This award-winning restaurant and pub with rooms offers refined modern British dining that showcases Somerset’s rich culinary heritage.
Husband and wife team Alasdair Clifford and Victoria Collins took over the reins of The Barrington Boar in June 2018. The pub, which has origins that date back to the 18th Century, is situated in the picturesque village of Barrington, nestled between Langport and Ilminster.
The Barrington Boar is no stranger to accolades. It is featured in the Michelin Guide 2023, Harden’s Guide and were finalists at the 2023 Trencherman’s Awards for Best Pub.
At the helm of the kitchen is chef-patron Alasdair Clifford, who grew up locally on Exmoor. He spent ten years learning his craft in London, working at Bruce Poole’s Michelin starred French restaurant Chez Bruce and The Glasshouse.
The restaurant menu focuses on locally-sourced, seasonal ingredients from the farmers, foragers, brewers and cheesemongers living within a few miles of Barrington.
Customers can enjoy a raft of locally sourced dishes. These include starters such as Maitake mushroom and parmesan cream tartlet with confit egg yolk and Lopen Farm mustard leaf and pumpkin velouté with whipped goats’ cheese and pumpkin seed croissant. Followed by a main of dishes such as slow roasted shoulder of Somerset lamb with north African spice fregola or Cornish cod roasted in curry leaf butter with St Austell Bay mussel and chickpea masala and samphire bhaaji. Puddings boast favourites such as steamed clootie dumpling with candied clementine and whipped vanilla custard along with tiramisu with chocolate and hazelnut cremeux.
The pub is also fully stocked with Southwest produce with a selection of local ales, ciders, craft beers on tap, local gins and English sparkling wines.
It has four bed and breakfast rooms for those wanting to enjoy the delights of Somerset which are located in a converted skittle alley overlooking the garden. Breakfast is bursting with local produce whilst the en-suite rooms are stocked with items from local independent producers.
Victoria, who runs the front of house, has a background in theatre design and hospitality having worked at neighbourhood restaurant The French Table in Surbiton.
