The Old Coach House in North Devon - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

What a lovely cafe serving classic British food. Well worth ordering the English breakfasts as they are great value for money and extremely tasty. So much better than a chain coffee shop and much friendlier. Highly recommended.

What a lovely little place, the first day I had eggs benedict it was exceptional honestly first class and Hannah had the Hot beef baguette. We returned a second time after climbing the valley of the rocks this time I had the Hot exmoor beef with a jacket potato it was beautiful. The lady's were lovely it really should be on anyone list if you want some good homemade food. The cream teas are also excellent.

Great food, good prices, staff were amazing super friendly A nice cosy cafe, dog friendly

Our favourite stop for a morning coffee, breakfast, or ham and chips. Beautiful hand cut chips by Abi - the kind of chips that make me say "mmmm!"

Visited here recently whilst at the cliff railway. Lovely, quaint little tea rooms. Could not believe how cheap the drinks were. Just goes to show that these places can compete with the big chains on price Really nice, clean outlet. Drinks were of a high quality. We had coffees, cola and a milkshake served in an old style school milk bottle (funny having to explain significance of the bottle shape to my son)

Love this place. Abi is amazing and so friendly. She always makes our visits perfect and nothing is too much trouble. Add to that the fact that our dogs are always warmly welcomed too which makes it perfect. Also, her chicken curry is lovely.

We had problems finding somewhere open to have lunch on a Monday afternoon, as nearly everywhere was shut, and came across Abi's Cafe in Lynton's main street. Formerly The Old Coach House, this small eatery serves mainly light lunches, snacks and cakes. I can vouch for the Spicy Lentil and Coconut Soup with Granary Bread, which was like eating a delicious Lentil Curry without the rice. This coupled with the friendly and prompt service, has ensured that I will want to re-visit if and when I'm next in the area.

Best place in pretty Lynton for a trad breakfast, as far as I could tell. Pleasant space with well-separated tables and we weren’t bombarded with recorded music, for which they get extra points (the not too loud radio was fine). My fried eggs on toast with sausages were great, as was the cappuccino. Friendly service. Only complaint: there should be salt and pepper grinders on each table rather than the measly little sachets they offer. Visitor tip: while there, do the fine walk to the Valley of Rocks and then the dramatic coastal walk back to the town centre (no more than about an hour in total).

Ignore previous review as rubbish! We went today, so pleased open and dog friendly We ordered 3 breakfast and honestly the best we have tasted in Devon. Perfectly cooked, hot, great sausages. The lady was friendly but efficient and our food was delivered quickly. # best breakfast in Lynton

Disgusting behaviour, received a phone call from this establishment who hung up when I answered, I called back as I didn’t know the number, to met with a woman who said it wasn’t here and hung up on me again! I rang back no answer, rang again to have the call answered then someone blowing a raspberry and hanging up again, so I called again to say how bad this was for a customer service business, they answered never spoke at all when asking if it was the old coach house only to say nothing to me and hang up again!! such poor customer service and disgusting behaviour

What a lovely cafe,ladies so welcoming and friendly,delicious food and cosy surroundings, can't wait to go back again

The BEST Cream tea in the country. I had my first ever cream tea here and had to take out daughter for her first cream tea. The scones are massive and perfectly baked, the cream is thick and tasty and jam is lovely. Will absolutely return whenever we are in the area. Lovely friendly service, lots on the menu but it will always be the cream tea for me

A unique stop / a step back in time. Seemed a nice cafe and food but just a bit old / odd and a broken window. The lady serving seemed abrupt and the toilet was unique for sure!

Most fairly priced food in lynton! Amazing food, me and my partner had breakfast (served all day!) and was very impressed. Servers were a little abrupt and dismissive but what else can you expect in lynton

Popped in for a coffee and sandwich. Tasty food at a reasonable price and a lovely Devon cream tea to follow. However, we found one of the servers a little abrupt. She mixed up our order, which is easily done to be fair, but got a little defensive when we pointed this out. Odd as there was no one else in the café apart from us (and the staff) at this time.

Amazing cafe! Brilliant food, friendly staff and great value. Highly recommend!

A lovely light lunch however the chips were in need of more frying as a little under cooked/soggy. A very dog friendly place.

The staff here were amazing ,so helpful, our friend was took poorly and they couldn't have more helpful ,plus the customers helping too ,would def recommend this cafe and will visit again ,Thank you again your help was so much appreciated Happy New Year to you all Maureen Barry Pat and Simon xxx

Passed through Abis cafe on a motorbike trip from Cheddar to Lands End. A very welcome pit stop. Prices are good for the portion size, and the cafe has a homey relaxed feel. The toilet has a lot of spiders though!

