The Cove in South Hams

Great lunch, good food (fish stew), and a good selection of beers, lovely service from the staff, we will be back when we're down that way again!

Would be zero stars if I could Very rude owner, poor service and overpriced

WOW........Just had Fish, chips, curry sauce! 10 if I could give it! It was a fish n chip special £12.00! The fish was Hake, which was as white as snow, in breadcrumbs, surrounded by Perfectly cooked chips, home made tartar sauce, with a extra Curry sauce which was in an enamel bowl....Perfect! Everything was cooked to perfection! Thank you, and served by a lovely young lady, friendly n helpfull.

I wish that, if you ask for decaf tea, you get the same quality tea bag used for ordinary tea. The decaf tea doesn't cost less. I can recommend Yorkshire decaf tea.

Lovely quiet spot, great ambience and excellent craft beers and more mainstream ales. Just the job when on a coastal walk. Well worth a visit.

My wife and I had a lunchtime drink and snack here yesterday, the 21st May. We chose from the excellent variety of draft beers and cider then sat on the balcony. We had an uninterrupted view of the sea. Unfortunately the place was full when we returned for an evening meal. That was no surprise because this establishment is so good it is incredibly popular. Highly recommended. Furthermore full service is now offered at the table so I have given 5 stars, contrary to my review below. Four of us ate here yesterday lunchtime. We sat outside in glorious sunshine looking out to sea. The location is simply wonderful. We eat here fairly often and have also had many takeaways. The food is consistently excellent. On this occasion we all shared one sharing seafood platter with some fries. There was plenty of food for all of us to enjoy a superb lunch. The only downside to my experience of this excellent establishment is that you have to go to the bar to order everything. We don’t go anywhere else where we have to do this. So I have taken a star off my rating, which is a shame. We had the Wednesday Pie Deal here yesterday (25.9.24). The pies, one fish and one steak and mushroom were absolutely stunning with the best chips ever. The Cove is simply a wonderful feature of Hope Cove. Long may they continue.

We were welcomed by the very friendly Sarah as we passed by and decided to have lunch. We had a fantastic Steak and mushroom pie and a Ratatouille bake which were both plentiful and delicious. Top notch home cooked food combined with a great choice of beers and wines. We’d eaten here before but thought it was only burgers and pizza ( which are really good ) so it was great to have further options . Great service great food 👍🏻

Very busy quirky little bar and restaurant. Great food, fantastic host.

Just been to The Cove @ Hope Cove. Amazing food and service. Had the faitas for lunch, gluten free as normal. This was no problem, delicious! The mixed fish salad, again delicious really enjoyed the food and the experience. Thank you all at 'The Cove'.

We came here three times whilst staying in Thurlestone for the week. No.1 pizza is really tasty, and a good size to share between 2. The patatas bravas were yummy and nachos seemed to never end! We also had veggie fajitas and dexter burger which is two beef patties. The triple cooked chips downstairs are great too. We really thought this place was good food and good value for money with very friendly service. I cannot say the same for The Beachhouse!

Delicious Pot Pie 🥧 for good price

We were offered a table by what i can only assume was the manageress. She wasn't very friendly and verged on being downright offish! We were squished into an uncomfortable corner and acknowledged by our pleasant waitress. Food was way below average (my bread was stale, crab was poor quality pasteurised rubbish, salad uninspiring) and certainly overpriced! Drinks were ok. Ambiance wasn't very nice as it was very noisy and everyone was crammed in like sardines! We certainly won't be returning!

As there aren’t too many places to eat in Hope Cove, The Cove is an obvious place to go to eat. No reservations so just turn up. It is an assumption that you know ‘how it is done’ here. We were taken upstairs but then just left to find a table. Pizzas were delivered with not a word and no cutlery but then found a pizza wheel hiding under the pizza. You get the feeling they have had a busy summer (no doubt) and were just going through the motions. Pizzas were tasty but at £18 and £16 a piece, would say they are very pricey!

