I don't get why this place is rated so poorly - it is an easy 5 star for me. If you want a proper…read moreEnglish pub without the crowd, then this is the place for you. Great selection of food and beer, but it does get busy so reserve a table in advance. I especially like the indoor Christmas lights - adds to the charm during the holidays!

Thanks to Qype for getting us to this little gastropub tucked away behind the main shopping area of…read moreExeter. We were just passing through and found a rumbly in our tumblies and had no idea where to stop. We found The Fat Pig to have an adequate menu for budgets and diets. I had the pork belly roast (£10) and a Malbec, while my veggie friend had a gorgeous salad. We both enjoyed our meals and service. The pub itself has a nice range of booze behind the bar. I can imagine it would be a good place to get a drink. Based on it's location, I wonder what kind of crowd it gets on the weekend. There are no TVs, so it is not your usual loud crowd pub for sports events. All in all, it was a perfect stop with ample (paid) parking just across the street.

Good food, friendly service and nice atmosphere at a fair price. Went at a busy time so food took…read morea bit longer, but overall a good spot.

very friendly staff, dogs welcome, very nice food and very reasonably priced. would highly…read morereccomend to friends / family.

Great pub with the best pizza in town. I think I've tried majority of their pizzas and they were…read moreall incredibly delicious. Keep in mind that they're 14" square pizzas, a decent size. I like to go with my partner and share one for dinner. If you check their website site online, you can find their live music & events page. It gets quite packed on the weekends, so it might be difficult to find seats even though there's dining outside, inside, and upstairs.

As a picky New Yorker, I was pleasantly surprised by how good this pizza was. I got the butternut…read moresquash, chickpea and spinach pizza. The thin crust appealed to me and was tasty and the toppings were substantial: no skimping here! The pizza size is enormous and thank the lord the bar provides foil for leftovers. The pizza is also served piping hot so watch out! The ciders are fairly priced and there is a wide range. The interior and decor are very kitschy with Christmas lights strung up and it's welcome to large groups. I went earlier so it wasn't busy but this place can get slammed.

We come here for a carvery every Sunday because we're a large extended family and this is the only…read moreplace we've found that is as good as our own cooking. We never have any trouble booking a table and with reference to the previous review, yes it probably is all gone by 2pm and actually you need to be there before 12.30 because this is no warmed up dinner that you get in a lot of the hotels, this is all freshly done and fabulous and at a good price! The new team have given everything a fresh clean feel and are very helpful.

Recently taken over by the people who run The Thatched House in Exeter, the Clifton is a friendly…read moreand welcoming locals pub in the town centre with a great atmosphere. With two brand new pool tables and darts boards, quiz nights and music events including karaoke and live bands, big screen TV's showing live sports and serving food 7 days a week. Its my new local

My family and I enjoyed a lovely Sunday Lunch at this Restaurant / Pub, they food was Hot, very…read moretasty and my daughter loved running around and the special treatment given to her by the attentive staff and locals to the pub. We will most definately be returning after being made to feel welcome and appreciated. The desserts are to die for! The venue will also be introducing Tribute bands in the future. Their kick off to Tribute Bands is from a very well know Exeter band called the Diamondogz. I can't wait to see them on the 4th June!

From the owner: The Black Horse Inn in Sowton, Exeter, is a pub restaurant conveniently situated on the old A30,…read more 1/2 mile from the M5 junction 29 and 1 mile from Exeter International Airport. The Black Horse has re-opened following major refurbishment and offers an extensive range of beers, fabulous food and fine wines in a relaxed atmosphere. All our menus are created using local produce and the food is cooked to order with seasonal ingredients. As well as a Specials Board changed on a daily basis, we have also have regular curry and Italian nights and Jazz evenings

This place is a little gem, well worth the detour from Tiverton if you are passing through Devon or…read moreSomerset. The staff were really friendly and welcoming when we arrived and encouraged us to try some locally sourced ciders and gin. There were three menu options - a la carte, an extensive specials menu and a set three course weekend lunch. The food has a fine dining feel in a relaxed, casual setting. The duck two ways was a real highlight.

