The White Thorn Inn in South Hams

It's a shame about the quality of the carvery as the service, friendly staff and atmosphere was good. I found my turkey warm, not hot & my wife struggled with eating her beef. It looked good, but she struggled to cut it & chew it. The sprouts didn't look good & the potatoes were ok. I'd certainly go back for a drink, but I'm not sure I would eat there again.

Lovely little pub to have a meal, my friends and myself ate here last night and we're not disappointed with the food, it was amazing, nice generous portions. The staff were brilliant, even though we were the last people in the pub we weren't made to feel like we had to get out. Will definitely return.

Good beer, warm fire, all round great place to call in after a walk on the moor!

Great pub with excellent and friendly staff

Walked in from a long walk off Dartmoor with no booking and a family of four, with two kids. Couldn’t be more pleased to find this Gem of a family country pub run by 3 ladies. Community atmosphere with a lovely welcome and warm fire. Hearty, quality food. Probably the best sticky toffee pudding we’ve tasted. You will not be disappointed. We will be back! Thank you once again for a lovely meal.

Good food and kind staff. A little bit slow getting food

Charming country pub on Dartmoor with lovely atmosphere calm and quite. Tried the deserts and amazing value for money and looking forward to a full meal 👏👏👏👏

Proper pub , Proper veg, Proper homecooked Roast with a great atmosphere with always a friendly face behind the bar, you would only be dissapointed if could not get table

Great place to come eat and drink very inviting atmosphere great food, friendly staff and very clean.

Welcoming, helpful bar staff. Real local pub with good food

Really good food and friendly landlady

Carvery was excellent, meat was tender and potatoes crispy. The children’s meals were really high quality, and they were very happy playing on the climbing equipment before and after food. Staff were friendly and very accommodating of our large party. Thank you,!

First time here, lovely place very friendly staff felt they couldn't do enough for us food was absolutely amazing the beef was cooked to perfection 👌 would highly recommend this lovely place with lovely people. Thanks again, we will definitely be back ##HappyCustomer

Booked 12 for dinner, we had pre ordered our meals, it came to the table very hot. The food was excellent and reasonably priced. We would not hesitate to return.

Booked a table last minute to have a Sunday roast. Food was absolutely delicious. The Beef was cooked perfectly and the roast potatoes were as good as my Grandad used to make! The staff were very friendly and the pub was lovely. We will definitely be visiting again.

Excellent service, very friendly pub, great food highly recommend the ploughman’s Very nice on a sunny afternoon in the beer garden Well worth a visit

My family and I have been to The White Thorn several times now for food and drink and I score this 10/10. The staff are very welcoming and friendly and the pub is spotlessly clean. I highly recommend going, you won’t be disappointed.

Lovely pub with beer garden & nice food

Fantastic ! So tasty and actually hot , go try you won't be dissapointed , outside beer garden and play area , dog friendly , family run pub , a Smiley welcome akways

Great local pub. Good beers. Staff excellent.

Unpretentious village pub with good value food. Our basket meals were bigger than expected and my son's Ploughmans had lots of good ham and cheese.

Great food, friendly "proper pub"

Nice pub with the usual menu. What sets it apart was how friendly and welcoming the staff was

I had a family occasion at the White Thorn, I can't fault the food or service. Very friendly atmosphere & always making sure we were happy with everything. Friendly staff & good food are we would want & certainly got that. The plus was as the weather was good the children could go out in the garden.

Spent a very enjoyable evening, great food and wine, stayed the night in campervan in the carpark then had a delicious breakfast before we set off, we highly recommend The White Thorn Inn

I'm a local but won't be going back. Took dogs for a walk and came back for a friendly pint and lunch. Forty minutes after ordering, with no explanation and no apology for the absence of food, no word at all in fact, I felt it was time to make my excuses and leave. Apparently a large party had arrived earlier and ordered lunch. Fair enough. But when I'd ordered lunch for my wife and daughter, there was no suggestion there'd be a delay of any kind. So we ordered another drink and waited... and waited... still nothing. It doesn't take a genius to work out that at lunchtime people don't want to sit drinking wine on an empty stomach - or perhaps it does? As we left, the bar help called into the kitchen "Don't worry about the order for Table 7 - they've left." So, 40 minutes after ordering, the chef hadn't even started preparing our lunch. That's not what I call hospitality. Byee.

Stayed in our van overnight while visiting our daughter at uni, had great dinner and breakfast, staff and locals all very welcoming, highly recommended

Excellent food Excellent service dog friendly we willdefinitely return .

What a lovely place went there for lunch and I had the best plowmans ever thanks so much

Pity I didn't manage to take photos of the lovely food. Nicky opened up the pub for a wonderful lunchtime visit today. Thankyou so very much. My Aunt and Uncle loved it ❤️ much appreciated.

