The Parkers Arms in Torbay - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Went in 2023, thought it was great. This time not so great. Beer garden was a site for sore eyes not nice area at all. The toilets were covered in cobwebs and spiders and certainly needs updating and painting. All had steaks, chips mushrooms and onion rings lukewarm. Ordered a doggy meal, this was forgotten. Asked to see a dessert menu, had to wait, but the young waiter never came back with it even though I saw it placed back in its place. Another waitress then asked us " do u want anything else or is that it" charming lol. Did get the dessert menu this time but decided against putting anymore money in their pockets with an attitude like that. No air circulating at all when everyone is cooking their steaks, couldn't open a window, so very smokey and stuffy and the air just smelt of smoke so not that pleasant for us.

Meal for 5 on a Saturday lunchtime, we all had burgers various flavours all very nice. Place was quite busy service was nicely paced would go again 👍

What a gimmick, terrible service and a huge wait, flavourless steak I can go on. We had booked our table well in advance, when we arrived it was reasonably busy but still several empty tables. We were greeted and seated, stuck in the corner with the carvery equipment and high chairs.. hmmm. It took 15 minutes to be asked for a drinks order, no wine list as they don’t have one, unfortunately the staff don’t know wine either, we were told the malbec was the best so without knowing any more info we agreed as it seemed the simplest thing to do. Then the wait another 20 mins before the drinks arrived. The wine and glasses left on the table, we poured to taste and wow the sweetest red Iv ever tasted just like jam. Food order taken…. We waited and waited had to ask 3 times if we could order another drink finally we were asked, we enquired about the reds as we were not going to have the same, how is the shiraz i asked the waitress didn’t know so she asked at the bar, sweetish was the answer, so i asked about the merlot, i don’t know, we asked if we could have a taste, nope not allowed. (this is a steak house… red wine and steak? 3 options all sweet apparently with no one with any knowledge) we decided to stick to tap water the waitress seemed quite happy with our decision. 2 hours after ordering without another drink being offered our food arrived raw steak on a stone arrived… raw!? A steak on a stone and some chips takes 2 hours, really!?? The steak was nothing to write home about flavourless un-seasoned, cold in the middle, the whole room was thick with the smoke of cooking steak. Is a steak usually not rested after cooking? a T-bone steak which was cold in the middle not rendered at all, it’s cooked on the bone for a reason to get all the flavour? you certainly don’t get that when the meat is cold.We didn’t get our steak sauces, we didn’t even bother to ask as as we couldn’t face another wait. DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY! 1. Terrible service 2. long waits 3.flavourless steak 4.You have to cook your own? 5. It’s not cheap! Happy to wait for food when it’s busy but you need to be tended to, not just left with no service. I felt sorry for the kids who were waiting tables, all looked very young, having to carry v-heavy plates with stones, kinda dumped in it, thinking they are doing a great job but clearly without knowledge or training. oh and then tried to over charge us (we paid for the sauces we didn’t receive).

When arriving at the hotel we were charged to use the travel cot of the hotels which we were aware of. We arrived at 1610 and payment was taken, after multiple times trying to chase staff for the cot it was eventually brought to our room at 1930. The room was old, the beds were horrendous, thr pillows were so thin you may as well have slept of crepes. Travel cot eventually came with no mattress with an unanswered expectation for my 11 week old baby to sleep on that. Overall horrendous experience, I would have said £50 you pay for what you get but it was that bad it makes travelodges look like the ritz

First visited this restaurant in 2022 and had a really good experience so decided to book again for August 2024, we arrived at 6:30, had a first drink and ordered food at 6:50, an hour later we tried numerous times to get the attention of the waitress to order further drink as food still not arrived, finally second drink at 7:30, food didn’t arrive until 8:20. Steak was nice but chips, onion rings and mushrooms were cold. 1 and 1/2 hours to wait after ordering was ridiculous.

Lovely meal and the price was very reasonable and it’s great for the people who have a smaller appetite as you can have a small or a large carvery.

The food was amazing, but I couldn't give 5 stars as the sausages let the whole meal down for the price you pay I would have expected a better quality sausage.

Fantastic atmosphere and the staff were amazing. Great welcome and you couldn’t ask for more.

We stayed at this place for one night. The room was clean with excellent tea making facilities. The bathroom was especially clean. Easy to find with a big car park. It gets a bit noisy around 10.30 when the boy racers are out but does not last long as they have to go home. We did not try the food as we were meeting friends in the town.

