The Pier Brewery Tap & Grill in North Devon

Superb food , zero complaints. Best gravy I’ve tasted

Overwhelmed by the customer service here. We both had the swordfish which was absolutely delicious and so fresh! Chef came out of the kitchen (who I imagine is also the owner) and was very welcoming and made us feel so at home. We will definitely come back if we are in the area. Staff can't do enough for you :)

Was made to feel welcome from when I walked in to when I left. Great staff. I had fish cakes.. and they was just what I was hoping for crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle. Recommended to anyone and everyone. There’s an outside area to look over Bristol Channel and on good days you can also eat up there. A little play pen and games for the kids. And even dogs welcome

Tap+brew We had the ultimate bfast stories Not made fresh pulled from a hot cupboard. Bun hard sausage lookes like it never touched a grill to so called cook it, bacon, I think it was ?? And the omelette was ok and the cheese was gloop and could not get paper off. No taste. Tea fantastic and the lady who served me (Petra) was lovely. DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM. Go elsewhere.

I've eaten here a few times, and never been disappointed. Cod and Chips is the best in town. Came here Sunday for a roast for the first time. It was amazing. Vegetable selection was really good. I had the vege Leek and Cheese option, and I honestly have never had anything so good. Great value for money, service is great and the food is phenomenal.

Great location by the harbour and dog friendly which is always a plus for us. We went out of season on a Monday night and it was very quiet. As such the menu was limited however what they did have was enjoyable and well cooked. The wine selection was limited (one white, one red by the bottle) however we did enjoy the red. Staff very friendly and the meal was very good value.

Lovely, friendly bar staff. Food was worth the wait. We had the swordfish, squid and the Lundy cod and chips. Would certainly go again.

Great food. Good portions. Friendly staff who checked on gluten free options (which there are a lot of) would recommend Accessible and family friendly areas We had lundy cod, steak & ale pie, lamb burger (gluten free option) nice and hot and we all enjoyed

We have been to Ifracombe a few times now but we have never been here before and now we wish we had ! The decor is quirky and reflects the harbour area it’s situated in. We shared the bread and olives as a starter and it was a decent size portion for 2. The Lundy Fish and Chips were amazing ( a cod fillet with the lightest of batter - perfect!) and the crab cakes on special were also yummy! Everyone was super friendly and the fire was welcoming on a wet n windy February evening. Thoroughly recommend a visit !

Delicious locally caught cod and chips. Cooked to perfection. And very friendly staff. Thank you for a lovely meal.

The locally caught cod, served in beer batter is the best I have ever tasted in 50 years of eating fish and chips! Absolutely superb!! The lady chef / manager really knows what she is doing.

£12.95 for a roast beef lunch which had 6 veg and nicely cooked, charming service to boot.

Went to Devon to visit the family, popped in for a beer as you do. Lovely place. But quiet, but then again, it was late afternoon and the holiday seasons over. In the words of Arnie, I'll be back 👍👌

Very quiet when we arrived with one guy in the bar and one couple eating so easy to get a table. The young lady doing front of house was both friendly and efficient. Heineken was 4.20 a pint which I thought quite reasonable. I had Gammon Steak and the wife went for Chicken Goujons, both of which were good portions, my gammon being just a little overdone for me, but certainly a personal preference and perhaps I should have asked for how I like it. By the time we had finished our meals several more people had congregated in the bar. This eatery looks like a family concern to me and all credit to them as they were continuously finding jobs to do. Thanks for a lovely evening which cost just on 40 quid, so not bad at all!

Great place to eat, drink and be merry for Halloween 🎃👻 Super food and great staff who are lovely and friendly and happy to have our dogs with us 🤗 Highly recommended

Exceptional fish and chips. Cod freshly caught same day - chunky, flaky fish with the lightest batter - perfect.

We both had the fish and chips and it was lovely. The staff are very friendly and helpful. It was wheelchair accessible but best to go in the second door.

In a word, Fantastic. We spent a few days in Ilfracombe, each night trying somewhere different to eat, all of which were ok. But wow, the food in The Brewery Tap was absolutely top notch and so was the landlady who couldn't have been more helpful!!🥰 A huge thank you from both of us. I just wish we tried your pub first!!

Lovely food and dog friendly pub and staff.

Nicely decorated and right in the harbour. Good sea food.

You get a warm Wellcome to a chilled and homely atmosphere.The a roast dinner is to die for, enough food for two meals,delicious and served with a smile. to top it all, sometimes there is astonishingly good livevmusic.

