Ivor Dewdney in Plymouth

One of the classic Plymouth pasty shops, loved by many locals who enjoy their particular style of pasty and with other shops in Stoke & Devonport. My personal favourite. If you like pasties give them a try, they might be the style you prefer as well.

Love how basic this place was, there was a pasty oven and a till, what more do you need to sell pasties. The glutton I am i opted for the giant pasty at £4.60, hot price, but cheaper if you go cold. Couldn’t fault the pasty,seasoning was spot on with a good taste of pepper and salt, plenty of filling. Five in you won’t be disappointed.

Still my favourite. 50 years for me however a few large gaps due to now living in Australia. You really struggle to find a good pastie in Perth.

This place is a memory from my childhood and did not disappoint. The pasty was hot, tasty and exactly as remembered, good pricing too. Attended with orders to bring several back north and was a little disappointed that there was only a few ready to go, always remembered trays and trays in the big ovens. Maybe a pre order and collect service is an idea, because these are top notch and a must buy every visit to Plymouth 👍

We used to live in Plymouth, but have been in Cornwall for 10 years and fancied an Ivor Dewdney pasty last year. So I ordered some online and they tasted just like we remembered. The box was well packaged and the tracking is fab. So good we ordered some more in February of this year and noticed they had gotten smaller! I expected the price change, but not the size. So just in case this was a one- off, I ordered some more this month, only to find they are even smaller and 6 of them were soggy. I contacted the store, to be told the size hadn't changed and that the pasties would still be ok to eat. I'm not entirely sure they will taste very good. So sadly we won't be ordering them ever again!

I'll start by saying we ordered the pasties online and you would presume the pasties are the same as what you are served in the shops (considering the price they should be as good or better). We've been to Devon and Cornwall far too many times to count in the last 40 odd years (my Sister lived in Devon for 30 years or so and I visited often and holidayed in both counties long after she moved away). No trip to the South West is complete unless you grab a proper pasty (and a cream tea) so we are no strangers to a great pasty, we've easily eaten them in the hundreds between us. As we're now both disabled trips to the West country ended a few years back but we really fancied a good West country pasty. So, we decided to try Plymouths 'best voted pasty'... Wow, what a disapointment! Is Ivor Dewdney now Plymouths ONLY pasty shop? I can't think of any other reason it would have been voted the best. The pastry wasn't what you'd usually expect from a pasty (it was more like a thin, slightly chewy hot water pastry which you'd get on a pie in an East London pie and mash shop), however that I didn't mind too much, what with me also being a lover of a good pie and mash. It certainly didn't resemble the nice flakey looking pasties in the images on the website. Before anyone says 'you cooked it wrong!', I'm a very experienced and very good cook that has dabbled in and well executed pretty much every cuisine you could imagine (including making my own pasties). If that's not good enough, my chef son was with me in the kitchen at the time and I'm pretty sure between the two of us we could follow the instructions on how to cook these pasties. Regardless of the pastry, where these pasties really fell short is the filling. While the flavour was quite nice, It only had maybe 15% beef, but calling it 'beef' is being generous! It was mostly gristle, in fact, every single piece of beef (whenever we were lucky enough to find a bit) was mostly gristle! No, I'm not exaggerating, literally every single lump or 'meat' was gristly. It was a nightmare for my poor husband who has lost all his teeth thanks to diabetes. My son - with his full set of gnashers - also struggled to chew his way through his pasty. Even our cat turned his nose up at it and he'll eat pretty much anything you put in front of him! They clearly source the cheapest possible meat for their pasties, certainly not 'the finest beef' they claim to use. All three of our pasties were the same, so it wasn't a case of someone getting unlucky. I'm no fan of that big brand pasty/pastry company beginning with 'G', but I'd rather be served up one of their poor excuses for a pasty that one from this place. Even supermarket own brand pasties are better than what we were sent! They still managed to get 2/5 from me, just because I quite liked the pastry and the flavour of the filling was decent. I certainly wouldn't order them again.

