Great pub with the best pizza in town. I think I've tried majority of their pizzas and they were all incredibly delicious. Keep in mind that they're 14" square pizzas, a decent size. I like to go with my partner and share one for dinner. If you check their website site online, you can find their live music & events page. It gets quite packed on the weekends, so it might be difficult to find seats even though there's dining outside, inside, and upstairs. read more

Old Fire House - Pepperoni and rocket pizza - Pubs Near Me - Exeter, DEV

As a picky New Yorker, I was pleasantly surprised by how good this pizza was. I got the butternut squash, chickpea and spinach pizza. The thin crust appealed to me and was tasty and the toppings were substantial: no skimping here! The pizza size is enormous and thank the lord the bar provides foil for leftovers. The pizza is also served piping hot so watch out! The ciders are fairly priced and there is a wide range. The interior and decor are very kitschy with Christmas lights strung up and it's welcome to large groups. I went earlier so it wasn't busy but this place can get slammed. read more

Old Fire House - Butternut squash, chickpea and spinach pizza - Pubs Near Me - Exeter, DEV

This has to be one of Exeter's best pubs, but the trouble is everyone has found it and as such its 3 floors and courtyard can get maxed out. Most weekends you have to pay a £1 to get in. Pay up its worth it, enyoy the atmosphere some great bands, but the pizza (9.30pm)is to die for!!!! That and the excellent selection of fine local ales straight from the barrel make this one enjoyable pub. Cheers!!!!! read more

Old Fire House - Pubs Near Me - Exeter, DEV

This is a lovely pub, that while it is recognised for its real ale (in the good beer guide), actually specialises in real cider...and has cider festivals too, when I guess they serve even more ciders. The food seemed popular too. I chose a real cider that I think I had enjoyed before. As soon as I saw the name rum tiddly tum I remembered the cider from a rum barrel I had at a festival before. This was the stuff really tasty The guy serving me was friendly and seemed to know his stuff. There is a charming courtyard area outside for dry days. Just a shame that they can't find somewhere else to keep the skip! read more

Always very crowded and busy, pizza is very good but it's a nightmare to order on the app

The Old Firehouse rocks! Fantastic pizza and good selection of ales. Nice cider too. But it often gets terribly crowded so we often end up going elsewhere. When we time it just right tho and get a table, we have so much fun! :) read more

Old Fire House - Pubs Near Me - Exeter, DEV

Kids not allowed. My husband and I stopped in one mid-week afternoon with our two well behaved little boys. We were turned away because children are simply not allowed until ~ about the age of 8, I was told. We're new to the area and didn't see any indications that the pub would be off limits to us. Also this doesn't seem typical, I could be wrong, but wanted other families to know. Not a good place for a young family to get a pint and pizza. Too bad, I've heard it's good. read more

Came here as a stop off on way back to London, in need of a hearty lunch, based on Qype recommendations. It's an oaky, traditional, two-floored pub, with a big range of food and drink and generous servings at a great price. Upbeat tunes played from Last.fm world music and quick, friendly service. So far so good. But there does seem to be a disconnect between the front of house staff and the kitchen chefs. I ordered cauliflower and broccoli gratin, looking forward to some greens after a weekend of excess. The waitress delivered my dish but seemed unclear about what it was and after I ate half of it, I found it was actually just cauliflower cheese - no broccoli. On enquiring with the very amiable chef, he told me they no longer made the broccoli dish, offering a smaller cauliflower cheese instead. He had asked the staff to inform customers about the change and change the menu but they had done neither. He was genuinely annoyed with them and said he would speak to them about it. Hopefully he has sorted it by the time you read this, as this is a great little pub and I hate to give it 3 stars when it really deserves 4. My friends all enjoyed their food, the music and the whole place and overall I would recommend it. Just don't order the cauliflower and broccoli gratin as you won't get it. read more

Legendary spot in Exeter!! Honestly.. great, freshly baked and huge pizza. House wine for only 6 pounds. Often times there's live music on the ground floor. You can sit outside or inside on three floors. Long tables, very rustic and therefore great atmosphere!!! A good place to hang out, talk, meet people... LOVE IT! P. S. German fellows might like to get wheat bear there! :D read more

Just the best place for a late night drink in town and they have music regularly as well as the Quiz-Woo! run by Terry and Jude which is legendary I did it once and I cried. Entry is free most of the time and even when there is a band, on a Friday or Saturday night, it's only £1 to get in It's traditional pub grub in the day with good veggie options. The pizzas which they serve at night are large enough to feed five and the cider selection is legendary My top tip is to pay a few pounds more if you're drinking wine. It's still relatively cheap and the taste difference is huge. Covering 3 floors it is actually possible to lose your friends if you so desire read more

