Rock Garden Cafe Bar in Torbay

On a Christmas night out for work. Quality. Food was fresh, hot and quality. An excellent buffet with pizza, fries, roast potatoes, nachos, cheese sticks, pigs in blankets etc. Amazing value for money. Staff couldn’t have been more attentive and kept checking on us to make sure everything was good Absolutely,100%, will return and probably arrange another works night here. Thanks for the best Christmas works venue we’ve ever used.

Harry was sooo welcoming really enjoyed night

Second time we have been in the last couple of months, 1st time we sat for an hour after ordering food and after going to the bar to find out when it would be coming to be told they hadn't put the order through! Went back today to give them another chance and they were just as bad! Sent the wrong food and overcharged us. Unfortunately won't be coming back again

Id seriously recommend people no longer go here standards are abysmal, theyve unfortunately dropped severely, went in there few weeks ago and they didn't put the order through waited at the table over an hour before leaving refunded but certainly not happy, gave them one last chance and they overcharged us and gave us the wrong food even heard the chef ask the bar staff 'have they noticed' of course we did were not idiots ordered 'billy burger' which is a burger with goats cheese and caramelised onion only to be brought a regular cheese and bacon burger with normal onions with some scrapping of goat cheese clearly think we stupid, I ate with my partner who got his order correct so I didn't want to bother complaining because I won't be back now but I want to warn others of ever going there

The chips and wedges were "old" and not fresh. It seemed they were reheated ! Wedges were extremely salty and hard! Had ordered 2 Vegetarian pizza (not vegan). Both were vegan, although the app indicated that they were veg when selected.

Missing items after paying alot of money and what did arrive was cold

Good food and customer service especially from Jamie. Thank you for going out of the way to rescue Monty’s coat from behind the booth seating, very kind. Regarding service: was welcomed warmly, food delivered in good time, condiments offered and check back completed. Come work for me?!

Owen is a great staff member, really friendly and helpful :)

it took over 2 hours for our food to arrive. had to request multiple updates from them via the app and when I tried calling direct noone would answer the phone. when the food did arrive the pizza was burnt and whilst the burger was nice the portion of fries were appallingly small and none of the other items advertised eith the dish were supplied I.e coleslaw and salad. when I had paid £17.50 for the burger alone it was appalling service! esp when I had waited so long for it.

own was amazing! great service! definitely recommend!!!

1st visit. Impressed. Beer good and ideal if you like a cocktail. Nice beer garden.

Harry was a great server us tonight!

Harry was friendly and very helpful

Always my favourite place. Great food, cocktails and live music! Harry is lovely, so helpful and friendly!

Harry is amazing great host and very accommodating

Popped in as a family of four for some food on Halloween evening whilst staying in Torquay for the night. Food was delicious and great value. Staff were very friendly and welcoming, we even ended up staying to join in the pub quiz and bingo. Recommended and garden looks great for summer dining

Healthy salads available. We had the salmon salad, chicken salad and wedges. Generous portions too. Wine reasonably priced. Nice setting. Lovely staff. Kiefer (bar man/waiter) was smily, friendly. Good chef too. Don't usually like to eat in chains but thought this one had many choices.

Really nice outdoor space. Friendly staff. Food can be hit and miss sometimes

Have been before and really enjoyed it. Had the bottomless brunch last time. I wouldn't say it's great value as we just about broke even with it, and the food on the menu is limited.

Gorgeous Vegan meal with hubby celebrating 40 years of marriage, before Theatre. Great staff, Jamie, Savannah & compliments to the chef. Perfect.

Few mod week guinness' before meeting friends for a.birthday meal. Very friendly and efficient staff. Good Guinness..

One dinner was late so wine was offered to compensate..nice service , cheery waiter..food was excellent

Came in on my birthday weekend staff was all so happy and food was amazing drinks even better would highly recommend coming in the week for a bite to eat and weekend for the music

Pizzas taste wise were very good but unfortunately luke warm and a bit soggy

Gave this ago as the reviews were okay for pizza, a little bit of a let down, one pizza Luke warm, and the other a little tasteless, but still okay, service very good, will be back for drinks and the quiz, but not food

We had a lovely evening Both the inside and outside area were clean and the atmosphere was good.

We did a cocktail making class and had food at the Rock Garden Cafe Bar. Both the food and atmosphere was amazing. A massive thank you to Harry and Finn for the cocktail class. Both were fantastic and we had lots of fun.

