Guidebook for Devon
Food Scene
Devon delicacies!
Delicious food and good service in the restaurant. Takeaway and delivery to the Higher Dawlish Water valley also available.
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Gurkha Restaurant
30 Park RdDelicious food and good service in the restaurant. Takeaway and delivery to the Higher Dawlish Water valley also available.
Crab Shack
3 Queen StWonderful tasty fresh fish in a lovely atmospheric setting
Great cafe. Also does bike repairs, rental and maintenance. The burgers are good!
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Route 2 Bikes Topsham
4 Amity PlGreat cafe. Also does bike repairs, rental and maintenance. The burgers are good!
The Smugglers Inn
27 Teignmouth RdDoes a good carvery! Book in advance though
Our favourite local restaurant - great food, good ales and a wonderful view. Can get quite busy so if you want to go at peak times book in advance.
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The Ness
Ness DriveOur favourite local restaurant - great food, good ales and a wonderful view. Can get quite busy so if you want to go at peak times book in advance.
Wee Shop Bakery
42 The StrandReally tasty pasties, the best in Dawlish we think!
The salted caramel brownies, millionaire flapjack and custard slices are very tasty!
They also make lots of tasty flavoured pasties too like chicken and chorizo, beef and stilton.
Ryder's Homemade Bakery
Warren RoadThe salted caramel brownies, millionaire flapjack and custard slices are very tasty!
They also make lots of tasty flavoured pasties too like chicken and chorizo, beef and stilton.
Great flat white coffees for Adam and tasty ice cream for Sue - the gingerbread flavour is my favourite!
Sea Breeze. Takeaway/Licensed Restaurant.
18 Piermont PlGreat flat white coffees for Adam and tasty ice cream for Sue - the gingerbread flavour is my favourite!
Great lunches and AMAZING cakes! There's also a shop selling everything from books to clothes. Good place to go on a rainy day although it gets really busy at weekends.
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Darts Farm Restaurant
Great lunches and AMAZING cakes! There's also a shop selling everything from books to clothes. Good place to go on a rainy day although it gets really busy at weekends.
A floating restaurant in the middle of the River Exe! Wonderful views. Fantastic seafood (and non-seafood options). Booking essential via their website, make sure you book at least a month in advance as they have limited places, and it's popular! When you book a table, you also book a water taxi from Exmouth. Look out for seals on the way to the café. Definitely worth a visit
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River Exe Cafe
A floating restaurant in the middle of the River Exe! Wonderful views. Fantastic seafood (and non-seafood options). Booking essential via their website, make sure you book at least a month in advance as they have limited places, and it's popular! When you book a table, you also book a water taxi from Exmouth. Look out for seals on the way to the café. Definitely worth a visit
A really good pub restaurant. Sit in the lovely bright conservatory or outside in the garden if it's a nice day. The food is great. There's also free range chickens and ducks wandering around the garden!
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The Old Inn
A really good pub restaurant. Sit in the lovely bright conservatory or outside in the garden if it's a nice day. The food is great. There's also free range chickens and ducks wandering around the garden!
Lovely country pub restaurant with great garden and stream and ducks and chickens wandering around. Enjoy a walk on Dartmoor followed by a meal here!
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The Rugglestone Inn
Lovely country pub restaurant with great garden and stream and ducks and chickens wandering around. Enjoy a walk on Dartmoor followed by a meal here!
Book in advance and ask for a table by the window so you get a good view! Beautiful views overlooking the water and the food is good too. The restaurant was renovated February 2019.
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The Coombe Cellars
Book in advance and ask for a table by the window so you get a good view! Beautiful views overlooking the water and the food is good too. The restaurant was renovated February 2019.
Fantastic breakfasts using local produce, and they have a shop selling a wide range of local produce too. You can also look at where they grow their wide-range of mushrooms.
Forest Fungi
Warren RoadFantastic breakfasts using local produce, and they have a shop selling a wide range of local produce too. You can also look at where they grow their wide-range of mushrooms.
The best ice cream and coffee in Dawlish! I've heard the waffles are pretty good too!
All the ice cream is made in the shop, and they make a range of amazing flavours including Kinder Bueno, Salted Caramel, Strawberry, honeycomb to name but a few.
The Local Scoop
7 Piermont PlThe best ice cream and coffee in Dawlish! I've heard the waffles are pretty good too!
All the ice cream is made in the shop, and they make a range of amazing flavours including Kinder Bueno, Salted Caramel, Strawberry, honeycomb to name but a few.
Fantastic value for money for a good lunch and a fantastic Sunday lunch
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Cockhaven Arms
Cockhaven RoadFantastic value for money for a good lunch and a fantastic Sunday lunch
Old Walls Vineyard
Old Walls HillGreat area for outside eating with views and good service
Great Friday night pizza and wine deal, also great alfresco lunch spot - and if keen you can walk there!
Kenton Vineyard
Great Friday night pizza and wine deal, also great alfresco lunch spot - and if keen you can walk there!
Le Cygne
French pâtisserie wonderful for cake and coffee - with a deli next door!
Love breakfast? If so, then this is the place for you! All-you-can-eat breakfast and waffles.
Brody's Breakfast Bistro
23-24 Queen StreetLove breakfast? If so, then this is the place for you! All-you-can-eat breakfast and waffles.
Great food, great service. The Pad Thai is fantastic. They do a lunchtime set menu. They also deliver!
Sticky Rice Restaurant
Great food, great service. The Pad Thai is fantastic. They do a lunchtime set menu. They also deliver!
