Restaurants in Somerset

From the slopes of the Mendips to the Quantock Hills, Somerset is fertile territory for food producers and restaurants alike.

Cheddar cheese was born in these parts, and the county is also home to many new-wave set-ups. Keep your eyes peeled for traditional farmhouse cider and tipples from a growing number of vineyards.

The genteel city of Bath with its elegant Georgian architecture is one of the most fashionable places in the region and has always shown an interest in all things gastronomic. Eating places abound.

Homewood Park - Hinton Charterhouse The mansion stands in 10 acres of prizewinning gardens and grounds over the Limpley Stoke valley south of Bath, it remains one of the loveliest country house hotels in the West Country

The Crown Hotel - Exford Standing amid three acres of gardens in the middle of Exford - one of Exmoor's prettiest villages... the elegant, candlelit dining room is open for ambitious evening meals based on locally sourced produce

Castle of Comfort - Bridgwater There are enticing views of the Bristol Channel and the Welsh coast from this delightful, personally run country house hotel on the northern slopes of the Quantock Hills (an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)

Goodfellows - Wells By day, Goodfellows functions as a casual café/deli/fishmongers, where you can drop by for mainline coffee and delectable pâtisserie. Seafood is the main business in the high-tech, open-to-view kitchen