The best restaurants in Mendip South West

Had Sunday Lunch here on 16th February fantastic food excellent service in a very relaxed atmosphere thanks Royal Oak staff well done we will definitely be returning

Always great food and coffee. Cheerful and helpful staff. Great atmosphere and a great view of the green grounds.

Me and my partner popped in for lunch one Friday. Absolutely amazing! The food was to die for (best steaks we’ve tasted). Service was superb and friendly from start to finish. We felt so welcome the moment we walked through the door. Highly recommended and will be returning again! Thank you

We had a lovely meal and the staff were fantastic. Our little one loved the fish tank and we all felt very looked after. The food was all very delicious too. We walked in at opening time but it did get busy around 6pm.

Had Sunday lunch today with friends. We all enjoyed our meals and all mentioned how great the service was. We will definitely return.

Went last night for the reopening under the original management. It was so lovely to see the restaurant open again and the atmosphere was great. Staff were lovely , really friendly and happy and the service was great. Pizzas, sides and salads were all lovely and the cocktails were as they should be Strong ! Great to see our favourite restaurant in Swadlincote back open 😀

We keep coming back and it's still awesome. Great food, lovely staff and a nice chilled vibe.

My fiancé and I came to Wells for the night and had booked at this lovely little restaurant. The staff Rita and Alice were very friendly and efficient. I had the king prawns for start and duck and honey for main. They were both absolutely delish! Highly recommended.

We booked for a birthday celebration. We had absolutely phenomenal food and great service. My favourite was the scallop but the chicken and the pork were also brilliant.

I think this might be the best Full English I've ever had. There are two hash browns hiding under the perfect fried eggs. Flat white was delicious too.

A great pleasure to be served by people who know what they are talking about and don’t refer to customers as “ you guys etc”

Visited earlier in the week and booked an 8.30pm table a couple of days in advance, on the day we received a call from the restaurant asking if we could move the time to an earlier slot so the chefs can clean the ovens... though thinking it was a strange ask we agreed to the ask. When we got there we had a decent enough meal, where we were served by the same lady who called us earlier in the day. We ordered a bottle of wine with the meal which arrived corked and was told I would need to open it myself. OK, again strange but we did it without complaint. Once we finished the meal we moved to the bar area for a couple of drinks (before 9pm), we sat and watched the same waitress start to close all of the blinds in the place and hovering over people's tables for anything she could see was finished with. By the time we got to 9.30 she came over to all the tables being used and asked 'are you finishing up?' we said not yet as we had only got some new drinks. People obviously felt uncomfortable as other tables did finish up and leave after that, leaving us as the last table. As soon as that was the case the waitress then came back to our table to tell us 'just to let you know that we are the last ones at the bar now'. So we basically were hounded out of the place by 9.45pm! We finished our drinks and started walking out, guess who followed us with the keys... yes the same super waitress who locked up as soon as we were through the doors. Lovely send off! What was supposed to be a nice meal out ended up being a pretty unpleasant experience. Shame as people have said good things about this place but if that is how the staff act then I wouldn't waste your cash there. There was obviously a plan to get people out as early as possible so the staff could finish up and go home, starting with the phone call. Shocking experience all round.

Los mejores bollos que he tenido. Todo hecho en casa. Deliciosa sopa de stilton y brócoli. Precioso servicio. hermosos salones de té Muy recomendable.

A big crowd of us were there yesterday for a special function. The staff were so welcoming and accommodating especially with the food which was a cold Buffett. What choices and excellent quality, dietary needs met for all! Never been before but I will certainly return to this lovely pub. Thank you.

Unfortunately the veggie Sunday nut roast was inedible. It was neither nutty nor roasted, just a mush, unrecognisable as a 'roast'. The carrots hadn't been cleaned and were still gritty and the roast potatoes dry. On the plus side a decent gravy and good Yorkshire pudding. Very disappointing though, considering we bought into the generally favourable reviews that motivated us to try this place for Sunday lunch.