Orange Elephant Ice Cream Parlour in Teignbridge - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

I have been to visit the orange elephant twice in the last month, with the intention of regular visits including a seasonal membership every year from next season onwards. Today and previous visit, were to say, extremely unpleasant experiences. From reading other peoples reviews as below, it looks like I am not alone in saying the woman who owns the orange elephant is very rude and obnoxious. I found her tone very offensive and felt really looked down upon. The first visit I had, I was greeted with a disgusting manner, rushing us along so they could serve other customers instead, giving us no time to choose ice creams (with a baby and other children in toe) this caused a lot of unnecessary stress. I explained we were choosing ice cream and got very rude mannered responses from the owner herself. I let it go because although I was distressed it was busy, but still felt like this was very unprofessional. The second visit, I queued again with my children and baby, to be greeted with the same manner whilst trying to chose an ice cream for myself and two other children with a young baby also. The staff this time, rudely asked people to go around us and completely ignored the fact that we were waiting and trying to order. Again I let this go. Later that day, I was approached by the owner in a disgusting manner and mood to discuss a situation but to be talked down in a manner you wouldn’t even speak to a child with. As a 36 year old woman, I did not deserve to be spoken to in such a way. I then raised my concerns with the above complaints to be met with nothing but backchat. I’ve never met someone so rude and do not intend to return. Word of mouth is a powerful thing and unfortunately this will leave a bitter taste.

Took 4 of my granddaughters & their parents here for a treat, paid £55 for 8 ice-creams, that was ok it was a treat for the grandkids but when the first 2 arrived we asked what flavours & were told I don't know I just made what you ordered, I'm busy just lick them to find out & hurry up as they are melting? Not helpful, they had written down the order, not hard to rip off each line & tuck under each bowl as you go, won't go back.

Really good ice cream lots of different flavours to choose from . Even doggy ice creams which my dog really enjoyed Defo will be returning

We  waited almost a year to return here to sample more of their delicious ice cream. And it was so good we visited twice. Nice big car park, which is needed on a weekend with families visiting not just for ice cream and sundaes, but also for the play area and orchard walk. Staff were friendly and helpful as we queried some of the flavours available when we visited e.g. muddy wellies is mint choc chip.  We hope to return next year on our travels again.

Very friendly staff. We had our dog with us but unable to take her into the meadow but the owner gave me a free cup of coffee as me and the dog were waiting on the rest of the family go play in the meadow.

We have passed the orange elephant stood in the field on our many trips up & down the M5. We finally got around to visiting the ice cream parlour. On our approach to the farm we had to stop to allow the farm's own herd of cows to cross the road, my goodness that is a big herd of cows! Plenty of free on-site parking which is a real bonus. Massive selection of home made ice creams, milkshakes, sundaes, hot & cold drinks. Plenty of staff which meant that the line of customers kept moving along, staff all very polite, we ordered milkshakes, ice creams, sundaes & hot drink, paid at the till & found a table, order then delivered to the table. With plenty of staff around as soon as a table was vacated it was cleaned ready for the next customer, the toilets were also clean. I understand that Mrs T makes the ice cream, she was also serving behind the counter as well as delivering orders to the tables. Overall a very good first visit, we will be returning!

Lovely afternoon out visiting here. We only went for the ice-cream parlour. If only one criticism I would say they need to put up some wasp traps as were pestered by them while trying to eat. Otherwise would highly recommend.

Mrs T and the team make and serve great ice cream on the farm. There are usual flavours and some more unusual ones like liquorice. In addition to the ice cream you can pay to play in the barn and meadow and solve the maize maze if it is open. A great few hours out in the country.

First time visiting the orange elephant and my girls had lots of fun in the play areas, sandpits and maze. The one thing I was very disappointed with was the lack of dairy free alternatives. My daughter cannot have any diary and the only other option for her was raspberry sorbet! For an established ice cream shop I would have expected a wider choice for the dairy free or vegan community.

