The Watergate in North Devon

Crap, manager standing at tables giving away shots to girls while doing nothing while the staff work their arses off. Seen it a few times now, seen managers make staff cry, the way they talk to their staff is gross, needs looking at seriously. Go to the panniers, new management and way better

Nice little weatherspoons this but can get quite busy, usual weatherspoons value for money.

A typical spoons venue. Cheap, fast food loads of people there, seems tge place to go if that is your thing. Right on the river front on a pedestrian path. Sit outside by the fountain and soak up the views along the Taw river and the old bridge

Very bad experience on Sunday morning. Pub not that busy but only one coffee machine working with queue length of bar. 48 minute wait for food. Indifferent staff. When it arrived fried egg was nearly raw and food was cold.

Good location for meeting people for coffee breakfast and lunch.

Excellent spoons in a great location ,food was top notch, will definitely visit again when in the area

Flippin eck……it’s rubbish…sadly very few staff serving and hard work communicating with them…lager was fine but ten it comes from a brewery in a cask. Food, well what can I say other than total crap.

It's a weatherspoons what more can you say.n

Food satisfactory drinks good service good

Great prices and a great breakfast 👍

The staff should take a course for politeness. Mediocre food with prices that seem to go up every couple of weeks. Cheaply priced drinks so that's a bonus. Dirty toilets which smell, they must be cleaned once a week. Saturday nights seem to bring out the lairy ones ,we saw alot of digits happening with the door staff just watching. Overall it was a little better than the last time I visited. Not recommended for a quiet night out.

Always a nice experience to have a pint or two at the Watergate

Always happy coming here been 2 years since last year great management very friendly

Steak was quite poor twice recently but wife had fish which was good.

Always a good experience in a Wetherspoons. This place is massive ! Was on holiday camping, and dropped in twice. Comfy seating, great staff, decent food and coffee.

Fantastic wetherspoons in barnstaple,great scrumpy black dragon cider!

Appalling service over an hour wait for microwaved food? Also no communication skills to of been told that it’s an hour wait, and there were two fire alarms and the staff didn’t care about people’s safety either. Worst spoons I’ve ever been to.

Typical Wetherspoons and you know what to expect. Shame they are so stingy with the chips and I wasn't offered a choice of how my steak was cooked for the mixed grill.

Massive pub as most Wetherspoon pubs are.Quick service and good ammounts of food.very reasonably priced with a drink as well.

It's okay, portions are small but prices aren't high so kind of compensates but the flavour is decent, service wise.... they could improve... a lot. The atmosphere is their strong point, typical English pub with live music and a dance floor, well done on that one.

Nice pub, small for a w/spoons. Rather dark inside because of lack of windows. The outside seating area is small. I had a pizza and really enjoyed it.

Very good food, extensive menu, friendly staff.

Slow service! Starters came out with the mains! BLUE CHEESE DIP was not even half of the pot in the picture! Had to by another to make up for the 10 wings took about 10 minutes and already finished our food. Within half hour being home had a serious bad belly ache.

Great spoons and amazing dance floor would highly recommend.

It's OK, but why do you put hi I'm Angela notices up in the gents toilet. Makes zero sense.

Can’t really fault Wetherspoons for service and food, just wish the chips didn’t taste of dirty water. It’s a shame because a lot of there menu is served with chips

Worst weatherspoons I ever been in. Doorstaff act like little boys and need to ring other pubs for back up when they cause the trouble and short fat manager is always very mouthy then gets scared and hide behind women staff and rings police. Wasn't even drunk had 2 drinks and was cut off disgusting behaviour then they lied to police about us being aggressive but wouldnt issue me with cctv under gdpr and when I applied to police still never received it. So they liers as I tried to prove they was in the wrong and went through all the correct channels.they bully boys

It's a spoons. It's fine. nothing more, nothing less. given the fantastic local small businesses, I would never endorse this over another, but if you want a quick pint or a quick low budget feed, this does the job, but yeah.. its just a spoons.

Over charged as staff didn't know prices. Food was cold. They didn't sort out overcharged but if you didn't know you would have paid it. Also 2 large wines are more expensive if you order with your meal.

Nice Wetherspoons overlooking the River, large seating area, good food arrived quickly.

Not the best, but not the worst wetherspoons. The mixed grills meats were a bit random..

Enjoyed The Vegan Katsu Curry (Quorn) Version. Like the place. Can accommodate a lot of people.

Get what you pay for, service is excellent.

If a quiet meal is the plan it's best to avoid in the evenings at weekends as it turns into a disco/club and gets VERY rowdy. Table ordering is recommended else you'll have a half hour wait at the understaffed bar.