5th October 2023. 17:30. Walking past The Pier Brewery, I see, on the board outside, Swordfish, I haven't eaten swordfish for a long time. We get a warm welcome, and find a table, order taken, we wait in anticipation. Two plates with large swordfish steaks on mashed potato and a salad garnish. Absolutely lovely, and would return there again, maybe to try something else from the menu, or just for the swordfish. Excellent value, great people and atmosphere. Many thanks.

Waiting Staff Amazing! Our Sea Food Cooked to perfection! Definitely Recommend *****

It was a it of a wait but the crab salad and the swordfish steak were lovely. As was the Thatcher's Gold, and in a dog-friendly setting.

Friendly but food overpriced for the portion

Nice warm welcome, friendly, good music ..

We have eaten twice here this week and honestly the food is fab. We had the Cod best cod ever. The Butterfly Chicken was very nice and the Gammon really good. Nice portion sizes and good prices. Can't fault it. The staff fab esp Kelly the Landlady she went above and beyond to make sure my Grandson was accommodated to making him a lovely hot chocolate with a straw 😆 and cucumber on his child sausage meal which was just right size for him. Nothing seemed to much trouble and we really enjoyed our evenings here. I like the fact you can take dogs in and little kids play area. Been coming Ilfracombe for 50 years for holidays and this would be my go to place to eat without a shadow of a doubt. Thank you all xx

We walked in about noon and managed to book a table for four only because we couldn't book anywhere else. I'm so glad we ended up here. The roast dinner, which we all had, was honestly the best we have had in years, and so much of it, too. The meat, lamb & beef, was tender and delicious, spuds were yummy, and so much veg, all of it cooked beautifully. We went to Ilfracombe for a weekend break. Personally, I would happily go back just for the roast dinner at The Pier.

Weather was very weathery so we ducked in to get a spot of lunch. Staff seemed a little under pressure. Nice vibe to the place, definitely child friendly. Two pints of Thatchers Gold (sadly Old Rosie was not on pump). Chicken Liver Pate and Fish Finger sandwich. £22. Reasonable price. Nice pate, really nice real fish fingers. Obligatory salad garnish. Really wish places would be brave enough to ditch the salad. No one really wants it. Also ditch the handful of broken tortilla chips, please. All in all, would happily return for both food and drink. One word of advice. Seasoning please. Add a good amount of salt to the fish dredging flour before battering. It will make all the difference !!!

Very well catered for gluten free which included beautiful fresh fish and chips! The kids chicken nuggets were excellent quality, much better than the usual pub frozen standard. Nice staff and atmosphere.

We had an amazing meal here last night. The cod was divine, in a very light fresh batter and we chose the onion mash and garden peas to go with it. My sister had the crab salad and wonderful chips and loved it. We had the squid and mozzarella sticks to start. Totally delicious. The 15 year old waitress couldn't have been more helpful. Would recommend.

The Lundy cod, chips and mushy peas was good. The crab salad was fine but spoilt by the hard, stale baguette that came with it. The baguette was exchanged and although it was slightly better it was still disappointing. The rating is based on 5 stars for the fish and chips and 1 for the salad.

Enjoyed a nice evening meal here with the family. We'd come in the previous and not been able to get a table they were that busy, which is great to see after the pandemic. So we booked there and then for the following night. They're training up new, young staff and so you make allowances for people learning the ropes but the food was good (I had the tomato & basil soup and a hunters BBQ chicken) and we had a great view of the harbour (and people watching) as we ate. Didn't have time for a return visit but would happily have done.

So unfortunately this was a disappointment from start to finish. The lady behind bar was rude and had no customer service skills. Beer was warm Food was s**t, reminded me of dog food. Looks nice of the inside but everything else was awful. Loads of young kids working there, they were very polite. But would benefit from some more senior support.

Jenny, Kerry, Lisa and whole team from Friday August 4th - thank you so much. From booking a month earlier through to closing time that night, everyone was awesome. Food was good across the board. We had about 80 friends who all loved their food and all the bar staff were unbelievably efficient and friendly. What a great team, what a great set up.

Expensive, overpriced dish of food - it may have been a lovely place a year or so ago when you look at the history of the pictures here on trip advisor, but it’s terrible now. Popped in for a quick light bite and saw that they did loaded nachos with chilli con carne £9 for small, £14.95 for large. We thought we’d share a large bowl. See pic of what they brought out. And then see what they use to serve a couple of years ago - and I bet that was the small portion. Now I get it that covid and food price increases has hit the industry and so food places have to try and save where they can, but this was just a joke. When we spoke to the manager their response was this is the portion size you get anywhere around here for that price. The attitude was just appalling. No check back to come and see us and by time we got around to speaking to the manager the kids had finished theirs and wanted to leave. Other food coming out looked ok but I would avoid the nachos.