We come here once a year every year while camping. Never disappoints as food is just delicious, hot and fresh and steaks to die for. Staff welcoming and service from the young staff inspiring as efficient and polite (so refreshing these days!) welcomed by a lovely man who explained everything to us. Well done to you all you have got this and will definitely continue to come to this lovely restaurant. Thank you Chefs and all the staff 👏🏻👏🏻

Just a pub that gets noisy at times. They have a pool table darts and also fruit machines shame they don't do skittles... They lack a selection of real ales. The staff seem polite but can take time to serve. The people who seem to come in I.e their clientele seem ok a bit rough looking but that's my opinion... This otherwise a nice little bar and would be great if they had a few event on in the evenings.

Food was amazing, great hosts will definitely be returning , the steak melted in your mouth , salads all very fresh everything from start to finish was a delight the portions where good and took home some left overs. If your in Paignton definitely give it a try ❤️

I had never been before and wanted a steak house and wow thats what I got. The place was heaving. Service amazing, food just the best. Absolutely loved it. Thank you.

Been several times now. Local for me, really nice place , friendly . Food has always tasted good. Although last time we went i ordered their lovely homemade cheesecake which always changes which is great. This time though the portion size had changed, it was a slither of a slice, tiny. Compared to other times I have ordered it has been a normal slice, if not too big. Massive change in portion size for the same price. Also went to the Sunday carvery a few months back at 4pm which we were a bit disappointed in. Not very warm and not much choice left . Maybe better to go peak time for that as thr carvery closes at 5pm. Over all though we definitely will be coming back again.

The food was absolutely wonderful. Our waiters had the best customer service and attitude. Would 100 percent recommend!

Wow, what a meal. Everything we had was absolutely delicious. The staff are very friendly and attentive, especially Jack! The menu was obviously mainly steaks, of any kind you can imagine, but did cater for vegetarians as well. Food portions are very generous And if you are feeling adventurous you can take on one of their eating challenges! Would recommend if you are in the area!

Top quality steaks on volcanic rock, cooked the way you want it. The staff were very good with suggestions and service. It’s best to book a table as it gets busy. Would highly recommend and we’ll be back

I booked a last family meal before I left the country for good as we all love steak it seemed like the perfect place, however I had eaten here once before and didn’t like the steak on a rock concept especially since I had to cook my own steak (if I wanted to do that then I would do it at home) so I politely asked if we could have our steaks cooked and put on plates instead. Personally I didn’t think it was a big ask but apparently it was, as from that moment on we were spoken to like idiots and told that their way of cooking the meat on a stone was in fact the best way of cooking it!! I didn’t have the heart to tell the very rude boy that I was a chef so I bit my tongue. We were served our steaks on plates in the end and the food was good however the rude and arrogant service kept coming for the rest of the evening which in fact tainted the whole experience. I certainly wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone unless you enjoy being treated and spoken to like scum.

Excellent family meal, for 12, for a 40th Birthday. Including a Gluten free & 2 vegetarian meals, all catered for very well. All food excellent, arrived hot and at the same time. Allowed us to bring & serve a "special birthday cake", very attentive and caring staff. Thank you all

I'm always nervous about going to new places, but we couldn't have been made to feel more welcome! From the front of house crew the management and our waitress Alisha. I had a steak and my son had a tomahawk the rest of our party had chicken and burgers. The steak was the best I've ever had - the quality was amazing and we never had to wait for anything, everyone was so attentive. Thankyou so much we will be back x

Excellent customer service from Jack & the lovely Leanne. Thank you for making my 60th birthday a night to remember! My candle in my desert was a lovely touch Leanne😁

Never had an experience where you cook your own steak on a hot stone, such an ace idea! I had the 16oz rump steak with the side salad. The homemade coleslaw was gorgeous and the quality of the steak was sublime, as a northerner extra points for having strong bow darkfruits! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Amazing food, great service provided by our host,Jack. Definitely worth a visit if in the area of paignton!

Just had early dinner with my family. The food arrived quickly and tasted great. The staff were friendly and helpful. Thank you!!!!

Great atmosphere, lovely steak and Jack (our waiter) was spot on 👍🏽 Would definitely recommend and will be back again!

Went to the Cattleman’s steakhouse for a family meal for mine and my brothers upcoming birthdays, was absolute amazing, food was 10/10 staff were really friendly and looked after us very well! Will definitely be coming back soon! Everyone must try this place as definitely one of if not the best place I’ve been for a good steak!

