The Imperial in Exeter

One of the biggest Wetherspoons in the UK. This one near the main railway station. Usual JDW fare plus an extensive range of real ales (discovered afterwards the local CAMRA group pub of the year 2025). Converted luxury house / hotel with nice interor and huge beer garden. We had fish and chips, which were very good, as were the drinks. The only slight drawback was it filled with students from the neighbouting university later on and the resulting noise made conversation difficult.

Exactly what it says on the tin 😀

It’s Spoons, what else to be said? Their fake Jägerbombs were bad, even when already drunk 🙄

Amazing building in a beautiful setting near St. Davids station with the added delight of Wetherspoons prices!

Absolutely appalling experience at this bar. The security woman with red hair is, without a doubt, the rudest staff member I have ever encountered. All I did was use one of the doors to the garden to have a smoke, and the way she spoke to me was completely unacceptable—she treated me like garbage for no reason at all. Her attitude was aggressive, unprofessional, and downright disgraceful. Someone like this has no place working in hospitality and should be fired immediately. This kind of behaviour ruins what could otherwise be a decent place. If management cares at all about their customers, they’ll get rid of her at once.

Came Easter Monday. Ordered 2 wraps and chips from the deli menu. Very quick, very hot and very nice. I have had hit and miss food from here but yesterday was very good. Would return

It is a huge restaurant in a very beautiful building and magic garden. There are many halls and corners where to sit. Service is fast. Food is ok, some vegetarian options are available. coffee can be refilled as many times as you want. Prices are friendly. Recommended

Went for breakfast. Lovely place

Had a great breakfast meal here with my family.great food and drinks at affordable prices in the best weatherspoons i have been in.the staff are polite and friendly. Would definitely recommend a visit.

One of the most impressive Wetherspoons I have been in. An old Manor House with plenty of lawn and picnic tables. Inside at least 2 sections, the best being the old Orangery with a really nice circular Window. On top of these plenty of choice on the Cask Ales and the usual good choice of meal menus at affordable prices.

I popped in for coffee which was incredibly good value (£1.71 +unlimited refills) and this came with brilliant, friendly service. I’ve not visited since I was a student at Exeter University 20years ago, it’s not changed a bit and arguably this is the best Wetherspoons in the country! Highly recommended.

Stupendous Wetherspoon building with the Orangery. Also a much larger and pleasant garden than the smokers’ patch of concrete that often passes for a Wetherspoon garden.

Nice food with great value ever in UK

Great pub very clean and staff very professional and friendly

First came here in 2006 after a night out and it was an awesome afternoon. Back here since many times inc now 2025 and still a great place to hang and drink ale in the sunshine. Probably the best Weatherspoons there is.

It's a Wetherspoons so you get what you pay for. However, it is in a grand building, with plenty of outside space overlooking the countryside beyond Exeter.

Best of any Witherspoon breakfast I had UK I had here. Well done, service was excellent as well.

Great place for a drink, huge garden, plenty of seating. Parking is paid max 3hrs, no return for 2. But after 18:30 you can park in the Uni side streets. First spoons I have been in that you don't stick to the floor! Food....well its a spoons.

Awful service. Awful atmosphere. They had no eggs but didn't bother to tell anyone, just served breakfast without them!

What a lovely Wetherspoons! Lovely relaxed atmosphere and lovely view from the back section. Very relaxing. And they had my favourite beer!

Spectacular 'Orangery' bar area. Great Spoons.

Amazing place. Well done to the staff for keeping it so clean, welcoming and overall just a great place to be. We very much enjoyed our drinks. Will be back again x

Full of students who hadn't purchased anything. Taking up tables and doing coursework.

Nice atmosphere and good food. This restaurant attracts people from all walks of society which is refreshing.

This spoons is so worth a visit for the beautiful ground it sits in and the orangery!

This is definitely one of the nicer Wetherspoons pubs, certainly the nicest in Exeter. The staff are friendly and the atmosphere is great, especially in the orangery. Food's not bad either!

