The Avenue Bistro in Torbay

Fabulous food and atmosphere. Really accommodating for a group of 9.

Great Sunday lunch. Highly recommended. Another great meal on Valentine's night. Yet another super meal.

Fantastic food and lovely service by couple.

Absolutely amazing, food service and of the place itself, amazing

Nick and Stephanie have got it right.great menu.not over complicated. Superb service. Wine list excellent. Pleasant ambience

The food is the best meal in Torbay! The service is very welcoming and always served with a smile in The Avenue Bistro, a great husband and wife team. The food has flavour, taste, and good nutrition. They can easily accommodate my celiac requirements, as everything is cooked fresh to order. It's necessary to book, sometimes a week in advance, limited availability, all the best things are!!!

My wife and I have visited this restaurant previously and remember it as being excellent. Well, nothing has changed, it is still excellent. Everything is immaculately clean and the service first class. Above all, the quality of the food is really, really good. The Palace Theatre is close by making the bistro very convenient for a pre-show meal. Over the last few months we have visited a number of national chain restaurants and been badly disappointed on several occasions. They all seem to operate with a central mass production kitchen and then send batches of meals to their regional restaurants. This is where The Avenue Bistro wins every time with a family team producing first class food at fair prices. We will continue to support this excellent restaurant.

Excellent food & service. Highly rated & recommended

Great food!! Excellent atmosphere

Delicious food and lovely service, great to have a restaurant of this quality in the bay and support local. Will be back !

The Avenue is the best meal in Paignton, lovely people, fantastic food, top class. Limited tables so book well in advance, can’t recommend highly enough.

Wow, what a find! This restaurant is simply superb. Everything - quality and range of food, service, atmosphere, cleanliness, value for money - is outstanding. Paignton locals - please help to keep this perfect little bistro going!

This restaurant is a lovely hidden gem. Came with my partner on a Wednesday evening and found the service to be perfect, food tasted fabulous and the service impeccable.

This is the second time we have visited this restaurant within 2 weeks and has quickly become our favourite. The food is excellent and very reasonably priced. The owner warmly welcomes customers and is very attentive without being over the top,if we could give this place more than 5 stars we would .we thoroughly recommend this experience..

The Avenue is great, great food and great service. Should have booked in more

Clean calm restaurant, excellent service and wonderful food. Highly recommended.

The food was delicious and the service was 10 out of 10. I will be going again

Myself and 2 friends ent for Sunday lunch, and I have to say it was the best meal I have had for a very long time and we will be back. Thank you

Food was fab, service was excellent. Was perfect for a cosy staff Christmas party. Clean, warm and welcoming. Thank you very much :)

Amazing food as always, excellent friendly service Thanks Stevie & Nick

An lovely restaurant not seating many so booking is a must. Delicious food and very tasty. Reasonably priced too with wine list not exorbitant either. Great quality food, lovely ambiance. A real gem.

The food was excellent quality in an intimate setting, with a friendly host and a wide selection of dishes. Also, very good price for the quality of food!

Excellent food and service in a relaxed atmosphere.

Excellent, great food and service, intimate atmosphere. Look forward to visiting again.

Very enjoyable food at a good price. In a friendly, welcoming atmosphere.

This is an absolute gem of a find. Home-cooked delicious food, very reasonably priced and good portion sizes. We were so sad to realise we couldn’t fit in a return visit. The garlic mushroom and potted crab starters were divine and we both enjoyed our mains - fish pie and catch of the day. We had three courses each - an amazing homemade cheesecake and tiramisu, a bottle of wine and desert wines and with the tip this amazing meal came to £84. An absolute bargain. Would love to return and would make it our number one stop on a return journey to Paignton.

very nice food in a cosy bistro .freshly cooked to order at reasonable price. staff were friendly. would recomend this place.

Can't rate this place enough,food to die for,service excellent, me and my friends visit often.

The meal was excellent and the service was very good and the staff are so friendly and nicely cooked

Another wonderful meal at The Avenue Bistro. Great to be back.

Just amazing! The young slender waiter was fantastic, absolutely outstanding. Lovely staff, very welcoming and delightful food.

First class BISTRO . Excellent menu Excellent food Excellent service. one of lifes enjoyable experiences to be repeated asap.

