Village Inn in East Devon

Food lovely big portions The landlord is miserable seems to be only interested in the locals 🤨 could do with a customer service course !!!!

Outstanding. Honestly cannot fault this place. Lovely cosy local pub. Everyone friendly and the food is some of if not the best pub food I have ever come across. Amazing value, excellent quality and massive portions. You will not go away hungry or disappointed. Thanks to everyone at the village inn

Lovely village pub, warm welcome, friendly staff and dog friendly. Good selection on the menu and the food was excellent food. Definitely would go again.

Friendly welcome, lovely setting, plenty of space in car park behind pub. Clean well maintained facilities. Had a really lovely lunch, huge choice of courses including childrens/ smaller appetites menu. Huge portions, we had a wide range of choices from the duck in port/plum sauce to breakfast baguette everything well cooked and beautifully served. Prices really good too, I would highly recommend anyone to try this lovely Inn.

What a gem, great service, lovely locals, amazing food (you need an appetite the portions are huge!) Gluten free options. Dog welcome as are well behaved kids. Will definitely return.

What a lovely place for a meal out, great atmosphere, warming wood burner, great service and delicious food. Great value for money too. Will definitely recommend and be back again soon.

Great local pub, dog friendly, really good well cooked food, friendly service, good portions. Very reasonably priced

8 of us had Sunday Roast to celebrate a Birthday. We had a lovely . Great roast. Great deserts. Walked out of the Village Inn, Ashwater very pleased. All made us welcome and valued. Thank you

Wel, we thought this would be a nice country pub, how wrong were we. Not very friendly on arrival, we ordered drinks and then went to the bar to order our food. Al okish so far. We waited and waited some more and after 45 ins we asked. Oh they said iyts just being plated up, good we thought.But it came out and went to a tabled that had arrived 30mins after us! So we waited a bit more and then after 1 hour enough was enough, we had had no updates, applolgies or anything so we went to the bar to ask, they knew nothing so we paid for the drinks and went! No appology, no nothing the staff didnt really care. Avoid at all costs and fnd a nce friendly counrty pub that cares about their customers

Impromptu visit as our first choice in nearby Launceston was sadly Infected with loud drunk chavs. Warm welcome as mention before , “ that’s your table “ . After that ……..great Village pub atmosphere , it’s a locals place so respect that . Food was great traditional pub grub , service was great . Proper Rugby Pub too which was an added bonus . Not for snow flakes or those with Champagne tastes and lemonade money . Proper Pub with good food . Dog was also very welcome . Beware the moon

Do not go here, the place was empty on a Sunday dinner time in august, they ran out of the beer we wanted. We ordered food, no Sunday dinner on the menu, I should of just paid for the drinks and walked out. The food was disgusting, my kids both got pizza and chips. Definitely frozen food for everything. Couldn’t wait to get out! There was just locals sat at the bar drinking. The good reviews on this page are wrong.

Old looking pub. The food was lovely. Big portions. Went back a few days later, because we loved the food.

Rudest welcome we have EVER had! Booked a table a week in advance for a special reunion meal for family from Launceston, Exeter and Dawlish to return to this village pub that had been our lovely local for very many years. We always loved the old place and thought it perfect for this occasion. We arrived in good time and said there were 5 of us instead of 4 and hoped it was OK? Was met with ‘well it’ll have to be won’t it” from the ‘lady’ behind the bar. I thought she was joking at first but she clearly wasn’t! We all sat down and my husband went and ordered drinks checking it was ‘OK’ for our daughter to stay and eat with us after she had driven over an hour to come along and surprise us all. Bar woman said it was OK but continued to glare rudely when any of us passed her (that is when she could lift her ever scowling face from her mobile phone). Our waitress was such a lovely girl. Nothing was too much trouble for her and there were smiles aplenty for us and the service and food itself was very good. The woman behind the bar didn’t raise a smile once. She made us all feel very uncomfortable and didn’t even thank us when we left after parting with a lot of money. We will never return. ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE and whoever employs her should think hard!