Good atmosphere, excellent service, friendly staff , food hot and good portion size

Great location, good food & drink 🍽️🍺👍🏻

The food was good however it was a small portion size not enough for the price I paid. Would go again if there was bigger portion size👍

I know you get what you pay for, ......C'mon people, 9 chips, 3 traumatised sausages (I presume they 'Were' sausages at one point. Hard to tell as they'd obviously been Nuked several thousand times) Pretty sure the beans were a job lot purchased on Wish...

Stopped for breakfast, not the best. Reviewed here before and it has not improved. Service terrible, empty plates waiting for 40 mins despite staff walking past and it not being busy. Really not worth going here, I said last time only 1 spoons in Barnstaple and it is the Panniers.

Ordered a curry . Good taste and good value. Good cheap palazzo coffee also

Lovely atmosphere and happy, helpful staff. Very child and family friendly. Wheelchair accessible

This place is terrible, we ordered food an hour and a half before we actually got it, when the food came out it was cold and unbearable to eat. Also the front of house team were awful too, with that being said, they brought the food out withought knives and forks. Half way through eating the food, one of the members of front of house starting taking the plates away and cleaning the tables on top of giving all of us weird looks, overall I am not happy with the service and I would not recommend this place to anyone

The food is ok and the service is relatively quick however an employee called me fat and I felt offended. if that’s how the staff treat its customers, I’m better off going to the panniers as they treat their customers with value

Popped in for breakfast, it was decent, hot and not long of a wait.

The food is cheap so that's what's you get

Food is alrite and service good. Meets minimal criteria.

Value for money 🤑 the only place left 10/10

Used app to order drinks on app never arrived, told 4 eaiters they said they'd follow up, never did. Stayed at table to avoid missing them, then attended bar and bar staff would not help, and told us to go off and enjoy rest of evening. Won't be using that again.

The Watergate is close to our hotel (the excellent Royal & Fortescue), so I popped in here on a couple of evenings for a drink after a day out and before dinner. It is a busy place, kept pretty tidy when I have been in. The staff are friendly, and there is a decent selection of real cider - though I would prefer it not to be chilled.

Saw in the close of 2023 and the start of 2024 and what an establishment it was. I’m an older man but this felt like reliving my youth. The beers were flowing and the crowd was bouncing. Well worth the £2 I paid to get in. Peter

I recommend the very classical pepperoni pizza with large coke

Watch out for the bouncer woman(?) with bad teeth, questioned my ID even though it is clearly real. Eventually they figured out my ID was real and let me carry on drinking but still had to kick me out at 9 apparently? Makes no sense. Had to go back home to get my passport just to enjoy a night with my friends. Eventually they let me in as they realised i’m actually 20. Then about half an hour before they closed they all started asking us to “get ready to leave”. Saying this to us and only our group. She’s very clearly hoping for the pay raise and honestly the service by the bouncers was disgusting and embarrassing.

A bit dark but friendly nice food.

Friendly staff and quick service Food arrived quickly but was only OK not fantastic.

Busy wetherspoons, lovely view from outside. Great for table service.

Started coming here for a spot to use my laptop for work and some breakfast honestly didn’t expect much from experiences from other spoons in the area… but I was pleasantly surprised. The food was good quality and hot! Will definitely be making this a regular spot. I will give a shout out to the young lady (think she’s a manager) that’s on most weekday mornings and the tall gent. They are always smiling and it’s good to see staff having a laugh and working with a smile at that time of morning. Clearly enjoy their jobs!

what's there not to like? nice decor, Clean, nice staff, good atmosphere, never had a bad meal here have had breakfast and dinner here before and the coffee is nice.

Great experience, good food and cheap prices

I was very rudely informed that I need ID to be allowed to eat in spoons… bear in mind it was 11:30 and no alcohol had been ordered… I have never been asked for ID nor do I carry one round with me. I had already ordered food and the worker who told me I need to bring ID to be served next time… his whole demeanour and tone was patronising and utterly rude. Spoons need to work on their staff as they are so rude! I also might add that they used to accept my college id card, however apparently according to this guy 8th November 2023 they changed their rules and it has to be a drivers licence or provisional and that’s all he would accept. There are no signs saying this apart from the challenge 25 for alcohol, and the whole interaction with him ruined my meal and set a very sour tone. He needs to work on how he talks to people as it is very demeaning.

Typical Wetherspoons. I have noticed that prices have increased whilst portion size has reduced in a number of cases. Pity the pub does still not accept dogs even outside so we do not go very often.

Called in for a quick beverage. Quick service nice atmosphere.

Nice pub can't beat a spoons good beer good price

There were eight of us ranging in ages from 8 to 68, including vegetarians, meat eaters, and gluten intolerances. There were choices for all of us and the food and service were good. We were very happy.

Lovely place and service was as it should be. Second time going to this restaurant.

Exactly what you expect. Great value for good food. Nothing spectacular but that's not what you come for. Service was extremely quick.

