Oddly all 4 of us ordered the all day breakfast/brunch We were the only customers on Saturday around 2 ish which was a worry, during our meal a few others came in but it was never busy.

The young girl who served us was lovely, very personable, happy and smiling the entire time so is a credit to the owner/manager.
The food was a disappointment in parts some of the eggs were cooked badly with no soft yolks and all of the bacon was well over cooked. The sausages were pretty good though, the tomatoes needed grilling more face down to soften further. The rest was ok, beans mushrooms etc. It's a shame that hash browns weren't listed as part of the description as we ended up ordering some chips, had we know there were hash browns we wouldn't have. At £19 for each breakfast/brunch it wasnt great value for money and the cooking was well below standard.
Definitely room for improvement given that we were the only food order, can only imagine it would be worse when busy perhaps. All in all £130 (including me giving a 10% tip) including a few beers, drinks nd the chips wasn't great value for money. However the girl server deserved a tip and im sure the kitchen staff did their best but fell short of expectation.

We visited for lunch a week ago & had an exceptional lunch, it was only a ciabatta but it was pretty perfect. The filling was the right amount, the bacon perfectly cooked, the chips crispy on the outside & soft on the inside. Even the salad garnish was excellent, fresh & crispy leaves, tasty dressing and lovely coleslaw. We will definitely be back soon. Honestly one of the best meals I have had out for a while. The service was good, with a friendly & helpful attitude. The pub itself is great inside & even though we don’t have a dog the facilities for dogs was great.

Just had a Sunday Carvery as we have done on many previous occasions.
The food is great as always and with a carvery plenty of it.
Our waitress today was Tinkerbelle who was very helpful, cheerful and extremely polite.
Would recommend.

Had another lovely carvery today. Left feeling full and happy. Foods great, staff friendly, great atmosphere. See you again and again soon.

Just amazing beautiful food

We attended for the first time in a while, we were warmly greeted and shown our table, the waiting staff Tinkerbelle was very attentive polite and greeted us with a smile, ordering was easy and we were shown the Carvery. There were 3 choices of meat, cooked to perfection as was the veg. I was even happy to go as far as to say the food was on a par to the quality of a home cooked roast, well done everyone, always a team effort to get this good. Thank You and will be seeing you soon

Absolutely amazing food, the service was absolutely spot on! Our server tinkerbell went above and beyond very polite and super helpful! We were served the second we walked in, no wait time at all, very well priced for the amazing quality of food, very nice atmosphere within a beautiful countryside location. We will be back

Fabulous venue for a great value wedding with a perfect layout of seperate, yet joined spaces, in the bar or patio for drinks reception, in the dining room for wedding breakfast, and a beautiful first dance on the light and airy dancefloor. Great carvery and lovely staff too!

Location 5/5
Atmosphere 5/5
Food 4.5/5
Service 4/5
Value 4/5
Wait time 1/5 (slow)

Atmosphere was lovely & the staff were fantastic however we weren’t totally impressed with the carvery.. was quoted a cheaper price for meat free than what was charged. Carrots werent cook enough & parsnips were overcooked! Although the potatoes are gravy were super id say the food is 50/50

Really good carvery, really friendly and helpful staff
Keeleigh who served us was especially helpfull, polite and engaging

Keeleigh was a great server and very kind the food was lovely . Keeleigh was lovely and had a nice chat with us throughout the meal .

Excellent service from Keeleigh, good food, lovely atmosphere.

Amazing service

We went for dinner here which was our first time for their candle and live music night. We were so pleasantly surprised by everything! we’ve been in Taunton for 5 years now and can’t believe we have never been here before but this is for sure going to be a go to spot now!

The staff were super friendly overall and the two girls that served us were very quick at taking drinks etc and were always just so lovely and friendly. The food was incredible and I said to my husband that could possibly be one of the juiciest and tastiest steaks I’ve ever had. There was a lovely outdoor area with a bouncy castle in a lovely location so would be great for families. Also the little touch of having somewhere to purchase dog treats is a lovely touch. The only sad thing was we had to leave early and couldn’t stay for dessert because it was just way too hot (obviously this isn’t their fault as there is a heatwave) potentially some fans to borrow for silly people like me who forget theirs might to an extra nice touch to entice some people to stay longer and purchase more.

