The Sloping Deck in South Hams

Strange but quaint place to get to. Be prepared for a staircase, a handrail on both sides, and you'll need it to, to climb upstairs. Once upstairs, we were approached by a smiling member of staff, who said, "Sit where you like." The floor slopes, but once seated, it seems you forget. We all had Devon cream & jam scone with a cup of coffee each. Wow, the scone freshly made earlier, was warm. It just melted in your mouth. Once you got the jam & cream on, or is it cream & jam. My aunt & I had a latte & my husband & uncle had a cappuccino. Stand carefully for the loo, you may fall. There is only one unisex toilet. We paid and left. Back down the staircase again....the restaurant is above a shop, which is situated by the museum. Not for disabled people..though I made it with my walking stick. No car parking.

Great tea room upstairs, which lives up to it's name! Would recommend the flapjacks, nearly a meal in themselves.

Awfully overpriced, I was pretty annoyed with the cost of the food and drinks. Over £10 for only a jacket potato and tuna! Plus, the latte I had was disgusting. When one pays £4.15 for a coffee one expects a larger mug and a barista style drink. What one got was a small cup and what tasted like a Nescafe sachet coffee. I wouldn't recommend, I left feeling rather angry with the cost of the food and drinks.

Had a very overpriced sandwich and lettuce leaf with small slice of tomato which is not enough to call a salad. Sadly will never be going back there which is a pity as it is a fascinating Elizabethan style cafe. Do the owners ever read these reviews 😂

Ridiculously overpriced panini with a 'garnish' comprising one very small bit of lettuce, a small slice of tomato and onion.

Ridiculously overpriced and substandard food. Clearly a tourist trap. Not really a lot else I can say really other than avoid!

This was a nice café, in a very old building. They served cream teas, sandwiches, cakes etc. Mind you, they're not the cheapest. My wife and I had a sandwich each and a cup of tea and it came to £31.

Ordered Chicken & Ham pie cold not very nice in all fairness it did say it was cold, but it was solid out of the fridge. 1 homemade pasty the meat was such thin small slithers it tasted awful, it was like it had been warmed up over and so disgusting it was left. 2 lots of chips and 2 very small glasses of squash with water which were nearly £3 per drink. £34.95. In total. When we told them politely about the pasty and it was not eaten she just said sorry about that, not even a smile from any staff. Absolutely appalling food & no customer skills at all, would definitely not recommend to anyone. Gave 1 * as it won’t allow me to give 0

Two slices of semi style cheap supermarket bread filled with a meagre portion of white crab meat that could just as easily have come out of a tin, served with a few scraps of salad which included the top slice of tomato that was inedible, cost over £14.A luke warm Diet Coke on one of the hottest days of the year and no ice available when requested. Plate of chips, and a pot of tea came to £28 in total. Absolutely appalling, just wish we had said something instead of being polite, especially having now seen others reviews. Considering downstairs is a bakery and Dartmouth is renowned for fresh local crab we were shocked. Avoid at all cost.

£1.99 for a small bottle of water from the Deli. Fleece the tourists, why don't you?

We really enjoyed the food and service. Great standard. I had been in 2023, so made a beeline for the restaurant again. Local relatives were not aware, they are now ! And well impressed. Of course its a bit if a secret since the takeaway on the ground floor somewhat disguises the upper floor access. Don't spoil it as back in November!!!

Stopped by on the search for some quick lunch & got 3 sandwiches and a couple of their cakes. Everything was delicious, the bread and fillings were all very fresh and the cakes were amazing too. Would definitely recommend for anyone in the area!

Just drab and food bad and needs attention nice staff but way too expensive

Very interesting Restaurant, Bakery and Takeaway with history added to it. Staff were very good to us, especially with it being dog friendly in the upstairs area. Good food and a large selection of cakes to choose from and surprisingly weren't too sweet which was unusual but tasted amazing 😍😍

We popped in here for a quick snack and drink, not being to hungry we ordered the pork bag and coffee..... The coffee was pretty foul! Rancid probably due to the machine nit being operated or cleaned properly! Bap was OK.

