60 pint prices! You'd have 1 and leave and go to the city. I won't be booking again. The location is beautiful but far far better priced meals and drinks locally! Disappointed sorry.

Ignore old reviews… This became a community owned pub in late 2024 and the management committee appointed a new landlord in December 2024. He’s doing a phenomenal job getting the pub going again. Really welcoming with a great drinks selection and food coming soon.

Lovely friendly pub with wonderful local art on display - so much better than the usual hunting pictures and horse brasses. The food and table service was great, and the young man behind the bar was warm and welcoming.

Freshest, tastiest fish and chips I've had in a long time.. the homemade tartar sauce was perfect to go with it.. the wife had a minted lamb pie and said it was the best pie she's ever had.. will be back to try a roast.. keep up the good work.

Firstly, it's great to have this place open again and hopefully it will last now it is community owned and family run. Really enjoyed our lunch here. Ale (Cheddar ales) is well kept and the (home made) food is excellent - my wife had a fantastic, tasty vegetarian tagine and I had a delicious (packed full and huge) pie. Service was friendly, attentive and efficient. All in all a great place - long may it continue!

Food beautiful, we were a party of 10 and everyone of us enjoyed our food.

Fabulous roasts today, and lovely steaks last week! Cosy atmosphere and super friendly staff. Would definitely recommend! 😍

Under new management since December 2024. New menu, great food, good size portions, great service, great staff. Still dog, child and muddy boot friendly!

Brilliant pub great food with a great atmosphere

A superb meal and excellent ambience...Just one of the best experiences...particular shout out to Grace and Imi...who looked after us fantastically...but all staff deserve a mention...a great pub and worth taking the time to visit...10 out of 10

I went to The Waldegrave for dinner last night with a very good friend who lives in the village, and I was delighted with the food, the service, and the atmosphere. I can highly recommend the BBQ ribs followed by the lemon posset! What a fabulous thing the villagers have done in setting up this collective to keep The Waldegrave operating as a very delightful village pub. They have appointed a very impressive staff team, including a fabulous chef. It's well worth going along to support them - you won't be disappointed!

First trip to The Waldegrave for lunch under its new management as a community owned pub. The chef has created a really good menu - lots of classics as well as some more interesting choices. Staff are friendly and well organised. Everyone around us seemed to be having the same experience as us - just having a really nice time together.

Good real ales, pleasant environment

Good beer. Good food. Great location for a walk followed by lunch with a pint.

A warm and friendly community pub. New landlord offering great drinks( food to come soon), games nights and other events. Everyone is made to feel welcome.

With a new Landlord in charge, he and his team are breathing new life into this much loved village pub. Warm and welcoming staff with a great selection of drinks, it’s well worth a visit, and another one, and another! The beer and cheese tasting event was brilliant - will definitely be back for more.

No food available currently but hopefully Kitchen will be open soon.

A traditional rural pub with average beer choices. Food menu was good value but not great for any vegans - probably not the target demographic!

20/8/23 Sunday lunch. We had the Roast dinner, my wife had Beef and I had the Gammon. Must say this was the best Roast Dinner we have had for a long time. Really tasty food, cooked really well (compliments to the chef), and generous portions. Too full to have a desert, so we had a takeaway desert. Worth every penny (also had drinks so the cost is including drinks). Really friendly service from the Staff. Will definitely recommend for anyone including families, and will return as soon as we can. Thank you.

Lovely Sunday roast. Well worth a visit.

A fantastic local pub in a beautiful countryside setting.

Delicious food and very well priced. Relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff

Recently got a new landlord. Now is a lively community pub that does great food. Approx 1 year in and the pub is great. Pizzas are superb

Drove past the Waldegrave Arms today and saw this sign -What a fantastic community service they offer.

Sorry, but the food was so slow coming out. Waited nearly one and half hours, and with the pub being so empty, we couldn't see how this was possibly. Had to take some of the food with us in take away boxes as we run out of time. So not the most relaxing two hours spent at a pub with hungry children to feed.

