RestaurantsDevonExeterEX1

survey result

Summary

£65
  £££
3
Good
3
Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A “lovely” Southernhay restaurant plus basement wine bar that’s handy for Cathedral Yard. The “excellent wine list and menu showcase local producers”, contributing to what is an invariably “reliable” spot.

Summary

£61
  £££
3
Good
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“A go-to place for dining in Exeter”, this basement wine bar/restaurant with a walled garden near Cathedral Yard is “one of very few places in town where you can confidently go for a business lunch/dinner – no muzak, well-spaced tables”. “The menu is always filled with interesting things and sourced locally – meat and fish always of the highest quality”.

Summary

£56
   ££
3
Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“A firm favourite for some years” close to the Cathedral Yard, so it’s “pleasing to see them back and performing well”. The wine bar/restaurant is “good for business as well as casual dining” with “something for every palate”, and they make “great use of local products and suppliers for fish, meat, veg and poultry”.

Summary

£52
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This independent basement wine bar-restaurant is a “reliable city-centre standby” with a “lovely atmosphere”, plus a “decent menu” and wines – even a reporter who says “it won’t thrill you” says “it won’t let you down either!”

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38-40 Southernhay East, Exeter, EX1 1PE

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No dress code
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Rendezvous Wine Bar Restaurant Diner Reviews

Reviews of Rendezvous Wine Bar Restaurant in EX1, Exeter by users of Hardens.com. Also see the editors review of Rendezvous Wine Bar restaurant.
Paul J
Lovely little place tucked away downstairs....
Reviewed 3 months, 2 days ago

"Lovely little place tucked away downstairs. Looking forward to going again."

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Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£10.30 £25.50 £9.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £25.00
Filter Coffee £2.00
Extras  
Service 10.00%
38-40 Southernhay East, Exeter, EX1 1PE
Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm
Friday12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm
Saturday12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm
SundayCLOSED

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