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! If you have a nut allergy, fear not they reassured me that they have no nuts at all in their ice creams which made my daughter so happy. My daughter has to stare at her siblings eating ice cream very often unable to eat a lot of ice creams herself because of the risk of cross contamination. Orange Elephant Ice Cream is the best ever ice cream parlour because it caters for absolutely everyone including customers with a nut allergy. They are super friendly too and the play area and meadow are incredible for children. A nice addition would be a vegan chocolate ice cream as I avoid dairy and don't like sorbets very much but that's not currently available. Amazing place and seeing my daughter happy made me happy.

Excellent ice cream! Lots of flavours to choose from! A few not obvious from the names, which when queuing for a little while would be useful to know what it really is! Very busy which was great to see, will definitely return!

Visited with 2 grandchildren (8+5), it has grown and improved since last visit, costs £2.60 per adult and £1.60 per child to use the play areas, now has 2 indoor play barns, 2 outdoor play areas just over the road and a v large area down over the stream plus a huge Maize maze. Very impressed by all these facilities and the maze was brilliant. Took our own picnic lunch then ate ice creams - 2 v fancy cones and banana split, huge quantities and v tasty. We were there for about 4 hours, the children had a great time and we all enjoyed our ice creams. Thanks, we’ll be back.

Called in with the family after visiting Powderham Castle up the road. I had a sundae with my youngest and my wife and eldest had 2 scoops in a waffle cone. The ice cream was delicious and whilst it wasn’t cheap I didn’t feel ripped off. Would definitely call back again if we were passing. We even met what I assume was the owner and his spaniels which was great!

If you’re expecting to enjoy some fancy ice creams or sundaes whilst watching your children play in a play area then this isn’t it. The ice creams were quite simple and when asked for chocolate sauce it was like I had asked for tomato ketchup to go on the ice cream! The staff member said it wasn’t possible to put chocolate sauce on the ice cream as it was over where the sundaes are made, I asked if it could be put into a pot if she wasn’t allowed to get it from where the sundaes were made (we were also getting a sundae) and she said no that’s not possible. Luckily the guy on the till didn’t see a problem and happily said that he would sort it. The play area is separate (across a little road/lane) to where you buy/ have the ice creams. I wouldn’t go out of your way to visit but more somewhere if you were passing.

Not sure what to expect when we arrived , but not an ice cream parlour with a children's play area. Lovely building and a drive through option as well for those who can't stop! We looked at the selection and opted for muddy wellies (mint choc chip) and lemon pavlova on one cone and rhubarb crumble and white choc and passionfruit on the other. Lovely flavours and a smooth mouth feel. Made even better by the cheery service and story behind the farm and family. Only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so pick your day wisely.....unless they open up 7 days a week in the near future!

Wow!!! We stopped here today after a day out, looking for ice cream...we found the most amazing ice cream. As soon. As we arrived we knew it would be good, the car park was busy and so was the queue to order from a large selection (nearly impossible to choose, so will have to go again to make sure we chose right!) The queue went down very quickly and the service was excellent. We sat outside on the picnic benches and said it was without doubt the best ice cream we've ever had! We're already planning our next pit stop there.

Ice cream is amazing!! Staff are so friendly and price is good too. There are so many flavours to choose from and from what I’ve tried, all are delicious

Ok for younger children. Our 9 year old was quickly board and 4 year old sort of enjoined it. The highlight is of course ice creams unless you’re vegan then they have ZERO choice - unless you like sorbets. Bit disappointing for 2023…

Visited with grandson and family. Great place for children, lots of play areas, maize maze and the most amazing ice-cream. Very reasonable entry. Great day out for the family.

We have heard a lot about this place kids loved it great ice cream reasonable price we will be back next year

I had heard hood things about this place.. visited today, plenty of parking and a good choice of ice creams at sensible prices.. However.. The tables were filthy, food under the tables - nobody seemed to care..As a result of all of the dirty tables there were wasps everywhere. We left 5 mins after arriving- wasted drive from Torbay.

Great Desserts 🍨 We loved it here, after coming to Devon for a few years we pass the Elephant and this year we thought we would call in. Its is great, lovely open barn seating area and a massive range of ice cream 🍦 and...

