Lyndale Tea Rooms in North Devon

2 of us had jacket spuds - one with beans and cheese and the other beans and bacon. The cheese was gorgeous and tangy and the bacon was lean and cooked to perfection. Lovely staff too.The menu is extensive for lunchtime fayre, including jacket spuds, paninis, omelettes, all day breakfasts (with veggie and vegan options), pasties, meals with chips, sandwiches and toasties, plus cakes and ice creams. Children's menu available too. We sat outside in the sun - but as this is Lynmouth, England the sun is not a given, but definitely a much appreciated bonus.Thanks all! Yummmm....

We were lucky to get a seat here amongst the very chaotic tourist/covid-ness around. The waitress was a gem, food was good and the cakes we “took away” - just wow!

My wife and I called in for a bite to eat yesterday after the stress of trying to find a parking space in Lynmouth! We got lucky and found a space in the adjoining car park.We both had cod and chips with side salad. Really delicious. The girl who served us was fantastic. So chirpy and efficient, given the current difficult and complicated world we live in. As we were moving on to a B&B, we asked if we could come back after exploring the lovely town and collect takeaway cheese rolls and cakes. That was no trouble at all. Nice cheese rolls, really scrummy lemon drizzle and rocky road. Really great stuf. Many thanks!

We arrived at 2.45 had been walking and saw on the outside menu it stated all day breakfast. Great, but no the kitchen closed at 2.30.No problem we will have a sandwich, but no the kitchen closed at 2.30.They clearly don't listen to potential customers as everyone coming in asked for the same, but no the kitchen closed at 2.30.Left with pastie or cake we did eat but it was disappointed. So remember if going here the answer will be.....No, the kitchen closed at 2.30.

Stopped here for a break and found it clean, cosy and friendly, the cream tea was very good, reasonable prices and decent coffee.

Good food, friendly staff. Highly recommended. My wife and I took our granddaughter for lunch. We were all made to feel very welcome. There were high chairs for the children, which were clean and in good condition. Nothing was too much trouble.I would definitely go there again next time I am in the area.

Four of us had lunch here today. Food was freshly cooked, staff welcoming polite and helpful. Reasonable prices we would recommend Lyndale Tearooms.

Nice coffee and lovely cakes but the scones were very crumbly. The staff are very friendly. Toilets were in a bit of a state -not clean at all which was off putting. This is also dog friendly cafe.

A friendly, comfortable tea room serving cakes and hot meals. Great friendly service ina stunning location

A gem of a place at the foot of the glen. Very welcoming and beautiful simple cream tea for £4.95, delucious! Also offer cakes, pasties and icecream. Toilets available.

Traditional cafe, very friendly and took our dog too, had a fabulous breakfast and takeaway sandwich’s and cakes too during our holiday. You can also buy newspapers here if you wish. Loved this cafe lovely and traditional.

Popped in for something light for lunch when visiting Lynton. We had the hot beef sandwich - it was lovely, generous portions of taty Exmoor beef with horseradish, the side salad and crisps were an added bonus. Staff really friendly. Books, papers, games etc supplied even pairs of glasses. Will visit again. Thank you.

We called in here for a cream tea and very pleased we did.We were made to feel welcome and the food / drinks were first class.Must add a quick not that this used to be my grandparents house some forty years ago, very strange seeing it as a cafe but nicely done and good service!!!

Had a late lunch stop here,now wished we had walked further 7 got wet.Food do come quite quickly & was hot,not much of it though.

Stopped here for tea and cake on Sunay afternoon there seemed a lot of staff here but service was very slow cakes were very fresh and tasty but felt the price we paid for tea and cake a bit pricey.

We visited as a family (we children are all young adults).

Had breakfast here one morning, breakfast was fine and good value for money. Plenty of seating and staff friendly. Dog friendly.

Great location, very easy to find and lots of parking near by. Cream tea was lovely good value for money and staff were very friendly!

