Just like my granny's house, beautiful pre war furniture, doilies, carnations in vases and gladly…read morenot a pretentious victory role in sight, just beautiful Victoria sponges and victoriously moist cakes on display. A nice selection of simple savouries too. Mint and pea soup with wholemeal pitta and a cup of hot chocolate on a rainy day cheered me right up. Go with a gaggle and lounge on the sofa. A lovely place to relax with a tea.

What an excellent and enjoyable experience. We regularly visit the copper kettle and we are never…read moredisappointed. All the food is fresh and home cooked and so so so so so tasty!!! We always have the roast on a Sunday and wow it is always lush! Prices are reasonable and desserts are lovely, if you can manage pudding! The service is great and there is parking and outside seating.

Really good restaurant great for Sunday lunches, coffe, tea and home made cake great place 5 starsread more

I've visited twice and each time the food has been lovely, service is efficient and the cafe is…read moreclean and beautifully decorated, reasonably priced too. Would recommend.

Devonshire cream tea We came here for a cream tea - a pot of…read moretea and warm scones served with strawberry jam and delightfully sinful clotted cream. It was delicious - but we thought our tea was a little weak!!

Lovely tea room. I found staff really friendly and helpful despite some reviews to the contrary on…read moreother sites. The setting was nice and the decor and quaintness of it was particularly enjoyed by my girlfriend, (why do girls love that sort of thing so much) the tea for 2 was served in a large tea pot which was easily enough for 3 containing about 6 cups worth. The scones cream and jam were lovely and were washed down with the tea was just what I needed after a long walk around the town. We'll worth a stop by if you're in the area.

I came here for their high tea. The service was great, fast, m friendly. The have a good menu. The…read morehigh tea is 19.95 and you can have either coffee or a pot of tea. There are also three choices of scones, plain, strawberry pieces in it I think the server said and a savoury cheese one. I opted for plain as I wanted the traditional version with jam and clotted cream. The scone was HUGE. I enjoyed the little sandwiches. The high tea is plentiful and I took all the little desserts away with me, as it was too much food . The cafe/ restaurant is on an old converted stable located at Hestercombe House n Gardens. You can access this place without having to pay to go inside the stately home as the entrance is accessible.

From the owner: Enjoy a wide variety of delicious food across our Brunch, Lunch and Afternoon Tea menus in the…read morenewly refurbished Stables Restaurant.

The Good: Ideal positioning for idly watching the world pass by, the cafe sits in Cathedral Square…read morewith plenty of space outside to enjoy the great British summer weather (sarcasm) whilst supping down a local ale or excellent tea (from self-pouring teapots, magic!). Paninis all round for lunch, and lovely sandwiches they were too - sausage, cheese and chutney for moi, cheesy veggie thing for Her. Great looking menus all round which are split by time, between brekkie, lunch and afternoon tea, oh and Sunday roasts (on Sundays, durrrr). The Bad and the Ugly: Everything was just a little bit grubby, from the high-chair brought to us for no. 1 son (cursory wipe-down given by grubby waitress with a grubby dish cloth); inside (as reported upon by Her) was grubby too, so given that the public facing areas were non too hygienic (I've only just realised that I've always spelled 'hygienic' incorrectly prior to this post!), one begins to wonder what the kitchen area is like, doesn't one? Unfortunately, the lingering impression of grubbiness is enough for me to suggest choosing another eatery from the plethora of cafes, bars and restaurants in the vicinity, unless you don't go inside or need a high-chair, in which case it's all Good!

The draw of this place is the location, of course. You're practically on the lawn of Exeter…read moreCathedral. As far as food, I can only speak to breakfast but I will anyway - the food is solid, not exceptional, but its a good selection of heartiness. Nice fry-ups served full English style with local black pudding and/or sausage, beans, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, toast. The Ulster Fry is a yummy mush-up of all of the above plus sweetcorn. It's humongous so unless you haven't eaten for days you should go with the small portion, which on its own was too much for me to eat. This isn't obvious right away (printed in small print, appropriately, just beneath the description). For the less ambitious, there are benedicts and scrambles too, oatmeal, homemade baked goods, scones, etc.

The tea room actually has a little store in front selling seaside junk. We went in here to get…read moresomething to eat and ended up with a club sandwich and a tuna salad sandwich. Both were pretty good but no napkins! Must be a shortage in Beer. We then had a clotted cream tea, which you have to have in the west country. Very good ones too! Beer is small and not a lot opened especially in November, out of the tourist season. The tea rooms also are attached to a guest house. The tea room had wifi but I wasn't given the password since I wasn't a guest in the guest house. Buying a sandwich and tea doesn't count obviously.