Have to say after years of people telling us to try we were over joyed by the parks, lovely and clean and well kept, must say though, I tried the Turkish delight ice cream and then had the strawberry one… I couldn’t really taste strawberry,...

The ice cream here is very good however very disappointed they don't use their own milk for milkshakes when this is a dairy farm who apparently use their milk in the ice cream? Leaves me wondering.

Driven past so many times & decided to seek out after hearing positive things. Very popular, delicious ice cream and a wide range of different flavours. Very creamy and perfect consistency and lovely decent sized waffle cones. Good value for money considering the amount of...

Visited for the first time today and what a great place,grandkids loved it as lots to do and see and the icream was stunning,staff were great,can't fault the place,recommend and will be back,well done Mrs T and crew .

Had read the story about this place: they make their own ice cream from the milk of their own cows, so you can't get any fresher than that. Determined to have a serious ice-cream experience we had banana splits, that were delicious. Staff lovely and...

We had a lovely afternoon and were really impressed with the play areas and maize maze, the ice cream is delicious and plenty of choice. This is a working farm which visitors should be aware of. Dry weather did help for this enjoyable visit.

We were camping nearby and saw the signs for the Orange Elephant whilst driving. I love ice cream and couldn't wait to try it! We called in just before closing but were made very welcome and enjoyed fantastic sundaes with clotted cream. There were so...

We visited today, 3 adults and 3 young children. They loved the activities especially the maze. The ice creams were good and the number of picnic benches impressive. But the toilets were disgusting and only 1 working toilet in the ladies. For a place attracting...

We visited here with my 2 year old and she absolutely loved it. The ice cream was delicious. Although there was a extremely long queue the staff were extremely helpful and efficient. We paid to visit the meadow (£2.50 per adult, £1.50 for over 2s)...

Visited for after lunch sundaes and waffles. 12 different flavours between the 4 of us, all excellent. Thoroughly recommended.

I visited Orange Elephant with my family 2 of which who are aged 3 and aged 7. We sat in to eat our ice cream and the facility was good. The choice of ice cream was simply brilliant with many special flavours. It offers a...

Visited with my parents for an Ice cream this weekend . The ice cream was as lovely As always - the flavours on offer were plentiful and tasted amazing ! My mum has a few mobility issues and the staff were very accommodating providing her...

I had visited Orange elephant five years ago and it was the best ice cream I'd had (and I'm not even a fan of ice cream!). Visited again this weekend as they mentioned their drive thru pickup is open until 5 pm. Got there at...

Great ice cream, several flavors but the highlight goes to Elderflower with Lime Yogurt. There is also a trail through the farm to see animals and vegetation, very nice for children.

Visited with 2 grandchildren, DO NOT FOLLOW SAT NAV as takes you to the wrong place, wide choice of icecreams and the 5 we chose were lovely, friendly staff, lovely farm land and fields to walk around and sit in. Would recommend and will revisit

The food was well priced and very tasty. However I was unimpressed to listen to and watch the manager bark orders at her 5 lower level staff. The drive thru was busy so she kept repeating "too slow. Go quicker." I feel sorry for her staff as the manager wasn't helping. She was just bossing them around. I won't return after seeing this.

Bit expensive but very nice on a hot day Will definitely be back when up that neck of the woods as it was very good and tangy

Wonderful for kids. No dogs allowed in farm areas but welcome in the courtyard restaurant. Well worth a visit.

Loved visiting this place for ice creams, seeing farm animals and the amazing outdoor picnic and play areas. Even when the car park was rammed it didn’t feel crowded. Would definitely recommend and return!

You can bring the kids here for a couple hours to play in the farm play area with lots of animals and maze etc. Obviously the orange elephant slide as well. The ice cream parlour has a great amount of flavours . Different cones and plenty of size Sundae.s. The price is a bit expensive when you have to pay for entry to the play area and ice cream but nice to do once in a summer holiday.