I couldn't believe how BAD my meal at this place was... After a couple of mouth fulls I nearly gagged and had to leave the rest. It tasted fowl and the plate was swimming in oil. I left and had to find another place to eat and fork out money to pay for another meal. The satue potatoes were not sauteed, they were roasted potatoes that were then fried (sometime later after cooking I think), and the meat pie consisted of an enormous bowl of meat/gravy with hardly any filling on the top, and it tasted awful. The veg was on a side dish and dried out/tasteless. Nearly one of the worst meals I've ever had, shocking!

After having read the reviews I wondered if we actually went to the same place.

Warm welcome on a chilly spring morning. Very good coffee, good selection of cakes and friendly helpful team providing the service. Dogs welcomed.

Called in here after walking down from the top of the valley, so needed plenty of substance. Had the full breakfast plus a pot of tea. Just what the doctor ordered. The breakfast was cooked to order so very hot and fresh. The owners were lovely and very informative about the area. Will be back again.

I walk in this area as often as I can and always stop at this cafe for poached eggs on toast for breakfast! Lovely country cafe, I have always been served with a smile, the food is cooked to order and great, and my dog is always made welcome. I have tried others in the village over the years, but don't bother now, I just come to the Lyndale.

Popped in on a rainy Sunday with my partner and 2 daughter's 19 and 11. Brilliant service, lovely cream tea, and lovely homemade cake. My partner commented on the perfect pot of tea. Spoilt for choice for tea rooms in Lynton and Lynmouth and this one is set aside near a car park. Worth seeking out

We stopped on our way to Ilfracombe on a New Year break, this place was right next to the car park. The staff were very welcoming and made my family feel very relaxed and at home. A nice cup tea each was all we needed, but what we got was a insight into village life and a bit of history from the gentleman who worked there. It's great in this age to get the personal touch, which made us feel relaxed and valued. Nowadays this sort of customer service is hard to find.

First class food very freindly staff and very good value for money will definatly going back again realy recomend the full English

We went in for a cup of coffee, which was great, and I decided to have a scone. It was so good that I had another!! The lady told me that her husband had just baked them that afternoon; you can't get fresher, or tastier, than that. I love scones, and as I said that was probably the best one (or two!!) that I've ever had. And I don't eat mine with cream.

Whilst staying in lynmouth my husband hurt his leg walking from lynton to lynmouth. I set him up with a coffee and sat him outside this tea rooms. I was just about to head back up to lynton for strapping from the chemist when the owner of the tea rooms insisted on driving me up and waited for me outside the chemist and drove me down again. Very helpful. And when I got back to my husband I had a lovely home made piece of Victoria sponge. Lovely people.

Love little tea room. Lovely friendly staff, lovely home made cakes and scones, very reasonable prices too. Will visit again on our next trip to Lynmouth

Tomamos el té de la tarde en el Lyndale Té Habitaciones y regresó la mañana siguiente para desayunar. El servicio era muy bueno y tenía una buena charla con el amable personal. No eran quisquillosos nosotros cambiando cosas en el menú.

Se suponía que debía ser un día precioso pero llovió. Así, dos ciclistas llegan empapados y fueron muy amables a pesar de todo nuestro equipo de wet. Nos tomamos el desayuno, que estaba recién preparado y a un precio razonable. Es un poco como el Tardis - es acogedora, pero es más grande que se pueda imaginar. Un lugar encantador y amable para parar y estando en el borde del aparcamiento es una ventaja. Loos. Tiene Bien valen la pena - no te decepcionará.

Llamado para un desayuno tarde. El lugar estaba lleno de gente local, una buena señal. El servicio es amable y eficiente y la comida era buena. Qué más se puede decir?

Nos cayeron para el almuerzo de hoy. Hay un ambiente muy acogedor aquí y todo el mundo parece conocerse.

Llamado en un día horneado caliente para un aperitivo y una sentarse. El café es sorprendentemente espaciosa por dentro y muy bien decorado con algunas características encantador de estilo antiguo. Personal amable y una buena variedad de alimentos disponibles a precios muy razonables. Asientos en el interior y al aire libre. Magnífica casa tartas caseras siempre disponible también - el pastel de café es excelente!

