Wild Thyme Deli & Kitchen in South Hams

Nice place to meet, shop and eat. Very relaxed and food is tasty and reasonable. Lots of parking 👍

Despite being "warmed" cold pies were disgusting and full of bones, my partner nearly choked !!!! 🤬🤬🤬

On the whole very good. But the restaurant area was a bit of an echo chamber.

Busy cafe, food was okay, but I probably wouldn't go for the brekkie roll again. Sweet treats looked nice.

What a great place! Fantastic staff, who seem to know their regular customers by name, great service, a wide range of tasty cakes and meals, plus ice cream and lighter snacks. And located in the middle of a crafters' paradise. We sat outside in a most delightful garden area which I'd recommend if the weather is kind enough, for it was so noisy and crowded inside when we called in. One thing that would definitely improve the inside area is to remove the incredibly noisy hand dryer in the toilets, which goes off at regular intervals and makes it difficult to hear your table companions speaking if you're sitting anywhere near the loos.

They recently updated the menu and my god the food is incredible! Hidden gem of the South West.

Had a late breakfast with family a little bit more expensive than some places but it was excellent and worth the extra money, staff very friendly and helpful it was busy Saturday lunchtime but we didn't have to wait long coffee was also lovely

After a creative and artistic workout with the china, we had all worked up an healthy appetite! The menu is fairly classic but offering some very original additions. All were very well presented and, honestly, delicious. What makes nice food taste even better is the good service provided by very pleasant staff. Take a bow everyone.

I can’t recommend China Blue enough. If you’re in Totnes, it’s perfect for eating either before or after exploring the high street. Food is delicious, promptly served. The atmosphere is congenial and there are lots of high-quality items to browse in the retail part.

Busy ceramic Shop had a look Around had a drink at their café Had lots of items to look at.

Very aesthetic place plus good coffee 😍☕️

Let me start by saying that what I ate was delicious, and the portion was generous. However the food caters more towards vegans which is fine but it tends to be slightly "fancier" than what I was wanting. Also, I was a little surprised when I was told that there was a 40 minute wait for food, considering by the time I ordered the café only seemed to be about half full (it had been busier when I first arrived). I opted for a cold sausage roll (which as I say was delicious) however it certainly wasn't my preferred food choice....I actually fancied the soup but wasn't going to wait nearly an hour for that. I was pointed in the direction of cutlery, full drawer of forks, soup spoons and... No knives or teaspoons. Not a huge issue, in fact I cut my sausage roll in half with my fork and used the end of my fork to stir my coffee, which arrived without a spoon. I absolutely could have asked for a knife and a teaspoon but opted for just getting the job done myself. My friend arrived just as I was finishing and we went out to do our painting. After about half an hour she went to her three cokes and she came back saying she couldn't believe how long it took to be served. I would eat here again if I were painting pottery but I would certainly factor in how long it takes for things to happen, and I would certainly like to try a cake as they did look delicious.

Fabulous cheese tea with a hot chocolate at the bargain price of £6.80! Took a large piece of roll shortbread home in a take away box too. Staff were friendly, cafe was clean. Couldn’t ask for more!

We came today to paint some pottery and have some lunch. Looking at the menu we found it didn’t have much choice unless you like vegan food. I’m not against vegan food and think it’s great that they have such a wide selection but nothing available took our fancy. We decided to have tea and cake instead. Looking at the cake selection it wasn’t much better, mostly vegan and gluten free options. Again, great if you are vegan or need gluten free but the only option other than that was rocky road. I always remember there being a good cake selection here but today it was poor. I opted for peach iced tea and no cake. The iced tea didn’t have any flavour so I wish I had an actual cup of tea. My son had the rocky road which was so solid it was difficult to eat. My mum had a coffee which she said was very bitter. All in all not a great experience. I don’t think we will visit again.

Shocking wait times - ordered 2 coffees and waited over half an hour. Only 5 tables were busy, so wasn’t even like they were run off their feet! Incompetent staff, no one knew the table numbers. Staff were not knowledgeable or even bothered about dietary information when asked. Shocking, won’t be returning.

