Blagdon Inn in Torbay

Delicious food, mid-range price wise. Staff went above and beyond, made us feel very welcome - very dog-friendly so definitely worth a visit if you are staying on or close to Devon Hills Holiday Park.

Great Sunday lunch here you couldn’t fault it , super food good value for money but the best thing was the presentation of hot tasty meat and vegetables After trying several local restaurants this was by far the best Well done Di the manager and Jake behind the bar We will certainly be going again

Such a hidden gem of a place, we are local to the area and would highly recommend. Came on a Sunday and enjoyed such a delightful roast dinner, staff are all friendly. Great atmosphere. Manager was lovely. It was my daughters birthday and we told them and they made it so special for her. We don’t eat out very often so when we do it’s nice to feel looked after and eat proper decent food. Will return soon and recommend to friends and family

Such a shame that somewhere with so much potential could be so unwelcoming, in entering first thing we noticed was how cold it was, even the bar person had their coat on, there was a wound burner but this wasn’t lit. There was no ambient music playing and the whole place felt like a community centre. Very poor choice on the beer and wine and it felt like it was closing down, no atmosphere at all Not sure on food as there was no evidence of meals being cooked

Brilliant place for parties and roasts. I hired the function room for my party. Great space and the staff were very kind and accommodating. The day after I went there for their carvery. The food was delicious and the service from the staff was great. Definitely recommend going to The Blagdon.

Awful place, sat in here and were ignored for 45 minutes. I'm sure it's supposed to be table service, that's why there aren't table numbers! Ignore the photos on here, totally out of date. The place looks like a community centre. It was cold (no heat) and unwelcoming. Whilst there, three out of four steaks were returned to the kitchen by the table next to us (steak night apparently)....and after all those return visits, we still did not get any service. Paid for our drinks and left with no acknowledgement that there was any issue. Drove to Brixhan, had lovely food in the Old Market House, highly recommended!

I've visited this pub on 2 separate occasions once for steak night and most recently for a drink. One of the steaks were cooked medium as apposed to medium to well done, a second steak was cooked but sadly was pretty much the same! Secondly this is another smaller business that has sadly decided to go cashless and clearly don't understand the bigger picture! It is discrimination to not expect cash and a human right to be able to have the choice to pay using cash as it is still a legal tender! Despite all of this the pub has a good atmosphere and most of the staff seem friendly and helpful!

Worse meal ever steak tough,supposed to be ribeye think it was rump,tasteless,bad presented,prawn cocktail,more lettuce,than u can cope with ,prawns cheap budget tasteless, and chewy and hard to swallow very bland bread toasted no butter and very hard.

TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!! I've been calling to try and book Christmas day, asking for a menu, been fobbed off each time with promises of a Christmas menu, today I phoned up to be told it's now fully booked. I will NEVER go there again and I will be sure to tell everyone I know not to bother!!

The inn looks amazing, the staff were welcoming Alice helped my wife chose a lovely white wine . Sarah the manageress was absolutely wonderful as she was so thoughtful towards us as my wife had just recently lost her Mother. The food was fabulous.

Such a lovely place Sarah the waitress was so helpfull nothing was to much trouble she smiled the whole time ..Jake the barman is funny as , shame he supports Liverpool 🤣 elliot the chef is an amazing cook his food is to die for ..definitely coming back x

Food was great, portions were very well-sized and the cost was very reasonable. Great 15th Century Inn right in the middle of Devon Hills which was clean, tidy and well maintained. However....although the food was good and the service came with a polite smile, it was very VERY slow bearing in mind that there were lots of staff and very few clients as it was the end of the evening. I asked for the dessert menu which never came so in the end I had to ask for it again and we sat there for at least 10 minutes waiting for our table to be cleared and the bill. My family and I got so fed up up having staff literally walking past my table and ignoring the mountain of empty plates that I ended up going to the bar where I found 3 -4 staff standing there playing on their mobile phones! Shame because if the service was better this would have received a 4 or a 5. Luckily the great food was good unfortunately in a restaurant you really need good food AND good service. The latter was lacking I'm afraid

This place is sensational! Appearances of thatched roof gives an impression of Olde Worlde. Inside, however, while congruent, is truly beyond expectations. We were attracted by 'Steak Night', which was great for half our party, the other half were seduced by the seafood linguine. That was truly remarkable. The huge tiger prawns on top knocked it out of the park. The sauce is sensational and the pasta was Al dente par excellence. The abundance of today's catch of seemingly never ending fresh clams was truly outstanding. 10 stars!