Stumbled across this pub whilst trying to find a place to eat and had a fantastic meal! The food was delicious! Portion sizes were big and great value for money. Staff friendly, highly recommend a visit

I have never experienced anything like it!! I felt like I was in an episode of "litte Britain" in a pub for the "locals". The most miserable bar 'lady'?? I have ever come across. She glared at us out of the side of her eyes constantly. One word answers and not a single smile. MOST BIZZARE! A couple of locals came in and smiles and chats all round. If you want a good laugh at such bizzare behaviour and for a Little Britain experience I would definitely recommend. Lol

We have been going to the village inn for over 20 years, while holidaying in Devon. The food is delicious and you get really generous portions. I definitely recommend a visit.

Twenty of us visited on 18 February. We had Pre-ordered our lunches and they came out quickly. For myself and for all those Friends I spoke with, the food quality was above and beyond what we expected from pub grub. Mine was the duck - excellent veg and very good portion. Lovely service as well and we were looked after very well. Well done. We all agreed we should like to have this pub back in south Devon, please, from where we had travelled from. Very well done. Keep It up!

Went to dinner alone with my dog and had a great meal. Pretty busy on a Friday night. Ordered my favourite- the mixed grill. I have enough left over for another meal & my doggie got the kidneys. Great food & staff, dog friendly, welcoming locals - what’s not to like?

Food over seasoned with salt, lasagne was a pasta cottage pie. Supermarket ham and frozen chips. Felt like we were a imposing on the locals pub.

Lovely looking pub in a pretty setting, we thought we had chosen well! How wrong we were! We weren’t welcomed in, in fact we were immediately told to move our dogs out of the back room! (I had moved them away from a reactive dog that was at the bar). The bar lady just pointed to our table and announced “that’s yours!” The Barman was rude and everything appeared an effort for him. There was a local man sat at the bar talking to the staff and I’ve never met such a rude, ignorant individual, no wonder his dog was grumpy! If we had known where else to go we would have walked out. The food however was impressive and waitress was polite!

On holiday near by and booked a table for Sunday lunch, had read reviews about the poor welcome you got but kind of didn’t believe it… How wrong I was, on entering the bar a gentleman I presume is the landlord was behind the bar,...

Visited while on holiday in Devon. Real traditional village pub with good tasty food. Sadly we weren't in the area again or we would definitely have come back. Good quality food at a sensible price

Seven of us enjoyed an excellent lunch. The menu was extensive plus all the specials available. We ordered quite a variety of choices from the menu and they were all superb. Large portions which all arrived at the same time, and there was a large...

Recommended to me by a friend and finally got here and the recommendation was spot on. The food was absolutely amazing and with just a main course it felt like I would have to roll out the pub. I cannot recommend the food so highly...

Highly recommend.. food was excellent … best to Book as popular place , we shared a pâté for starter then gammon and steak for mains.. served hot and very tasty

We visited the village inn whilst on holiday in Devon, and have visited the Village Inn for the last 25 years. This is a pub for locals, however we are always made to feel welcome and the food is always superb. The portions are large...

good beers and excelent food, 2 rump steaks cooked to perfection with all the trimmings £25 for the two , what more could you want !

Landlord assumed we were people who had made a booking for a person in our party who had wheelchair,. We were not. The food was fine but could not wait to leave,no dessert not having any more of our money great start to holiday.

We went in to celebrate my husband's 60th birthday. Made to feel very unwelcome when we first arrived. The elderly barman seemed almost put out that he had to stop talking to two locals and serve us, and was quite abrupt with my granddaughter as...

Our family were on holiday in the area and went in for an evening meal we sat in the beer garden which was lovely as the sun was out. we didn't have to wait long for are meals which were very tasty and generous in...

Went into what looked like a nice country pub as I was craving a steak, walked up to the bar to look at the menu only to find a most unwelcome resident customer staring at me and exclaimed oh my gawd! as if I was...

