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This cafe is brilliant and the woman who's from originally from London behind the till is so friendly and polite. The breakfast was fantastic and the pancakes were equally as fantastic I cant wait to come back next time we are down here on holiday... Thank you for a lovely service.

I have read and heard mixed things about this place so thought I’d try it for myself. It’s been nearly 8 years since I visited this place but WOW what a difference. Newly refurbished in 2024 new management and if I’m honest new pub. Gone are the sleazy look’s dodgy deals and scary atmosphere. I’ve now been in several times since Christmas 2024 and always a warm welcome from the staff. Maria & Kirsty the new management have turned this place around 100% it’s now a well run safe place to go. No food but they don’t mind you having your own with one of their drinks of course. It feels like a traditional family pub should be. I was in last week and met Maria for the first time what a sweet landlady she is no nonsense take her as you find. She was working with her father-in-law and he made us so welcome a great asset to this place nice to see a family working together. I have seen the place very quiet and very busy the staff are always polite yet firm with impatient customers. Lots of students and of course locals a real mix of Exeter people. Great to see they have free pool on a Wednesday , a student discount every day and karaoke on Sunday. one night I heard the Landlady sing she was brilliant. I love watching how much the staff interact with each other and customers it’s nice to see customers shout the staff by name when they start and end a shift. All I can say is keep it up I’ll be back more often from now on. Thank you James

Our table was in the bar area but situated near the entrance so kept getting a draft on me. We had to order from the bar and pay before we had the food. Was not very comfortable in the chair. When the food came it had the gravy already on it we might not like gravy was not given the choice. The knife I had was bent pretty useless for trying to cut the meat. I will say the food was lovely and very tasty. Not one of the servers bothered to see if everything was OK with us as usually happens when out for Sunday lunch. I would have like to have had the chicken but it was basically half a chicken and I did not want to spend ages getting the meat off. Great chef

I’ve been to Antix before and had a great time, but after going again recently, the experience was completely different—and honestly, disturbing. There’s a group of people operating as security, cleaners, glass collectors, and lingering around the dance floor who are clearly working together to steal from customers. My wallet was stolen, and when I confronted them, I quickly found myself surrounded by a group of around 10–15 people. It was intimidating and obviously organized. The management or owners have to be aware of what’s going on—they’re either turning a blind eye or are part of it. On top of that, we saw a young woman who was so drunk she couldn’t say what time it was or where she lived, and she was being "guarded" by men who clearly weren’t her friends or boyfriend. I don’t want to assume, but the situation looked unsafe and raised serious concerns for me and my group—especially around the possibility of sexual assault. It honestly felt like the entire place was being run by a gang. I wouldn’t go back and I really hope no one else has to go through what we did.

Nice clean dog friendly space. Staff very attentive. Food though left much to be desired. The piece of fish on the fish and chips meal was tiny and pretty tasteless. Never worth the money paid. Won't be rushing back.

We ordered our meal on the touchscreen - 2 adult meals and 2 kids meals with drinks annd ice cream. After about 15 minutes one adult meal and both kids meals arrived. No drinks. The adults meal was stone cold and must have been sitting somewhere for ages. After 10 minutes we chased up the drinks and second adults meal. It was also stone cold when it finally arrived. We had to ask again for drinks. The chips were the worst. Pale, limp and cold. The glass of water was warmer than the chips. We had to ask 3 times for the ice cream which were tiny pots of Ben and Jerry’s, completely inedible as they had obviously defrosted then been frozen again. Revolting. There were staffing issues but they should have closed rather than serve expensive inedible food. Will avoid in future.

Went for lunch with 3 friends. Disappointed with the food. Small portions not good value for money. I don’t think I will be going again.

Better than average fish and chip shop. Reasonable prices. Decent size genuine cod served. Chips could be cooked longer and crisper though. Pity now only open Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings from 5

We visited on Easter Monday evening, not overly busy, we sat outside, beautiful views of Brixham, really lovely location. We ordered fish n chips, chicken wings, Camembert & a pint of prawns, all enjoyable. We were looked after by Lisia, very polite & professional. * The pint of prawns were served with the shells on, not a huge problem obviously but we felt it should have specified that in the menu because then half the pint of prawns was waste.

Yes it’s run down, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be cleaned and tidied. It’s just dirty!! Toilets almost all dirty or out of order. Floor soaking wet all around the sinks. Bins overflowing in toilets and in McDonald’s area. The napkin/sauce point was filthy and half empty. In the seating area the chairs were all over the place, dirty tables and the floor was unswept (rubbish and food on it). Don’t bother stopping here!

I can’t understand why this lovely cafe gets such bad reviews The owner is always pleasant, the coffee is excellent, the menu is interesting, there are large clean seating areas and wonderful views. What more could you ask. I’m really worried that this excellent cafe will be forced to close and there will be no choice but the truly dreadful Starbucks nearby. Now I shall keep driving past that.

McDonald’s was very busy when we arrived but queue went down fast, I can honestly say the service was great and the food was fresh hot and tasty. The best McDonald’s I have ever had and my friends all agreed as they enjoyed their food also. Well done staff👏🏻👏🏻

Lees face it, most motorway services in most countries are pretty grotty Popped into Leigh delamere today for a quick comfort break I have to say the toilets surprised me as to their cleanliness - usually have to hold my breath but these were not bad at all!

A great cafe and friendly staff with a fenced off dog exercising area. Also had new, very clean toilets. Nice little stop off point.