dartmouth arms in South Hams - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

I stopped here for a quick pint. Lovely pub with really nice staff!

Great food and very accommodating for vegans and fussy eaters, really helpful and friendly staff. Would definitely go again.

The atmosphere, service, food and drinks were really good however the gents toilet let you down. The smell wafting out reminded me of a badly cleaned/maintained public toilets

I had the displeasure of dealing with The Dartmouth Arms recently, and it was an absolute nightmare from start to finish. My partner and I had made a reservation earlier in the day, enticed by the lovely photos online. But when we arrived, we were shocked to find the place looking and smelling like a complete dump. It was so bad that we couldn't even bring ourselves to step inside. To spare the owners and staff from hearing the brutal truth, we called to cancel instead. It was a busy time, and we canceled a few hours before our reservation, thinking that would be the end of it. But no, this was just the beginning of the ordeal. Later on, I was shocked to find a £40 cancellation fee charged to my card. This fee was never communicated when we booked or when we canceled. What had been communicated was a ‘no-show’ charge, but since we canceled, I thought we were in the clear. When I called to inquire, I was told, “the owner decided he wants to charge you.” That’s it. No reason, no explanation, just the owner whimsically deciding to take money for absolutely nothing. Given some of the other reviews I've seen, I can only assume this was a ploy to fund another one of the owner’s “sessions,” as it seems he has a reputation for that. This is a deplorable way to run a business—scamming customers with hidden fees and treating them like cash cows. The Dartmouth Arms is a substandard establishment with despicable business practices. I strongly recommend avoiding this place at all costs. Save your money, time, and dignity by going somewhere that actually respects its customers.

I had the displeasure of dealing with The Dartmouth Arms recently, and it was an absolute nightmare from start to finish. My partner and I had made a reservation earlier in the day, enticed by the lovely photos online. But when we arrived, we were shocked to find the place looking and smelling like a complete dump. It was so bad that we couldn't even bring ourselves to step inside. To spare the owners and staff from hearing the brutal truth, we called to cancel instead. It was a busy time, and we canceled a few hours before our reservation, thinking that would be the end of it. But no, this was just the beginning of the ordeal. Later on, I was shocked to find a £40 cancellation fee charged to my card. This fee was never communicated when we booked or when we canceled. What had been communicated was a ‘no-show’ charge, but since we canceled, I thought we were in the clear. When I called to inquire, I was told, “the owner decided he wants to charge you.” That’s it. No reason, no explanation, just the owner whimsically deciding to take money for absolutely nothing. Given some of the other reviews I've seen, I can only assume this was a ploy to fund another one of the owner’s “sessions,” as it seems he has a reputation for that. This is a deplorable way to run a business—scamming customers with hidden fees and treating them like cash cows. The Dartmouth Arms is a substandard establishment with despicable business practices. I strongly recommend avoiding this place at all costs. Save your money, time, and dignity by going somewhere that actually respects its customers.

Lovely people and fantastic food. Fish and chips, pulled pork burger and sea bass special all excellent. Great value too.

Family of 5 had pre booked . Lovely and cool on a hot day . Good food but service outstanding staff could not have been more helpful

Nice pub, they give you plastic glasses so you can sit outside in Bayards Cove and enjoy the view of the River Dart.

So lovely! Great food! Great menu options. Lovely quick friendly service. Cosy atmosphere. And best of all....dog friendly!

We had a meal here last night and it was absolutely delicious. Great menu with great choices, fresh food, quick service! Atmosphere lovely, cosy and friendly. And best of all....its dog friendly. Recommend highly!

Great pub, amazing food and friendly service. Dog friendly. So good we visited it twice.

This excellent pub serves delicious food, at excellent prices, in a beautiful setting. The staff very nice too. Visit and enjoy.

We got a table as soon as we went in. Ordered from the bar and was served in 20mins. Blue burger hadn't too much blue cheese or garlic flavour. Sea basket was plenty for one person and tasty.

Called in for some drinks. Arrived just before 2200 and barman said that he would be stopping serving shortly. Forty minutes later, he was still serving drinks! We sat in the back where the ceiling is low.

Found this pub walking around Dartmouth. We stopped for lunch, a pint and a pizza, both very nice. Great location, lovely atmosphere and friendly bar staff. Would happily stop there again and highly recommend.

Informal pub atmosphere. Very welcoming helpful staff. Really good food!

Service very slow saw the food that was being served didn't look to good so gave it a miss

Visited whilst on holiday. We found it to be the best pub food in Dartmouth. Home made and great quality. Home made pizzas were lovely, the Cajun chicken burger and the seafood platter were too. Staff were friendly and welcoming, definitely worth a visit ( or like us, several!)

Love this place... special memories

This is a really nice little bar, tucked away at the end of town. Food was decent - seafood sharer and fries perfect for two for a light lunch, but the visit was made for us by the excellent customer service (22/5). Will happily recommend to anyone

Great traditional pub serving great food, by friendly staff. All four in our group chose different meals and none were disappointed.