Well all I can say is avoid the scones, they are dry and horrible

We ate whilst decoration our ceramics a great place for an entaining lunch

I was absolutely blown away by the lunch here today. We didn't go with expectations, I just had a quick Google as to where to go for lunch before our journey home. The presentation was excellent and the flavour combination was devine. Great value for money too. The indoor shop was worth a browse. I would definitely recommend to go here if you're visiting Totnes.

Deceptive from the front of the building. I was pleasantly surprised at the space and food selection. A must visit, great atmosphere and feeling. The outside area is well spaced out, and shaded areas too.

China Blue has always been a great place to visit and it does add to the enjoyment knowing you have a cafe in the same building plus they now deliver to your table as you paint. However, the increase in costs of both the painting and the food is utterly unacceptable. I paid £7.50 for a brekky roll which consisted of a muffin with two sausages in it and literally half a teaspoon of fried onion ( I think). No butter nothing else! The actual cost would be less than £1 for the ingredients. I do think you should reconsider the costing of a muffin with two sausages in it! A positive is the cafe is clean and today and the staff are very polite and helpful but I certainly don’t think we will need back having spent over £200 to paint and eat for 2 adults and 2 children.

This is our second time here and it was as good as the first visit. Lovely calming surroundings, bright and plenty of tables and chairs to choose from, the outdoor space is lovely too, with potted plants and covered seating. The food was well presented and tasty, the food is a little pricey, but you pay for good quantity food and nothings cheap these days. I will definitely visit again.

Didn't eat only used loo but it looked nice clean and good food

Tasty coffees and Prosecco. The white chocolate blondie was to die for! Absolutely delicious and great service - we will be back.

A Regular Customer To Shop & Restaurant,Which I Love, 2 Weeks Ago Very Disappointed ., Ordered The Health Salad , On Menu Did Not State Contents , Appalling, Mostly Cold Pasta Cold Browned Small Roast Potatoes Thrown On & A Few Green Bits. , I Paid Extra For Some Crab. After eating The Crab, I Took It Back To Tell The Waitress, This Was Expectable, Her Response , Not “ I’m To Sorry But You Only Get The Salad On Show “ I Stated , It does Not State That On The Menu.. No Response ! As a Trained Chef & Nutritionist, The Only Good Thing Was The Crab I Paid Extra For. As A Frequent Visitor To London , On That Day The Charge For Soup Was £8 , London Prices ! Unbelievable., As I Know More Profit Is Made On Soup Than Any Course .Certainly The Quality Of Food Is Not As it Was When They Took Over , Being New It Was Excellent & So Were The Staff Now Some Not Dressed Appropriately. The New Renovations &Patio Are Beautiful, But Shockingly They Have Now FORCED US LADIES , CHILDREN To Be Subjected To MEN Using What Was Once The “ LADIES” .Only A Small Area , It’s Outrageous We Women , Have To Endure Such A Violation Of OUR RIGHTS ,Privacy & DECENCY . Also It’s NOT Safe NOW For Any Parent To Send A GIRL on Her Own , With Men Walking In , It’s Clearly Intimidating To Any Child. Women Today Are Constantly Being Abused & Our Rights Violated . WHO On Earth Decided, MEN SHOULD USE OUR TOILETS , When Men Had Their Own Before The Renovations. Totally Unacceptable!! . I’m Surprised At The Owners as China Blue , Which Has Always Been A Lovely Place To Visit . I DO NOT WANT A MAN STANDING BY ME in SUCH A Confined Space , “ GOD KNOWS WHO HE IS !!!!!!

Fantastic cooked breakfast with delicious sourdough bread. Just the right amount and everything cooked to perfection. Lovely coffee too. We sat outside at the back in the lovely decking area which is very nicely decorated with potted plants, giving it a lovely atmosphere.

I’ve been here a few times since the new menu has been launched and it is honestly amazing ! The best brunch in the south west hands down ! So many options that taste amazing and such a cool vibe ! Can’t wait to come back and try more !

Very good for breakfast or lunch in Totnes. Food is good quality and tasty with good options for vegans. Good service and restaurant is spacious and clean. And you can park even when Totnes car parks are completely full

Lovely food and recently refurbished.