Went for a family meal to the pub, we received a friendly welcome. The food was amazing and the access for wheelchair users was fantastic. Very pleased

This is a no frills traditional English pub in the village of Ashwater. The food is what I'd describe as good hearty pub food. The pie was excellent and whilst my wife wanted something smaller, her jacket potato was far from that!

We went as a family, 4 children 6 adults. We had a long table which was perfect it was at the end of the pub away from the main bar so we didn't have to worry about disturbing anyone. The food was excellent and service...

Came here on holiday. Old fashioned, awful menu and more awful food. Pastry in goats cheese tart old uncooked dry. Fish cooked from frozen, boiled no sauce with it broad beans that were so over cooked they were unpalatable. Do not go here

This pub gave us the most unfriendly welcome that we’ve ever had in our lives. We were asked abruptly if we had booked, we said no. The lady then asked a man who needs to take his face for a joy ride, if there were...

Visited here and had a meal for a people. Food was excellent. Generous portions, Great steaks and good service. A lovely evening was had.

Had a great meal her with my wife. Would definitely come again. The pub is off the between track but all the better for it. The barman is friendly and talkative. Total recomend this pub.

Walked from our Airbnb shepherds hut and what an amazing find. The landlord was really friendly and the food was amazing. Duck was perfect and the pie was divine. Left absolutely stuffed and very happy. Will be back again tomorrow for cream tea.

I never thought I would leave a rave review about a jacket potato but here I am! We each had one, one with beans and cheese and the other with homemade chilli. The chilli was absolutely delicious, the perfect level of spice and a very...

Traditional pub with home cooked food that was out of this world. Fresh and piping hot and the portion size would fill up anyone. Would highly recommend it and would definitely visit again. Only wish it was our local pub.

At our 3rd attempt we found this pub to be open. On entering found the customers without masks. Waited for someone to appear behind the bar, she also didn't have a mask she was rude and unhelpful so we left.

Fantastic meal one of the best pub meals I have had I had home made soup this was delicious as was all the starters I had fillet steak this was perfectly cooked and very tasty as were all the mains very good portions no room...

On first impressions wasn’t sure but soon changed our minds. Fantastic food at great prices. Visited 4 times in 7 days. Children and dogs very welcome. Will definitely be back on our next visit to north Devon.

We visited 3 times. The food was fantastic, -they accommodated my socially distanced 60th birthday party.

Very few people dining sat in bar area. No atmosphere and the place was so cold that both ladies kept their coats on whilst eating their meals. Only heating appeared to be a single wood burner. Food service was nothing exceptional. Presentation was OK but...

Not sure which pub these people visited who have left glowing reviews . But on our visit the landlord needs to buy exchange and mart and buy a new personallity ..So much trouble he had to reluctanly open the restaurant for us ..In these days...

First visit and we were very pleased to find somewhere open for lunch. The food was very good with large portions. Unfortunately we left feeling that unless you were a local, you were not greeted very well and it was hard to engage the lady...

Staff were polite and helpful but the food was overpriced and of a really poor quality. Would recommend for a drink but definitely not food.

My daughter (8) and I visited this lovely pub for an evening meal. We booked which was a good idea as we arrived at the same time as quite a few other people. Very friendly staff who were helpful and ensured we were seated very...

A very friendly pub, where the whole family can feel welcome. A great selection of beers and the food was terrific. My grandchildren opted for the steak an ale pie on two different nights - it must have been good. The beef salad was also a winner. reasonable portions very well prepared.

If you like school dinners or hospital meals this is the place to go. Awful food, the caramalised onion and goats cheese filo tart was inedible. My mothers food was obviously out of a tin and a packet and the cabbage looked like it had been stewed for a week, chewed up and spat out in the dish. Sorry but if you are advertising home cooked food come on people things have moved on since the 80's!!!! I honestly hate to complain but this was a bad end to our lovely holiday! The girl behind the bar however was very polite and welcoming.

We are over the moon that we have found this pub! Fantastic food, amazing owners who go the extra mile and the pub its self is clean and very welcoming. We couldnt of been happier. My husband and i were so pleased we had to take our visitors for a meal so there was 7 of us and everything was spot on! Well done Ashwater inn!