Went in for breakfast. Easy to order from your table. 1 large, 1 small breakfast. Cups of tea. Cups arrived almost straight away, with the cooked breakfasts arriving only a few minutes behind. Good honest food, served with a smile and the invite to go and get more tea as required. Wi-fi enabled building. It's easy to see why so many people were in having breakfast.

Very good with learning disability adults and children.

After a long drive it was nice place to chill hear The beer/ Foodwas so nice and fresh 10 out of 10

ellis and devon servered me they were lovely and made me feel so welcome during mg stay here. Imperial is a great stablishmetn with lovely staff that make you feel welcome.

A Wetherspoons but room was fantastic

Wow, this place is massive! Really imposing building with huge rooms. It was incredibly busy with a lot of students from the university. Baring that in mind, the service was impeccable. I fully expected to wait for my food, but it came very quickly. I have given 5 stars for the food, allowing for the fact that it is never going to be cordon bleu at these prices. It's odd that I have to pay for the car park, but at least it's convenient.

We came for a celebratory birthday meal and was extremely pleased with the service and presentation of the food. The food was cooked to perfection and was very tasty. This is our favourite Wetherspoons chain in Exeter and has to be our favourite pub in general. This pub has spectacular interior and has a nice ambience too. You can tell the staff work incredibly hard in this place to make it all run smoothly. Keep up the great work! Will definitely be returning soon! :)

Highly recommend going for a drink/food at The Imperial, which is part of the Wetherspoons chain. Building/bars are great, packed with students of an evening.

What an amazing pub, food top notch, staff so helpful, beers and spirits awesome prices and top notch, atmosphere amazing, and table service fast and professional. Highly recommend it if your in thr neighbourhood, specially on sunny day.

Unbelievably brilliant and good looking architecture.

A unique place - stunning architectural surroundings 🍻

One of the best public Houses in Exeter, Grand Food and Beverages plus Amazing & Friendly Staff, relaxed atmosphere and groovy decor. What's not to Love? De nada...

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.

Ordered on the app. Was charged, food and drinks didn't arrive and I was told there would be no refund and I would need to go through my bank. We left, £12 down and nothing to show for it. Wooden spoon for this Wetherspoon I'm afraid.

The chicken wings is miles and miles away compared to KFC or any other restaurants in Exeter. Price is cheap and high quality . Excellent atmosphere for all age groups . Customer care is superb . Disabled toilets and parking makes it amazing . Sadly pet Dogs not welcomed here other than guide dogs . One day the management will make that smart decision .

The Imperial is a truly great place to have breakfast. The architecture is magnificent. It's a big and spacious art deco former villa, with an equally spacious beautiful garden. The menu is mainly English, but with alternative options. Best thing of all is the value for money: you will have a filling meal for less than elsewhere. I visited twice and the staff was friendly, respectful and polite. The negative points are that the table was sticky (hence, not properly cleaned) and it's a shame that it's part of the Wheterspoon chain with its brexiteer owner.

Very busy pub. Lots and lots of space and tables. Very busy when we visited. Food was cheap and tasty. Had to pay for parking. NO DOGS,

Great Spoons. Busy but always functions well under pressure. Fantastic staff. Lovely venue. Will be back!

It's a Wetherspoons, so has the normal large spaces and cheap beer, but this must be their best building with large grass and tree covered grounds ( do any others have any grounds beyond a back yard?) so definitely worth a visit.

Probably the nicest Wetherspoon's in the country. Food is mostly done well, staff are efficient, and has a nice atmosphere. But the building itself is what makes this stand out from the rest.

Stunning atmosphere Great food as always Excellent service

Great atmosphere and fine food and great variety of beer. All provided in a great building.

Cheap drinks and cheap food. If it’s not broken don’t fix it!

Leaving a part food, i really like interior it gave me a vintage feel. Talking about food i would say its good.