We’d heard a lot of great comments about this place so decided to try it for ourself! The ice-creams are absolutely delicious with more unusual flavours that you don’t see elsewhere - I had rhubarb crumble - yum!We didn’t realise that there was so much else do to there especially you have young children. We luckily visited on a beautiful day so could go over to the playing fields, farm animals and maize maze. It was a great hit with all the family and only cost £2 for and adult and £1 for a child (think under 4’s are free).Gorgeous ice cream and great attraction - we’ll be back...!

This was my second visit. The owner made all of us very welcome. The ice creams were fabulous. There were 10 of us on my Birthday and again 10 of us this time. We will definitely be going back. Fabulous. Thank you to everyone for a really good day.Audrey

We are locals and we like to visit orange elephant as often as possible. We had planned to come last week but the weather was absolutely awful, my friend had never been and still thought sod it, so we went. My friend was able to taste some of the ice creams before we bought them which i thought was a really personal touch. The man serving ( a young boy) was so friendly and helpful. My son went for a sundae and he got a choice of sauce he wanted in it and the ice cream he wanted. We normally do the maize and the play area as well but as it was raining we couldn't.Will defo be back!

The facilities are good with plenty for the young children to keep them occupied. Even though the ice cream machine was awaiting repair there was still plenty of choice. Reasonable prices and delicious. The food on offer is very limited and runs out quickly. If you are going for a couple of hours over lunchtime, you would be advised to take a picnic.The slide and swing area has picnic tables but in my mind not enough.Take your own chairs if you don't like sitting on the ground.Toilets were clean and baby changing facilities available.Good day out at very reasonable prices. I will be going again when next in Exeter.

I feel the need to write. As a local we should be supporting unique businesses such as this. Shame on a previous reviewer for a lengthy unfair review also a local person! We had a great day and were aware of shortages to to machine failure. This had been posted on face book. Most people have phones stuck to their hands nowadays so I am sure they would have seen this on Facebook .We had a great day and have watched Helen and Rob develop the business over many years. We appreciate its a working farm and 5* toilets not on our list! The staff are always friendly and helpful. Keep smiling and look forward to many more seasons.

We were there for a family treat, with lots of choice of flavours of ice cream, winning prizes in Taste of the West competitions. The counter served cones and tubs, and service of sundaes, drinks and cakes were brought to the tables efficiently. The atmosphere of the icecream parlour was relaxed, with a few toys for children, and outside the orange elephant slide was popular. Recommend the three scoop sundae.

Lovely, clean and tidy. Kids loved to just play, scratch a pig behind it's ears and getting lost in the maize. Had a lovely ice cream followed by sliding down the orange elephant. Overall very well received by the children and reasonably priced.

As locals we brought our 7 year old here ordering the family feast. Asked for chocolate and strawberry first to be included to find neither were. When I asked why we were not told I was told that they had ran out as a freezer was broken and replaced it with other flavours (one being rum and raisin which was for over 18's) I witnessed a staff member laugh about it to another when I went over to see if there was any strawberry available. Disappointed in this service we left. As we left my child needed the toilet, gagging as they were disgusting. The toilets after the Glastonbury Festival smelt better. I was extremely disappointed with the service we received the staff were not at all interested in the fact my little girl didn't have the flavour she asked for which was present when we ordered at the till and clearly had been sold after the money was taken from us before bringing our order to the table. I wouldn't bother wasting your money it's not worth the disappointment for your child.

We always come here in the summer and it never fails to be great fun. The ice cream is delicious and great local produce

The problem with this location is how do you choose which flavour to choose.They have such an amazing selection that you may need several visits to try them all. Based on a working Farm with animal attractions and a maze it offers things for kid of any age.

What a brilliant place to take the kids for a couple of hours!

Me, my mother and two toddlers who are both almost 3 visited on Saturday. What a wonderful place. So much for kids to do, my daughter absolutely loved the donkeys and cows. There was plenty of climbing frames/slides down in The Meadow which is extremely great, especially on a very busy sunny Saturday. The ice-cream was super tasty and very reasonably priced. We will definitely be back in the near future thank you

We tried 4 different flavors - strawberry, blueberry, pistachio, and rhubarb. The rhubarb was quite tasty though on the sweet side, and the rest was pretty average.

