The Farm Table at Darts Farm in East Devon

8 of us had an excellent evening meal. The menu is varied with a good choice of fish, lamb and steak as well as pizzas. I have deducted one star as the main dishes should include potatoes/chips and seasonal vegetables. Potatoes and seasonal vegetables will add approximately £9 per person putting the cost of a main course at around £30.

The whole experience was sensational and the atmosphere was lovely. Our server Emma was bubbly and knowledgeable. The steak was the best I've ever eaten and the pizza was amazing even with no cheese. The wine menu was varied and we got excellent recommendations from Cal. The desserts were delectable and the cocktails were exquisite.

This is the 3rd time we have visited the Farm Table in the evening for dinner. Have been coming to Darts for many years and have lunch in the main restaurant twice a week usually as I like the friendly atmosphere, it’s convenient for meeting friends and the food is fine The first time we visited the Farm Table we were very impressed, service was very good and the food was excellent and different. The second time we went we were very much less impressed but we gave them the benefit of the doubt and went again. Just awful. The four of us found the food from indifferent to inedible. My fish was swimming in some very greasy sauce. One of us had an undercooked pasta dish served with copious amounts of sauce. Another one of us had a very mediocre pizza. The calamari was rubbery and inedible The food was definitely below par and the service rushed. Sadly we will avoid the Farm Table in future

Excellent food and service at a family birthday lunch. Wonderful fish - Hake on this occasion and Turbot on a previous visit in June. We will come again whenever we can.

So we are big fans of Darts Farm, living locally we have been coming here for years and if we eat here usually we have a pizza or breakfast in one of the other places. As we had a special occasion we thought we would treat ourselves to a Lunch at the Farm Table. We had never ventured behind the screens here but when we arrived at our booked table it was an odd experience. I know this is going to sound snooty but we expected it to be a little more special than the cafe. What we encountered was really just an extension of the cafe. We were sat next to a couple who looked like they had just come out of the gym and in front of a table of 8, 4 of the 8 being children under five. The confusion became clarity when we realised that you could just buy pizza slices and beer and snacks as well as A La Carte food. This seems bizarre to me, maybe i'm just in the wrong generation but it felt like The Ivy merged with Pizza Express, perhaps that is the aim of The Farm Table. I had a steak which was fantastic. Scallops to start, they were OK but a little on the pricey side given there were just 4 of them, £26 for myself and my partner and it was our own fault but as a pescatarian she hadn't realised they pea and fennel had a kind of pancetta in it so was only half finished. Anyway she also had the Hake which she said was OK so that was good. Overall the food was OK, expensive for what we felt was a daytime cafe experience rather than a restaurant experience if that makes sense. I would return but probably book The Farm Table for pizza and go to a proper restaurant in town for a special experience.