Spinning Wheel Inn in Torbay

We visited Saturday night for the live entertainment and it was fab! The atmosphere was lovely, the decoration of the pub gives a very warm welcoming. Despite being very busy the bar staff very quick and efficient. Upstairs seating over looking the stage was perfect. Lovely and clean environment. The band and the dj were great. Would definitely recommend.

Great friendly place to visit, staff food couldn't fault. next to play and Sea front 👍 gets my vote.

Lovely atmosphere, and not too expensive.

One of the best places in Paignton. Cajun Chicken pizza was lovely

Live Music here is awesome, a mix of genres to suite all.

Lovely location with pleasant staff . The live music out the front was top quality

Definitely my favourite place in Paignton, always enjoy the food and drinks and great staff who make every visit enjoyable

Very unusual to find such a wonderful old building so full of character and history, good beer, friendly staff and nice food, but for me it’s the building that does it, hopefully it won’t get ‘refurbished’ and turned into another characterless craphole!

Came for lunch earlier today. First impressions, nice garden area, pleasant looking inside. At the bar though , the shelves where the glasses are kept need a clean, it has a smell about it, which only another landlord would recognise. The food itself was very good, and extremley cheap. The barstaff were friendly . It allows dogs inside which is a bonus. The obvious , regular customers look like they have a few stories to tell as well !

Poor unfriendly service, and beer was.average at best...there is better places to drink

went in and had a few drinks nice atmosphere .didnt try the food so cant rate.

What a great night last night. New band 'Mammoth's' debut performance at the Spinning wheel was amazing. Extremely talented as musicians and vocal's. The whole place was jumping and as always the staff coped admirably. Well done guys!! Can't wait to see this band again.

Spent a couple of days frequenting the pub. On the plus side, great venue, music and food. Negatives the same 2 drinks cost anything from £9 - £12 dependent on bar staff. When queried with a receipt for wine and soda which went up 70p attitude not needed.... very rude staff remember let them down......

Had the most amazing Friday night such a lovely place to go for food and entertainment 😌

Great atmosphere and friendly staff, beautiful all round. Highly recommend

Lovely quirky pub, great food and service, and plenty seating inside and outside

Absolutely lovely pub with a great garden with plenty of seating. Food looked delicious and was showing horse racing on the big screens which doesn’t happen often. However, let down by the miserable young woman on the bar who made the experience a two out of five stars. Unwelcoming and had an attitude which made her come across as rude. It might have been a hot day and the sun was shining but there is no need for service like this. As someone who works in the industry as a a head chef, I would not allow staff to treat paying customers this way.

Friendly service, beautiful food and great entertainment even the beer was great in a proper lager glass can't recommend enough, we will hopefully be back for more

If I could rate this a zero I would , 12 pound 50p for an aperol sprits itself and a glass of jd and coke in the smallest glass I have ever seen filled with ice too at 3 pound 70 p , avoid this dump like the plague , I have never felt so ripped off in the UK I feel I've been robbed by a beggar behind the bar ! Avoid avoid avoid and the food looks like slop ! I should have guessed when it was totally devoid of human life including the bar staff !!!!!

Friendly , great food and good atmosphere

Not my kind of pub, niosy and dark. Went well with the seafront.

Great place to eat lovely staff

Nice pub close to the beach, big garden in front of

Popped in here for tea on our last night of our hols. Very busy with drinkers. We had scampi which was lovely, disappointed that they were fries. Kids had pizza which they said were nice and one other had tikka masala which was really lovely. Drinks were nice but not cold and not offered ice. Something for everyone so all left happy. Play park on site to keep kids busy whilst waiting for food!

Popped in for a quick drink at approximately 1.30pm and served by an incredibly rude girl who was more interested in moaning about life to her colleague. Upstairs stunk of grease from the kitchen. One to avoid.

Food and atmosphere nice enough. Although it is disheartening when the staff give you attitude upon ordering and leave the toilet without washing their hands, hopefully that individual isn't involved in food preparation!

What a great pub. Big screen outside is a good touch. Great atmosphere

They were the only place in that row of resteraunts that were wheelchair accessible. Food was amazing.

Great traditional pub. Good food and entertainment.

Horrendous coffee!! My partners drink was put into a old pint glass where branded was available. Low rent quick turn over place don't bother! Go elsewhere advised like other reviews

gorgeous!! the food is SO nice from here and the staff are always lovely when we come. Don’t live here but come here nearly every year since family and came twice within 3 days the food is too good! I would deffo recommend and the atmosphere is good. Pizzas taste handmade i think they are the food tastes very fresh!! 10/10 will be coming here more

Had an excellent time thank you x

Best Sunday lunch in the whole bay, just perfect. You won't be disappointed. Usually live band on in the afternoon as well. Can't beat it. Staff are great Always welcoming. I give it 10 out of 10.