Beautiful pub from the outside. As on holidays for a few days we came 3 times. Lovely friendly and helpful staff. Also helped choose a glass of red by trying before I choose 😁 Food was lovely. The pub is dog friendly which is a bonus. Highly recommended

Would like to make this review about the food, but… Booked a table for 4pm on a Sunday, only to be told on arrival that they were busy, and that only duck or gammon were left. A member of our party could not eat either option, so we left, hungry. The chef did offer to cook us something else, but we had specifically booked for a Sunday roast. Such a shame, as we have had good meals here previously. Sounds like some better planning is required from the staff. Unless they’re happy losing money to their rivals.

We had a Sunday roast here which we enjoyed. However, we had hoped there would be other options on the menu on a Sunday, not just the roast. Perhaps something lighter as it was a hot day - maybe a salad or fishcakes maybe. It's...

I was excited to go by myself for a Sunday roast. Unfortunately, I had to return it to be re-microwaved as totally stone cold. I also enjoy a Yorkshire pudding of which I don’t think I could’ve had flatter pancakes.

Really not good. Main arrived after others dessert as apparently there are not enough chefs. It was just a pizza!! Dessert nearly an hour late. No apology. Lovely pub but certainly won’t be going back.

My first time there and my last. I am not sure what this place is! It appears to be very confused. From the outside I was thinking, how beautiful it looked and was expecting a warm, cosy, ember inn with a log fire, however when...

Lovely dinner and good value, we had the fish and chips and steak pie. Both delicious. Staff were friendly and attentive.

This is a charming establishment, with character. We visited twice whilst staying at the holiday park. The Food was fantastic. You can tell that they use great fresh ingredients and cook them to perfection. The Sunday lunch we had on our second visit was divine....

Very friendly pub - staff very welcoming. Lots of options on the menu and good value for money. Dog friendly which is a bonus! Wasn't what I was expecting in the middle of a holiday park - was expecting a very commercialised and expensive pub...

Sunday roast was superb! The service was first rate and lovely welcome. Desserts were big and delicious

Absolutely beautiful. From the moment we got there the staff were efficient & knowledgeable. We were a party of 11. First time we had eaten out on Christmas day & all we can say is wow. All 3 courses for us all were served correctly,...

Staff were so so nice, one overheard us talking about going back to our lodge to get money to play pool and gave us £2. They did our food as a takeaway when asked and when we asked if they had any take away sauces...

FAMILY OF 10 different orders i celiac all catered for , Absolutely value for money and very very tasty all served with a smile and advise Will most certainly visit this place again as a local it is a perfect venue for many of occasions

Great food at a reasonable price, made to feel welcome from Lucy manning the bar. The food exceeded our expectations as we would say it was like home cooked, non of this pre packed frozen food especially the chips definitely freshly made and no grease...

Sunday Roast Lunch in a thatched Devon long house in a holiday park. Offered a 3 course Sunday menu in a surprisingly hospitable location. We chose the Roast Beef which was excellent, tender and pink in the middle. Veggies were different to the usual fare....

5* curry night , as holiday guests we thought we would give it a go . £15. Wow what excellent value choice & service. All the food was homemade which I was surprised about & such flavours & taste . Only slight criticism was food...

One card machine for whole pub. Took 40 minutes to get served. Couldn't use cash. Will never return. Diabolical. Left early and went somewhere else.

Arrogant Manager no customer skills at all. If you were a wedding guest she would not serve you in the pub side bar, restaurant was hardly busy! 2 bar staff in the wedding room one who couldn't use the till. Obviously not prepared at all...

Delicious food and very friendly staff . Would definitely recommend and will return freshly cooked and good menu

The meal we had was great, no complaints at all, and the service was excellent! The only disappointment was the sheer amount not on the menu due to stock control and it isn't a one off, for which even the staff accepted and seemed disappointed...

We visited here most nights during our stay mainly for drinks. Staff were friendly and the drinks were reasonably priced. We went for food one night as it was my husbands birthday and there were very limited items on the menu - apparently a delivery...

No food… well some food as long as you didn’t want chips with anything that wasn’t already crossed out on the menu. Had to find an alternative… for 8 at very short notice.