Only wish I had read the reviews. This was a throwback to a time long ago but with todays prices! I love old historical buildings however this was definitely tired and in need of updating but could quite easily retain the features. Poor menu choice and no ice for cold drinks ? !!

Went on a day trip to Dartmouth and tried here for their food. We had Pork Baps & a Hotdog. The Pork Baps were extremely dry with more stuffing than pork. The Hotdog was requested with just onions, NO Ketchup or Mustard. When I sat down to eat it there were NO onions just lots of ketchup. Which I don't like!. Why ask how you want your meal and then ignore it!. Won't be going again as it's expensive for terrible food. The birds had a great feast though.

Sadly this was a very very poor experience. Awful food, horrid tea and all very over priced. Unfortunately this experience can only be described as a tourist trap and should be avoided.

Very poor quality food and very expensive. Traditional pasty should be avoided. Sadly this feels like a tourist trap. Worst food experience during holiday.

My fault for not reading the prices as with a group and we were hungry. Been a couple of times before Covid and will never go back. I had a tarlet size of quiche with salad!!! (one lettuce leaf, one slice of tomato, one slice of cucumber and one ring of onion.) My husband had a meat pastie (just meat) and same salad. One bowl of chips and 2 small pots of decaf tea. JUST SHORT OF £47.00 !!!!! My husband paid the bill or I would certainly had said something.

Very expensive for very poor quality and quantity meals. Myself and partner went upstairs to have a sandwich and at £11.00 for a tuna sandwich and £14.99 for a crab sandwich you expect a bit of effort and filling to be put into it my partners tuna sandwich had the thinnest scrapping of tuna and a slice of lettuce in it and I had more shell than crab meat in mine,and for that price you expect a bit of a garnish and maybe a few crisps but no I had a piece of curled up lettuce after paying the bill we headed down stairs and thought we would buy a pasty and a cake for later when I did bite into the pasty it looked like dog food a big lump of brown congealed slop with a few chunks of swede in it that went in the bin not even the seagulls would eat it then onto the viennese swirl one bite and that went into the bin cheap nasty chocolate fake synthetic filling and the biscuit itself tasted of cheap margarine will never return what a disappointment after paying nearly £50 we would of thought the food would of been top quality

Nice food in the restaurant, including Devonshire Pasties (like Cornish Pasties but with the edging on top instead of at the side). Downstairs is a takeaway with cakes, pastries, etc. Interesting history - it slopes due to subsidence hundreds of years ago (safe now I understand). Where is built is called the Butterwalk because in the past, butter, cream, cheese, etc., we're commonly sold in this area.

Visited Dartmouth which we do every year and decided to have lunch but chose the wrong place unfortunately .The food was shocking for the price 2 paninis 1 jacket potato a very small portion of chips and 3 drinks came to 52.00 pounds would definitely not visit or use again also thought we would buy some cakes from downstairs bakery ,service was very poor literally ignored half way through the ordering left standing for 10 mins well the guy literally disappeared out the back and then other customers served before us not good customer service !!!.

We were shocked at the prices, for 2 toasted cheese sandwiches and 2 coffees we paid just under £30. Their was no condiments on the table and we had to ask for everything, definitely we not be going again

My family and I have been visiting this bakery on our annual Devon holiday for years and we love the choice of cakes available. I cannot comment on the restaurant part as we always have take out and sit and eat it on a nearby bench looking over at the dart, bliss! We will be visiting multiple times again when we visit again in August.

Unfortunately the coffee was really quite unpleasant and the Chelsea bun my wife had was inedible.

Expensive food for what you get. £10+ for sandwich and salad garnish, £5 for a plate of oven chips. Limited vegetarian options, only appeared to be one vegan option (vegetable pasty, of which they had none left.) I suspect there are better places to try in Dartmouth. Best value meal was the children’s meal.