Totally looked after. Great food perfect service and value for money. Best lunch dining experience in Ilfracombe

We ordered two meals, it had been over an hour so we calmly went to the bar to check if our food was coming soon. Only to be told aggressively by one of the bar staff that I had only ordered 22 minutes ago. I asked him to check our order to make sure they had the right food to which he replied “it’s whatever you ordered” …. helpful. Then 5 mins later the chef very angrily shouted at another table saying that “it was only 22 mins ago that you ordered , why have you been at the bar saying it’s been over an hour?” and I had to interrupt to say that it was us, even though it had been an hour. Even after all that, when the food did arrive it was average at best. They did offer an apology once they realised they’d made a mistake but it seemed disingenuous.

We ordered two meals, it had been over an hour so we calmly went to the bar to check if our food was coming soon. Only to be told aggressively by one of the bar staff that I had only ordered 22 minutes ago. I asked him to check our order to make sure they had the right food to which he replied “it’s whatever you ordered” …. helpful. Then 5 mins later the chef very angrily shouted at another table saying that “it was only 22 mins ago that you ordered , why have you been at the bar saying it’s been over an hour?” and I had to interrupt to say that it was us, even though it had been an hour. Even after all that, when the food did arrive it was average at best. They did offer an apology once they realised they’d made a mistake but it seemed disingenuous.

Absolutely shocked by the public! we came to the pier for the 9th time this holiday. The night before the pier was heaving to the brim. They had trainee staff that did a superb job. The staff all round were polite, very friendly with buzzing...

Found this nice location searching for Dressed Crab for lunch. Friendly staff, very tasty food at decent price.

Great location and friendly staff, though mediocre food. Must be a tricky time with peak of tourist season (unable to replenish soap in ladies and gents loos).

Called in here because thought suppose be a Brewery? Only 1 real ale on and that was flat and expensive will not return

Nice sea view from the poop deck at the back. The fish and chips has lovely thin and crispy batter but the cod portion is small. We had the squid rings which were cooked well but still had the membrane on making them chewy.

Stopped here as it looked modern and nicely decorated and offered dressed crab which my partner eagerly anticipated. Clearly got staff problems as lads on tables looked like on work experience with no supervisor in sight. One young girl on bar. All managing best they...

Booked an early evening for 8 adults, two children and an infant. Food was served promptly, where appropriate hot, and tasted great. My 1 year old granddaughter tucked in to her "small" portion of fresh cod finger and thoroughly enjoyed it. The menu was well...

Absolutely fantastic! We've been in for lunch and dinner and both times it's been exceptional! Food is great, service is fantastic! Try the sword fish and red onion mash! Your mouth will love you forever!

That Devon Blue burger was no doubt the best burger I've ever eaten and I've had MANY. Flavours, quality, textures, all perfect. So gutted I was only here for a holiday!

I highly recommend this lovely place 🤩 the food is amazing and the staff are so friendly and accommodating. We have stayed in Ilfracombe twice now and enjoyed both our visits here 😊 xxx

If you go to Ilfacombe, you must visit The Pier for their Lundy Cod and chips. It was quite simply the best I have eaten this year. Perfectly cooked fish in a crispy batter, with chips that are crisp on the outside and soft inside....

The service was really poor. We had to ask several times to place our order, although the restaurant wasn’t very busy. Heard also several times shouting for quicker service from the kitchen. So it seems to be a well-known problem. There was a young boy...

Food was delicious, staff very friendly and we had a laugh with them (they did a fab job as it was very busy and if you treat them with respect, unlike some of the other patrons who gave them a hard time due to having...

Awful. Rude bar staff, bland food not even hot and staff don’t seem to care! Will not be returning letdown.

Not bad but nothing really good. Food was alright. The let down was the staff. Didn't really feel welcome even though place was fairly empty.

Possibly the worst restaurant we’ve ever been to. I wouldn’t be surprised if all of these 5* reviews are written by friends and family. It took over 10 minutes to have our drinks order taken and then a further 25 minutes for the first 2...

Amazing food in the most beautiful setting , fresh caught cod was to die for in lovely light batter not greasy at all. Cater well for children Great veggie options, lots of dishes gluten free and Very friendly staff , we booked a table a couple days before as it gets busy. Great prices also.

