The best restaurants serving British food in Shepton East Mendip South West

Every dish was perfect from crab cake starters to creme Brûlées. Our family table of six had three different choices of mains, salmon, chicken and venison. Every plate was perfect, with tasty sauces, jus, creamy leeks and lemon butter sauce with the fish. We all had desserts and wine too. This is how restaurants should be, great service, no rush and absolutely stunning food.

Wonderful menu with pub classics done to perfection as well as creative gastropub offerings. The cottage pie was amazing, with a side of roasted cabbage, carrot, paranips, and a sweet potato mousse. The risotto was tempting. The loaded fries were fun. Great drink selection. Lovely setting with a peaceful ambience. Easy parking. Highly recommend.

Stopped for fish and chips ,ended up sitting in , much nicer than sitting in the car and eating dinner , really friendly staff, and had a beer with dinner too , well recommended.

Lovely place, great service, food excellent.

We stopped here last night after calling on the off chance for a table of 6 on the way home from the festival of lights at longleat. From the word get go the service was amazing so polite and helpful on the phone. We were greated at the door amd shown to our table. Where I waiter was absolutely amazing promptly took our drink and food order he was amazingly friendly a brill woth the children. You could tell he loved his job. Now the menu wasn't huge with a great deal of choice. But what was on there was fairly well priced. And I must admit I dint really expect a great deal but I have to say the food matched the service it was incredible well presented and absolutely full of flavour and the gravy on my dish wash to die for. For somewhere we just stopped out the blue I couldn't have wished to stop anywhere better. And next time we are in the area will be back. So if you looking for a family meal or evening something that little extra I would highly recommend this place. Top marks all round

My wife and I both have Shepton connections but had never been to the cafe before. Having g recently retired, we called in for a toasty and a sandwich. The food selection is brilliant, prices really reasonable (no £8 sandwiches here), and the staff really friendly. Sadly, the cafe is up for sale but we really hope to get the chance to return before it closes or goes upmarket.

Beautiful pub, great food, very welcoming staff. Had lunch here on route to St Ives.

Had a great experience today visiting Dobbies Shepton Mallet. We were helped by great members of staff and had a great lunch in the restaurant.

Booked table . Restaurant empty, no one else in the dining room. Had to ask where we put our coats. Service extremely slow , ordered pre-lunch drinks at bar as no one attended to us, and had to ask for menu as no-one came to take our order. Long, long wait for main course and inbetween courses. Main courses very tasty but whole meal served already on plates not in serving dishes. Puddings very disappointing, profiteroles stodgy , heavy , no cream or sauce with these or the chocolate tart, very basic . Had to go to bar to request coffees. We were very neglected , staff were more interested in putting Christmas decorations up and putting fake flower arrangements around. It took three hours for five persons to be served lunch and it felt as if we were unimportant. Very disappointed , lots of staff but no attention to dining guests.

Me ,my husband, brother and parents came for a Carvery on the 13th of this month and without a doubt it knocks the socks off any other carverys I've had , the food is all freshly made by the head chef Ivor and team , Ivory's food is out of this world , the bar staff are so friendly and welcoming, we were so surprised at the fantastic value for 3 mixed Carverys and two single meat carverys it was only £73 fantastic value for a country pub we would definitely go again and highly recommend