I do not expect much in meat inside but the pastry was Shocking. It tasted like uncooked dough. Won't be getting another one I'm afraid.

Best pasty by far we had pepper pasty but not too peppery. Very tasty.

Best pasties in the World. Can easily eat 2. Will be ordering a box of them now they sell them online. Delicious, wish they were in more places.

This was a great soggy disaster A pasty should be crisp and full of filling - this was nearly £5 felt warm and soggy could not even break in two it had clearly been microwaved and not baked - nothing was out just on a hot rack - all potato no taste and soggy

A special treat for an exile, something that sustained me as a student, consistent excellent tasty basic grub for a low price

Thought I'd give a try again as was dissapointed before. And is the same, not very nice at all now. Very mushy potato and mostly potato, no pepper at all like it used to be years ago. Was bland and mushy. I only tried as The Proper Pasty Company next door had no large ready for 10 minutes. And they are lovely pasties compared to Ivor Dewdney likewise Malcom Barnecott much better. It used to be visit Plymouth and have an Ivor Dewdney pasty. I wouldn't recommend it.

Always friendly service and smashing traditional pasties.

The very best pasties in the world...Gladly most blissfully and heartily remembered by me for over sixty five years...

This is my second review on the Stoke Village pasty shop after using them for several months now. Just can't fault it. I phone them up and order our pasties an hour in advance. Really pleasent staff that are more than happy to take my order. Collected the pasties on the agreed time and they are always ready for me. They are always really hot and freshly cooked to order. These pasties are just fantastic! (We order the giant pasties). The pasties have a really awesome taste and plenty of traditional filling inside them. I would say they are the best pasties in Plymouth! And I've tried several pasties in my time, but Ivor Dewdney's come out by far the best! I would definitely highly recommend these pasties. It's my weekly treat that I always look forward to.

God I am fed up with this place. Why but why can't you ever get a hot pasty anymore. They always taste like they have been in a very lukewarm oven for the last 4 hours. Soggy and lukewarm and disappointing. People used to queue round the block for this tasty pride of Plymouth delight but now it is a pale shadow of it's former glory. The 2,000 seagulls at least, didn't get their beaks burnt!

Exceptional Came down from Scotland and wasn’t disappointed. The shop is in the same place it was 20 years ago The staff are lovely and i took 24 pasties back to Scotland 2 are off to Dubai on Saturday. Love Ivor Dewdney Pasties the flavour has been consistent and the quality is outstanding

Very friendly staff and gorgeous pasty !

By far, the best pasties ever had in my life :) A large variety of sizes also available, all made to perfection in my professional opinion (as professional high performance chef/kitchen manager). A big thank you with a big smile :)

I would just like to say stuff to be quite rude they have signs saying what kind of food that they do yet when we went in there was told they did not do any but not in a nice manner so to speak as we use another shop of theirs. We tried to get the same food but the woman was quite argumentative and rude. Basically said we do not do it anymore. If you have a problem take it up with management and they need to train their staff to be less rude we were asking questions or we expected was answers not a rude outcome

Don't like Ivor dewdney pasties

This review is for the steak pie itself, and not for this location as I have bought it from the mobile van that sells in various places around Plymouth. By far the best steak pie I ever had, not too much pastry, full inside, perfectly cooked and presented, tasty, hot and fresh, a fair price. Thank you.

Well, it would be rude not to! Cheese and onion was lovely, and I've got a vegetable one for later in the week. It has been a while since my last Dewney pasty, and it was worth waiting for.

Well, it would be rude not to! Cheese and onion was lovely, and I've got a vegetable one for later in the week. It has been a while since my last Dewney pasty, and it was worth waiting for.

This is the ONLY place to go for a pastie, they are always delicious. You can even order them night before and have frozen ones to take home and cook! Someone thought that it would be a good idea to open up a pastie shop a few doors down; good luck with that!

How this place keeps going while being next to Proper Pasties and stuff I do not know. Overly hot, dry, and just not in the same league.

