The Old Inn Kilmington in East Devon

My Sunday lunch wasn't warm ..I should have taken it back.

Very cozy, very English. Great food, delicious Guinness and an original Kröger!

Called in on our way home. Very friendly greeting, was told to find a table and our drinks and food order would be taken. Lots of options on menu, including smaller portions if required, also special’s board. Orders placed, when served absolutely perfect, good portions, excellent quality and fairly priced. Will certainly go again when in the area.

As a family of six we had a lovely relaxing evening at the Old Inn. Friendly and welcoming staff. One of our Grandsons said his was the best burger he’d tasted. We had a range of meals from the menu…starters, battered fish, liver, steak pie, burger..all meals were well cooked , nicely presented and fairly priced. Afterwards we were allowed a quick game of skittles while waiting for our lift home. We’ll definitely go back again. Thank you.

Stopped on the off chance. Must say it was worth it. Food was really good as well as the service. Definitely worth a try.

An absolute pleasure to find ourselves here for lunch. A charming and picturesque inn, with thatch roof and an old English charm to it, we were very happy and full by the end of our meal. Everything was beautiful, especially the locally sourced beef and we couldn't help but have dessert to finish. A lovely couple who were polite and fast with service. Parking was easy and cost very reasonable considering where we were. I honestly would highly recommend for couples or families. They had toys to keep my youngest busy whilst we waited and by the end she didn't want to go home. I just wished I'd have taken a photo because the property is honestly stunning. With the cottage feel and the low beams and thatching, it really does look like something out of a fairytale. Very clean and quaint.

Delicious Sunday roast. The service was friendly and the beer was good. Really good place for Sunday lunch

Mc donalds burgers, super market bread, cheap cheese, cheap meat.

It was ok, the food wasn't great.

A lovely, friendly, quaint pub with clean tables and a very warm welcome. The house Shiraz is good and the menu is varied with plenty of home cooked options. I chose the sirloin which was tender and cooked perfectly. My daughter had the homemade curry and enjoyed it too. Good value, large portions. Highly recommend as a better-than-average, friendly, character filled local pub. We have spent the past week and this was definitely our favourite pub experience.

So pleased we decided to stop here for Sunday lunch, the roast was perfect… and I was glad I opted for the small version, which came with three roast potatoes, a Yorkshire, and plenty of meat and veg. Hubby had scampi and chips which was also excellent. Lovely atmosphere in a traditional (700 yr old) country pub, with friendly attentive staff, great service and reasonable prices.

Lekker eten, oude gezellige pub, ook voor de kinderen veel keuze. Prijs/kwaliteit super !

Found this place by accident. The best pub food I've had for a very long time. Excellent, friendly service, decent prices. Going back every lunchtime this week. Thankyou.

Beautiful country pub, lovely atmosphere great food extremely good value and great hospitality.

Great pub, excellent food, friendly service, well worth a visit. We arrived on a Sunday early evening as food is served 5.30-8. A warm welcome and friendly staff. If you like real ale, definitely take a container, Otter Amber was on offer had a pint onsite and purchased three to go, in my own container. Dogs very welcome and if you are lucky there is a doggy menu, sadly for our three they had sold out. so one of our dogs made do with licking the barman's feet, Lol. We returned again on Wednesday 7.25 and was still warmly welcomed and served excellent food again.

Great place, lovely atmosphere, one of our favourite places for dinner. Garden with seating and a huge car park.

Fantastic proper English Sunday roast with veg cooked to perfection, gorgeous roast potatoes and real Yorkshire puddings - not the over airy balloons you get in the chain restaurants. All cooked to perfection by on premises staff. Good service and highly recommended.

Been here a few times and even though the staff/management /ownership has changed, it appears to have changed for the better 😊Food's brilliant and staff attitude top hole. Certainly make sure you visit. It's a superb stop if you're passing through. We'll certainly be back before summers out. We'll done all the people who work and run the Old Inn👍👍

Lovely staff.. nothing was to much trouble.. excellent food.