Due to a set of circumstances outside of our control, we found ourselves at these Tea rooms, as whist we were travelling to Lynton to visit family our car broke down at the foot of the hill leading up to Lynton. After getting the car in the car park next to the tea rooms, the lady in charge let us use the land line, as there is very little mobile phone network, to arrange breakdown cover and a tow truck etc which took best part of 45 minutes.We then had lunch which basic but very good. The staff made us very welcome and were very helpful, considering there was seven in all, and couldn't have been more friendly.

My daughters bought a milkshake each from the little take away section - they moaned it didn't taste very nice but as they had just spent 5.00 I told them to drink them, since they persisted I tried the shakes which were warm and thin - worse than Nesquick out of the cupboard - I took them back and said I thought their machine was broken and the response I got was ' the milk came out of the fridge , thanks for telling us' I said to the couple they couldn't serve it to anyone else but I didn't get the feeling they would stop using their alleged milkshake machine - if they even had one! Plenty of other nice places in Lynmouth so avoid!

It may have been off season but if you are open then there is no reason your standards should drop just because it's January. I'd been looking forward to a cream tea, but when it came the scone had been microwaved so was steaming hot and soggy. That I could have coped with, but the clotted cream was actually just pouring cream (fortunately not much of it though) with a tiny lump of thicker cream. One small mouthful was more than enough so we just drank our tea and left. They didn't ask us if everything was OK, don't think they cared

Not normally wanting to leave a bad review but have to say that the table and toilets and all in general was grubby at best.

Popped in for a quick coffee on a break from a walk Nice friendly lady server us and chatty Lovely coffee and nice chocolate brownie home made

Three of us for breakfast Sunday morning one in wheelchair, no problem with access.Friendly staff. Owner was quite a character very friendly. Food typically British fare served with alacrity. Would definite visit again.

popped in hear for morning breakfast, was a lovely little family run cafe with character. The staff were very friendly and attentive and i think this is a perfect place to start your day, the breakfast was faultless and the prices were very reasonable. would recommend, do not expect fine dining or a 5* restaurant, loved this place was perfect for what we wanted and was not pretentious, lovely welcoming place, worth a visit

Popped in here for a hot drink just before leaving Lynmouth, wish we hadn't. Judging by the excellent reviews we must have caught them on a bad day ! The drinks were perfectly acceptable but one of the staff ( the younger girl ) had terrible customer service skills, sour, unsmiling almost throwing customers their orders. I felt sorry for one elderly man, she was so rude to him, totally uncalled for. I do think that sometimes establishments in holiday spots aren't bothered about return custom as they have enough trade with day visitors. Plenty of other places in Lynmouth to choose from though.

Grabbed some lunch here before heading to waters meet.nice food and very friendly staff. nice quite location compared to the sea front and located next to the beautiful river.

Called in here after walking up the Gorge, had fantastic cream tea (my son was pleased as the scones had didn't have raisins in them) Very friendly staff

Offering basic food, no frills just good quick service, well cooked at very reasonable prices.Close to both car parks and beach.Cross road to find local tourist shops, these are of a good class and worth visiting.Would gladly eat here again.

Very convenient as this opens very early. Great choice of food at great prices. Very nice location and they do a good take away service from a separate serving hatch. Outdoor seating. Very clean. Food served quickly and well presented. Friendly staff and they take card payments. Highly recommended.

I was doing a solo bike ride to lands end and had gone a little off course. I had cycled over night and was in serious need of food. I rolled into the town just as the very friendly and chatty man was opening up and I was delighted to find that he was able to offer me a full vegetarian fried breakfast, just what I needed, along with as much tea as I could drink. Great location, great view, great staff. Can't fault the Lyndale Tearooms.

It certainly was one of the best cod &chips I have ever eaten. A very simple meal but well prepared and fresh. The ladies serving us where both very nice. The only thing they could improve is the actual interior - it is dated and really tired. But food makes it worth a visit. They also do some lovely cakes and the slices are more than generous.