The food at Abi’s cafe is delicious and good sized portions, the staff are friendly and make you welcome, would recommend to friends and family.👍

Great cafe friendly staff good food cooked fresh just what you need if it says open on the door the cafe is open owners have a wicked sense of humour will definitely use again when in the area

Disappointed with our visit here for a late breakfast whilst camping in the area. The waitress rushed us through our order and spoke abruptly throughout. It felt very unwelcoming. Whilst the cost was ok the food was very average. Tomatoes with the breakfast were tinned plum ones. I wish we had walked further into the town where there are some other nice looking cafes. A friendlier service would have given us a much better start to the day on holiday.

The three staff appeared to be in a competition for which one could be the rudest. We got the winner. Took ages to "clean" a table for 6 of us. My sister was already seated with my 8 years old granddaughter. Woman moaned that she hated children and couldn't wait for school to begin again. My coffee was very weak. my other granddaughter couldn't drink the disgusting chocolate milkshake. Our final mistake was to ask to use the toilets, having been assured as we entered that they did have one. We were directed to a claustrophobic tunnel beside the shop to a revolting loo where the liquid (hopefully only that) flowed through an open pipe across the floor. Avoid at all costs.

Had West Country Tea which was superb. Very traditional menu in a quirky but pleasant cafe. Propeerrrr job.

Superb cafe, lovely roast coffee, we had the home made soup, jacket potato and small fish and chips and all expertly made and tasty. Nice view overlooking part of the town.

Lovely staff, lovely food and will definitely go back for lunch

The jacket potatoes my husband and I had were more like large, just about boiled potatoes. The prawn marie rose filling was tasteless, watery and the worst I have ever tasted. Won't be going back.

Nice friendly staff and great food

Stopped at the old coach house “Abi’s cafe” for toast and tea but on seeing the menu decided to have the full monty breakfast. Lovely food well cooked and presented and great price. Abi & staff were extremely friendly with dog treats for Marley too. Lovely cafe and quirky inside, very homely with relaxing atmosphere inside. Well done ladies, one of the best breakfasts we have had !!

Pukka ... loose leaf tea with more hot water if required. Cream tea with more than ample jam and cream. Biscuits for dogs. Lovely ambience and staff.

Great food reasonably priced. Nice service. Premises a little tired.

Warm and friendly, with a homely excellent menu. Staff were great and Abi is a great cook.

lovely place - warm & welcoming - kids liked the food & choice.

A lovely cafe, very welcoming & a great menu with lots of choices. We had an early lunch of bacon sandwiches, chips to share & coffee, but best of all a gluten free choice on everything & so tasty. Hoping to go back there soon.

Stopped for some lunch. The place looks lovely and quaint and dogs are welcome. Food lovely but the staff are very rude and act like they don’t really want you there. Heard them barking at other customers whilst we were there too!

Just had a late lunch here. Amazing sandwiches with lots of filling and salad. Delicious tea- just what we wanted, and all in a lovely venue and very friendly.

Called in for an early coffee and tea cake which was good. However the server could not have been more miserable and whatever you do DO NOT ASK TO USE THE TOILET which is in an ally way next to the cafe it was DISGUSTING and yet they insist on hand sanitiser being going into the cafe !!! Seriously the toilet was like something from the slums with the water from the sink going all over the floor by the door and the cleanliness was appalling!!!!

A very quirky cafe precipitously situated in Lynton, which obviously has a lot of love and care invested in it. The menu is varied and reasonably priced. The ambience is very pleasant indeed. I had a vegetable curry, which was tasty and sufficiently portioned. This place also has one of the most unusual entrances to a toilet that I’ve ever seen!

Really nice cafe. Full cooked breakfast was one of the best.

Lovely little cafe, not a plastic seat in sight. We ordered the Devonshire cream tea and so glad we did; it was fab! Great cup of tea too, made with tea leaves not bags. If we are down that way again, we will be back.

What a little gem - this is a lovely little family run cafe/tea shop with wonderful friendly service and a fantastic and varied menu with tons of gluten free choices - portions are also extremely generous. I had the bubble and squeak with eggs - a real treat and cooked to perfection, golden brown and not at all greasy - a real treat.

The scones are so light they must be made with helium, i'm surprised that they are not with a string so they don't fly away. Yummy. 😁👍

Good food, great gluten free scones. Nice selection of cafe type food and drinks, lovely to have gluten free options available.

We had both lunch and breakfast in this charming cafe. The menu is extensive, the food very good and the helpings enormous. Great value, great food.

