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Excellent service for our lunchtime party of 15 lovers of spicy food. We were impressed by the variety and quality of dishes on the menu. With refillable green tea, the meal was excellent value.

A big 81st birthday lunch with family from Devon and Dorset … our third visit … lovely setting, buzzy atmosphere , faultless staff and great food… we all love The Thimble and will be back again … wish it was my local…

The food is a little expensive but worth it

Busy spot but well worth the wait if you want to sit and eat. It's a bit of a free for all when it comes to seating so you're not guaranteed a place. However, the sandwiches are so worth it. Really thick bread with a generous amount of filling - would highly recommend!

Came here for lunch with friends. This was my first time and definitely won’t be the last. The pub is cosy and full of character. It was really busy, being a lovely summer’s day, but this didn’t cause any issues with service. All staff were very efficient and helpful. The four of us ordered different meals but they came out at the same time and all were delicious and good value. Good size car park also,

Great place for a catch up with friends. Great service from the moment we walked through the door. Lovely food with plenty of variety

Stopped by here last night for a last minute dinner. Pub was very welcoming, friendly staff. Food...best meal we have had our in the last 2 years down here. Great food. Thank you.

We came to Shoals for my Mum's birthday lunch. The food was excellent, beautifully cooked and was delicious. Excellent attentive service and all in a lovely location, you really couldn't pick a restaurant closer to the sea. I would highly recommend Shoals and will definitely be going back again.

While on a week long holiday we visited this fantastic restaurant twice with how much we loved it. The menu is extensive and has a wide selection of different options. The staff are lovely and very knowledgeable with the full menu and all ingredients. With one of us being gluten free this restaurant was perfect for our experience.

What a gem! We had no idea where to go for lunch but chose the shed; a great choice! The steak was so good and the sole cooked to perfection. Great wine, appetisers and dessert to boot. Fantastic value and the service was great Thank you so much.

Such a lovely little gem in Weston. A warm and friendly greeting and the amount you get for what you pay is nuts, we had to take our time to get through it all. Staff took time talking to customers and the employees all had a smile on their faces and nothing was too much trouble for them, and the owner was present, also getting involved and making it a positive and personal experience. Such a cosy little tea room, that gives great food and service and don't take themselves too seriously - in a good way of course!! made even better on such a horrid rainy day. We were even offered a spare umbrella they had so we didn't get wet going to our car! Can't wait to come back for an afternoon tea!

I have loved staying here. Had a family event here. There was 20 of us in total... fantastic staff, fantastic rooms. Would whole heartedly come back again.

Absolutely excellent, welcoming staff, excellent location and setting. The food is excellent and presented very well. Highly recommended. Faultless

A lovely cosy real pub with a good range of Cornish beers and even though we didn't eat the menu showed a small but good variety of food even for a vegetarian coeliac like me. Friendly staff and warm atmosphere.

Very pleasant and efficient barman and waiter. The starter-Whitby prawns Bengali were very good. My main course Linguine with prawns, mussels and calamari was very disapointing. The prawns and mussels were aprox 1 cm in length, the chopped up small pieces of calamari were very chewy. The linguine which was creamy was ok but this all floated in about 2 tablespoons of butter. My husbands sweet potatoe curry was ok but had no flavour of spices just heat.