The Vivary Arms

Great couple of hours stop off after a long day of playing golf and tennis. Excellent food and beer. Nice out of town friendly local pub with big beer garden. Want to escape the wetherspoons and town centre Saturday night typical drunk youths it's worth the walk here. Excellent service and waitress was amazing rekindled my faith in the youth of today. Will definitely visit again on my travels! Owners very friendly and helpful behind the bar. How pubs used to be and should be.

Great pub with a good selection of well kept beer and half a dozen wines. The food was not adventurous but good well priced pub fair. We had an eater with a multitude of food allergies and intolerance s that they had not been warned about. But they went out of the way to suggest alternatives and accommodate.

Had a nice pint of real ale, bar staff very friendly but I was very disappointed that they had not made a effort to tidy up the beer garden for the summer trade 😢

Really nice pub, very friendly and cosy atmosphere. Was there watching this guy called Jules Cooper, he was really good and a fab evening was had by everyone 😀

A backwater pub, which has recently been bought and is in the process of being renovated by the current owners. We popped in (after dropping off our daughter elsewhere) for a quick pint. It was quiet, but a few locals welcomed us into the bar room, politely and jovially, where we ordered a drink. As the bar room is reasonably small we walked around the back of the bar area and sat in what appears to be a restaurant, although no food was being served, to be able to intimately chat. I surmise this was a lovely pub in its day, and still is now, but the decor needs updating. The one thing, above all else, that will make us return is the statement by the barmaid that it was "lovely to meet you and hope to see you again soon!" as we left. A very friendly place and we were made to feel at home. Thanks guys!

We were here 1 week after it was taken over. The owners were brilliant and so welcoming. Their son was so excited to see people and showed us to the beer garden area. This was all matched with an excellent Sunday roast dinner, in fact, the best roast we have had at a pub in all our years of trying different places. I'm sure that once the Vivary is up to speed it will be exceptional. We will be back to eat here when visiting down Taunton again. 5 stars at least.

Amazing food especially the Sunday dinners one of the best yet! Definitely worth a visit.Lovely pub with a very nice outside orchard seating area. The Landlord & Landlady are both very welcoming..(Worth 5 stars a and more!

Awful service by the lady who served us. No pleasantries and was incredibly rude when she asked for our meal order.
She spilt gravy over a member of our party and when we asked for a cloth to wipe it up she said wait a minute in a frustrated tone. When she returned with some kitchen towel she did not make any attempt to apologise. When one of us said an apology would be nice she replied" if you want to give me attitude you know where the door is" at this point we upped and left as this is not the service we expect. On top of this the place looked very run down and the attitude of the member of staff really put us off our meal.
My recommendation is not to go here.