The best restaurants in Teignbridge South West

The pub is very inviting and has a traditional pub feel. The staff were welcoming and attentive and the roasts were excellent - very tasty.

Forest Fungi is a great breakfast / brunch spot. The breakfast menu is served until 2 and offers some unusual and delicious options, mushrooms are front and centre as you would expect. They have also introduced a BBQ menu and offer tea and cake in the afternoon. There is a small farm shop on site and a good range of fresh baked goods. The service is friendly and approachable and prices reasonable. The best thing about Forest Fungi is the food, high quality, fresh, tasty and beautifully presented every time. At the weekend it is sensible to book in advance.

Avoid like plague! They will kick an entire family out and not honour bookings even though restaurant is empty! Awful awful service from the moody lady serving at the bar. I know that service around Devon is hit and miss but her attitude is some of the worst I’ve ever seen her in my life and I’ve seen a lot of bad service. So here’s my experience at this place today Tuesday 1st of March: I called at 15:54 and proceeded to leave a voicemail with my booking as there was no answer. I said we will arrive around 17:30/17:40, we are a family of 6 (2 adults, 2 children, 2 babies). I figured it’s a Tuesday and booking a dinner at 17:30 not exactly busy. 2 days prior I walked in the pub and asked hours of operation and the nice young guy there told me Tuesday supper should be easy and can call during the day, I don’t need to call days in advance. I then proceed to drive for 1 hour and 15 minutes to this place. I get there 17:30 start walking towards the pub, I see a young couple in the garden eating. I then walk in, apart from 1 other person the place was totally EMPTY…just like you would expect on a Tuesday at 17:30! I look around for someone but there was nobody there so I proceed to walk to the bar. Behind the bar the lady I was mentioning, she was serving a couple at the bar having some drinks. I then ask her politely “excuse me, who do I need to talk to about a reservation at the restaurant?”. She answers back snarky “me once im done here”. I’m like oh wow she’s really in a good mood. I wait for a few minutes she then walks behind the bar to her computer. She asks me if I have a reservation, i then tell her I called an hour and a half ago and left a voicemail. She replies saying oh I haven’t got any voicemails and just looks at the phone on wall without checking or anything like that. Obviously she was totally bs’ing me. She then asks how many people and when. I say now and we are 2 adults, 2 young children and 2 babies. She says “we are too busy we have a local dinner / local event tonight and only 1 chef we don’t have space.” I reply back “but I booked the place by leaving a voicemail, the restaurant is now empty (surely this event is not at 5:30pm???) and I drove over an hour with 4 hungry children to come here”. I even showed her the phone number I dialled in my phone and she confirmed it’s the right one. She then looks me straight in the eye and says “sorry…I can book you for dinner tomorrow” and proceeds to walk back to the bar. Great service right? Now I go back to the car and as my wife got all the kids out i tell her to put everyone back in. Obviously everyone screaming and hungry so have to find new place for dinner. I then drove for 10 minutes to nearby Bovey Castle (thank god this place is nearby) who had no trouble offering us dinner without a booking. If the owner sees the message I would appreciate if you could leave some contact details. This type of behaviour from staff is totally unacceptable and owner needs to be aware of it!

Excellent Sunday roasts. Dog friendly. Lovely atmosphere.

My son suggested we meet up for Sunday lunch and recommended The Lamb. On arrival the environment is relaxed yet you know there's some serious cooking going on. I spoke with the owner about the range local ales, ciders and spirits and then ordered lunch. The food when it arrived was excellent. Perfectly cooked with wonderful sides of vegetables and cauliflower cheese. The little pan of gravy was a quirky touch. Then came dessert.... OMG.. Amazing. The coffee chocolate mousse was sublime. Service was great, prices very reasonable and will definitely return

An absolute delight and the best customer service i have seen in years. After a understandable mix up with my stepdaughter's order (the Mac n Cheese had just sold out, staff so busy, they hadn't had chance to take it off the menu) we were not only given a full refund, but one which had the 15% discount put back on. Such kindness by the staff was amazing. The venue itself is delightful, the food, gorgeous and very reasonably priced. Highly recommend.

Lovely food, excellent service, great value for money. Great for our family, pre-booked a table for 8, had a great get together before Christmas. Perfect meeting place to travel to from different areas. Lots of parking too.

Attended at a quiet time. Friendly staff

Thank you Jake. You did yourself and Carriages proud this evening. Keep smiling. You deserve to be recognised for your outstanding contribution. You are a star 🌟

What a great tradditional Inn. 800yrs of history and character. Superb location, albeit down a few country lanes. All bedrooms with ensuite. Spacious and comfy. Fully loaded pub with snooker room, and darts room, bar and lounge and quiet reading snug type lounge. Large dinning room with breakfast bar. Large beer garden. Fully operational commercial kitchen. Stock your own bar and music player that feeds music to all areas. We had 20 family members in our group and all enjoyed the facilities. Would recommend to others who want a family holiday. We all did our own sightseeing in the daytime and came home to the pub to eat as a family and enjoy pub type nightime, with games, music, chat and a drink. Awesome!! Lastly, great and friendly host, always on hand if needed, but allowed you to enjoy the facilities. Superb !!

Great food, fresh and very tasty. I have been using this chip shop for years. It has changed owners quite a few times. We came here today and I was greeted with a young lady very polite and willing to help. The huge bonus was being to put your own salt and vinegar on yourself, huge winner.

Fantastic food and friendly service! Food presentation and the quality was just perfect. Actually it is better than a couple of Michelin star restaurants we have been to. So, do not miss the opportunity if you are around Exeter.

I was so pleasedto find they supply the traditional bûche de Noël in Devon. Couldn’t be more pleased with my purchase as I was not expecting to find one. It looked pretty and tasted even more delicious. The meringue mushroom was great and the swirls on the end were made of delicious marzipan

Fantastic lunch - choice of seafood was great and it tasted superb. Staff were helpful and friendly - would definitely recommend this restaurant.

Great selection of drinks, cosy relaxed vibe