Although off the beaten track this place is well worth a visit! Its a lovely pub that serves great reasonably priced food and has good beer! It's child friendly and dog friendly and the staff are really warm and friendly

A reduced menu and no choice , we booked this on line and never communicated with us about the reduced menu , definitely was not impressed, this was my partners birthday treat

Choices not available on limited menu. Food never materialised an hour and a quarter after ordering no one explained why noone apologised. Ended up walking out Avoid

As we arrived lateish after a 5 hour drive, we decided to try the eatery on the park. We didn't expect anything buit waere peasantly surprised at what came. The food was excellent and was not a rip off compared to a lot of places...

Brilliant food , great staff and very relaxing atmosphere, Sophie, Alice & Ben plus other members of staff were always polite and helpful ,

The food was REALLY good! Decor was chic, clean and tidy and the staff were very attentive and friendly. Our 5 month old daughter loved being made a fuss of by all the lovely smiley staff! Definitely worth a visit!!

We visited at the end of May while staying at Devon Hills. I have food intolerances and asked for a completely plain chicken burger, unfortunately it did come fully loaded but once I spoke to the waitress who couldn’t apologise enough this was corrected immediately....

Visited last Thursday with my family. Simply excellent. Food was fantastic, staff were very friendly and helpful and gave top quality service. All in all, faultless. The best pub meal we have had in a very long time.

We visited 2 days in a row whilst staying on the holiday park. The food was absolutely delicious and the service was fantastic, we really enjoyed our meals on both days. My only gripe was that there is a distinct lack of vegan dessert options...

Fantastic food. We ate here twice during our stay in Paignton. I had the penne carbonara with grilled chicken and my hubby had the southern fried chicken basket. Both were beautifully prepared and had loads of flavour. I cannot praise the staff enough. I ordered...

A really nice meal. Excellent menu and the food was really tasty. Good kids menu, but best of all Excellent staff! Really attentive and happy to help with a smile.

We had a lovely lunch. Lucy, who served us, was a welcoming face; she is a great representative of the company and we would definitely return because of her service. We were served quickly and the food was definitely good value. The decoration was nice...

We come here every year. Since Paul has taken over the service and food is amazing. We had Sunday dinner today and it was amazing. Paul is so lovely and goes above and beyond to accommodate everyone. Highly recommended. Gayle and Joe

Went last week for a drink, place was ok, it was deserted except for us. Small sign on till saying card payments only. They do not accept cash!

Lazy service, friend almost got poisoned, drinks took 20 minutes to arrive and almost over charged Went for dinner a few weeks ago with my friend and my sister. We sat down and received a takeaway menu even though we were eating in... My friend...

Ate here recently on a Friday night whilst staying at the Holiday park, the waitress was friendly and attentive. The food was really nice we had bread, a burger and a curry all of which I would recommend again.

Visited regularly to watch the live football- the bar area and seating arrangements very good- the beers well looked after and staff warm and polite. Foodwise the choice was limited to an A4 copied sheet ( possibly due to staff numbers allowed (Covid 19) in...

we went to this pub on a sunday lunch time there were 5 adults and 2 children .We asked for the menu only to be told that a Roast was the only thing on offer.We were not advised of this and it did not mention...

The Blagdon has certainly improved since Paul the manager has taken over. The food is lovely and the prices are fair. Staff are committed to make sure customers are well looked after and have everything that they need. Ewan and Sophie took such good care...

This restaurant is amazing it’s got amazing food and the staff are unreal. Would recommend for any type of visit Will 100% be coming back with family again

The quality of customer service afforded by The Blagdon Inn is unparalleled in respect to other local establishments. Staff are committed to providing a consistent and reliable service whilst ensuring the needs and wants of customers are met irrespective of situational factors.

Went for a meal with my family, Mussells were off the menu or anything with mussells in. Not a very comorehensive menu. My husband had the steak which was cooked as he wanted it, but not the best quality steak. 2 of us had the...

Popped in for a drink with friends who were staying in a lodge on site there. Very modern and spotlessly clean throughout. Friendly staff. Didn't eat but saw food being served to other customers and it looked superb. Will visit for food again

Visited here for dinner after seeing the menu on the website. Lovely looking pub with loads of outdoor seating and inside was very clean and welcoming looked newly renovated. Ordered drinks and sat at comfy leather sofas before going to our table. There appeared to...