We had a very bad experience here. We went yesterday and were told that the kitchen closed, which was fair enough, so we tried visiting again today but much earlier, at 5pm. The same barman told us that they were out of food, even if there were tables that had just received their food. I asked if there was absolutely nothing left, and he said 'yes'. There is no other option to eat in the village, including no open shops, and we were counting on this place. I find it difficult to believe that nothing was left, xenophobia maybe?

Amazing Sunday lunch today, lovely food, couldn’t fault anything. Staff friendly and helpful. I had the pork, my partner had the beef.

A disgrace! Seems like some people really are inbred in this country, definitely the staff of this inhospitable place! Instead of valuing their unique selling point of being the only pub of this place they chose to be unfriendly to visitors. Leaving with a postcard of “don’t go there ever again”!

March '23 - The Waldegrave Arms, an off the beaten path, Grade Lloyd listed 16th century inn, popular with walkers and those wishing a quieter, less fractious pub experience. Really thick stone walls, a very large outdoor area, kids climbing frame, real ale and home cooked food. The immediate future is somewhat ambivalent. It is up for sale.

Should be doing better, the front of staff member taking deep sighs of frustration with customers coming in. The only plus side was the playground, food despite it being very quiet took nearly 50 minutes for sausage and chips and fish and chips. With no volume of customers, its not ideal. No ice, no oat milk. When other customers did arrive they were constantly met by "no we don't have that" I think you should listen to your customers and do more. When you have great local produce why are you cooking deep fried Richmond sausages?

Great Sunday lunch - very reasonably priced (especially compared to others in the area) for a proper home cooked roast, with lots of meat & gravy. Would recommend for food, or for a casual pint

My wife and I stopped for lunch after a dog walk today. Friendly service very nice lunch and well kept beer. Shame these village pubs are not used more. East Harptree is a large village and this could be a great social hub and would be missed if lost. To all villages use your pubs and shops or they will be gone.

This is my first ever review. Thoroughly enjoyed Sunday lunch here.Reasonably priced to. Well worth the journey

We enjoyed our visit about a week ago, good tasty food, nice to spend a few hours there in comfy armchairs

Delicious food, great beers and cosy vibes! Love coming to this pub!

Great pub good food and very friendly staff. Made most welcome. Lovely revamped sunny back garden with plenty of fun activities for children. Also a decent car park lots of space. Bonus they allow dogs in as well. 😊

Wonderful friendly accommodating service. Left with a warm wet helmet

Great village pub! Delicious Sunday roasts, draft beer and dog friendly.

We last visited the Waldegrave in late May 22 when the food was delicious and freshly prepared with lots of option available. We visited today and the food is now below average deep fried or reheated pub grub. No vegan or healthy options available, and only one vegetarian option because they didn’t have any vegetable curry or “meat free chilli”. What a shame the food has gone down hill. I think the pub may have changed management since our last visit.

I just had an annoying altercation in pub with a playground that I closed their gate... excuse me but that needs to stay open for our patrons. I was really upset after because it was one of our favourites. Honestly do they think their customers are so stupid they can't open a simple gate. Being a mum of 4 under 7 I was having a lovely time until the containment was compromised. I think it would be a nice pub for 5 + but my 2 year old adventurous twins safety where they don't understand. Note: Go to Queen Vic at Priddy or Castle of comfort and learn how to treat families better.

Change of management now re-ooened so I can't say what's happening now. Random visit. 😎

This one is really tucked away, but worth seeking out. There's a lovely beer garden with a great children's area.

Easily the best Sunday roast we've had out in the longest time! Served really quickly and attentively too! Edit: very sad to hear the current people running the Waldegrave are moving on after only just finding this lovely spot!

Beautiful, quintessential English country pub

Great place, good food and pleasant staff. Good parking too.10/10 recomended

Really good friendly service here. I had a Moving Mountain veggie burger for the first time based on the house recommendation, it was the best burger I have ever eaten, not just veggie. Ale was kept really well too. Would definitely return. Staff are great.