The UK is literally littered with country pubs, and in many cases it's sad to say, but…read moreappropriately phrased perhaps, that what they serve up as food is pretty rubbish. The phrase 'home cooked' seems to have been superceded my the concept of 'van delivered' all too often. Thankfully that's not the case at the Five Bells in Clyst Hydon. It's one of the very first places I visited when I moved to Devon many years ago, as a friend recommended it, and I've been returning ever since. It's the kind of place you turn to where you just know you won't be disappointed, a foodies rock in an otherwise tempestuous chain pub ocean. The pub's one many awards over the years, so I won't go on about how tasty the food is, but I will say that one of the nice things I've always liked about it is that they are still experimenting. Sure you can get your english staples there like steak & kidney pudding, game pate, treacle pudding, etc., but also other treats such as mediterranean tarts. The chef here is one of those increasingly rare beasts, someone who really knows what to buy and how to cook it. It's not some kind of reinvented gastro pub either - it's just a good pub with good food - why is that so hard to manage anymore? I should say they also stock a fine range of drinks, including the Otter beers, once of Devon's best breweries. Then there's the location and the pub itself. Buried deep in the heart of Devon, near some great woods (with some interesting mushrooms to hunt), wonderful gardens outside and an interior that just seems to keep on going, full of nooks and crannies, games to play, old books to read and much more. I once took a friend and his (very small) three girls for lunch there and the owners and staff didn't blink an eye. Sure they made sure we were tucked around the corner a bit but the girls didn't mind and all loved the food! If that isn't enough to tempt you then how about the fact that Clyst Hydon itself has it's very own lido just round the corner from the pub? Just check the Google map and you'll see it just next door. All in all this place is a gem. A little hard to find perhaps but if you can find it, then you deserve it. P.S. There's a two course lunch menu at £7.95 available from Monday - Thursday and Saturday. This is my favourite as I never know what I'm getting till I turn up at the pub.

very nice establishment which has recently been renovated and is…read morevery cozy inside. food is mid range in price. very welcoming host who makes an effort to remeber ones name.

Great place. Very good food, friendly service, well kept, good booze, clean, big fire, not pushy…read more Pretty near the perfect pub.

Don't recall seeing this place opposite the central station…read morebefore. It looks like a chilled out kind of modern bar and it would have been a lot more chilled out if the bass wasn't maxed out on every track they played. The Exmoor Ale tasted a bit funny so I didn't bother trying the Otter.

I visited The Angel for the first time last Friday night. Wow!…read moreWhat have I been doing with my life until now; this place is awesome. There is a good selection of draught ales, which are not unreasonably priced. The staff and clientele are exceptionally friendly, and the DJ was incredibly talented. My only regret is not having downed 2-pints of water when I got home. Och, my head. :-(

Exeter has needed a place like this. The city has a lot of lovely pubs and local beers are not too…read morehard to find. But what about the local beer lover who wants to discover new beers? This is your brand new place with a whole mixture of beers from the UK and abroad. I enjoyed Kubla Brewery Rise From cask and Thornbridge Chiron from keg. My favourite from the visit though was Wild Beer Fresh, also on keg. I've had a couple of 'Wild' beers recently and they are really good. The guys running the place are really nice chaps and share a love of the beer! They have some room out back which they're going to turn into some outside drinking terrain.

Excellent service for our large group. Comfortable table near the kitchen - got to interact with…read moreChef. Everyone who had them loved the burger - probably a very safe bet if you go.

My first impression of this bar was that it was a bit modern and trendy for my tastes, but a place…read morethat serves 4 real ales (including Tribute and Proper Job) and that still has seating despite being busy on a friday night is pretty much exactly what I am looking for in a pub. A decent fallback if heading to Firehouse and It is too busy (or charging for entry), but a good venue in its own right.