Nice atmosphere, most place to sit but steer clear of the coffee in paper cups the hot chocolate and the tea absolutely disgusting In fact, we left it out on the table with just one sip out of it Didn’t add the food I’m sure that’s fine

Dreadful value for money, a very basic toasted cheese on white bread, salad leaf , tom slice and slice of onion £9.00!!!!!! Cornish pasty £8.30!!! And the soup was so thin it tasted like tin soup at a price of £6.75!!!! Venue is a novelty but food is certainly not good, would not recommend this place.

Looks can be deceiving. The pasties and cakes look delicious from the window display but unfortunately the traditional pasty was virtually tasteless and the cakes were greasy and oily. Service was friendly.

Great place with lots of history.

Had one pork and two ham salad sandwiches. Two bite's of the pork sandwich then it went into the bin. Both salad sandwiches stale bread and rock hard with one piece of ham. Both went into the bin. We gave this shop a second chance as last year the pork sandwiches were full of fat. No more visits to this shop. Quality of food appalling. We will take our custom elsewhere. Do not recommend!!

We visited the Sloping Deck on Good Friday and loved it. Very friendly staff and the soup was homemade and tasty. Also had the pork and stuffing bap. Cooked well and with care. Would recommend and visit again.

Very expensive for a basic cheese sandwich salad 1 slice of onion 1 slice of tomatoe and 1 piece of lettuce very poor

Attitude stinks, avoid at all costs. Our family of 10 visited for takeaway. 8/10 of us ordered food and drinks around £50. 2 went and got some chips elsewhere and we were told we couldn’t sit at the outside tables. My Dads steak pastie had two pieces of meat inside. The staff inside were all bitching about us and staring at us from inside. We’ll never come back. Think the staff need to see the bigger picture with business. Could understand if people sat there hadn’t made a purchase.

What a totally awful experience on what was a nostalgic visit to one of my favourite places - Dartmouth, Devon. We ordered two Cappuccinos, water for my son and unfortunately they don’t serve any non lactose drinks. My wife daughter and son went to look for another supplier whilst I went upstairs to enjoy my coffee. After some time I wondered where my family was (my wife is Thai). She said the owner would not let her in or my son and daughter. Despite my purchase of three drinks. The man on duty yesterday was arrogantly rude to my family and as close to being racist as I have ever witnessed. I went down stairs to see the problem and he was nothing short of downright rude. I would not recommend or encourage anyone to support this venue if this is the attitude to out of town visitors. He is obviously in the wrong business and needs an alignment of courtesy and attitude in the hospitality business, Black List the Sloping Deck at the Butterwalk in Dartmouth. You would probably be better served at the slaughter house !!! Very Angry and embarrassed to how my family was treated.

I dont want to say this place wasnt very good, but it wasnt really. Went in because the downstairs bakery and posters all looked delicious and we wanted a sit-in light lunch. The upstairs was so old fashioned it was abit of a surprise, no atmosphere. We had a really nice welcome from a helpful lady. To be fair we didnt take much notice of the pricing at that point. Ordered 2 coffees, a cheese toastie and a cheese and ham panini. Chose to have sides of salad rather than chips when offered. The sarnies were delicious, the ‘side’ was hilarious - 1 piece of tomato 1 piece of lettuce and one piece of cucumber. Coffees, in my opinion tasted like instant coffees, had to ask for sugar. The cheese toastie was literally just your average hovis. Anyway, sorry to say that £26 for two basic sarnies and 2 basic coffees felt totally ridiculous. Gutted.

Ordered Cornish pasty .. dry had been kept warm in oven for a long time . Brown sauce in sachets Cake was fake cream too sweet granulated sugar still evident in cream . Other cakes ugly too big and full of fake colours etc . Total waste of money .. staff had no interaction with us purely perfunctionary . Shame as should have been a nice cosy place .

Amazing. Had something simple, but really enjoyed and wished i lived close enough to have more. Very polite staff and beautiful town

Brilliant as always and a warm welcome from the lovely ladies who have worked there for so long. For those posting negative reviews I say this: The Sloping Deck is fabulous. If you want pretentious food and drink please don’t spoil this experience for the rest of us.