Love Dartmoor pub. Good selection of food and drink. Reasonable priced.

This is now a great village pub with hearty pub grub fare. Recent change of management, great chilled atmosphere and a friendly welcome. The decor needs some love but it’s clean welcoming and a fun place to be.

It's a proper local pub, a little chaotic, but the staff are great, and the food clearly is, as promised, home cooked and delicious

Family run by new local management making excellent start. Good portions and good quality food. Polite friendly and efficient staff. Lovely inside and plenty of seating for eating outside. Also delightful large and safe childrens playgroud. Fantastic view of Plmouth Sound. Good luck girls.

Called in while walking in the area with dog. Sat outside and had lunch in the sunshine.. lovely ploughman's lunch. Friendly staff.. would 100% go back if in area..

Thank You to the White Thorn team for squeezing us in for a meal on a really busy night. This is the first time I have been back to the pub that was my ‘local’ in my teens. We had a very warm reception even though everyone was really busy, the food and drinks were excellent. My only thought on the pub itself, and I hope the new owner won’t take offence, it’s lacking character inside. The owner is obviously a very proud military man, let’s see some of that and local history in the pub, bring some of your personality into the place 👍🏻 However that is certainly not off putting, go and visit the White Thorn, you won’t be disappointed!

Really nice lunch in a refurbished pub with a friendly pub landlord.

Nice food , nice homely pub , friendly landlords

Lovely family friendly pub that allows pets. Definitely worth a visit is you are passing this way. Food good prices and large sizes

Smashing pub on the borders of Plymouth and Dartmoor. I had a nice pint of Summerskill's Scrum-Half Nectar amber. We ate here and the beef lasagne I had was top notch. Wife had cajun chicken burger and father-in-law, the hunter's chicken. Both of them raved about the chips! Dog friendly establishment and the landlord and barmaid made a right fuss of our cockapoo, Molly. This made us feel very welcome. We will be back.

The Sunday roast was delicious as was our dessert. The staff were very helpful and friendly. Couldn't fault the cleanliness neither.

This place is brilliant. Food is absolutely amazing cant fault it. Staff lovely very helpful. Would 100%, recommend!

Good location and food (the double cooked chips were incredible!) but the pub itself was really cold and the bar staff kept skipping songs/the phone the speakers were connected to kept cutting out. Shame!

Fabulous pre Christmas bingo evening event. Great fun, hosts very entertaining.

Food excellent, home made cakes are amazing. Staff friendly and helpful, tho service always kinda slow. Worth the wait tho!

Food very good , great improvement from previous owner.

Lovely pub, lovely staff, lovely food 😋

Absolutely fantastic pub with great food and it's all homemade, staff very friendly and welcoming, not expensive plus allowed to park up overnight as well 😀

Went today for Sunday roast it was superb . Probably best we have had in a long time excellent price as well plenty of veg & meat. Staff very friendly & welcoming . It’s so nice for us to have somewhere decent in Plympton to eat . We shall be returning very soon

This lovely family-owned pub was my location for an overnight stop in my self sufficient van. The location was solid and felt very safe for a solo female travelling through Dartmoor. The drinks were good, service excellent and people (both those serving and the locals) were so nice. Highly recommend

Friendly staff, very welcoming. Lovely food xx

Friendly village pub. Food was really tasty & good portion sizes. Very attentive service. Looking forward to going back again.

Fantastic pub. Tidy but not posh. A very generous and delicious stilton and beef pie, and a pint of cold cider for £20. It was so good I missed my bus!

Great family friendly pub set in the edge of Dartmoor . The landlord the team provided an excellent service the food is really tasty too. I would highly recommend this pub to anyone looking for great food or a drink after a walk across the Moors set in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

The lovely new landlords went out of their way to provide a fantastic service during a 90th Birthday celebration even when the numbers exceeded those planned including a couple of vegetarians who unexpectedly joined us at the last minute and I hadn't catered for! We were allowed to decorate a corner with party banners and balloons and were all made to feel very welcome and my Mum had a truly memorable birthday. Thank you to the White Thorn Inn!!

Only pub around with a lovely sunset garden....the excellent, reasonably priced food was just a bonus!

What an amazing local pub. Served delicious food, gave a warm friendly welcome and drinks choice was fabulous. We will definitely return. Our son had fun on the children's play area. I loved that dogs were welcome and I also was told that there is a small field to park your horse ! This made me smile... how unique.. The pub had signs up for live music at the weekends and also had guest ales. A right little treat for anyone to discover.. You will.not be disappointed

Brilliant family friendly country inn, close to great walks. We booked in for Sunday lunch, the food came out hot and in good time. The football was on and being enjoyed by the locals which added to the experience. The outdoor play area was a hit with our son and they even have parking for horses as well as a large carpark. I tried a few of the local beverages and scotch whisky or two, all well received after a lovely afternoon. Well worth a trip if your looking for an authentic experience.