Delicious food in a traditional English country cafe. Wide selection with gluten free options.

Thank you Abi and Alison for opening early so we could have your superb breakfasts during our stay in Lynton. We appreciated your welcoming café and thank you for your Covid friendly stance. We had expected to eat at our hotel but you came to our rescue!

The hotel we were staying had the worst food,so the lovely Abi agreed to open early so we could have a good breakfast before we departed ,we weren't disappointed,everthin from the pleasant arrival,to a sorry goodbye everything was perfect.

We popped into thus unpretentious café for a light lunch and were not disappointed. Lots of home-made food on offer. Wife had home made vegetable soup and a scope which were good. I had a ham ploughman's which is always a bit of a gamble as you don't know whether you're going to get sweaty supermarket ham but in this case is was good ham and the rest of the salad was also good. Coffee was also good to the extent that I had a second cup. All good.

i had poached eggs with holandaise sauce which was fine, sightly tangy i thought but no problem, my husband had a the breakfast and he just said he didn't like it, all looked nice and the hashbrowns were tasty!

Found this lovely little cafe and couldnt fault it. Dont listen to the whiney comments, some people make it their goal in life to complain. Covid regs were observed, the food was prompt, reasonably priced, fresh & tasted lovely. Abi was in the kitchen but Ali, front of house was friendly, chatty & made sure people sanitized & did the track & trace. Will defo go back.

Lovely little cafe which is very accommodating with children and dogs. Lovely ploughman's and very friendly staff. Would highly recommend if you're in the area. Be patient with service, everywhere is so busy right now and it's great to see after recent times!

Lovely little cafe, friendly staff and good food. Had our food to take away and sat in the sunshine by the church.

Had intended to pop in for a late lunch.  Plenty of tables but were directed to a table for two right next to other customers so not able to socially distance as per government guidelines.  Asked if we could move to another table which required clearly explained we were happy to wait.  Not impressed to then hear them complaining that they had to clear the table and that they couldn't understand what was wrong with that offered.  The tables were to close together.  Surely customers have a right to feel at ease when eating out and be able to stay safe in the current climate.  We were so annoyed by the comments made we refused to wait and walked away!!!

Went here for takeaway on a Bank Holiday Monday. Just off the beaten track we were served quickly and efficiently by friendly staff. (We were thankful for this having given up waiting at another (possibly more popular) cafe in town.) Food was freshly prepared and did the job.

Good tasty food and are taking Covid precautions very seriously. Frying oil was a little pungent might think about changing.

Brilliant little cafe. Very kid and dog friendly(little treats for the grandkids and dog to keep them entertained while we ordered) Food lovely, service very friendly and prices very reasonable. We'll be back next time we're in the area!

We come to Lynton every year and always have at least one breakfast here during our stay. Abi is so friendly and the food is homemade and delicious, it really sets you up for a day of exploring! Highly reccomend!

No trip to Lynton is complete without popping in for the best Breakfast in North Devon!! Great value and great portions!! And social distancing precautions were spot on, they've taken it more seriously than any place I've been to outside of Lynton and Lynmouth. You have to wait outside, sanitise your hands and fill in "track and trace". Then you can relax and enjoy!!!

Cream tea was delicious, and good location. But social distancing between tables was non-existent. Also despite the cafe being part of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, they only halved the price after we asked for it one time, and didn't at all the second (I didn't realise until leaving).

Food was very poor, the muffin of my eggs Benedict was so stale my knife couldn't cut through it. The staff was rather unfriendly, were struggling to get their attention. When I left the cafe I realised that the restaurant did not provide me with the "eat out to help out" discount, even though we visited on a Wednesday and it is clearly listed as a scheme participant

A lovely homely atmosphere with fab home cooked delights! Despite staff being very busy and having to waiting a short time, we had excellent service and attention. We liked it so much that we came back the following day! 😄

Clearly frozen food. I guess my jacket potato was frozen twice at least. Overpriced for the quality. Water was served in plastic cups. Coffee latte was awful. Chips were so oily,soggy and not tasty at all. Will not come back.

Lovely place - homely and cosy. Service was great and really hearty food - served quickly and tasted amazing. Was definitely reasonably priced and would go there again in a heartbeat! Would recommend a visit to anyone! 😃

Excellent stop for lunch with lovely food and friendly service in a cosy environment. Strongly recommend.

Beautiful little cafe and tea room with an affordable and scrumptious cream tea. Warm, fluffy scones, homemade jam and delicious tea. The interior is welcoming and you feel right at home. Especially after a (winterly) hike through the countryside it's the perfect place to warm up again.