Being our first visit to the UK, we were not sure what to expect. We were very impressed by the quality of service and food. All 4 of us truly enjoyed our meals and the icecream was extra yummy!

Lovely village pub which did a fantastic Sunday roast dinner. Great quiet setting in the countryside.

Very nice pub in a lovely Devon Village. Excellent menu and excellent food. Definitely recommend. Very spacious and large car park. Seating well laid out. Lovely gardens outside too.

Visited today for a last minute lunch . Very nice roast, choice of two meats and lots of veg. Lovely service. Would recommend :)

We came here on Sunday for lunch.I can’t even say it was terrible because we were refused an entry.My hubby popped in if we are ok to bring a small dog.We were told that’s ok but we have to stay in the bar area.So he said dog,2 adults and a pram.He was told no to a pram.The place was half empty.There were signs family friendly.Haha.

Lovely food. Excellent for the disabled.very welcoming. Would highly recommend it , was easy enough to park.

We were in the area for a few days and chanced on this pub while searching for evening dinner. Tuesday evening at 7pm so only a few locals but more arrived to eat later. Very friendly bar lady, big open space for drinkers and plenty of tables for eaters. Large menu with great variety of full meals, smaller light bites and extensive specials board. We had excellent hot scampi with lovely salad and indulged with first class creme brûlée. Well worth a visit.

This pub's food was excellent and the portions were generous. There is a large selection of beers and lagers as well as wine to accompany your food. For the really hungry the desserts are equally as good and again generous! The food is locally sourced where possible - so what's not to like!

We were staying nearby and visited to eat on a Sunday night after checking a table was available. The bar and restaurant was very busy and had a lovely atmosphere. The staff were extremely welcoming and friendly. The food was prompt with large portions and really delicious whilst not being overpriced. Extremely good pub fare. Dogs are welcome and they have some good ales to choose from if you are that way inclined. We had such a lovely meal and experience we visited again two nights later. Recommend wholeheartedly and will definitely be going back when we holiday here again.

We reserved a table by telephone for 6 for a meal on Sunday teatime as it was local to the holiday cottage we were staying in. This a small pub in a small village. When we arrived we walked into a crowded bar. The people stood in the bar area looked at us like we had arrived on a space ship. No one would move to allow us to get to the bar and as we tried to to step around people they turned their backs on us blocking our path. The atmosphere was horrible. When my wife finally spoke to the girl behind the bar she snapped they didn't have a table for 6 as it had been double booked. They offered us two tables of three.....at opposite ends of the pub. This is despite there being tables that could have been moved to fit 6 together. When I fought my way through the locals back to the bar to enquire why the tables couldn't be moved so we could sit together and why this problem hadn't been resolved when they discovered the double booking the girl who refused to look at me and carried on pulling pints told me in no uncertain terms that was the way it was take it or leave it. I politely told her I would leave it and fought my way back through the bodies to my family. We promptly walked out to the sound of sniggering behind us. As we left we did see the only table for 6 occupied by locals smiling at each other. Luckily we found a much friendlier establishment in the nearby town. On reflection I'm glad we left as the scene in the bar was very reminiscent of a scene from the film Dusk til Dawn or perhaps The Hills have Eyes..... If I could give this place zero stars I wouldn't hesitate. This is not a place welcoming to visitors to the area and I can't say strongly enough if you are in the area and looking for a local pub for a meal and you see the Village Inn at Ashwater......keep on driving to to the next town!

Nice setting and good value. Friendly staff. Good wines & beers. Dog friendly but in limited areas. Make sure you book!

Popped in here for last min sunday lunch. Can't fault the food, large portion at a sensible price. Our only gripe was that we sat for ages after we had finished with nobody interested in clearing our table or asking if we wanted anything else. Pudding or coffee etc. So we just gave up paid and left.

We regularly visit this pub, which is about 10 miles from our home (our most regularly used pub), because the food is so good, and the range of ciders extensive

We walked here from our self catering accommodation nearby. It was a very hot day, so sat in the small beer garden out the back, where it was shady and cool.

