Initially everything went well, my wife and I ordered lunch and drinks at the bar, service was friendly. Our food arrived in reasonable time and everything looked fine, however when I tried my fish pie it was cold in the centre, I went back to the bar to quietly point this out to the barman who had served us, he apologised, then at this point the chef walked passed, the barman called him over so I again quietly explained that the centre of my pie was chilled, he said that there was no way my food could be cold and basically called me a liar in what I can only describe as a confrontational manner.The barman to his credit took control of the situation and ordered me a new meal and offered me a drink on the house and apologised for the chef.When my food arrived was piping hot and adequate however I didn’t enjoy it or the whole experience. We left without having the house drink offered.
Deborah Alvey
We was here last weekMe and hubby came for our last meal of our holidayI had steak he had the fish stew both meals was amazing ? all cooked fresh to order. Lovely staff highly recommend ❤️
naomi k
We went to the Dolphin Inn first for drinks and saw the food, so decided to eat dinner there the following day. I had the fish stew and highly recommend it. The mussles were delish, and the biggest and juiciest I have ever eaten! My partner had the curry and enjoyed his too. The portions were generous. We went on to stay for drinks as the atmosphere was so relaxed and the staff super attentive and friendly. Overall a warm and inviting place to eat, drink or while away some time.
939petec
My wife and I, with our two dogs (Vinny and Daisy) stayed in Combe Martin from the 6th-12th October. We visited the Dolphin Inn a few times during our stay. We firstly went for drinks and were made to feel really welcome, they made a fuss of our dogs (who loved it). We went back for Sunday carvery (which was amazing) and also visited again for an evening meal (very, very good). They brought some left over meat for our two dogs which they absolutely loved. Couldn’t recommend any higher for great food, great drink and friendly staff and atmosphere.
TracyGloucester
Excellent group meal for 24 people! They went above and beyond to serve us a group meal after a days hard walking. Food all hot and delicious plus loads of choice and quantity!
JOP49
Booked for the Sunday Cavery, which was outstanding . The selection of meats and huge selection of vegetables was amazing . Not only the selection but the quality and taste was right up there.
Chris and Georgina
I don’t normally write reviews for places but after our visit this evening was so bad I felt I had to. At 6pm we rung the pub and was told to get there for 7pm. So we got there early expecting to have a drink first. We walked in to be greeted by the waitress and said we would like to sit outside. The waitress told us to find a table and she would bring menu’s out. Anyway after getting our own menu’s, I went in to order at 7pm. To be told that we couldn’t order for another 45 minutes as a big table had come in. Baring in mind we had already waited an hour to go down with a 3yr old to get dinner. I mentioned this and all I met with was rudeness. My partner who phoned went in to speak to them to be told the big table of 8 were 30 mins late. We ordered anyway as by the time we found somewhere else and ordered it would have taken that long if not longer. The food was in my opinion average at best. I ordered the mushroom and wild mushroom starter, there was no wild mushroom in sight. Just plain mushrooms in a watery sauce. My partner’s prawns were overcooked, rubbery and also in a watery tasteless sauce. For my little boy we ordered the “fresh chicken nuggets”. They were about as fresh as Mcdonalds. The mussels were also watery and curdled. My honest opinion is avoid. Rude staff below average food. Don't waste your time or money!!
Martin Gooding
Popped in on the off chance that we could get a meal post Kayaking tour and really enjoyed the food and friendly service. Great beer and friendly atmosphere.
Christopher Fearn
Don’t judge a book by its cover. This place serves great food has a great local beers and ciders and is very dog friendly. Perfect location too.
Ken Allen
If you’re looking for a great meal you can go wrong here. Good food and atmosphere are hard to find nowadays at the right price.
Excellent carvery lunch with Devon Rock on draft. Dog friendly too. Very enjoyable!
Jonny5ive
Knowing that coastal destinations can sometimes be difficult to get into on the day, we had called ahead of our holiday to book a table. We we’re advised that parties of our size (8) needed to pre-order and pay a £50 non-refundable deposit, again, not uncommon for holiday destinations.We pre ordered from the menu sent to us, it later transpired that this was only half the available menu.We called ahead twice more to arrange payment of our deposit however our calls were not returned.We arrived on the Tuesday evening, and were seated. Food quality was mediocre with a number of the starters, mussels, prawns & mushrooms all appeared to have the same sauce with either chilli, herbs, or garlic added prior to service depending what the menu stated as their accompaniment.Starters were cleared whilst some diners were still eating, and the first main courses arrived shortly after I’d finished chewing the last mouthful of starter, no chance of a breather between courses. The remaining main courses arrived over the course of the next ten minutes.We opted not to stay for desserts.In summary, the food was palatable but overpriced, atmosphere was lacking (Sky News on the TV and Capitol Chilled on the sound system), service was poorly executed and beware the 12.5% service charge that is applied to parties of 7 people or more, which, had we known about in advance (it wasn’t on the menus we were sent), might have avoided the awkward, fumbled responses from the management about it after our bill was presented.We would not return, and subsequently found better places to dine a short drive away.**EDIT** - in reply to the 'owner repsonse', we were asked for a non-refundable deposit, and we never paid it despite our best efforts to contact the establishment and pay it. We left a message, we called again and were promised a call back, it never came.I'll happily share the email sent to my wife asking for the deposit in case anyone is interested in whether or not my review is 'true'.
