The best restaurants in Alphington Exeter South West

Excellent food, with a choice of fresh fish caught that day. Great service. The restaurant is close to the quay and is a great setting for eating

Fabulous carvery , great selection, friendly staff and pretty interior, will be returning for sure for another carvery

Not a family friendly restaurant at all. We’ve been going to Harvester for over 13 years since I moved to Exeter and have visited different branches around the country. First time to experience such rude service by our server Jo. Definitely an unpleasant experience. Management team is also appalling. I want to straighten the facts mentioned in the response of my review. Firstly, the kids did not persistently ran around. This only happened a few time where each time an adult kept telling them and grabbing them to sit down. If you have kids you’ll know how hard it is to contain 2 years old to keep still as well as a 6 years old. Also, if you don’t want kids to stand up and go to a chicken machine you have on display then please remove this machine as it attracts too much attention for kids! Secondly, nobody swore! I never realised saying ‘For goodness sake’ was a swear word. If your waitress and incompetent supervisor was not rude in responding when being asked what their name was, then your guest wouldn’t have been annoyed and responded in this way. Thirdly, I didn’t realise that a family friendly restaurant doesn’t allow guest to sit on another table (unoccupied table) to try and contain the ‘problematic’ little 2 year old guest your waitress kept moaning about. If your waitress Jo wasn’t so rude to shout at a guest and tell them to not sit on a table that was empty and the guest even offered to clean the table that was sat on but ‘NOoooo’ it was so much of an hassle for your staff member Jo to just be respectful to your guest! Fourth, please teach your staff the right morals in dealing with customer service. Your waitress Jo was caught lying when she told guests that the kitchen will be closing in 20mins. Order was placed around 19:20 when in-fact you still have a table booked at 19:45 which means that they have less than 5 mins to place their order when they arrive. How come this was accommodated? Is this the attitude you tolerate in your family friendly restaurant? Please do not blame the guest for the incompetence of your management team and poor attitude of staff. If kindness and appropriate service was given in the beginning you will not receive such feedback. On the plus note, I want to commend your waitress Millie for being so friendly and accommodating. You need more staff like her! She was the only thing good about your restaurant.

Esto ya no es la sala de té Jolly Roger. Ahora es el té dolorosamente genérico y aburrido en el muelle. Perdió todas las peculiaridades que lo hacían único, y también ha disminuido la calidad de la comida, especialmente en los bollos y la selección de té ha pasado de ser increíble al desayuno inglés normal, Earl Grey, etc.Es muy triste ver una caída de lo que fue uno de los mejores lugares en Exeter para tomar un té con crema, y ahora es solo un café corporativo aburrido sin encanto ni singularidad.

It’s a beautiful pub, the owners are absolutely brilliant & so are the staff. Welcoming & cheerful atmosphere, the food is brilliant. I couldn’t recommend it enough!

Went there for the first time and didn't know what to expect. Found a lovely bakery with fresh pastries and bread and can even see them being made. We had sausage roll,sourdough sandwich, flare whites and a cinnamon bun. Everything was amazing and highly recommend. Prices were good and good seating. Will be back

Really nice experience . Sat outside so cant comment on the inside. Staff were friendly. Food was really nice. Prices were reasonable.

Debbie le hizo a nuestro amigo un pastel de sóftbol para su cumpleaños. ¡Ella respondió muy bien a nuestras peticiones y el sabor del pastel fue increíble! Muy húmedo y sabroso. Muchas gracias, somos clientes muy felices (y feliz cumpleaños). Exactamente lo que queríamos y atención al detalle (las costuras de color, etc. eran perfectas).

Fish and chips use to be really good, not so good now last few times chips hard and mainly bits not nice chips, fish not nice, use to be cooked to order now left sitting there

Brilliant revised menu, great staff, clean pub.

Really lovely people and food - a bit too much hot sauce on the enchilada, overtook the flavour of the chilli con carne. EDIT: the hot sauce didn't make the food too spicy, it just made it very vinegary and acidic!

FROZEN CHEAP PIZZAS. Despite the Italian name and sign saying Italian pizza we were served four cheap frozen pizzas. The margeritas had no tomato base to speak of, the cheese was cheddar and usual bread type frozen base. The other with toppings also not fresh ingredients. I presume the reason they take payment in advance is because they're aware of the poor food they are serving. I reckon the swans and geese on the river ate better than us. On the Waterfront on the other side of the quay is the place to go for pizza.

The staff at times are busy and tables are left to clear. Why don't Costa invest in units so late customers can help by clearing their tables by putting their trays on these units as is done in many restaurants.

Wanted to be near Exeter Quay and decided to go to Harvester as large car park for late lunch. Three or four people at tables in bar area and it looked like perhaps 1 or 2 tables occupied in dining area. We waited where it says wait to be served, no one. Went to bar. Could hear and see staff working as they were hovering around the door behind the bar and there was an obvious moment of panic when we nearly caught someone’s eye and they quickly jumped back into the back room so they definitely knew we were there but still absolutely no one came to help us. Felt almost like they were hiding until we gave up. After about ten minutes we realised there was absolutely no chance of any service, walked out and found somewhere else to spend our money. Thoroughly unimpressed.

Excellent meal, as usual. We are never disappointed. Good value, excellent food, generous portions, friendly welcoming staff, what more can I say. Definitely recommend.