We visited the Blagdon Inn for dinner whilst holidaying at at Orchard Park/Devon Hills last week. The staff were very nice and attentive however there were 3 errors in our meal which was frustrating. The food was probably priced about right but there wasn't a...

We ate here when staying at Devon Hills . The food was nice and service was good but something was missing. The decor seemed almost clinical..looked nice from outside but inside was lacking something

food not great had a spicy pepperoni people bland not spicy all you could taste was tomato sauce which wasnt that nice but there was loads of it when you picked a bit of pizza up it leaked out of all sided of the pizza...

Just spent a week at orchard park. Devon hills. So peaceful and relaxing. The pub on site is the Blagdon Inn and its serves awesome food at reasonable prices. Got to put a shout out to all the staff they very perfectional

We booked here for two meals before arriving at our caravan. Once for lunch and once for tea. It was ok but nothing to rave about. The food is very average and overpriced for what it is. Staff were friendly but disappointed in the quality...

Staff are very helpful and friendly at this Inn, the four of us visited on at least 3 occasions on our recent holiday. The menu due to lockdown has been reduced but still a varied choice, luckily they still have a favourite of ours Scampi...

Was served by Sophie , On Monday the 18 th of June 2021.... she was very polite , very friendly And very attentive.... good service

Booked Blagdon Inn 3 days before we went. Then I walked to the pub at 2.00 pm on 6th June to make sure it was ok. The young lad said it was ok and would see us at 7pm. We got there at 7pm to...

Terrible customer service, absolutely no manners of the juveniles serving, using the term Serving loosely as there reluctant to do so and then get over charged for Expensive drinks in dirty glasses. Diabolical food to boot. Would avoid!!! Should be closed down asap.

We went for a Sunday lunch, past experiences were the best Sunday carvery around but now the choice of meat was only 2 choices not much variety of veg. Adults size portion was the same size as a child’s size, mint sauce wasn’t available so...

Someone told us to go there because it was good. Well I can tell you I like my Sunday roast and it was the worst I have had for a long time

Ordered our tea the fish and chips were lovely and warm and very nice .the pizza was nearly cold had to warm in microwave tasted ok when warmed this was a take away

Ordered crispy Korean chicken brown rice box with Asian slaw! which sounded lush but when came it was some wet saucy chicken and thrown on a on top of a plate of white rice with some raw white and red cabbage. When I questioned the...

Came here after months of not being able to visit family and friends due to Covid. Great range of drinks and meals all at a reasonable price. And all covid protocols seems to be followed which made some of my more concerned family feel at...

Today me and my Wife visited The Blagdon Inn, we were seated at a lovely table in the sun and placed our drinks and food through the app provided on the table. The food was outstanding with excellent choice and at a great price. There...

Takeaway. 5* lovely food. All packaged well and hot. Good sized portions.. ordered online and was ready at stated time.

If you love microwaved food this is the place for you. Luke warm, every time i have visited there was no chef working, full of excuses for bad service.

I was really disappointed with my visit -- to sit outside in the sun with a drink very goo but inside your bar is cold and soulless -- no cosy vibe at all -- and staff a bit dismissive to making conversation with guests to...

Love this place, Iv been a few times in the past and love this place. Great food lovely staff and dog friendly. Pretty little place inside and out Great beer garden and play area. As always great food

As we were staying on site we popped in for a drink. Considering there was only a family of 4 drinking in there when we arrived we still had to wait ages for anyone to appear at the bar. We weren't asked for our details,...

We ate here whilst staying on the Orchard Park site. It was our first meal out in 6 months due to shielding and Covid, yet we had a lovely experience, mainly because of the measures in place to make this a Covid friendly pub, helping...

Walked in wearing masks, temperature taken on entrance..all staff wear masks and socially distanced.. Food and service excellent

Stayed on Devon hills for 4 nights. Eaten here for all 4. Food was lovely on every occasion. Service was excellent and all covid measures into place Thankyou

We went to blagdon inn as convenient for us but will not eat there again.menu is very poor, don't seem to cater for G/F or vegetarians which in this day I am shocked. The place has no atmosphere at all it's very unwelcoming. The place...

Booked a table in advance 2 weeks before our visit. Wasn't advised how poor the menu choices would be until we arrived. 2 starters, 2 main, 1 pizza choice and two desserts. Everything was frozen and then thrown in the deep fat fryer. We did...