A fabulous place to eat, meet and relax. Family of 10 and we all thoroughly enjoyed our Sunday lunch, the menu is carefully thought out and brilliantly executed with more than just roast dinners available on sundays. Service was attentive but not over bearing, just prefect for a long lazy lunch in a beautiful place

Always an absolute joy going to the Waldegrave. Proper draught beer, delicious food and friendly staff. Definitely worth popping in if you are in the area!

Seriously great pub with superb food.

Fun evening down the Waldy last night. Just wish that I had been able to talk to everybody but not enough time.

What a complete joy. The welcome, the log fire we were seated by and the fabulous food. Also real flowers and proper napkins, top marks. A fine chicken casserole, crab linguine followed by crumble and a stunning bread and butter pudding. We really were not aiming to come here but I am so glad we "came to the wrong place ". We will be back!

Lovely traditional pub with excellent Sunday lunch and decent beer. Friendly environment. Digs allowed.

Nice enough but very pricey drinks

Lovely garden which is great for families and for a quick stop off. Service seemed a little slow.

Overpriced, overcomplicated menu with not very helpful staff, after ordering drinks which were brought out all ok and asking for a few more minutes to decide what food to order as there were no children's menu to offer only smaller portions which not many children would like I would imagine, after waiting for 30 minutes to no member of staff to return to go inside and ask to pay for drinks to not even be asked if we were going to order food which would have been 8 adult portions and 1 child portion, clearly don't need the business, wouldn't recommend and wouldn't return I'm sorry to say

It was closing early at 9pm just as we returned from a long walk hungry and in need of the loo. 😟

Excellent venue, local, friendly, great food and drink. You will not be disappointed A MUST visit Has table service too. A must

What a gem of a pub set in a lovely village cracking pint of Exmouth ale and I would advise to book for Sunday lunch as it's very busy which is a great sign of a good place

Great pub, great staff and great service

Went there on a Saturday 12:30. All you would expect from a country pub / restaurant. Plenty of interesting features, local old photos. Outdoor and indoor seating, a garden with children's play area. A good car park. Adequate menu reasonable priced foods.

Excellent friendly service. Our food was cooked to perfection. Lovely atmosphere

The starters were imo, overpriced. £8 for ham terrine with 2 rock hard slices of bread £7 for 1 off 6mm slice 50mm diameter of cheese on 2 tomatoes. FfS 🤷🏻‍♂️ The mains were great portions and well presented, very tasty. The dessert was meringue with cream and blackberry topping.. Beers were good and tasty.. Next time I won't bother with prentious starters and enjoy the rest...

Great pub after a jolly good walk.

Always good Fun in the summer cosy in the winter

Well organised, fabulous good, great service and friendly professional staff. Covid safe

Great food, lovely environment and excellent friendly service... what more can you possibly want. 5☆

Lovely pub, run by lovely people.

Brilliant staff and lovely garden, food great too

Came for dinner and sat it the outdoor seating area with heating. Food was amazing, staff very attentive and friendly. Would recommend

Warm atmosphere, lush food, really recommend it

Wonderful roast on Sunday. Seasoned to perfection. Everything about our lunch there was amazing. Thank you!

Great vegetarian options. Covid safe friendly staff. Children and dogs welcome too 😁

Great food, lovely atmosphere, catered really well for gluten free.

We always enjoy visiting the Waldegrave Arms in East Harptree, the staff are very friendly and lovely without exception. They offer a fabulous selection of wine and are reasonably priced. We haven't eaten in there recently, but the food looks amazing!

Pleasant, helpful staff and lovely food. Children enjoyed the play area.

Great atmosphere and food here. Lovely pub and a beautiful location. Friendly staff

Very welcoming pub . great chef, interesting drink choices

This place pretends to be a gastro pub but it is far from tge mark. Our food was ok but basic but tgey charge gastro pub prices.