This place does wonderful food but they clearly struggle with the amount of customers they have on a busy weekend in August. If you are happy to wait, or perch on a bench then its worth it. The roof terrace is lovely

Very good and busy pub. Good food Recommend pizza eight and the warm chocolate brownie

Great value food, good quality food, serivce was okay, but found it quite unprofessional with their staff sat down being rude about neighbouring restaurants and pubs

Have been coming to Hope Cove for a while now, in fact every summer for a week or two. The Cove is a wonderful place, attentive staff, great food and drink & a lovely atmosphere for all the family. We spent most of the week in here, dinner every night, lovely takeaway coffee in the morning, a delight. We also watched the final of the Euro’s on the outside balcony, which was a great night apart from the result! Would recommend to anyone visiting Hope Cove…

Hope Cove was busy on the Friday before the bank holiday weekend but we had no problem turning up without a booking and getting a table out front. Our orders of Dexter blue burger, beef fajitas, fish & chips and a posh fish finger club sandwich, along with #Lou by Peyrassol rosé, did take a while to arrive but we were chilled, soaked up the afternoon sun while we people-watched and not in a hurry. When the food did come everyone agreed we had found somewhere we'd return to if we were in the area again, though it's quite a trek from our Torquay base. Everything looked and tasted delicious, and the portions were generous, served with mountains of fries, and vast baths of very tasty mushy peas and curry sauce,

Rudest bar staff I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet

Been here back in July. Paid £9.95 for a guest pint which was a shock... Food was great then. Been back today. Pizza dough good. But way to much jalapenos and chillis. Spoilt the pizza. Attached picture just from 1 and a half slice. As a local won't bother again. £7.95 a pint.... No thanks.

We have been visiting Hope Cove for the past 13 years . It is a place of great sentiment to us as a family .We have recommend The Cove to others that have visited over the past few years . The food was delicious ONCE it had arrived . We came into the restaurant this evening and were under no illusion that the wait may be a while . However over an hour and 30 mins of waiting and the people that had been served after us received their meals first ( even ordered practically the same ) I asked to speak to the manager . The waitress said that due to the bank holiday they were very busy , it’s Thursday bank holiday was Monday . I appreciate it’s still August and school holidays but to blame the BH .. really . The manager that came over was by far the worst customer service I have ever experienced. Not interested at all , arguing back, saying the pub next door had stopped serving food due to the volume of customers that evening . Wasn't really bothered about next door I had chosen to eat here. The customers on the other table even agreed with my argument that she gave no explanation or apology . We did get a slight refund but that was only after I asked for it. Not sure I’d recommend or visit again after this evening. . Shame

Ordered "smashed avocado". Half a very hard avocado arrived. Reported to serving staff "that's all the avocados we have do you want something else?". Guacamole was provided instead, in a plastic pot. Cutlery had been taken away and replacement was nearly thrown at me, with no word of apology.

Outstanding! Pizza 4 (Seafood) was a revelation and portion sizes of the dirty fries and Nacho's are gargantuan. Great vibe ahead of their busiest weekend of the year and real craft beers to boot. Well Done.

Me and my family went to go for a drink in THE COVE and are expirecnce was well lets just say not the best 😖.The sevice was very slow and the atmosphere was only small.we felt no vibes.It was cold and the tables were sticky.The toilets stunk like salty beer.But there was hard working staff.We didnt have food tho we saw some it looked nice but cant say it was nice or bad.

Awful place! Went for food but as it wasn’t 12noon they weren’t serving so suggested we could have a drink and wait. We agreed we’d have a coffee. The girls serving the coffee didn’t even speak other than to moodily ask us what we wanted. I asked for a hot chocolate and my husband a coffee. The girl picked up a cup for the hot chocolate but it was dirty so instead of getting another cup of the same size she decided to give me my hot chocolate in a tea cup half the size! For £4. The hot chocolate she couldn’t get in my cup she left on the side. She put our drinks on the counter didn’t make eye contact and returned to texting on her phone. We took a seat on one of the benches the table was filthy as were the others! The staff seemed more content in standing around fiddling with their hair or looking at their phones!! Very poor service!!

food was great- lovely views too. was told there would be walk in availability for the evening and pleased to confirm this was the case. service was great and had a good drinks menu. thank you for the evening the cove.

Great food great view awesome place

Nice pub at a good location with great views.

