The Holcombe review: so much more than just a ‘restaurant with rooms’

This Somerset country inn combines ‘affordable luxury’ with an ethos of ethical dining 

Alan Lucas and Caroline Gardiner bought the inn in 2019
Alan Lucas and Caroline Gardiner bought the inn in 2019
(Image credit: The Holcombe)

In the Somerset wilderness lies The Holcombe, which the owners describe modestly as a “restaurant with rooms”. This doesn’t get close to the truth. So if they won’t say it, allow me to: this is an excellent restaurant serving food that deserves an overnight stay on its lovingly restored 17th century premises.

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