We were VERY lucky to be able to book a table for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day lunch. terrific food and service. thank you so much.

This restaurant serves delicious home made dishes with great service in a lovely atmosphere. We learned it has long been a favourite with the locals and we can see why. May you continue to have success and we look forward to coming back again in the future

Best food we've had in a long time. Great menu, great price, amazing service, and delicious food. 2 meals with desert's and drink for under £50. The standard of everything they could price it higher. Obviously glad they hadn't. A hidden gem!!

A lovely restaurant well decorated comfy seating excellent menu really great food super staff could not ask for more many thanks

Great classic food cooked to perfection, the pork tenderloin and potato dauphinoise was excellent. Would definitely recommend.

What a little jem, tucked away. The starters were works of art, taste amazing.: prawn and pineapple starter, whitebait. The main chosen by us (braised steak roast) has been the best I have tasted in a very very long time. The tallest Yorkshire puds. Wonderful ambience, delightful team. A practically perfect place to enjoy real food. Hats off to the talented chef and team. X

Excellent quality food amazing duck dish all food was amazing and really tender would recommend to anyone. service was fast and efficient and very friendly. would defo go back.

Myself and my wife ate here this evening and had a truly fantastic dining experience. The food was beautifully cooked and presented, the service was excellent and the price was certainly fair for the quality on offer. We felt very safe with the precautions taken with regards to Coronavirus. Would thoroughly recommend if you are looking for a dining experience above and beyond the "normal" seaside fare.

Good good and great for couples or a family get together or party. We have been to both several times and is our favourite place and we are going for lunch tomorrow...Can't wait.

Wow, amazing food at very reasonable prices. Lovely atmosphere, Would thoroughly recommend you try this bistro

Nice meal early doors with my young granddaughter. Food and service great

Excellent service, and Stevie was very attentive without being intrusive. The meal was very goid and excellent vlue for money.

My Husband and I went to Avenue Bistro last night and was slightly concerned about eating out. But I must say all my fears disappeared when we got there, Stevie was absolutely brilliant as front of house and explained every thing to us in detail. She had a lovely smiling face all the time. Thanks also to Nick for a excellent meal. We will definitely be back.

Had take away on Saturday night steak & kidney pie to die for ! So large it was like Desperate Dan's .Nicks food is delicious.

As ever we were made very welcome,and given plenty of time to have a chat whilst looking through the menu. The food was up to the usual very high standard.Many many thanks see you again soon. if you have not eaten here before you must try it !!

we had a really lovely meal, lovely service and all sorted in time for us to get go the theatre

Went for dinner here Friday evening. Never been before but I have to say it was superb! Had the steak which was cooked to perfection. Service excellent, really friendly staff. Will be back for sure!

We are going away for Christmas,but did not want to miss eating The Avenue. The food and service as always was superb,a lovely atmosphere,we always feel part of the family. Thank you Nick and team,and a very Merry Christmas. See you in 2020.

We had some friends visiting us,and they wanted somewhere " a bit special"Avenue Bistro it must be. Superb menu,service,and food what more could we wish for. Thank you Nick.

we eat here when we visit the Palace Theatre the food is faultless as is the service !! everyone treated like they are the only 1 visiting and the price is amazing ! they open early when the theatre has a show on

I went to the Avenue Bistro last night for the first time and I was very impressed with the friendly and efficient service, and the wonderful food. I had the pork tenderloin stuffed with black pudding which came with individual dishes of potatoes with cheese and garlic, and a nice selection of vegetables, it was all so tasty.There was a good selection of wines to choose from. I was spoilt for choice with the desserts menu and opted for the raspberry meringue, it was huge and absolutely delicious. I was surprised how busy the restaurant was for a Thursday night in Paignton, every table was taken. It was very good value for money, 2 courses for £17.95. I look forward to returning.

Have visited this Restaurant a few times this summer with friends and family. The service is excellent and delicious food. Very good value for money and all very well presented. Will certainly continue visiting.

Wow! That is all I can say. From the second we walked through the door, everything was perfect. The food was absolutely incredible. This is the best food I have had in a very, very long time and I eat out a lot. This place really is a "must visit".

