Karen's in West Devon

Very small portions, dried garnish instead of salad, no proper vegan choice. Yuk!

Coffee small and cheap tasting. Quich was ok but had a choice of a garnish or salad - went for the salad - which sadly was only a size of a garnish and only lettuce, cucumber and tomato with a mass produced coleslaw! The waitress made no effort in making conversation and definitely there to get a weekly wage and never smiled or showed any warmth. She is definitely a ‘karen’. The menu a typical greasy spoons - with boring choices. Expensive for what it is was! Very little vegetarian choices just your normal vegetarian sausage!

If you like 1970s dark furniture, no atmosphere and above all terrible coffee this is the place for you. I really should have taken the latte back as it was just warm milk. Will definitely not be visiting again.

I try to use Karen's quite regularly as it's a lovely local cafe.

Lovely place, good service and Breakfast was delicious. Been here a few times now. Cakes are also lovely 😁

Hi my wife and I had lunch here on Goosy Fair Day in Tavistock. We did not arrive till nearly 2 pm and had no bother getting a table .We both had a main course plus a big pot of tea.The food was well prepared warm and staff attentive the whole event was a nice experience and at a keen price.

Pretty terrible experience. The place could do with some background music, at the very least that would drown out the horrendous smokers cough coming from the Kitchen. The food is pretty expensive and low quality, cheap bread, weird flavours, strange small plates, and its very very slow. When you come in and go to pay you are greeted by a view of the owner sat by the kitchen door smoking her head off, you can hear the effects of that habit as she coughs away whilst making the food. Service is a bit weird too, it just all felt unhygienic, try somewhere else.

We popped into Tavistock on our way to holiday let and were very amused to see a cafe sharing my name😁 Lovely to see such a good menu selection with some traditional choices. I had cottage pie, chips and peas, hubby had vegetable sausage baguette with chips, all really delicious and, hurray, a place where food is not served on stone cold plates. Would have loved a dessert but too full. The place was very busy and the two young girls serving were courteous and friendly, advising customers at the door of a wait for food, good to be forewarned. Will definitely return when next in the area.

Brilliant place, very kind staff, very accommodating and excellent service.. went in there this morning with my partner for breakfast she just had stomach bypass surgery in past couple of months so she couldn't eat much, they was very helpful and put the extras on a small separate plate for her to eat and the food was very good quality and cooked to perfection aswell, it was a lot bigger portion than what I expected it would be as first time there today so didn't expect it to be as big as it was but i managed to get through it all apart from leaving hash browns and 1 sausage I would of defo finished it if I wasn't full but it filled me right up was a lovely breakfast we both enjoyed it and will defo be going back here in future whenever we are around Tavistock again.. we highly recommend this place to everyone you won't be disappointed it's a very lovely cafe

I stopped here with a friend and had an afternoon tea for one. The scone was delicious and was served warm and came with plenty of cream and jam. I was impressed with the choice of different scones. It was good value for money. On the downside I found the older waitress quite abrupt and not overly friendly. Not rude by any means but just not that welcoming. I too was put off by the waft of cigarette smoke coming into the cafe from outside

Great tea and bacon butty. Dog friendly - our dog got a biscuit.

Lovely and friendly good service, lovely food

I've been in this cafe for tea and cake before but yesterday was the first time for a cooked meal. It was fairly busy when we arrived but we were able to find a table and soon had menus and drinks arrived quickly. Sadly, the service after that was a real letdown. We waited ages for our food order, which was tasty enough and then had to ask twice for the bill. Value wise, it's not cheap but prices have gone up everywhere. I wouldn't return.

Breakfast was good but put of by member of staff smoking at the back door causing smoke to float into the restaurant creating an unpleasant smell while eating.

Personnel compétent, nourriture bonne. Petit restaurant avec une atmosphère typiquement anglaise. Les prix sont corrects.

Love this place great food,Gluten free roll was fantastic great value for money. Update can't fault this place.

Went in for afternoon tea. Staff are friendly, the cafe is clean and tidy. A good range of cake, pastries and meals. Can be busy.

