What a great little find! Cute place! Lovely service. Beautiful gardens. Clean bathrooms, and most…read moreimportantly, fabulous food. I wasn't expecting much, but left delighted.

From the owner: Quaint and traditional 16th century pub and restaurant on the edge of Dartmoor, offering great…read moreales, Ciders. Only 10 miles from Exeter and 15 miles from Okehampton. Only 1 minute off the A30 Devon to Cornwall road.

The Muddiford Inn was a nice find. We were touring the area and looking for somewhere to stop for a…read moresnack. We passed this place and stopped, well, just because it was there. We had a bar snack sandwich each and was impressed by the staff and the quality of the food, so we had a quick look at the full menu and decided to book a table for that evening. The food is quite traditional, but with a wonderful eastern influence. Beautifully presented with fantastic flavours, every course was a delight and I thought the bill was very reasonable. I've certainly paid more for lesser fare than this! I would heartily recommend anybody who finds themselves in the Barnstaple area check this place out!

What a lovely friendly restaurant very good reasonable priced food plus real ales that are kept…read morewell and taste delicious. There's pub caters for everybody including dogs indeed there's a jar of dog biscuits on bar. They have a big garden with a very good play area for children. I had the cod and chips it was delicious the people with me also had different meals which they told me was really nice all in all a very nice pub.

This place is a little gem, well worth the detour from Tiverton if you are passing through Devon or…read moreSomerset. The staff were really friendly and welcoming when we arrived and encouraged us to try some locally sourced ciders and gin. There were three menu options - a la carte, an extensive specials menu and a set three course weekend lunch. The food has a fine dining feel in a relaxed, casual setting. The duck two ways was a real highlight.

The UK is literally littered with country pubs, and in many cases it's sad to say, but…read moreappropriately phrased perhaps, that what they serve up as food is pretty rubbish. The phrase 'home cooked' seems to have been superceded my the concept of 'van delivered' all too often. Thankfully that's not the case at the Five Bells in Clyst Hydon. It's one of the very first places I visited when I moved to Devon many years ago, as a friend recommended it, and I've been returning ever since. It's the kind of place you turn to where you just know you won't be disappointed, a foodies rock in an otherwise tempestuous chain pub ocean. The pub's one many awards over the years, so I won't go on about how tasty the food is, but I will say that one of the nice things I've always liked about it is that they are still experimenting. Sure you can get your english staples there like steak & kidney pudding, game pate, treacle pudding, etc., but also other treats such as mediterranean tarts. The chef here is one of those increasingly rare beasts, someone who really knows what to buy and how to cook it. It's not some kind of reinvented gastro pub either - it's just a good pub with good food - why is that so hard to manage anymore? I should say they also stock a fine range of drinks, including the Otter beers, once of Devon's best breweries. Then there's the location and the pub itself. Buried deep in the heart of Devon, near some great woods (with some interesting mushrooms to hunt), wonderful gardens outside and an interior that just seems to keep on going, full of nooks and crannies, games to play, old books to read and much more. I once took a friend and his (very small) three girls for lunch there and the owners and staff didn't blink an eye. Sure they made sure we were tucked around the corner a bit but the girls didn't mind and all loved the food! If that isn't enough to tempt you then how about the fact that Clyst Hydon itself has it's very own lido just round the corner from the pub? Just check the Google map and you'll see it just next door. All in all this place is a gem. A little hard to find perhaps but if you can find it, then you deserve it. P.S. There's a two course lunch menu at £7.95 available from Monday - Thursday and Saturday. This is my favourite as I never know what I'm getting till I turn up at the pub.

Very nice pub with friendly service. The ales are very good and the food is tasty. Extensive menu,…read morewith a lot of choice both on bar and restaurant. Pub decoration is dedicated to seamen and nice. Definitively a good place to have a drink and lunch/dinner.

A fantastic pub set in a gorgeous location selling possibly the best food I've ever experienced in…read morea pub. Small & don't take bookings, so arriving early is advisable. Parking is tricky as there's no car park, & the roads around are narrow & winding. There's a bus stop directly outside. The hanging meat dish is particularly fantastic, & possibly enough for 2.

