The Allerford Inn
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Just spent the afternoon at the Allerfird Inn for a funeral 'party' . Everything was excellent....Couldn't have been better. Thank you
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One of the nicest pubs in the area. Lovely atmosphere and great food. Always enjoy coming here. And the carvery on Sunday is delicious.
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Came here early one Saturday evening and managed to bag a table in the beer garden. Lovely pub, staff and food and the location is peaceful in terms of being in the countryside but having said that it is next to the train line - not a negative though - the trains going by were lovely to watch!
Amazing that this is just outside Taunton.
Amazing that this is just outside Taunton.
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Good food, good service, plenty of room
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Good pub grub
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Great beer garden 🍺
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I logged on to comment on Tom's new summer menu and happened to see canton59's ridiculous review. I have no idea who they are but they are describing somewhere I don't recognise in any aspect of their review (apart from happy staff) and I have been going to this pub since it reopened and eating there at least once a week.
The food they serve is first class, fresh, prepared with a great deal of care and you are hosted by an incredibly warm and friendly team. True, the menu they offer is not vast but it gives a great range of options and is very balanced and, having eaten most of the dishes on it, I can honestly say I have never been disappointed. It is not the huge 100 dish menu you would get in a chain pub but neither is it reheated from frozen in microwaves! If that's what canton59 wants then I suggest they should avoid this place and leave it to the people who appreciate what Tom and his team are trying to do.
The food they serve is first class, fresh, prepared with a great deal of care and you are hosted by an incredibly warm and friendly team. True, the menu they offer is not vast but it gives a great range of options and is very balanced and, having eaten most of the dishes on it, I can honestly say I have never been disappointed. It is not the huge 100 dish menu you would get in a chain pub but neither is it reheated from frozen in microwaves! If that's what canton59 wants then I suggest they should avoid this place and leave it to the people who appreciate what Tom and his team are trying to do.
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Excellent food and service. I would highly recommend this place especially if you are a wheelchair user. Can't wait to go again
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Went to a surprise birthday party. Great food and atmosphere. Staff are friendly and always willing to help. Highly recommend.
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Good food this time
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It has been some 20 years plus since I last visited The Allerford Inn.
I know that during that time there have been some changes.
This visit was due to a family wedding.
I was very impressed with the service and attitude of the staff, mostly young people and always smiling. They were attentive and helpful during the entire day which started around 1500 hrs and went on all day and late into the evening.
The food was served twice. The first buffet was in the style of Tapas during the afternoon and was plentiful and of excellent quality.
The late buffet at around 2100 hrs was again plentiful and of good quality. This buffet had more hot items, again I heard of no complaints.
There is a brilliant outside area with many picnic type tables and benches.
I have to say I will be visiting The Allerford Inn again for a conventional meal in the near future.
One small issue I have is the limited choice of real ales, perhaps something more adventurous might be an Idea, but this is a personal opinion and not to distract from an otherwise excellent review.
I know that during that time there have been some changes.
This visit was due to a family wedding.
I was very impressed with the service and attitude of the staff, mostly young people and always smiling. They were attentive and helpful during the entire day which started around 1500 hrs and went on all day and late into the evening.
The food was served twice. The first buffet was in the style of Tapas during the afternoon and was plentiful and of excellent quality.
The late buffet at around 2100 hrs was again plentiful and of good quality. This buffet had more hot items, again I heard of no complaints.
There is a brilliant outside area with many picnic type tables and benches.
I have to say I will be visiting The Allerford Inn again for a conventional meal in the near future.
One small issue I have is the limited choice of real ales, perhaps something more adventurous might be an Idea, but this is a personal opinion and not to distract from an otherwise excellent review.
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The lady on the phone could not have been more helpful when booking.
However service on the day was dreadful. We waited well over an hour for our main courses after the starter had been cleared away. Nothing was said until we eventually queried the delay. Then we were told " we are very busy". To their credit they did discount the bill at my request, but with a small child and a 90 year old, such a long wait without explanation is unacceptable. Food was nice, had better, had worse. Good menu choice and very willing to accommodate special dietary requests with notice.
However service on the day was dreadful. We waited well over an hour for our main courses after the starter had been cleared away. Nothing was said until we eventually queried the delay. Then we were told " we are very busy". To their credit they did discount the bill at my request, but with a small child and a 90 year old, such a long wait without explanation is unacceptable. Food was nice, had better, had worse. Good menu choice and very willing to accommodate special dietary requests with notice.