Bought a pasty, highly recommend one of the best pasties had in a while, excellent customer service

Terrible coffee from a bygone era. tasted somewhat like the coffee we used to have out of a machine in our staff canteen in the 1980s. Sausage roll was flaccid and limp and anaemic and a bit like the one you get at a league 1 football ground - OK at half time but not in a supposedly landmark bakery in Dartmouth. To give the place a bit of a break the bakewell tart my Mother had was according to Mum 'very good'.

My husband and I had Afternoon Cream Tea. China tea service. Waitress that served us (sorry I didn't catch your name) was lovely and friendly. Reasonable price, definitely recommend.

If you are used to decent coffee, have a cup of tea here, the coffee is undrinkable, like something from 20 years ago. We had cakes with our coffee, which were fine, the upstairs is interesting from a history point of view and the service is pleasant, but don’t have the coffee if you are used to Starbucks style coffee.

Lovely historic upstairs tea rooms. Had a cream tea and scones had been freshly made and so light in texture 👍👍👍👍👍

A Lovely quirky little tearoom upstairs with a slopping floor hence the name , the ladies serving were very welcoming showing you to your table , we ordered 2 cream teas they were excellent value for money you got two big fruit scones each a pot of cream & jam each with two pots of teas ..lovely customer service from the two waitresses well worth a visit..with a lovely bakery downstairs.

Ate here last Sunday after refusing 2 other bakery who refuses cash. This cafe accepts cash, and had a friendly welcome. Food was good quality and spoke to the lady about the importance of keeping cash. Will visit again. I will add our visit to my video I am making about our trip to Devon on YouTube.

Lovely quirky old fashioned tea rooms upstairs with a very slopy ceiling (hence the name!). Ordered cream teas and a cake and coffee. Cake was delicious and a good choice; scones were amazing served with local cream and jam. Cream tea was excellent value at £7.50 for 2 large scones, jam and cream.

Had a nice breakfast, didn't want the beans and tomato,there was also lots of toast

Nice food and enjoyable vegan option. It would be nice to see a few more vegan cake options but I enjoyed the vegan pasty that I had.

The worst pasty I have ever had in my life, Chewy, beef, and one half had no so-called "steak" in it at all it was all potato. If we hadn't of bought them as takeaway and taken them home, I would have asked for a refund.

Excellent Food and Services and The Two Ladies Very Very Good 👍👌👍👌👍🌞

Very good service and food. Inside an Historical building.

Very old building and literally like a ship in the wake. Biggest and best priced cream tea in the English Riviera. Initially I was sceptical when the Rodders was lacking….but the Langage Farm sponsored by Ingrid was just as good….even if her secret is “first class grass 🚬 makes first class cream”. Apparently the chips are amazing! They also let you pay with change which is a rarity these days. Great hospitality and to satisfy everyone’s curiosity….the toilets aren’t sloped! So don’t panic! As quaint as I remember it from years ago

Once seated, staff seemed more interested in clearing tables than taking orders and we had to wait a while before someone came to the table. I ordered a portion of chips with my meal, at a staggering 4.95 I was expecting a decent portion but what arrived was a small plate with a handful of pale limp frozen steak cut fries (I suspect a bag of which probably cost less than one portion did) overall super disappointing and we will not be returning

Terribly overpriced. £9 for a cheese toastie?! Thin cheap bread. Oh I’m forgetting the side salad.. couple of slices of cucumber, tomato and some lettuce. No crisps or chips. Absolute rip off, we were in a hurry otherwise wouldn’t have stayed. Only plus was that we didn’t have to wait long for it.

Interesting place with wonky floor in an old 17th Century building. Cakes are very sweet, tea is hot (not loose leaf)

Hot dog and tea and coffee very nice maybe male&female instead all in one if possible

A bit of a step back in time feel but cosy environment. We had a cream tea which was very good and there was ample choice to select from. Staff were friendly and attentive. Need to go up stairs to cafe area.

Always pop into this great place on my way through to get my egg and bacon baguette best in dartmouth

Had a takeaway Cornish pasty here, really good pasty at a reasonable price. Absolutely full of beef, unlike a lot of pasties that are full of air! Service was friendly. Would go here again for a pasty.