Arrived at the Orange Elephant and was surprised how big the car park was since the last time we visited, it's much bigger now. We loved the covered elephant slide and seating area up the top, a great prelude to the fun ahead!

We've driven past for years but this was our first time stopping in. My husband had a pistachio ice cream which he thoroughly enjoyed, all the ice creams looked amazing

Great morning spent at the orange elephant. Plenty for my 2 year old daughter to play on, the new addition of the ORANGE ELEPHANT SLIDE is brilliant was hard to get my daughter off it! Ice cream is very good, great variety of flavours (when busy ordering can be chaotic, needs better organising). I would recommend will be going back again!!

Our first trip to the orange elephant of 2019 was a great success. We paid the £18 for annual family membership to the paddock and bought ice creams too, the best ice cream for miles and miles, Mrs T does good!!

Visited here today with my partner. I appreciate that this is a family run business and I really cant fault the staff who were trying their best or the ice cream (which was amazing) but it was bedlam in there today. It looked like a very busy day for them, car parks were full and there were a gazillion children there (again, it was a bank holiday and we expected the kids). We had two issues. Firstly as you are queuing there is a board about all the lovely flavours they do, great, we chose the ones we wanted. Got to the front of the queue to be told the flavours we wanted weren't available today, there are no accurate boards up with what is available and we couldn't actually see the freezers then due to the mass of people queuing so we just ended up choosing from the ones we could see in the freezer next to us. I appreciate the flavours may change daily but there needs to be either an accurate board up or paper menus or something.

Been driving past this elephant for years now , on the way back from dawlish for the

Today we were pleased to make our first trip (of probably many more) in 2019. It was nice to see Ella back, on the till supporting the new members of the team. The opportunities for work and experience the business provides for local young people is very encouraging and it’s a shame more businesses don’t see the value in our younger workforce.

Charming little place, very friendly staff and lovely ice creams with many flavours to choose from! Cafe only serves snacks ie: tea cakes scone and cake but it is primarily an ice cream parlour

We love this place! Have visited for the last 4 years and has never failed to disappoint! Thank you Mrs and Mr T. xx

Hi went with work and had a nice walk round looking at the animals and the park balance beams and sand pit then went to the cafe and had several different things between us all cream tea, tea cakes, chocolate cake, luxury hot chocolate.

Our first visit for 2019, thought it might be empty.As we pulled down the lane the car park was half full. Went into the old barn for a choice of great ice cream.over 50 flavours.

Thank goodness the Orange Elephant is open again for a new season! Myself and my family spend most of the holidays and weekends here as it’s such a wonderful place to visit!

Just visited The Orange Elephant and so pleased we did - can’t wait for my grandson to visit so I can go again !

Well worth a visit if you're an ice cream lover - with delicious award winning favours including sorbets, ice cream sundaes I'd recommend the Don't Tell Mummy sundae for kids with lots of sweets and cocktail umbrellas added for eye popping enjoyment. Plus there is a cheap add on for the kids - an area with animals and play park. Open Easter to end of September. Well worth seeking this out.

My daughter recommended this place to us. We didn't come here but we had their ice cream at the nearby Lay Arms. It was delicious.

We have passed the orange elephant poking its trunk out of a field on the A38 for several years and always thought that we should make the effort to check it out. Today, 10 years later, we finally made it! We had fun in the maize maze and found the two hidden creatures, went to the play park, and saw all the animals in the fields. After all our activity we treated ourselves to ice cream cones. There were 27 flavours on offer - my grandson chose choc o’nut, my daughter had hedgerow crunch. and I chose fig and raspberry. All were delicious and we promised that we would come back to try one if the special sundaes. Now we have found this hidden gem, we will certainly lynne be back and recommend that anyone else in the area does so too!

