The best restaurants in Torridge South West

Fantastic food, service and staff, highly recommended and real ale,

I understand that the garden centre was up for sale but has been taken off the market. It used to be a welcoming place to visit but now run down. The restaurant used to be very good,plenty of waiting staff but supervision is letting them down. The food wasn't particularly good it took a long time to arrive and when it did it was tepid,we won't return.

Nice place to buy a gift or plant. The food in the restaurant was very disappointing, it was overpriced, tasteless and lukewarm.

We have heard that a new chef is just starting work here. Perhaps this explains our sorry excuse for a meal. For the record we have had several excellent if pricey meals at this restaurant. This meal was pricey but a million miles from excellent. There was a weird-tasting buttersquash soup oddly paired with a far from fresh hard pork pie apparently found in the freezer, a tiny square of cheese and a portion of chutney. Did they run out of bread? Apparently knives were also in short supply because we ended up sharing one between us. There was an oddly flavoured sausage roll type thing with almost raw cabbage, fried carrots in skins and a separate dish from which three lonely roast potatoes contemplated this culinary car crash - and which were the only pleasantly edible items. All this in a restaurant formerly well-regarded for its excellent home-grown vegetables. We felt ill afterwards. We noted during our visit although the gardens were quite busy with family visitors few of them chose to eat in the restaurant. We did wonder why - and now we know. Rosemoor is not a cheap day out and hard-pressed families are not going to add to the expense of visiting the gardens with a bad expensive meal. Other restaurants are available and sadly we can't consider coming back unless we see clear evidence of improvement in Tripadvisor reviews.

We visited the Mad Hatter’s restaurant for a hot chocolate and a cake. They were delicious and the staff were friendly. We also visited the Gnome Reserve, which was free.

A beautiful location with great food and service. We sat outside with a fantastic sea view. I had the crab sandwich, unlike a previous reviewer I think it was the best Ive ever had. Enormous and stuffed with extremly tasty crab served with a garnish, my husband had an excellent baked potatoe with prawns. Well cooked and plenty of prawns. Its the 2nd time weve been here and will return when next in this beautiful area.

Brilliant customer service, really friendly bar staff and great food. Decorated for Halloween which was a hit with the kids.

Lovely meal, hot food, great service

First visit ever having lived in the vicinity for a number of years. Ordered fish and chips (hardly a surprise for them I wouldn't have thought!!) The result was over-cooked, hard and tasteless. Mediocre would be a compliment. Avoid!

We had Takeaway fish and chips whilst on holiday. Delicious and freshly cooked to order. Would recommend . Very reasonable prices too.

Fantastic food and service! Hidden gem of a pub which I know the locals won’t want anyone knowing! Best burger I’ve had in a long long time :)

Overall, while the taste is good and the halal options are appreciated, the restaurant could improve by being more generous with toppings and cheese. Given their prices, they shouldn't be cutting corners on portions. This would greatly enhance the value for customers.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Ingredients were of a low quality (in my opinion) and was an underwhelming experience from the start. I am far from picky but I wouldn't go back.

I love this pub! So friendly, you can talk to anyone in here, there is an everyday burger menu (the burgers are soooo good!) and then other pop up nights that are awesome too! Sonia, the landlady is super welcoming and loves to chat, this is a place where people go to interact with others, not just stare at their phones! Predominantly it’s a rugby pub, but they will put football on if asked. Other nights include pizza night, open mic, karaoke, live music and bands. There is a nice quiet beer garden out the back that has just had a lovely new decking installed. Well worth a visit if you are in high bickington, a proper country pub with friendly people!

Tripadvisor needs to update its records. Went here for dinner based on the Tripadvisor listing only to find it is takeaway only.