The best restaurants serving British food in Lydford West Devon South West

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Stopped over at Powdermills Pottery on our way home from Cornwall. What a wonderful place this is: we had hot Chocolate , coffe and a delicious root soup (no scones on the winter menu) and an insightful chat next to a crackling wood stove fire and came away with a beautiful piece of Joss' pottery and the firm plan to come back for one of her pottery courses (this was not a result of hard selling but pure enthusiasm on our side :-)

Great pub, claims to be the second highest (highest in the south for sure) but I think it's probably 9th. Great beers, great staff.

This place is a great little find, surrounded by fields full of sheep and a short walk from dartmoor national park. The staff were very friendly and charlotte who served our evening meal was lovely. The food was also amazing.

The service area of the Inn was very cosy, clean and quiet. The staff where well organised and lovely. The beef burger was fantastic and resonably priced. Massive thank you to Karen (the owner of the Inn), who gave me a lift to Princetown after a long 10 mile hike in the rain (long story) :D

We came for Saturday lunch after a beautiful walk to Wistman's Woods. Staff were very friendly and efficient and even though it was busy and we hadn't reserved we received a table in the restaurant. The menu was varied and the food was wonderful. This accompanied by their locally brewed Ale made our lunch memorable. We came back in the afternoon after another long walk and enjoyed their lovely scones and tea and took a souvenir pack of their Ales On Sunday we returned and even though their Sunday roasts were fully booked we managed to get a seat and enjoyed the light lunch menu, consisting of homemade sausage roll, quiche and a very delicious soup. Compliments to the chef!

A nice place for great food or just for a quiet drink

We had Sunday lunch here in May 2025. The service was a bit slow, but considering they had a large coach party at the same time, it wasn’t bad. The welcome was warm and friendly and the waitresses were efficient. The starter of salmon marinaded in beetroot was very nice and refreshing. My hake, asparagus and new potatoes meal was lovely, husband enjoyed his sirloin but found it a bit weird to have stuffing with beef. If you like a traditional old hotel with dark wooden panelling and a pianist playing nondescript music in the background, then this is for you, but I am afraid it wasn’t to our taste. We particularly didn’t like the numerous paintings of hunting scenes, perhaps they could be replaced with landscapes of the era?