The Royal Oak - Carta

Piggy In The Middle

➤ 2 High St, Porlock, England, TA24 8PS, United Kingdom

Carta • Pizza • Cafés • Asiatic • Mexican

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"The worst experience a group of friends could have. We had made a prior booking at this restaurant yet the owners denied the booking, said they would never have agreed to accommodate a group of seven. Called us by the wrong leader’s name and denied they had been the ones to phone us which they did two days before our departure for this holiday. We left with no apology, certainly no meal and found a very pleasing venue for dinner elsewhere. We would not recommend this diner in Porlock and the owners were most unpleasant in their manner."

Cross Lane House And

➤ Crosslane House, West Somerset, United Kingdom

Carta • Wine • Fish • British • Breakfast

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"this restaurant was booked after the reviews. the outside looked charming enough and there was a lot of parking space and the welcome by the host was very pleasant. but if this is the best restaurant in the opposite, then there is not much more...say"

Periwinkle Tea-room

➤ Selworthy Green, TA24 8TP, West Somerset, United Kingdom

Carta • Cafe • Cakes • British • Vegetarian

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"I 've had very good food and service here before autumn 2022 so was surprised and disappointed after returning with a friend yesterday. The mozzarella and basil toasted sandwich sounded inviting, but the reality was underwhelming. Hardly any mozzarella, dry, no basil whatsoever, a thin slice of tomato who knows, perhaps I was mistakenly served a child 's portion. It was on such a small plate that the accompanying undressed salad leaves and few crisps fell off as soon as you tried to cut into the sandwich. Oh yes, and I wasn 't given a knife, just a fork, so when I went up to the counter about it I was told abruptly they don 't give out knives ! Though my friend, who 'd ordered a scone, had been given a knife! What 's that about? Friend said her cheese scone tasted sweet and left half of it. She said that last year she 'd had accompanying chutney, but not this time. When she mentioned the sweetness of the scone the reply was 'We 'll keep an eye on it. ' Whatever that means. The coffee I had was about half the size of what I had last year. It wasn 't at all busy when we were there, but the 3 people serving were mainly wandering around doing who knows what, totally not interested in engaging with us and did not even come up to the table to ask if everything was OK. Perhaps because they knew in advance it wasn 't . Very lazy attitude. They have no competition up there so perhaps they feel they don 't have to try anymore. Well, they 've now lost two local customers and I shan 't be going back with a group of friends as previously planned. The only positive is that the display of cakes looked the same as before, but I didn 't see what the portion sizes were, so cannot comment on that. If you 're feeling hungry I suggest you eat something before you go there."

Ship Inn

➤ Porlock & Around, High St, TA24 8QD, West Somerset District, United Kingdom

Carta • Pubs • Steak • Hotels • British

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"We had a dinner here to celebrate a birthday. Obviously with us being a group they sensibly asked for food orders in advance. On the night the table had Happy Birthday banners and the staff were very attentive and soon had our food served up. Everyone seemed happy with their choices and I never heard a complaint. It was well presented and hot and a decent sized portion. We noticed on the way out that they were advertising rooms at £175 for 2 nights B&B which would seem a good deal......perhaps one day!"

The Bottom Ship

➤ Porlock Weir, TA24 8PB, West Somerset, United Kingdom

Carta • Pubs • Full • Steak • British

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"We were abused in here by loutish locals when we popped in for a drink mid-walk with our kids. The boozed-up local blokes sitting at the bar took exception to kids being allowed in their pub. They were swearing loudly and coarsely despite being next to children, and when my son literally tapped his seat with his foot, one of the louts used it as a pretext to turn to us and tell us to “SHUT YOUR KIDS UP!” He proceeded to loudly declaim the presence of children in the pub to his mates, swearing aggressively. The bar staff turned a blind eye, probably out of feckless boredom rather than ill-will. We had to get the kids away from the nasty situation so we got up to leave, not able to finish our drinks. I asked a barmaid to find the owner, who met us outside. She expressed apologies, saying that the guy was wrong and that this was a family pub, and we should come again soon. However, we were still effectively forced out of the pub by aggressive behaviour from a local drinker, and no attempt was made to re-accommodate us or refund us for the drinks we had to leave behind. The owner spoke to the regular, but he went back in to carry on boozing (and probably abusing) and we were left outside to be on our not-so-merry way. It was an extremely nasty experience for our children, let alone us. I know that some kids can be unruly, but our young children were sitting quietly at the table with us. It was evidently our mere presence was objectionable to the arrogant and territorial drunkards. I understand things are tough for local pubs across Britain, and regulars help supply a reliable income stream for them. But I think landlords should have a zero-tolerance approach to abusive behaviour, especially towards families. In my experience, I personally would not expect such a policy at The Bottom Ship, Porlock."