Massive, tasty hot pasty for £4, can't go wrong with that these days

My husband eat one of these pasties in Jan 1960 when he was 9. And still remembers thr pasties. The pies were famous then. He is Australian.

This review is for the Stoke village shop outlet because we use this shop most Sundays. The service is brilliant and the pasty’s are fantastic. We normally phone the shop to order giant pasty’s to be collected at a certain time. The staff are always friendly and helpful.. The pasty’s are amazing! really hot and cooked to order.. Good value for money and definitely would recommend to anyone.. This is a regular Sunday dinner time treat for us. One of the best pasty’s in Plymouth!

This whole place needs a revamp. The shop is tired looking, and everything seems dated. The food wasn't great, and I wouldn't go back

It all feels a little tired, like they feel the name should be enough. Nothing different or special and well you specialise in something, it needs to be great

Always walked past here but my first time trying their pasty (usually I go to Malcolm Barnecutt or others). It's a pasty shop that's been opened since 1935. Got a giant pasty and I was surprised how good it was. The pastry has salt on it so can be salty to others (mine had the right amount) and I felt it help with the taste. The meat and veg ratio was good. It just felt like a good Devonshire pasty! And I got full. Its was nice and hot for the cold weather and the price felt right

Unfortunately this was the worst pasty I have ever had from Ivor Dewdney. The pastry was very salty, the contents were mostly potato and when I eventually got to a clump of meat it was disgusting and on inspection it was grey in colour and looked like it had been chewed and spat out. A few hours later a stomach ache ensued. Very poor quality

Displayed pasties are bigger than what you get ,if you want large you get medium, giant you get large total rip off from what is displayed ,totally shameful

Best pasties in Devon the only place I go this is there giant size

There are lots of rave reviews but this didn't hit the spot, WAY TO SALTY. Maybe I'm not on the local taste, the business has been around for quite some years, but if I'm back in town I'll be checking one of the many other pasty shops first.

Best pasties, family favourite for 40+ years

Not for me. There are lots of rave reviews but this didn't hit the spot, WAY TO SALTY. Maybe I'm not on the local taste, the business has been around for quite some years, but if I'm back in town I'll be checking one of the many other pasty shops first.

This is the 2nd time we have ordered pasties from Ifor Dewdneys and again we were pleased with how easy it was to order. The delivery was quick and the driver very polite and helpful . As they were when we lived in Plymouth the pasties are second to none we are thinking of making a regular order. With thanks Liz and Bill Mccue

Just came across this site, these guys used to sell pasties from a van at HMS Raleigh when I joined up in 1973, every morning 10 o'clock a pasty and a cuppa tea in a plastic cup, god that takes me back, I can fully indertsand how they're still around

Everything is getting more expensive - but some things are just worth it. Easy parking, nice staff, really nice fresh-from-the-oven pasties. I burned my hand, I burned my lips, but I couldn't stop eating.

Whilst the only real pasty Ivor Dewdney serve is the Pepper Pasty (meat, onion, swede & potato), the others are in fact a pasty Lie! However whilst I usually prefer a lighter pastry than that of a shortcrust, and I realise thats hypocritical as Short is the traditional housing for the ingredients, i do enjoy the pastry that Ivor dewdney make. Its not dry or heavy, and its not too light in which you loose most of the pastry as it breaks away whilst eating it. The regular pasties here are bland and boring due to the lack of swede and seasoning in thier fillings, and although the pepper pasty has much to improve on, the addition of that essential ingredient (swede) the pastry does do this pasty enough justice for me to use this as an acceptable snack if im out and hungry.

Very nice pasties and staff very friendly excellent service

Best pasties in the world. EVER!!

I am very sorry to say in all the years l have been buying/eating Ivor Dewdney pasties l have always had a great pasty. But the pasty l had today didn't come anywhere as good as the past. I got the impression it was mostly potatoes. If there was meat it was hiding. The peppery taste seems to have departed as well. I will not give up on Ivor Dewdney l will buy another one soon. I hope this was a blip. If not l will stop buying.

