The Imperial in Exeter - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Great pub not good that you have to pay for parking now

Can't remember being in here. Must have been drunk

Never been disappointed EVER on any level👍Thank you 😉

It's at the better end of the scale for wetherspoons pubs.

One of the best weatherspoons I've been to. Amazing

The Wetherspoons approach works here. Remarkable re-purposeing of the Edwardian Imperial hotel. The Orangery is an amazing experience, inspired it is said by an original by I. K. Brunel. Amazing menu and huge range of ales at the usual Wetherspoon's knock-down price. Not the venue for a quiet, intimate evening, but in every other respect, hard to fault.

Realy stunning building, well worth a visit,

It is exactly what they promise. An easy place to grab a bite. I have eaten at a few different Wetherspoons, and most are about the same. A good deal on drinks and food, food is pretty tasty and comes out fast, nothing fancy, but just what you’d expect. Beer is a very good value and always cold, mixed drinks are too sweet for me. My hack is to add a salt packet to the margarita and then it’s actually pretty tasty.

One of the beers wasn't great, the other two were lovely. A 10min walk from St Davids station. What a venue! Wow

Lovely limited edition Korean Chicken thing. Beautiful building.

You get what you expect from a Wetherspoons, however, portion sizes are definitely shrinking & prices rising..... but that's the government's fault.

My whole Spoons experience today was marred by the crazy new parking regime there. Totally confused and I'm not the only one!

Love this place. Am amazing building. Great service and prices and vast outdoor space

Love day with paul rob bev benji jasper at the imperial

Good place for a cheap meal and pint

It's cheap and it's good. Defo top 5 spoons. Brunel made the glass house to see how his workers were getting on.

wonderful Wetherspoon pub with a large beer garden and lots of rooms (it can be a bit louder in the Orangery...); usual offers at reasonable prices, very nice service and also a (paid) parking space (e.g.: 1h - 1.2 GBP)

Always enjoy going to the Imperial but food wasn't up to normal standard this time. Lasagne was burnt on the bottom and the pizza we had was very crispy and overdone round the edges so hard to cut through and eat. Car parking on site but 2 hours is not enough if you are meeting up with friends and eating and drinking. It's too much of a rush.

A very nice place with character. Nice gardens too.

I love this pub. Food really nice as well

What a stunning building and location, never eaten here before and never had anything other than a breakfast in Wetherspoons for many years. Worth a visit, friendly helpful staff, great value food and drink and perfectly acceptable and tasty pub food with decent portions. Very nicely situated and stunning outside area. Recommend Highly. Million times better than ‘Perkin’ in Taunton.

Best Weatherspoons in southwest of UK . Good value & quick, pleasant service.

Friendly security guy on the door, the quality of the food needs to improve and provide it on hot plates as the food was cold when it got to me.

A lovely place to meet and eat.

What a beautiful pub and it has an amazing beer garden. Pint is good as always and 2.77 for a carlsberg is an absolute bargain. Can’t fault it.

Great location and a typical wetherspoon's, affordable beer and food. Great place to sit outside, shame about the pesky gulls!!! Service could certainly have been swifter.

Lovely place brilliant atmosphere will be visiting again

Best wetherspoons I have ever been! This place is a secret gem. Definitely worth a visit.

Amazing building full of excellent entertaining spaces..

The best Wetherspoons in Exeter so much better than the awful chev

Lovely quiet afternoon now the students have gone back. Lovely building ,lovely food and lovely company

One of the best 'spoons I've been to. Lovely building, staff were great and food and drink too

Nice venue lovely orangery prices very good

Great value for money and my favourite Wetherspoons! Staff are always friendly and helpful and the food is good for the price

Have visited weatherspoons Exmouth Yeovil Ilfracombe over the last couple of months we were very impressed super friendly efficient staff food good value & tasty spotlessly clean toilets

Well worth a visit to see the architecture, nice staff also

So popped in on way home for a little bite to eat, wife had Gourmet Steak and I had All Day Brunch, this is the first time that we have never had to complain about something, all the food was hot, and had clean plates at the end of the meal, the only down side was...nobody asked if everything was alright, just a small customer service etiquette.

The most beautiful weatherspoons I’ve ever been to!

A nice pub with a massive beer garden. Perfect for sunny days in the summer. I had the best steak I’ve had so far in any pub here. Will definitely be back.

Lovely location, I don't think this venue would exist if it wasn't for Wetherspoons.

This is an impressive 'spoons. Only popped in for a quick pint but the inside was immense. The building has been renovated to a high standard. The garden is very large with segregated smoking and non smoking. Just watch out for seagulls. Would highly recommend this one.

Enjoyable afternoon celebrating a graduation with family/ friends.

