Wildwood Restaurants Taunton — Restaurant in England

Lovely place to eat. The surroundings are lovely, very well decorated & extremely clean. We had a lovely table & were served quickly (we pre-booked) My starter was particularly delicious. I had the tomato bruschetta & it was amazing, a lovely combo of perfect toast & tomatoes that were incredible (ate every last morsel on that plate! One of my fave starters & the best bruschetta I have ever had tbh. Our main meal was delicious too. Too full for a dessert unfortunately, maybe the next time we are in Taunton. Compliments to the chef. 5⭐.

Prices reasonably as expected for dinner & we knew the prices after reading the website prior. The booking system was easy to use online. Waitresses were all polite. Some younger ones seemed a little bit confused at times. The young lady when we arrived didn't even ask my name for the booking but the restaurant was quiet so I suppose it didn't really matter.

Husband would have liked to have seen more choice to get a proper pint only (one draught beer choice) rather than mostly bottled beers which is only half a pint really & is a more expensive way to have a few beers with your meal.

Now I do not mind tipping and will quite happily tip when I think the service is good. But to be handed your bill with the service charge already added on I think is wrong. Then asked by the waitress are we happy to pay the service charge, I believe leads to an awkward situation. We said yes we were happy to but actually felt put on the spot & obliged to pay it. I would much rather when adding my card details there was an option to tip or to not on the card machine as I have seen in many restaurants, this ceases the embarrassment of saying no. (We would have tipped but would have left a cash tip)

I would definitely return though even if it was just for the bruschetta 😍. Lovely meal & relaxed...

4pm on Valentines day 3 adults and 4 kids entered restaurant. After being initially ignored by 1st waitress, we asked for a table for a quick meal. Only about 6 people already in and loads of empty tables as you'd expect for late afternoon. But they said they couldn't help us as fully booked, even when we pointed out empty restaurant.

Whilst waiting for 2 kids to come back from the toilet the manager then approached to see if we needed anything. After explaining we wanted to eat but apparently you're full, was again refused and told its valentines day and we were never going to find anywhere for 7 without a booking.

Wandered over the road into ASK Italian, table for 7, no problem. We joked that at least some staff are welcoming and friendly, and staff member said, let me guess you've been to Wildwood. Apparently not the 1st customers to be turned away this afternoon.

ASK food was delicious coupled with impeccable service from all staff. We were done by 5.30.

Wandered back past Wildwood on way back to car and guess who still had empty tables.

To owners of Wildwood, your rude and lazy staff turned down at least £150-£300 pounds today because they couldn't be arsed to reset some tables for later bookings.

For anyone reading this review, if you want rude service from "can't be bothered staff" then go ahead and book. If you don't then go...

I rarely give five stars, but my food here two nights ago was amazingly delicious and generous. I don't know if their Italian food is any good, but the " International" menu was excellent.

I was desperate for a substantial meal after visiting the nearby Snap Fitness Gym, and had had a good meal of grilled salmon in this grand, restored building a few nights before-- it sits brazenly at one end of North Street, and there are plenty of windows with a view.

I gave the patient waitress a hard time, asking for changes to the side dishes with the grilled chicken -- I'm not a fan of boring salad and chips at dinner time. Lo and behold, she provided a plate 15 minutes later with five huge pieces of charcoal- grilled chicken accompanied by beautifully cooked French beans, steamed broccoli and diced fried potato. I was in my veggie heaven, and all the chicken was meltingly tender, with the exotic combined taste of smoke and charred flesh. And sitting on a perfect, home-made tomato sauce. I smiled, while thinking of the Spanish Inquisition...

Despite my poor old chicken being flattened by a steamroller some time late in its life, I can't wait to go...