Canal Tea Rooms and Gardens in Mid Devon

Gorgeous place! So lovely and the food was delicious and staff were friendly. Star has been dropped as the placement of the baby changing in the ladies loo is very problematic. It’s right underneath an automatic hand drier, so one quick swipe or wave of hands from baby and they get blasted with air making everyone jump! This happened twice. I tried turning her around but unfortunately facing the sink and having her feet that end was worse because that’s where all the action is. I would recommend a hand dryer you push or a note for people to maybe switch off a switch (if accessible) prior to changing nappies or just moving the dryer to the opposite side? Lovely scone though! Thank you

Popped in with the dog for a cream tea after a walk by the canal having time to kill before going to Tiverton Parkway. Just want we wanted. Scones were warmed without asking, additional butter provided with no extra charge. Nice friendly greeting as we entered. Would definitely come back again. The dog enjoyed the doggy ice cream too!

Better than any services. We stopped in on the way back from Devon for lunch. Was a great spot for food, which was fantastic, staff was great. Will stop again

We visited here whilst on hols from Wales. Decided to have lunch before heading up to the canal. What a lovely tea garden this is! Lovely setting with seats inside or outside, lovely atmosphere here and quick service. Ploughman’s was the best I’ve had here as well, actually mailed them today to see what chutney they used. Hope to visit again.

Great food but the chap that owns this establishment (old miserable chap) you’ll no the one lol His attitude and the way he spoke to us after spending £70 was terrible won’t be going there again

Unfortunately this Tea room has changed hands so I believe. We found a table and I approached the desk to place my order. The girl quite obviously didn't want to be there,I asked a question she didn't reply, no manners not a please or thank you. The two people doing the waiting were very polite and helpful. We will think twice about going back there.

We visited the Canal tea rooms and enjoyed a lovely high tea and selection of savoury and sweet cream teas between us. The food was incredible and the service was great. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The location was perfect. We enjoyed sitting outside but I loved that there was the opportunity to sit under cover too. I would definitely recommend it to anyone. Thank you 😊

Great prompt and friendly service. Lovely surroundings. Had lunch with husband and friend prior to boarding the barge for a pre-booked trip. What delighted me particularly was to be able to enjoy a gluten free pasty. Fellow coeliacs will empathise! Live locally, so this is high on my list of go to places.

staff extremely rude, they were busy and said there would be a delay but they had forgotten our order. totally unorganized. when food came out cutlery was dirty would not recommend

We arrived for coffee and booked a table for 4 for lunch to follow a walk alongside the canal. We are glad that we did because the tea rooms/gardens were busy by the time we arrived back. The food was served promptly by friendly and helpful staff. Three of us had a jacket potato with a tuna mayonnaise topping, side salad and coleslaw. The topping was plentiful and the salad fresh and colourful. The coleslaw looked homemade and was tasty. The other member of our group had a steak pasty with salad and chips, all of which were enjoyed. The toilets were very clean. Sitting in the garden in the sunshine, the setting was pleasant and attractive but seating and tables were available both indoors and under cover for cooler or wetter days. An enjoyable experience which we all highly recommend. We shall return.

Very disappointed! We use to visit this place a lot, but realised we hadn't been for a while when we noticed a few changes. We think it's changed management?? We ordered a tuna and mayo white baguette, a cheese and ham on brown, a sausage roll and tea for 2. Apart from the disgusting 'taste' of the margarine they over spread on the bread we couldn't taste any tuna or the bland cheese. The tea was so weak and tasteless I couldn't drink it. We even had to go and get an ice cream from the canal cafe barge to try and take the 'taste' of the margarine away. We won't be returning.

New owners have opened just today, so walked up to welcome them. Had a very nice bowl of soup & a roll with a coffee. Lovely welcome from them & they are full of enthusiasm for their new venture. My friend & myself wish them all the best, & will certainly make it a regular destination.

A great little spot. We sat outside and the prices for tea and scones were reasonable. Also very tasty. Generous with milk etc and lots of clotted cream and jam. Characterful gardens.