We had a lovely afternoon tea for my birthday Loved everything about it very tasty

Excellent. Great service very dog friendly 🐕‍🦺

Delish lunch with a bit of retail therapy 👌

Very friendly staff. I bought a chicken curry with rice. Very tasty.. indoor and outdoor seating. Very quick service. Excellent prices.. Sandwiches, burgers, main meals..Hot and cold bevages

Great food, flavours fantastic. Service and atmosphere just right. Recommend purchasing a bottle of the salad dressing.

Just popped in for coffee and cake, really enjoyed both.

They do have vegan choices but I would like more imaginative ones.

Generous portions chips and we had two cheese and black garlic on pizza base

Had a lovely family brunch, great food, great service and gift shop is amazing. Staff were so helpful and friendly, totally recommend

Delicious food in a cosy cafe inside the shop. Went to the pottery painting afterwards in the same building, a lovely few hours spent at China Blue!

Great for just a drink or food. Love looking around the shop. They also do ceramic painting with a meal deal.

Nice friendly staff, nice cuppa but not the cakes etc .... Absolutely amazing but not for the faint hearted 😜

We visited for lunch as we hadn't been here for several years. We sat at a table, there were no menus to be seen, so I asked a lady on the next table where she had found hers! She replied that there only appeared to be one menu for the whole area, which she had found and kindly let us have. We made our choice of food, and as there was no staff around, I stood at the bar for a couple of minutes, and no one appeared. I went into the shop and found a cleaner!!! When I asked her how we ordered food, she kindly took us around the corner to a large counter area and more seating! There was a large pile of menus in this area!! We ordered, and the waitress was charming and polite. The food came out, served on cold plates, and was only just warm. In all a very disappointing visit. We weren't the only ones struggling with how the system worked and saw another couple come in and walk out! There needs to be signage advising customers where the till area and ordering point is!

Better selection of goods than cider press centre

Will be a regular. Fabulous gifts to buy and a great cafe. My dog comes too.

Lovely food, seating space limited currently due to renovation works but still enjoyable visit. Great for a break from shopping

We went there for a breakfast and it wasn't a traditional breakfast and had a few tweeks on what you would normally expect, I didn't think the oyster mushroom worked that well as was quite chewy and would've been better if cut smaller, the sourdough, tots and sourdough were nice but wasn't a fan of the streaky bacon that much. The the price I probably wouldn't rush back but there were a lot of great looking cakes and bakes that I wouldn't mind trying and the coffee was nice. Service was polite and efficient.

This is our wet weather day out but it can be enjoyed whatever the weather great food and lots to paint

Dog friendly, large gift shop, car park and toilets.

Fabulous food organisation snd service for a large group pre Christmas . Thank you . Excellent value for money too. Great choices for special dietary requirements

A good stop for a healthy lunch, afternoon tea, or coffee and a cake. I had a mushroom, feta and onion tart with a butternut squash, potato and pecan salad. They have a selection of scones, cakes and tray bakes. The biscof rocky road was wonderful (a bit thick, so remember to pick up a knife to cut it up!) But it tasted lush. Some can be a bit on the large size and incredibly sweet, so would be best to share. There is free parking here, customer toilets and plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. There is currently a festive menu with a great alternative choice from the average cafe .. the cranberry cheesecake french toast was a lovely sweet choice and the piggy smash burger and stacked turkey sandwich sound very interesting.

The cafe was very quiet but the tables were mostly covered in dirty plates etc from other customers. Waited quite a while for someone to clear the mess away from our table. None of the tables were wiped so we moved because ours had avocado smeared all over it. After we had been there about 20 minutes someone finally turned up with a cloth so I called them over to clean up. Sofa seat was split with sponge filling falling out. Not nice.

Great place to eat and browse the shop afterwards. Delicious. Went well with a pot of tea. Plus lattes

Very busy, a very Christmassy feel with the decorations, seasonal goods and atmosphere.