Nice pub, great staff,nice vibe

Cracking place, fabulous views from the poop deck. I would give a five if the staff smiled once in a while.

This was our final mini break of this summer; here in North Devon. We had arrived in Ilfracombe in the mid afternoon, and taken a stroll downhill into the town centre. Our hotel was in the southern edge of the town, so it was quite...

Told i.d have to wait 20mins for food, then told no starters available, then told main course wasn't available. Staff embarrassed. Would have been better if just closed. No apology.

Shocking. Ordered 2 meals. Restaurant was empty at the time. 2 tables ordered after us and got their food first. No big deal. My wife's food then arrived. 10-15 minutes later mine arrived. Wife had finished hers. I had ordered blue-cheese burger with bacon and onion rings. Arrived minus the blue cheese, the chips weren't cooked, the bacon wasn't either, and the onion rings looked like they'd been run over by a large vehicle. 3 other tables left after ordering as their orders "couldn't be fulfilled". Hopefully it was not a normal service for the venue. I won't be returning to find out.

Really nice food, excellent menu. The restaurant was clean, friendly the staff helpful. We went as I am celiac and need to eat gluten free. There was a extensive choice for gf, obviously a lot of thought had gone into this. It was hard to...

Food great but no real ale on strange for a brewery and the most miserable barmaid waitress in the history of miserableness

Brilliantly fresh fish 🐟 from just across the harbour. Service was prompt and cheerful.

Fish was supposed to be fresh but it wasn't. Frozen chips yuk. Wish we hadn't stopped here for lunch.

Tried to eat here 6 days ago but after a “look” between the staff, were told no and we were turned away. So, we tried again last night and managed to get served. Glad we did. We got seats outside on the “Poop Deck” as...

Visited on a Monday lunchtime in June, nice and cool inside, dog friendly pub near the harbour. We had a dressed crab and a mackerel salad both of which were very good and very tasty. Pleasant staff. Quite busy.

Called in on spec. Very welcoming. Staff supervisor could not have been more helpful. Cod and chips was excellent. Freshly caught white fish, great chips and good portion. Sat looking out of open window towards harbour. Would make a beeline for the restaurant whenever we...

Staff are kind, service is a bit slow (but this a chilled place), the pub itself has nice welcoming interior, including stove, the rear deck overlooks the sea at the back. Food (lunch) wasn’t very good, their chef was not in that day, small amount of dry, stale sliced baguette and small weird salad with pickled onions and gherkins in it, dressed crab was nice. So we gave gentle feedback about lunch and they were very kind about it and reimbursed us.

Popped in here for lunch before we went for a cruise on the PS Waverley. Beer (brewed locally) was very good and the food didn't take long to arrive. I had the fisherman's lunch which was very tasty. Toilets were spotless, the staff were friendly...

We sat in the most relaxed bit at the harbour end. Plenty of space, sun & shade (we have warm & chilly people). Very dog and child friendly, kind staff. There's an area further down with pretend play toys, homely rather than rowdy. Also a...

Lovely food! Great for burgers. Nice views, beware of the seagulls though, like everywhere in Ilfracombe.

Popped in during the day to book a table. Lovely spot in restaurant directly in front of doors leading out to harbour. Elected to have the cod and chips - lucky to get the last couple before they ran out. Delicious. Delighted that they had...

Disappointed, looks nice from the outside as does it from the inside. If you are in a hurry this isn't the place to go. Took forever to get our food! Should have realised when the few tables where customer's were sitting who kept tutting and...

Dog friendly, amazing views from their terrace and friendly welcoming staff. Had a double burger and fish and chips and wow, amazing, fish comes in fresh off the harbour 50m away every night. Highly recommend

Great for lunch. Fab terrace great view super food. Attentive staff.clean toilets. What's not to like

We visited here after recommendations from locals and we weren’t disappointed with the stunning sea views from the deck area which has a glass surround and a cliff back drop - really nice and a sun trap The only negative is that the new steps...

Sub standard food…..for what we received anyway. Ordered mains for 2 adults and 2 children. Adults mains completely missed off from order. We waited for a while before asking a server but they weren’t aware of anything outstanding. The kids food was shocking. We ordered...

4 of us had cod and chips. Excellent! Fresh and succulent, fast service, beautiful light crispy batter. Everything was perfect!