Arrived approx 10 am on the 22 Jan 2025 I placed my order at the bar I clearly said the following Tabel 111 please may I have 1 x large breakfast 1x scrambled egg as an extra 1x Pepsi as a pint I payed then a lady come from no where and said u can't have both it's one or the other as it comes with frid egg So I explained to her I would like the scrambled egg as an extra she then said oh yeah that's ok and got her college to put it via the till My food arrived quickly but was not happy with 2 items 1/2 of my toast was burnt 1 of my frid eggs were not runny No staff came over and asked how my meal was so I complained at the bar and was tolled sorry No offer of a replacement or a fresh meal And they were not busy very quiet

If you're going to go to Wetherspoons, you might as well go to the UK flagship one, fabulous building, food and beer good as usual, friendly and welcoming staff and great atmosphere

Didn't have a drink or food this time as were in a rush, the pub looks really cool on the inside! Will definitely update this review next time when I get food!

Always a good visit and nice service, and great brekkie or lunch or evening... And cna be a great buzz... And one of the nicest windows in a pub in the UK and great pub garden

Fantastic pub, beautiful building, so lucky to have an Entrepreneur in the UK saving these historic places. Great food and lovely service with the atmosphere of a proper pub

Very spectacular pub to say the least an eye openers

Imp is an institution ... A must if you're in Exeter, even if you don't like wetherspoons per say.

Just called in for a coffee, what a fabulous building, there is actually a write up about it in the Werherspoons magazine

Lovely bbq chicken pizza. Friendly, efficient staff. Spent 10 mins trying to use the app but it wasn’t working so went to the bar which took 5 seconds!

Good foods and excellent environment

Great breakfast in a lovely building

This was a marvellous pub for drinking, with a colossal glass frame in its large building! The glass provides views right outside where there is seating in the accompanying greenery, interior is pleasant too with red ceiling lined with green lights. I had a refreshing pint of cider at the comfortable, clean seating and counter is very well presented!

Food ok if that's what you want but great service by a lovely fella named conner who was so nice and welcoming..

Used the app to order food and drink. Service was quick and efficient. Staff were friendly and helpful. Food was of a good quality and at a good price. No complaints at all.

I met the boss baby fandom was a little insulted by the fact the outside had bars separating the Bourgeois and the workers and when we started to protest the security silenced us Other than that amazing

The person who served us was amazing and friendly and got our drinks done as quickly as possible and was just overall an amazing server the food was amazing and really nice aswell so thankyou. Ally was our server and went above and beyond :)

It's amazingly cheap, and there are lots of cosy corners, plus the orangery ...

Shittiest pub in Exeter avoid at all costs

I love Wetherspoon but out of all the Wetherspoon’s I’ve been too, the service here is the best. All the staff were super friendly and attentive, even on a busy Friday night. Food and drinks also great.

If you are a fan of Wetherspoon’s establishment’s this is the best one I have encountered. The beer garden is of specific note, summer afternoons in this location are not wasted.

Standard wetherspoons but with beautiful surroundings. The imperial is a unique and stunning location. The main building is a bit dreary and in need of renovation but the orangery and outside seating is awesome The food has gone downhill lately. Garlic bread for £4 is terrible and a bowl of a few chips for more than £4. Major let down

An awesome (and massive) spoons with friendly staff and classic food.

What can you say about 'spoons', great beer, lovely food, plenty of seats, plenty of staff, brilliant service in a very unusual building - have a good look around.

It's a wetherspoons. A nice one. Got 5 or 6 beers, spent less than £20. Can't go wrong really

Parking for disabled is now chargeable with a pay point as far away from the entrance and disabled parking as possible plus it’s only by registration no only absolutely perfect

Great value for money with fast service.