Great atmosphere and huge pizzas! The courtyard area is a great place for an out door beer and there's often live music. Open late too! Well worth a visit. read more

Best pub in Exeter? Hmmm, can it beat the double locks or the Turf in? Well they are different types of pubs for different ocassions. If I wanted to go into to town for a drink with friends, friends and or family I would go to the fire house. Staff always lovely and helpful, the House wine is £6 and not too bad. I love my ale - Can't beat an otter (they are protected round these parts) and they have a good rotation of other ales and beers. Do you have a beard I hear you say? No! i am not a typical really ale lover, just tent to think ale is better that generic larger, and the point being is that it is not just an ale pub. Probably a bit studenty, but by no means all students, I guess its a pub not for townies - they go the king william just up the road. I'm not a student any more, but you can see them there. Food Yes! Cheap and chearful - and the quality is good to. I think they cook and prepare (yes prepare - please not weatherspoons) all they food on site so its good honest food. You can get not a bad sized portion of food for about £5. you can get a panini or side dishes for less, or pasta bake type things. 4 or 5 things for a vegie to choose. And when it gets late they do a pizza too - as you can see below recomended by other Qypers - I have not tried one yet. So good pub, not a dirty boozer. Oh yes, don't be put off by this, they don't allow anyone in in Football shirts and rugby tops. And you can smoke out side but these spots are popular, but there is plent of seating inside - the current owners have openned up the top floor with its own bar up there too. Best all round pub in the city centre. read more

I used to come here all the time as a student, then I returned to Exeter this weekend after four years and was very happy to see that it's barely changed at all. Still very reasonably priced, still popular amongst students and locals alike and still serves AMAZING pizza. My boyfriend and I managed to find a table (albeit after waiting a while) then we enjoyed a pint of ale, followed by a nice glass of wine and a delicious mushroom and pepperoni pizza, all by the light of candles and coloured lanterns. Delightful. read more

A local favorite, this is a multi story pub with some very decent food and a nice garden if the weather is cooperating. There's a full menu of carefully prepared british favorites, and a curated selection of Real Ale. What more do you want for a casual meal in a touristy city? read more

Pretty unique place . Spread over three floors , wood features throughout heaven help them if they have a fire . Very well populated by the young students of the town . Cheap pizza being the draw I think . However main attraction for me was the very good selection of real cider at a very reasonable price . Great atmosphere just would hate to do the fire risk assessment on the place . read more

Very interesting place with nice pizzas. I tried the safe and classic chicken and mushroom pizza, and I really enjoyed it. It was pretty busy for a Sunday night, but we found a little table in the third floor. Cozy and perfect for fast food and conversation. read more

The Old Firehouse is just about a minutes walk from the town centre and has a nice relaxed atmosphere. They serve Pizza's until very late and always have a few good wine offers. read more

This is a fantastic pub with a great atmosphere. They let you reserve tables at lunchtimes if there are lots of you going from work which is nice. They usually require you to ring through the order before you go so that they can have it ready for you. The staff are always really friendly and the food is great and cheap. read more

The Old Firehouse is an institution in Exeter, and its dark and cosy interior welcomes you in for an evening of cheap but decent homecooked food and a wide selection of reasonably priced drinks. The food tends to be carbohydrate friendly, comfort food, but it's just the thing for soaking up all that beer. Vegetarians are well catered for here as well as more carniverous types. On the drink front, there is an expansive selection of wines, some priced around a fiver for a bottle, which is unheard of in a pub, although some mornings I have rather regretted how temptingly cheap the wine is... Cider, bitter and beer drinkers will be happy here with some brands on tap as well as a fridge full of bottled varieties. It's always packed in the evenings, and especially so when there is a live band on. With three candle lit floors of seating you have a good chance of getting a table with your friends but don't leave it too late. It's open for drinks and meals in the daytime, when it's much quieter, but the fast service means you can pop in for a work lunch within an hour. All in all, a student friendly, lively venue wihich must be in the top three in Exeter. read more

The Firehouse and I have only just met, and I think I'm in love already. Its dark and has candles, its a bit like a warren but theres always a seat somewhere. The red wine selection is probably the best of all bars in town. I'm not sure you'll ever be able to find your way out again though, let alone find the loos. Get there before someone tells everyone. read more

This is an excellent pub, popular with students but still bustling outside term time (and much easier to get a seat!). Arranged on 3 floors with loads of wood and candle light - this places has bags of atmosphere. There is often live music on the ground floor, a beer garden completes the experience. Wine and beer is very reasonably priced. The food here is recommended, very cheap and cheerful - the huge pizzas are available really late! (One exception - the veggie version of the Sunday Roast was appalling - inedible - avoid!) read more

The Old Firehouse is a nice old pub with a friendly atmosphere. It's a unique little building, and the tables outside add to the feel. There's a decent selection of ales, as well as the obvious other choices. Upstairs is a bit smarter, and has plenty of space for groups. My main reason for visiting, though, is the superb toasted loafs - cheese being my favourite. Half a baguette covered in cheese and toasted, lunch doesn't get any better! read more

Busy, candlelit, cheap, great food again very cheap! Awesome live music everything a pub should be!