The Strand Cafe
15 The StrandReally tasty English breakfast, good coffee, wonderful cake and friendly staff.
Entertainment & Activities
Caters for all your outdoor activity needs from paintball to clay pigeon shooting to archery to raft building and lots more!
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Ashcombe Adventure Centre Ltd.
Colley LaneCaters for all your outdoor activity needs from paintball to clay pigeon shooting to archery to raft building and lots more!
Dawlish Leisure Centre
Sandy LaneIf you fancy having a swim inside rather than outside!
Bike hire and bike repairs. Open 7 days a week and run by a really helpful and friendly owner.
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Exe Trail Cycle Hire
Beach RoadBike hire and bike repairs. Open 7 days a week and run by a really helpful and friendly owner.
Tour the house, visit the animals in the walled gardens or just go to the café, restaurant and shops
Powderham Castle
Tour the house, visit the animals in the walled gardens or just go to the café, restaurant and shops
Great garden centre, they also sell food, clothes and gifts. The cafe is good too! Great to visit on a rainy day.
Otter Nurseries
Great garden centre, they also sell food, clothes and gifts. The cafe is good too! Great to visit on a rainy day.
Everything Else
I-Racecourse ye-Exeter
Races and a car boot sale on a Sunday
Dawlish Warren
Warren RoadBeautiful walks and beach and a National Nature Reserve
The UK's leading breeder and propagator of award-winning perfumed Pinks and Dianthus.
Flowers, plants and produce for sale on the stall outside. As well as fruit and vegetables, the stall usually sells eggs and honey.
Whetman Garden Plants
Ashcombe RoadThe UK's leading breeder and propagator of award-winning perfumed Pinks and Dianthus.
Flowers, plants and produce for sale on the stall outside. As well as fruit and vegetables, the stall usually sells eggs and honey.
Parks & Nature
Walking, cycling for all abilities, horse riding (bring your own horse!), GoApe and lots of events - check their Forestry Commission website to find out what's on.
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Haldon Forest Park (Forestry England)
Bullers HillWalking, cycling for all abilities, horse riding (bring your own horse!), GoApe and lots of events - check their Forestry Commission website to find out what's on.
Fantastic views across the Devon countryside towards the Exe estuary and out to sea.
Teign Bean coffee van is usually parked in the car park, the cakes and coffee are good!
Mamhead Obelisk
Fantastic views across the Devon countryside towards the Exe estuary and out to sea.
Teign Bean coffee van is usually parked in the car park, the cakes and coffee are good!
Beautiful, quirky village with a lovely beach. The Thatched Tavern is a great restaurant and pub.
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Maidencombe
Beautiful, quirky village with a lovely beach. The Thatched Tavern is a great restaurant and pub.
Great beach to visit, we regularly see a seal when we go there!
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Watcombe Beach
Watcombe Beach RoadGreat beach to visit, we regularly see a seal when we go there!
This place is a hidden gem! A beautiful garden with a castle, Italian Garden, Witch's Cave and beautiful views. Well worth a visit.
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Homeyards Botanical Gardens
Torquay RoadThis place is a hidden gem! A beautiful garden with a castle, Italian Garden, Witch's Cave and beautiful views. Well worth a visit.
Arts & Culture
Learn all about Dawlish's history and the origin of the black swans
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Dawlish Museum
Barton TerraceLearn all about Dawlish's history and the origin of the black swans
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Queen StreetDrinks & Nightlife
Fantastic food. They brew their own beer on site. Adam and Sue recommend The Smokehouse to eat!
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The Fat Pig Exeter
2 John StFantastic food. They brew their own beer on site. Adam and Sue recommend The Smokehouse to eat!
One of the few pubs in the UK that doesn't have direct access by road. Wonderful to cycle to for drinks and food with amazing views over the Exe estuary
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The Turf
One of the few pubs in the UK that doesn't have direct access by road. Wonderful to cycle to for drinks and food with amazing views over the Exe estuary
Lansdowne
8 Park RdCheap and cheerful food, pool table, dartboard and live music on Saturday nights
The Old Firehouse
50 New N RdLots of different ciders to try, live music and pizza!
The BikeShed
163 Fore StA theatre and music venue
Cheap and cheerful food and lots of different ales on tap in a wonderful building
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The Imperial
New North RoadCheap and cheerful food and lots of different ales on tap in a wonderful building
Sightseeing
Not had chance to go yet but been told it's worth a visit especially on a rainy day!
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Underground Passages
2 Paris StNot had chance to go yet but been told it's worth a visit especially on a rainy day!
Traditional ice cream with a flake and clotted cream. Order one and sit outside and watch Dawlish's famous black swans on the river
Gays Creamery
20 Brunswick PlTraditional ice cream with a flake and clotted cream. Order one and sit outside and watch Dawlish's famous black swans on the river
A great day out. Lots to see and do and wonderful fresh fish to eat. They have lots of pirate-themed AND non-pirate-themed events on throughout the year!
Brixham Harbour
A great day out. Lots to see and do and wonderful fresh fish to eat. They have lots of pirate-themed AND non-pirate-themed events on throughout the year!
Travel in style on this fantastic railway line from Paignton to Kingswear and then get the ferry over to Dartmouth for a wander around this picturesque town.
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Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company
Queen's Park RoadTravel in style on this fantastic railway line from Paignton to Kingswear and then get the ferry over to Dartmouth for a wander around this picturesque town.
Enjoy the steam train. Make a day of it and go and visit the otters and owls too!
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South Devon Railway - Totnes Littlehempston Station
Enjoy the steam train. Make a day of it and go and visit the otters and owls too!