We happened to come across this gem of a place when visiting Grand Western Canal from Kent. I had Prawn Sandwiches and my husband had a baguette. The food was served in a reasonable time, considering it was lunchtime and fairly full. The sandwiches were tasty and full to the brim. All I would say is that my iced coffee with two scoops of icecream, was actually warm. I was hoping on a nice refreshing drink to cool me down on a hot day. No ice cubes in it either, but all in all a lovely lunch, topped off by an icecream each before we left.

Appalling service. Waited nearly half an hour for 2 cups of tea, one coffee and one piece of cake. After complaining about the wait the order was then brought to the table. Unfortunately the cake was inedible as it was still frozen. There were numerous staff in the kitchen but there seemed to be noone who had any idea of time management and getting orders out quickly, even a small order of drinks and cake had to wait until they had all finished preparing larger orders, surely they could have had someone who could have dealt with pouring a few cups of tea and putting a piece of cake on a plate without too much problem! After complaining about the cake being frozen the manager or owner came and asked if I wanted a refund, he seemed a bit surprised when I said yes. His apology was, 'sorry it's been very busy'. Well I'm sorry but if you are running a catering business like this you need to manage the orders better. This was our first vist here and it will be our last.

Not much choice fir coeiacs. A brownie or an orange sponge. Not ideal. As usual mire choice for cegans who choose to be so. Coeliacs dont make the choice to be coeliac. Such a shame cafes dont offer much. Dont offer alternatice milk here either for anyone dairy intolerant other than oat milk....but its not gluten free either.

Fine for standard fare such as drinks, tea/coffee and scones, jam & cream. Nice home made lemonade. Far too long a wait for sandwiches or salad (>25min and >20 min after arrival of other items ordered by the rest of the party) so we ended up cancelling that order and leaving. Whilst there are signs saying be patient during busy periods it wasn’t an acceptable wait.

Been here many times which says it all. Pleasant selection of English food in a quaint setting. Vegan options are available and prices are standard. Ice creams available along with indoor and outdoor seating. Well recommended but can get busy especially if the weather is good.

These are lovely tea rooms in a beautiful garden setting a stone's throw from the canal itself. Ideal for a light lunch or cream tea especially if you are visiting the Horse Drawn Barge. Yesterday they provided lunch for 38 people on a coach trip before they embarked on the barge. Very helpful friendly staff & our lunches were freshly prepared & delicious. Many thanks to Alun & all his staff

Fantastic lunch, prawn Marie Rose baguette with salad and crisps. Homemade lemonade too. Excellent! Our second visit was as good as our first!

Pretty setting just off the Grand Western canal. We only had drinks but they were fine and service was prompt. Saw the high teas and they were well presented.

A lovely setting, spoiled by a very second-rate service, visited 17th September table order No. 61. The scones were disappointingly small and uninspiring. The strawberry jam was opaque and cheap The clotted cream was white in colour instead of creamy yellow. No butter provided This was the worst example of a Cream tea, we have ever experienced-I am ex-RAF Chivenor, and return to Devon, annually. This is the poorest example of a Devon Cream tea, and quality sacrificed upon the altar of maximum profit, and indifference to customers.

On holiday in Devon and Googled for a cafe, liked the look of this so headed over. Pleasantly surprised by the gardens and seating (most undercover) as it was a very wet day. We both ordered jacket potatoes and a pot of tea. Pleased to see not only did we each get a pot of tea but also a pot of hot water. Annoys me that more places don't do this. The jacket potato came with a huge side salad, a huge amount of coleslaw and a huge potato with filling. Excellent value but I couldn't finish it. Overall I was very pleased by the cafe and would recommend.

We loved it. Delightful location and surprisingly spacious garde. Very fresh ingredients, lovely ham and homemade lemonade.

Please head for Canal Basin, EX16 4HX and not Lime Kiln Rd! We live very close by and regularly have to redirect people; hopefully this review will help people get to the right place. But wonderfully, as we live so close we get to come here with just a few moments walk. We love the Ploughman's lunches, ice cream and cakes!