I fail to understand the rave reviews for this defunked pasty shop that was once a stand alone icon. Our recent purchases were tasteless potato and meat mushy items. Totally lost its reputation after having bought from their 1st opening day.

I always go to ivor dewdneys and there pasties are great for the value of them as they can be very nice to have I will never stop going there because of people complaining about quality of the pasties if they don't like them there plenty of other shops to go to

First time purchase burnt house lane exeter traditional pasties ok,cheese and onion disgusting,bottom burned to a cinder

What can I say! Yummy traditional pasties with vegetarian option. Hot and full of flavour, recommend a visit.

I first tasted an Ivor Dewdney pastie in 1956… The memories elicited will remain always.. Many Blessings

By far the best Pasties in Devon. Always visit whenever I'm in the area 👌🏼

Nice pasties polite staff parking can be difficult but there is a car park next door

Dont listen to the opps at the original pasty co never diss big Ivor. Chatting bare wazz over overcooked vegetables. WHAT A LOAD OF CODSWALLOP. proppah nice pasty

Amazing pasties. Went here quite a few years ago with foster family. Coming again soon. Amazing customer service throughout.

Gotta love an Ivor Dewdney pasty, been eating them for 30+ years, always pick one up when in the South West. Better than anyone else's.

These are the best pasties anywhere. Always make a visit when in Plymouth, have been coming for decades. Give them a try & you won't regret it, traditional & exceptional.

Absolutely love Ivor Dewdneys since the 1950s We dont have them all the time for obviously reasons, but when we do they are not alot of crust on the pasty, its all pasty and we love the taste. Just been in and bought 8 frozen to cook ourselves when we fancy one, nice to have them in especially in winter saves going out in the cold. I think these are the best tasting pasty and always have been.

I last had an Ivor Dewdney Pasty in 1983.. I visited Plymouth this month for the first time since for a trip down memory lane.. I located the Ivor Dewdney shop and am glad to say that the pasties are as good now as they...

Always have a medium steak before I go for a pint! 'ansome!

The pasties smell great as you approach tge shop! Unfortunately there is not much meat to be found in them which is so disappointing as I would happily pay more for 50-70% meat! It looked like just 10% of mince!!! It would be great if...

I had a great cheese, onion and potato pasty from the Ivor Dewdney pasty van outside the Plymouth Argyle Home Park football ground on the way to the game. It was fresh, hot, and served in a paper bag. Perfect.

Lovely pasties, my wife being from Plymouth has to go there every visit

Just had one of the most boring pasties ever! Ivor Dewdney pasties used to be awesome. This one, well ive had tastier cardboard!.. no meat, stringy veg, absolutely no taste!.Avoid like the plague!..never again, a lot better around.

As a child I could never get enough of these pasties but now they are the worst I have ever known, I would not give them to the seagulls as that would be animal cruelty

Quick detour for me and my son whilst the ladies were shopping. Shared a large pasty and loved it. A great recommendation.

Always delicious, always the best!

Usual dewdney quality for a usual dewdney pasty. Hot, tasty and plenty of choice.

Lovely Cheese, Onion and Potato Pasty, Best in Plymouth. Glad to see busy and still going strong after pandemic. long may it continue.

I cannot visit Plymouth without having an Ivor Dewdney pasty. So it is worth taking the ferry across from Torpoint, just to buy a pasty. A wonderful taste of Plymouth.

I used to visit Ivor Dewdney's on Cornwall Street as a small boy when shopping with Mum and Grannie. It was the highlight of the weekend. I loved those pasties way back then. I moved away from the area in later childhood and didn't visit...

I remember eating these pasties in the late 70's whilst attending the then, Plymouth Polytechnic. They were different to other pasties and I loved them! Roll on over 40 years later and I re-discovered them during the global pandemic and had some frozen pasties delivered...