Came for lunch, after Waverly trip from Penarth. Even though they were hideously busy and short staffed, the meals, views and staff, were fantastic. Would highly recommend.

Nice place to watch the sun set. Shame it was ruined by some regulars on the other side of glass barricade letting their dog bark nonstop for attention.

The Pier has a great location next to the harbour with sea views from the terrace. We enjoyed a really good lunch despite the staff being two down and under a lot of pressure. Menu has a good range of fish, burgers, sandwiches and some other pub classics. Not a huge vegetarian choice but the veggie burgers we tried were good and the chips top notch.

We popped in to The Pier for a quick drink and wished we could spend longer there! The pub is well presented and has a fabulous terrace with great views. What really set it apart were the smiley, friendly bar staff. It was a busy...

What an amazing find. Spent 2 of our 3 day break here on the balcony overlooking the sea. Friendly staff. Lovely landlady. Food was to die for. Absolutely amazing. Cannot recommend highly enough. A must visit if you are in the area.

Arrived on a day when pub was very short staffed and place was inundated with visitors off paddle steamer in harbour. Staff worked incredibly hard and were extremely apologetic for any delays in service. Even so .. food was incredible. 10 out of 10 for...

This pub restaurant is so good, my family and I (three generations) had dinner there twice in a week. The food was superb the staff were friendly and helpful, and there was the bonus of watching the sun set while we ate from the upper...

We had a great early dinner on Monday evening. We were well looked after by Lisa and Kelly. We were a big group (12 people) but they did their best to look after us and the food came quickly. The fish and chips were excellent...

Three generations of my family have just enjoyed a fabulous, memorable dinner on the upper terrace of The Pier in Ilfracombe. Everything was perfect, including the bill. A bonus was watching the sun set.

Really lovely inside now, the current management have updated the place and made it a nice pub to stop at while down at ilfracombe harbour. And now they have beefed up the outdoor stairs so its safe and easy to get up to the crows nest for a view out over the coast on a sunny summers day. The drink selection is good and the food is a great standard. definitely take a pint and a burger up to the crows nest the view out across the water is beautiful.

Had the most amazing Sunday roast here cooked beautifully Lovely flavours the beef was cooked brilliantly so tender Veg was also lovely and included cauliflower cheese Which was Devine We were in Ilfracombe on holiday and returned to eat here most days Delicious

We had a few drinks here one afternoon in their excellent beer garden. We then had Sunday lunch here which was fantastic! We would highly recommend this place, great location, great food and drink, and wonderful staff and service. We'll be back!

Was down for a couple days midweek between the May bank holidays. It wasn’t very busy, the bar person was in a bit of a dither because her sister had surprised her from Australia and she admitted she had forgotten to take our order. This really wasn’t a problem though and she apologised on a number of occasions, bless her. I digress the food was good, himself had his favourite lasagna, chips and garlic bread he throughly enjoy his, I had the burger, onion ring, blue cheese sauce and chips and again I enjoyed mine. On the way out, we had another apology.

Listened to waitresses moaning that they didn't really want to be there, beer not great, views good though

We had chilli nachos. They were delicious. Great food service and a very nice pint of Guinness

Good fresh catch options always available. Desperately short of staff but really hard working and cheerful team.

Booked a table for 7 as it's our daughter's birthday we all ordered roasts as that was all that was available unfortunately they were all served on cold plate's and mine went back to the kitchen straight away as the meat and gravy was cold no check back at all when we asked about desserts young waitress said don't know what we have but I'll check 2 desserts ordered and arrived whilst the lunch plates etc were still on the table, sorry to say this but we won't be booking here again

A lovely, friendly welcoming place. Food was excellent. The staff were very welcoming and friendly.

Unfortunately not alot on the menu and had only just opened and was dirty

My partner and I enjoyed a Sunday roast lunch there recently. It was excellent value for money and you need a good appetite to clear your plate! My partner took some of hers home in a doggy bag to enjoy later. There's a friendly (and indeed family friendly) atmosphere and we thoroughly enjoyed our time. Real ales from the bar a bonus.

My wife and I decided to treat ourselves to a dressed crab salad for dinner one evening and chose this establishment to do just that, as we had seen it was on the menu. Fresh Ilfracombe dressed crab salad is how it is described!! I have my suspicions that yes the crab was fresh? From a can maybe? As the white meat was overly watery and the red was just like Prince's crab paste. Now I am not a big consumer if crab but the one's I have had in the past were a hundred times better, and for £13.50 each I expect better!! Sorry Pier Brewery you need to try harder!!