Just so Very poor! £10 for a dirty glassed pint which for London is punchy, but for this dead end pub it’s just desperate. Shelley Ann needs to adopt a better attitude to this venture before it’s too late, the sub-spoons-standard food is tortuous, priced for another county and with deeper pockets. Noted were the surly bar staff to accompany your sticky filthy table, “local” produce includes the Kingsbridge Morrisons and Malborough Asda along with vMicrowaved food that should be fried, (patatas bravas/ padron peppers) pizzas with packet pepperami and crab croquettas so spicy to mask the definite flavour of rotten shellfish. At least the previous local highwaymen wore masks!

Terrible place. Filthy tables and condiments, hordes of staff but none appear to work, had to wait ages for our table to be cleared and to receive a menu. Edit: The owner's unprofessional and childish response serves to illustrate my point. Avoid at all costs.

Still a lovely place to recharge with a coffee!!

Very lovely place with some great views, the food is decent and the overall atmosphere is warm and cosy, the only drawbacks are with service, the wait is sometimes quite long and the prices are quite significant. The staff are generally nice, but there are some people, notably the owner, who are a bit unpleasant...

We had an amazing experience at The Cove! The fish finger sandwich was the best we've ever had, and a pint of local craft beer was under a fiver. The staff were incredibly friendly, and the atmosphere was great. We will definitely be back!

We have been coming to The Cove over many years. Unfortunately the last visit was very disappointing. The food is not very good anymore. The atmosphere for a drink remains very pleasant and the staff are all friendly but the food now looks and tastes like it comes from a well known frozen food chain. The food is expensive for what it is.

Great food, excellent service would definately recommend

We went a couple of times and enjoyed the upstairs area - staff were approachable and talkative!! Fairly quiet due to the weather but great place for a snack/meal

I was visiting the area and fancied a beer in the sun. To my surprise I was shocked to find a top quality craft beer establishment. The place is quirky and different. The beers I had were top class and the staff knew their stuff when it came to the beers. Highly recommended.

Captain Birdseye drops anchor in Hopeless Cove! We were a group of six looking for lunch, lured in by the promise of fresh, locally sourced seafood after a morning on the beach. Sadly, despite being within spitting distance of the sea the fish was anything but fresh. We were made to seat ourselves on a sullied table with remnants of mushy peas, tartare sauce and other punters’ disappointing meals strewn across it. In spite of the above, we thought ho-hum, the food would leave us satisfied after our morning activities. Little did we know how wrong we were. We waited long enough to make Rip Van Winkle’s nap look like a power nap, and yet our food still did not come. With the amount of time we waited, I genuinely believe we could have solved world peace and hunger - hunger being the operative word. We were starving. When our food finally arrived remarkably our disappointment was only intensified. It shall join the mysteries of Stone Henge, Amelia Airheart and the Loch Ness monster in how The “Hopeless” Cove managed to take so long in rustling up something that Chef Mike (the microwave) had clearly made. Stay away.

Started off well ordered 2 sandwiches and 2 coffee waited 45 .in told there were two ahead of us no apologies said we are busy , so had refund, shame we wasted our time there.

Not suitable for kids : music. Was playing repeating the word motherf####r loudly . Waiter couldn’t be bothered to bring old man the sugar - told him it was behind the bar . Why make your customers feel unwelcome?

Quirky, great people food and service in a wonderful setting

Very modern good staff and great food good for sports and live music

Highly likely would go there again and would recommend to anyone going to visit the beach, the only downside I could say is that the music was a little too loud but it's just personal preference

How lucky are we to have such a little Gem of a restaurant in the heart of our village in Hope Cove! Delicious, beautifully presented food and the most welcoming staff nothing is too much trouble! Don’t forget to start your day with their amazing choice of healthy breakfast specials! I highly recommend a visit!

Lovely view but ohhhh £8.40 for two halves is just so expensive we had a half of lager and a half of IPA - £16.80 for two pints of beer!