I’m a senior man and have attended this Tea Room on a few occasions with my wife. I have always found the staff to be very pleasant. The service from the time you order to your table is pretty impressive. The quality of the food is excellent, plentiful, tasty and nicely presented. The manager and staff deserve credit. A few recommendations would be the jacket potato’s, ice creams, 50:50 ploughman’s (thick cut piece of ham) and cheese, cream teas and fresh cut sandwiches. I hope you enjoy it :)

We stopped enroute home to Wales. It's just lovely, the food was delicious and we loved the homemade lemonade. I'd visit again for sure!

One of my favourite places to go for lunch or coffee and cake. It is always so relaxing to sit in the garden and watch the world go by, and there is plenty of indoor seating for wet weather. Owners and staff very friendly. Great...

Lovely place. Great atmosphere. Great service - they met our odd requests without an issue! Lovely food and good portion sizes. Would thoroughly recommend.

What a beautiful place. A hidden treasure. Owners were an absolute delight! Lots of cream and jam for our delicious warmed scones. Will definitely go back.

A lovely English tearoom, good food and ideal location for a walk along the canal. It was our first visit will not be the last.

Had afternoon tea here. All produce was excellent and you have the advantage of being beside the Grand Western Canal (also worth a visit). The ham and chees ploughman's lunch was a meal in itself!

A very hospitable environment and a wonderful way to end a day out walking by the Grand Western Canal. I had a cream tea and the scones were as fresh as can be. I was also pleased to see they had vegetarian and vegan options...

We were staying in the area, but after hurting my ankle, we needed an easy walk and the canal towpath fitted the bill. We saw young ducklings and the horse drawn canal in action on our walk, there is also a small visitor centre which...

Good food and service. Pleasing range of cakes, sandwiches and snacks. Tea was plentiful and sandwiches served with salad was beyond what we expected. On our visit there were problems with the parking charges apps. making small change a necessity, this was no problem to...

Fantastic little find. We stopped on our way down to Cornwall to stretch our legs along the canal - saw a variety of birds including young ducklings. Stopped here on way back to car - the flapjack was lovely and very moreish. He had the...

Awful customer service. Ignorant and unhelpful. Absolute disgrace and would advise not to get involved.

Always a pleasure to be there, the food is wonderful and the service and friendliness is 300%, well worth going! Dogs are always very welcome.

When I placed the order for drinks and food the lady who served me was more interested in talking to her colleagues than taking the order. We received our drinks but waited and waited for our food, after numerous other tables had been served I...

May I on behalf of HONITON CARERS SUPPORT GROUP thank you sincerely for the wonderful lunch you provided for us all today. The service was quick, efficient and the food was amazing, well prepared with incredibly generous portions. It was a perfect end to our...

This was another return visit, and the food was still lovely, well priced and came with super friendly service. It’s also dog friendly for all you animal lovers out there! I fully recommended a visit, as I’ve never been disappointed 👍😊

Attended a baby shower on the 1.5.22. Was under the impression the garden room had been reserved for our party of 15 guests... When booking, our host was told if they weather was bad then other customers MAY join us in the room. She was...

5 STARS!! Amazing experience, staff and managers were lovely and friendly. Great service, lovely food. Toilets were clean, Quick service, dogs aloud, great for me and my furry friend. However, an incident with a large table occurred, they appeared to being rude to staff which...

Went today for my friend's baby shower. The start of our experience was a bit fraught due to possible misscommunications about our reservation, which was organised back in February, however the staff we spoke to were courteous and tried to be as helpful as they...

Summary: -over 30 people in a small room due to double booking -owner rude and unapologetic -owner did not rectify any complaints -hair in food (both human and dog) -no order taking at the table, everyone has to go individually to the window to order...

I visited the canal tea rooms today as I have many times before the staff were lovely as usual but while I was there I saw a party happening i sat near this event it was a bit loud but I would expect that from...

Beautiful food, great portions, and excellent service, and the price is great. 3 generations of our family visited. My wife reviewed the soup as 10 out of 10, the ploughmans would have fed all of us. It all seemed to be home made.