But overall great staff, lovely views/location and most importantly tasty food, we will be coming back again ☺️

Excellent service food and experience

Went to the Alford for the Sunday carvery, was greeted by a young lady who was very welcoming and had a smile on her face, the place wasn’t crowded which was nice because my partner and I could actually have a conversion, we had gotten our drinks within 5 minutes of being there so service was great, unfortunately where out of Pepsi so was given a glass of Coke, it didn’t bother me until the bottle had come out and didn’t even fill half of a pint glass so had to order 2x bottles but it was no issue. We had went to get the carvery and when I asked for the turkey I was told that they wouldn’t recommended it as it’s been sitting there all day and it very dry, which is understandable if it’s been there all day however threw me off a bit when a staff member tells you to avoid certain foods there.
We ended up getting the beef in the end which was quite nice and quite a big bit. However the rest of the carvery was quite disappointing, the cauliflower cheese did not taste like cheese at all, the broccoli was very crunchy and not soft, parsnips were actually really nice and so were the carrots. But didn’t seem to have much flavour, and the roast potatoes tastes like they had been reheated 4 times over, which I understand can happen if it’s later on in the day but it tasted cold in the middle and again had no flavour, the gravy was very watery so had to be careful it didn’t slide of the plate. The plates could also be a little bigger especially for those who have a bigger appetite due to the Yorkshire pudding and meat taking up most of the plate, it was quite difficult to eat without making a mess. OVERALL service was very good and the price was okay but there are places that do a better quality carvery for the same price or even cheaper. The pub itself was vert welcoming, very tidy and had a good atmosphere so cannot knock it much.

It was our 1st visit and we will be back, great service, great food 👌

I went to the allerford today and had a few pints and a meal, Georgia the new manager was very hospitable, helpful and nothing was too much trouble the food was delicious I would 100% recommend anyone couple, family or just on your own to come to this pub a great experience.

Been here twice in the last few weeks, once for an all you can eat breakfast, which I have to say was bloody excellent, very good selection of fried food and a decent selection of pastries and fruit, would definitely recommend the breakfast. The second time was for the carvery, which I have to say I was very disappointed with, potatoes were under cooked as was most of the veg. Meat was decent, I had beef and pork which were both OK, there was NO crackling left, even tho they had 1 and a half joints still under the heating lamp, neither of which had any crackling on, surely the people not having pork should not be allowed crackling in my eyes anyway. The service was very poor, on 2 or 3 separate occasions the staff were behind the bar laughing whilst on their phones, all this whilst ours plates were on the table festering and begging to be collected, it took over 30 minutes after we had finished eating for the plates to be cleared away, and then another 10 minutes for them to ask if we would like to see the pudding menu. The wrong menus were given to us and when the correct ones were delivered and we had decided what to have we were the informed that there was no Fish and chips which 3 people had decided to have, and were then disappointed to be told there was no fish. We were also given the wrong kids menus, and having an autistic grandchild being told that the cheese burger wasn't available today when its on the menu we were given wasnt great. Pudding eventually were served and were good. I personally think there are better carvery/roasts in the area, so probably won't return for the carvery. Drinks came out and were wrong, and we were charged for an extra pepsi. Also ordered an extra kids pizza and chips that came out and was luke warm at best. Another kids pizza and chips was ordered for our autistic grandson but without chips as he won't eat them, the pizza arrived and came with chips, luckily we removed the chips before he'd seem them as he would of had a meltdown if he'd seen them on his plate.

I would definitely recommend the breakfast here, but certainly not the carvery.

Food was good after a 50min wait. Service was a bit slow and they were not busy.

We have just had a lovely meal today.The service was lovely our server was Matilda she was lovely very helpful,to the extend of putting a candle in my daughters pudding as it was her birthday.It was a lovely exprience an would recomend the Allerford to go for food an atmosphere.All staff where friendly just wanted to mention Matilda by name as she was our server so thankyou all for a lovely exprience.

Nice oldie atmosphere, good inner decor. It was a quiet night but the room was reasonably sized. Would be good for a family or group get together.

The location is local to us. When we visited we was nearly the first customer's to arrive so place was calm and quiet. We throughly enjoyed our meals and excellent portion size for what you pay for. Our table server Faith went above and beyond to make our afternoon a pleasurable visit. Thank you Faith.

Absolutely wonderful carvery, setting and service. Our waitress Keeligh was so friendly and helpful. Will definitely be coming back ☺️