The best restaurants in Blackdown South Somerset South West

Really nice little cafe at the wonderful Ferne Animal sanctuary. Great service and a really nice afternoon tea. You get a nice sandwich of your choice (including fish finger sandwich) with a few crisps and small salad, fresh scone with Jam and cream. Plus a nice tea or coffee. Parents been twice in 2 weeks and will be going back again. Please come and support this great cafe and great charity. (Update - parents have now been 5 times and love it) Look out for special offers on groupon.

Simply the best dining experience ever. Beautifully run by the wonderfully professional hosts, Ben and Maddie, and their lovely staff. They have created a diamond of an establishment which uniquely melds fine dining with a true country pub experience. An absolute must 😃

We had a fantastic meal at Hornsbury Mill. We arrived quite late on a Monday evening after getting stuck in roadworks but we were made so welcome and had a lovely relaxing meal. There's an excellent range of menu choices, and all the food we had was superb. We were so impressed. We'll definitely be back soon.

Delicious food friendly staff great stop from the West Country authentic Italian food just on the A303 we had a proper decompress after a busy journey. I had sea bass and my partner had saltimbocca which were both excellent

I booked the afternoon tea special for myself and a friend and her daughter. We had done this last year for our birthday and enjoyed it so much we decided to do it again. The food was absolutely delicious and displayed beautifully. Everything was very pleasing to the eye and didn’t disappoint. The staff were very attentive and tea, coffee, hot chocolate and soft drinks were unlimited. When I booked it I was able to specify no nuts, raisins etc as we wouldn’t want to waste anything ! I would 100% recommend The potting shed cream tea for both the food and the staff and I am sure we will be back for our next birthday !

So sad to write this after eating here many times before but Sunday Lunch was the worst I have ever had. Bland tasteless meat, tasteless glutinous gravy, frozen Yorkshire puddings and veg reheated which tasted .like they were cooked yesterday. It is cheap but I’d rather pay more and have an enjoyable meal. We were all agreed. It didn’t help that we had to queue outside in the rain till the pub opened at 12.00.