The best restaurants in Clyst Valley East Devon South West

I was in two minds on whether to review The Cuppa Cabin. On the one hand it is a very unique place that serves great coffee and cakes and yet on the other Im worried it will get super popular as more and more people visit this wonderful place and it will get much harder to find a parking space!! This is literally 5 mins away from me and yet amazingly this was my first visit. I had looked at the place as I had driven past numerous times and thought it looked just like some sheds in a car park. How wrong I was, it is like a mini theme park when you get there, a collection of cabins with an eclectic mix of antique furniture, books galore and oddities, like a cross between an amazing junk shop, an old book store and Enid Blytons secret garden. I half expected to come across some pixies flying around. Anyway great coffee, lovely cheery lady and tasty cakes (pastries and other savouries are also available) what more could you ask for ?

Came here for lunch with friends on a Friday. Parking wasn’t easy - had to park down the road and walk back. We reserved for 1.30 since they close the kitchen at 2pm. We had a lovely welcome and a nice quiet table. Excellent beer with Timothy Taylors and very good selection of food. We had Liver and Onion, Seabass fillet and Bely of Pork plus a wine or beer each. The quality and quantity was excellent and good value @<£25 each. Fully recommend

The atmosphere of the restaurant is better than the food

Probably the best hot chocolate you will ever drink! Nice food too. We had flat breads. Service though misses the mark. Very hard to get anybody’s attention. Had to ask for cutlery and napkins and took ages to arrive. Staff are very polite and friendly but maybe they just need more staff. Would recommend.

We went to darts farm for lunch today. Got sat down within five minutes of waiting in the queue, we were served quickly which was great. However, my lemonade came out after five minutes, then my friend’s fish and chips shortly after, and that was it for about 10 or so minutes. The smoothie finally came out, and they apologised, then realised the pizza wasn’t here yet. It was another 10 minutes before they came back saying your pizza will be 15 minutes, it was just 15 minutes in the end. I don’t mind having to wait for food because it was obviously just, but when my friend had finished eating (it was getting cold waiting so she ate it), mine had just come out. Bring the food out together if it’s going to take that long. I don’t know if the pizza was missed or forgotten about but it wasn’t great. The staff were incredibly apologetic and the food was nice, but it just made it less enjoyable.

My husband & I and my mother in law had a lovely night away in Exeter. We enjoyed it all - especially the ambience, decor and all that the Blue Ball Inn had on offer. Very special thank you for the help on the day of our departure and accommodating our slightly delayed breakfast! So good to chat to Natalie as she tried to complete putting up the tasteful and beautiful Christmas decorations. We really enjoyed the personal service and hope to be back!

3 of us had a meal on Saturday 23rd November, hunters chicken, buttermilk burger and Monterey Jack cheese and lamb shank we enjoyed our lovely meal, our waitress was called Ellie who asked if we would like dessert, first we said no then quickly asked for 2 glasses of different wine, a pint, double espresso, Americano and a small dessert , we thought wow as she didn’t write any of it down and was spot on with the order, an amazing waitress. Thank you.

The staff dealt brilliantly with our party of 14 which turned up unexpectedly at lunchtime when the organiser had forgotten to book. We were given a private room and both the food (carvery and a la carte) and the service were excellent.

The menu made what was quite average food on arrival sound amazing- it really wasn’t worth the money! Kind of a champagne price and the food that was served was more Prosecco I’d say. Staff were pleasant, we had a £10 off £40 voucher which would not go through their till, so a bit disappointing really as we spent over £90!

I enjoyed a lovely generous portion of scampi chips and thatchers haze in front of a warm cozy log burner 7th November 24 The staff are friendly it’s clean and tidy even though they have had an unfortunate event of a leak in the roof with works on going, don’t let this stop you enjoying what they have to offer. Go and give it a go, I was tempted by the carvery as it looked amazing but went for my go to favourite. I would definitely go again if ever passing in the future.

What a find this was. Was so good I booked to come back in months time. The food was good, fresh local produce and cooked really well.

Chips are awful. Fish generally good. Shame

I am quite surprised that the management team has not responded to any of the reviews. I have been a customer for almost a year and have been visiting for Sunday lunch at least every two weeks. Regrettably, I find that recently the food portions to be quite small in relation to the high prices. While I consistently receive excellent service, I believe it's not worth spending a lot of money and still feeling hungry. Also while the chef forgets to add some gravy, they charge me to pay for extra!!!!

Had Posh Nosh buffet at a wedding I attended and it was excellent. Plenty of food served buffest style for a more relaxed wedding meal. Food was very fresh with local ingredients and suited every dietary requirement and preference. canapé's before were excellent as well and served very elegantly. the leftovers were also brought out later on in the evening to avoid food waste and provided a good evening snack. cooked fresh on the premise as well with the team working hard throughout the whole day. Highly recommend (can only speak as a guest though).