In my view this cafe serves the best coffee in Totnes. I can park, and bring my dog with me. Good Value

The lunch was lovely, but christ the staff are rude & disinterested... If staff can't be bothered with common curtsey, it says everything about the culture. 😳 Never going back. Vote with ya feet people 👌

All round a nice place to go but, the menu could do with a few more classics to take it to the next level.we both went for the French toast with cashew butter and compote. The French toast itself was done very well, but the bitterness of the compote was not particularly well set-off by the cashew butter. I think something sweet or simply adding a classic option such as banana and maple would be beneficial. The pain au chocolat were OK, but clearly not made that day as they didn’t have that crunch.

Visited for brunch . At the point of ordering was told they were short of staff so the food might be a little delayed . No problem for us as we were not in a rush . The coffee was brought to us quickly and to be fair the food did follow in good time . I'm not sure why the mushrooms are even mentioned as part of the menu as both of our breakfast had literally two stalks on , not even worth calling mushrooms. Also I was surprised that the eggs, mushroom stalks and sausage were served right on top of the sourdough toast. Therefore if you wanted to eat the toast separately with some butter that was not an option . All in all we enjoyed it but I've had quality " freshly sourced locally produce" breakfasts which you could taste the difference if that makes sense so at £14 per plate I do feel was slightly overpriced .

Lovely cup of coffee and Christmas ideas

Fantastic place, well organised and great place for the family to spend time together. Well stocked shop and lovely cakes and coffee!

Tables need to be cleaned between customers. A bit off-putting.

We pulled into the cafe’s carpark for breakfast on our way from Exeter to Hope Cove. My wife ordered the smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel. A few bites into her bagel she said, ‘this could very well be the most tasty thing I’ve eaten since I’ve been in the UK.’ … and make no mistake about it, we have had some wonderful food these past few weeks. I ordered the Eggs Benny with Streaky bacon and yes, I had to agree with my wife.. the food here is well prepared and quite delicious. Our coffees were also first class. They get things right here. We had a Wild Thyme at the Wild Thyme Cafe.

The food was ok, but the tedious wait for service was very annoying. There were 3 or 4 staff behind the counter at any one time but only one of them seemed to be able to do the job properly. One young person just stood around clutching a menu and getting in the way of his colleagues. I was told that they did not have enough staff to bring our drinks to the table and would have to hang around the counter for even longer. So did not bother with drinks in the end. The table next to us were served drinks and food, and a full five minutes later someone actually managed to bring some cutlery out so they could then eat their luke warm food. Unless you are very patient and don't mind being ignored, not served and forgotten, it would be best avoided.

This cafe changed its menu a week ago. 2 weeks ago, this would have been a 4/5 star review for brunch; it was great! What we experienced today was mediocre; flaccid streaky bacon full of fat, an anaemic sausage, some strange potatoey things etc. and so overpriced at £14. Whereas before, we have returned, I wouldn't go back again. The only saving grace was a good coffee. Please revert to your last menu, 1000 times better than today.

Great spot for some delicious breakfast! Opt for the smoked salmon poached eggs. They were delicious! Need to order at the counter - make sure you know what your table number is before ordering.

One of the best places for brunch/lunch in Totnes. Great food, cake’s & atmosphere 😊

Lovely brunch at Wild Thyme! Nice to be able to mooch around the shops afterwards and spacious parking out front. The food was great. But a little expensive for what it was to be honest - £14 for a veggie breakfast is very steep and I'd expect to be very impressed for that amount of money. The cakes were absolutely incredible, and they were huge!

Lovely spot for a morning snack. Very good coffees that were full of flavour. Cheese scone much better than most with cheese flavour coming through, light but not too crumbly. Good ambiance.

It was nice atmosphere and I liked the variety of objects to choose and paint. I go every time I’m in Devon. The items will be posted to me and I’ll look forward to that .

Respectable coffee with great latte art

Had a lovely evening doing Paint and Dine at China Blue. The food was delicious, nicely presented and thoroughly enjoyed by all of us.

We heard great things about the food but we were bitterly disappointed. I will say the freshly squeezed orange juice was good. I genuinely think the food would have been better if the use of sourdough was limited. We love sourdough but it is overused...

