The Hole In The Wall in Exeter

A place for the lads to watch sport

Watched England v Denmark here. Great venue to sports. Loads of seating, loads of screens and multiple rooms to choose from. Good selection of drinks, all reasonably priced. Free pizza for everyone also helped get the 5* but probably would've got it anyway!

It is a great place to have a drink, pizza, or host an event. Though, it can be quite challenging to find the entrance.

Stunning venue. Has a really cute bar and is a beautiful space.

Is a good pub, pool tables are awful though but what can you ask for when free lol Band was good that was on, had a good night!

Well, I remember arriving, there was a crowd of us out on a works do, having a couple pints of the black stuff, listening to the band, couple more pints, couple of shots, but I don't remember leaving.......

Good ace to watch any sport with plenty of TVs. Can become busy especially wk ends. Down side is the toilets, always look as if never cleaned !

They tolerated us well! Wouldn't blame them if they kicked us out! Good band. I think...

Pretty good, drinks are reasonably priced at it's events room is very good for lack of a better word events

Went there for a self defence class.

Great staff and good atmosphere

Drinks over priced. Floor sticky and pool tables in a unplayable standard.

Lovely spot for a bit of food and drinks

If you want sports on tv, a couple of pool tables and good selection of drinks this is your place!

full of freshers students as a year off from covid times

Got it down to a tee. Excellent staff could not ask for a more. An great experience during covid.

Lovely atmosphere and great deals. The staff have been wonderful and friendly.

Thank you for despite having restrictions providing the best experience you could

Ves el pub desde fuera y parece pequeño pero pintoresco, agradable. Pero cuando entras se convierte en una Tardis. No hay mucho que decir, el personal, la comida y la bebida son buenas. Hay áreas separadas para comer y beber. Tienes tu comida y bebida y el personal no está tratando de apresurarte para salir. (como un par de otros establecimientos que usamos).

Pretty cool place if you wanna watch sports.

Great place to enjoy the rugby from. Great selection of brews on tap.

Great venue for events and parties. Can hire rooms and get the cost back if a certain amount is spent over the bar. Reasonable prices for drinks, I've not tried the food though so I can't comment on that. Speakers and lighting setup is solid and good amount of seating. Great venue, the only downside is that there is a lack of parking nearby. Would recommend to a friend.

It gets busy in here but is a very nice setting - very much a place for beer.

One of the best places to watch sports in the city. Decent range of beers and friendly staff.

It's ok. Beer, pool, but atmosphere lacking a bit

Great atmosphere for watching the game.

Got told I looked 12 years younger than my age, so happy with that

Very good place to have social events. The floor is very sticky due to all the drinks spilled but you'll get used to it quick.

Pleasantly surprised, good choice of beer, loads of TVs for the sport. Toilets pretty poor

2 pool tables, multiple sports screen, a relatively good selection of beers and friendly staff

Nice pub to watch a game of football. Lots of TV screens but it isn't v big and doesn't have a lot of seating.

Good place for the children's disco from 7 to 9. Huge ambiance. But I didn't have the chance to go there on the weekends...

Had a drinks to watch Liverpool vs Tottenham (champions league) the place is busy, waitstaff are amazing, they really looked after you, we had fun😊

Great bar to watch sport. Plenty of room! Good atmosphere.

Great place to watch the football

As always staff friendly drinks & food not to bad prices will be back tomorrow after the Rugby game. COYS

Massive hole in the wall. Best place to watch a football match.

They showed game of thrones and their bar was sick, 10 out of 10 would come back again

Friendly staff. The wife wanted to watch the Quins match and this pub was showing it. Not many in which was great!

Good sports bar Not very busy evem with the football being shown

Was a bit disappointed this year as they no longer sell the large pizzas for £6. Instead, you are given a slice for £3. I ordered a Pepsi max and that set me back a further £3. Wasn't happy. Furthermore, they ran out if veggie pizza before GoT started. The guy was apologetic and helpful about it as it wasn't his fault.

Great place to watch sport, especially rugby. I was in the basement for a private event and the service was great and the staff very friendly.

The food is incredible. Best restaurant in Exeter

Great sports bar, cheap beer, pool tables and nice atmosphere

Good selection drinks, good to watch football. Did what we needed

Free pool can't be bad even if all the balls role to one side.

Didn't stay packed out which is good to be busy

Good place for watching sports and a decent enough bar.

Good place to watch a sports match and have a pint with your mates!

Good alternative bar to Timepiece, which is just next to it, most people miss this one and funnel into Timepiece. Has a pool and foosball table. They sometimes have live music with some comfortable seating nearby, which is good to chill out with a drink and listen to some tunes.