Ordered for delivery at 14:35 only turned up at 15:30! And is stone cold on delivery, not edible at all!

Harry one of the managers was so interactive with customers... Great to see., he has a unique style.. on the phone when we booked & in person Food was amazing standard was good despite being a very busy night in the kitchen Came down to watch the country & western band OH DE LALLYS!!!

Just finished our long lunch at the Rock Garden. Great food. Great staff, Highly recommended and will definitely return.

Nice food in a chilled relaxed environment. Good place for a family lunch in the heart of town. Recommended.

Lovely place. Both indoor and outdoor seating, snugs, and the outdoor areas come with heaters. Loved the place, will definitely go again

Jamie was great, friendly and helpful. The jacket potato roasted microwaved rather than oven baked.

Great beer garden, covered areas. Nice food and staff. Good deal on 5 Sambuca's for a tenner😁

Great beer garden. Very nice environment. Finn entertained us we thought he was bloody brilliant, nice to find staff with character.

Chef Auriel and bar staff Jamie did a great job

We visited Rock Garden on the last night of our holiday, after being impressed by the great reviews on TripAdvisor and our initial visit earlier in the week. This place did not disappoint! The 2-for-1 cocktails, which run all week, were absolutely fantastic—well mixed, beautifully presented, and delicious. For dinner, we ordered a steak, and it was one of the best we’ve had dining out. Cooked perfectly medium rare, well seasoned, and served as a thick cut, it came with two grilled tomatoes, a portion of mushrooms, coleslaw, a dressed salad, and fries. Paired with a lovely bottle of Malbec, the meal was outstanding. The atmosphere was great too—we sat on the top level overlooking the bar, where a lively hen party were also having a great time. Our waitress was friendly and checked in on us during the meal; we even sent compliments to the chef for the wonderful steak. Overall, Rock Garden is a little gem of a place in Torquay. We had an amazing experience and will definitely be back the next time we visit. Highly recommend!

Rohan listened to my picky cocktail order and delivered, 10/10 service.

Rohan was an amazing cocktail artist, best bramble I have had in my life. Harry was lovely and attentive

Really nice atmosphere on a weekend, but during the week it's very quiet. The garden is nice with heat lamps on every table which is a great addition

Just had the Philly steak ciabatta which was amazing steak soft and juicy. Hubby has the wings and ribs he enjoyed as the meat fell off the bone. So a big Thankyou to Eli and Auriel in the kitchen and the service from Jamie and Owen was excellent and friendly. Thanks guys

This place is fantastic totally amazing, very friendly staff loved the food ,baby friendly aswell awesome place

Jamie was the best! 10/10 delicious food and welcoming atmosphere:)

Food and service was great, Jamie was a great host. Came in for the vegan options and they were plentiful!

Lovely venue, very well kept, nice happy go lucky atmosphere and most importantly great staff! Was welcomed with a smile and the Gentleman in the beautiful waistcoat dressed very smart, I believe his name was Harry, was excellent, making sure everything was great and spearheading the good times ahead at Rock Garden! Thank you Harry!

Love this place. We always make we come here when we visit Torquay. Found down behind fleet walk shopping centre. The food is great, plenty of choice and also carers for gluten free. A great place for food, drinks and live music and their garden space is fantastic. Staff are brilliant. Would recommend to anyone

Went for lunch today lucky enough the weather improved to be able to sit in garden. Have to say the front of house staff Jamie & Harry did above and beyond their job they were 5 star+. The food was really good, so a well done to Eli & Amy behind scenes all of these people deserve a very big well done, thanks guys.

Ideal place to go for an excellent cocktail. The staff are very polite and friendly (Jamie and Courtney served us) would 100% recommend with a good variety of food options on the menu.

Excellent service! Harry and Adam were entertaining and very helpful. Good gluten free options. Great atmosphere!

Great food, nice ambience and good service by Harry & Adam.

Excellent service from harry and Adam.

Was a great night out. Jamie recommended the cocktails, I was a little hesitant myself but was amazing! Will be back for more. Excellent service, drinks and atmosphere

Jamie was great, very friendly.

harry was great very lovely and very professional

Overall not bad. The food quality and quantity is surprisingly good (especially the wedges, ribs and wings). The outside garden is nicely done up and I love the live music they offer. The only downside is the service which is pretty awful. Mostly young, disinterested staff who have not been trained properly in customer service. If this was to change, it might become one of the better places in torquay to visit.