Was encouraged as i follow on facebook and the images of lots of different ice creams being made. I visited twice in august mid week and once there was just 10 ice cream flavours on offer (after choosing outside on the board which showed about 50 flavours beforehand). For 2 young ice cream lovers there wasnt chocolate or caramel or honeycomb etc standard flavours. The second visit there was lots more choice but alas no standard flavours so my children spent ages choosing then didnt like what they had. We love the play area and took picnic to have etc.

Just happened to see a sign to this unusually named farm and ice cream parlour. It was a hot summers afternoon and with the extensive list of ice cream flavours we enjoyed our stop. There seemed to be quite a few visitors and a reasonable queue waiting to enjoy this treat.

Been living in Exeter for years did t even no the orange elephant was there ,we went with gran children they loved it so do we ,and the ice cream was lush ;will go back again soon

We love Orange Elephant! They have a huge selection of ice cream being our favourite flavours Shillingford Strawberry, Ginger Bread, and Coffee.

Have seen the orange elephant beside the A38 for many years and always intended to visit. Went here today on way back from Crealy. Difficult to get to from A38 and frankly wouldn’t bother again. Disappointed as wasn’t as good as expected. Icecreams were ok but were expensive and I think that there are other makers locally who are a lot better.

1st time with the children and loved the bit of walk on the meadow plus the playground at the end..

We eventually made it here and well worth it. Lovely place very clean inside and out. Staff were very friendly and seem liked they was really happy to be there and no question was to much (lots of choices of flavours and sundaes) it was a real pleasure to come against some young adults (maybe teenagers) who enjoyed working there. Now going on with ice creams amazing great choices and where you have a display with choices of sundaes you can have, and they come out looking exactly the same . You should definitely visit here especially with kids as there is a great meadow to walk around after. Worth every penny.

Lovely ice-cream made with milk from their cows. Nice selection of flavours - a little chaotic when waiting but made up in how nice the ice-cream is. We didn’t try out that maize maze or play area - extra money.

Very expensive for what u get tasty ice-cream but not worth the money . Then you have to pay to get into the play area and all it is is something u can have at home not very safe. Few climbing frames with swings and some sandpits

Visited today for ice creams. Lots of flavours, so difficult to choose.

We visited this ice cream parlour after passing the orange elephant on the side of the A38 many times. There is a huge selection of ice creams and sundaes. Loads of flavours and all were delicious.

We were unaware of this hidden gem, although the orange elephant on the A38 now makes more sense!

This place does one of the best ice creams I’ve ever had. There are different flavours every time I’ve been and they have won several awards for their flavours. For 3 scoops in a tub it is £3.85 which isn’t badly priced.

Stopped off here on our way home after a weekend away. Did not have time to venture into the maize so an impromptu ice cream stop it was!!. Lots of delicious flavours to choose from and all reasonably priced.

Stopped here on our way back from Cornwall. It’s a good stop with kids. The ice-cream is superb - it is worth stopping here for that alone - and there is a fun play area / maize maze (tricky!) for the little ones to burn off some energy before getting back in the car.

Nice place, ample parking and good facilities including a maze. Only disappointment was, however, rather central as it was what we went for - the ice cream. To our taste it was far too sweet and lacked real flavour and, as a result, we left disappointed.

Fantastic place to visit selling fantastic ice cream all made on the premises , had elderflower and lime tasted great . Visited the meadows after plenty for the grandchildren to see and great play area., they loved the sand pit where all buckets and spades were supplied .will definitely be coming back.

Had fantastic ice cream. A great place to go with the family. Great for all ages. Plenty of parking too.

As our friends live not too far away, we knew all about the ice cream and couldn't wait to try it ourselves. The parlour is a basic barn and could really do with a more imaginary touch - but than you're here for the ice-cream, not the surroundings. The choices of different varieties was a huge problem for me - it took me a while to make up my mind! I was told that I can only have 3 different sorts, probably just as well!! Some flavours are 'normal' while others are rather more unusual. The men ordered an old-fashioned Knickerbocker Glory', something my husband was dreaming off for years - and he was not disappointed. My mixture was amazing, I liked each of my varieties, (which I can't remember). Our friends picked up two containers of ice-cream to take home with them, which they had ordered a few days before via phone. The outside seating area was looking very pleasant, but it was too cold a day to use it.