We ordered Crab sandwiches which were freshly made, and delicious. This place catches the sunshine at lunchtime, so we sat outside and soaked it all the goings on in lynmouth.

We stopped for a break and enjoyed a mini cream tea. This depends on whether you want one or two scones. We shared it between so that we could eat a meal in the evening. We had coffee instead of tea and it was lovely. The scone was warm and we enjoyed the thick cream. The service was friendly. The toilets were clean but the sliding door was rather rickety! This tea room is on the car park and so we enjoyed watching coach parties and ramblers passing by. The location is lovely. It is right by the river and close to the small shops. A good place to stop for light snacks and lunches.

We were on our way to Ilfracombe on holiday when we broke down in our car coming down the hill, we just managed to make it to the car park by this tea room .We were unable to get a signal on our phone to ring the breakdown service . We asked the couple in the tea rooms if we could borrow their phone whilst our children had a drink each . They were so helpful and friendly and provided information on the local area . The man even drove my husband up to the local garage .Their hospitality and service was outstanding and we would like to thank them for all they did. It is a lovely tea room in a beautiful area and we would highly recommend it.

Very pleasant little town with a few nice attractions. The tea room is basic with a range of teas and cakes. Service is very efficient and friendly.Highly recommended.

Lovely place yummy food and lovely staff always welcomed reccomend the cooked breakfast lovely size and all freshly cooked

Lovely staff and food freshly cooked to order Loved that locals used here .Really good value for money

We go here regularly during our kayaking trips to the river Lyn. Hot drinks, hot food, great service. Perfect location. They have a good cafe here. Thanks for having us!!

Simple but nice tea room serving feel-good food. Had cod and chips - yummy! Just right. Owner was a friendly, chatty man who made us feel welcome.

Looks quite nice from the outside but I do not like my food poorly prepared and thrown at you there are far better places to eat for similar costs

I stop here and meet up with friends whilst in the area and always have a great meal very good value and great service with fee wifi to be recommended

A great staging post whether you are waiting for the bus or disgorging from the coach or have just walked off the moor. The friendly owners are a mine of information and a wealth of home made bounteous cake always enticingly displayed on the counter to tempt the faint hearted slimmer.This is an every day type of tearoom with a busy scene of customers coming and going, a chips with everything place and all day breakfasts, ice cream, cream teas and a little cubbyhole where you can order outside and it is passed through to you. It is dog friendly and has a clean loo. The people are cheerful too and it usually stays open most of the year except around January time.

Lovely location. We only had drinks, but the service was very good and the owners were very friendly. I would recommend this place.

It was OK to say the best. The Coffee Cake was quite tasty and plentiful. However when you have a pot of tea for two with extra hot water you can reasonably expect two Tea Bags surely?

My husband and I stopped here on our way to Ilfracombe, we had a lovely lunch of toasted sandwich and panini with a great cuppa which were freshly made and flavoursome; all very reasonably priced. The staff were lovely and friendly, chatty but not intrusive and the cafe was clean. This is a lovely area that we visit often and would definitely go back to Lyndale Tea Rooms.

Had a lovely coffee and cakes, off season, so managed to get all the local gossip. Fantastic location, all of the UK were bathed in sunshine, but Murphy's law we got mist all day. Loads of museums and hydro electrc plants and walks etc etc. lovely coffee!!!!!!

There is a wide variety of food and drink offered at this cafe which sits on the corner of a car park on the way to Watersmeet. We arrived late in the afternoon after a long walk and were treated to a welcoming cup of coffee and tea. Returned the next day for a cream tea and were equally delighted by the service and quality of food and drink. Fair prices too.

We arrived here on a chilly January morning after a long drive, hoping for some local hospitality. The welcome was frostier than the weather and if we weren't in such need of a drink we would have walked out again. We waited a good 5 minutes before anyone appeared, then when she did eventually appear the woman serving was rude and unfriendly. She practically threw the mugs onto the counter and made our drinks in such an agressive manner that I wasn't sure the mugs would survive! The place was filthy and cold. The furniture has seen better days (a long time ago!) The cakes were all open to the atmophere and we would have had something to eat but feared for our health, so didn't bother. They need to realise that customers are the people who pay their wages and no matter how bad your day is you can't afford to be so rude. Her day clearly wasn't that bad as she was chatting happily to other customers who were clearly locals.We won't be back!