Laura and George were very welcoming on arrival. Menu had plenty gluten free options which is a rarity. Great range of wine choices and ales. Family and pooches are made welcome with a great beer garden and play area. We will be back! 5* service through and through!

Great atmosphere, friendly staff, lovely food and best of all, neck oil on draught!

Had the best time tonight we just turned up to celebrate our sons birthday and couldn't of been more welcomed by the landlord and landlady and staff, the food was amazing and very generous plates thank you so much all at the white thorn we will definitely be coming again 😀 😊

Had a Sunday roast here and it was very good. Plenty of veg and gave extra gravy when asked. Food was very well priced. Also a great variety of drinks at the bar. Accept well behaved dogs. Big car park with extra space on the road outside. Highly recommended. Thanks. We will certainly visit again.

Really friendly atmosphere and food was excellent. Would recommend

Lara and George have taken over the pub. It's now open regularly. It's clean, friendly(dogs as well) and a good selection of drinks including hot beverages. I've had several meals there and I can say "the food is very good". The White Thorn is recommended!

Honestly a very well deserved 5*. Great owners, tasty food and decent portions, I will be going back regularly.

Sunday roast was great, especially the parsnips! Really good service and lovely outside seating area. Will be going back.

Stopped here for a pint after a walk on dartmoor. Nice pub pleasant staff, changed hands recently egg and chips not bad good chips. Worth a visit

We were so glad we decided to pop into this pub for lunch. The new owners and staff were so friendly and accommodating. The food was excellent, and the real ale (Dartmoor Jail Ale and Lengend) are kept to a very high standard. A great pub to go to after a walk on the Moor with the children or dogs. We will definitely recommend to friends and family and be returning very soon. Well done for taking on a pub in this climate, keep doing what you're doing and all the best for the future 😊

Brilliant new landlords, friendly, welcoming and bringing a great country pub back to all its glory. Food was fantastic, lots of choices for vegetarians and gluten free! We had a variety and some deserts and will definitely be back soon. Lovely to see it’s dog friendly (and horse friendly!) with a play area for the children outside too.

Absolutely fabulous meal highly recommend the black pudding scotch wand melted camembert the food was out of this world will highly recommend it can't wait

Lovely pub grub with a great atmosphere

Enjoyed live music and drink, terrific atmosphere 👌

Nice outdoor space and good quality beer at a reasonable price

Once again the Princetown Retirement Fellowship returned to The White Thorn after a long Covid Lockdown, to be warmly welcomed by Mike and the staff. We had made reservations for a pre-Christmas Lunch. Having settled down around the log fire with glasses full of Dartmoor's famous Ales we soon quenched our thirst and were ready for our meals. We were not disappointed. Every single one of the group o fourteen agreed that the meals were excellent. After a few more drinks to wash down their meals, the group bade farewell to our host Mike having decided to return again in the spring of 2022.

We went to see Gaz Brookfield, we arrived in afternoon for some food before. The food Luke made for us was amazing, chunky chips with a veggie burger, we cleared our plates. It was a simple and satisfying meal. Would highly recommend you try the food. We also enjoyed the music and selection of beers. Mike allowed us to stay over night in our campervan. This is such a great pub. Very friendly and even got to see gin and tonic, the resident goats.

We haven’t had roast as good as this in a long while. The portion was more than adequate, nice selection of veg & the beef was very tender. Would happily eat roast here again as there is a very good selection of drinks and a friendly atmosphere to go with the very tasty roast.

We travelled some distance to visit this pub. We hoped for a nice meal and a lovely country ambience! The service was dreadful, the smell of cigarette smoke wafted through the pub from people smoking outside. It was so loud in the pub, we couldn't hear one another talk. Sticky tables and unclean tables. After 45 minutes, we asked where our food order was, and the waiter (after 10 minutes) came back and replied that they were just about to cook it! This was now 8:30 pm. We walked out and we won't be returning. No recommendations to visit this pub!

Terrible service, loud drunks everywhere, stinks of fags, whoever the landlord is he’s lost control of this place. You can always tell when the local pub has no locals in it, just outsiders running riot. Don’t waste your time.

Should be a good place but it isn’t . Foul language from other customers. Salad limp and covered in dressing, not requested but used to cover up the poor quality. Sticky tables. Not entitled to 5 food hygiene rating as new food business operator on day of visit.

This place has a lovely beer garden to sit outside in the sunshine, also beautifully done on the inside. It is dog friendly and i did notice they keep on top of the water bowls for the dogs. The staff were friendly and attentive, the food was great. Literally nothing not to like!

