Anchor's Rest Bar And Bistro in Torbay

What a lovely little place! If there are more stars definitely would give more! We were on our way when phoned and were told better to book a table. When we arrived been greeted by Sue, who already guessed who we were 🥰 however we never met. The service and food were excellent highly recommended and we will be back😉 Thank you again: Judie&Zoltan

Lovely little find, probably the best cheesy chips I’ve ever had and amazing portion for the price. Very dog friendly we would definitely return.

I took my wife and small children to this little gem earlier and it was fantastic. The service and food were incredible. Highly recommended!

Very nice, courteous , friendly service. The food was also very tasty.

Great view of harbour. A few tables outside for when the sun is shining. Did not eat but food looked good.

Lovely little find right close to the harbour. Absolutely gorgeous food and amazing service. Thankyou again. Mussels also came with bread and frys but I was to eager in my photo at the time

our mussels dish had so.much sand in it it was like psnning for Gold . The wait staff apologised but the dish was inedible ..all the other food was excellent

We were a little disappointed because the prices were significantly higher than stated on the homepage (main course 17 p. instead of 13 p.). Unfortunately, the lemon dressing on the Chicken Goujans starter, which are actually just chicken nuggets, was also missing. Fish and desserts really great, service very friendly. The side dishes for the main course were okay. We were allowed to taste the beer and cider before ordering. Espresso top. All in all, with extreme reservations, just under 4 stars.

We had a last minute decision weekend to get away from our life.... this little dinner crowned our wonderful day... we looked on google for a light little dinner and Anchor's rest was close and have already 4.8 stars on the maps..... Our host/bartender/waiter was Richard. He is a hard working honest guy and just loved his refreshing full hearted honest service!!!! The place is a lovely home feel bistro with a simple menu! We had the mussels starter and the fish of the day with linguine(number 2. ) both were amazing!! Sitting outside by the harbour was a soul healing peacful experience crowned by amazing food( cooked by an elderly lovely lady by the way) and Richard who always been there when needed!!!! ( NOTE for the owner!!! Richard is a crown jewel of your business,please give him a hug and treat him like king!) So all in all it is working and really good to have the reviews of places!! Anchor's rest has the extra shining 6th star in our heart!!!

Nice fish and chips, and very nice UK white wine.

Super Service, die Bedienung war sehr freundlich und zuvorkomment. Das Essen ist eine Gaumenfreude nur zum empfehlen, geniales Bier, wir sind rundum zufrieden.

We went to eat at Anchor's on August 12, 2023. The service was very warm, my wife, our daughter and I felt more than comfortable. The food was excellent. My tip for eating a pint of Devon Cuve or Devon Rock a fine local beer.

Staff were lovely, food was lovely. The upstairs restaurant interfered with the experience downstairs at the Anchor. They need to show the team and the guests downstairs more respect.

Warm and welcome service from the staff, good food too! Thank you so much for having us late on a Friday night. We enjoyed the fish of the day, lovely cooked seabass and the mussels with cream were delicious! I would recommend this place for the caring service and cosy inviting decor.

We decided to go out last minute and decided on this place as we had drinks here before and had promised ourselves to try the food and we were glad we did !!! We both chose the same main an absolutely banging piece of fish ( Hake) cooked to perfection with crispy skin and soft buttery flesh served on top of linguini with a chilli coconut sauce - so good !!!! Coupled with friendly service we had a lovely experience There is a small focussed menu which I love - ( do a few things well) and a special board There is a good bar and plenty of space for couples or groups of friends Top tip book if there are more then four It’s not a grand Resturant venue it’s a proper little bistro with nice decor and a great outdoor space by the Harbourside. (perfect for the harbour and better for it👍) From a couple of seats indoors you can see the harbour. So for drinks by the Harbour and/or a good meal with views of the harbour this is a keeper - we are so blessed with this place and the other offers on the vibrant Harbourside - truly yummy 😋

Very good service but food isn’t great. We had calamari and the oil looked like it hadn’t been changed in a very long time. Service was good but unfortunately the food ruined it so I won’t be back again.