Was just checking out the place and prices. Beer ok. Just over £4 apint. Bar person perlight.

Would be an even better place to watch the rugby if they don't put music on during the match analysis. Still a thumbs up to me though George.

Fantastic Sports bar. Front door leads to staircase with the bar and TV's on second floor. Toilets on first floor. Staff very friendly and quick service. Good selection of beers and ciders. Large amount of TVs and decent seating including sofa's. Shows all sports and big football and rugby matches.

Nice atmosphere and they always have the rugby on.

Llamado al Hole in the Wall con amigos en una noche ajetreada. Disfrutamos de una gran variedad de cervezas bien cuidadas y muy sabrosos pasteles hechos en el país.

Didn't let me in at first even lthough I had proper ID, had to get a new one. Other than security, nice place with nice atmosphere. A but cramped on space but good food.

Decent atmosphere, but the drinks are slightly too expensive. Very nice that you get to book out individual rooms for events such as socials for university societies.

First visit since the fire of a few years ago and although predominantly a sports bar the staff are welcoming and was ideal for drinks before attending a wedding at Exeter Castle.

Always amazing on Saturday night. Been coming for years x

Good place to hire private room. We were allowed plenty of time to dress the room.

He estado aquí en varias ocasiones para la gran Copa Mundial / nacional, etc. Todas las ocasiones concurridas, pero el personal trabaja duro para que te sirvan. Una buena selección de bebidasAmbiente encantador con un par de bares diferentes para elegir con una variedad de áreas para sentarse. Mesas de billar disponibles también. ¿Un lugar perfecto para mí y mi novio cuando quiere ver deportes pero no quiero sentarme en un pub lúgubre?Nunca probé la comida

Unfortunately the soccer superseded the test match at Lord's v India just as Bairstow and Woakes closed in on there century's even though I had been watching it for an hour or more with a friend. Had to leave this otherwise fine establishment to avoid the soccer fans and find some cricket elsewhere...

Best pub in Exeter for watching any sport

Lovely atmosphere. Friendly staff. What more can you ask?

To venue for telly sport great bèer and food

Come here to watch the Exeter City play offs and was met with friendly staff and a clean looking bar, orderd a pizza what I fort was gonna be a standerd size but ended up being one of biggest and nices for the Small price off £11 , sky sports, bt sports couldn't really ask more for my love for foot ball ⚽, pool tables with nice cloth from my understanding a all round good place to eat and enjoy your sports

Beers are ok Good for rugby Pizza is big and looks like fire house but is really really bad. Do not buy the pizza

Pretty expensive but chill venue

A really nice, social place to go with a relaxed atmosphere.

A cracking place on many levels

Incredibly gutted, and a little angry, that you have just refused to hold a table so that my disabled partner can enjoy watching the rugby with me in your venue. I was there last week and I understand that you get busy, but seriously?! They were born with fibula hemimelia where there fibula bones, both legs, didn't form fully. They have no ankle movement due to having both ankle joints being frozen, and cannot stand still for any length of time. Not sure why I'm posting this message, maybe it is a bit of shaming exercise. Where is your respect for diversity and disability?

Great for students and really reasonable prices

Es un lugar realmente agradable, con varias salas diferentes para atender a diferentes eventos. Sin embargo, encontramos que la administración de la noche que visitamos era bastante innecesariamente agresiva en la forma en que hablaban con los invitados. Discutir los temas con calma y sin confrontación habría evitado molestar a la gente y arruinar la experiencia de algunas personas.

No me malinterpreten, este es un gran pub de rugby y vamos regularmente, pero el fin de semana pasado fue impactante. . . Fuimos el sábado a almorzar seguido de los 6 países que abrieron los juegos. Sin previo aviso, descubrimos que habían ajustado su menú normalmente bueno a un menú de hamburguesas con el tema '6 naciones', soy vegetariano. . . aunque todas las hamburguesas fueron servidas con patatas fritas, nos dijeron que la cocina no nos serviría solo patatas fritas, lo cual supongo que son vegetales porque en el pasado siempre lo han sido y supongo que no cambiaron sus fichas para las 6 naciones (aunque dos veces durante la tarde vimos una porción de patatas fritas salir de la cocina). Así que hicimos lo de Facebook para consultar y recibimos una dirección de correo electrónico que enviamos por correo electrónico, y todavía no recibimos respuesta, casi una semana después.Realmente sorprendido de que un lugar como este no considere una opción vegetariana en ningún menú y ni siquiera doblaría su menú para servirnos una porción simple de chips, que de todos modos estaban haciendo.He estado vege por 25 años y no recuerdo estar en ninguna parte tan inútil y sin saber qué decir algo, lo que es realmente irritante es que su menú normal tiene algunas opciones excelentes de hortalizas, así que nos sentimos bastante decepcionados. . .

