World’s End Pub & Restaurant, Taunton Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "The staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "Staff were all helpful."
• "The staff were very helpful and pleasant."
• "Staff were helpful and attentive."
• "Found the staff very attentive and professional, drinks and food arrived promptly."
• "The staff were truly lovely, friendly, attentive and a credit to the business."
• "Staff friendly with very good covid measure's in place."

Cons:

• "Service was slow. Had to wait around 45 minutes for our starters."
• "Very poor quality food and dreadful service."
• "After 20 minutes we were finally asked if we would like drinks!"
• "Our waiter must have forgotten us because we were kept waiting for over half an hour after we had finished our main meal before we got the dessert menu."
• "It was not a busy night so there was no excuse for slow service."
• "Service was slow. Waitress kept walking past us as if we weren't there."
• "However, the front of house staff were very disorganised."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was tasty. I had chicken and ham hock pie on a bed of shredded cabbage and mash. Excellent."
• "Great pub with a fantastic food menu."
• "Lovely food, lovely welcoming log fire, friendly staff."
• "I had the spiced red lentil daal, & although not a veggie I do enjoy veggie food & this was delicious."
• "Cracking beef roast with all the trimmings all cooked to perfection."
• "Had the steak frites cooked to perfection melted in your mouth. Lamb koftas gorgeous and prawn cocktail spot on."
• "We chose the Steak & Tangle Foot Ale Pie with mash, it was beautiful!"

Cons:

• "The Burger was quite ordinary something i would expect from Wetherspoons at half the cost."
• "Very expensive for pub food, portion size was very small and steak was poor quality tough and chewy."
• "Food came out a little too quick for freshly cooked food."
• "1 main course was cold, two burnt and one salmon as hard as a brick."
• "The food is just OK we have eaton there many times over the years but right now the food is at its worst."
• "The food was lovely though £16 for a cottage pie that was the smaller as a child’s is questionable."
• "Beef was a tough, fatty and grizzly disaster."

Atmosphere & Amenities

Pros:

• "Dogs allowed in the bar area and a huge restaurant area for those without 4 legged friends."
• "Love this pub, always come here for dinner and a cheeky pint and I always bring family, will highly recommend to everyone."
• "Excellent place! 4-legged friends of all sizes welcome."
• "Loved this pub. Huge, but with so many different areas, feels, nooks etc."
• "Nice fire. Clean toilets."
• "The pub is spotlessly clean and has quirky features like the toilets hidden behind a fake bookcase!"
• "If you like exposed beams, log burners and everything 'olde worlde' and cosy, this is the place."

Cons:

• "When we arrived the table was sticky ones arms would stick to the table that is how dirty it was."
• "We went on a Saturday evening and it was virtually deserted."
• "Really disappointed, this place used to be nice."
• "Play area is a nice but again it’s not suitable for toddlers… pram access is very restricted to get to this area."
• "The restaurant was cold."
• "That red and white tape is a horrible sight for kids after the pandemic."
• "The table we were sat at was so wobbly we had to move the drinks of the table because they were spilling."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Finally, we felt we got excellent value for money."
• "Highly recommended and only a few minutes from the M5, well worth the slight detour."
• "Very nice... could not fault the food and was a reasonable price."
• "Good food, pleasant staff and reasonably priced."
• "Food was well priced and good quality."
• "Great Sunday lunch, well seasoned so for the first time in a gastro pub never had to put salt and pepper on!"
• "Service was fantastic and the food was incredible!"

Cons:

• "We also found the drinks very expensive for the type of establishment."
• "£2.60 for half a pint of lemonade. Two small white wines and a pink Gin cost £15."
• "Drinks are very expensive and the menu was very limited."
• "Sadly the company policy of this chain is to be cashless. This is highly discriminatory and supports an anti-human cashless society."
• "It's £7 minimum to order something from it and you can't get a discount for skipping part of the meal (e.g. dessert)."
• "What really got me was how expensive the children's menu was!"
• "Sunday roast was quite expensive as you have to buy extras like pigs in blankets/cauliflower cheese, but was well-cooked."