The Old Inn - South Somerset

I had this place recommended to me by someone who lives locally, so I made a point to stop by there on of my trips down the A303. I'm very pleased to say I've found my new favourite pub! Came in on a very busy Sunday and was very warmly greeted by the gentleman working front of house. They've got an excellent range of drinks to fit all tastes, with good local options and some lovely wines. The food was perfection, brought out by very warm and considerate staff. If I could have every meal created by their chefs I would be the happiest person on earth! I'll have to make more trips down that way to try my way through their menu top to bottom (and probably a few more times after that! They told me they're planning to do afternoon tea soon, so I'll make sure I book myself in for that as soon as possible too!

New people running this and it pains me to say as a local businessman it’s a shambles . I have it the benefit when I ordered sausage and chips and egg and was served with 6 chipolatas and overdone eggs covered in grease . The front of. House chap who is part owner need’s hospitality lessons as got to be one of the worse front of house I have had the pleasure of . Zero personality and I really wanted to help this business but I’m sorry but what I will say is try it I may be wrong but unless they change there hosting skills they are heading for a really tough road ahead as this is a disappointment

So our first time here, and learnt that it’s new owners only took over 4 weeks ago. My wife and I both opted for the cheese burgers. A simple option but one that can either be some well or be a total failure. Glad to report that these were very very good cheese burgers, Good quality burger cooked with a really good char resulting in a great burger Definitely recommend. We will also plan a return soon and try a Sunday lunch. Good beer and wine, service attentive and seating comfortable. In summary a good start for the new owners.

Too many pubs feel the need to overload a menu with 'jus ', and 'foam ', with mixed results. If you want that sort of thing, go to somewhere with a Michelin star. What The Old Inn does is proper pub classics burgers made of different dead animals, scotch eggs, steak done properly. I was there with my wife and son and we all had burgers, which the chef managed to cook so they were just beyond pink ie, spot on. We 'd also had moules and the aforementioned scotch egg as starters. All accompanied by a cracking couple of pints of Exmoor ale, and an excellent Rioja. To quote Arnie: I 'll be back

This one night stay was flawless. The pod was lovely, the continental breakfast and coffee machine hit the spot, the pub is a real gem, the food was tremendous and no surprise to see the chef Phil has won awards. The service we got from Natasha was the best service we have had all year welcoming and brilliant throughout. We would like to come back if we can, we enjoyed driving for 10 minutes then having a lovely countryside walk over pretty, hills fields and lanes.