I was attending a photography course nearby and we met up here for dinner. It was very busy - a Saturday night - but we didn't have to wait long to be served.

Ate here three nights in a row, menu was good with varied daily specials. Atmosphere was friendly and genuinely local.

I had booked a near by glamping pod for the weekend as it was my partners birthday. I phoned the day before and reserved a table for the evening of his birthday, a bit dubious after reading some of the reviews on here but as soon as we walked through the door I knew I shouldn't of been. Plenty of parking in the car park to the rear, the Village inn has so much character I really enjoyed admiring the decor. We arrived slightly earlier than planned but were shown to our table and given menus. Plenty of choice, we went for steak and curry. The portion sizes were huge, The food was piping hot and delicious. We sadly didn't have room for desert but there was a good selection offered there also. We enjoyed a few games of pool after our meals, the pub was getting busier as we left but all of the locals were friendly and so were the staff. We are hoping to visit again in the summer and will be returning, thank you for a lovely evening.

We visit and eat regularly at the Village Inn and the food is always good with generous portions and the staff attentive to our needs.

We were out and about on a Sunday when I made a late decision to have lunch. We arrived in the nick of time and ate in the conservatory as we had our dog with us. I ordered two roasts, one beef the other Lamb. Both meals were promptly brought to the table, they contained the meat covering the whole of the plate and a Yorkshire pudding together with roast potatoes, they also delivered in a separate dish, cabbage, carrots, swede, peas and cauliflower Cheese. A wonderful meal. I recommend this pub.

The chicken and sweet corn soup is to die for. The village pub s friendly and authentic. Animals welcome.

This is my fourth review of the Village Inn, usually prompted by negative reviews from other "diners". I often wonder where these reviewers come from and where they regularly dine out. Their expectations seem to be so out of this world we both wonder what sort of restaurant they frequent!!

Went on a Friday night with a group of four for a special birthday dinner. Ordered drinks at the bar from a very limited and poor choice. No decent larger on offer! Ordered to sit on the table on the right, sat on the table on the right. When the waitresses came over we were told to move only to be told to move back again. The starters were very nice, but when served they were spilled over the table and left there! The mains came out swimming in oil. The steaks were devoid of color and taste, had looked like they were cooked in a microwave. Had the mixed grill , which was easy over cooked. At the end of the meal(half returned) we complained at the bar. Bar and kitchen staff extremely rude and unhelpful. They told us it was our fault for ‘filing up on starters’ and it was the butcher’s fault citing ‘Philip Warren’ being at fault. And offered us a £2 discount on a £100 bill! Dreadful experience. The lady behind the bar was very aggressive and confrontational and should be ashamed for her terrible customer service. The worst kitchen and bar staff I’ve ever encountered in my life. DO NOT DINE in this awful place

It's hard to find a really good pub in this area, go a bit further south and there are loads. I've been into this pub a few times after moving to the area and it's OK. That's the best you can say really. The place...

The best things were the friendly,prompt service. The worst was the new seating which is uncomfortable.

Excellent quality Sunday roast with warm atmosphere. Came away nicely stuffed, warm and cosy. Parking is easy.

We hadn’t been here in a while so decided to go at last minute. We were fitted in at a time that suited us. The food was amazing, lovely and tasty and plenty of it.

We went to the pub a few days before Christmas for an evening meal with our son his wife and their four young children. It is not our first visit and I hope to won't be our last. The Landlord went out of his way...

We went with some friends, 5 of us in total, on a Wednesday. The Inn it self is well kept and looks clean and tidy. The table are a bit stark and the lighting is too bright, they use eco bulbs which gives a harsh...

Travelling from Launceston to Holsworthy trying to find somewhere to eat. Spotted a sign to Village Inn. What a find. The host was so welcoming as were the regulars. A lot of friendly banter. There were 4 of us in our party and we were...

This is a really great place to eat. It must be we ate there four times this weekend while we were in Ashwater. I had read many previous reviews and decided that the few bad reviews were more than likely because of how people spoken...