I brought a coach party here in 2018 and intended to return earlier but ……. This second visit, for lunch on this occasion, was absolutely fantastic, exactly as it was when we last visited. My party of 44 had a variety of pre-ordered meals -...

Absolutely wonderful. This place is pretty, efficient and the food/service is excellent. One of our party is gluten intolerant and the staff went above and beyond to help. Food and drinks are of excellent standards and large portions. We will be returning

The staff are extremely efficient and friendly. We had an Afternoon Tea, in the late morning, and the pot of tea was ready before I had got back to my table after placing the order. The food was excellent, the ambience superb. It is a...

We were part of an organised coach trip to the nearby horse drawn barge and lunch had been arranged at the Canal Tea Rooms & Garden. We had pre-ordered our lunch and when we arrived, we didn't have to wait long at all for the...

Great afternoon spent with friends in a lovely setting. Amazing afternoon tea, terrific value for money.

High tea for 4 for us - delicious food and efficient service in a lovely setting Next time I am going for the ploughman’s as this looked amazing! Thank you

Wonderful afternoon tea in a picturesque garden setting. Great value and beautiful cakes and scones - highly recommended

Delicious fresh hot:cold food, very fresh and good portions. Tables were cleaned as soon as they were vacated, before next guest. Indoor, covered and outside seating

This delightful venue is a real treat. Reasonable prices, quick service and lovely warm scones. The setting is very pretty and it makes a nice pit stop before or after a towpath walk.

If it’s a fresh, delicious cream tea you are looking for then this is the place to visit. Scones are fresh and the helping of cream and jam more than generous!! Friendly and quick service and you can then walk off those calories along the...

Next to the canal i n Tiverton are these excellent tea rooms. The service is fast & the food is superb quality & comes in large portions. Plenty of seating & very COVID safe. A great place to eat.

We had a lovely afternoon tea for two here after our walk along the canal. Excellent value for money and friendly staff. Will definitely make sure to return when we are next back in Devon.

First class service and value. Our party had ploughmans, cream tea , avocado on toast and soup of the day. Ploughmans was enormous. We all enjoyed the food . Beautiful setting .

A beautiful Tearoom located alongside the Grand Western Canal in Tiverton, Devon. We visited a couple of times whilst on holiday to the area visiting Family. Very COVID friendly with a hand sanitising station as soon as you enter and a socially distanced ordering system...

Fantastic place friendly service great food. We had a plough man which was huge.The food was very tasty. IF In trj area would visit again best part of Tiverton.

I don't usually leave reviews and we only had ice cream but we so enjoyed this place. Great, friendly service and a very homely feel.

Stumbled across this lovely tea room when walking along the Grand Western Canal. So pleased we stopped off for a Devon Cream Tea! Excellent service and very reasonably priced. Lots of seating outside including covered areas. The scones were lovely and the jam and cream...

Great quick service. Good quality food very reasonably priced. Lovely setting. You can just park up in the car park. There is no entry fee the the Grand Western canal

Struggled to find the venue as the postcode took us to rather run down housing area. However, a quick phone call and some helpful advice soon guided us to the tea room. We ordered the high tea which came with a choice of sandwiches and...

If you are in the Tiverton area and are contemplating a walk along the canal then save some time for this delightful tea room. With seating both inside and out a garden room, a tea area (covered), a quirky collection of teapots and charming service...

Reserved a table, arrived and the table had our name on it. We ordered the high tea and it was delicious. Good value food at a great venue. We will be going again in the near future hopefully.

We have been going to the tea rooms for many years and it has never disappointed us ! the food is always good as is the service and the friendly staff, until today? The latte was so strong it was impossible to drink 100 %...

We stopped here for a quick lunch. There were quite a few vegan options. Although gluten free options weren't marked on the menu they were able to offer me a gluten free roll and there were jacket potatoes on the menu. They do non dairy...