Lovely atmosphere and staff were very nice. Popped in for coffe and cake. The experience was spoilt by the worst cappaccino I have ever had.

This was our first visit again in about 4 or 5 years. I remember it being a lovely quirky restaurant which we stumbled upon by accident. What a difference!! Very sticky table... my serviette ripped as stuck to the table! My husband had a pasty. Very pale looking pastry. Meat was solid, dry and tasteless and not very warm. The salad garnish was one piece of lettuce, two pieces of thin tomato of which one was the end, one slice of cucumber and one strand of onion. I had quiche which seemed like it was microwaved, pastry soggy and horrible. The garnish was the same as my husband's. It was the worst lunch we have ever had. We won't be going there again!!

What attracted us to the Sloping Deck in Dartmouth was the queue outside the bakery door. We then realises that there was a tearoom upstairs. The narrow and twisted steps led us up to a time of dark furniture and bowed mullioned windows. The sloping deck was well named with a distinct camber on the floor. Set up with a traditional tearoom feel we sat down at table with clean linen and crockery and after perusing the menu and inspecting the plates of beautiful cakes, the men in the party opted for a Devon cream tea and the ladies a delicious cake each. The waitress was quick,pleasant and answered our enquiry as to how our Devon cream tea should be eaten. Very promptly we were served with generous pots of tea folowed by two plates which consisted of 2 large scones a large pot of Devon cream and a generous pot of jam. The soft crumbly scones ,cream and jam went down a treat with the men and were washed down with cups of hot tea. The ladies cakes were of equal quality and enjoyed to the last crumb. This feast only cost £26 which offered great value. We head back to Scotland happy and sated and delighted to recommend this step back in time to those visiting Dartmouth.

When they say sloping it is sloping ! A really strange sensation BUT fabulous friendly service, delicious coffee and wonderful cake! Would highly recommend.

This place has the possibility to be amazing with its historic setting yet it is quite the opposite experience currently. Requires a refurbishment witch could be done tastefully and inkeeping with ite history. We chose this as our last place to eat before heading home after a fabulous week in dartmouth. Our daughter really didn't want to eat here and I wish we had left when she said that. The food was absolutely disgusting I would go as far as to say I've never had such a bad English breakfast! Burnt toast weird sausage that was missing the ends??? Only thing that was remotely edible was the bacon. Pot of tea again wasn't present at all I love tea and couldn't even tempt myself to reach for a second cup from teapot. Avoid this place if you don't like wasting money. The toilets also didn't like had been dusted since 1634 🤣

Lovely place and cream tea was amazing

Lovely light scones with the cream tea. Quaint little place. Fantastic bakery.

Very expensive for what you get, very disappointing food and service and on top of that they tried to over charge us.

Amazing house "The Butterwalk" built between 1634 and 1640. Now a bakery and cafe. Nice food and efficient service in amazing history.

The place I go for breakfast after an early start doing photography. Great breakfast baps and Chelsea buns! :)

Apart from a big queue for the toilet, lovely atmospheric tea rooms.

Awful! If I could give no stars, I would. Not much choice of hot food and on the verg of inedible. Very expensive!

Lovely place , staff, food But the prices very very dear Had pork roll, kids meal, cheesy chips, 3 bottles coke , £32, double price of downstairs takeaway, the roll was £9 and small coke £3 disgusting

Lovely place to visit and welcoming staff

Really disappointed. We had leek and potato soup as there was little else on the menu apart from cakes, fish fingers, and pasty. Soup was like dishwater. The staff had a job to raise a smile, and we felt unwelcome. Shame.

Pleasant surroundings but the worst Tomato and Basil soup and Leek and Potato Soup ever tasted. Watery and utterly tasteless. Cannot understand how anyone could serve such an appalling apology for soup.

Called in cake / bakery shop ... the best ever pork pie we have tasted in a long long time. Value for money too. It was had to choose as all looked amazing and value for money. Will stop by again. Very scrummy. 😋

Lovely staff, great food. Historical building.

