The best restaurants serving British food in Sidmouth Town East Devon South West

Such a lovely place! Stunning afternoon tea and delightful owners.

The staff are extremely helpful and the food was great. Reasonable prices but excellent quality I will definitely go back

If you’re ever in Sidmouth and looking for a cozy spot with incredible food and even better service, look no further than Selley’s! Julia and Richard have truly created a hidden gem that has quickly become my favourite café in town. From the moment you step in, you’re greeted with warmth and genuine hospitality that makes you feel right at home. The food is absolutely fantastic – fresh, flavorful, and crafted with care. But what truly sets Selley’s apart is Richard’s homemade ginger cake. It’s nothing short of divine – moist, perfectly spiced, and the perfect balance of sweetness and warmth. You can tell it’s made with love and expertise. Whether you’re grabbing a quick bite or spending a relaxing afternoon, the food and service at Selley’s never disappoint. A true Sidmouth treasure, and I can’t recommend it enough!

12 of us booked for lunch - staff are very attentive. We were put on two tables for6 [would have been ice to all be on one larger table as we didnt really get to speak to half of our party.] Lovely view out to sea. Nice warm environment despite the very bitter cold outside. Most of our party ordered two courses from their good menu of the day, with some ordering three courses. The food was excellent - served hot with well cooked vegetables given in smaller separate serving dishes to each person. I especially enjoyed the pork escalope followed by a really good creme brulee. Wine orders had to be paid for as you ordered them which meant you ended up with quite a few card uses - would have been less intrusive if the cost had been put onto our individual bills for payment at the end. Good coffee served in the lounge after lunch. Everyone enjoyed their lunch. Thank you.

I have responded to the experience questions despite a non visit. My message is based on the fact I was ultimately unable to enjoy the products from my online order, as I appear to be excluded from delivery listings due to the fact I live on a Scottish Island. Whilst understanding of the potential costs involved, perhaps the company could at least offer the option to the customer to cover such...something I would be only happy to oblige with....regardless of the amount David Wilkie Isle of Cumbrae Scotland 07488941692

Was an amazing place. We’re looking for a rest sandwich, we tried 2 bakeries and neither had any available. We went down a small road and found this gem. The young man working came off his break to serve us, the owner was there to help, both really friendly. Fresh bread and fresh fillings, they do not skimp on any of the fillings. Anything you could want from a small local sandwich/lunch spot. Pasta salads, fresh baguettes; sandwiches; panini, jacket potato. £7.90 for 2 full baguettes with one main fillings and veggies. Would 100% recommend! :)

If I could give zero stars, I would. Ordered a warm tuna mayo baguette. The baguette was lukewarm at best, tuna was obviously straight out the tin and freezing cold and absolutely no sign of any mayonnaise. I took the item back to the waitress who didn't apologise and was rather indifferent. The item was taken back to the kitchen and "warmed up", for it to still be cold. I was absolutely starving and couldn't be bothered at this point to return it again for it to still be cold. Would not recommend this place at all, much nicer places in Sidmouth to eat! Response to owner: Thank you for your reply. I can assure you it was lukewarm, perhaps if you were there on the day then this could have been confirmed by yourself but alas, you were not. I can also assure you that the baguette when returned after being "warmed up" was not hot so please do not insult me by suggesting that I am unable to tell when something is cold. I think it would be best if you were to review your menus and change the items to cold baguettes since you and your staff are unable to serve hot food as advertised. I did address the issue at the time but feel that I shouldn't, as the customer, have to highlight an issue multiple times when it shouldn't have happened in the first place. Thank you again for your reply and hopefully you make improvements so that your other customers don't have to pay for poor quality food and service.

We visited the Riveria for lunch today, our first visit for 8 years and I have to say that I was very disappointed. I ordered cod and chips at a hotel next to the sea but I was given a piece of battered fish straight out of the "Bird's Eye" mould and not freshly cooked as I expected from a hotel of some repute. This was nowhere near the quality I enjoy regularly from my local Wetherspoons!

A really lovely find. A coffee shop nearby was packed and as we started to walk away we saw Osborne's and I'm so pleased the other place was full otherwise we would never have experienced Osborne's. What a delightful place and excellent food.

Absolutely fantastic location on the beautiful seafront. Clean hotel with basic breakfast served, unfortunately very little choice on what time to have breakfast. Only option was after 9 every morning and often not much fruit salad left on the buffet by then. They're unable to accommodate guests who prefer to decide, on waking, when to have breakfast. We opted not to have the evening meal. Disappointed that the bar closes at 10:30 pm, latest. On occasions would really have liked a drink bit later than this which does not seem unreasonable to me. Hotel obviously very understaffed but staff were pleasant and hard working. Revolting view from our small stuffy bedroom window (see photo) Window had covering placed over it to disguise the disgusting outlook. Window only opened a few cms and the room was extremely stuffy, insufficient air circulating around the room but the hotel communal areas were comfortable. I have asthma and my room worsened it considerably and made it very hard for me to sleep so not a restful break at all hence poor review.

Good old fashioned pub with good service and good choices of beer.

Always enjoy a pensioners fish and chips here. Great value and a good size portion for me complete with cup of tea. The only downside is the peas, I would prefer garden peas as I don't like mushy peas. Friendly staff.

Very expensive and undercooked tasteless frozen chips

Staying at Harbour Hotel booked evening meal we had the crusty bread and olive oil as a starter it was lovely bread was hot and tasted divine , main courses fish and chips with crushed peas the fish was so big it was over the edge of the plate both sides , batter was light and fish flaky , for dessert we had the ice cream which was delicious . Service was relaxed but professional so overall a great meal well done all.👌

Coffee and Latte was good. Snacks looked disappointing. The place was very busy and service was very slow. Staff were pretty good.