Went here for my mother in laws birthday cream tea and didn’t disappoint! Fantastic service and great atmosphere! Food was quick and on time and highly recommend it. Sandwich cakes and scones can’t ask for much more! Service was fantastic will be returning for more!

After a pleasant walk along the canal we stopped for lunch and had the ‘high tea’ three tier server of sandwiches, cakes and cream tea for two. It was beautifully presented, fresh, tasty and excellent value for money. Thankfully a doggie bag was available as...

This is 10/10 for everything The location The food The service Sadly it closes for the winter. We shall return in the Spring

Completely unknown spot but worth the stop off. Very pleasant garden and covered seating areas. Well maintained. Good service despite wasps.

Parked in the Gt Western car park the cafe gardens were open well laid out for Covid with covered areas for damp weather. Good coffee the food being served looked good

A really quaint little place, excellent food and service. Dogs welcome with water bowls available. Inside or outside eating areas, we had sandwiches and a mixed ploughmans. Would definitely recommend

Large grassy space with safe pond, play house, outdoor tables and covered but open-fronted rooms lends itself to Covid-safe tea. Cream tea with only strawberry jam was delicious. The sandwiches were a limited range but freshly made and delicious. Cakes on offer too! Children played happily, and dog was supplied with water bowl. Just beside canal and extensive parking. A word for friendliness and quality of waitresses. Perhaps a strict 5 o'clock close for ordering should be extended by half-an-hour?

Lovely cream tea and the staff were really helpful and friendly. Lots of signage for social distancing too which is more places are doing at the moment. Loved it 🙂

We stopped here on our way home from North Devon. What a great find! We had afternoon tea for 2 which is very reasonable priced. They also made their own smoothies which were delicious. Lovely ambience. Gave a 4 star as we sat at the table in the garden which was sticky and there were a few wasps, they didn’t bother us too much but people at the next table left without finishing their meal.

A great find. A simple set up that worked well. Lovely staff happy to help. We enjoyed our lunch in the garden, shaded by the parasol. Couldn’t resist ice creams all round to finish. Will be back for cream teas next time!

Love this little tea shop after a cycle down the canal! Amazing scones and very clean in the current circumstances! All the staff cleaning and antibacterial washing everything as they go! Very impressed! That being said the ploughman’s needs a little work it’s too big there’s no need for that amount of colslaw and sale it needed bringing down a little! Great cakes enjoyed by our kids, the staff look happy and the flowers well kept and in full bloom! I’d have preferred to sit on the outside tables as the shed area feels a little odd but it was raining! Second visit here and we will be back next visit!

Spent the afternoon walking along part of The Grand Canal in Tiverton, had a late lunch at this fabulous tea room, a superb cup of tea, and a light lunch of tuna and mayo sandwich with a lovely whole grain rustic bread, with salad and potato crisps, very reasonably priced, and delicious, service was friendly and very prompt, lovely building and lovely garden, very English, very picturesque.

Great experience at the tea rooms. Hi tea was great, asked for gluten free and they were very accomadating.Lovely gardens to sit in, social distancing was in place and all staff wearing masks. Felt comfortable to sit in the gardens and enjoyed a hi tea with my daughter.Will definitely be returning again.

This was our first but not our last visit to these delightful Tea Rooms. We went as a family party with a disabled wheelchair user. Nothing was too much trouble although it was a nice day and they were extremely busy. Tea and scones were equally enjoyed and we will be back.

What a great little find! A quirky Tea Room predominantly outdoors. We sat in the sun and had a lovely Devonshire cream tea. What more could you ask for? This place is a hidden gem. Can't wait to see you again!Just a quick look on TripAdvisor and found this place by chance. A++++

What a smashing place. We have visited before and second time around it was just as good. Sitting in the lovely garden in the sun with our dog and having a wonderful high tea was bliss. I would have no hesitation in recommending the tea rooms.

Absolutely delicious ploughmans. We have the 50/50 ploughmans of gammon and cheese and it was a very good portion indeed with a great cheese and good meat. The salad was varied, fresh and the coleslaw so creamy. It was well presented and a delight to sit in their small garden. Will definitely be back. We had an iced coffee as it was so hot that day. We didn't have room for a cake but they did look good. Thoroughly recommend after a lovely walk along the canal.