Great stopping point when we were driving. The food was top class.

Good effort at a ‘revamp’ to a more traditional approach to restaurant service, with a varied menu and personalised choices, according to food allergies. If there is an observation it might be around the staffing, as all orders had to be managed by an already tasked barman - although this is minor issue, which is probably addressed at more ‘peak’ times. A tasty, welcome meal in a very traditional location and premises which more befits the setting than some recent reincarnations at the same venue.

Very friendly pub with excellent food. Sunday roast was as good as any we have had in a pub. Hosts were charming. We were on holiday and enjoyed the fact that dogs are also welcome. They even have dog treats for sale behind the bar. First class.

This a good welcoming dog friendly pub. As the name suggests, it is a very old building. A friendly welcoming landlord. We were looking for a lunchtime snack, there was a good selection of light meals. We had a phillysteak and 'dirty chips'. This arrived very hot and well presented. It was very tasty. We felt very welcomed and comfortable, also our young border collie got plenty of attention from the staff. Reasonably priced. Highly recommend this old place.

Our first time visiting the pub since it reopened. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal this evening and all our dietary needs were catered for. A warm and welcoming pub with a relaxed atmosphere and excellent service, we will certainly be back again.

Wow , excellent food and service today , nothing to much trouble would like to think the staff for making Easter Sunday that extra special x

Surprisingly good lunch, considering the place seemed empty and abandoned when we arrived in the bar! Why do people patronise chain coffee shops when the country is full of charming pubs with easy parking? Will use the 'Old Inn' again when passing.

Good food friendly staff , wasn't very busy I guess we just missed the rush .

Lovely and welcoming log fire and good beer good luck to the new people

Recently changed hands and reopened. Very friendly landlady. Menu looks great but not tried it yet. Played skittles, ally was great and she had put the heating on for us too. Free food for skittles was an added bonus. I wish her all the best in her new venture.

A proper pub. Real log fire. Dog friendly. Huge car park. Nice cosy bar areas - there are three! VERY nice beers lagers and ales, we’ll kept. Looking forward to visiting again soon.

Cute,quaint lovly pub. Never had goats cheese super at a pub bar before ...top place!

Played boule here really friendly local inn

We visited as a family of four (on a Saturday lunchtime) without booking. We were seated promptly and service was friendly and quick. The menu was limited as it was the fried chicken menu, so you may want to check in advance if you're expecting traditional pub food. The food was tasty - we had a mix of chicken on the bone, boneless chicken and in the burrito wrap. We had normal fries and parmesan truffle fries. The home made coating was tasty but light - and the boneless chicken pieces in particular seemed very generous. All of the chicken seemed very tender and moist. All in all a really nice meal.

Very friendly staff nothing too much trouble. Both had fish and Chips cooked too perfection large portions could not finish it all. thankyou

Stopped for drink onway back from beach with dogs lovely friendly pub made dogs & us feel very welcome very friendly place & staff will be going back again👍

Not very comfortable if you’re 6’5 and above. Good food & good service. Edit: 9 quid for a pint of cider! Laughable 😅😂

Be aware if you didn’t book upfront you will get option of chicken shack which is basically a copy of KFC. Not sure if they will make it somewhere else, but the spare menu looks like a takeaway from somewhere else so I guess you will get served this on a plate instead of bucket lol. No honesty from a service either.

A nice welcome & good food at the New Inn

Called in for a drink,very quiet customer wise, But not quiet music wise.Loud music being played on the speakers throughout the pub.

Good steak dinner, friendly staff, Otter beer on pumps, everything good.

Excellent, beautiful old pub with a mix of old and contemporary. We had two starters for a quick lunch and both were fantastic, the beetroot and seed homemade bread was amazing, can't wait to visit again. Staff friendly , attentive and priced well. Can't praise this team enough.

