Where to Eat from a Somerset Grill: 12 Venues Worth the Journey
There's something different about eating food cooked over wood fire. The char, the smoke, the flames visible behind the pass — it changes the atmosphere of a meal before you've even taken a bite.
These are twelve venues across the UK cooking on Somerset Grills. Some are destination pubs deep in the Devon lanes. Some are rooftop terraces with sea views. One is a converted grain silo in a fairy-lit woodland. All of them are worth seeking out.
1. The Farmers Arms, Woolfardisworthy, North Devon
The village is pronounced Woolsery, and it's well worth learning how before you arrive — because this pub is worth the journey. Voted Visit England's Pub of the Year 2025, it sits at the heart of the Woolsery Collective, a remarkable project led by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur with family roots in the village, who has brought together the pub, several local businesses, and a 150-acre farm.
Much of the produce comes straight from that farm, and the kitchen team cook rare breed and heritage meats on a Grande Grill — the kind of setup where you can taste the join between field and fire. Great beer, exceptional food, and a community that's doing something genuinely special on the North Devon coast.
2. The Suffolk Hotel, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Aldeburgh does traditional English seaside better than almost anywhere. The Suffolk, restored and relaunched in 2022, adds something the town was missing: a rooftop terrace with uninterrupted views across the beach and sea, where a Somerset Grill sits at the centre of summer seafood pop-ups and events.
Locally caught fish, coastal produce, sea air. In the right light on a summer evening, it's hard to think of a better place to eat in England.
3. The Farmers Arms, Combe Florey, West Somerset
www.farmersarmsatcombeflorey.co.uk
Tim and Jane were among the very first to cook on a Somerset Grill, and the outdoor space they've built around it reflects years of genuine love for the thing. Thatched-covered tables, tropical beach vibes, outdoor bars — and a Grill running hard from spring through summer, turning out an Asado-based menu built around signature Espetada skewers.
Next door, a pizza shack sometimes run by Andy Caddick — former Somerset and England cricketer, and apparently a dab hand with a wood-fired oven. The whole place has the easy, unhurried feel of somewhere that's been doing this for a long time because it genuinely enjoys it.
4. The Bull & Swan, Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is one of those English market towns that makes you slow down the moment you arrive. The Bull & Swan sits on the high street, just beside Burghley House, and has built a year-round outdoor cooking space around a Somerset Grill — raised beds, a dedicated barbecue area, and the kind of atmosphere that makes an outdoor lunch feel like an event.
Voted Best Town Pub 2024 in the Great British Pub Awards. In winter, the space shifts to Apres Ski evenings and the magical pop-up Secret Garden at Burghley Horse Trials. Worth a visit in any season.
5. The Butchers Tap & Grill, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
www.thebutcherstapandgrill.co.uk
Tom Kerridge's high street operation in Marlow is one of those places that makes you wonder why every town doesn't have one: a traditional butcher with slate-aged chambers, a proper pub, and an outdoor Grill area where the meat gets the treatment it deserves.
The Somerset Grill works alongside a range of other serious cooking equipment here, producing the kind of flavour that only comes from great sourcing and real fire. Walk-ins only — so no waiting weeks for a table. Just turn up.
6. The Millbrook Inn, South Pool, South Devon
www.millbrookinnsouthpool.co.uk
Getting to The Millbrook is part of the experience. You can arrive by boat at high tide, on foot along the coastal path, or through the narrow Devon lanes that wind down to the Salcombe Estuary. Whichever way you come, the destination justifies the effort.
Fully restored in 2021, the pub draws its meat from the family's Dartmoor organic farm at Fowlescombe and its fish from local trawlermen. The Somerset Grill sits at the heart of a kitchen that takes provenance seriously. Look out for the Summer High Tide BBQ Events — one of those occasions that sticks in the memory long after.
7. The Boot Inn, Berwick St James, Wiltshire
Just off the A303, a short distance from Stonehenge, The Boot Inn is the kind of place you'd drive past without knowing what you were missing. Ross is a fire aficionado in the truest sense — he cooks on Somerset Grills, teaches on them, and caters with them. The Fire Feasting Fridays event programme he's built in the extensive gardens here is exceptional: long-table dining, real wood fire, a setting that feels miles from anywhere.
Seek it out. You won't regret the detour.
8. Homewood Hotel, Nr Bath
www.homewoodbath.co.uk/food-drink/la-taberna/
La Taberna is Homewood's outdoor dining marquee, sumptuously decorated and centred entirely around a Grande Grill. The chefs cook right in front of the guests — fire as theatre, feast as the result. It's the kind of dining experience where the room itself sets expectations, and the food consistently meets them.
One of our favourite venues, anywhere.
9. High Grange, Axminster, Devon
Luke is a wood-fired chef on a different level. In his Devon woodland setting, he runs cooking courses on the Asado Grill, hosts long-table Fire Feast Nights, and welcomes smaller groups to intimate Fire Suppers in a converted grain silo lit with fairy lights. It is, genuinely, a special place.
Winner of Devon's Fine Dining Venue of the Year 2024. Close to Lyme Regis and River Cottage, so there's every reason to make a weekend of it.
10. Se7en, Bath
Fire and flavour in central Bath. Se7en brings together cocktails, a seriously good menu cooked on Somerset Grills, and a hidden outdoor terrace tucked away in the heart of the city. The atmosphere is cool and considered — the cooking is anything but restrained.
A different kind of Somerset Grill experience, and a very good one.
11. The Lazy Llama, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
instagram.com/thelazy_llama/
The Lazy Llama has built a real following in Northern Ireland through the kind of cooking that earns it — honest, fire-forward food with genuine personality. Worth following on Instagram to catch what's coming next.
12. Lannock Farm Weekend Feasts, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
lannockfarm.com/asado-grill-smoker
Weekend feasting on an Asado Grill in the Hertfordshire countryside. Lannock Farm has taken the long-table, fire-cooked feast format and made it their own. Follow them for upcoming event dates — these sell out.
Cook It Yourself
If any of these venues have made you want to light a fire of your own, the Asado Grill is the place to start. The same height-adjustment system used in these kitchens gives you precise temperature control — 40–400°C with a turn of the handle — from your first cook.