bockbock1
Booked a table on the Saturday morning for 8pm that night, was told it had to be for 7:30 pm as they stop serving food at 8pm which was fine even though once there they carried on taking food bookings well past 8:30pm. There is a large area as you walk in and a pool table to the right, we were seated on a couple of stools next to the pool table even though there was plenty of room in the more spacious area, we had a lovely view though even though the window contained more flies than the bar did people, again didn't want to moan as it was a young lad who seated us (could have only been 13) and he was the only positive about the whole experience. The bar staff were clueless and literally served locals before people who were already waiting, this happened with me and the local apologised and let me go first but the cocky male bar tender just pulled my drink, it was this same bar tender who had a go at the very young waiter shouting at him to just serve the food to the table in front of people, the manageress then ran up the stairs to have a go at him, very awkward. The food was basic, i had chicken burger which was ok, my wife had the cottage pie that came with veg and about half a pint of water. Love Combe Martin but will not be going back to this place.
Maria T
FANTASTIC FOOD!!! ? Well worth the price. Service was great ? would definitely recommend and go again if we were to return to Combe Martin
neilr622
So unorganised, couldnt organise a piss up in thier own pub. Food was overpriced and substandard. Had prawns which was £9.50 as a starter 4 small prawns and 2 languistines and chef ommited the garlic from it, tasted of grease. French lady behind bar was rude and not interested in customers walked off half way through serving. Waited 1hr 20mins for food. Most of the food was out of stock so ordered chilli, (pictured) was a mess no presentation. Asked for salt given sachets that were damp and stuck together changed but all were like it. Probably the worst place ive been... had a bottle of wine £18 when reseached you can buy for £3.50 massive mark up and tasted like cooking wine. Really save your money, seems like they are just after a quick buck and on your bike attitude.
Initially everything went well, my wife and I ordered lunch and drinks at the bar, service was friendly. Our food arrived in reasonable time and everything looked fine, however when I tried my fish pie it was cold in the centre, I went back to the bar to quietly point this out to the barman who had served us, he apologised, then at this point the chef walked passed, the barman called him over so I again quietly explained that the centre of my pie was chilled, he said that there was no way my food could be cold and basically called me a liar in what I can only describe as a confrontational manner.The barman to his credit took control of the situation and ordered me a new meal and offered me a drink on the house and apologised for the chef.When my food arrived was piping hot and adequate however I didn’t enjoy it or the whole experience. We left without having the house drink offered.
We was here last weekMe and hubby came for our last meal of our holidayI had steak he had the fish stew both meals was amazing ? all cooked fresh to order. Lovely staff highly recommend ❤️
We went to the Dolphin Inn first for drinks and saw the food, so decided to eat dinner there the following day. I had the fish stew and highly recommend it. The mussles were delish, and the biggest and juiciest I have ever eaten! My partner had the curry and enjoyed his too. The portions were generous. We went on to stay for drinks as the atmosphere was so relaxed and the staff super attentive and friendly. Overall a warm and inviting place to eat, drink or while away some time.
My wife and I, with our two dogs (Vinny and Daisy) stayed in Combe Martin from the 6th-12th October. We visited the Dolphin Inn a few times during our stay. We firstly went for drinks and were made to feel really welcome, they made a fuss of our dogs (who loved it). We went back for Sunday carvery (which was amazing) and also visited again for an evening meal (very, very good). They brought some left over meat for our two dogs which they absolutely loved. Couldn’t recommend any higher for great food, great drink and friendly staff and atmosphere.
Excellent group meal for 24 people! They went above and beyond to serve us a group meal after a days hard walking. Food all hot and delicious plus loads of choice and quantity!
Booked for the Sunday Cavery, which was outstanding . The selection of meats and huge selection of vegetables was amazing . Not only the selection but the quality and taste was right up there.
