The best restaurants in Cockington-with-Chelston Torbay South West

Lovely place, very friendly. Pie of the day was steak and cheddar with mash and gravy. A big step up from your average pie, very very tasty.

So love this hotel, right on the front by the sea. Staff second to none, entertainment stunning, food out of this world. If you want a wonderful slightly old fashioned hotel please go there I hope it never changes we have been many times.

Food was horrendous. Overly salty and incredibly disappointing. Packaging had cracks in the plastic.

Quirky pub/restaurant . Popped in for a pint on way back from the harbour - very interesting garden with historical figures situated throughout . Interesting decor which I imagine would be beautiful in the sunshine ..slightly creepy on a dark November night whilst tipsy !!!

My local. Wendy and the team are great. Jail and doombar are delicious

Great spot to visit.. craft shops were lovely and very interesting recommend the glass blowing.. Nice cafe and food.. Church and Cockington village well worth a visit…

Owners having a raging domestic this morning so cudnt get my coffee for train looked like they not cleared tables all morning will get coffee on train next time

I can't think of 1 thing that is wrong with Poppy's.The food is well cooked ,well presented and delicious,The counter staff always have a welcoming smile are polite and well turned out, But the very best thing at Poppy's is by far the Bread pudding it is fantastic,Whenever I am near the tea room i always have 2 pieces of bread pudding to go .1 spiced & 1 normal .If you near it pop in and try for yourselves

Lovely owners, lee and Ryan are very pleasant. Lovely relaxed atmosphere a really friendly place. My grandchildren love it there. Coffee and cake is good. Nice variety of lunches available. Will definitely go again. Dogs are welcombe

Friendly Customer service the food was very lovely and the pancake role was big with vegetables in side and the Chinese is on the bus 35A and the 35C

Was nice, hard to finds a member of staff to get a drink though. Oh and the door to the pool kept closing and locking which didn't feel safe with children in the pool. Tried to contact them a few months later to book the pool and couldn't get hold of anyone. Booked elsewhere.

Quality food, great value, lovely service.

First time and I will definitely go back

We booked a table of 8 for a Christmas day meal with family (£110 per head) - this hotel is supposed to be "the best" - to be honest, if that is the case, I'd hate to see the worst! Arrived in good time for the first sitting, and people were milling around in the foyer near the bar with little co-ordination. When the doors opened we were seated at the back of the restaurant which suited us as we had two family members in wheelchairs which meant that they were less likely to be bumped.  We were offered a glass of sparkling wine, only two of us were drinking so we asked for orange juice or lemonade and we were given one carafe of each which was appreciated... Then it began to go downhill. The "amuse bouche" arrived we asked if this was gluten free for one of our family (we had specified this at the time of booking) so the waitress said she'd check and took it away... Never to be seen again.  We waited a considerable time before we saw another member of staff who came to clear our plates and were able to ask them what had happened, before they came back with a gluten free bread roll as the "amuse bouche" wasn't gluten free! We were just left and our youngest member was becoming distressed by being so hungry and an hour after we'd arrived we had to go and ask for her food (a burger) which turned up but had things on her plate which we'd specified that she couldn't eat, but we picked it off her plate.  We had emptied the carafes whilst waiting and asked for the wine waiter to order some drinks, and waited, and waited.  I gave up and went to the bar to get two beers and a bottle of water (no tray offered, so ended up with the bottle in my pocket and three glasses balancing) The soup turned up and was polished off quickly as we were hungry.   We then waited watching the waiting staff wandering around holding plates of food aimlessly. Our meals turned up at 3pm - two hours after being seated.  There were inconsistencies with the plates, some had parsnips, some had pigs in blankets with a pureed swede which was overcooked, with Brussels sprouts that were undercooked and accompanied with tiny roast potatoes that weren't crispy and hard in the middle to the point that they were inedible.  There was no confirmation from the waiting staff that the food they put down was gluten free for our coeliac family member - so I'd be extremely wary if anybody visiting has an allergy or intolerance. We asked to speak to the manager as both the food and service were to put it politely abysmal - his response was that he'd give a free bottle of prosecco if we came again!  He had absolutely no idea of how the Christmas meal had been ruined, all he needed was to apologise and make sure that waiting staff paid enough attention (the empty beer glasses and carafes were left on the table). The wine waiter still hadn't turned up, so it necessitated another trip to the bar. The desserts arrived (in stages) and there were no knives for the cheeseboard, fortunately the table hadn't been cleared properly so one knife was still there, and I asked the "restaurant manager" for a knife.... Surprise, surprise this didn't appear either, so I used the small Swiss army knife kept to carry out repairs to the wheelchair so I could eat, when she saw this, she finally brought me a knife. The other diners for the "second sitting" were told that they couldn't enter as the other guests hadn't left (no mention that the appalling level of service was responsible for the delay). A waitress came over and said that there was "self service coffee & petit fours" - no petit fours and to be fair, I'd had enough of this farce and left. NEVER AGAIN

Massively overpriced. Paid £18.50 per person for a cheese salad. We were too shocked to complain. I am all for supporting businesses at this time however feel this was taking advantage of our custom.