Staff very friendly, a warm welcome into a packed pub, always a good sign. Good variety of drinks, 3 Exmoor ales on, an expensive menu, sometimes this can put me off but the food here is superb. We had ribeye and lamb curry. Both excellent, curry without rice but with salad/naan was a welcome change too! Staff could not have been more helpful, very attentive and brought water for our dog. All in all could not recommend black venus enough.
Meryl Tanton
Wonderful friendly pub, great service with excellent food. Mouthwatering flavours. Will definitely be back, thank you ?
Desi Halliday
A beautiful old pub, family-run and very friendly. Delicious food and a lovely atmosphere. We have visited The Black Venus several times and it never disappoints. Good portions, freshly cooked and very tasty!
Richard Smith
Stylish pub!!Very nice lady running
Laura Marshall
Just incredible! We had a 3 course valentines lunch and could not fault a thing! So full and happy! Absolutely delicious! Thank you so much and will definitely be returning soon!
Karen Hill
Recommended the Black Venus by neighbours.Easy parking opposite although, due to the weather, very muddy.Acknowledged as soon as we went in, but waited a while as the one FOH person was busy.All tables sat but a relaxed atmosphere.A very extensive menu, which made choosing a challenge.Our starters of garlic mushrooms, £8 and the prawn & trout tower, £9 were just delicious and beautifully presented.Our main courses, lamb curry, £19 and the 'Exmoor Beast' at £19.50 were equally as good.Great flavours, good portions, nice and hot.It was a pleasant change to enjoy a curry with salad instead of rice, not so filling.Finishing off with a strawberry meringue, clotted cream and ice cream at £8, it made a perfect end to a perfect lunch.A bill of £78.50 which included 3 pints of guest ale, £5 a pint, we thought, was quite reasonable.Looking at the wine list, averaging £7-8 for a glass, would bump a bill up considerably.A friendly farewell as we left.Given the time of year and miserable weather, it's an ideal place to go for great food, roaring fires and cosiness.When the tourists are a plenty, I would imagine it'd be a struggle to park and get a table, so I'd highly recommend booking ahead.Thank you Black Venus, we really enjoyed our visit today 14.02.24.
Jayne French-Drayton
Lovely food and great
Alasdair McWhirter
Beautiful old pub. Lovely staff, great ales on tap and fantastic local produce on the menu. Family friendly. Would come again.Kid-friendliness: Very accommodating of big family groups
Tina Pearce
Once again, a fabulous visit to the Venus. Food is always top notch. Wish we lived
Cherry Hall
Good menu and lovely food.Parking: Parking opposite the pub off road.Wheelchair accessibility: Old building with narrow steps to reach main dining room
Great food ,very friendly owners will be going again..Parking: Pub parking gravel base..
Steve Lockyer
Excellent home cooked food.Swift, accurate staff.Busy yet organized, polite Team.
pete ford
Absolutely amazing evening here. Great food and service with an acceptable Rioja. ?
Paul Smale
Once again a lovely meal, prawn and trout tower, and venison pie superb with good cask ales.Parking: 30 cars parked, and still parking spaces available.
T Skinner
Been here many times so the Venus was an assured go to. Sadly our family birthday lunch of 10, was pretty miserable today. There was a Christmas menu on but no crackers on the table, OK I can get past that even though the menu was pricey and we are 7 days away from Christmas. Music bass was loud and faulty so sounded like a boy racer had rocked up outside. Quite a few patrons looked unimpressed. Staff looked like they didn't want to be there no one was really that attentive. No one came up to ask us if our meals were alright.What I can't do is get over is how shocking our roast meal was. The veg was disgusting. Some of us had roast beef - just a slice and a bit roast beef. The only nice bit was the 2 roast potatoes on my plate. Not a hearty delicious feast we have enjoyed here for many years. A pathetic offering sadly, for which I could also pass by and never return however for £17.00 for a roast beef in comparison to other pub roasts around, we felt ripped off and were pretty annoyed. Thankfully we just ordered a main. As it was a birthday we kept a low profile on this so as not to end on a negative. But you've just lost a few customers for being so greedy.