The owners at the White Thorn inn know how to run a great pub - the proper way! Shaugh Prior is one of the most beautiful villages on Dartmoor that you could visit and this pub does it justice with loads of green space and views - live music - great atmosphere with an outdoor cocktail bar and seating - and people who remember human connection and still know how to have fun and laugh! Recommend to all, walkers, families and anyone in between!

Have recommended this pub to everyone for there brilliant pub food, wow Covid has ruined this. Just freezer food now, such a shame as such a nice pub and garden area for kids and a nice drink in the sun.

Lovely pub with a great atmosphere, nice little play park area for the kids. Unfortunately the food wasn’t great was more or less “Iceland” food and wasn’t great for the prices, served on a paper plate to which it flew off the table sending the food everywhere, bit disappointed really as it was a great pub for everything else☹️

Very friendly and accommodating. Above and beyond. Took the time to have a chat and made me feel welcome.

Went here yesterday for lunch and it was very busy. Three Snacks for £10.00 was obviously very popular and I think caught the Pub out as they didn’t know so many would turn upIt was still a pleasant lovely Bach with the kids playing in the garden

Paramos de aquí para tomar una copa en nuestro camino cuando andamos en bicicleta. El pub es original y el personal fue genial. No comimos aquí en esta ocasión, pero lo intentaríamos si nos quedáramos más tiempo. El jardín del pub fue una experiencia en la que alguien entraba con su caballo para un descanso, la cabra de jardín exigía su propia mesa, las gallinas corrían y gente amable para reunirse y charlar. Lleno de carácter y alegría. Volvería

Lovely bustling atmosphere and good food, would definitely recommend as a nice stop off before or after Moreland walks :)

Nos detuvimos aquí para tomar una copa después de un alegre paseo por los páramos. Fue una noche encantadora entre semana, por lo que no estuvo demasiado ocupada y la posibilidad de sentarse en la taberna al aire libre y reírse de las cabras fue bienvenida. La cerveza real estaba bien cuidada y el servicio era eficiente. Aparecerá de nuevo si pasa.

Excellent food and quick efficient service to 50 guests. Congratulations to the chef and the bar staff. Pets corner outside near the beer garden is fun for the children.

Great food, great service and really lovely atmosphere! The carvery was so nice, really good beef and gammon. Will definitely be coming back. :)

We popped into The White Thorn after a short walk down at Shaugh Bridge. A lovely friendly welcome in a cosy pub with the log burner going.We had a burger and hunters chicken, it was amazing and loads of it as well. Fantastic flavours in the burger and the chicken, the coleslaw was gorgeous. I highly recommend The White Thorn and we will be going again sometime with the rest of the family.

Our party of 26 seniors booked an early Christmas lunch at the White Thorn Inn at the beginning of December. The staff were welcoming and the food and drinks were excellent. Every one of our group was absolutely delighted with their meals. We shall definitely return.

We booked a table over the phone for a family get together on a Sunday, very disappointed to find that after ordering the drinks, there was only a carvery on offer, most of us don't like carvery! There was no mention of that when we booked, bit poor we thought. Really didn't enjoy the food as potatoes were not crispy & vegetables were lukewarm, beef itself was actually OK. Would have been nice is someone had said sorry, but all we got was a shrug.

Came here for Lunch really cold outside but lovely fire so nice and warm inside. Lovely friendly from the Barman Nick and the locals who all enjoyed a chat. I had the Steak and Ale Pie something everyone should have a large home cooked pie stuffed full of meat with a delicious gravy. We also had Samui and Gammon and Egg with the most delicious chips.Don’t pass this Pub by drop in they serve great Draft Beers and Cider

Lovely food, lovely people and nice atmosphere, such a great area too and a very local business, would recommend.

Great atmosphere, very homely and welcoming, nice log fire, good food, in a four night visit we went there twice.

Nuestro grupo de 22 adultos mayores incondicionales había reservado para almorzar en esta encantadora y antigua posada. Nos dieron una cálida bienvenida y nos sirvieron rápidamente con nuestras bebidas antes del almuerzo. Las cervezas eran excelentes con una selección de cerveceros para elegir. Cada comida fue excelente, terminada cuando nos presentaron al chef después de la comida, el grupo entero lo saludó con una ronda de aplausos. sin duda volveremos

We were greeted with warmth and friendliness .There were goats sheep and chickens outside who also greeted us and the meal was brilliant. The drive to the pub was scenic.We loved this place.

Este tiene que ser el mejor pub. Delicioso almuerzo del domingo. Arpista y flautista tocando música suave en vivo en el fondo. Personal amigable. El chef fue muy amable y servicial con una dieta libre de gluten. A nuestro bebé le encantaron las cabras y las ovejas en el jardín y hay una zona de juegos piratas para niños. Maravilloso.

Great village pub. Really friendly staff, great food at a great price and they have Rattler on draft. Perfect.