The best restaurants serving British food in South Somerset South West

Cracking homely, local pub which is great for a few drinks and/or meal. Warm and friendly staff, nice, relaxed atmosphere. Serves good, homemade, tasty traditional pub grub with wide selection available and all reasonably priced. It’s nothing fancy but doesn’t try to be and that’s why we love it. It’s popular and often gets busy, even on some weeknights, so worth booking if you are going with a group or have in mind a particular time to go.

Discovered this pub while on a weekend visit to Ilminster. The staff were very accommodating and friendly. Great food at a reasonable price. Really enjoyed it - went back the second night of our stay!

We chose the Kings Arms for a get together and lunch with my cousins and two puppies. We booked a table in advance for Sunday Lunch for 9 of us. We were greeted by the friendly bar staff when we arrived ordered some drinks and were shown to our table in a private dining room (The Abbey Room). The menu choices were perfect for us and also included a vegetarian option. Our order was soon taken and it wasn’t long before Lunch was served. Everyone was very pleased with what they had ordered and the beef was absolutely perfect. The Dessert menu had something for everyone, including my wife who is dairy intolerant. In summary:- Fantastic Lunch, venue and service. Thank you to all the staff for making our get together memorable, and for all the right reasons 👏

Since this venue opened 10 years ago we have traveled the 45 miles from our home at least twice a year. Last Friday evening was the first time we had been back since the major alterations to the layout, splitting the dining area into two quite distinct restaurants. The Roth Bar & Grill has been relocated to a barn area with the bar stuck in the middle thus dividing the area in two. The whole room was dark with uninspiring drab furniture and totally soul-less. Before the "transformation" booking a table at weekends was a must, now, we were the only ones dining there for most of the evening which speaks volumes. I should point out that our food was good although rather expensive for what it was and the staff, who outnumbered us 2:1, were very pleasant. The whole thing is a total disaster and unfortunately it doesn't stop there. The area previously occupied by the Roth Bar & Grill is now an Italian / English restaurant. Gone is the open kitchen and grill area, gone is the lovely quirky bar that you walked through to the seating area and in it's place is a much larger dining area, tables with white table cloths in place of the more rustic furniture, and an absence of character. I noted that only about half the tables were taken. Separating the two restaurants is the old entrance lobby, now just a large empty space save for the books lining the walls. Previously this contained the reception area and book shop and a meat curing room, glass walled and lined on three sides by large salt bricks with whole sides of beef hung, now it is just a wide empty corridor giving access to the two restaurants, the gardens and toilets. Both my wife and I have had a life time in internal and external design, I do not ever recall seeing something of such character totally destroyed by someone with little or no talent. Frankly, it makes me very angry. Yes, it could have been altered to allow for more seating but not like this.

This place is always empty and always get turned away even when the restaurant is empty! When you do get a table the service is excruciatingly slow, with overpriced terrible food. The waiting staff always get the order wrong and are very unapologetic. Bad food, poor beer, overpriced and poor service

If you are visiting the cemetary or crematorium this is the ideal stop-off for a snack. Its nearby and offers a tasty selection of food to eat quickly. there is a large car park alongside

NO LONGER SERVES FOOD went for lunch but found they have stopped serving food. seems a nice pub. had drinks and crisps of various flavours

This is a fast food cheap and cheerful resteraunt ideally placed for a bite before or after visiting the museum .The pies are the best choice

Lured by a FB ad of a 'new menu' we tried lunch here. The restaurant didn't look prepared; posters on some tables, no welcoming atmosphere. We went through to the bar where there were menus. It was a chilly damp day but no fire, the fireplace looked unused; the decor was dark & 'querky'. We chose a pork casserole & Thai curry. After ordering we were told that there would be a wait as he was busy with another order (though the place seemed deserted) & the food arrived in half an hour. The curry was meaty but sitting on a base of glutinous rice, not at all like the illustration on the FB page where the rice was in a separate bowl served with green beens; there were no beans at all. The casserole was a bowl of thick soup with no discernable potato (as stated in menu) but the taste was OK. So, very disappointing food, in a dreary room. We felt sorry for the bar person who was trying hard. Won't be back.

Avoid. Chips were stone cold and the cod was awful and grey and half the size it should be. It was long and very thin like it had been cut in half prior to preparing. Absolutely inedible and very overpriced even if it was edible. Had instant noodles instead and the takeaway went in the bin.

First time in this pub for a few years. Always a good cheap meal to be had and nothing has changed. Pleasant and clean pub and we three enjoyed the fish and chips. Pleasant staff and good tasting food. Well presented and the puddings were tasty, perhaps a bit pricey though. However an interesting experience and one we would perhaps repeat at a later date.

Visit regularly for carvery. always tasty with good selection of veggies etc. staff very helpful. Would recommend for a good roast meal.

My wife and I eat in Palmers fish restaurant (the lager one) yesterday evening. The chips were best ever, the way I like them: quite crispy on the outside and soft in the middle. The batter on the cod wa just right. Not to thick, not too thin; nice and crisp. I also had a very generous portion of mushy peas. The service was prompt and the several waiters and waitresses very friendly and attentive. The restaurant was light and airy and meticulously clean. We had such a pleasant evening I felt I had to comment. Due to the pandemic we have not ventured out much in the last three years so it was a pleasant surprise. (On other occasions we have eaten at Palmers smaller restaurant in Yeovil where we had an excellent meal too.)

Food and beer were OK but I was shocked when I went to the toilet to find an offensively misogynistic poster on display. No doubt they would claim it was all a joke, but if it's so funny why hide it in the gents? Why not put it somewhere where the rest of the human race can appreciate it?

turned up , no booking,on 2nd march with a party of 14, a very warm welcome, very accomodating amazing staff, the food was beautiful, a great choice , the landlords selection roast was so good, the cauliflower cheese oh my it was special, well done to the wonderful 17 year old chef who cooked our food, (i think he was the owners son), hes a credit to you, everything made our unexpected visit to you very special with a family reunion, very good prices to, thank you all very much for making our visit memorable, we all will be back very soon xx many thanks xx