A wonderful family gathering in a friendly environment. Great food and plenty of it. Brilliant evening with lots to eat and drink and a set of very attentive staff who looked after us wonderfully well. We will be back soon👌

Came here for a family birthday meal and it was as excellent as always! Brilliant steaks and wonderful service from all the staff but especially from Jack who was lovely and friendly😀

Sunday lunch was lovely. Excellent service from Leanne!! Even though it was very busy she was very friendly and couldn’t do more for us! Will be back.

Friendly staff. Great carvery, very tasty and fresh. Managed to snag the end of the Gamon!!! Gorgeous!! Absolutely recommend this place. Will definitely return

Really great find. We were recommended this for an evening meal as they have great steaks. It was absolutely brilliant. Cowboy hats everywhere and the steaks were really tasty. They came out pre seared on hot stones and we then cooked it to our liking...

Best Sunday dinner by far, fabulous staff, great prices, wish we lived closer, would highly recommend 5* plus

I love this place.........there isn't anything else to say except go and have a steak when your in South Devon

We had been told that this was a great place for steaks. So when we were invited for a birthday bash at the Cattleman's we were more then happy to oblige and put ourselves out to try another eatery!! It's a smart homely warm pub...

Not a great experience for a steakhouse. The sides were cold, they came out 5mins before the steak. Then time you cut the steak and try and cook it the sides go cold. the hot slate kept going cold so wouldn't cook the steak, blunt...

Came here as was going on reviews I’d read , so had to try , we arrived , then had to wait to be seated , that took about 20 mins, then about another 10 mins for details to be took down, it was a...

What a fantastic experience!! Food was amazing, staff friendly and helpful. Would go back anytime I was in the area.

Absolutely speechless!! The quality of the meat is like nothing I’ve had before, very friendly staff they made the experience fun! Will 100% be returning on my birthday to take on 1 of there fantastic steak challenges 🥩

Unusual place with a western theme. Don' be put off by the scaffolding outside - it's evidently being renovated. Inside is somewhat tired and in need of renewing but the food was very good and the service friendly. I had the Shredded Duck Rodeo Burger,...

8 of us. Came for a night away . And 2 of us stayed . Amazing food . Steak just to die for . Amazing staff . Very friendly and nothing to much to ask for . Great landlord. Comfy bed . We will definitely...

My husband and I ate here recently and it did not disappoint. The staff were lovely and the food was delicious. Steak on a stone, what's not to like?! You choose your steak then cook it exactly how you like it. I had the Stilton...

Went while on holiday nearby. Food as usual was lovely. They have a doggy menu and our dogs love the mixed grill! Staff as usual were friendly and helpful. Lianne was lovely and had only been there a few nights. Have gone in every time we are on holiday and always a great experience.

Best steaks ever!!!Great concept 'steak on a lava stone'.Nice staff!!! We will be back next year. Grz Mike & Silvia from The Netherlands

We visited here for our sons 30th, all staff very friendly and helpful and had even gone out of their way to put up a 30th birthday banner which was very much appreciated, excellent menu choices and all prices very reasonable. Food was delicious and...

A group of 20 people were booked in for 7pm. The food had to be pre ordered. At 8.10pm we had to enquire when our food would be served. We were advised it was being served now. Why did we have to pre order if...

My husband, my dog Charlie and I visited the Cattleman Steakhouse on our stay in Totnes All I can say is go and visit them Amazing friendly staff , great service and very good with my dog Charlie The food is top grade and the...

This place popped up on my fb feed a while back. We were coming to Paignton on holiday and we were determined to visit. Omg absolutely loved everything about it. The staff were friendly, happy, attentive. The food was amazing. A shame we live so...

My husband and I came to visit the cattlemans steak house tonight after following on Facebook and can honestly say it the best meal we have ever had out! The service was amazing with the staff being on hand and treating us so well! My...

What can I say, first time and absolutely amazing. The atmosphere was great, the staff were friendly and attentive and the food was beautiful, I had an 8oz fillet steak which was probably the best pieces of steak I've had. I wish I had found...

Had 2 starters 3 main and 1 dessert, food was great all round worth every penny, we sat at 6pm was not rushed between meals or to leave, staff was warm and friendly..great place for meat - steak lovers, worth every penny definitely be back...

