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DARTMOUTH: PLYMOUTH: Barbican Kitchen ££
The Seahorse £££ Modern British Road Map C6
Seafood Road Map D6 Plymouth Gin Distillery, 60 Southside
5 South Embankment, TQ6 9BH St, PL1 2LQ
Tel 01803 835147 Closed Sun Tel 01752 604448 Closed Sun
(except public hol weekends) & Mon The aim of this brasserie in
This elegant, upmarket restaurant Plymouth’s famous gin distillery
is another success from Mitch (see 145) is to deliver fresh local
Tonks. The emphasis is on food at a realistic price. The menu
charcoal-roasted local fish and takes full advantage of the West
seafood, including cuttlefish, Country’s superb natural larder.
squid, turbot and sole. There’s
also an extensive wine list. SALCOMBE: Captain Flint’s £
Pizzeria Road Map D6
EXETER: Jack in the Green ££ 82 Fore St, TQ8 8BY
Gastro-pub Road Map D5 Tel 01548 842357 Closed lunch
Rockbeare, London Rd, EX5 2EE Located in the town centre,
Tel 01404 822240 Captain Flint’s has been a family
A cheerful pub, Jack in the Green favourite for 25 years. The menu
serves delicious, beautifully features a wide selection of Herb-crusted lamb striploin served at
presented food made using home-made pizzas, pasta, burgers the Beach Restaurant in Bude, Cornwall
seasonal local Devon produce. and salads. Arrive early for a table
as advance booking isn’t available.
EXMOUTH: River Exe Café ££ Cornwall
Gastro-café Road Map D5 SALCOMBE: Victoria Inn £
Taxis from Exmouth Marina, EX8 1XA Pub Road Map D6 BUDE: The Beach Restaurant ££
Tel 07761 116103 Closed Oct–Mar Fore St, TQ8 8BU Modern British Road Map C5
Book a water taxi to reach this Tel 01548 842604 Summerleaze Crescent, EX23 8HJ
unique floating restaurant on A cozy, traditional pub with Tel 01288 389800
the Exe estuary. The specials low-beamed ceilings, a stone Well-prepared fish dishes are
menu changes daily, and features fireplace and a secluded beer the highlight of this chic, modern
locally caught and well-prepared garden. It’s the perfect place for restaurant, where menus are
fish and seafood. The café also a crab sandwich, a ploughman’s based around fresh local ingre-
serves burgers and pizzas. or a more substantial pub meal. dients. There’s a lovely terrace
with panoramic views and a
ILFRACOMBE: The Quay ££ SOUTH MILTON: Beachhouse ££ great selection of bar food.
Modern British Road Map C4 Seafood Road Map D6
11 The Quay, EX34 9EQ Kingsbridge, TQ7 3JY FALMOUTH:
Tel 01271 868090 Tel 01548 561144 Closed Sun–Thu The Wheel House ££
Choose to eat in the casual dinner (except school hols) Seafood Road Map B6
café-bar or in one of two more Try soup with crusty bread, Upton Slip, TR11 3DQ
refined dining rooms at this chic Exmouth mussels, Start Bay Tel 01326 318050 Closed Wed–Sat
Damien Hirst-owned restaurant. scallops or the formidable lunch; Sun–Tue; mid-Dec–Jan
Freshly caught sea bass and seafood platter for two at this This unique crab and oyster bar
“Lundy” lobster number among humble, salt-crusted beach has no menu and serves just four
the many specialities here. shack. A local institution, the dishes, but the seafood will be
Beachhouse is not to be missed. the best and freshest you’ll ever
KINGSBRIDGE: Millbrook Inn ££ eat. A word-of-mouth gem.
Gastro-pub Road Map D6 TOPSHAM: Darts Farm £ Bookings are essential.
South Pool, TQ7 2RW Café Road Map D5
Tel 01548 531581 Darts Farm Bridge Hill, EX3 0QH FOWEY: Sam’s on the Beach ££
A small, award-winning traditional Tel 01392 878200 Closed dinner European Road Map B6
pub renowned for serving Showcasing the finest of Devon’s 14 Polkerris, Par, PL24 2TL
remarkably good, wholesome artisan produce, Darts Farm Shop Tel 01726 812255
food. The menu focuses on supplies the ingredients for this Part of a Cornish mini-chain,
nose-to-tail eating and features seductive café-restaurant. Stop this branch of Sam’s is located in
a mixture of British and European off for all-day breakfast, a proper the old lifeboat station. It serves
influences. The pub also hosts meal or an indulgent smoothie. tasty wood-fired pizzas, lobster
regular live-music nights. The restaurant also has a mouth- and a delicious fusion of Cornish
watering selection of cakes. and Mediterranean food.
OKEHAMPTON:
Lewtrenchard Manor £££ TORQUAY: The Elephant £££ FOWEY: Q Restaurant £££
Modern British Road Map C5 Modern British Road Map D5 Bistro Road Map B6
Lewdown, EX20 4PN 3–4 Beacon Hill, TQ1 2BH The Old Quay House, 28 Fore St,
Tel 01566 783222 Tel 01803 200044 Closed Sun & Mon PL23 1AQ
Dating from the early 1600s, this This sophisticated-looking Tel 01726 833302 Closed Mon & Tue
Jacobean manor on Dartmoor Michelin-starred restaurant An upmarket, relaxed restaurant
is now a country-house hotel. It and its accompanying low-key in a hotel with fabulous estuary
has an exquisite dining room brasserie are set in an elegant views (see p179). Come here
decorated with beautiful portraits two-storey Georgian townhouse. for Fowey River oysters, local
and chandeliers. The restaurant There’s a carefully planned scallops, Cornish cheeses and
serves top-quality local produce and delicious tasting menu. West Country meat, including
cooked in exciting, novel ways. Reservations are essential. the signature Kilhallon beef fillet.
Key to Price Guide see page 184; Road Map see inside back cover
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