Great traditional pub, very cosy . Great food & a really good selection of drinks . Made to feel very welcome by the staff. 5 🌟. Only downside , it's a long way from Yorkshire.

We stopped here on our journey back from Cornwall to Dorset for a break and refreshments. A nice warm welcome and a very charming building with a lovely garden area to sit in. We will visit again when make future journeys.

Stopped on our way back from Cornwall - very welcoming greeting, prompt service and very good food.

Beautiful location, excellent food and service. I loved it.

Really lovely thatched pub with nice beer garden, brilliant service.

Fabulous place, very tasty food. Definitely come back

Had a lovely meal in large group, meals pre ordered,staff very friendly and helpful will visit again

The food was very nice the atmosphere was lovely the service was very professionally done top marks thank you

Poco fa abbiamo consumato una cena di famiglia in questo locale situato lungo la trafficata strada provinciale che collega Exeter ad Axminster. E' un tipico pub inglese negli arredi e nel menù con qualche piatto particolare che non si ritrova negli altri locali simili a questo. La nuova gestione ha innalzato il livello e il tono del ristorante rispetto alla gestione precedente. La loro specialità è il pollo fritto, che viene servito in pezzi piuttosto grandi con o senza ossa (ovvero cosce con ossa e petto senza) su richiesta. Con una porzione di pollo fritto (tre tocchettoni) ci si sfama più che a sufficienza anche grazie alle abbondanti patate fritte di accompagnamento. Buona è la birra, che come sempre in Inghilterra è fresca e poco alcolica e va giù come l'acqua. Il servizio è cortese e solerte. Il conto è decisamente accettabile. Abbiamo trascorso una serata gradevole in un locale che mette a proprio agio facendo sentire gli ospiti bene accolti.

The Sunday roast lunch was lovely as were the staff. Highly recommend this pub lovely garden too so pleased we went here.

Disappointing. Came for dinner with my partner last. Hadn't been here befor and wanted to try it out after a long beach walk. We where able to get the last available table for dinner. It seemed high standard and buy the prices of the menu I thought we where in for a real treat. My partner orded the fish pie. It was a small and plain fish pie. Just two types of fish and not much flavour. There were no vegetables with or in the pie. For £14 I would of expected more. I orded a Moroccan lamb tagine. It was very bland, boring and really didnt taste like a tagine. More of a spaghetti bolognese taste. The lamb was tasty but no taste of Morocco the cous cous was extremely tasteless. Just of rasinins. Felt no effort had gone into what suppost to be a rice tasty long cooked flavousome meal. At £15 I expected high quality. Both these dishes where lacking alot of taste. We where given complimentary amuse-bouche (mushroom, truffle soup) and beetroot and linseed freshly baked bread. That tasted amazing and felt so excited after that for the main. Wasnt happy with the radio playing with rock music. This wasnt relaxing or fitting in with the "fine dining". After the disappointment we decided not to look at the dessert menu.

Really excellent food with great service. The choice of food was very varied, catering for most budgets and tastes. The staff were very helpful and did not rush you despite being very busy. We will definitely be back

I’ve been here for lunch, highly recommended! Definitely will be back

Wonderful meal and great staff. Special thanks to Hollie the dog who gave us a warm welcome as well. Thank-you