Visited here for Sunday carvery what can I say my grandparents was over from France and they joined us. The staff were very friendly was served by Courtney and Jack who were very professional the food was amazing and was served very quick considering it...

Half hour for drinks and a hour wait on food! Won’t be going back, menu looked good but not all what it seems, fiery pulled pork which definitely wasn’t pulled pork more like left over carvery meat with franks sauce, chicken kebab tasted like the...

My partner treated me to a birthday dinner at the Cattleman’s steakhouse all was going smoothly our order was taken fairly quickly The menu was good so we ordered quite a bit of food over £100 worth we received our drinks, five minutes later, then...

Great restaurant, make sure you book as it was very busy. We had steak on the stone which was delicious and served really quickly.

Welcomed by a fantastic atmosphere and enjoyed some amazing food. I he taste and quality was outstanding. We especially enjoyed cooking the steak on the stone. That added an element of fun to the occasion. Topped off by wearing one of the cowboy cats.

We visited here whilst in the area on holiday, we booked a table online with no problems, we arrived and was shown to our table and told about any particular information on the specials board / menu. We had a waitress dedicated to our table,...

This place is awesome - a real hidden gem. Our second visit since we came across it by chance last year. Steaks are amazing and the novelty of cooking them yourselves is also great. Staff friendly and prices for what you get are extremely reasonable...

It was a nice meal. Present well on the plate. Disappointed when we wasn't able to cook it on the stones, which we was looking forward too. As this place was recommended to us. Most staff was nice and pleasant. There was one member that...

Tool the family to cattlemans steak thinking it was just a normal steakhouse. But what a surprise that when you ordered a steak you cooked it yourself on a hot stone. Lovely touch, great taste and very nice and helpful staff

Great food and excellent service

Food was poor for the price, would’ve got better quality burgers at Wetherspoons. Must be money laundering to have more staff on fag breaks outside

Lovely place to stop for lunch or dinner. Definitely has its own character and separates itself from other steakhouses around. The food was amazing and we enjoyed the touch of cooking it to your own liking on the hot rock.

I love this place! Came in for 4 adults and 4 kids- staff were lovely and attentive, the Manager/Owner was a really nice bloke and chatty. The decoration of the restaurant is great and has a real friendly feeling. The kids meals were brilliant value...

Excellent food, excellent staff.

In our 10 night stay - we visited twice and on both occasions had a lovely steak meal. The volcanic stone was a fun novelty to cook your own steak to your own liking. Could be quite expensive but we made use of the deals...

Went for my son's birthday...service was ok..had steak ..£3.50 for sauce on top of £18.95...really ?.. nobody bothered with a cake or even a candle...food was ok but expensive.. wouldn't go back.

Lovely Sunday carvery, doggy friendly, great place for Sunday dinner, generous portions, fresh veg and amazing gravy. The steaks on the volcanic rock are delicious too, if you go once you will surely return.

I mentioned my life threatening food allergy when booking the table for an evening meal. Upon arrival I was told what foods were safe for me to eat and ones that were not. I was offered a whole range of alternatives and was assured that...

Went for dinner with a friend. Fantastic steaks and sides. As always superb food and service. Looking forward to visiting again. Would highly recommend.

Very slow service and poor service at that, 30 minutes to get a drink. When our food arrived 1 persons meal was bought out 10 minutes prior to everyone else’s however they did bring the sides which had to be replaced as they had gone...

Quite disappointing booked for anniversary seated at 8.20 despite booking for 8 - ok with that but then over 1 hour from order taken to food served. My order was wrong but didn’t bother to say as I was already starving, sauces served both questionable...

The most amazing steaks ive ever had .will be going back for sure foood was superb and staff were lovelyķ

Had the best experience today at the Cattlemans having lunch with my family. I was served by a Super active and incredible waitress, Chloe who made our time there the best. The kids menus are in 3 sections giving the kids plenty of option. The...

We went as a family just before we headed home to Stoke-on-Trent. And it didn't disappoint. Myself and hubby had the deal 2 meals for £20. Both had steak. When mine came. I ordered medium/well done.. it came still a bit rare. When I mentioned...

Food wasn't great we had to send back two steaks which were ordered well done and told we would have to wait for them to cook on the volcanic stone which they'd still been cooking whilst everyone else had finished their meals.The staff did take...

Food excellent, Service needs improvements, ordered Lager shandy got straight Lager, ordered skinny fries got chunky chips. Waiter/ Waitress need to take note.

