Minehead and the Surrounding Area

Minehead is a wonderful little town with a very pleasant high street, unspoilt by the sort of "Kiss me
quick" shops you get at many seaside places. There are some very nice places to eat and drink. Some of
our favourites are below.

We'll add to this section over the coming months, but if
you have anywhere in Minehead you'd like to recommend,
please drop us an email and we'll do our best to check it
our next time we're in town

The Hairy Dog is our favourite pub in Minehead - it's on The Avenue, the
main road of the town centre and it's great for Adults and Kids alike. They
have a huge play area in the back garden which is great for burning off some
steam and some lovely decking areas for the adults to use. Inside there's a
nice conservatory and a more traditional bar area showing sport on the Big
Screen. The food is pretty good too with a fairly typical pub grub selection

Pinocchio's is a cracking little Italian restaurant on Holloway Street, just off The Avenue
at the top end of town. We ate here in May and all the main courses were just £5 and
everything the four of us had couldn't be faulted. I'm not sure if the £5 offer will still be
going when the Summer season starts, but even if the prices went up, I'd still have no
hesitation in recommending it

Some of the people who stayed with us in 2009 have commented that the foot on the Butlins site itself
isn't up to much. We've not eaten there too often, preferring to cook our own of go out into town. A couple
of times we've used the Sun and Moon and also Pizza Hut and not found them to be too bad.

In our visitors book, people have recommended Mullions and the Carvery in the Hotel next to West
Somerset Steam Railway. I'd also like to recommend The York on The Avenue - we had Christmas dinner
here and it was superb. The Weatherspoons right at the top of the town, just on the square is pretty good
too.