We were looking to go for lunch and I looked at a few spots and went with this place and we were not disappointed… the food was great and I loved the vibe … with the noughties indie sounds catering for my ex Camden kid taste….we went formoules, crab meat arranchini and fish tacos which were insanely good and I’ve got to say super good l value …. Even dog friendly…. Wish we had a place in my part of the world

It’s actually great to find a place like this in such an amazing spot where you don’t actually need to book months in advance (they don’t take bookings) and the prices do not mean you have to remortgage the house! It was a Friday night over the Easter Break and so yes we had to wait half an hour for table but the Manager was really fair and accommodating, giving us an amazing window view. We had a drink whilst we waited - worse things happen (near) the sea! Choice of food for a family was great. Juicy burgers. Amazing fish tacos. The Fajitas looked amazing. Service was spot on! Will definitely be back.

Appalling service - we couldn't believe it. I dont often go out of my way to leave negative reviews unless its blown my mind, which in this case our experience has. We turned up (a family of 7 adults and 1 baby) looking forward to some pizza and asked for a table for 7. We were told to wait upstairs at the bar. After waiting for 15 mins and being taken downstairs to a table that barely fit us all in the corner where your head knocks the picture frames and you can barely move, we asked for the Pizza menu before being told they only serve Pizza upstairs. We wish we were informed of this 15 minutes ago when we arrived. One of our family is gluten intolerant so ideally 6 of us wanted pizza and one wanted food from the "downstairs" menu. We were told this isnt possible. We asked if we can carry the pizza/other food up/downstairs ourselves after ordering and again told no we cannot (out of principal more than anything else). If we wanted to have pizza, we would have to wait upstairs for 2 tables to become free, and split the family up to eat in 2 groups. Firstly, we thought the fact upstairs food cant go down and downstairs food cant go up is ridiculous, even if we offered to carry it ourselves. Secondly, more annoyingly is no one informed us of this upon our arrival. After we bit the bullet and decided to eat downstairs to accommodate the gluten-free member of our family, we were told we must pay up-front before all the food arrives ?! I asked if this is normal process for everyone to which we were told yes (we did not believe this). We bit the bullet again and paid upfront. When ordering, we asked if we can swap the salad in one of the mains with a few chips, we were told yes. When the bill came for us to pay up-front, theyd added an extra £4.99 charge for these additional chips which they said we could swap for salad instead. This then took another 5-10mins trying to resolve before someone who thinks they're a competent manager came over and said the waitress was wrong for saying we could swap, but agreed to "throw in a few chips" anyway. We were also told we have 2 options, "pay upfront or leave". This was also quite shocking and strange as we'd already agreed (begrudgingly) to pay upfront 10 mins ago, so clearly there is very poor communication going on behind the scenes amongst staff. When the food all finally arrived, it was ok. Not great, not bad, ok. As we were finishing our meals, i spotted the table infront of us paying for their bill as they were finishing up and leaving, so clearly this isnt normal process to pay upfront, and they clearly didnt trust us and thought 7 adults would do a runner with a baby and a pram or something.... Worst customer service, attitude and communication I've experienced in a restaurant in years, maybe ever. Never going there again. Going by other reviews, it seems ownership has changed and people seem to have similar complaints: Stupid upstairs pizza policy Poor communication Rude management.

We've been to The Cove on a few occasions for different reasons and with different groups of people and have never left disappointed. We went to see a band and had a great evening, thoroughly enjoyed a Mexican Pop-Up event and enjoyed breakfast with excellent local produce. We've also been in for a couple of evening meals and the portions are enormous - the food is really tasty but my daughter and myself tend to get a couple of starters and a side between us or split a main and a side or else we take home a doggy bag! The staff are really nice and the service is good.

Excellent place, great staff, great food. And brilliant atmosphere. We stopped by for breakfast which was top shelf, the cove breakfast is a plate of gorgeousness for the full English lover. Apparently the baked eggs are amazing too according to the wife! Upstairs gives terrific views whilst enjoying stunning beers. Well done guys 😊👍🏻👍🏻 100% recommended.

Fantastic venue! Chilled ,welcoming and happy to help. Huge burgers and the pizzas look amazing. Overwhelmed by the craft beer menu. Definitely coming back again..

Do NOT visit. One of the staff was extremely rude. Asked where to order food and drink and the response was disgusting. Left immediately in disbelief. Get rid of this vermin as she is tarnishing your establishment.