Great little tea room , excellent friendly service and the best latte I've had in a long time! Will call in again next time I visit Lynmouth

We had need to leave our holiday early and were heading out of the area at around 0830, but in need of some grub first. Why is it so hard to find anywhere open in this area at this time? We had already scoured Lynton, which was dead as a doornail, so headed down the hill and spotted this little gem open at the corner of the car park.Very friendly owner and seems to be well used by locals - always a good sign. We had a bit of everything - one full English, a couple of kiddie meals with chips, and a cream tea for my wife. It was all good, and the coffee excellent. Good value too - it's not often we can get 4 meals incl drinks for the kids and extra coffees for us for £20 these days (unless you count MacDonalds & Co as food that is...)We will definitely keep this one in mind for future visits to the area.

Quite possibly the best cream tea we had during our week in the area.It was reasonably priced too.All of the other places had large queues but this quaint little tea room with outdoor seating was extremely quiet.The girls had a hot chocolate with cream on top whilst we had a pot of tea and the scones as well.Very good deal and a rather nice cream tea too which came to £14.00.A little must and highly recommended.

With so many little cafes and restaurants offering pretty much of the same fare, we opted for this one since it was in a pleasant position and wasn't too crowded. Really excellent cappuccino and a very acceptable freshly made sandwich with no ostentatious or frilly adornments. Prices were very fair and reasonable in comparison to some of the other places we saw and the owner was also friendly and pleasant.I don't know whether we would have fared better elsewhere but as a venue for a quick afternoon lunch and coffee it was nice not to feel that we had been ripped off which is a change these days. My rating of the food as being average is solely based on the fact that a standard sandwich is exactly that. What more can one really say about a normal ham, cheese and pickle sandwich !

Stopped at lyndale cafe, Pastie heaven, super coffee and the best chocolate ice cream.Very good value no rip off here.rare for all three of us to agree as we all very fussy but lyndale is our a1

We ordered a cream tea & a sausage roll - despite being the only customers in I was told to get my pot of tea off the counter and collect my food (despite it being table service).The sausage roll was dry and old - goodness knows how long it had been kept warm in the heated vitrine. The scone I had was also old and no cover so the flies that were in the tearoom were free to rest on the scones on the counter. It was old and has dried out at the edges so much it was "crunchie". Would not recomend or return to this tearoom.

On our recent trip to Lynmouth we called into this lovely little place. Since our last visit in 2013 things have changed a bit. The menu is more extensive and there is a fish and chip take-away attached. We opted for toasted Teacakes and Tea and Cappuchino. Service is at lightening speed and the staff are very friendly and pleasant. Prices are really competitive and the whole experience was very pleasant,

Visited this Tea Rooms on our visit to Lynmouth . The service was very quick and the owners very friendly. My husband had fish and chips and the portion was generous . I had burger and chips and that was just the same. Both were delicious. There is space to sit outside as well and a take away service. Highly recommended

Do not be put off by the external appearance this tea room next to the coach/car park it serves the best scones in Lynmouth.On a cold spring afternoon the mini cream tea was excellent and very welcome. All of the scones and cakes are made by the proprietor and are excellent. The service was also very good

Good breakfast - good value. I also agree with other reviewers that the latte is very good. The cakes and scones looked nice but I was too full up with the breakfast to try.Nice friendly owner too. Seems to be a popular place with the locals, which is usually a good sign. Give it a try.

Best latte of our February holiday but cafe needed a good clean. Great location. Food looked well presented and good value for money. Seemed popular with locals too.