The Old Firehouse is without doubt the best pub in Exeter. Lovely, candlelit atmosphere, good homemade food at good prices, enormous late night pizzas, live music at the weekend and a great selection of local ales and ciders. Although it's packed with students during term time, it seems to be popular with locals too, and is very female friendly. I can't think of a better place to relax with wine and friends! read more

A lot of hype about this place -- local favorite, I suppose. Very cute exterior with a nice garden and patio seating, wood panel walls on the interior. I'd give the place a higher rating if it were actually possible to get a seat and order food on a Friday/Saturday night without having to arrive at 5pm and plan to spend the next 3-4 hours there. Nearly impossible -- I'm accounting for a smattering of luck, which I didn't have -- if you arrive during prime time around 7-8pm despite the place being something like 4 stories tall. Pizzas here are absolutely gigantic and look delicious (again, couldn't have a taste because the pizzas are so large that you can't really take one and eat it while standing & you can't eat it at the bar if you can't find a seat at a table). Drinks were cheap, but small and not that great. Still, fantastic atmosphere. The place is definitely swingin' with reason. Perhaps a revisit would change my mind, but for now 3 stars will do. read more

Firehouse is simply brilliant. used to go a couple of times a week while at university. Really good place to sit and chat etc. And more importantly its £5 for a bottle of wine and £6 for a massive pizza. It gets really busy on a friday night though. read more

Brilliant value and brilliant atmosphere

A good drinking pub near the centre of town. The firehouse occupies a tall building near the centre of town. Spread across three floors there are quite a few nooks and crannies to explore. With a lively, friendly atmosphere it is popular with students and is a good place to start a night out before heading to a club. There is a beer garden / patio at the front which is often used. The food is not the best I have ever had, but don't let that distract from the fact that this is a fine pub. Well worth checking out. read more

Great place: lively sometimes, relaxing sometimes, lots of ambience.. nice food too. Great place to go for any occasion except when it gets so packed you can't move.. in which case if it's the summer you can go and sit outside. Yep! Gets my vote read more

Firehouse, where to start. this place is amazing. First off, the patio outside is lovely in the summer when its hot out, you could quite literally spent the whole time at one of the many picnic tables. Then just inside its a dark cozy warm pub, with amazing cider/ale/and mulled wine at xmas.. if theres no room at the more formal downstairs seating you can head up stairs, and voila, theres more rooms than youd ever guess, it seems never ending! Theres a bar upstairs with long tables to snuggle up with your friends, or just make chummy with the other people sharing the space. The lights are low and its perfect to start the night, or end here.Try the pizza after 9:30pm, and make sure to bring cash, they dont take card! read more

One of the last bargains left in town! Really cosy atmosphere, great music/bands but you can still hear each other speaking. The beer and wines are great and very cheaply priced, which is surprising in this day and age! You also get a choice of more unusual beers rather than just the generic branded beers you normally get on tap. Pizzas are lush and large portions, so great value for money. Always recommend this place to anyone who comes to Exeter, the only downfall is that it is always full :) read more

Very recently discovered QYPE and on it's pub listings for Exeter we discovered the Old Firehouse last saturday night. We were with several friends and walked into the Old Firehouse at around 11.30pm, it was very vibrant and welcoming atmosphere with the beer garden and bar areas illuminated by candlelight. We eventually got a table in the 3rd floor loft bar and ordered 6 pizzas (approx £7 each) for the six of us !! big mistake... the pizzas are huge and we probably only needed a maximum of three pizzas between six of us, they were absolutely gorgeous though, and we ended up sharing our pizzas with a couple other people that we got talking to on the huge refectory table that we were all sitting around. The house french rose wine was just £6 a bottle and too easy to drink..... The crowd a good mix of locals,students and international people were all very friendly and chilled out, we ended up staying in the pub until time was called at a late 3am, having had a wonderful evening and listened to some brilliant live entertainment with jazz musicians playing some cool music.... We will be back to the Old Firehouse for another nightout, but will arrive earlier next time so that we get a table !!! Brilliant ! read more

i am always treated well when i visit and the atmosphere is wonderful.