Always a great place for a beer and pizza

Love going to Dartmouth. The Dartmouth Arms was lovely as ever. Friendly staff and good food and drinks.

Nice old world pub. The Sunday lunch was good and the staff very friendly.

Nice friendly pub on the waterfront that likes dogs! Food is good and service friendly

What a friendly pub decent food dog friendly which is amazing cosy place

Ate here for lunch on a weekend trip down south. Food was incredible and worth every penny. Menu was varied with lots to choose from. The crab cakes and cheesy garlic bread were highlights for us! A real cosy pub feel with a great selection of drinks. Perfect for all the family!

This is truly a very nice pub! Small and very local, proper cosy atmosphere! Dog friendly. The food is great and they provided kind service. Great variety of drinks and delicious local ales! Strangely, it seemed our dessert order was forgotten as it took ages to come; it arrived eventually and it was complimentary due to the mistake...thank you guys! Highly recommend!

I had a roast dinner here back in September and it was absolutely gorgeous. I am quite fussy with my roast dinners that says a lot! The staff were lovely and there was a nice cosy atmosphere. Would definitely come back if I was in the area!! :)

Really lovely pub, friendly staff and the best nachos I've ever had 😊

Good food. We enjoyed the seafood basket ( although a little overpriced for the amount you get) and the potato leak soup.

Had one of the specials of the day, it was lovely really enjoyed it. I highly recommend giving it a try ☺️

Great pub, great food. Great Staff who even remembered you had come in the day before. Dogs allowed and met a couple of local fishermen who added to the entertainment with brilliant stories. Great few hours spent will be back.

Amazing place with amazing views 😍

Dog-friendly inside which is great, it’s a fairly tiny pub, we were here when it was quiet so tables were easy to get. Good service, the meat pizza was stacked, and pub has character. I think prices were a little higher than I’d like or expect but what can you do, you want places to stay in business right?

Great for an evening pint, but no food served.

We decided to pop to The Dartmouth Arms today, 17/07/23, for a bite to eat. The pub was lovely, the staff were very friendly and accommodating. My beer was cold and my meal which was one of the days special, Skate, was absolutely superb! My wife had the Pork Belly special which was also beautifully cooked and presented. I am a visitor on holiday from Birmingham and would recommend this pub. p.s. if you're tall like me, watch your head, that said it adds to the charm!

Very tiny pub bursting with character! Lovely food and friendly service.

Ok, tricky one this. Love this pub and been coming for years as a visitor. (Not a local) But couple of evenings here (august 2023) with food and to be honest not like it used to be. They do a great pizza no question. But getting the right food you ordered is a challenge. (Both visits and for those around us) Then there is the service. You gonna wait ages to get a drink or order. (Staff just disappear) Then the real kicker...staff member with apron on uses toilets and leaves without any hand washing...ok I am hoping he was heading back to a designated hygiene area. Hope you can sort this stuff out but not coming back until you do.

Not the cleanest place I have been in, staff were nice, beer was pretty good.

Pleasant only had a quick drink ! Pricey @

Really amazing food and really great service! Brilliant selection of drinks and in the heart of Dartmouth! If you’re staying in Dartmouth I’d recommend going here!

I'm a bit picky regarding pizzas, but the one I had here was as good as any I've had for a long time. Great staff too.

Always loved a trip to the Dartford Arms. Good food and friendly atmosphere. One problem as a non drinker due to driving, I ordered a pint of lime with soda. £2 which I thought was a bit expensive, however the barlady then said ' sorry I've only charged for a half pint it should be £4 ' it probably cost 40p to make. So much for trying to be good and not drink and drive.

Great pub, lovely gluten free pizza 🍕... Best to book a table as can get busy.

We had a lovely lunch when we were in Dartmouth for a few hours. Service was very good. Nice position by the harbour.

We've just had the most amazing experience, drinks, food and hospitality second to none. Highly recommend their lava steaks, cook it yourself, absolutely delicious all set in a stunning location! Only 5 stars? Deserves 10!

Made this our local as it was closest to us for the week there. The ales and ciders, the service, and the food were all very good.

Only a 5 star because they don't go up to 10. This place was amazing. Firstly, great local, welcoming atmosphere. Super friendly staff, and the pub itself is just cosy. Then there's the service, we ordered a Pizza, burger and haloumi fries. It came so quick I thought it must have been pre-cooked and reheated or something. Not even close. This was freshly cooked, to perfection. Even the salad tasted amazing (and I rarely eat salad). The pizza was perfect, golden brown, no black or burning anywhere, no soft outer crust, but soft inside. The cheese was perfectly melted. The haloumi fries were soft inside and crispy on the outside and no grease. My fiance said they were the nicest haloumi fries she's ever had. The sauce was amazing. The peri chicken burger? Like an orgasm in my mouth. I have no other way to describe it. I felt like I had died and gone to heaven. I don't know how to say perfect again without it sounding like I am just repeating myself. I'll definitely be back.