Staff very friendly, a warm welcome into a packed pub, always a good sign. Good variety of drinks, 3 Exmoor ales on, an expensive menu, sometimes this can put me off but the food here is superb. We had ribeye and lamb curry. Both excellent, curry without rice but with salad/naan was a welcome change too! Staff could not have been more helpful, very attentive and brought water for our dog. All in all could not recommend black venus enough.
Wonderful friendly pub, great service with excellent food. Mouthwatering flavours. Will definitely be back, thank you ?
A beautiful old pub, family-run and very friendly. Delicious food and a lovely atmosphere. We have visited The Black Venus several times and it never disappoints. Good portions, freshly cooked and very tasty!
Stylish pub!!Very nice lady running
Just incredible! We had a 3 course valentines lunch and could not fault a thing! So full and happy! Absolutely delicious! Thank you so much and will definitely be returning soon!
Recommended the Black Venus by neighbours.Easy parking opposite although, due to the weather, very muddy.Acknowledged as soon as we went in, but waited a while as the one FOH person was busy.All tables sat but a relaxed atmosphere.A very extensive menu, which made choosing a challenge.Our starters of garlic mushrooms, £8 and the prawn & trout tower, £9 were just delicious and beautifully presented.Our main courses, lamb curry, £19 and the 'Exmoor Beast' at £19.50 were equally as good.Great flavours, good portions, nice and hot.It was a pleasant change to enjoy a curry with salad instead of rice, not so filling.Finishing off with a strawberry meringue, clotted cream and ice cream at £8, it made a perfect end to a perfect lunch.A bill of £78.50 which included 3 pints of guest ale, £5 a pint, we thought, was quite reasonable.Looking at the wine list, averaging £7-8 for a glass, would bump a bill up considerably.A friendly farewell as we left.Given the time of year and miserable weather, it's an ideal place to go for great food, roaring fires and cosiness.When the tourists are a plenty, I would imagine it'd be a struggle to park and get a table, so I'd highly recommend booking ahead.Thank you Black Venus, we really enjoyed our visit today 14.02.24.
Lovely food and great
Beautiful old pub. Lovely staff, great ales on tap and fantastic local produce on the menu. Family friendly. Would come again.Kid-friendliness: Very accommodating of big family groups
Once again, a fabulous visit to the Venus. Food is always top notch. Wish we lived
Good menu and lovely food.Parking: Parking opposite the pub off road.Wheelchair accessibility: Old building with narrow steps to reach main dining room
Restaurantji Recommends
Great food ,very friendly owners will be going again..Parking: Pub parking gravel base..
Excellent home cooked food.Swift, accurate staff.Busy yet organized, polite Team.
Absolutely amazing evening here. Great food and service with an acceptable Rioja. ?
Once again a lovely meal, prawn and trout tower, and venison pie superb with good cask ales.Parking: 30 cars parked, and still parking spaces available.
Been here many times so the Venus was an assured go to. Sadly our family birthday lunch of 10, was pretty miserable today. There was a Christmas menu on but no crackers on the table, OK I can get past that even though the menu was pricey and we are 7 days away from Christmas. Music bass was loud and faulty so sounded like a boy racer had rocked up outside. Quite a few patrons looked unimpressed. Staff looked like they didn't want to be there no one was really that attentive. No one came up to ask us if our meals were alright.What I can't do is get over is how shocking our roast meal was. The veg was disgusting. Some of us had roast beef - just a slice and a bit roast beef. The only nice bit was the 2 roast potatoes on my plate. Not a hearty delicious feast we have enjoyed here for many years. A pathetic offering sadly, for which I could also pass by and never return however for £17.00 for a roast beef in comparison to other pub roasts around, we felt ripped off and were pretty annoyed. Thankfully we just ordered a main. As it was a birthday we kept a low profile on this so as not to end on a negative. But you've just lost a few customers for being so greedy.