The cakes are often dry and heavy, especially the scones. Nice atmosphere, but very hot if sitting inside. Afternoon tea very disappointing, dry cakes, no patisserie & strange sandwich choice

Wonderful venue. Highly recommended.

We enjoyed our coffee and tea but looking at the menu, we thought the food was very expensive compared with similar places we go to. The metal seat’s definitely require cushions, hard and cold!!

Had one of the best lattes I've ever had in England. The food seemed a little bit expensive for what it was but I was reliably informed "it's Totnes"

As a returning customer we had great service, scrumptious breakfast and an all round good meal. The vibe is always really chill and the setting funky and alternative particularly in the garden. Love it on our mini break to Brixham.

Great find! Fresh warm scones. Outside area picturesque despite being on a main road.

Really friendly staff and nice location, but can only give 3 stars as the service was so slow. waited 30 minutes for a coffee. Lots of others asking for their drinks too, might be better to make them at point of sale? Chose a savoury...

Wanted somewhere to take my granddaughter for brunch and a chat. We sat outside and had one of the home-baked bread baguettes and a coffee. Absolutely top class. Waitress service from a very obliging pleasant lady. We then had a mooch around the shop and...

Usually here for lunch but tried the breakfast today. Big mistake! Hash browns to break your teeth on, tasteless and dry.Leather like mushrooms, dry beans. The Avocado was good as were the poached eggs, All in all an expensive breakfast that didn’t deliver.

Very nice, excellent service, good food

Fantastic place, staff are friendly, the food is really tasty and the paint your own pottery was a great experience

Had a cup of tea on the way to the station, an interesting interior shared with a large shop.

Absolutely delicious food - sausage rolls are highly recommended! The cakes are just as good & a good selection. Quite pricy, but you certainly get what you pay for. Although it was quite busy, the staff were friendly & quick. We’ll definitely be coming back,...

Our local favourite. Wonderful food and the staff are lovely. Really in need of an extra till so as not to have such a long wait for food. The food is all very fresh. Beautifully decorated too.

My 13 year old son and went to China Blue for some pottery painting. We decided to have a drink and snack after in the cafe. The staff were very friendly and happy to help with questions about the menu. We enjoyed our food and...

Very nice café located inside China Blue store.

To cold to sit outside but always delightful when the weather permits relaxed and comfortable inside reasonable food and prices. Tons of gifts in the shop

Didn't eat here but nice atmosphere and loads of space to chill out!

Excellent food, cakes are delicious, and the coffee is good. Very clean and staff are friendly and efficient .o

What a find, lovely bustling cafe vegetarians catered for and dog friendly well worth a visit

A delightful restaurant with lovely vegetarian dishes as well as many others. I had the special of the day which was a fennel / leek / pea risotto topped off with crispy bacon and poached egg. Yummy! Try the the sour dough toast served with...

We love visiting here. Love the cakes and drinks, and their cooked breakfast is particularly delicious!

Well absolute excellent night … thoroughly enjoyed by all. We were a group of 5 ladies and had such a fun evening. The nibble boards were tasty and fantastic and cake delicious and all at a reasonable price. Would definitely recommend x

As a regular customer for takeaway coffees but also often in for coffees and food. The food is excellent always, good value and super service. Thank you.

This is a lovely cosy cafe with free WiFi and an option of comfy sofas and low tables or chairs and tables to sit at. It’s lovely and warm in winter and light and airy in the summer, with great decor . The cake and...

Fabulous, locally sourced, imaginative food plus comfort home cooked treats, with fast friendly service with a smile and a cosy atmosphere in an amazing shop with one of a kind home and kitchenware. Plus paint your own pottery! Enough to keep you busy for a day!

Not many vegan choices for food and quite expensive.

We had a family outing here and many of the statues in the garden (and some inside furniture) is wobbly/unsecured and unsafe for children - a statue in the garden actually fell on my little boy. Not only this, but a simple request that the...

Noisy. Hard poached egg. half advacado. Hard Soda bread. Won't be going for lunch again

We had a fleeting visit to the cafe. The food was delicious and beautifully presented. The service was quick.