The Walnut Tree - North Somerset

1st time visit. Recommended by family. We were made to feel very welcome. The food was superb. The 2 roast dinners were piled high with meat as well as the veg. 2 burgers were exceptionally tasty too. Cheesecake was yummy. Highly recommended. 5

Where to start . . . Clues were there tucked away in the bizzare spelling mistakes on the menu but I persevered going for a prawn cocktail starter and the grilled salmon as a main, as those listings were free of the spelling mistakes which put me off the Balognesec Pasta Homemad Cilli. The prawn cocktail starter was ridiculously awful. Four leaves of wilted lettuce with a blob of some sort of redish sauce contained eight tiny cardboard like stale pieces of inedible material. They may well had been potential prawns at some point but these quarter inch offerings were no doubt the cheapest available to the pub but sadly unlike any food offerings I 've previously encountered. I felt awkward having to complain but the delightful girl behind the bar apologised profusely, informing me that they had a new chef and asked if I 'd like an alternative starter. I went for the breaded mushrooms, she promised a few extra to compensate for my dismay. Fair enough. She returned with seven mushrooms and a little paper pot with some not very garlicy maionaise contained. This was at least edible. Then came a plate with a two inch long serving of a leather based piece of something that may have been fish based at some point but had been dried out and shrunk by over enthusiastic grilling, ten dried and wrinkly new potatoes and a spoonful of dried out peas. No sign of the drizzle of garlic butter or the broccoli. For the first time in my life I sent the food back. It was an embarrassment for both myself and the innocent girl behind the bar. So come for a drink but consider your options if you need to eat as the local area is brimming with places that offer better, or at least edible food.

Staff were friendly and that was it. forget the food it was awful greasy and tasteless we just left it was that bad

This restaurant is absolutely fantastic! It's one of the best places I've ever been to, and the Sunday lunch was one of the best I've had in a long time. It's definitely worth the money, with both quantity and quality in the meals and desserts. The staff is great, and Assistant Manager Oliver gave us a warm welcome. If you do anything, make sure to visit The Walnut Tree - highly recommended.

Terrible service, came for a meal with 16 other people, every meal served separately, took over 1hr.45min to serve all the meals. Some people had left before we had all had our meals (we didn't order starters or deserts thank god! Burger I had was not good quality either. Sadly won't return and will advise others not to.