The best pasties bar none. Have them every now and then and always a nice experience.Tried the Ernesettle branch recently and was not disappointed. Ignore the critics,there probably from over the bridge!

The shop is clean and they are covid19 friendly. The staff are always pleasant and friendly.

Last had pasty from Exeter shop over 25 years ago! Found they did mail order and for old times ordered them as in lockdown needed a cheer up. Excellent customer service from online placement of order to phone when dispatched to tracking by courier arrived...

The pastry the pasty and the Sausage roll and others good quality backing near you , thanks .

Best pasties anywhere. Full stop.

I live in Australia now and other than my family. I miss these pasties the most. 😔 Very consistent and a reason why everyone lines up outside the shop.

Terrible, undercooked, poor quality ingredients

Delighted that Ivor Dewdney are back doing pasty by post - been a fan of the great pasty for 30+years when shop was in Exeter town centre - had other pasty deliveries from the other side of the Tamar - they are fine but as...

I live in Texas these days and the one thing that draws me back to Plymouth every year is an Ivor Dewdneys Field Gunner bought from the shop in Stoke. We’ve also had uncooked frozen pastries shipped to the family while on holiday in England....

I love these pasties, tasty, filling and a decent price, family and friends eat them regularly, Good Times.

Had a lovely pasty cooked to perfection as always Loads of meat and not too many pesky vegetables Proper job

Having had hundreds of Dewneys there still number one, staff are generally good but you do get the odd abrupt one which maybe down to being busy. Love them

¿Es el pastel tradicional Ivor Dewdney incluso un pastel o es un pastel de carne y papa? Yo diría que está cerca de ambos pero no es ninguno. No tiene ese olor desagradable que las empanadas de Cornualles (que también me gusta comer) pueden tener porque no tiene zanahorias ni sueco. Parece un pastel, pero el pastel es diferente a todo lo que he comido y es único. El relleno es pequeños dados de papa, cebolla, carne de res y pimienta. No hay grandes trozos de carne, sino que la carne se distribuye fina y uniformemente a través de la empanada casi cubriendo las papas pequeñas en cubitos.La conclusión es que me encantan estos. Y la gente adecuada de Plymouth no le pregunta a la otra persona "¿Quieres un pastel?", Le preguntan: "¿Quieres un Ivor Dewdneys?"

Loved the pasty, not had one since 1984

Been a few years since my last pasty, safe to say this one didn't disappoint. Absolutely divine.

lovely pasties always fresh and hot my fav is peppery even have fresh sandwich/baguette counter now staff lovely esp jacqui whose normally in the back

A tasty (peppery) filling and thin pastry with minimum crust. If you've got a healthy appetite, try the 'Giant','ansome! I buy them from the City Centre shop and from the a Van outside of Home Park on Plymouth Argyle match days.

He tenido empanadas de Ivor Dewdneys por más de 45 años. Son la mejor empanada que puedes comprar en cualquier lugar. Grandes pasteles y grandes rellenos para carnívoros y vegetarianos por igual. Lo mejor es poder comprar para el congelador también, ya que ya no vivo en Plymouth, así que siempre recoge un lote cuando pases por:)

These are the only pasties my fussy daughter will eat she can scoff a large one in less than five mins.!

Tasty pasties at reasonable prices.

I've been coming here for decades

Lovely pasties !! Ordered a large pasty.

Best peppery pasties in the west

A well prepared fresh salad,plentiful and reasonable price . Their pasty I hear are also of a good quality and very popular with locals.

Every Plymouth boy loves an ivory dewdneys pasty but they are so expensive now and too frequently they say "sorry I haven't got any large" then you're stuck with either not enough with medium or nothing at all because there's no way I'd pay for the giant

I had never heard or tasted on ...brother recommended I try one .......very `filling` & good flavour....nice & fresh/hot. Needless to say it wasn`t my last lol

Not much flavor or meat. A bit disappointed

Pasties taste great and lovely staff

Lovely ladies to prepare super food for you.