food & drink
You may prefer to let someone else take the strain when it comes to cooking & eating so here are some recommendations for you to try.
The Barrington Boar, Barrington
The nearest proper pub, walkable over the hill with log fire, tasty food and good beer.
The Duke of York, Shepton Beauchamp
Another walkable pub.
Recently renovated & extended pub with cidery.
Recently refurbed with excellent local food and drink options.
Excellent pizzas, burgers etc not at crazy prices!
Good food & beer.
Lord Poulett Arms, Hinton St. George
Award winning gastropub.
Good pizzas and more with interesting interiors.
Fine dining restaurant.
Fish-speciality pub.
Gastro pub.
Great location on the coast with good beer.
Hix Oyster & Fish House, Lyme Regis
River Cottage Canteen, Axminster
Good food, including many veggy options.
Lots of pubs & restaurants in Bridport
Cafes & Light Lunch places
Excellent coffee & cakes, veggie and healthy options with vintage antiques on sale.
The Pottery Kitchen, Dennis China Works, Shepton House, Shepton Beauchamp
Enjoy lovely coffee, lunch and afternoon tea in a beautiful courtyard tea garden. Freshly cooked scones, cakes, tarts, soups, salads and sandwiches.
Perry’s Cider Mill, Dowlish Wake
Nice café with shop, cider tasting, cider museum and orchards you can walk around.
The Meeting House, Ilminster Arts Centre
Good coffee, soups and scones with local art displays.
Great veggie restaurant in interesting old mill.
Pip's Railway Carriage Cafe, The Trading Post, Lopenhead
Veggie and vegan cafe in an old railway carriage and bus.
Town Mill Bakery, Lyme Regis & Rousdon
Excellent cakes, coffee etc. R
Cycleable, summer only.
Local Food & Farms Shops
Great range of independent shops in Ilminster including bakers, butchers, deli & bookshop selling wine.
Perry’s Cider Mill, Dowlish Wake
Barleymows, Chard
Farmshop, good meat.
Quality local organic produce.
Supermarkets
Coop (Ilminster), Tesco (Ilminster & Chard) & Waitrose (Crewkerne)