The best restaurants in Sidmouth Town East Devon South West

An absolutely lovely place for a genteel lunch. We were a party of 9 with our own challenges (small child and aged grandparents). The staff could not have been more accommodating. The food was very good value and a nicely varied menu plus an interesting wine list. Well done!

Whenever in Sidmouth I always visit The Cheeseboard. There is a wide range of cheeses with the staff being very knowledgeable and offer expert advice. I always come away with a whole range of cheeses and always ensure that I have a good wedge of Devon Blue. As a bonus, having tried a range of cheeses, I know what to go for when ordering online.

It would be easy to walk past the Arches assuming that it is just another beach café. The quality of the food is exceptional, nothing is too much trouble for the engaging young staff who are enthusiastic about the choices they have. The Brie, cranberry and bacon roll was utterly fantastic and excellent coffee. There is limited space inside with a glorious view of Lyme Bay plus outside seating. Alternatively what could be better than leaving a picnic at home with all the hassle that entails and enjoying the offerings of The Arches. Don’t walk past if you are peckish, you will not regret it plus they have doggie snacks.

Great pastries, staff were very young but doing a great job for their age and still building their confidence in the service trade. This place lost stars for me because it is a cashless business and for a business attracting tourists I think this is very sad and only going to benefit one! My family had already sat down so I felt pressured to pay card but I will not be returning unless cash will be accepted. I went back to the counter to get 2 extra sauce sachets and they wanted card payment for the 80pence, needless to say we didn't bother with the sauce.

If I could give zero stars, I would. Ordered a warm tuna mayo baguette. The baguette was lukewarm at best, tuna was obviously straight out the tin and freezing cold and absolutely no sign of any mayonnaise. I took the item back to the waitress who didn't apologise and was rather indifferent. The item was taken back to the kitchen and "warmed up", for it to still be cold. I was absolutely starving and couldn't be bothered at this point to return it again for it to still be cold. Would not recommend this place at all, much nicer places in Sidmouth to eat! Response to owner: Thank you for your reply. I can assure you it was lukewarm, perhaps if you were there on the day then this could have been confirmed by yourself but alas, you were not. I can also assure you that the baguette when returned after being "warmed up" was not hot so please do not insult me by suggesting that I am unable to tell when something is cold. I think it would be best if you were to review your menus and change the items to cold baguettes since you and your staff are unable to serve hot food as advertised. I did address the issue at the time but feel that I shouldn't, as the customer, have to highlight an issue multiple times when it shouldn't have happened in the first place. Thank you again for your reply and hopefully you make improvements so that your other customers don't have to pay for poor quality food and service.

Only had a hot drink on a cold afternoon but a nice place with friendly staff.

Whilst the chips and batter were nice the haddock was inedible and I'm afraid ended up in the bin. I also rhought £11 is also a bit steep for a take away.

Cute little cafe with a sea view. Very nice service!

You will be fed here and you will enjoy it. The plumpest mussels, knuckle sized and tender. Calamari that’s worlds away from the usual flaccid, stodgy attempt and much closer to crisp, fresh perfection. I forked my way through a generous wing of skate, letting ribbons of juicy flesh pull themselves from the bone. For £26 I nearly burst into song. In between bites you can ignore conversations and stare out at where tomorrow’s menu is waiting to be caught. For the wine-knobs like myself, the list celebrates excellent local producers (Sand-ridge Barton & Langham included), while offering a quality to price ratio that will have Londoners wiping tears of joy from their smug eyes. Go now.

Had to leave early sorted me some sandwiches for breakfast

Absolutely beautiful place, beautiful food, the atmosphere I'd beautiful, the music is amazing (proper old school musical songs)and the lady that greeted us is so lovely and really makes to the place wonderful she's so happy always singing or humming along, there's photos of legends gene Kelly etc definitely come back anytime 😊

Really friendly staff and local trade.

Best Pizza Place in town also Kebabs are amazing 👏.

Friendly service. Nice views. Clean toilets. Not a good leek and potato soup, tasted bland. Served with sliced bread. Could do better.

The place is filthy. The firniture is in a dyer state. It is old, dirty, stained and dusty. It looks like it was taken from the nearby tip. It's a shame for such a well known brand. It needs painting. The toilet is "no comment". It is hard to sit down in a chair or sofa and relax due to the unkempt place and unhygienic stuff around. The staff is not very welcoming too. Not good atmosphere at all