The best restaurants serving British food in Mere Wiltshire South West

What's not to like? Friendly and helpful. Plenty of quality, tasty food. Plenty of parking round the back of the pub. The total cost for 3 adults worked out at a measly £19 each. That's including 7 drinks. We all walked away full up and happy. What a wonderful little pub.

We bought our Italian friends to a really traditional pub. Excellent local ale and good quality wine. The service was very good the portions were generous. Presentation very good.

We visited on 24th October. It was a reasonable day regarding the weather and Stourhead was busy. We called into the Spread Eagle at about 1.30pm. Positives - we got a table inside. It had been cleared but was sticky. Negatives- no vegetarian sandwiches on the menu. But to be fair I was offered ham cheese and chutney without the ham. My friend selected carrot and coriander soup. Both meals were awful. The soup was so diluted that it was tasteless. My brown bread was tasteless as was the awful processed cheese slice (who still uses these abominations?). Only the chutney had flavour. Final negative was that I was chased out of the pub and accused of not paying. I explained exactly how I had paid only to be greeted with a shrug and “ok I believe you” - like she didn’t! And on top of that they dare to add 10% service charge.

Dropped into the Walnut Tree on the off chance. We didn't know the area or the pubs. I must say, we were not disappointed. The pub has character and is very family orientated. We found the staff extremely friendly and more than helpful and I hasten to add, most efficient. The food was the bonus. plentiful and extremely tasty! A good range on the menu and a desirable choice at the bar. Overall, it's a thumbs up from me. If you are passing through Mere, then check the Walnut out.