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Caroline has created a real gem. Very great and with a lot of love.

We have always had a wonderful experience staying here and this time matched up once again! Nothing is too much trouble for the staff and we always feel this is home-from-home 🙂 The food - amazing as usual - enjoyed while drinking in the fabulous views across to Appledore Cannot wait for our next visit at the end of the year.

We had a fantastic roast lunch today - couldn’t fault it, the best roast potatoes !! We will definitely be back.

Thank you for a fantastic carvery - our second visit now and excellent once again. Lovely food and friendly staff, highly recommend.

Enjoyed a lovely pot of coffee and a flapjack whilst typing up some work, overlooking the estuary. Lovely day. Staff attentive and polite. Good service.

We recently celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary at the Boathouse with our family. We have to say the food was excellent with a broad range of delicious options and an excellent wine menu. We were looked after by Simon and he and his colleagues were very attentive. It is a lovely restaurant and would thoroughly recommend it.

What a lovely proper pub. Great beer, good staff etc etc Can thoroughly recommend to one and all. Dog friendly too Rooms available also

Now Maggie has retired and handed the mantle to the new guys, I'm pleased to say they've kept the same excellent chef Nigel for the roasts in Sundays. Superb food and still in a nice cozy local pub to enjoy.

Great location, upstairs reserved for party of 20, super mince tarts, great service, staff very helpful. We will be back.

We came as a party of 10 for a Christmas Lunch and were shown to the new room upstairs. Superbly decorated and ideal for private functions the new "loft" is a perfect option for larger groups. The view is incredible, the food and service unbeatable. It felt private but not isolated and nothing was too much bother. Thank you Instow Arms, we had a wonderful time!

On a positive - good location and nice atmosphere in downstairs bar. Food was really mediocre and expensive relative to the quality- burgers less good than Spoons and twice the price, fish and chips average and fish cakes so poor that they weren't eaten- we raised this with the waitress who spoke to the chef who apparently said they were fine- I suppose food is very subjective. If you want decent food go somewhere better, if you want mediocre food go to Spoons.

Myself and my family come to instow at least once a year and this year we came twice and we got some brunch before heading down the tarka trail bike track they have brilliant food for all the family even have children's food.