RestaurantsDevonSalcombeTQ8

survey result

Summary

£81
 ££££
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This local business started processing crab in 2008 and opened this simple café in 2014. “Outside is challenging in the autumn and winter, but even then, they have wonderful blankets that you can use to savour the great seafood they serve. Absolutely love it”.

Summary

£50
   ££
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “tiny restaurant executing delicious fish” is “a real gem” and “hugely successful in expensive Salcombe” – no wonder it’s “always fully booked”. Experienced owners Nick & Nikki Horne took over from Rob & Anna Johnstone two years ago and it has been a seamless transition – they are “friendly, professional, not stuffy and know what they are doing”. The menu is dominated by their own hand-picked local crab, but there’s also “scallops to die for”.

Summary

£47
   ££
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 cheerful venture offering “delicious fresh seafood on the river estuary”, run by Nick & Nikki Horne, who previously owned an award-winning seafood spot on Scotland's west coast. Portions are “large and delicious”, staff “very friendly” and there's no knocking the “great location”.

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Gould Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8DU

Restaurant details

Yes
No dress code

Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£12.75 £28.00 £4.75 £9.50
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £28.00
Filter Coffee £3.00
Extras  
Service 12.50%
Gould Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8DU
Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Friday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Saturday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Sunday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm

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