Wonderful location and popped in for a pint whilst staying in beautiful Hope Cove. A rustic pub with a maritime theme and lovely views from the first floor bar area and balcony. Doggy friendly. Friendly crew. An excellent pint of local craft beer, 5.2%, worth the heady £9.95.🇬🇧🇳🇿

Had lunch for Mothers Day at the Cove and it didn’t disappoint. I would like to shout out head chef Luke and Kai in the kitchen today & all other staff for making us feel more than welcome. 10/10 for all 3 courses, the head chef is very passionate about his cooking and so he should be! You would be silly to not try food here. Dogs & kids friendly with the best view I will always call home!

Great food as always . Dog friendly . Friendly staff. Seafood curry was really good! Very quirky place in a great location .

Great food, friendly staff just a shame we couldnt get a portion of chips before 12pm.

Staying in Hope Cove for a few nights popped in for dinner after reading the special's board passing by and was not disappointed. The place is very atmospheric and loved the music. The food was lush and the staff were very friendly. Highly recommended :-)

Nice food, quiet atmosphere. Expensive beer. Pay and display car park.

Unusual way to buy a pint Your money is taken and your drink is delivered to where you are seated It lacks the pub atmosphere

Nipped in for food after a long, cold walk, greeted by very friendly staff. Place the busy but not rammed, great music being played throughout our visit. Food and drink were excellent and arrived in great time. Thought it great, will defo be visiting again.

Great spot in Hope Cove. Not trying to be fancy and had a bit of a 'spit and sawdust' feel to it. Excellent food, quirky bar area, great music, friendly staff and couldnt have been more welcoming of our 3 young kids. Refreshing to visit somewhere different to the souless pub chains all doing the same thing. Keep doing what you're doing and don't change!

Went for new years, nachos and pizza very good. Had dog with us, staff friendly and welcoming highly recommend.

Great place for something to eat and/or drink. Lovely food, fantastic vibe with friendly staff.

Firstly the food was fine but very odd service, I get you pay before you get your food in McDonalds, also in a bar you may leave a card behind the bar for a tab, but it’s odd to be sitting in a restaurant give your order and then be asked to pay, then I assume pay again should you want dessert or tip etc. it’s also ridiculously packed in, you eat with other people. But the food was ok, unlike the beer that had gone sour.

My dog and I were made very welcome this morning following a blustery coastal walk. An outstanding breakfast made with locally sourced produce with a cracking cup of coffee. Just what we needed 😋

Nice food served in a rather chaotic atmosphere. Bench seating not very comfortable. Not being able to book a table is inconvenient, often resulting in you having to wait outside, not ideal if it's raining. You are then ushered upstairs to wait till a table eventually becomes available downstairs!

We only called in fir a coffee while we were out walking but it seemed a really fun, funky place and the meals we saw coming out looked really nice.

Wow. Really enjoyed fabulous and adventurous food - well, breaded hake and chips are more standard but done brilliantly, and the squid in a slightly chilliish sauce was amazing as were the padron peppers with garlic.

Absolutely beautiful burger. Highly recommended.

Amazing food and definitely worth the price!!

Vibrant Saturday night in the bar whilst waiting for a table in the restaurant. I shared a fajitas with my partner as a starter Followed by Hake both of which were well cooked and tasty served by friedly efficient staff. Everywhere seems expensive these days but really the fajitas would have been enough as the portions were big and inexpensive. The following lunchtime we had takeaway pizza on the seafront , once more well cooked and in the open air delicious

The staff were efficient and attentive, the food was exceptional both in quality and portion size, very generous. All in all it was great.

Dog friendly and fabulous pizza!

Always a good meal in this establishment. Definitely recommend

Had a long weekend in Hope Cove and discovered this place . We ended up eating here most evenings ! Quirky , great food, lovely staff ! Would highly recommend

Wir haben hier zu Mittag gegessen....wir haben noch nie so leckere Miesmuscheln gegessen, auch noch nie in einer so leckeren "Sosse"! Vor allem ist man in der Regel nach einer Portion Muscheln nicht satt - hier schon! Als zweites Gericht gab es Schollenfilet auf grünem Spargel, Brokkoli, neue Kartoffeln mit Walnuss Pesto - super lecker! Es gibt sogar eine kleine Karte für Hunde ;-) Wir können nur jedem empfehlen, hier mal vorbeizuschauen....da auch die Preise echt fair sind.

