Pubs and Cafes around West Somerset & Exmoor

Pubs & Cafes, Good Places to Eat in West Somerset

We have some lovely independent cafes and pubs nearby.  Here are a few of our favourites, most of these are also dog friendly.   Links below for you to check opening hours. If you feel like staying closer to home, we offer homemade dishes to eat back on the farm in the evening after a day out exploring. No takeaway deliveries up to us as it's very rural here!  
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Pubs & Restaurants: 

• The Lost Kitchen outside Tiverton, we love this place!  Book ahead, it's very popular.  Knightshayes National Trust is next door with an amazing park to walk around before or after. 
• The Farmer's Arms Combe Florey, good traditional pub with outdoor seating and pizza nights  
• The Royal Oak Inn, Luxborough - traditional pub, pretty location.  
• Notley Arms gastro pub, nearby in Monksilver
• Woods in Dulverton award winning pub
• The Bear Inn, Wiveliscombe - family friendly, very popular with the locals, lots of tables, inexpensive, brew their own beer, wood fired pizzas, lots of outdoor seating, no need to pre book unless you're a big group, worth looking a their socials for offers.  
• The White Hart Wiveliscombe, now taken over by William Sitwell as an Italian restaurant
• Bittescombe Inn  Upton, gastro pub - with venison from their farm.
• The Tarr Steps Inn, Exmoor - gorgeous location by the side of the river. 
• Carew Arms, near beautiful Quantocks
• Dunster has a lot of places to eat, the famous ones are the Luttrell Arms and Reeves, there are many more pubs, cafes and tea rooms. 
• Augustus Restaurant in Taunton is good for special occasions - not suitable for small children. 
• Sheppy's Cider, outside Taunton 

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Cafes, Pizza, Asian, Fish & Chips:,

• Brazier in Wellington – good brunch etc.  
• Meadow Cafe, nearby Bishops Lydeard, brunch, lunch and saunas too if you want one!  
• Café at East Quay Gallery, Watchet – great food in a contemporary gallery setting.  Check socials out for children's activities in school holidays.  
• The White Post Cafe, Langford Budville, pretty garden, pretty food/small plates/coffee/brunch
• Porlock Weir Hotel for good wood fired pizzas, seafood platters  and views of the harbour (35 minutes drive)
• The Driftwood Cafe on Blue Anchor Beach, simple unpretentious all day breakfast, fish & chips, cream teas etc.  Close to Dunster Castle.  Dog Friendly.  
• Periwinkle Tea Room, Allerford, traditional tea room, only go on a nice day, as it's nicest when you can sit outside in their garden.  Picture postcard village
• Phoenix Kitchen, Wiveliscombe has good quality home made offerings for take away and delicious coffee. 
• Golden Ocean Chinese takeaway in Wiveliscombe, honest traditional high street takeaway.  Kingfisher has Fish & Chips. Taste of Spice has take away  curries too. 
• Little Red Fire Truck, has wood fired pizzas locally. 
• Toucan Cafe, Minehead - health food vegetarian cafe upstairs, generous portions, inexpensive. 

Gastro Pubs, Exmoor

Obviously the pubs and restaurants change hands quite frequently and a pub that was good one year, might not be so good the next.  We do try and visit all these places annually, follow us on Instagram if you want to see plates of food as we'll post photos on our stories, mainly in the school holidays.  

If you want more details, do please get in touch with Catherine, either prior to your stay, or whilst you're here.  We're always somewhere around the farm and you'll find us in the shop twice a day too.  Some of these places are more child friendly than others, some smarter than others, some with just a few tables, and some bigger places more suited to groups.  And if you want to see recent reviews obviously check them out on TripAdvisor or Google!