Swift service. Kind helpful staff. Really enjoyed the food.

Banging venue, banging venue, banging live music

Absolutely nothing wrong with the atmosphere but with only us and one other table taken inside, it was hard to judge.... the food was incredible, for a great price and the staff very friendly and welcoming. I'm in no doubt that the place is bustling with good vibes at peak times, we just went on a windy Wednesday afternoon for early tea before a long drive home.... We ordered pizza, steak and a burger, all exceeded expectations and were delicious. The place is immaculate, we loved everything about it.... wouldn't hesitate to go again and messaged friends to try it before we'd even left knowing they're in the same area next week! A great find...

Special mention goes to the staff. Attentive, jazzy, supportive! Made food just after service hours so could say no but served. Cocktails and pizza really good especially when cocktails are 2 for 1, they were rich in flavour. Pizza nice and crusty felt good ingredients. Thank you guys for taking care of us. 4.star atmosphere as it was too loud with live music and no guidance on where to get cutlery from or napkins

It is my colleagues and I gathering spot after work. A variety of drinks and food. Fun atmosphere.

Funky decor, friendly staff, lovely hot well presented tasty food. My son said the vegan pizza was the best he's ever had.

Great food, lovely location, friendly and quick service

We went at 7pm on a Wednesday evening. It was pretty quiet but we weren’t sure why! It is a brilliant cafe bar with a great menu and all at a decent price. Service was ok, but could tell waiters were a little stressed as they were preparing for a party. The outside beer garden is gorgeous - large and nicely decorated. The food was excellent, no complaints. The burger was well cooked with a juicy inside and crispy exterior. The pizza was handmade in their pizza oven & was fantastic.

Came In with my wife to get some food Got served from someone who served skills was not great and got our order wrong. The wife got the vegan nachos but asked for sour cream and forgot to bring it and asked for the sausage pizza after asked about the balti curry and what came with it and told a while to get the info (it was chicken with rice) and did asked for hallomi fries but after a few minutes said it was sold out. The pizza came and the nachos but there forgot to bring the sour cream despite asked for it and the guy with black hair and white trainers said it will be sorted. Also the pizza was burned and the hotdog sausage looked like it came out of a tin and was sliced. Not great but the wife was happy with the taste of the nachos with five bean chilli but felt it was a joke and won’t be back again

Friendly staff food was OK Cocktails 🍸 lovely live bands worth a visit.

Portion size is tiny for £16.Hardly any chicken for chicken fajitas

Amazing food and drinks. Staff are always friendly and accommodating! Great live music!

Ordered 3 starters and 3 mains! All came out together. Was told I should have pressed the button if I wanted separate, re looked on website and no button but was notes to chef if wanted separate. Didn’t see that but wouldn’t have taken 1 min to pop and see us and enquire if the order was correct. Waitress was like reading off a script with no solution. I had to recommend to put under the heat lamps as would have been cold . In the end our food was re made so they say 🤷‍♂️

order did not arrive at all, had to order same again hoping it'll arrive this time

First visit, food and drinks reasonably priced, only down side seated in the garden and was deposited by a seagull, so forced to leave early. Would not recommend sitting outside unless under cover.

Great food as always, bottle of wine was very cheap and staff friendly 😔

Visited once (Tuesday), nice place but bad meal: chicken and bread was burnt black, chips were cardboard. No sweeping of table or even collecting used glasses from previous guests, despite being quiet.

5 ☆ as always, food was so fresh and tasty, highly recommend the steak chiabata and wedges that are beyond the best thing on the menu the staff are all happy and friendly.

The service from the girls behind the bar was great. Ben, the food runner, polite on the ball and efficient, The BEST and hats of to the CHEFS was the food, only a burger but by far best burger in torquay hands down messy to eat but the flavour packs a punch, do not have the fries, have the potato wedges they are proper ones not pre made in the bag.

Lovely breakfast. Great bar staff. Great atmosphere. Large area with lovely gardens.

Awkward dark atmosphere, prices are fine. Food wait times are fine, location is fine. Selection of food is great, just don’t like the presentation or taste. And I think they have like 3 puddings from what I remeber. So defiantly need to improve on the food front. It’s always empty when I visit also which is an indication.

Absolutely lovely little place. Staff were friendly, and so was the door supervisor. Really good conversation 👌 Band could have been a little better, but hay.

All food cold , didn’t receive the nachos , pizza looked like it had been chucked around.