Order scone jam clotted cream Scone was hard not fresh Jam poor quality not jam looks like jelly I make a comment that the scone was dry and not fresh …. The waitress pretend to not know Well that’s my action/reaction Not coming again here Big no no

Very small inside, tables very close together but inspite of this the service was quick and the food was excellent. Would definitely recommend that you try here.

Nice traditional cafe with good sized menu serving good quality food.made to feel welcome by owner and staff on a very wet day.will definitely be back when in the area next

Traditional home cooked food, delicious home made cakes and just a really nice calm quiet atmosphere. I had the cottage pie which was just what you expect, seasoned really nicely and the chips were really crispy and tasty. The drinks were quite expensive for what you get which is why I haven't given a 5 star review but other than that it's a wonderful cafe that serves wonderful food. The staff are really sweet aswell.

Waited more than 1 hour for our food. No information. Then finally an information. Another couple left the location. Anyway, it would have been much easier, to just tell the people, how long it would take. Quiche was ok, veg. Burger very simple and not overwhelming.

We visited Tavistock with friends for the day and called in here for a light lunch. Excellent service, all food is home cooked, my wife had a quiche and I had the egg and bacon pie. Both came with a very pleasant salad garnish. Could not fault either. The only negative was seating was quite cramped and tables close together.

Excellent little cafe. A number of gluten free options. The large Americano is exactly that.

We have visited this restaurant several times recently and had great service. On our first visit the cook came down and we had a chat with her. She makes all the cakes and gets up early each day to bake fresh. Lovely cakes. On another visit the gentleman who served us a cream tea gave our dog a couple of biscuits which made it a firm favourite with him. On our latest visit this week the server was somewhat abrupt and complaining that she had a bad cold. I ordered a slice of cheesecake to go with our pot of tea. It was very nice. When we went to pay she had charged us £6.50 per slice and when I queried that this was the price with clotted cream which I didn't have she said she forgot to offer the cream. It clearly states that clotted cream is £1.50 if ordered to go with the cake but she did not refund it. In fact she was quite offhand. What a shame I said I wouldn't return after such poor service.

nice place friendly staff nice food .

Very lovely food and even better staff! Lots of choice and amazing cakes

We had an excellent cream tea the scones are fabulous very light and crumbly yum yum yum The team are very very friendly highly recommend this restaurant

Lovely place to visit for Breakfast. If we are visiting Tavistock we always have Breakfast at Karen's. Becoming a bit of a tradition. Staff are friendly. Good food at a reasonable price. We are always able to adjust our Breakfast items to suit individual tastes which is really useful.

Karen's cafe is a good place to be excellent food drinks and very friendly recommend it

Great breakfast! Super friendly staff. Amazing as an early start to the day!

Just returned from a group booking at Karen’s. Meal was excellent, nice and hot with good quality vegetables and meat. Every request from group like extra gravy was attended to immediately by lovely staff. Thank you for a very pleasant Sunday lunch get-together.

I went on the recommendation of a good friend and was not disappointed. Probably the firmest meaty sausages that I have ever eaten. Very good value for money, a great breakfast. I'll be back.

Great little restaurant which had been recommended by a local shop keeper. Good home cooked food. Good service. Varied menu. Some meals had a choice of small/large portions. We chose the soup. Best soup we've had in a long time 👍

Karen's had been recommended to us by a lady in one of the local shops. It had been a miserable drizzly day and we fancied some home cooking. Good range of choice on the menu. Small portions and larger portions for a number of meals. Reasonable prices. Good service. We chose the homemade soup. A choice of Leek and Potato, Tomato, Mushroom, French Onion, Cauliflower or Mushroom. Leek and Potato for my partner. Cauliflower for me. Both with a warm half baguette and butter. We can both seriously say that it was the best soup in a very long time! Would thoroughly recommend 👍 Cakes looked great as well.....

Stopped in for breakfast. Dog friendly and treats given. Well worth a visit any time of day.

Excellent find, very extensive menu, so much choice, staff great with a warm welcome, Was really surprised with Quality of Sunday roast, this was so tasty just like home made, choice of beef, pork or lamb, or you could have all three. Everything was fresh and cooked perfectly. I must mention the desserts and cakes in the chiller cabinet they looked amazing, but we were to full from the roast to attempt. Will definitely return if not for another roast but to try the cakes. Great menu, good value, excellent service.