Lovely little pub by the waterfront, recommend. Didn't have time to try the food but they do a steak cooked on a lava rock👍

Very good service prices very reasonable for the area food no faults

All good roasts excellent.local fish in caper sauce was girnad not normally used but loved it.

Great little old school pub. Sunday roast was absolutely superb. Super friendly staff. Dog friendly. Highly recommended 5⭐️

Nice pub! Good home cooked meals. They take reservations & allow you to request where you want to sit.

One of the oldest bars in dartmouth. Do go there for a visit. The food is good. Try the pizzas they have to offer.

Great Pub . Situated on the Edge of the Estuary.

It had a really nice atmosphere and was dog friendly. They also gave my dog a treat that was nice!! If you are looking for a good pub I would highly advise you came here.

Great food. Sunday lunch and John dory were excellent. Quaint little lounge. Only negative some staff behaviour was not appropriate.

Great food and good service. Worth the money.

Lovely pub Really nice food and really good service. Lady at the bar was super friendly and polite think her name was liv. 10/10

10/10 food and hospitality. Lovely little pub and great prices.😊

Low-key, cosy pub with a nice chilled atmosphere, a 5 minute walk from the bustling town centre. You could read a chapter of a book here. Respectful and efficient staff, and a view over the water from one end.

Brilliant place, with a proper 'can do' attitude. Great menu and great food. Lovely staff too. Wish more places were like this. Thankyou

Fabulous pizza, wonderful chile-con-carne. Lovely staff, so warm and welcoming.

Great place to eat and drink. Quiz night on Tuesday. We regularly go here.

Love the food here. And so nice beers on

Really enjoyed the wolf beer. Such a friendly little pub. Small but welcoming. Food menu looks great too.

Food was delicious. You could buy a drink and sit outside across from the pub and admire the harbour views.

Brilliant atmosphere, good beer, excellent food - not to be missed.

Lovely staff, great food and dog friendly 😀

Great little pub in a great location. Shame the girl behind the bar was so foul mouthed and quite patronising... was drinking behind the bar and necking shots the customer side of the bar!! Maybe it was an 'off' night

Friendly staff, oldy worldwide pub with lots of character and great food - lovely atmosphere-right by the waterfront

Great lunch, great staff and wonderful location.

Great vibes, like Pubs used to be, we,ll be back,

Decent little pub, a bit cramp inside but some people call that cozy, price of ale here is on the more expensive side of a fiver.

Friendly staff Nice atmosphere Can take drinks outside and sit by the river

A real find. Good homely fayre in a lovely cosy pub. Friendly staff and a good location

Very friendly one of the cheapest pubs in dartmouth and very good food

Love little pub, it is hidden away. When you go in it is very cozy. Just outside there is benches along the waters edge and this is where we sat and enjoyed the view.

Lovely food very friendly staff 😊

Friendly staff, welcoming vibe.

Schönes Pub mit guter Bierauswahl. Schöne Musik und super Nette Wirtsleute. Angenehmes Ambiente

Good food. Good spot. Reasonably priced. Good evening out.

Love this pub! Great service and pub grub. The best Chilli in Dartmouth!!

Lovely place, friendly staff and food was really good. We shall return when next in the Dartmouth area.

I'm a non drinker asked for a coffee, couldn't supply one had to go to the restaurant side ,no thanks they were busy with meals so went without, shame

Bar staff were great. Food was a little poor and over priced for what you get. Drinks were great. Overall average had a lot better.

Didn't go in. Closed 10pm Saturday night?????

Really *not* good. They managed to mess up our booking so we had to finish quickly in time for the next people using the table. The "luxury" veggie burger described as "Made with puy lentils, grated carrots, spring onion, garlic and tomato paste" was just a small, tasteless mush of cheap vegetables; something that Aldi wouldn't even sell, utterly misdescribed. For £14 when you can get a Moving Mountains burger at this price when eating out, there's no excuse. The beer was also poorly kept and tasteless. They were also clearly understaffed, even in the early evening.

Food was ok. Experience wasn't great because I had the speaker for the loud music next to our table and there was a guy that was working there just walking around eating pizza from a pizza box that was grinding my gears (triggered my inner Gordon Ramsey).

Friendly staff and a decent pint of proper job

Had a day out in Dartmouth and came across this lovely friendly pub. The young girl behind the bar was so friendly and made a fuss of our pooch 😊 The food was excellent. Best pub food we’ve had in a long time . Thanks for making us feel so welcome. We will be back 😊 Best wishes Elaine and Lee from Blenheim House Torquay 😊

Lovely pint, friendly atmosphere and a nice outdoor drinking area

Cracking place lovely cheese burgers proper old bozer

Had a lovely lamb roast dinner on Easter Sunday with the family. Nice traditional pub and friendly staff 👍🍻

An ok pub with standard pizza and burger food

Nice8 aside but quite small so not many places to sit and it can get busy. Food looked good but was expensive

Had a take away vegan and gf pizza which was great actually. Would recommend 👍

Really great food and lovely pub

Lovely little pub, great people, thank you