A warm welcome, excellent food & a deep connection with Somerset’s rich culinary heritage

The Barrington Boar’s kitchen is run by Chef Alasdair Clifford who grew up locally & has over ten years experience working in Michelin-starred restaurants including Chez Bruce & The Glasshouse. 

We are proud to be featured in the Top 50 Gastropubs (#35), MICHELIN Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2023, Harden’s Guide & Trencherman’s Guide.

We are passionate about the provenance of our food & source the majority of our produce from the farmers, foragers, brewers & cheesemongers living within a few miles of the restaurant.

Please inform us of any allergies when booking, we will attempt to accommodate any dietary requirements. Last minute booking with difficult allergies may not be able to be accommodated, it is always best to check with us before booking.

Our Menus

Our Lunch & Evening a la carte menus evolve with the seasons & are available during the week (Wed - Sun)

Our Summer Lunch Set Menu (2 courses - £29, 3 courses - £34) is available at lunch (Wed - Sat). We also offer items that are perfect for a lighter lunch.

Along side our a la carte menu on Friday & Saturday evening our Chef’s Menu (4 courses plus amuse bouche) is also available & features some of Alasdair’s favourite dishes from the week's a la carte menu.

We also offer Sunday Roasts which were recommended by The Times as one of their Best 30 places for a pub lunch in the UK & one of Britain’s best places for a Sunday Roast.

our suppliers

  • Longman’s Cheese

    Longman’s supply us with most of the dairy that we use in-house. Their farmhouse cheddar & salted butter are produced from their own herd of cows & they locally source their cream & milk. 

  • West Country Water Buffalo

    West Country Water Buffalo produces a variety of foods from their Somerset herd of water buffalo, including grass fed water buffalo meat, raw water buffalo milk and a beautiful mozzarella that we love using.

  • The Gamekeepers Larder

    We love working with this team, who supply us with locally-sourced award-winning wild sika venison from across Somerset and Dorset.

  • The Meat Men

    A brilliant butchers in Taunton run by Scott & Andy who have both been butchers since they were teenagers. They grew their business after the first lockdown from 2 men cutting & delivering a few orders a few days a week to now operating a busy wholesale business supplying other butchers & trade customers.

  • Pitney Farm Market Garden

    A 3.5 acre organic market garden, Pitney Farm Market Garden is run by Adam Beer and Rita Oldenbourg, who supply us with a beautiful home-reared range of organic meat, eggs and vegetables.

  • Forest Fungi

    Situated in the beautiful seaside town of Dawlish, Forest Fungi grows and prepared speciality mushrooms on site in their ‘shroom rooms’.

  • ‘The Truffle Guy’

    Our truffle supplier is a very secretive truffle hunter who hand delivers fresh Somerset truffles to us.

  • Your Organic Friend

    Steve supplies us with a selection of wonderful fruit & vegetables from his organic farm in Lopen under 4 miles away from us. He specialises in outstanding salad leaves which can be found on our menu. Working with Steve means our menu is dictated by the seasons.

  • Brown & Forrest Smokery

    Brown & Forrest Smokery is a small family run smokery based just under 4 miles from us. They produce the finest smoked eel & salmon as well as a whole range of delicious smoked foods including smoked chicken, duck, lamb & trout. Jesse, from Brown & Forrest Smokery, has been supportive & encouraging from day one & is a regular drinker in the pub.

  • Flying Fish

    Based in Cornwall, Flying Fish only buy from day boats run by responsible fishermen & deliver to us every night. We are passionate about sustainable produce, especially when it comes to fish, & their sustainability policies work hand in hand with our ethical choices in seafood to preserve our abundant oceans.

  • The Sausage Shed

    The Sausage Shed uses locally reared free-range pork to create award winning sausages. Based under 3 miles from the Boar in Isle Brewers we get all our sausages & other pork-based products from Ivan & his team.

  • Bonners of Ilminster

    Bonners are an award-winning butchers & members of the Q Guild. Located in Ilminster in the heart of South Somerset, Clinton & his team provide us with local meat, expertly butchered including his own reared beef.

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