Ordered a pepperoni pizza - was barely cooked, just melted cheese on a raw pizza base you could buy from a supermarket. After a few slices the pizza was inedible, we then sent it back and the response from the waitress was that there was nothing they could do because we had eaten some of the pizza. Totally embarrassing - won’t be returning

This used to be an old college drinking haunt and the area around the Timepiece Bar is unchanged. This pub is very much a sports bar, with pool tables, bar seating, couches, and widescreen TVs. We made a quick lunch stop on Xmas Eve and ordered a pizza. It was almost a foot long with ten slices! We ate two and asked for the remainder to be boxed which ended up with the Big Issue bloke outside Lloyds Bank. Atmosphere goes hand in hand with company and the sport on the TV.

Great spot for watching rugby. The girls (2 that we saw) were getting carried out drunk!

A sports establishment if you ever saw one .Bars and sports television on two levels great atmosphere . Does get busy when internationals are on good snacks available.

Enjoyed my experience here. The staff were very friendly and I felt very comfortable being in there.

Had a good time here watching the rugby internationals. They could pay a bit more attention to what was on TV though, minutes of unnecessary adverts

If you can't get a ticket for Sandy Park or don't have the time or cash to follow to an away fixture and you can't or don't fancy filling your home with lubricated fans, then this is a great place in central Exeter to watch the Chiefs with a pint or four and sate your appetite with some hearty knockabout food. As near as you will get this far west to a boisterous rugby pub in south west London. The management milk it a bit but they are open to suggestions and anxious to defend and improve the formula.

Friday night rugby on TV! Good selection of drinks quick service even when busy.

Always the best place to watch rugby in Exeter

Excellent, good service, good atmosphere

Best pizza and chicken goujons ever

Best sports bar for Rugby, great beers and good food. Amazing atmosphere.

Had a table booked here for a 9pm . Got seated around 9.30. Great food and a good selection. Service could have been better. The bar staff was very friendly.

A great pub to watch live sport and have watched the rugby here many times. Injured Exeter Chief's players often frequent here when there is a match on!

Great bar, good food, great for rugby matches.

A decent sized sports bar with a good range of food and drink. They've recently updated their pizzas and I'd highly recommend getting one.

hi not very happy, with the place in general, phoned up on Tuesday 9/5/2017 to book a table for sat the 20/5/2017. was told someone would phone me back, still waiting for the call back, also sent an email on the 10/5/2017, told I would hear back with in 24hours again still waiting, so I phoned again today Friday 12/5/2017 this time I was told that no table left last one booked on the11/5/2017, so not very happy, if I member of staff had replied as promised we would have had our table ,

Amazing coffee, excellent food, fabulous staff. Limited seating, you're going to get cosy with the table next to you! Definitely somewhere to return to

Came here with my partner for an evening meal, the atmosphere was lovely and staff on the bar were great! Also the food was absolutely delicious, I had cheesy chips and garlic pizza bread and my partner had the brisket, and we will definitely be back just for the food alone, great service is just a bonus!

It's a very long time since we visited this establishment. Would I Go back ? Yes ! Large bar area showing rugby matches with comfortable seats. Beer reasonably priced and food certainly looked good. It's a great venue if you want to watch the Exeter chiefs !

The place was full to bursting on Saturday night but managed to get a table close to the bar! Couldn't see the band but could hear them loud and clear and they were brilliant. They sang current hits aswell as Michael Jackson mash up thrown in! Really good night x

Came in for a bite to eat. Awesome beef brisket with proper beefy gravy. Great chicken side dish too. Quick service and nice beer to go with lunch. Highly recommend.

Sky were promoting that the premier league football was being shown but on arrival all screens were showing Exeter rugby only and the management would not change even the one screen that was not being watched to the football. Disappointed. We move to the Ghandi that was showing both football and rugby

A sports bar and I don't really like any sports so this is a very biased review. Preferred it when there were pool tables all over.

We spent a lovely Sunday afternoon at the Hole in the Wall recently. We sat at a comfortable sofa seating area while we watched the football. We ordered food, the service was excellent. Very friendly, polite and helpful staff. Food was great and very good value, huge portions! We had a great time and would definitely visit again when we're next in Exeter.

The Hole in the Wall has been part of Exeter's drinking venues for some time. It is true that occasionally things can get a bit rowdy and it is no place for the feint of heart. However, the revamped back room provides a welcome retreat for the sports fan although if the rugby is on it is worth getting there early or you are unlikely to get a seat.