Had the hunters chicken which was the best I've ever had, atmosphere was perfect and staff reall friendly highly recommend

Fitted us in at short notice on a very busy Saturday evening. Catered for special dietary requirements. Great atmosphere. Helpful staff. Our dog was welcomed. Lots of food choices, especially steaks. Some meals served on ‘hot stones’. All good.

we popped in without a booking, they couldn't make us more at home.. Cookie the manager got us a dog friendly table straight away, alielsha our server was AMAZING, she recommended the doggie menu which our lil babies loved. our food was amazing, best steak...

Visited for lunch today. There were a few people in the dinning area but not busy and the food looked good. We ordered a steak and a chilli. Over an hour later we had not received our food, on enquiring, we were informed it would...

Lovely staff, great food. We had the special of 2 steaks for £29 with sides and had two homemade desserts which were recommended. The kids has nuggets which were overly crispy and could have been better quality. Felt like this place was a hidden gem...

Booked into the family room for an overnight stay with my grandchildren - what lovely friendly and helpful people. We decided to eat in their restaurant and loved the food, if a wee bit expensive! Would highly recommend - okay the rooms may be a...

Lovely restaurant friendly staff and amazing food. Myself and my wife travelled from Gloucester to try it out and we're not disappointed, great portions and great food would highly recommend

We arrived and was quickly shown to our table. The pub was half empty at this time but quickly filled up. We ordered a 32oz steak and chicken skewers for our mains and what we received didn’t disappoint. The steaks arrive on a volcanic plate...

We were looking for a place to have nice steak and we definitely found it. Food was delicious, portions were very generous. I ordered prawn cocktail for starter and I must say, I have never seen that many fresh, big prawns in one prawn cocktail....

Went here for a carvery, what can I say it was lush, choice of three meats, plenty of veg, it was all hot, we all struggled to eat it all but that was because there was so much.

Excellent food, great atmosphere and friendly service. Lots of choice and portions are very generous. I would definitely recommend.

Food is awesome staff are great as well value for money. If you’ve never been give it a go. It’s probably one of the best steaks you will ever have

Fantastic venue and even better food and great staff . Went with my wife and had the rump steak . Wow never had a steak so tender and the flavour was amazing. Would highly recommend the cattleman.

Absolute s**t show , waited an hour and half for our food to be served , another table waited well over 2 hours , loads of people complaining about service and food , unfortunately the older members of staff couldn’t handle it so hid away...

Came to the cattlemans for my daughters birthday after all the hype of my dads side of the family. staff were a little abrupt (the younger ones) which is some cases yes i understand there was a young boy that was very chatty and friendly...

Steaks and food was seriously nice , easy online booking and table service was just as good . Got to be the best steakhouse in Paignton will definitely be bringing family with us on next visit . Prices are very reasonable considering it’s a steakhouse....

First visit. Excellent service, awesome amazing food, will return. Attentive staff, best fillet steak I have had in Torbay,

Sunday Carvery in late afternoon still very busy and very good food. Plenty of veg and fabulous roasties, just the way I like them. The real ale was too cold and cloudy, very disappointing but tasted reasonable nontheless. It would have been 5 stars if...

The steak was delicious, we pre-booked the 2x 8oz steaks for £25 and it is excellent value for money, portion size is no different to normal menu (sometimes places reduce serving due to a meal being on offer). Staff were very good and quick to...

Brilliant service throughout even though they were really busy with a couple of big sittings. Waiter was attentive, service was swift enough and we were advised of delays even though it was unnoticeable. The food was very good, starters, main and desserts had… couldn’t resist...

We came for a Mother's day treat but unfortunately we're very disappointed. They were understandably busy, but after over an hour or so of waiting (and seeing other people who had arrived after us receive their food) we (politely) asked if they could check where...

Booked a table at the Cattleman's Steak House and thought we would try the duck on a stone instead of a steak, it was absolutely delicious and the port and forest berry sauce was amazing, would definitely recommend.

We were lucky enough to get a table late on Saturday afternoon as a walk in for 4 people. Staff were very welcoming, the food was excellent, three of our group had the Hot Stone Rib Eye Steak which was one of the best steaks...

Surf 'n turf. Typically a great beef topped with 4 or 5 decent size garlic sauteed prawns. Been eating that for around 50 years and this was the worst "surf" portion ever. A bowl of tiny prawns, shrimp really, swimming in a slightly buttery water...