Stopped by for a beer and light lunch today with another couple. Have been before and then was staggered at the cost of the craft beer, but thought would give another go. Pretty underwhelming - table sticky, glass of wine sent back as glass had...

Dined three times, three great meals. Go for massive fish fingers, delicately cooked plaice, chicken fajitas and monkfish scampi.

Good food and beer, nice atmosphere by the beach, get the fajitas

Terrible dining experience from start to finish. What a shame as Hope Cove is such a beautiful place. Within five minutes of sitting down and ordering drinks, we had to give the waiter our debit card as a ‘deposit’. I was hesitant but hungry so didn’t argue. Just a bit strange I thought. We then ordered food. Someone in our group wanted a pizza and another wanted a sandwich, however we were told that you are only allowed to have a pizza if you sit upstairs and a sandwich if you sit downstairs. What? I have never in all my years of dining out heard of segregating customers before based on their food choice. Absolutely ridiculous. We bit our tongue and all chose something from the same menu so that we could sit together and not be separated. We were out for a birthday meal may I add. I didn’t think it could get worse, and tried to keep positive, but the food was just as bad as the service I’m afraid - and extortionate! The food took about 40 minutes to arrive and what arrived was a dry, hard to chew pizza with a few toppings chucked on top. I’m sorry to moan, and don’t do it normally, but I am still shocked at how bad this was.

Never normally review but we ordered £150 of pizza from the takeaway upstairs and then grabbed a pint and sat on the picnic tables out the front (of the 6 tables, 5 were empty). We were immediately asked what we were doing and were told we were fine to sit there, but the moment we finished our drinks were told they needed the table for paying customers. The lady who spoke to us was rude, and what annoyed us the most was when we moved and continued to wait for our food no one sat on the table anyway - and there were still 2 other empty tables! The pizzas were ultimately average at best and used to be much nicer (and cheaper). Will not be rushing back anytime soon.

We have been here before and had to que, so surprised to get a table straight away. I had the chicken Fajitas which came on a sizzling hot plate. As i eat gluten Free I was offered chips instead with the mix and the whole...

Arrived on a beautiful Saturday evening, place was very busy, we sat up on the terrace which was lovely apart from some rowdy/one too many pints guests who slightly tainted the beautiful scenery/atmosphere. Pizza took over an hour to come but the bar staff were fantastic and accommodating to our change of order to take away. Pizza were great and would go again but probably not during a sunny evening for food.

Found this place by chance and what a great fine. The food was excellent, I had the steak fajitas and my girls had the burger which left us completely stuffed. The atmosphere was lively and friendly and would highly recommend it if your visiting Hope...

I have been to the Cove 4 times in the last 2 months. Their service is fantastic, quick to receive you, serve you and deliver for food and drinks. The food is superb also.

The pizzas are really good but the set up under the new ownership is rediculous, we are local and would love to eat the pizzas more often. The lady that I believe owns it is so rude and there are so many t&C's as to where you can eat and drink, I wanted a pizza with my girlfriend but I could only eat it where the football was being played and there were no tables, I wasn't allowed to eat anywhere else even though downstairs was empty you are only allowed to eat off the menu NO PIZZA, I got told to wait outside for my takeaway pizza but wasn't allowed to sit on the bench with my drink and got told to wait across the road. So we ended up eating pizza in the car we definitely won't be back

Better than we could have imagined. Don’t judge a book by its cover !!! We had been in The Cove a few times for drinks but never eaten in there . The food was great .. the best seafood linguine we had eaten , our...

Good food, ate downstairs and enjoyed the burgers and fajitas which were good, too many accompaniments with the fajitas which weren’t all needed and therefore wasteful. Young staff who were inexperienced but tried hard. Credit card asked for to keep behind the bar, we understand...

The Cove is excellent. Food is great, beer is great, location is amazing. Highly recommended.