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We had another lovely meal at the Allerford Inn, our favourite restaurant in Taunton. Great service from Bradley, well done.
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Enjoyed a superb meal at the Allerford last night with my family. 2 of us had lamb rump and one had pork tenderloin. All were cooked and presented superbly. We always enjoy our food when visiting the Allerford but this was a definite step up from "pub grub".
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Friendly staff and quick service. The food is no great shakes - roast beef was cooked to death and dry as a stick - but there's plenty of it.
Outdoor space is good when the sun's shining - lots of room for kids to run about in. Not too expensive either.
Outdoor space is good when the sun's shining - lots of room for kids to run about in. Not too expensive either.
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Another lovely meal at the Allerford Inn, great attention to detail and happy friendly staff. Freshly cooked "real" burgers.
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It's been year's and year's since I've been in this pub, it used to be called the Victory when I was a yoof, I grew up locally and we used to do a lot of serious under age drinking at this establishment back in the 70's. Anyway! Enough of the old nostalgia. The Allerford inn is a far cry from the the grim drinking den of yesteryear. It's now a very smart, clean and comfortable establishment with excellent wheelchair access to all parts of the building, quite large, with a conservatory, great beer garden all set in the lovely Zomerzet countryside. Although they have a main line menu I think it would be fair to say that they specialise in carvery, particularly on a Sunday. We were a party of 5 for lunch on Sunday, we all had the roast. Choise of turkey, beef and pork, all very good, plenty of vegetables, dauphinoise potatoes were excellent, unfortunately the roast potatoes were a bit soggy, but hey ho! staff were good also. Would definitely return and recommend.
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Our first Sunday Carvery at The Allerford but won't be the last, we loved it, usual choice of meats and a wide choice of vegetables, especially loved the Dauphinois Potatoes. Thank you
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We have always had a good meal at the Allerford, the food and service is always great, the new additional menu last night gave us new choices, the pork tenderloin in brandy, cream and mushroom sauce was melt in the mouth tender and so much of it. My husband had the lamb rump which was cooked perfectly. The dessert menu is always tempting, my husband had the cheesecake of the week which was Jaffa cake and really enjoyed it. The beer and cider is always good, it's now become our destination of choice whenever we want good British pub food.
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Visited last night with 17 other Ramblers, following an evening walk.
Some meals were said to be good, some average and some poor.
I had cod and chips ( £10.95), but was very disappointed. Chips were good, batter on fish was excellent, but unfortunately the fish inside the batter was very small and under cooked. I cut 2" into the fish before I found any and another 2", before finding anything of substance. My wife had scampi (£11.95) and said it was ok, but she had eaten much better.
We used this pub many times in the past, before it closed following flooding, and had always been well looked after and enjoyed our food. Now, although well received, with increased prices, expected at least as good food, but were disappointed.
As this may have been a one off, we will probably try once more, before writing off.
Some meals were said to be good, some average and some poor.
I had cod and chips ( £10.95), but was very disappointed. Chips were good, batter on fish was excellent, but unfortunately the fish inside the batter was very small and under cooked. I cut 2" into the fish before I found any and another 2", before finding anything of substance. My wife had scampi (£11.95) and said it was ok, but she had eaten much better.
We used this pub many times in the past, before it closed following flooding, and had always been well looked after and enjoyed our food. Now, although well received, with increased prices, expected at least as good food, but were disappointed.
As this may have been a one off, we will probably try once more, before writing off.
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Really like it! i was with my family for lunch, and definitely I wii be going back again. Really friendly
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The attention to detail, organisation and layout for our AGM and subsequent Committee meeting was excellent. The superb food arrived at exactly the time requested thus ensuring no disruption to our agenda. I can therefore highly recommend The Allerford Inn.
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Made up our minds to go here on the hop. Have been here a few times as a lot of lovely refurbishments have been done with great improvements from how it was years ago. Food was good as usual but staff didn't appear to be so friendly as in the past, maybe an off day!!!
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Loved the food here came for a caravery yesterday and enjoyed it loads the pub is so cosey and my kids enjoyed there meals load
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Visited this pub today unfortunately, there was no gravy!!!! No parsnips. Gravy is a a must for a carvey. The waitress collected our empty plates and asked if everything was ok we explained to her the lack of gravy and she did apologise. This is the second time we have visited this pub and had carvery. The first occasion we visited was excellent that is why we returned. We would give it another try.
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