Came to Lynmouth for a winter break, not many places open but just about enough to keep us fed and watered. Great little Tea shop. Homemade scones tasty and very reasonable in price. Great views of the sea. Very friendly. My son loved the fresh banana milkshake!!!!!

arrived early at our accomadation so we decided to explore we walked all the way from the lynwayat the top to lynmouth at the bottom very steep and a bit slippy under foot not recommended for the unfit. this cafe was a welcoming site enjoyed a lovely latte very delicous before the hike back up the hill

We ate here for breakfast, I had poached eggs on toast and my partner had a bacon sandwich. It was good value for money coming in at just over £10 with drinks, which leads me to the best latte ever! Scrumy!

Out on a motorbike ride today from Plymouth and decided to head to Lynmouth.Rolled down the hill and saw a couple of other bikes parked up outside so thought we would stop.Huge pot of tea for two, reckon we got 5-6 cups each, all for £3.20, fantastic. Set us up got the ride home.Checked out the prices while there and saw the cream teas and all day breakfast, again great value.

very friendly staff/owners. the cafe is basic but clean. ideally located beside the bus stop haha! i have never seen such generous portions of jam and cream given to those who were having a cream tea in there. it looked fantastic value for money. thank you for such a warm welcome.

Been to this lovely little tea rooms once before and decided to go again. Lovely home-made cake made by the owner and a nice Cappucino. Had lovely fresh sandwiches as well . The service was very quick and good. Will be going again.on my next visit.

Had a homemade Cornish pasty and coffee here on a cold snowy morning last week. Excellent value and speed of service. Chap there was very friendly. Definitely worth a stop if your about Lynmouth and want a good deep-filled pasty.

All Day Breakfast 10/10 - Poached egg on toast 10/10 - really good value and friendly service on on a wet day

Perfect stop after a long walk, and the tea and scones went down a treat. The atmosphere friendly and wrkcoming. Will deffo visit again :-)

coffee superb. Chocolate cake wonderful. This is britain at its best. Peaceful and delightful- particularly at banning young chldren

This may not be the poshest place to eat, but it is the most welcoming and friendly. It had the best fish and chips I had eaten in years!

had latte which was pretty poor also sausage batch which was on a dry batch had better in a greasy spoon cafe

It was August 4th, 2012, Saturday night and the rain was belting down. We tried the Rising Sun, the Rock House and the Bistro ... all had no room at the Inn. Drenched we went into the Lyndale Tea Rooms. As there were 6 of us we had little hope of success .... Peter got us in, had us watered and fed in no time at all. Steaks were great, Lasgana bellissimo and the conversation magic. According to Will, Peter's Applie Pie was as good as his Mums (big compliment) and the Lemon Meringue pie was superb! Call in and give yourself a real treat.

We couldn't leave Devon without having a cream team!! Lynmouth was our last holiday stop before making tracks back for home the next day. Having eaten so much good food for a whole week and feeling very full, we were struggling to find room. However we decided to go for it. All I can say is Yum Yum!!

Went in for a coffee and had a glorious home made (really) cake and thought we'd return. Well a tea turned into supper and the meals a Thai curry and fish and chips, with a glas of wine, desserts and coffee all for £22 for 2.

We always get a warm welcome and so does our dog.Peter is a lovely person and nothing is too much trouble.All the staff are friendly.The lemon meringue pie is delicious and Peter makes the best poached eggs I have ever had.We visit regularly and find it always the same, good honest food and nice prices every time.The fish and chips are lovey and the portions are very good, leave room for cake and coffee later.Peter is open all year round so you never have to worry it will be closed.

totally recommend this place the best breakfast in the village. also a great range of homemade desserts to die for. with some lovely coffee's to choose from. My kids enjoyed the lovely ice cream flavours. the takeaway was really busy when we were here but considering there was only 2 staff working everything was first class. really cheap and cheerful lovely scones must try them and the cakes too.

Good, home cooked food at sensible prices for all the family plus excellent entertainment from the owner, Pete! We've always received a warm and friendly welcome from Pete and Heather and would highly recommend a trip to this establishment. Heather's puddings are to die for, so leave some room for those. Pete's coffee is also worth tasting, together with a slice of his cake. Nothing is too much trouble. This is a "no frills" tea room, but don't walk past!