Had a nice meal there. Great you can scan QR code to order as bar was quite busy. Staff are friendly. We sat in one of the seats above the bar and there is a light that constantly comes on and off which we think was a signal to staff that food was ready in the kitchen, but this did get quite annoying after a while. I imagine the atmosphere is pretty decent when there is a live band playing too!

Good looking venue, food took forever to come out and at the time I think there was only 5 other people besides us, i can only assume the food took so long as it had to be burnt to perfection 👌, and to top it off they served food without the onion rings it was supposed to come with, and didn't even mention this to us, when queried said they had run out ... why not tell us or offer an alternative??? . Even had to get them to change a diet coke as the mix had almost no syrup in it and was horrible, let's just say won't be wasting any more money there , very disappointed

Brilliant time, Luca was top notch also AGA

Amazing food, nice staff. Highly recommend for a chilled afternoon or sociable night on the weekend👌

The guy that served us was friendly, but food wasn’t good. Chips & onion rings were very overcooked & cold. Garlic bread was hard & not melted. Wasn’t checked on either, disappointed overall.

Wow!!! Great overall experience with the family Amazing food! I had the 3 little pigs pizza, and watched it from a far being cooked in the pizza oven. The atmosphere was great. Plus the beer garden was huge, so I would definitely recommend being out there in the summer. The restaurant staff, Luca and Fin, were very attentive and extremely polite and helped in situations that we weren’t sure of. Massive recommendation!!!

Service and food was absolutely amazing couldn't fault them at all would definitely recommend!!!

We didn't eat so can't comment on food. The girl at the bar ignored us but the gent was very helpful.

The best restaurant in Torquay! The food was amazing, big portions and good choice on the menu. The staff were very very friendly. The atmosphere in there was lovely good for families.

currently sat here 2 meals came whilst other 2 haven’t , horrendous service my food were cold by the time other meals came out , couldn’t enjoy meal, ruined my night

The staff are friendly and courteous. The food was lovely, good size portion and delicious. There`s a choice of seating areas, the the outside space feels like miles away from the high street. Highly recommend.

Amazing food and service from Josh, love this place and the large garden, large choice of drinks and again food is amazing!

Decent venue, reasonable prices. Ordered 2 side dishes, one came out undercooked, no checkback done so didn't have an opportunity to let the staff know without heading inside to the bar. Had to order another dish of food. Sat in the lovely outdoor area at the back, through no fault of the venues, ended up siting next to a group of males using racial slurs. Would visit again and give it a second chance, probably wouldn't order anymore food.

Lovely bar with a large beer garden with a chilled relaxed atmosphere. Food was absolutely wicked.

Been here many times over the years, love the food and live music. Four of us visited from 6.30 for food, I can highly recommend the Fajitas and my wife had the pizza (bbq sauce, pulled pork with mushrooms) the food and service was excellent as always. Rich Cottell was performing and taking requests, we really enjoyed his interaction and some great tunes. Never disappoints. Thanks to all at Rock Garden for making a very wet Friday evening so enjoyable!

Place has gone down hill, used to love coming here. Chips are really salty, chicken burger was all microwaved and rubbery. Never again sorry.

Nice enough place, very clean except the toilets smelled of amonia. Was dead when we visited which was a shame.

Great place for a burger! Chicken wings are to die for!! Place was lovely and clean and the staff were very welcoming and helpful. Defo be going back next time we in torquay!!

Early dinner with drinks and honestly is the best place Torquay Town! Owner is the loveliest (Dave you are the best) and drinks are just as good!! Bands that play in the evening are always great with a fun dance floor!! Feel totally at home here and never judge, only good vibes in Rock Garden xo

This place is great, took the family there for a meal and some drinks. The service and food is second to none, Dave was fantastic made us feel welcome he was friendly and attentive, we had some cocktails and shots to finish up. There is a great garden to enjoy when the sun is out and regular live music. We will definitely be visiting again.

Great place. Food and service was excellent cocktails and shots went down well. Live music and a fantastic out side space. Definitely going back. Thanks Dave

I would not recommend this place, we were yesterday at lunchtime, we were sitting outside, no one from the staff came up and offered us drinks or food, the first person appeared when we had already placed an order online, paying for it, only after the we found out that the waiting time was from 15 to 40 minutes (You should inform customer at arrive not when we already paid for food ) after almost an hour we received raw wedges and dry fries, the waitress accepted the complaint without apologizing.. Waste of time: very poor quality food,very bad service.