I just stayed here for a wedding. Decent sized parking area with a very nice garden. Beautiful…read moreplace. It was very welcoming and clean with all new bathrooms with cozy robes, complimentary beer, fizzy water, biscuits, and we enjoyed some great food. Breakfast was included. Also very dog friendly! They provided a dog bed for the family dog. Oh and very lovely beer brewed on side! Will be back for sure!

An absolute gem of a pub in one of Devon's prettiest, most tucked away coastal villages. The…read moreMason's Arms is, quite simply, a fantastic place in every sense of the word. I've stopped off for a snack or a quick drink a couple of times, and it's always really impressed me, and the lunch my parents and I had recently ranks as one of the best pub dinners the Andrews family can remember. Their crab sandwiches were fresh, as were the fish in their delicious creamy leek fish stew, while the ploughmans was huge. Desserts of chocolate and pecan brownie and banana fritters with toffee sauce were gobbled up. Ok, it's not cheap for a Devon pub, but the food is worth every penny - there was hardly anything on the menu I didn't want to scoff down. The pub itself is a charming sprawl of wooden rooms, and a small seating area out the front. It's homely and although the staff run a slick operation, they're still friendly and helpful. The pub was recently taken over by St Austell Brewery, so there's a good range of their beers, plus a couple of guest ales. This includes one local beer brewed in Branscombe. It's quaint, delicious, comfy and sits in one of the most stunning areas of the Devon coast. It is, quite simply, a perfect pub.

Always had a good meal and highly recommend it, I personally love the older side of the pub, it…read moredepends what you like, we book and meet friends for a long dog walk up east hill strips then have lunch carvery, what's not too like, give it a visit, out of peak times is best. Good feel about the place.

I have one word to say about this pub. Carvery. It is renowned for it throughout the valley and is…read morea must visit. They do it every day and for a set price you have a choice of meat of vegetarian option. The selection of things to put on your plate is immense, and I can guarantee your plate won't be big enough to have it all. My grandma likes it as she can take as little as she wants, and not feel bad about leaving it! The atmosphere is lovely although it can get very busy. I would advise booking a table.

Had an incredible meal here with my family. A beautiful pub with a really friendly atmosphere…read more The staff are great, more than happy to accommodate a fussy teenager. A real food lovers pub with an excellent selection on the menu and quality food for the children as well. Chicken breast chunks instead of cheap processed chicken nuggets. The triple cooked chips are delicious!! and the fish just melts in the mouth! Very much worth the drive from Exeter.

A hidden gem in the small village of Slapton - when I think of the best pub food in England, I…read morethink of here! Another pub I've been visiting year after year when I holiday here in south Devon. The food is very traditional pub food (they do have some Indian food but I'd stick to the more old fashioned grub). Service can be a little slow, but hey, you're in a pub, with a full bar, relax and have a drink :) There's also a huge multi-floored beer garden out the back, with views of the scenic village. Inside, there are very old photos of the village, it's all very quaint :) Visit!

The best pub around. A real pub which caters for locals as well as the large campsite nearby. Well…read morekept local ales and cider. The good is brilliant too. Lovely landlady who knows everyone. Super bar staff. A gem.

This is a lovely seaside pub, with lovely food served, friendly atmosphere, it also has a balcony…read morethat looks right out to sea which is great especially when the sun is shining, good value for money def worth a look.

The Marine Tavern is a wonderful friendly pub, tradational pub life. The food menu is very…read morereasonably priced, from jacket potatos, to sandwiches, to basket meals. Children are welcome in the pub. There is an outdoor patio area, and a small teraced area. The views are excellent over the bay of Dawlish. The pub also does bad and breakfast, and if you are luckly enough to get a front facing room, on a clear day they reckon you can see 7 lighthouses.

very nice establishment which has recently been renovated and is…read morevery cozy inside. food is mid range in price. very welcoming host who makes an effort to remeber ones name.

Great place. Very good food, friendly service, well kept, good booze, clean, big fire, not pushy…read more Pretty near the perfect pub.