The Badminton Arms — Restaurant in England

A necessary stop here, because it was on the Cask Marque Ale Trail, not that the young barman knew much about it. This seems to be a degree of dereliction of training - the accreditation is not easily come by and is only awarded to those establishments that can keep all the Ales on sale in perfect condition. This alone needs constant cellar work and there is the twice yearly unannounced inspections to endure. Plus, it costs - so not to have front of house staff fully conversant with the scheme does sound odd

Niether was he ofay with the house wifi facilities. Part of the CMAT routine, that we nerdy types who try to attend every pub 'on the trail' endeavour to do, is scan the Certificate that records our visit. This, in most cases, as it was here, would be conveniently placed where Smartphones with the appropriate App downloaded could address. A good wifi signal is helpful to successfully accomplish this. However, despite mine hosts lack of erudition, I managed to prevail.

As for the beer - the purpose of my visit and not to relate the barmans awareness' - the choice was Butcombe or Butcombe. I chose a pint of Butcombe, which was fully deserving the Accreditation awarded.

I was a little too late for lunch, which was not long cleared away, but the choices advertised were a lot more salubrious than what I'd consumed a mere half hour earlier. Another more timely visit will be required.

Very nice tiles in the...

We started visiting this pub about a year before first lockdown. From day 1 we received a very friendly welcome, and the food is exceptional.

I am writing this review to reflect our last experience, last Saturday for my mothers 75th Birthday.

I had booked a limo and had family members down. I was severely let down by the limo which meant, not only did we arrive late to the pub, but, I had a further hour delay sorting out prob less with the limo.

The Cauvery was due to close at around 7pm, due to lack of customers because of the pandemic.

The landlord, who is so friendly and accommodating held the Cauvery for me, as he could see I was in a very difficult position.

The food was outstanding, the service, as always, perfect, and, they brought out a birthday cake for my mother and sang happy birthday. So not only did they hold the Cauvery open for us, but, they also held the pub open for us and did not rush us at all.

As ev er a fantastic experience, and I only hope this wonderful place makes it through the pandemic, it would be a terrible loss otherwise.

Thank you very much all at the...

Went here for carvery today with friends (one of which is vegan) and was lied to by a member of staff about possible cross-contamination on the carvery. He said to us that separate tongs were used for meat and non-meat products, although we watched him use them for both on multiple occasions. When talking to the manager about this, we were told that the member of staff was “filling in for someone else” and that it had been a hectic day. He offered a weak apology and continued with a dismissive attitude, and kept walking away while trying to have a conversation with him. This made us wonder what other precautions may have been overlooked?? The meal itself was bland and the roast potatoes were frozen. However, the cauliflower cheese was a highlight. Other than this, members of staff looked bored, and presented a ‘not wanting to be there’ attitude towards customers…a smile does go a long way. And some of staff needed to tie their hair back as some had hair down to their waist which could have ended up in someone’s meal!! Also had to ask for cutlery, and the member of staff rolled...