The best restaurants serving British food in Salcombe and Malborough South Hams South West

After much cajoling and bribery involving a bacon roll , I convinced my older wife we should head out on the coastal path. She is not a big fan of such endeavours with knees that have befuddled the finest NHS consultants. But after much moaning,groaning and gnashing of false teeth we made it to this farming idyll. Lovely cake and cans of pop assuaged her whining. We set back off recharged and although we stopped constantly for clothing alterations and nose blowing (honk honk ) we returned to the streets of salcombe in triumph. I would encourage all of you with older partners to push them (not literally) to test themselves and rage against ageing. We are the proof it works and now she has earned her tea which I will pay for .

Wonderful family hotel. The staff were all excellent & the Hotel & location is perfect 🤩

We recently visited Salcombe Dairy and were absolutely delighted! The ice cream was rich, creamy, and full of flavour with a wide variety of flavours to choose from —easily some of the best we’ve had. While we were there, we noticed the Easter egg decorating workshop and decided to let the children join in. They had an absolute blast! It was such a fun, creative experience and really well-organised. The staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming, which made the whole visit even more enjoyable. Between the delicious ice cream and the engaging Easter activity, it was a perfect outing for the whole family. Highly recommend a visit if you're in the area—especially around the holidays when they run these kinds of events!

Lovely friendly cafe, they were so helpful and accommodating with offering to do different food for my Dad who is on a special diet. Great toastie/sandwich and coffee would definitely recommend. Great kind customer service, thank you.

Although we’ve been coming to this area for years we’d never explored Bolberry. We stumbled across Oceans Restaurant during a dog walk and stopped for an excellent lunch. So nice we booked for dinner a couple of nights later and we’ve just returned from a lovely meal, probably the nicest evening out we’ve had for a long time. Excellent food, lovely setting, great service. We will certainly return and highly recommend.

We've been coming here for six years. The staff were always very friendly and the food excellent. Not any more ! Under new ownership, there has now been no food at all for several months and the staff are often off-hand. To make it worse, the Old Inn website still claims that food is served and even gives a sample menu. The pub's facebook group, which has frequent updates from the new management, states "... high quality homecooked food sourced locally." And there are posters either side of the front door proclaiming that food is available !

Amazing coffee and flapjack as a lovely snack. Fabulous view over the salcombe estuary. Will most definitely be returning :)

The way the owner spoke to the customers sat next to us recently was awful and we were made feel somewhat uncomfortable. This ruined our experience which was a shame. Could have been dealt with very differently. Not nice to witness. Food was good when it arrived. Upstairs/downstairs menu is confused.

We popped in for a quick bite and the steak pasty did not disappoint and it was delicious. What we loved about it, it was hot 🔥 and full to the brim. It had a good portion of meat and it was well seasoned and tender. They had a lot of other savouries and sweets on offer and would recommend them all if the quality is the same as the pasties. I don't think you can do much about the atmosphere, 1 member of staff, empty shop and no noise, not even background music playing.

Amazing attentive service and great food, we attended a Ramen night and couldn’t fault it at all. Perfect food and great ambiance

Definitely the best Vegetarian Breakfast. Served all day . Excellent value and great coffee. Friendly staff and dog friendly. Don’t forget to browse their shop as well . A veritable Aladdin’s Cave.

We came here for dinner and drinks. The service was good however we found the food to be average / especially considering the price. My fish pie was £27 and our total bill was £175 for 2 people including wine!

Celebrated my husband 60th Birthday on Bank Holiday Monday. We had a wonderful time. The atmosphere was relaxed and the staff were attentive and friendly. We all really enjoyed our meals and we stayed all afternoon on the terrace watching the band that was playing, in the sunshine. Everyone sang 'Happy Birthday' and my husband received a nice surprise from the Hotel of a macaroon with 'Happy Birthday' written on the plate. A Perfect and memorable day. Thank You very much.

Lovely fresh menu. Faultless genuine service

We had the specials and we loved them. I had the sea bass and it was great. Highly recommended