Reviews in Wells

Excellent service and delicious good. What more could you want?

Our meal last night was very enjoyable, as always at Goodfellows. The starter of prosciutto and salad was accompanied by a very flavourful dressing, and the lemon sole was soft and succulent with a very good sauce. We were well satisfied with the two courses, so were unable to sample anything from the dessert menu. The only criticism I would make is I would like to see a wider choice of wines by the glass. Service was, as always, very friendly and attentive.

Delicious supper for four on a warm Summer's evening: gazpacho for all, various good fishy mains, assorted indulgent puddings . Plus prosecco, good French dry white, endless supplies of water in smart blue btls . Service both efficient & pleasant. Busy restaurant but comfortable atmosphere. Recommended.

Absolutely fantastic, we loved every aspect of our lunch, the bass and sole dishes were superb. Would encourage anyone to eat here. Thank you.

Visited this restaurant for the 1st time recently. We will definitely be coming back again. Lovely place, nice people great food

Had dinner here last evening for my wife's birthday... despite being busy with people celebrating Bastille Day they were kind and considerate and we got a nice somewhat private and quiet table upstairs in a corner by ourselves. We've eaten here before and the food is always of excellent quality and very delicious!

So glad to be back eating delicious food at Goodfellows after a long time.Absolutely excellent and many thanks to all the team.

we have been coming here since it opened some years ago . the food has always been excellent and consistent quality and service also

We really enjoyed our visit to Goodfellows and were warmly welcomed. The food was excellent - creative, beautifully presented and cooked to perfection! Even though I live in Bristol - I'm looking forward to returning!

Enjoyed a delicious meal, very reasonable prices. Will definitely go back next time in Wells

We booked for a party of 6 on a Wednesday evening, before actually coming to Wells. When we saw the restaurant we were alarmed that we had made a wrong decision. There was no dinner menu in the window and the lunch menus and general ambience suggested a lunch time café/bistro, rather than the good restaurant we had anticipated. How wrong we were. We received a friendly welcome and were given menus which clearly focused on good food, rather than too many choices. We all chose the set 5 course "taster" menu at £48. The best choice we made all week. Stunningly good and innovative food. The soy jelly was a real favourite with the cooks in our party. Each course was a delight and the portions were exactly right - enough to be enjoyed, not enough to ruin appetites for the following courses. A "must revisit" when we are next in Wells. Question, is the appearance of the restaurant designed to scare of casual "window shoppers"? We would certainly not have booked but for the on-line reviews.

brilliant pub by the river, fantastic food, excellent music, loads of real ales proper ciders and Belgium beers, they have really interesting decor, and a charcoal oven from Barcelona that’s truly awesome

We have been going to Goodfellows since Adam opened and having eaten there so often over the years I can honestly say all the food I have eaten there has been outstanding. I even took my very fussy Mum in Law for Dinner and she raved!! Amazing because she never raves about anything! Our repeated visits say alot because my husband usually refuses to go back to a restaurant more than twice! Well done and we are trying out the Goodfellows in Shepton this weekend - all my little boys are very excited because they also get delicious food to eat and not just the usual children fayre of frozen food beans and chips... You get our vote Goodfellows!

How amazing to find everything to please all generations in one venue. Goodfellows is a favourite for young and older in our family alike. The service is excellent and the food has always been superb both in flavours and in presentation. This is the same for the fish restaurant and the delightful street front cafe, both of which bring a flavour of the continent to beautiful Wells. There is no better venue for business lunches or for evening dining with a friend or two. The dishes are always subtly and beautifully balanced in flavour and look so appetizing and the wine list has never disappointed. The menus consist of the best of the fresh and seasonal so are short and interesting with plenty of variety. It is well worth a visit...then another....and another....and.......

food was very modern and had great flavour combinations, such as scallops and black pudding with sweet shallot puree and bacon foam wonderful!! and shin of beef presented with such class its pub food but at rosette level. a must for foodies

There are three great reasons to visit the ancient city of Wells in Somerset – the Cathedral (one of the most beautiful in Europe), the market (it’s been held for centuries in the town square) and the relatively new kid on the block, Goodfellows. This is a café, brasserie/patisserie and restaurant with attitude. It was bustling on the day we visited, there was an air of success and excitement about the place and the staff oozed quiet, courteous confidence. There are two sections to the restaurant, the first on the ground floor is an intimate, theatre-like space fronting the pass and the busy kitchen specialising in fish sourced from the day boats in Devon and Cornwall – if you like a front seat to the chefs’ activities while you eat then this is the place for you. No room for Ramsay tantrums here just quietly spoken craftsmen talking each other through the routines of the food prep. For those who like to hear themselves eat there is a private, more peaceful restaurant upstairs away from the hustle and bustle. The lunch menu choice is confidently short and, similarly, the wine list which is well-balanced and carefully selected at prices that don’t choke. The menu also included a six course taster compilation for the more ardent luncher. There is more than a whiff of la Belle France about this place, we were received and served by the very French waiter who knew what he was about. Chef Patron Adam Fellows’ wife, Martine, is also French – together they bring a beneficial Gallic flavour to this West Country experience. There was excellent service throughout and good grounded advice on the wines, this kind of professionalism is not thick on the ground. My wife’s a great one-courser, she thought she’d skip the starter but beautiful in-house prepared olives and home baked bread served to fill the gap. The Continental bakery provides delight at both the beginning and the end of the dining experience. We began with a complimentary surprise gaspacho, text book stuff from taste to temperature. I followed with a brilliant little ballotine of wild salmon and a silky disc of fois gras both served on dressed puis lentils and piquant sliced pickled walnuts – a dazzling virtuoso compilation as good as anything I’ve had in years. Next, we both plumped for Cornish brill on crushed potato with wild girolles – is there a better fish? It was matched perfectly by a very fashionable bottle of Vermentino. And so to the puds…… I played good boy and settled for an ace espresso, my wife chose from the bakery selection – plum and frangipane tarte ticked the boxes (I nicked the odd spoonful!). Adam and Martine Fellows have every reason to be proud of Goodfellows, recently voted Somerset Restaurant of the Year, it is an honest, professionally-run business, delivering delight and value for money in equal proportions. We sat between two regulars on one side and two newcomers, like ourselves, on the other sharing oohs and aahs and my god isn’t this good throughout the lunch. Hospitality is live and kicking in Wells – forget Paris for the weekend break take in Wells Cathedral, the market and finish off at Goodfellows. Vous ne regrettez rien!!

Have eaten here many times and it is one of most consistently good restaurants in the west country.The flavours are exceptional,the chef has a faultless palette and cooks classic dishes with great finesse.The £15 lunch has to be one of the best bargains around.

I have had the joy of eating at Goodfellows just one time. I had the taster menu and in the seafood restaurant and it was amazing. The preparation, execution and presentation of the food was second to none. The atmosphere was pleasant and unassuming. The were staff courteous and keen to ensure that your evening was as pleasant as possible without being in your face. The decor was simple, understated and without pretention which made the overwhelming good standard of the food even more amazing. This is a restaurant I would recommend to any friends or family that were to visit Wells and I certainly would enjoy eating here again.