Tone Veterinary Centre – Vets in Taunton
Clinic Overview
- Recent feedback often describes the team as friendly, professional, caring and welcoming, including for owners who were visiting the area and not registered with the practice. - Communication is a strong theme: reviewers mention staff listening carefully, explaining investigations and sedation clearly, and keeping them updated during the day. - Several reviews highlight compassionate support during stressful or end-of-life situations, including calm handling, kindness, and space to say goodbye properly.
Services
- •Routine and preventive care: general consultations, regular check-ups, vaccinations, parasite control, microchipping, six-month health checks, blood pressure checks and nurse clinics.
- •Diagnostics and treatment: dentistry, in-house laboratory testing, and diagnostic imaging including X-ray and ultrasound. Reviews include a detailed example of sedation for an X-ray being explained step by step, with phone updates throughout the day.
- •Urgent and everyday care: recent reviews mention same-day appointments for a sick dog and treatment that supported a good recovery, as well as help for a visiting puppy needing tick removal.
- •Everyday support services: grooming, nail clipping, anal sac expression, pet travel documentation and home visits.
- •Referral and specialist support: dermatology referral service.
- •Species seen: dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, ferrets, reptiles, tortoises and backyard poultry.
- •Emergency arrangements: emergency care is available through the practice during normal opening hours. Out of hours, cover is provided by The Mount Veterinary Hospital, including free telephone advice and emergency consultations if needed.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Reviews focus more on care than cost, although one recent reviewer was unhappy about charges and being asked to book another paid appointment for follow-up diet advice.
People
- •Lydia is praised as lovely, friendly and gentle.
- •Alex is repeatedly singled out for explaining sedation and the plan for the day, listening to worried owners, giving regular phone updates, and helping prepare a quiet room for a goodbye appointment.
- •Teagen is named as the vet who talked an owner through the euthanasia process step by step and answered questions clearly.
- •Reviews also mention a patient receptionist and a warm, supportive wider team.
Reviews
Tone Veterinary Centre has 4.6 stars from 105 Google reviews.
- •Recent feedback often describes the team as friendly, professional, caring and welcoming, including for owners who were visiting the area and not registered with the practice.
- •Communication is a strong theme: reviewers mention staff listening carefully, explaining investigations and sedation clearly, and keeping them updated during the day.
- •Several reviews highlight compassionate support during stressful or end-of-life situations, including calm handling, kindness, and space to say goodbye properly.
- •A smaller number of reviews mention problems with telephone manner, aftercare, or feeling unhappy about extra charges.