Let's start with the meadow, a few animals to look at, lots of swings and slides but even more stinging nettles on paths or by the fences where the animals were grazing. We weren't going to let our 18 month son come back covered in stings so we carried him most of the way. It was only £2 per adult tho so now real complaints.

Visited the orange elephant this morning with family,We live locally but had to ask a daughter the directions as it isn't easy to get too,Lovely open play areas for children.The only gripe I have is that they no longer serve food,my daughter said that they used too,The restaurant is big,but only icecream a few cakes and hot and cold drinks are available.Its a shame as if they did lunches we would have stayed longer,not everyone wants to bring a picnic with them,we will return but next time with our own food,Their icecream by the way is lovely

Lovely ice cream, and cake just a shame they didn't sell light food for children. The farm and the Maize Maze were really great and the animals just lovely.

Found this as it's a mile from the campsite we were staying at - it's in the middle of nowhere but well worth a special journey. In fact, I made sure we stopped on the way home for another ice cream!

After driving past the Orange elephant many times over the years, Family members visiting from London asked if we wanted to go for an ice cream here. Lots of flavours on offer, a few on the last scrapings and some gone altogether. But to be fair it was late in the day. Service was quick with a good choice of ways to have your chosen ice cream... cones, sundaes etc. We were given a number and our order was delivered to our table, again quickly. Two adult sundaes two 3 scoop sundaes and a child's muddy minty farmer( with no mint as they had run out) £23. Some flavours very good some a bit of promise but no finish. All in all service good, ice cream nice but a bit pricey. Bit of a build up ending a bit flat.

My 5 year old son broke his arm badly (open fracture) last August year on the home made play equipment. Two operations later, we are still waiting for a call to ask how he's getting on. We are local, but haven't been back since the experience.

We were recommended the Orange Elephant by Mantree Vineyard, had a quick stop off, very wet and windy day so didn't fancy the trail and playground. However we did enjoy our ice creams and scones - husband said their scones were almost as good as mine (wise man!). Wide range of ice cream flavours, a great hidden gem - just wish it had been warmer.

Very nice, lots of fun flavours and not bad value. Easy to get to with lots of parking so can't go wrong really.

This place is nothing compared to how it used to be, very disappointing. We called in yesterday hoping for lunch. They used to do a good selection of lovely proper meals but now there's nothing apart from ice cream, so called cakes and coffee or tea! We were hungry but there was nothing worth having. The cakes were a meagre selection of about 5 biscuit thin unappetising looking so called cakes at over inflated p[rices. In the end we opted just for ice cream which looked a good selection although the young girl serving looked at me blankly when I asked for an old fashioned thin wafer type cone so we had to accept it was a different generation and have a thick modern cone. It was very pleasant sitting outside, lovely surroundings but I would think that's the only thing anybody would come back to the cafe for these days certainly would not find much in the way of refreshments. So we sat with our ice cream and the rest of the day we were saying wasn't that ice cream runny and expensive! It's nowhere near as reasonably priced or delicious as at the beach! Won't bother again, such a shame when I think of the lovely lunches etc they used to serve, it was worth a drive out then. it might be helpful to the owners that we approached on the dual carriageway going to wards Exeter and although there was a large sign near the orange Happy Eater elephant, there were no directions. Even as fairly local people I found it difficult to have to work out going over bridges etc to find the entrance, I was surprised no better sign-age, very confusing especially for strangers as it seems to be on the side of the road we are travelling but you can't get to it without crossing to the other side of the dual carriageway and a tricky way back again and would think they would lose business because of it, but saying that was before we found they didn't do lovely hot cooked food any more so probably not worth going anyway. A real shame. They've got the location and the lovely building etc but are wasting it. Very disappointed.

The ice creams were all excellent, with different and subtle flavours at reasonable prices. We've paid more elsewhere for standard ice creams. Well worth visiting just for the ice cream if you are in the area. The coffee was also good.