Very reasonable prices. We were a family of 5 adults and children, and we paid less than £7.50 per head on average for a meal and a drink each. Food isn't exceptional, and my curry was a bit on the cool side, but at these prices, it's hard to complain.

Got the food order completely wrong refused to sort it or refund it staff very rude so we didn't bother left without having any food or drink that we payed for unfortunately very disappointed won't be going back.

Pop in here quite frequently for a meal, can guarantee you know what you're getting at a "spoons" but don't expect luke warm food served at break neck speed 😳 WHY ???I'm more then happy to wait and it's slightly annoying when one male member of staff appears to have to do everything at a trot as he shot passed our table saying "everything OK guys" and jogged on, why ask you didn't even stop for our reply and chances are you're going to cause an accident at that speed by knocking someone over, I personally do not want to be served by someone in such a blind rush. Nothing will change but just be warned you could be mowed down by a staff member delivering your meal to your table before you have a chance to leave the bar after ordering.

Staff happy to help. Well worth a visit frendly atmusfere.

We come here a lot,but its a shame its gone downhill lately.Almost empty last week at lunchtime,but the place was grubby,food on the floor,the "chef" came out looking pretty scruffy.Food gone downhill,over microwaved chicken making it sooo dry,garnish looks like someting out of the bin,and the person behind the bar with glasses and tatty hair,not hygenic, more interested in looking at herself than the customers.No customer service skills whatso ever unless your a man.Wont be going back anytime soon

Very disappointed. It was my partners birthday 65th we were hoping for an upgrade. Our room was very small, the bathroom wasn't even a one star. The breakfast was cold and by 9.15 most food was running out. Restaurant staff seen twice on there mobiles. As for my sisters room at the end of are corridor didn't get cleaned for four nights. She had to ask for loo rolls, and bins to be emptied. Went to use the reception loo and found the cleaner having a bump. Didn't like the staff using the left as it was very small.

Slow service staff seemed more focused on chatting to each other than serving. Burger buns were black and waited that long it was pointless to send back as my kids were hungry. Wouldn’t recommend

Not to bad to eat here, Had a steak here a few weeks ago it was good value for money but the cook not chef as I don’t think they have any only cooks and pingers need to learn how to cook a steak, why ask how you like it and then cook it differently? My Medium to well was rare to medium,

The staff were good, some of the customers were a bit fighty

It's great that you can order your drinks and food from the table on the app which saves you having to go up to the bar if it's is busy

Visited 01/09/2023 Much better than expected, we all really enjoyed our food and commented on how well it was cooked and good portion sizes. Very good value with the drinks included. Toilets were clean too. Overall much better than other Wetherspoons’ experiences we’ve had!

3 of us went, a very overwhelmingly busy place, but its a spoons so of course it is. People came in after us and were served before us, had to go ask where our food was. Tattooed waiter was nice and polite. Great food however, just over £30 for all of us. For a walk in place its good.

Staff were great! Everything you expect from a Wetherspoons.

Very slow service,quite dark inside

Standard wetherspoons, really. My brother had to ask them to add the missing bacon to his eggs benedict and then to find some cutlery before he could eat. Just someone having a bad day, I guess. Breakfast good.

Usual great value and service you’d expect from a Wetherspoons

Food is simple and inexpensive. Beer was good and service quick.

A good place to rendezvous with friends and catch up. The food and drinks were reasonably priced and good value. After placing our order food was quick to arrive. We would be happy to return for another meal.

The tables are always clean!! ;) The quick exit through the emergency exit when one is tired is also an excellent service, cheers bouncers :)

One of the better Wetherspoons regarding service. Building isn't as historic as most but still has lots of space. It does turn into a nightclub late on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Came in here after a long walk along the Tarka trail. Food and service were excellent . Friendly staff and got the 2-5pm deal fish and chips for 2 plus a drink just over £17 .. what’s not to like ???

Great food (pizza's are amazing) in an excellent venue. Service very good and swift.

Food was cold service too slow making your own cup of tea is not good enough

Nice smaller pub, clean, friendly staff and good wholesome food.

What a difference from the Foxley Hatch, plenty of space here, food was excellent and the team leader on the day was welcoming, polite and approachable.

Good Wetherspoons pub. Currently getting a bit of a face-lift (Apr 2022). Has manager specials occasionally. Usually a good range of real ales.

Didn't enjoy my spicy watery curry like soup. Also very dark in the day

Good value food,ales etc as per Weatherspoons. Based in a old night club. Just over road from the Taw riverbank

Mix grill was OK peas were terrible

a lot of meals on menu weren,t available,

It's spoons, everything was ad expected.

Huge Spoons with friendly staff

Went today for a mixed grill the lamb wouldn't have been suitable for dog food. Uncooked with end trails in it, peas rock hard and missing the onion rings.

Friendly staff and lovely food. However, toilet was blocked and menu could have been cleaner.

Deceptively large Spoons. Ideally sited next to the river.