I just went for a coffee with a sweet. A flat white, Bakewell tart and custard. Everything was as one would expect in a small cafe.

Home cooking at its best. I make a bee line straight to Karen's when I am in Tavistock. Always excellent home made food prepared by Karen herself.

Aan een vd twee tafeltjes buiten gegeten. Niet een fijne keuken, vet en zwaar eten. En onvriendelijke , vermoeide bediening. Terwijl er zulke mooie rustige,vriendelijke plekken zijn in Tavistock. Daar kwamen we later op de dag achter.

Popped in for 2 teas, a biscuit and a cheese and tomato sandwich. We had parked in a one hour spot, thought 25 mins plus walking time should be ok....teas check biscuit check no sandwich....teas now drunk and biscuit eaten...went in to pay minus sandwich as we were running out of time...huffily told it was ready and that it would be wrapped for take away. Waited outside again and sandwich eventually arrived. Rushed back to car and unwrapped sandwich to find 2 slices off bread with some grated cheese. So dry it went in the bin....not impressed and £12+ lighter.

25 minutes should have been long enough for 2 teas a biscuit and a cheese and tomato sandwich....teas arrived, biscuit arrived, no sandwich. Went in to pay less sandwich and they said it was ready so they would wrap it. Paid over £12. When sandwich was unwrapped we found two slices of bread and some grated cheese. So dry it was thrown away....So not impressed....we will not be back .

Food was absolutely delicious. Can't recommend Karen's highly enough. Much needed refuel cycling between Okhampton and Plymouth

Yummy treacle tart and excellent hot chocolate!

Egg and bacon pie to die for Staff efficient and helpful

This is a lovely restaurant. I had a lovely roast beef dinner, meat melted in my mouth, vegetables were fresh and cooked perfectly. Proper gravy,too. Yummy. The staff are friendly and professional. I highly recommend Karen's restaurant. I will be going again.

Karen by name Karen by nature! Roast dinners abysmal..

Great little local cafe, fantastic cake selection.

Im gluten free and to my amazement this cafe served GF rolls, sandwiches and scones. I got a takeaway for myself and my partner and can honestly say it was the best GF roll I have ever had, simply delicious!

Meals ok, lasagna portions quite small, the cakes are totally out of this world, just amazing

Unfortunately we didn't enjoy our visit to Karen's today, we had ordered our drinks and cakes, our cakes were both stale, we didn't finish them. It also wasn't enjoyable due to two young ladies sitting nearby who were rather loud and swearing frequently, we soon left.

Always well cooked homely food and amazing cakes. Good welcoming friendly staff. Great selection of breakfasts.

English breakfast was disappointing and cheese cake just tasted like whipped cream, however friendly staff and prompt service, just couldn't recommend quality of the food unfortunately

Excellent fresh food and even better home made cakes. Lovely local restaurant/coffee shop. Has a few seats outside and plenty inside, although can get busy. The selection of cakes is impressive and if you can't decide on 1, there's always the option to take a slice of another home for later! The Victoria sponge is always a winner

Lovely meal served by friendly staff.

Can't beat the cakes or the soup here. It's always my favourite stop on Tavistock.

Stunning perfect breakfast, great service highly recommended 😁

OK bit. Prices are well above average

The cakes in the window display are Amazing and all homemade! I was going to get a takeaway tea, I prefer to support small independent businesses rather than the chains (A Costa Coffee is right next door but Karen’s Cafe was there first!). Anyway, I ordered my tea and a slice of Lemon Cheesecake to takeaway and a Cream Egg scotch egg cake. Both were gorgeous. The cheesecake was a very generous portion and was the best I’ve had. It was lovely to see the cafe/restaurant busy with diners, a mixture of families, friends and people eating on their own.

Really lovely food and the cakes were delicious!! Pretty good service and loads of choice on the menus. Only real downside was sitting next to the till and listening to the young female employee muttering negatively under her breath about a group of ladies on the next table after they simply asked for some more cutlery. Also going on about how ‘bored’ she was and how the ‘shift was dragging’. Really unprofessional and annoying!

Had a huge roast beef dinner. My partner had roast pork.Well worth the money. Had harvestmans breakfast last week. This will be our regular restaurant in Tavistock from now on.