The food was fab - we ate burgers, tacos and a tiger prawn special. It was odd that they take your bank card at the start 'for a tab'. Maybe it's because people do a runner but this made me uncomfortable and I asked for...

Man behind the bar on the second floor of the cafe is so grumpy sat on his phone the entire time. One of the younger girls was very sweet but most acted like they wanted to be somewhere else. Pizza is nothing special.

I have to echo what the other reviews have said. The staff in the upstairs area are incredibly rude and lack any customer service skills, especially the girl working behind the pizza counter. Swearing in front of our children, arguing with customers. We can’t comment...

I’m still in shock 12 hours later after visiting this place, I will seek for legal advice on this situation, there is no way I will accept another family with kids to be treated the same way me and my kids we have been treated today. EXTREMELY POOR and DISAPPOINTING attitude offered, the MANAGER/OWNER in charge, probably the owner, that’s what I understand from one of the stuff young lady, she’s offered us one of the most low customer service we have seen ever in our life. After enjoying our stay in Hope Cove, It is such a shame to close my holiday having lunch at this place. The front entrance shows 2 menus for pizza and other bar food, please see photos attached to avoid ambiguity around my review. We have asked if we can sit on the upper terrace and they said that is only for pizza. Our group formed by 5 adults and 4 kids decided to sit downstairs on the street level terrace on some pub benches, then instantly one of the stuff members has asked to leave a Bank Card at the till before we order the food really that’s necessary in 2023 in such lovely little village? That was happen all the time we eat in there, we eat twice in the past 3 days. Then we have ordered the food and drinks, then I have said that my son, 5 years old kid, would like to have a pizza, then I have been told that I will need to go upstairs on the upper terrace for a pizza, because we are not allowed pizza on the lower terrace, I did asked nicely and polite to have an exception, he’s a 5 years old boy and is very hard to explain to a hungry kid that the food chosen is not available and he will need to be away from his friends to eat separate, then I did ordered one pizza for take away ignoring such absurdity imposed. The bar manager/owner said that I need to leave the table with my son if my son will eat pizza on that table, I did explained nicely and polite that is not fair for my son to see the other eating in front of him and him to be left with no food, or second option, me with him will need to leave the table to eat on a street bench on the other side of the road. Also I have explained to this lady that we don’t do this on purpose or to upset anyone, all of us we have ordered the food from the specified menu and is only one pizza for a 5 years old kid, also I have asked her how she will feel if she will be in my position with a group of friends and her son hungry, I did explained that in the past 2 days we have been in the same place twice, my son did eat once the burger from kids menu, he eat once the fish from kids menu, now he opted for a pizza just to have diversity in his alimentation. The stubborn lady asked to decide what I want to do in front of my group of people and in front of my kids if I want to order for my son what’s in the menu because the pizza will not be allowed on the table, and the pizza ordered by me upstairs for take away will be cancelled or delayed to be kept warmed and handled to me for only when we will leave the table. There is no way in 2023 for a parent and his kids to receive such treatment and attitude on such low communication level, I did read the other negative reviews on Google and Tripadvisor and all make sense.

Pizzas at The Cove used to be a real treat. Delicious, oozy and in a great atmosphere. What's happened? They're terrible now, go to the Co-op in Malborough and buy them there instead! Sad.

Excellent restaurant, food was delicious and cooked fresh . Great atmosphere, excellent service the staff are all brilliant. We went several times , also chatted to other people who had eaten there and we all agreed how good it was. Definitely recommend:)

Our experience was so unpleasant on Monday 14th Aug 2023 1:30pm. We was a group of 3 families formed by 5 adults and 5 kids. At the entrance is showing 2 menus with regular restaurant food and a pizza menu. When I have asked if...

Fantastic food with great daily specials, fantastic staff that can’t do enough for you! The best view and an adults only terrace for the most amazing sunsets…if you’re nearby it’s a must visit!!

Great food in a relaxed atmosphere overlooking the sea. A unique bar with craft beers and legendary fajitas!! The owners have really made the most of this space - you can have a sundowner on the top deck looking out to sea, and if the...

Lovely atmosphere and service with brilliant food. Would highly recommend.

Excellent service and good food owner very attentive nothing to much trouble will be back staff very good