Great beer 🍺 and friendly staff 👌 👍

Large beachfront pub that puts on some great events for holidaymakers & locals - live music, karaoke, quizzes - but it's expensive for Paignton & it often takes AGES to get served at the understaffed bar. Pretty nice food, mind.

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and the food was good. Plenty of outdoor seating, highly recommended.

I love this place. Located on the Paignton sea front.. They do a lovely carvery on a Sunday choice of three meats pork, Turkey or gammon.. Love bands. Great food. Fantastic bands.. Great atmosphere and service. Dog friendly.. Very highly recommend..

We played pool and ate chips on a rainy day and sheltered from the elements.

I visited with friends as it was near our hotel. We listened to the band from 9-11 and had a good time.

It's nice to sit in the sun and drink a beer or 2. The onion rings were ace

Decent pizza and good value carvery

Atmosphere was good. Plenty people around with the football on & even in the rain.

Sunday 12.30pm. Must be time for a carvery. Meal was good, particularly the pork. Not a place for real ale lovers, though.

Big pub/restaurant on the seafront. Large downstairs bar and first floor bar/function room. There are lots of interesting artefacts around the bar with comfy sofas and chairs. Beer selection is not very good and a bit generic. Outside seating and big TV screens.

It was okay but food wasn’t the best!

Beer garden for the football. Staff really great. Tom the manager always happy to see regulars and greet new people. Great pub.

Cheap drinks and good food. I watched an England football match here and the staff were very kind and helpful.

Great pub with good entertainment.

Arrived later for last drink and close to our hotel. I have never been hustled out of a pub so quickly and frankly aggressively. Not what I would call a friendly pub. Bit tacky for my taste. Wouldn't return.........

Great atmosphere..Great owners 👏

Poor service over priced rude staff

Lovely pub. Inside is a complete contrast to outside. Lots of small initiate spaces well designed. Food is basic but good and well priced. Really nice helpful staff. If you like a good local you'll love it here!

Didn't have any food but had a couple beers, the staff are amazing here, very welcoming and friendly, the place is clean and tidy and has a lot of old memorabilia to look at.

This pub is just across the road from the seafront and has lots of outdoor seating as well as indoor seating. There is plenty of choice on the menu, but what we had was so delicious and the burger bun was lush, crispy and the top of the bun was an unusual design, like a tortoise shell shape, but it was so delicious. We had the classic burger, and this came with chips and homemade slaw. There is something on, entertainment wise, every night from what we read on the posters inside. The barmaids were friendly and let us sample the ciders. The food didn't take long to arrive and I'm sure the atmosphere at night is amazing.

cheap day parking, food incredible well done spinning wheel

Good place for drinks & snacks & a good atmosphere

Great pub with a decent selection of beers. The menu was simple,but was one of those that was difficult to choose from. I had the curry and rice, which was very good.

Went to the place Thursday been served by a lovely guy. He recommended us very decent beer. Went to place on Friday was served by seems to be lovely lady, ordered two beers. Tried to order food but lady shut us down saying kitchen opens at 5pm and that’s that. She didn’t even offer to take our order and let us wait for it until kitchen opens up. basically she lost two customers for business as we went elsewhere and had a lovely meal.

This place is great for drinks, food and live music. Dancing shoes were on!!

Like the place it as character. Good food and friendly staff

Great carvery, nice staff, nice location. Would recommend.

A decent pint of fosters & a chicken tikka masala with pomadoms & nan bread. Service was nice & friendly, the venue has a charm of its own,live music on a regular basis & a good crowd to match the venue.

Lovely cosy pub inside and lovely large beer garden with a play area for kids.

Seafront pub,not a great atmosphere but ok, prices for beer not bad either.

Fab karaoke night, good chilli topped dirty fries too. Not 5 stars as the ladies loo was a bit rank

Great atmosphere. Friendly, engaging & enthusiastic barstaff. However, the young lady's knowledge of UK tax law could be improved 😉

Just had a drink in the outside area

Rude & Ignorant front of house Barmaid. Would sack her in an instant. Totally agree with all the other 1 Star reviews. Do all these negative comments go over the owners heads ? The business must be oblivious to referrals . The food was substandard.

Staying locally for my wifes birthday. We called in here about half 8 for a quick drink as it looked busy, then noticed a sign there was a band on later that night so stayed on to check them out. They were few young lads called Double A & the bay, and they were fab, played covers of old classic songs, from 60s to modern stuff.. We had a great night out & ended up staying all night til about 1am..

