Harden's says
Husband and wife team Alasdair Clifford and Victoria Collins opened this restaurant and bar with rooms in late 2018 and relaunched in 2021 after extensive renovations.
Harden's survey result
Summary
This “well-above average gastropub in a beautiful Somerset village” – from Exmoor-born chef Alasdair Clifford (ex-Chez Bruce and Harwood Arms) and his wife Victoria Collins – excels for its “refined cooking”: “Alasdair concocts amazing results from local ingredients” and from a “changing seasonal menu”. “Service is friendly and professional” and the “environment is open and spacious” – “never had a disappointing meal here”.
Summary
“We’re so lucky to have this on our doorstep”, agree locals who enjoy the “top-class pub grub” served in this smart 18th-century inn run by locally born chef Alasdair Clifford (ex-Chez Bruce & Glasshouse) and his wife Victoria Collins – who make “a brilliant team, well regarded by the village and their other customers”. Now in their sixth year here, the couple recently bought the farm next door to provide extra accommodation, a bakery, orchard and kitchen garden.
Summary
“Everything that a gastropub should be” – this eighteenth-century inn in a “charming Somerset village” was relaunched in 2021 after extensive renovations as a restaurant-with-rooms, by husband-and-wife team Alasdair Clifford (ex-Chez Bruce & Harwood Arms) and Victoria Collins. “Al’s menu is first-class and delivers close to Michelin star standard, while Victoria marshals the front of house”.
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Have you eaten at The Barrington Boar?
Main Street, Ilminster, TA19 0JB
Restaurant details
The Barrington Boar Restaurant Diner Reviews
"A well above average pub with excellent food"
"A cut above the normal gastropub!!"
"Delightful range of dishes, competently presented, in an open and spacious pub environment. Service between courses was unhurried which was OK as we had a garrulous lunch but might have been a criticism. Extensive and well selected wine list but heavily marked up; eg a beaujolais at £57?"
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £24.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £2.50 |
 Extras |
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| Service | 10.00% |
Main Street, Ilminster, TA19 0JB
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | 6 pm‑11 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑4 pm, 6 pm‑11 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑4 pm, 6 pm‑11 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑4 pm, 6 pm‑11 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑6 pm |
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