Decided to try the village inn as it was supposedly dog friendly....however there are only 2 tables your allowed to eat at if you have a dog and the one given to us was in the conservatory. Have to say it was all a bit...

This is a great pub in the hub of the village on the green. We visited one early evening and it was a real treat to find local people enjoying a drink a yarn and a meal. This pub bucks the trend when it comes...

Stayed in the village and went to this pub on the second night. Local lady behind the bar was very friendly (pooch alowed in) and was virtually runnig the whole place on her own and it was busy for a wednesday night with a good...

Great country pub with one of the best selection of gins and tonics on offer any where! The locals were friendly and the staff were great. The food all home made was very tasty we had a great meal. The only problem is the size...

Nos estábamos alojando en Boyton, que es un pueblo a unos 6 km de distancia. Llegamos y estaba muy concurrido, que era tranquilizador, ya que no sabíamos nada sobre el pub antes de ir.

La semana pasada fuimos a Devon para pasar algún tiempo con dos de nuestros parientes más jóvenes que viven allí. Nos invitaron a comer con ellos en el Village Inn, a la que habíamos acordado. La mesa en el restaurante había sido reservado, así que cogimos nuestras bebidas desde el bar y hay muy poco una camarera tomó nuestra orden que era carne asada para cada uno de los cuatro.

Dined here on two occasions over a long weekend in Devon, Good Beer, excellent food with generous portions at reasonable prices with friendly service, what more could you want.

proper local pub, food simple and cheap, full of flavor, what would expect from an old style English pub, big portions too, highly recommend.

Was taken her e tonight by my sister & brother in law, Janine & Gerry from Lifton, omg best homemade food I have tasted in years. Fantastic staff & service, compliments to the chef Great landlord too. Thank u, this s village pubs a credit to you & the friendly locals..

Went in expecting to be looked at like I had 9 heads and 16 arms . But no its a lovely friendly pub Phil the land lord and his wife are great hosts

Dont believe bad reviews. Great food..great quality great quantity. Great beer . Lovely service. Local devon pub full of great devon locals. I'm a foodie..and from London so I'd be the first to mention bad food or services on here. .but can't say a bad word about here. As for chap who would go to wetherspoons..that's 25 mins away..by car and then I bet you couldn't get better food. Probably a barred chap who didn't settle into village live. As for other negative reviews. .I expect they are little lies. From jealous opposition to the pub. Go there and be happy. As for tree growing in roof...that's a vine silly person. Thank you

Moved in to the area 2 years ago, went to this pub only one time .!! never been back,Awful . thank goodness weatherspoons have opened in oky. Good food. good service ,clean and courteous ..!

Friendly and welcoming atmosphere with great food and service was 100%. Would recommend to all. The owners and staff welcome all, including locals and tourists.

We visited at short notice over Christmas and had a lovely bar meal. Portions were huge and service good despite if being very busy. We have a wheelchair and it was no problem to get in and out even though it is a very old pub. Can highly recommend it.

Lovely staff who were incredibly helpful with our wheelchair. Good access and excellent disabled loo. The atmosphere was very pleasant, no loud 'muzak', and lots of people enjoying meals. You do need to be hungry, as the portions are pretty large!Staying nearby, we had dinner one evening and lunch another day. The set lunch at £7.5 was very good value.Altogether a lovely friendly Inn to which we hope to return.

We visited the Village Inn Ashwater on Saturday night, although it was very busy with people eating, they quickly accommodated us in a cosy corner of the pub. The food arrived quickly my partner had the curry, my father had a jacket potato and I had the fish and chips. The. Portions were enormous and the food was very tasty. The landlord was friendly and nothing was too much trouble. We are staying for another week and we will definitely be eating here again.

We had a wedding in the village and on the Fri night before, some of the guests made tracks to the Village inn. The restaurant was blocked booked and considering the amount of people that turned up all at similar times the restaurant staff coped admirably. Minimum waiting at the bar for drinks. Good pub food. Friendly banter with the locals A good start to the wedding weekend.