We happened upon The Old Inn for lunch on Friday 11th March. We were greeted by a lovely girl who was warm, welcoming and professional. She showed us to a table in the main dining area. Our first surprise was an amuse bouche of cauliflower, mushroom and blue cheese soup. It was absolutely divine as was the rabbit stew we both had for lunch. We enjoyed the food so much we cancelled our other reservation for dinner on Saturday night and returned to The Old Inn. I’m so glad we did! I started with Scotch duck egg and my husband had soup of the day which was carrot and chickpea. Both were excellent, could not fault either and the presentation was good too. For mains my husband had a sirloin steak, the quality of the meat was excellent because the steak melted in your mouth. I had rack of lamb with braised shoulder of lamb. I worried that as I hadn’t been asked how I wanted my lamb cooked it might be overdone. I shouldn’t have worried! It was nothing short of perfection, perfectly pink and perfectly succulent. The accompanying vegetables and shoulder of lamb was to the same high standard. I also had a glass or two of an excellent Shiraz to wash it down. Both my husband and I eat out a lot so we were pleasantly surprised to accidentally happen upon such a little gem of a place. We will definitely be returning whenever we are back in this neck of the woods. My only slight comment would be that I just didn’t get the ‘chicken box’ thing. It seemed incongruous with the other specials and classic menus.

Absolutely fantastic transformation of this beautiful pub. Its fresh & contemporary without losing any of its cosiness & charm. Front of house renata was welcoming & very knowledgeable..food was well recommended & we were not disappointed. Excellent.

Lovely pub both outside and inside and staff friendly and attentive BUT we were unaware of the limited winter “chicken shack menu” which is on till end of March . Was very disappointed but we were all hungry. It was nothing more than a kids...

Firstly let me say this a review about the pub before it's "winter" hours and much smaller menu. Like a previous reviewer, I have lived locally for over 20yrs and have seen the pub "rise and fall" and was hoping that the recent changes over the last year would be positive.... Unfortunately, I am somewhat disappointed. The refurbishment, although stylish has given it much more of a restaurant feel than a pub, as nearly every table is laid out for meals, except for a small table in the main bar area. A friend and i went in for a drink some weeks back, and wanting to keep our distance in these Covid times, went to go into the smaller bar area, away from the main bar. We were told those tables were booked for meals and we had to sit in the main bar. We were there for an hour and a half and no one went into that smaller bar area (so we could have easily enjoyed a space in a safe distance away from other people). It would be nice if it felt like a place where you could pop in occasionally for a pint or two, but this just made the experience feel not that welcoming. As for the food, the chicken "boxes" are tasty and good value. But for a main meal - rather than the little freebies like a small shot glass of soup and a piece of homemade fudge, I'd much more prefer a reasonable portion of side vegetables instead of being charged £3.50 for a very small bowl of veg.

Prior to Christmas we visited several times and had excellent meals. On 1 December we booked a table for 8 for the evening of Sat 8 January. We arrived to find only the "chicken shack" menu being offered - think glorified burger van rather than...

Disappointed. We had a lovely meal here just before Christmas - exceptional stuff, worth going the extra mile for. So we booked another meal, for a larger party for a minor celebration. But instead of a menu of interesting well-cooked food, we got a limited list of junk food options, not much more than you'd expect from the average burger van really. The venue did explain that they were dumbing things down for January(!) but it would have been good if they'd bothered to tell us this.

We have lived locally for 20 years. In that time the Old Inn in Kilmington has risen and fallen. So happy to say that at present it is right at the top! Have visited three times so far since the talented chef/proprietor Sean Cassidy has...

A very pleasant experience, well done Ben the chef , Dan and Renata did an excellent job on table service keeping us well supplied with food and drink, The food was of a very high standard,spoilt for choice, would have no hesitation recommending this fine establishment.well done all of you and hope to se you all again soon .

Faultless food, great staff, nice ambience. Fine dining with pub prices.

Not a proper english pub. they have tried to do this silly modern thing with it and it doesnt work. £27.00 for a KFC on a plate. not worth it go elsewhere

Stopped for lunch and so glad we did, lovely place and food was excellent.

What an experience thank you 👏 food was amazing and the service second to none incredible yet again 😀

We called in for lunch en route to Devon and were very warmly welcomed & shown into a tastefully refurbished restaurant. I was unsure which of 2 ciders to have, and was offered a taster of each to help me choose. Thought this was a...