Fabulous Christmas Sunday lunch, turkey, trimming and lots of gravy. For two people just over £25 with drinks, such good value. The staff even though the place was packed with diners arrived with drinks and food in good time and all smiling and chatty. Really well done to all the staff working so hard. Beautiful building with so much room in it. Certainly one of the best venues we have been in.

Lovely pub. Amazingly the food arrived in 3 minutes after ordering and was cold after 4.

This has got to be one of the best Wetherspoons I have visited. This massive old house that was built in the early 1800's is full of character. One of the main features is the barrel vaulted conservatory or orangery as it is known. This is a great place to dine and is light and airy with views out to the impressive garden area. With the Imperial being about a 5 minute walk from Exeter St David's train station, this Wetherspoons is well worth a visit.

It's Spoons. It's fine. Much nicer then the other Spoons in town. A couple of the staff here are incredibly rude, but the vast majority of them are great. The food is exactly what you expect from this company, and the drinks are bizarrely varied in price, but generally noticeably cheaper than elsewhere.

The pink haired bouncer is so incredibly rude. I was very polite and respectful to her and the entire time she’s screaming at me as if I’m some drunk lunatic. Questionable behaviour from the first “welcoming” face you see.

Been to the Imperial many times when going to watch Exeter City. Great building with several options for choosing where to sit including a stunning orangey or in summer decent size beer garden. Only four star's as on my recent visit one of the bar staff was very cheerfull and happy. I commented on this fact saying it was nice to see. He responded saying that Trump winning the USA election was the reason for his happiness despite it ten days since the election.. I didn't find this offensive myself (although I can't stand Trump) he needs to be careful showing his political allegiance in his role as someone who serves the public as some people would be offended. No doubt Weatherspoons has a policy in place to ensure it's staff are careful about such things.

Food good value, service ok, shame you have to pay for the parking as well. too noisy for my liking, couldn’t hear my friends for all the other people talking, but maybe I’m just getting old! 👍

Same old Spoons as usual but the Orangery makes it much nicer. Stopped here for lunch ( naff burger unfortunately). Hot chocolate was disgusting. Staff was polite and helpful

Cheap and cheerful ish, exactly what it says on the tin, shame tim martin is such an absolute bell end

Beautiful pub , absolutely cannot complain for the price, can easily get a filling meal for under £5

This really is a fantastic place. Probably the best spoons that I have been to. Really impressive setting in a grade 2 listed building. Loads of space and a huge garden.

Lovely old building and beer good and cheap

I dislike the weatherspoons chain, but as this was the place the majority chose we spent a few evenings there. The staff were great! The building is amazing.

How much is to park outside and can You use RinGo please ? :) TIA

It's a wetherspoons!!! You know what you get before you go in.... and it's great.

This is one of two Wetherspoons in Exeter which has preserved an absolutely gorgeous building. Loads of space and tables and as ever lots of drink choices.

The building is wonderful and well preserved. Staff are attentive and quick to serve. I ordered food on the app, and it was with us in 10 mins. Very generous portions and fair prices. Good mix of young and older customers, and clean tables. It was busy when we visited but there was the right amount of staff in the pub to deal with the crowd.

They do not serve food for anyone with coeliac disease so I cannot even get a pack of crisps there but at least they serve gluten free beer.

Fantastic venue, the usual cheap drinks and food. Great place to start your evening off.

An amazing building,friendly staff

It was very busy but Lee behind the bar was a hero, made sure everyone got served speedily. Promised him I’d write this review 🙏🏻

You get what you pay for...really good value but food is below average...but really friendly staff and that always helps 😊

Got to imperial Exeter for breakfast kitchen had broken down fixed about 11am ordered breakfast then they didn’t say there was no butter for toast so paid,when they bought it out he said run out of butter so toast was too dry not enjoyable no offer of a little refund or something extra instead very poor I wouldn’t have ordered it if I knew there was no butter

What a fabulous place to go only had a beer It looks awesum Seems to have facilities I have never seen at a spoons If in Exeter pay a visit I bet it's super awesum in summer