At the Chapel
Bruton, Somerset
Hallelujah for this ingeniously modernised 18th-century chapel, now a well-established bakery, wine shop and restaurant with rooms. Open for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea seven days a week, the menu is built around excellent wood-fired sourdough pizzas, which you can also order to take away on Fridays and Saturdays. With its unusual and stunning decor, the brilliant-white dining room, flooded with light from the two-storey chapel windows overlooking the pretty Somerset countryside, is worth a visit alone. Luckily the food can hold its own, with even simple starters (a tomato, Parmesan and basil flatbread, for example) packing a mighty flavour punch. Elsewhere, salads such as a bowl piled high with orange, fennel, radicchio and buffalo mozzarella provide a fresh, zesty counterfoil to the charred sourdough crust of a pizza topped with, say, wild mushrooms, goat’s cheese and pungent truffle oil. Many of the puddings served in the restaurant (a rich, tangy rhubarb and almond tart, for instance) are available by the slice from the bakery. If you don’t fancy a glass of wine, there is a wide selection of freshly squeezed juices and smoothies, while cocktails are dispensed from the bar at the altar. Booking is recommended as this is a popular spot, and rightly so.
Dining Information:
Accommodation, Outdoor dining, Family friendly
High Street, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0AE
01749 814070