This was one of the best meals I have had. So fresh and tasty. The young waiter was fantastic, knowledgeable snd attentive. Nothing was too much trouble. Our party of 4 was served in a reasonable time and all of us throughly enjoyed the food we had. (pork. Seafood smokey, steak and kidney pie and stuffed plaice) we also had sweets and the value for money is exceptional. Thank you Avenue Bistro

This was one of the best meals I have had. So fresh and tasty. The young waiter was fantastic, knowledgeable and attentive. Nothing was too much trouble. Our party of 4 was served in a reasonable time and all of us throughly enjoyed the food we had. (pork. Seafood smokey, steak and kidney pie and stuffed plaice) we also had sweets and the value for money is exceptional. Thank you Avenue Bistro

What a lovely place, very good food reasonable priced and friendly staff. I'd recommend as a must go to place 😊

Excellent food, good service, nice intimate atmosphere and great value for money

Wonderful meal can't wait to go again

Wonderful meal Italian chicken to die for and braised beef lovely deserts amazing wine lovely and very friendly

Very welcoming gorgeous little family run bistro serving a freshly prepared menu to suit all tastes, even those of my two fussy sons. The food is simply delicious, steaks cooked to perfection to your liking, my chicken dish was beautifully tender and perfect side dishes to complement your main, perfect portion sizes and your order taken and delivered to your table by friendly attentive staff. The homemade cheesecake desserts are supurb much to the delight of my eldest son who considers himself to be a bit of a cheesecake connesiur. The restaurant itself is always immaculately spotlessly clean, tables laid out beautifully with polished cutlery and glassware. Having been a restaurant manager myself I'm admittedly a bit ocd when it comes to such things and the setting never fails to satisfy that. Lovely that the chef comes out of the kitchen to chat to his guests after their meal! Always an enjoyable experience dining here. 100% recommended.

After being recommended to go for lunch here we thought would give it a try. What a disappointment. I dont know how a prawn cocktail can be just a plate of tiny prawns with a little jug of thousand island dressing. The roast was bland the roast potatoes and veg were so hard and looked like had been cooked day before. The deserts were ok but on the whole very disappointing.

We spotted this during the daytime and phoned the minute it opened to grab a table, what a result! Not a huge menu but definitely enough choices and what you get is beautifully prepared and cooked, the portions were generous too. Friendly service, good food and reasonably priced for the quality, not the cheapest but so worth a visit if you can.

We know that we are going to have a superb evening at The Avenue Bistro,we never have been disappointed The welcome very warm,service excellent and food, the very best. Thank you.

Went on the recommendation of several people and we were not disappointed. A la carte and fixed price menu even on a Saturday night. Highlights - the Brie. Worth another visit for that alone. Excellent steak. Service extremely good and friendly. Will definitely be returning soon. Thank you for a lovely evening.

Really enjoyed the food at the bistro excellent and service great too xx

Table for four on a Saturday? we were Very lucky . As usual a warm friendly greeting,given time to chat with our menu. The food served on piping hot plates was surperb,Good atmosphere, it seemed that everyone had time for a little chat, mainly about how good the food was !!

Lovely lunch with the family. Great food at a great price

We had been recommended to The Avenue Bistro and were not disappointed. Despite it being a very busy evening with one large birthday party we had very good service and food. It was nice to have something different offered and it was certainly very good value for money. We will be back.

Booked Sunday lunch as a " special birthday treat"while on holiday.A warm welcome on arrival.Food was amazing.I had deep fried brie followed by roast beef,hubby had crayfish cocktail followed by fish pie ( yes he loves his fish) and crème brulee.The service was exceptional,staff were friendly but not intrusive.Prices were reasonable.We had such a nice lunch we went back the following Sunday.

Always, the best, food and staff,,,, need to book,,,

A hidden gem, well worth a visit, lunch with friends, we all chose differently, thoroughly recommend, excellent service, first class chef, definitely returning soon.

Good menu and food. Sensible prices and nice ambience. Going back again !

Food and service is unbelievable. Can not fault anything about it. Best place to eat in Torbay.

Fantastic food, lovely atmosphere

A lovely quite intimate place.Food absolutely superb.Excellent quality ingredients,perfectly cooked.Waiting staff attentive but not intrusive.Very competitively priced.I would say it's not really suitable for children.Give it a try,you won't be disappointed.