What a difference a few months makes. This place has really upped its game and the results are fantastic. Incredibly attentive staff (we got a 5 min warning our food was coming out so we could bring the kids in from the play area outside) The food is excellent and the Sunday roasts are plentiful and have lovely interesting touches (roasted beetroot and celeriac) kids portions are hearty and well priced. .the new ice cream ranges are delicious and incredibly creamy and the whiskey and marmalade ice cream is certainly a great addition. Really nice to see this place back on its feet and thriving. Lovely atmosphere, lovely staff, lovely food.

Nice welcome, great choice of beer and.good sunday lunch.

Amazing food and space to be in. Would definitely recommend going out of your way to experience this place.

Lovely ambiance, helpful and friendly staff, and excellent tasty food.

I originally emailed this review privately to the Waldegrave Arms, East Harptree. No response has been received. I booked a table in advance to have a birthday lunch with some friends and our 4 children at the Waldegrave Arms recently, and I feel compelled to offer a review of our experience. We all agreed that the outdoor eating environment in your garden setting was lovely, we were fortunate to have had good weather and the kids all enjoyed your new play equipment. The staff were friendly, but the service was very very slow; we waited ages for our drinks and about 30mins for our food despite the place being practically empty other than us. 2 small teacups of warm water with tea bags to brew our own tea, which we immediately returned to the bar to exchange for hot water, for £5.60, is extortionate. When the food arrived we couldn't believe how uninspired it was - when you namecheck your French(?) chef "Phillipe" and your veggie curry is priced @£15.95, I hope you will agree it's reasonable that we would expect to receive a pretty decent meal. It was a smaller-than-average size portion with plain white boil-in-the-bag/microwave rice, supermarket mini-naan, microwaved poppadoms, no pickles or dips and of such mildness as to be unrecognisable as a curry of any description. The beef 'madras' was similarly disappointing - mild, dry, flavourless and the meat hadn't been effectively trimmed so ~10% inedible fat. The kids' meals of sausages and chips were strangely not very child focussed - the sausages were fine but the chips were giant wedges and the salad was a fancy leaf affair with raw onion and dressing applied. None of the 4 hungry kids wanted anything other than the sausage.

Fabulous food and friendly staff. Beautifully decorated for Christmas. Highly recommend. Have been several times only wish it was nearer!!!

Amazing fresh food and very professional friendly staff I will definitely be going back

I did not enjoy the food,it was not cooked properly,vegetables almost raw,not cooked but dipped into hot water. I don't want to eat there again. Sorry guys, it was not my taste to eat raw vegetables . The other friends dış not enjoy the food either. I did not say anything at that moment because l was taken to the pub as a guest.

Amazing meal at the Waldegrave Arms on Saturday night. Fantastic food, great ambiance and lovely friendly staff. Best meal we’ve had in the chew valley for a long time. Will be back again very soon.

Sunday roast was beautiful. Lovely location, hidden gem.

What an amazing find. Will come back to this town for this restaurant - and the staff were absolutely lovely!

Excellent hospitality, friendly landlord with first class food and beer at reasonable prices.

Delicious food and friendly staff!

Lovely food and good service with a friendly local pub atmosphere. Would definitely return when in the area.

Fantastic Service Just turned up Sunday lunchtime Fantastic reception Great Menu and Sunday roasts 5 Star all day long Well done.

We found this pub after a walk with friends including kids. Really friendly staff great garden and kids play area. Staff were very friendly and helpful. The cider was very good which always helps after a long walk. Food looked and smelt amazing but didnt actually try any.

Food was gorgeous and interesting with some welcome unusual choices. Good choice of gluten free and vegan food too as well as meat. Pub is friendly and relaxed, nicely decorated and very pleasant. It's obviously popular but you feel unhurried.

Amazing food, great staff, and looks really beautiful inside and out. Great garden as well if you have kids. A really good find

Lovely pub, nice garden and welcoming staff

Excellent. Great food and ambience. Enjoyed the garden on a Saturday afternoo