I don’t normally write reviews for places but after our visit this evening was so bad I felt I had to. At 6pm we rung the pub and was told to get there for 7pm. So we got there early expecting to have a drink first. We walked in to be greeted by the waitress and said we would like to sit outside. The waitress told us to find a table and she would bring menu’s out. Anyway after getting our own menu’s, I went in to order at 7pm. To be told that we couldn’t order for another 45 minutes as a big table had come in. Baring in mind we had already waited an hour to go down with a 3yr old to get dinner. I mentioned this and all I met with was rudeness. My partner who phoned went in to speak to them to be told the big table of 8 were 30 mins late. We ordered anyway as by the time we found somewhere else and ordered it would have taken that long if not longer. The food was in my opinion average at best. I ordered the mushroom and wild mushroom starter, there was no wild mushroom in sight. Just plain mushrooms in a watery sauce. My partner’s prawns were overcooked, rubbery and also in a watery tasteless sauce. For my little boy we ordered the “fresh chicken nuggets”. They were about as fresh as Mcdonalds. The mussels were also watery and curdled. My honest opinion is avoid. Rude staff below average food. Don't waste your time or money!!
Popped in on the off chance that we could get a meal post Kayaking tour and really enjoyed the food and friendly service. Great beer and friendly atmosphere.
Don’t judge a book by its cover. This place serves great food has a great local beers and ciders and is very dog friendly. Perfect location too.
If you’re looking for a great meal you can go wrong here. Good food and atmosphere are hard to find nowadays at the right price.
Restaurantji Recommends
Excellent carvery lunch with Devon Rock on draft. Dog friendly too. Very enjoyable!
Knowing that coastal destinations can sometimes be difficult to get into on the day, we had called ahead of our holiday to book a table. We we’re advised that parties of our size (8) needed to pre-order and pay a £50 non-refundable deposit, again, not uncommon for holiday destinations.We pre ordered from the menu sent to us, it later transpired that this was only half the available menu.We called ahead twice more to arrange payment of our deposit however our calls were not returned.We arrived on the Tuesday evening, and were seated. Food quality was mediocre with a number of the starters, mussels, prawns & mushrooms all appeared to have the same sauce with either chilli, herbs, or garlic added prior to service depending what the menu stated as their accompaniment.Starters were cleared whilst some diners were still eating, and the first main courses arrived shortly after I’d finished chewing the last mouthful of starter, no chance of a breather between courses. The remaining main courses arrived over the course of the next ten minutes.We opted not to stay for desserts.In summary, the food was palatable but overpriced, atmosphere was lacking (Sky News on the TV and Capitol Chilled on the sound system), service was poorly executed and beware the 12.5% service charge that is applied to parties of 7 people or more, which, had we known about in advance (it wasn’t on the menus we were sent), might have avoided the awkward, fumbled responses from the management about it after our bill was presented.We would not return, and subsequently found better places to dine a short drive away.**EDIT** - in reply to the 'owner repsonse', we were asked for a non-refundable deposit, and we never paid it despite our best efforts to contact the establishment and pay it. We left a message, we called again and were promised a call back, it never came.I'll happily share the email sent to my wife asking for the deposit in case anyone is interested in whether or not my review is 'true'.
Booked a table on the Saturday morning for 8pm that night, was told it had to be for 7:30 pm as they stop serving food at 8pm which was fine even though once there they carried on taking food bookings well past 8:30pm. There is a large area as you walk in and a pool table to the right, we were seated on a couple of stools next to the pool table even though there was plenty of room in the more spacious area, we had a lovely view though even though the window contained more flies than the bar did people, again didn't want to moan as it was a young lad who seated us (could have only been 13) and he was the only positive about the whole experience. The bar staff were clueless and literally served locals before people who were already waiting, this happened with me and the local apologised and let me go first but the cocky male bar tender just pulled my drink, it was this same bar tender who had a go at the very young waiter shouting at him to just serve the food to the table in front of people, the manageress then ran up the stairs to have a go at him, very awkward. The food was basic, i had chicken burger which was ok, my wife had the cottage pie that came with veg and about half a pint of water. Love Combe Martin but will not be going back to this place.
FANTASTIC FOOD!!! ? Well worth the price. Service was great ? would definitely recommend and go again if we were to return to Combe Martin
So unorganised, couldnt organise a piss up in thier own pub. Food was overpriced and substandard. Had prawns which was £9.50 as a starter 4 small prawns and 2 languistines and chef ommited the garlic from it, tasted of grease. French lady behind bar was rude and not interested in customers walked off half way through serving. Waited 1hr 20mins for food. Most of the food was out of stock so ordered chilli, (pictured) was a mess no presentation. Asked for salt given sachets that were damp and stuck together changed but all were like it. Probably the worst place ive been... had a bottle of wine £18 when reseached you can buy for £3.50 massive mark up and tasted like cooking wine. Really save your money, seems like they are just after a quick buck and on your bike attitude.