We have been going to this restaurant for many years now(it was called Whitfields Bistro when it was located at Livermead torquay) and it never fails to impress us with its varied choice and great food. If you have never been to it before try it, you will not be disappointed

Lovely friendly place. this was our first visit and the food was wonderful, 4 people and we all had different main courses and sweets and all were superb. Will definitely return and would highly recommend this Bistro to everyone.

Book early, this is a great family run Bistro with a good selection of food and drink on the menu but as there are only a few tables it can fill up quickly.

Very nice. Cosy friendly goog vfm.

Visited the restaurant today very friendly and service and food were excellent. Would highly recommended and would visit again.

Was a lovely meal, lovely friendly atmosphere, the young man waiter was terrific!! the food was so tasty

This restaurant has had many good reviews but to me from service which terrible not asked if we would like a drink to just going through the motions.The food totally bland and lacking any imagination would not return or recommend.

We decided to come here as every time we have driven by it has been busy so we thought the food must be good. Well firstly I’ll say the food wasn’t awful but just lacked in any flavour. We had the 8oz ribeye but it was super thin and appeared to have been boiled, it didn’t have that taste you get when it’s cooked in the pan and just tasted of nothing! The peppercorn sauce tasted of nothing and was really runny the chips came out in a bowl to share, just disappointing as we were really looking forward to dinner and it was just all very bland.

We have been twice. Once as a couple and secondly with a group of friends and family.

We enjoyed a fabulous meal here, and will definitely return. We'd never eaten here before, and chose this restaurant simply because it is an easy three-minute stroll to the Palace Theatre. We arrived when it opened at 18:00 and were out in good time for the show which state rated at 19:30.

Friends down for the week-end, and as we hadn't been to The Avenue for sometime,we managed to get a table .The food and service was as we remembered, superb . Back very soon

Great food, beautifully presented. Very good front of house staff. Reasonably priced. Booking essential.

Our first visit to Whitfield's at The Avenue Bistro (formerly Whitfields in Roundham Rd), and it certainly won't be out last. All three courses of our meal were served in a pleasant, polite, professional manor by the young gentleman on table service. the food was piping hot, beautifully presented and tasty. The portions sizes were excellent and the main courses were served with a varied selection of fresh vegetables. Prices for both food and wine are reasonable. Thank you for a wonderful meal.

Good food and nice friendly staff. Good quality for a nice meal, set price if you want to order 2 or 3 courses.

Been to a few dinners at the Avenue Bistro which have all been excellent and great value

Food was excellent value, tasty, well seasoned and ample portion sizes. Price was excellent value with lots of choice for most diners. Service was warm and friendly and happy to answer questions. Could not fault the experience therefore would highly recommend.

Went with a friend last night to this small but lovely bistro. Food was excellent the lamb lovely. Great atmosphere and staff great

This was our first visit to this restaurant and we had an excellent lunch. The family who own and run it previously had Whitfields in Torquay which we have been to several times as it always had a good reputation. This new venue is similar in style inside, bright and modern with a relaxed atmosphere. We went as a party of four and ordered various meals, most from the set lunch menu and one a la carte. The lunch menu is great value, one course £7.95, two £10.95, three £13.95, good selection for all courses. We had calves liver, steak and mushroom pie and a whole plaice, all well cooked and presented with a selection of vegetables. Our other main was a steak which again was cooked exactly as requested and served with battered chips which we would have preferred plain, our waitress said they would be happy to cook them plain if we requested in future. We had various deserts, all good. Wines were reasonably priced and there was a decent selection. We opted for the house wine, 500ml. for £9.00 which was very acceptable. Service was efficient and friendly throughout, will definitely return.

Consistently excellent. Highly recommended.

Found this place during an away weekend and what a find superb food, great atomsphere and excellent service. Absolutely faultless.

DELICIOUS FOOD and great service. Is my favourite eating place without a doubt.

Small Cosy Bistro serving wonderful food at very reasonable prices. Open lunch Wed-Sat; evenings Friday & Saturday only. Good for pre theatre meal as it opens 5:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays and is close to Palace Theatre Paignton.