I’m delighted to have found this small but totally delightful restaurant in Tavistock’s Main Street. After peering through the window ( rather embarrassing as people dining) to check if available tables, after opening the door, I was greeted by a delightful welcoming lady. We were offered to choose an appropriate table. Their service was very attentive as there were other diners there. A mind blowing menu and something for everyone, and they cater for those with possible food allergies. My husband and I ordered from a set menu, starting with homemade soup, followed by a roast. The portions are very generous which is most acceptable. Everything was freshly prepared, piping hot, nicely presented and truly delicious. The Resturant is immaculately clean, noticing the cleansing of tables between customers, and the one toilet well stocked with washing products and equally well maintained. The two ladies that served us, Jen and Anne were friendly, efficient and so welcoming and helpful. Although fairly quiet on arrival this restaurant filled whilst we were there, and Sam the Chef coped admirably. Noticing other meals that came out from the kitchen, all well presented, portions good and enticing. These three ladies were constantly busy, but made time to make sure everyone was catered for. Nice to receive hot coffees too, as so many places tend to be Luke warm! All the food in this Resturant was made in-house, and the display cabinets of homemade cakes, jaw dropping. Unfortunately, we didn’t have room for dessert. Thank you to all the three ladies there, we had an amazing lunch, and plan to return many more times. Would highly recommend a visit.

Great little restaurant they do a wonderful mushroom soup. Pleasent atmosphere good service.

What a fabulous find. Went into this lovely cafe which was full and we were greeted warmly and asked to wait a little while whilst a table was cleared. The menu was extensive with lite bite options to full roast dinner. We had homemade steak and mushroom pie with roast potatoes, carrot, cabbage and cauliflower cheese. Yummy hugh portion loads of meat in the pie, too full afterwards for a pud but you can take cake home if you wish. All in all a great find will definitely be back when in Tavistock.

Amazing breakfast and very friends staff will definitely go back when I'm next down that way

It’s Sunday and we are new to Tavistock. The town centre is great for a stroll and in the middle is Karen’s. They offer all day, ever day Roast dinner and a full menu. The tables are well spread out and the restaurant has the feel of eating at home. We had the small.roast and the food was plentiful.

Ordered two breakfasts and drinks, sat outside with our two dogs. Drinks arrived with a shortbread biscuit which is a nice touch. Excellent food and very friendly service. A lady who I assume is the owner came out and asked if she could give biscuits to the dogs which was most appreciated. Definitely value for money for what we had and would most definitely visit again when in the area. Many thanks.

Should have asked first ! 1 Peace Lemon Meringue 5,20 GBP …. Really ?? Wir waren heute in diesem kleinen Café. Der Lemon Meringue ( Baiser) hat uns angesprochen und wir haben bestellt. Geschmacklich ok. Preise waren keine angezeigt. Bei 5,20 GBP für 1 nicht gerade großes Stück, fühlen wir uns aber über den Tisch gezogen ! ( Cappucino 1 Tasse 3,- GBP)

Great breakfast called the Dartmoor feast. Wife had the Countrymans, both fabulous. Cake counter looked amazing but we were too full to try.

I would give more stars if possible. It was a first class breakfast. We just couldn’t eat it all. They kindly gave us takeaway containers. Lovely staff, lovely food and a real treat. In all honesty I think the break is enough for two. With prices going up and so many portions sizes getting small this was so generous. Thank you

We love going to this place when we go to Tavistock. It was the first time of taking our grandson. We were made to feel welcome and the service was second to none. Lovely food and drink as well. They were very good with our grandson as well.

The BEST scones! If you want a gorgeous cream tea head here. Lots of other beautiful cakes to choose from and freshly cooked food. Cornish coffee is also a must :)

Best cake shop in town. Not only to eat in, but to take away, as we always do. Their coffee and walnut are our favorite. We also liked the new comfy chairs outside. Nice touch.

Great friendly service, great food with a good variety of savoury and sweets. Also dog friendly

Had 2 breakfasts and they were fantastic fresh hot and massive great service and good value will definitely be going back

Absolutely lovely prawn salad lunch. Fresh and succulent and the eggs were really tasty. Lemon cake and clotted cream was delicious.

