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

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

Found this great cafe whilst holidaying in Sidmouth. The eggs benedict were the best I have ever had. The full English was lovely too. We loved the service and the atmosphere, and friendliness of the place, so much so we returned every morning of our holiday for breakfast

Lovely find amongst the streets of Sidmouth. Sat in courtyard which was dog friendly. Food was lovely. Bacon butty had by husband ‘couldn’t fault it’ and he’s had a few. I enjoyed a cheese scone with a lovely chutney. The service deserves a mention, very efficient, helpful and friendly.

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.

Myself and my husband had dinner at the restaurant. We were very disappointed with the food. The service was ok but the food was a disappointment. My husband's starter which was "trio of beetroot" was nice but mine which was "prawn cocktail"was awful. There was hardly any sauce , the lettuce was soggy and the prawn was hard. It was tasteless After the starter we had to wait a very long time before we got our main course. A couple of times the staff came to apologise and told us that the Dover Sole which I ordered was taking a long time to cook. He offered us a sorbet. Eventually it came and again I was disappointed as it was tasteless. My husband got his main meal which was beans and lentils pie and then immediately it was taken away because the waiter was not certain that he had received the proper meal. We had to wait for another fifteen minutes for his meal to arrive The whole experience was not what one would expect from a hotel like this. We were looking forward to a nice evening but it was a disappointment. It felt as though the chef didn't have any experience of cooking.

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!

We had expected to have trouble finding a restaurant with a free table as today is Mothers' Day. There was an empty table here and as they were serving roast lamb we went in. The lamb was lean and there was a good selection of vegetables and new potatoes. For dessert, we both had a large slice of a delicious sticky toffee pudding, one with a very generous portion of ice cream and the other with custard.With a glass of wine too, the bill was very reasonable.

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.

Sadly had a really bad experience here …came for an evening meal. The young lady who took our order didn’t put it through to the kitchen ( these things happen and she was clearly mortified) but when we asked where our meal was the older male who was working there said you haven’t ordered anything. Even when it was realised the order hadn’t been put through there was no apology from him , after over an hour plus we got very average food. The smallest portion of lasagna you have ever seen which was charged at £17 plus. …not even an offer to take a drink of the bill. An expensive evening for very average food with really poor customer service.

Frequent customer. Easily Top 3 Fish & Chips around. Team know my order too which is awesome!

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.