Over rated over priced £12 for 2 pints & 45 mins gor 2 cheese and onion sarnies and the pub was empty 😒👎

Sunday lunch lovely will definitely go back staff lovely made very welcome

Really good beachfront pub, busy but not alot of youngsters, foodvis pretty good for such a busy place and wuick

Great pub, unfortunately lots of vaping going on inside and bouncers even chatting to them!! The table in question even brought own drinks in and put empties under the table!

Went on Saturday night, staff and atmosphere really good, a duo , Roger and Adam, were the live music and they were amazing, looking forward to seeing them again.

Fantastic pub. Guys in there cannot do enough for you, extremely friendly. Sunday Carvery is amazing, left some of my beer as I was so full up! Great pub of an evening too, live music and great atmosphere.

This was and still is Paigntons premier pub. Staff are always friendly, often have live music- the food offering has greatly improved. Great outdoor seating area too.

Nice place to busy for me as there was a school reunion on the group was very good though

Great atmosphere Good live bands And good food

It’s opposite the pier, so perfectly placed. It has a big beer garden out the front. Inside there are all sorts of nooks and crannies for you to get lost in with your pint.

Nice pub, love the design. We had food, drinks & stayed for some entertainment. Staff were friendly. A couple of our beers were flat but we were aware there were some new staff training. Gets very busy of an evening when a band is on. The queue for the bar was so long we didn't bother getting another drink. We left early. However during the daytime it was lovely and the food was nice too. So basing my review off of the daytime visits we did. There's a few pubs along the front and we visited this one the most.

Been here 4 times in a week. First visit a male and female were working the young male was really bad and looked like he didn’t want to be there. The rest of the visits were great service. Can’t have food due to allergies - the manager apparently tells his team if people come in for allergies tell them not to eat here…wow

Nice pub, good beer,great location. Cozy inside and great amount of seating outside.

First time to have a carvery, very impressed with quality and selections of meats and veg. Was nice to see a young team working the kitchen too. Definitely recommend and will visit again.

Lovely olde worlde pub with lots of memorabilia in. Just had drinks so cannot comment on the food but worth going to. From the outside you expect it to he modern inside but it's not.

Went Sunday 17th March for St Patrick's day music event between 4pm and 6.30pm. The group Bow Creek was spot on with genre of music and created a great atmosphere, so everyone present really enjoyed themselves. Highly recommended place for service and atmosphere.

Dog Friendly, amazing carvery, and smiley staff! Amazing for a spot of lunch, fresh food and a place for a family day out. Couldn’t fault them, perfection!

A fantastic carvery! One of the best I’ve had for a long while! The beef was beautifully rare just as I like it and the vegetables were awesome

Food was really good! Massive burger, great home made coleslaw. Nice little nooks... Looks like a pretty grotto this time of year. Highly recommend!

Exceptional! Just sat and had a few drinks followed by a Sunday carvery. And what can I say…… WOW. Everyone loves a Sunday roast but this is something else. Exceptional food and tastes incredible. Excellent food, atmosphere, staff and experience. Thank you team. Well worth a visit.

Always a great evening out. The uniquely styled interior, together with top quality bands, makes this an unbeatable venue in Torbay.

Loved the band that was playing the night we went, pub has a great atmosphere

Excellent place to go, me and my work mates go on a Friday or Saturday most weeks and love the live bands they have and the drinks are reasonably priced, it's one the best night life places to go in Paignton and there is hardly any issues, the staff are very friendly and remember who you are if you go regularly and the same for other patrons.

My favourite pub in Paignton. Good food. Good drinks. Amazing atmosphere and live music.

Wetherspoon closure for renovations caused my visit here and will return.

Perfect community hub atmosphere. Always something to do. Best and most exciting bands in the bay and best tastiest food. Sunday carvery is exceptional. All staff are very friendly and welcoming. This venue welcomes all ages and caters for all genre's, it's oldie world chic will charm your socks off. Highly recommended.

Great bar. I could say this is easily the number one venue in Paignton. Drinks aren't cheap but I'd say they're semi-reasonable if we were compare to other places at todays prices. Live music performances are often played here- me & my friends had an epic time!

The carvery is the best. I had several and all fantastic. The staff are all polite and helpful . ITS Great that the woodburners are kept going.

Good, old fashioned pub on the esplanade. Dogs welcome

Always something on usual a good atmosphere

Decent pub, just a couple of beers in the afternoon, live music most evenings,, expect its a good night out,, but we were staying in Brixham ,,