This is my second visit this year and never disappointed. On both occasions great food and great service. Hopefully get another visit in before they close this september.

Stopped for a cream tea after a walk along the canal. Pretty little tea room with thatched roof and nice garden with ample seating both inside and out. Dog friendly too which is good as we had our dog with us. We have had two weeks in Cornwall and Devon and had a number of cream teas, each time the scones have been huge and we have shared one each and bought an extra drink. We expected the same here but the scones were tiny. Lots of jam but not much cream even for two small scones. Expected more for £5.75. Scones themselves were ok but nothing special. Other cakes looked like a better deal and we wished we had opted for something else.

Found by mistake and was lovely. Well worth a visit especially for a cream tea and if the main roads are a bit slow

Went to the visit the canal and walk with my wife and our dog, decided to stop for food and came across this delightful place. Lovely friendly place with excellent staff and service. Had and awesome afternoon tea, that was great value for money. Would recommend it highly.

My wife and I decided to have a ploughman’s lunch here after completing the horse drawn canal boat ride.To be fair it was a lovely day and the garden was pretty full so we expected some delay in food delivery. When we placed our order we were told that a wait of 20 to 30 minutes might ensue. After waiting some 45 minutes or so we asked a passing waiter how much longer? He was polite but said “can’t really say could be another 10 minutes” we had decided to ask for our money back when the food suddenly arrived! The quality was adequate rather than good, quantity was good. However the long delay spoiled our visit. I guess that at peak Summer times the kitchen process is overloaded, but surely that comes down to more peak time staff? You would be better off driving into ?Tiverton and finding a local pub/cafe!

We went for lunch before going on the horse drawn barge trip. It was really busy but we didn’t have to wait long for our food & drinks. My family each had a cream tea which looked good & they said was nice. I had an egg mayo baguette which came with crisps & a lovely salad. Would definitely visit there again.

We called into this tea room as we had booked a trip on the horse drawn barge on the canal just above. The seating is all in the garden but there are covered areas for when the weather is inclement. It was a beautiful day when we were there so we sat in the garden. There is a display of teapots on the wall of the cottage and a serving hatch area where you order the food. We both had ham sandwiches on wholemeal bread. All the food is made fresh and then brought out to you. It was lovely and very popular on the day we were there. They also serve ice creams. A lovely spot to sit and relax and enjoy good food.

This was our second visit in two weeks! First time ice cream and drinks, this time early lunch, delicious.

Good service and fabulous ploughmans. Carrot cake dry and disappointing but flapjack nice. Good value.

This was my first visit to the Canal Tea Rooms, but it definitely won’t be my last. Everyone’s really friendly, the location is great, and even if the weather’s wet there’s plenty of undercover seating. Because all the seating is in the garden, dogs are also very welcome, in fact there’s numerous bowls of water placed around the tables for them to drink from. I feel a warning is warranted however; if you plan on having the ploughman’s lunch make sure you bring a healthy appetite with you! It states on the menu it’s a generous portion, and they ain’t kidding

After walking along the stretch of canal and being soaked through. We made our way to the carpark, these tea rooms are situated at the end of the canal car park. It was pouring with rain and we had our dog with us. Dogs are welcome. The tea gardens are very pleasant but we sat under cover, a very large area, open sided seating area. Order at the serving hatch. Very efficient staff. Not a great choice of cake, but we were mid week, out of season and weather was awful. Though there were quite a few visitors. The food (chocolate brownie and lemon drizzle) were delicious. Lovely cup of tea as well. The tea rooms in nice weather, I should imagine would be delightful, though a lot more busy as well. Definitely recommend, but alas too far away for us.

Wow what a wonderful tea room with beautiful gardens we had a cuppa before going to see the horse drawn canal boats they were not open today

A lovely quaint cottage that opens up into their beautiful back garden, where lots of table and chairs are available for eating. We admired their pretty garden. The cream tea went down very well