The Allerford Inn

4.7/5 based on 857 reviews
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Sundays-best carvery in town, lovely pub/restaurant, quiet rural location. great service with friendly helpful staff
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I have visited the Allerford both for a wedding function and for food/drinks. On both occasions it was excellent. The food is wonderful, real food with quality ingredients. The staff there are very welcoming and friendly. Nothing is too much trouble. The garden area is lovely and we would really like to go back with our children. There are football goals at the back and it is all fenced so no danger of little ones running into the car park or road.
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Great food and friendly service, had a lovely lunch and catch up with the family. Friendly and very helpful staff, will be going back soon.
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I like their chips.
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Visited the Allerford for their Sunday carvery with my wife son and 3 year old granddaughter and the service food and atmosphere was perfect, We have eaten here before but this was our first carvery I have nothing but praise from our experience here and would certainly recommend it to everyone if i had a complaint it would be that the waistband on my trousers did not stretch enough to cover my very full belly
Well done all at the Allerford see you soon
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We held our wedding reception here.
What can I says he food great all guests commented on how lovely it was, they were very attentive to us and our guests and a great place to be. Could not have asked for a better place to be on our wedding day thank you so much
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Excellent carvery. One of the best locally and good value for money. The kids bottomless refills are a good idea. Glad we booked as it always seems busy on a Sunday.
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I have to start by saying I'm not a big carvery fan, but this is what the family wanted to do, so we booked a table of 8. We were in the back room which had no atmosphere and was like a rarely used function room. The range of food was good but a bit bland. I know they have to cater to the masses with a carvery but it just wasn't my cup of tea. I must be in the minority as it seemed busy there.
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A lovely pub with friendly staff. Not tried the food as we only popped in to have a drink after a walk however we plan to soon.
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Wow this place is too good to be called just another pub, it's beautiful inside and out, there's plenty of grass area for children and dogs, trains going past every few mins entertains the kids ( and a few adults).

We visited here on July 16 for a wedding meal, with all our family. The staff were lovely and inviting and couldn't do more for us.

They really treated us with a personal touch and the food was incredible, the meals were huge and so tasty and really filled you up, a lot of us had to cancel dessert as we couldn't find space for it. Those who did have dessert said it was lovely and there toblerone cheesecake is to die for.

If your looking for a warm friendly environment for all the family this is the Defiently the place to go, any time of day this place is perfect.

We can't wait to visit again, Ellie and her team are the best and this place deserves to be visited.

5* all round,even there prices are cheap compared to what you get. Not your normal pub, it's like posh restaurant mixed with your local pub. No negatives about this place.
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We were fortunate to have this pub recommended to us and it lived uo to all our expectations and more. Firstly we wanted to decorate the room we were allocated and Ellie was so helpful and fell into all we wanted to do. The buffet was enjoyed by everybody and the supply of food was not only excellent but plentyful. Everyone went home pleased they had come and we shall most certainly make this our first port of call when we want to dine out. The staff were wonderful and helpful too. Thank you so much.
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We had hoped for a pleasant pub steak dinner but this was very average. The pub is very open plan and lacked atmosphere. The staff were pleasant and helpful and the beer was well kept. The steak was not up to standard. Wouldn't go again.
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We booked for 6 adults,for a birthday meal. The food was good, the staff were very friendly and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you all. We will visit again.
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We had lunch at The Allerford Inn today with our 17 month old daughter. Very child friendly and welcoming. The food was good and very well cooked. Absolutely massive portions! Apparently the gravy with the steak pie was amazing but my garlic and mushroom sauce ordered with a steak didn't taste of much. The mega burger was huge and really well cooked. The chips were greasy and over cooked but I'm sure we were just unlucky. We will definitely go again as we want to try the carvery.
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With a new menu for Summer, there are plenty of delicious and interesting dishes to choose from... looking forward to going back to try another.

The bar is also well stocked with some delicious draft Ales and Ciders, on top of the usual offerings.

Well done, a great place to stop for a drink, or go for a meal with friends and family.
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Went here for my mums birthday meal, food was okay, not a lot of choice on menu and burger I had wasn't up to standard. Nice place and friendly staff.
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Very lovely place well run staff exceptional and the food is amazing
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New to Taunton so we are just "finding our way around". Came across the Allerford Inn by chance on Sunday. Very nice proper Sunday lunch. The Service was very good and their staff civil. Would certainly recommend this place to friends (with or without children). Average Sunday lunch prices (won't break the bank).
What more can I say? Go and try it for yourself.
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I attended a naming ceremony which was held in, its rude to call it a room, a huge conservatory type building along the back of the pub, overlooking the garden and decked area. The ceremony was lovely as was the buffet catered for by the Allerford. We had the doors to the decked area open and were able to sit outside to eat, there was plenty of space for us and the other customers, a huge grassed area for children to let off steam and comfortable seating. Some of us stayed in the evening for a meal, though not a huge menu, it was a very good menu with enough choice to please everyone and not expensive. The food was presented beautifully and was hot and tasty, I had ham, egg, chips and peas which was ham off the bone and lots of it. there were various other choices, steak with peppercorn sauce, faggots sausage and mash and , chicken with rice, all looked equally good. We were far too full for dessert, maybe because we had pigged on the buffet in the afternoon! All in all it was a very pleasant afternoon, shame I am not local as |I would definitely go again. My one small criticism is that not being a local we missed the very small sign stating 'Inn' so missed the turn and had to be 'phoned' in. Oh and lovely helpful staff (apologies, the staff comment looks like and after thought at the end, but not meant to be like that)
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Chose here for a Father's Day lunch.

Was not disappointed. Good portions and good quality.

At £71 for four adults, a toddler including drinks and pudding it was well worth it.

Lovely friendly service and nice atmosphere.

Will definitely come again.
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Nice clean friendly pub .The food was good nice and hot ,it was quite busy so i advise people to book ahead are friends booked a week ahead .
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We held our wedding reception here on 11th June. Tom and the team did a wonderful job decorating the function suite to our exact requirements early in the morning. Nothing was too much trouble. Staff were unobtrusive but attentive, friendly but professional and wonderful attention to detail. On arrival the room looked amazing. The food was cooked to perfection and our guests commented what a perfect place The Allerford was to hold our wedding reception. Younger guests enjoyed the decking area and chance to play football! In the evening the Buffet was superb. Perfect day, perfect venue, perfect everything. We cannot recommend Tom and his staff at the allerford highly enough for a wedding or any function, or a meal out. We will be returning again and again. Huge thanks to all the staff for their hard work from the early morning to the wee small hours of the next day from the both of us.
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We held our wedding reception here on the 10/06/16, I can honestly say that everything was perfect, the staff were attentive and friendly and nothing was to much trouble, the food was amazing from the lunch right through to the evening, everyone was impressed with every part of this fantastic place, we will be returning to eat here again very soon, The Allerford Inn is a must visit for anyone
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We enjoyed a lovely lunch, my grandson really enjoyed watching the trains go past. Service was a little slow and food portions were a bit small but other than that the food was very tasty and will return with family.
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Very friendly staff, the food was great and we were very well looked after. Would definitely go back again
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