Bar 1620 in South Hams

Popped in for Lunch whilst visiting Dartmouth and glad we found this Bistro The food was excellent and reasonably priced I had mixed seafood and it was lovely very nice place and pretty busy & we offered to shared our table with a couple of strangers and soon good chatting and having a great time, The owner appreciated us sharing the table as brought in a couple more customers who would otherwise have gone elsewhere, nice if others do the same - you never know you may get on and meet some lovely people will certainly return here the next time we go to Dartmouth

We received kind and quick service by chatty and friendly staff. The drinks we had were very nice and the Deli had a nice atmosphere. Although it is small, it doesn't feel overcrowded - even when there are several people in there.

Excellent coffee and cake here while waiting for our train trip. Owner very welcoming and friendly- especially to our border terrier! Cherry blondie recommended 👍

We visit The Flavell for coffee and cake quite often, and are always happy with the service and food. On this particular day we had lunch, soup which was a bit thin and bread, but quite nice. While I was drinking a coffee after my lunch, I looked towards the preparing area and to my surprise watched one of the ladies making a sandwich, she picked up the filling with her bare hands plus the salad and put it together between the slices of bread. While you might do this at home, I would have thought preparing food for customers would necessitate wearing some sort of hand covering. This has put me off eating sandwiches at the Flavel, and will stick to coffee and cake in future. At least the cakes are served from their display with tongs.

The made-to-order take away sandwiches from here are made with quality ingredients, and very well filled, probably actually overfilled. The issue I have with them though is they are sometimes not made with as much care as they could be, even in the quiet season. It seems to me that the staff are instructed to put a certain amount of, say, salami in, etc, but this is put in straight from the packet without it being separated so you find yourself biting through a slab of meat rather than it being nicely separated and spread throughout the sandwich. In a similar way the cheese (especially the brie) is often sliced too thickly. I genuinely think that less could be more, with the sandwiches being better for having slightly less filling but made with more care. A win-win for customer and owner is there for the taking.