The best restaurants in Exeter South West

AVOID AT ALL COST - if you want food After booking a table for 4 on Monday 22nd Aug for brunch we arrived to be told sorry, the waitress had sent back the wrong card machine and they were closed. We rebooked for Tuesday 23rd Aug arrived again after parking in town for 2 days, to be told, sorry we have no water today. We have closed the kitchen. You can imagine my disappointment 2 days on the trott, what a way to run a business. The manager was basically saying tough there is nothing I can do about it. Terrible attitude rude and no help what so ever. Good luck if you go for food.

They use fake photos online to advertise for takeaway and it looks like the dish should have had multiple different vegetables but end up with cheap leftover potato and carrot strips (I think they’re leftover because of the taste and how soft and soaking it is).

My wife & I had booked this to pay a visit before the boxing last Saturday. The booking said it would open at 5pm so we turned up at 6:10pm to be told it was closed! I then asked the polite ladies at the entrance if it was really only open for 1 hour that night and they laughed and said yes. All a bit of a waste of time for 1 hour! Don’t bother wasting your time.

This place is my go to as I can literally get there in one minute from my house. No they don’t answer the phone regularly but that’s because they are super busy which I think can only be a good sign. I’ve lived here just over 2 years, I have had a couple of dodgy items. In general, they work hard and the food is good and sometimes great. I’m grateful for this place when I’ve worked so much I am too tired to cook. Thank you 🙏

Extremely disappointed! We were met by a very rude member of staff, I felt we were in her way rather than paying customers. We had the carvery. Nice choice of meat but very poor choice of vegetables due to running out of some items like the roast parsnips. The roast potato's were dreadful and inedible. The peas were rock hard, the cauliflower cheese was undercooked too. And the pigs in blankets were the most expensive I've ever eaten and not worth the money. We won't be going back ever again.

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

This branch of Pizza Hut is due to close soon (according to local news websites), so we decided to take one last trip as a family as we have nice memories of eating here. The food from the kitchen was nice and the salad bar fine, however the ice cream factory wasn’t working and looking a bit sad with ice cream all over the sprinkle shakers, there was no ice in the drinks machine either. We enjoyed our meal but it so sad to see what covid-era online ordering and tight budgets are doing to family restaurants like these. They ask you to order online yourself, website decent enough but takes ages as we have to enter everything. You pay first and are asked if you want to leave a tip, well, not yet as we have not yet had any service.... and we didn’t really from then on, most of it was self-service (which the kids love) but our waitress was so overworked that she had no chance of clearing tables or being present to respond to what people needed - kept having to get up and go to front of house/delivery and ask. Again just completely not her fault, cutbacks mean there are just nowhere near enough staff out on the floor, everyone was hardworking and pleasant when we dealt with them, it’s just frustrating to have your dessert among dusty dishes from your main course. Pizza Hut is not a cheap night out and I’d so much rather pay a little more for it to be a proper restaurant again with someone taking your order and paying at the end.

This branch of Pizza Hut is due to close soon (according to local news websites), so we decided to take one last trip as a family as we have nice memories of eating here. The food from the kitchen was nice and the salad bar fine, however the ice cream factory wasn’t working and looking a bit sad with ice cream all over the sprinkle shakers, there was no ice in the drinks machine either. We enjoyed our meal but it so sad to see what covid-era online ordering and tight budgets are doing to family restaurants like these. They ask you to order online yourself, website decent enough but takes ages as we have to enter everything. You pay first and are asked if you want to leave a tip, well, not yet as we have not yet had any service.... and we didn’t really from then on, most of it was self-service (which the kids love) but our waitress was so overworked that she had no chance of clearing tables or being present to respond to what people needed - kept having to get up and go to front of house/delivery and ask. Again just completely not her fault, cutbacks mean there are just nowhere near enough staff out on the floor, everyone was hardworking and pleasant when we dealt with them, it’s just frustrating to have your dessert among dusty dishes from your main course. Pizza Hut is not a cheap night out and I’d so much rather pay a little more for it to be a proper restaurant again with someone taking your order and paying at the end.

We popped in for lunch on the spur of the moment and really enjoyed the food. Great vegan menu and 3 of us shared the vegan veggie pizza which was excellent. With the salad and refillable drinks it was plenty of food and great value...

Went for Sunday lunch. Waiting staff were good and helpful. Can't say the same about the meal, Tastless pork. Undercooked potatoes. Insipid gravy. Really was not an acceptable standard. Wont be going again. Can do better at home.

I came here to eat with my friends and my food came 10 minutes after them and they had already finished. When I asked them they told me it was coming and to sit down, it took another 5 minutes and the service was dreadful.

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Comfortable seating area. Was unable to order from main restaurant menu if I wanted to sit at the more appropriate tables for working. Quite over priced. Weirdly a few guys served after me had burgers and things from the main menu in the bar area even though I specifically asked and was told no. Maybe a case of members treatment

Spur of the moment choice; got special fried rice (excellent), beef chow mein (hot, tasty and loads of beef!!), pork balls (not an ounce of fat and big 'n tasty) and some mini spring rolls & prawn crackers... waiting time - hardly any; everything still hot by the time I got home and 3 of us were unable to finish the quantity! The staff were friendly and helpful, so a very good experience and a most tasty meal! Well done and keep up the high standard which you display, despite being a small, family-run takeaway business.