The Old Pharmacy

One of the best meals in the UK. The service is really good, the food is amazing and the menu is superb. We’ll be back for sure! Also, the best chicken I’ve had in a long long time.

The Old Pharmacy.. TOP! Geddit? We ‘booked’ late and ended up with the tiny table in the kitchen. RESULT!! FIRST UP, we are more Guardian than Times. More Jay Rayner than AAG or ‘our old MO’L’. This is exceptionally crafted, thoughtful food. The head chef we’d met preparing the pasta earlier impressed with his menu choices, but in his absence but a superb small team were knocking out dishes to a full room of diners to our stage right. There were no complaints. From anyone, anywhere. At our table there were moans and sharp inhalations, but all in reaction to tippiddytop tucker. Nothing deserved passing over, though the shaved fennel and Buffalo burrata with mint was, for me, the least memorable dish. The sourdough bread was DREAMY… don’t miss out on that. The lentil and roasted artichoke was SUPERB! Leek vinaigrette was top too. The chicken lasagna needed seasoning but tastes differ on that... The beef shin ragú too. But both were a delight to engage with... our plates were left scraped clean. Great food, and lovely efficient and personable service. Then there’s the wine. My recommend - Go cheapest on the reds-by-the-glass. A STUNNING Ventoux AOP. Also a lovely Trebianno. Clearly there’s a palate-and-a-half informing both the food and wine here, and, if you get a table, taste the flavours of the relationship chemistry of the kitchen - ALWAYS a marker for sustained excellence. Being in the kitchen enhanced our experience massively. All we could say is that tonight’s tucker was excellent! Enjoy!

This restaurant is amazing. The food is so good - excellent ingredients, creative cooking, and great combination of flavours. It’s a shame I live in London and cannot go back more often. Dinner here was one of the highlights of our weekend in Bruton.

This place serves delicious and perfectly executed food in a delightful room for a great price. 4 courses for £45 on a Sunday. The staff are all lovely. Some genuinely standout dishes. All 4 of us finished every morsel on every plate. I licked my dessert plate. We will be regulars.

What a great place. The food was incredible, the decor was as you would hope and the wines were accessible and paired well with the food. The guys were polite and helpful, they are rightly proud of what they do and have a kind, friendly manner which adds to such a fun experience.We loved it! A perfect t date night and worth the trip from Bath.

Had an amazing meal during a weekend in Somerset. This restaurant, right at the start of Bruton High Street, served delicious sharing plates with amazing wine options in what felt like a cosy living room! Their pasta dishes on the day included a fettucine lamb ragu and a Sicilian pasta con le sarde. It was the perfect Friday night dinner

Lovely restaurant! We had set lunch and Osip cider. Delicious! Service was attentive and friendly. Can’t wait to go there again

This remains one of our favourite meals in all the UK. Fresh ingredients, delicious tastes on relatively simple meals (maybe not simple to cook). Not overly complicated, just tasty delicious food. Food is seasonal and always has good balance of meats and vegetables. Here’s a beetroot hummus, carrot coleslaw, and some delicious chicken.