Great venue. Lots of space and history. Excellent service. Vegan options

You can tell this is the flagship Wetherspoon, well maintained with great service and the value you expect. Highly recommend

Really disappointed went to the bar ordered strips of chicken which came with chips I asked if I could have salad instead I was told no, so I ordered a side salad. Friends ordered another meal both meals came with drinks we had a beer and a wine. When the food came to the table my meal came and a bowl of salad a beer and wine no strips of chicken, went back to the bar to investigate only to be told the strips had ran out.Got the Manager out not a helpful person , got a copy of the receipt in fairness I was only charged for my meal but paid for the salad and charged for the wine because there was no meal, why was I not told the chicken had ran out when I ordered why give me salad and wine with no meal. Our friends ordered sauvignon blanc which was told it was premium drink not included in the meal deal again the barman did not inform us and was charged for. We did not get any response from the manager had a train to catch and will never go back there again.

Good value for money. Breakfast was nice. Eggs cooked perfectly. Food served quickly and tasted fresh.

Beautiful building. Excellent real ales on tap and love the outdoor area with waiter service.

Called in mainly to see if the pictures we had seen were justified, boy were they ! Beautiful architecture inside and out, the orangery is stunning. Looked like some maintenance & repairs needed but on the whole FABULOUS

Surely one of the best Weatherspoons in all of the country. The orangery room is just spectacular. This spoons has many different seating areas including outdoor. I'd highly recommend the orangery room, such a fabulous atmosphere and Insta worthy! Standard Weatherspoons food, with the staff smiling and helpful when we visited for lunch in June 2024.

Typical pub setting but a bit more "ambiance.". Orders required from the bar. delivery to the table. then wait staff never returned to check on us. They were out of curry so I Ordered a vegetarian burger. it was prepared THEIR way with an abundance of ketchup on top. Here's a hint: I never put much if any ketchup on my burger's. Obviously prepared their way... not mine. And the two sides of French fries and onion rings were quite helpful .... in putting my cardiologist's kids through College. Otherwise, a very ordinary gastronomical experience, bordering on subpar.

Overall this is a beautiful space. It is a grand old house with beautiful charm and a large beer garden. The toilets were a bit messy but nothing awful just toilet paper on the floor one loose toilet seat and soap on the counters but for a pub this size that probably happens quite quickly. I visited the pub in the afternoon as part of a large group celebrating with a lunch. It is very much still what you expect a large menu with staple pub fare and cheaper than average drinks. I was surprised at the lack of gluten free options or labelling. This is because 13 years ago when I was first diagnosed as coeliac they were one of the first chains to label gluten free options on the menu and they had a surprising amount of choice at the time. Accordingly, I consulted the online allergy menu that was a little clunky but allows you to filter the menu by allergens, which was a nice touch. As a vegetarian I was surprised at how small the choice was now but they still had the good old staple of jacket potato. What I was surprised at was the staffs lack of knowledge about allergens. When I asked about gluten free two members of staff (one a supervisor) seemed surprised and said they didn't know. I showed them the allergy menu and they said it's up to you if you trust it. Now as a coeliac I accept the risk in most places is mine. Normally though staff can tell me whether the ingredients are at least gluten free even if the kitchen handles other allergens. When the meal came out the staff had the salad dressing in a separate pot and said they were unsure if it was gluten free. I was greatful they had separated it and they were really polite throughout but it was a bit concerning the kitchen has no idea about a quite common dietary allergy question. In general the consensus in the group was the food was okay but nothing special (I was the only allergens I think and my potato was fine but then it is just a potato and unadorned green salad so hard to get wrong). Also not the fault of the venue but the area is plagued with gulls so don't eat outside. Would I go back? For a drink maybe for food no.

This is not your average Wetherspoons pub by any means! Typical menu, usual friendly efficiency, but the surroundings…..! And, wonder of wonders, the toilets are on the ground floor and not in the attic as is normal!

I arrived early for breakfast to find a small 'army' of staff cleaning everywhere. The premises was spotlessly clean inside and out. I used the Wetherspoons app to order my food and drink which arrived minutes later to my table. My eggs Benedict was cooked to perfection. If you are looking for that special breakfast then this is the place to go. (3 minute walk from Exeter St Davids railway station)

The food was great possibly the best Wetherspoons I have been to. However toilets were cramped and unclean, you have to pay for parking and can only stay up to 2 hours and the food took a while to come but well worth the visit.

Very nice atmosphere, plenty of space and the food arrived very quickly. Very friendly staff.

Decent place for a drink. Didn't eat here so can't comment.

Great place!! Highly recommended:)

Very nice breakfast, unbeatable hot drinks with free refills. Great app and bar service Paid parking - cash or card.

Great stop for breakfast and a pint before the rugby at sandy park 😀

Gentleman called Ewan was an absolute star of a waiter. Praise to him

Dog owners: dont park your car and learn afterwards they dont even allow dogs in the garden. Will remember that before turning up for my cheap microwave meal next time

One of the Best Wetherspoon pubs in the chain. Beautiful orangery and architecture. Good outside spelace especially when the weather is nice. Standard food and drink as you would expect from a Spoons.