More about fine dining now than before as it has changed hands also no so dog friendly

This inn was recommended. Went on their KFC night (their own version) 10/10. Fantastic way ahead in front of the real KFC. Lovely staff. Highly recommend. Book ahead for Tuesday chicken very popular.

Wonderful food just called in on the off chance we could get some lunch on the way home from Cornwall, beautiful place very well decorated and clean and staff were lovely.

Wonderful pub with great food and service

Stopped here recently for some lunch as we were passing thru on holiday, service was fantastic along with the food, staff were very pleasant and helpful, would highly recommend this establishment.

Really loving pub cant wait to return to try the food x staff really lovely 😊

Absolutely fabulous, sandwiches quickly and efficiently served, and well beyond the norm. Loved it, thank you.

Beef & horseradish in nicely cooked crispy baguette baguette. Staff friendly. Pub garden pleasant away from road

Whilst en route to Cornwall and with a bit of a deadline to keep, we stopped here for a quick light lunch. We were offered the menu, but the sandwiches, served with chips, were too large for our requirements, and so with no prompting they...

My sister had an evening meal which she really enjoyed so we decided to try the Sunday lunch. When I telephoned to make the booking the lady I spoke to was very abrupt and when we arrived she was even worse. They didn't have a...

Just stopped off for a beer. Staff were very pleasant. Could have a better selection of beers mind you.

Excellent dining experience well worth a visit. Friendly and courteous staff .

Food was outstanding, service faultless highly recommend giving it a try.The battered Duck and fish pie were amazing.

Lovely Sunday lunch in their pleasant garden, and good service.

A fine dining menu rather than your average pub menu. Excellent service even though like most food establishments staff are scarce. Well worth a visit.

A pleasant pub with an original local feel and at the same time very welcoming for those passing by. We tucked in to the 'chicken shack' menu, served all day on Tuesdays, with some of the best fried chicken I've had.

Called in once again for Sunday lunch, glad we booked in advance as people were turned away, and by the quality of the food it's easy to see why the place is so popular - 10/10

Food was lovely . Staff were friendly and inviting

What a lovely meal! Really impressed with the quality of the food at the Old Inn. Really nice and welcoming staff all smartly dressed and made us feel at home. A nice unexpected amuse bouche which certainly set the scene for the food we were about to enjoy. Myself and my wife had the beef fillet and have to say one of...or even THE best fillet I have ever eaten. Our families meals were really good too with no issues in speed of service or quality of the experience. If I had to have 1 slight moan it would be about the 2 pints of Guinness I had, perhaps the gas mix wasn't quite right as it didn't have that velvety taste and feel. I didn't mention it though as I was to busy enjoying my food. Well worth a visit. And thanks to the staff for looking after us so well.

Went for the chicken shack lunch on Tuesday last week. Very helpful staff and attentive service. We sat outside in the patio/garden area in the sun, which was lovely. Being a coeliac i do get concerned eating out and spoke to the very kind waiter...

Very nice place well done Shaun and staff food great chicken is the best I have had highly recommended

Lovely atmosphere. Staff were very pleasant and on point. Sunday roast was over priced for what you got unfortunately. The potatoes were hard and there was very few accompanying vegetables. The starter and dessert we're lovely though. Good range of beers and ciders on tap.

Brilliant find gorgeous lunch, just by the A30. Amazing sharing platters, very generous portions.

Lovely food and good variety to choose from!😊

Nice place. Not bad food. Good service

Lovely little pub with a lovely beer garden

Food was basic good surrounding very pricey

Lovely food, lovely staff, very relaxing especially by the fire on a cold evening

Really great home cooked food! Great prices and good selection of drinks. Don't miss out on this place.

Wonderful food, friendly staff all in a lovely restaurant.

Needed a stop after v busy roads from Cornwall - so glad we stopped here - great gluten free bread made on site - all food freshly made and delicious for adults and kids. Not a huge menu to choose from, but done very well

Popped in for lunch on the way to St Ives. Great food and friendly staff