What a fantastic find. We love it here. Great customer service. The breakfasts are amazing and they even do a syn free one ( this is my favourite ).

Amazing place and lovely food so they are so helpfully

Stopped in for cream tea. Large scones but a bit dry and flavour in the almond and orange ones was a bit strong. Price was good but I think there are better options out there.

Next on our list to try. Met by lovely Annie. Ordered the second size full English brekkies, with large flat white coffees. Very plentiful brekkies, excellent quality. Annie was wonderful, as was the lady chef. Top drawer place. Will have to return, as eating brekkie,...

Had a full English and a shepherd's pie. Bacon was a bit dry. The pie was good but a bit dry as well. No sauce available with the fries. Nowhere to park in the front, you need to go to the city car park. The terrace is a bit small and you end up in the way for the pedestrians...not ideal

This is definitely a restaurant worth visiting. The food was beautifully presented and tasted amazing. Good wholesome home from home meals. So much to choose from, a great choice in cakes/deserts..although unable to squeeze any in after the portion size of our main meal. The prices were good and not overly expensive. Lovely staff. Absolutely recommended if you are passing through. Thank you Karen's Restaurant.

Excellent service and menu choices for both savoury or dessert as always.They also offer an excellent choice of homemade cakes to eat in or take away. We'll worth a visit at anytime 😊

Looking for tea and cake and came across Karen’s. The lovely Annie gave us a warm welcome and said to sit anywhere and she’d bring menus over. Lots of cakes to choose from the counter in the window. We were told they were all homemade...

Found Karens on google thought give it a try. Well Absolutely gorgeous Breakfast beautiful cakes will definitely be back

Lovely food and excellent friendly service

We ordered a takeaway afternoon tea from Karen recently. It was absolutely delicious. Very tasty savouries and yummy cakes and scones. Thank you Karen and your team, lovely 😋

Friendly welcome fast service and food was hot but not that tasty Price was good so gets a very good Worth a try coffee was superb

Love all the gluten free options. My hubby had his first ever cream tea today. One coeliac went away very happy. Thanks.

Wonderful really friendly staff, food was good and all the cakes looked amazing.

excellent selection of cakes, gluten free and nut free options as well. Hot chocolate with all the trimmings was one of the best we have had. All reasonably priced, plenty of space between tables

Lovely egg and bacon pie one of the best I have had on ages with a great selection of cakes all home made too 😋

A great early morning Sunday visit yesterday. Really good service and very good menu. Had a Countryman's Breakfast which was really tasty and good value for money, they even swapped an item without quibble. I would thoroughly recommend.

Popped in for the 1st time as a table of 5, greeted and welcomed in and two tables put together to accommodate. Hassle free. Great Dairy Free selection, which you hardly find elsewhere. Great for a dairy intolerance husband. Service quick and friendly. Food was amazing, and the hot chocolate lush. Great to find a cafe which supports local. Great experience. Will certainly visit again.

Popped in here for a quick afternoon tea as we walked around Tavi. Nice atmosphere, very attentive staff and really good value for money. The four of us enjoyed tea, cappuccino and hot chocolate with a nice side of rocky road and coffee & walnut...

I just want to move in. I always have a poached egg on cheese on toast and a piece of Karen's scrumptious cake and boy, this lady can bake! I could happily eat my way through the cake cabinet. The coffee cake is divine and yesterday, I experienced the cranberry and orange sponge covered in white chocolate, yum. Karen and her team are the greatest, so welcoming. We love coming in and have to visit weekly. Thank you.x

Visited for coffee was like going back in time very dated and dark. We were the only customers no atmosphere a little background music would have been nice. Drinks ok cakes dry. Staff not attentive just chatting at the back. Overpriced for what we had

We visited December 11th with our two young grandchildren, the waiters were fun and the 4-6 year old liked the interaction with them. Our food was well cooked and tasty. On the 13th we popped in for a cream tea, the scones were light and...

Food was fantastic and the two lads working were helpful polite and friendly very pleased our children were a little loud however this was not a problem and the lad with the bun made them laugh, defiantly a place I’d recommend.

Always lovely food and pleasant service.