On the walk here, a dear friend & seasoned Wetherspoons veteran claimed the imperial was the best spoons in the whole land. I was skeptical. I’ve heard this all before I had thought. But alas, this spoons may indeed live up to this title of the best. The indoor seating areas possesses a natural lighting architecture only seen in 2* Michelin establishments and a large outside seating area to complement. Be careful of the seagulls tho, the outside seats are only for the brave. I give the imperial a solid 7/7

I was once bullied by my Welsh friends for being English while in this pub. One of the security guards defended my honour. Thank you sir for your service.

Great outdoor space and conservatory

Lovely venue with such helpful friendly staff .

One of the best Spoons in the country I’ve been to. Always clean and neat, beautiful architecture inside and outside. It has a glass arch which is very unique.

Great building for a wetherspoons orangery is amazing food and drink fantastic value with good service.

Half decent, cheap weatherspoons food and drink. Not enough places left like this so in that sense was really nice. Nice view in the garden etc. High number of fairly loud students though (felt like being back at uni), but it was early on a sat evening. But overall nice reasonably priced place, which is rare these days

Stopped on our way home from w family holiday in Cornwall. Food was great as was the service & the pub was buzzing with a great atmosphete

I popped in to The Imperial for breakfast before catching a train from Saint Davids Station to Weston Super Mare. I only had a traditional breakfast, not a large one, but that was sufficient. Although I was a little surprised as although the traditional breakfast has only 1 slice of toast there were still 2 little packs of butter. I guess that could lead to a lot of wastage?

Very historic interior and bright with eating outside a plenty

Beautiful pub with wonderfully cheap drink, food, unlimited coffee. Not everyone likes the food, but I can't complain. Usually very crowded and noisy, as would be expected given the location, but a great place to go after a day at the uni. Orangerie view is gorgeous.

Loved the service and the beer garden as well to chill out. Great design from the interior.

Went to the Wetherspoons imperial for a fish and chip meal two weeks ago on a Monday. We paid £2 for a car park, entered found a seat and went to get the condiments before we ordered and there was no salt. We asked if we could have some when we went to order and were told they hadn’t had any since Saturday as the delivery hadn’t arrived. Surely someone could have gone out and bought some from somewhere else. A wasted journey and a waste of time as we left. I don’t eat much salt but I do like it on my chips! Disappointed!

Beautiful Building, the restaurant is in the old orangery.

One of my favourite Wetherspoons in the country. The atmosphere is astounding both inside the former grand ballroom, and the large glasshouse which is always nice and warm even in the winter. The staff are always very friendly, the food is delivered quickly and is very good.

Must be the best Weatherspoon location/setting. Tons of outdoor sitting and the orangery is perfect if it starts raining.

All-round a great place to go for a celebratory dinner with the family. Over the years it's gotten more and more pricey, but it's still not completely outlandish. LOVE💗

Ordered through the app. Payment came out of bank account but the order didn’t go through. Staff said they had no record of the order so cannot refund but money has come out and I haven’t got food and drink. I am now hungry and boyfriend is crying. Was really excited for this.

A decent Spoons with hot food (yes, it's actually hot!) good range of beers and large garden area. Converted hotel, so plenty of seats indoors, it gets busy with students during expected times

The food taste good with a wonderful service

You can always rely on J. D. Wetherspoon for fast efficient service via their App plus bargain prices in a preserved heritage building. We had an agreeable ham, egg and chips matched with Leffe. The Orangery is breathtaking environment in the setting sun. Only negative aspect is that they don't allow dogs in.

Just too busy. Took too long to get served. Towards the end of the night several of the toilets were blocked. There was no toilet roll in a few others and no water coming from the taps. Food was ok but I could have cooked better and im not a great cook.

Good for cheap drinks and food in the sunshine

It was amazing the food the seenry and everyone is so lovely

Can be pretty busy which does sometimes slow down service, but otherwise its a really good spoons.

The best spoons I have ever been to

This is a beautiful venue and with lots of the original features preserved. We popped in for a quick lunch on Bank Holiday Monday and easily found a table. Everyone enjoyed their meals from ham, egg and chips to a very nice blue steak. Staff were very nice and it was a nice interlude before resuming the journey. I would certainly eat there again.

Really quick service using the app. Food arrived so quick it got to the table before the drinks! Usual Weather spoons fare served tout suite.

Brilliant table service , even when super busy

One of the better wetherspoon I've been to has its own carpark. Max stay 2hrs

Best Weatherspoons I have been in

Great spoons is this one. Food is always here and always a good atmosphere.

I regard this as the silver spoon very grand and well polished The orangery is amazing the staff glitter I'm well impressed.

Fantastic fast service, great customer service by Audrey and Liv and Stacey. Food looked good and tasted great!

Great service, lovely food staff were fabulous. Especially Audry, she was really lovely.

Our regular haunt for the last 110 yrs .

The most beautiful weatherspoons I've ever been in and staff was friendly and helpful. Nevertheless improvent to food is necessary. My egg benedict was basically a half hard-boiled egg.

This has to be the most spectacular Wetherspoons I have ever visited. Perched on the top of a hill above Exeter St. David's train station, this once private home, once hotel is s beautiful piece of architecture with an outdoor seating area rolling down a lush lawn that must be a total pleasure on a warm, sunny day.