The sausages in my sausage and egg sandwich were awful, could not finish them. Also a distinct unapologetic lack of vegetarian choices for my friend. Do not recommend.

Very.nice resturant/tea room for sitting or take aways

Taste Nice But pay for hidden extras, Purchased 3 takeaway hotdogs for me and work mates, asked for onions and ketchup Cant belive That i had to pay extra for onions and ketchup!, not £4 as priced, £4.50 each. Ketchup on top of onions not in the roll, so messy eating. And comes in Plastic container so also not great for the enviroment. Would not purchase again under principal.

Lovely restaurant, fantastic service, dog friendly thank you

Lured in by the savoury delights on sale in the shop below, we decided to hit upstairs for lunch. Mistake. The tea was average, the coffee barely that. Leek and potato soup in name only. Watery, generally tasteless but with an odd back flavour. Will...

Very poor, the obviously reheated pork made me and my partner very ill and it was massively overpriced.

We felt this was poor value for money. The food was ok but expensive for basic products. The coffee did not taste good. I queried it but did not get a helpful response.The carpet has been down for decades and looks now. The place looks...

We stopped here for coffee and liked it so much we went back for lunch. Lovely staff, good coffee, excellent crab sandwich ad although they do no do fish and chips they were flexible enough to do the giant fish finger without the 'sub' and...

Excellent food and superb friendly service.

Lovely cooked breakfast. Personally would rather have had less tomatoes with a few mushrooms. Tasty quality bacon and sausages. Nice old fashioned quaint environment. Lovely cup of tea. Would go again.

In November we visited Dartmouth. It was a cold & wet day & we were trying to find somewhere to have a lunch type meal. Options were limited & the best we could find was to sit outside on the pavement covered but not enclosed....

We have been visiting the bakery and upstairs restaurant for many years. The bakery is fantastic and its wonderful to see that they continue to serve all the favourites such as a 'nutty finger' along with cream filled macaroons, Bakewell tarts etc. There is a...

Arrived in dartmouth on the river boat and looking for a nice tea room saw a fantastic old building so thought we would give it a try, what a disappointing visit, cheese and onion toasted sandwich or Rather onion toasted sandwich not much cheese not...

I had a breakfast here and unfortunately it was not well cooked. The egg was over cooked and the yolk was hard. The bacon looked like it had not seen a frying pan or grill, it looked very pale. The toast was very hard, as if it had been sitting a while. Shame as the ingredients seemed to be good quality. Nice Latte and friendly staff.

Very disappointing experience, we ordered pasties which looked good in the window. Unfortunately the pasties we were served were practically inedible and overcooked. Two of them had very black bases. We mentioned this to a waitress and she spoke to the chef, he stated that...

We thought we would stop here for a lunch as the upstairs looked old and had character which it did, We were seated for a while and there was a laminated A4 sheet with a menu, but we thought surely there must be a different...

A COMPLETE CON We sat outside on one of their tables, looked at the menu, and saw an offer of a hot drink and cake for £5.70. But we didn't want a cake, so we ordered a flapjack and apple Danish, the cost of each...

Visited recently to find indoor cafe closed, only outside seating on edge of road available. Had two steak pasties and two small cups of tea, bill over £19.00. Pasty to take away £3.30, same thing sitting outside on old table and chairs £6.85. All served...

We got some takeaway food and it was awful. We ordered tiger prawns and chips and scampi and chips. The portions were tiny. Hardly any prawns and about six chips. Same with the scampi. Really disappointing. Such a shame as previously the food was really good. Coffee was disappointing too. Latte tasted very sweet

What has happened to this place? I’ve been a few times over the years and its always been decent. This time however, it was like an overpriced teddy bear’s picnic! The inside seating area is closed apparently due to staff shortages, so instead you have...

Where to begin!!! This place is there purely to take advantage of tourists by charging high prices, for rubbish in a prime location. If you’ve parked, caught the park and ride, other bus or ferry you’ll undoubtedly cross through the gardens. In doing so you’ll...