Excellent tasty food, Nice atmosphere

What has happened here? Food was grossly over priced...£8.50 for THREE chicken goujons and a tiny handful of bagged salad.....chips were frozen cheap ones and calamari was awful. Was gorgeous last year but prices have increased and quality has definitely decreased big time. Won't be going back....

Best breakfast I have ever had . Great service and gorgeous location.

Called in for breakfast , beautiful view from our outdoor table . Staff lovely and very helpful . Food was great value for money .

0 hygiene rating ! enough said

A lovely fish and chips washed down with a pint of hunts cider Excellent value and over looking Paignton harbour

Fabulous lunch, the fish was amazing ! Highly recommended !

Fantastic restaurant serving high quality fresh food at very reasonable prices. The fish is locally caught and cooked to perfection. Service is spot on. Highly recommend

Great food, great service! Just moved to the area and so glad this place is within walking distance of our place. Will definitely be coming here regularly. Highly recommend

The wait time for our 4 meals felt a tad bit long but the wait was worth it ten fold. Delicious delicious delicious!

Very disappointing today! As a regular attendee for Sunday brunch. We ordered breakfast as normal when it arrived no mushrooms fried bread and hash browns and had to ask for the black pudding for the meat version of the breakfast. So only half of the items stated on the menu. Also more staff needed as the two in attendance were struggling to keep up!

Go regular. great staff ,and a great place to sit.but don't tell everyone we want to keep it a secret.😍 Back again for evening meal starter was warm bread and assorted and very tasty dips main was pan fried sole on crushed potatoes I had pan fried chicken Ceasar salad omg both meals were so tasty. Be back for more.

Food was delicious, well priced and staff really friendly-most certainly recommended, but only tell your favourite people!

Really lovely pub with great views. Staff were friendly and happy to help. Food was good, would definitely visit again

Nice and lovely place. Highly recommended!

Food here is amazing!!! We came twice during 4 day stay but next time we probably going to stick to this place only! Seth, the chef, cook fresh fish so it's succulent and juicy and flavour every other part of the dish to perfection. It's also not too busy, very reasonably priced and staff is friendly and welcoming! Highly recommended!

Lovely fresh fish and veg very well cooked, cocktails are great as well.

Food was excellent. Had seabass with potatoes and green veg. Richard was a really friendly and helpful host. Highly recommend.

We needed a nice cold drink and that is exactly what we got. With a nice view which is always a bonus

Nice place for a cool beer down by the harbour, we also had a cup of Harrissa spiced nuts. Very nice.

Yet another awesome breakfast at our favourite harbour side bar & bistro. Today opting for the smoked haddock poached eggs and confit of cherry tomatoes And eggs royale.

I love this little bistro. Staff are so friendly and the drinks are such a reasonable price. Very dog friendly. I would highly recommend.

Lovely clean place with great staff… Forgot my toast but there was ample well cooked food! Definitely recommend

Tried this lovely new restaurant for the first time tonight and everything was so good! I had the beef bourguignon which as you can see from the photo is no looker but wow, it tasted so good, full of rich flavours and lovely garlic mash. My other half had the garlic chicken which he said was delicious also. There were only two desserts on the menu, so we had one of each. He had the waffle and caramel cheesecake (he said was yum) and I had the chocolate torte, both with pouring cream. The torte was very rich and delicious! I know that they're planning on extending their menu soon but the current offering was well worth coming out for & the staff are lovely. It is now owned by the same people as TJ's and the standards are just as high. Also, very good value for money 💖💜

We had a great meal here Sunday night, small but very interesting mostly fish menu, which is just what it should be.a couple of starters would be good, but those mains, we tried 4 between us, were all excellant. Friendly service.

Very nice lunch extremely pleasant staff will be visiting this local establishment again and have recommended friends to visit this bistro.

Very impressed with this new venture warm welcome friendly staff clean and warm 😊 food amazing and well priced would strongly recommend a visit

We tried Anchors Rest for the first time on 11th of Feb 2022. Excellent, fish pie and Sea Bass. Very reasonably priced. Great choice of drinks again fairly priced. Friendly staff great experience will definitely come again.

Excellent food. Very pleasant waitress good service