Pre booked this restaurant in advance as our first holiday meal as it was near our holiday air bnb and convenient after a long journey. We arrived and told there would be an hours wait for food- very disappointing- we left and had fish and...

We booked several weeks ago to dine after a day at Paignton Zoo, as a birthday dinner for a member of our party. Despite having our contact details and phoned for a booking, there was no prior mention that the menu choice was severely limited...

visited just for a drink recently, as we were going in a lady coming out said 'don't bother, there is no atmosphere and the service is awful'. Well, we should have listened because she was right. I asked what sort of red wine was available...

Went here as part of the eat out to help out scheme. Found a table outside in the patio/beer garden area. Went inside and waited at the front of the pub where there's a lectern with food menus etc. Inside I saw probably 2 or...

Big shout out to Jamie and his team. Our 1st meal out since lockdown so didn’t expect to get a table as we were only passing. They were nothing but professional and friendly. Social distancing measures were great, food was excellent and customer service was...

Been wanted to visit for a while, and I’m so glad I finally did. Carvery was outstanding and served be a lovely young lad . We stayed for a while after having our food, where we had a couple drinks. The two young girls, Charlie...

I visited the Blagdon today and was greeted at the bar with a welcoming smile from Zoe and Charlie, these 2 ran the bar amazingly and made me feel welcomed, 2 very polite girls, the management should be very proud to have them as part of the team. The food is excellent also.

I live within walking distance so would really like this to be a decent pub but it just goes from worse to even more worse. So tonight 19th February no card payments because the machine isn't working. There's an atm but it's £1.80 charge each time and the person after me that used it asked for £30 and got £20. The girl behind the bar couldn't care less. "Leave your phone number I'll phone them tomorrow".I usually drink Jail Ale locally and have had some dodgy pints in the Blagdon as they don't have much trade and don't sell enough to keep it fresh. Because of this I asked what it was like and was offered a taster. I HAVE NEVER TASTED ANYTHING SO DISGUSTING. GONE OFF VINEGAR WOULD BE A DESCRIPTION. When I told the girl serving, she just said it was a new barrel and she had sold loads of it. Unfortunately for the last couple of years there does not seem to be any grown up management in this pub. Seems to be staffed by people recently out of school who are more interested in talking to their friends or off duty staff or on the phone than actually doing their job.

Well done to Molly! who kept going on her own serving bar and restaurant, always smiling and polite.

Really lovely food and generous portions. staff were friendly and very helpful. we had starters and mains, definitely no need for dessert, food was cooked just right. nice selection of drinks.

Had a really nice meal tonight and experience here, the service was amazing and Connor was so friendly, helpful and attentive. He made sure we had a great night. The food was great quality and reasonable priced! :-)

Connor was absolutely amazing! Really made our Sunday evening. Hardest working guy, your attitudes in the right place!

Went in with my husband recently, there were only 3 other people in the place so it wasn't busy.We ordered a sandwich each from a less than extensive menu of 4 different types and settled down with a drink to wait for it.40 minutes later my husband went to enquire as to the whereabouts of said sandwiches only to be told the chef was on his own and was busy prepping for the evening session and they would be along 'shortly'.15 minutes later the sandwiches arrived, mine was OK, (but how hard is it to get tuna mayonnaise wrong), my husbands BLT had bacon that had been cremated and the chips they were both served with had been deep fried for far too long and were full of fat. I think the 'chef' must have been furious we interrupted his prep to make our lunch because he certainly was not run off his feet with other diners!.Very disappointed, we have eaten here a few times in the past and it has always been lovely.

Called ahead to book but when we arrived at designated time, the carvery was an unappetising mess of dried out meat, soggy scraps of vegetables and very little left. This was the worst meal I have eaten in a long time. The staff were polite and friendly but unattentive. The Blagdon serves a large community of holiday makers and needs to step up its food hygiene level and basic catering ability, it is an attractive building with a guaranteed patronage that it is not trying hard enough to stay loyal!

Booked Xmas here this year wish I stayed home and cooked waited nearly 35 mins for our soup and we were early bread rolls with no butter or knife cold coffee staff were inexperienced it was busy but not that busy not enough staff when we got to go up for our carvery not much meat left nobody seemed interested in replenishing the stock someone needs to address these problems it’s a shame because we have been here for many Sunday launches which have been nice but this will put me off returning

Came down with my daughter and son in law and Charlie Zoe and Molly were so welcoming from stepping through the door.