Situated in the village of Sourton just off the A30 nr Okehampton, this very unusual pub is said to…read moredate back to 1282 and is said to be haunted. There is ample free parking available. This pub has several themed bars which are all decorated differently in an olde worlde style with cider presses for tables and antlers for lamps, you can spend all night looking around and the more you look the more strange and unusual things you will spot. The main entrance into the building is built to resemble a stage coach with seating inside it, to the rear, adjoining the building there is a giant boot just like the one out of the nursery rhyme about the old woman who lived in a shoe which houses a slide for the children and adults if you can fit down it!!!! This pub is a MUST for a visit, the owners are very friendly and will tell you the history of the establishment and give you a tour of the various different rooms.

absolutely agree. It is well worth the 10 minute detour from the A30 for the experience. Good beers…read moretoo.

What a great little find! Cute place! Lovely service. Beautiful gardens. Clean bathrooms, and most…read moreimportantly, fabulous food. I wasn't expecting much, but left delighted.

From the owner: Quaint and traditional 16th century pub and restaurant on the edge of Dartmoor, offering great…read moreales, Ciders. Only 10 miles from Exeter and 15 miles from Okehampton. Only 1 minute off the A30 Devon to Cornwall road.

Great pub with lovely food. The garden is absolutely gorgeous and has a nice stream at the bottom…read moreof it. It's a nice place to stop if you are riding your bike along the Granite Way. Bikers in muddy clothes and children are welcome!

Fantastic pub with the most delicious grub! Spot on service with the best ambience, open fire low…read morebeams... carvery is outstanding! The owner is nothing but welcoming, warm and goes above and beyond call of duty. All the staff work hard and to go the extra mile!! Well done I would consider myself as a conaseur to the eating out experience and i have to say I'm impressed not ofte do I feel compelled to write a review!

I have also been here to eat many times (from way back in 1972, on and off, up to quite recently!)…read moreIt's a nice place to have a meal and chat with friends and family as it's never too noisy (little or no background music). Lots of good home cooking and a varied menu, with several vegetarian choices too. Near to Lydford Gorge so you can go for a walk afterwards if you can still stand up)

Awesome food, lovely atmosphere, very friendly staff. Service can be a little patchy when it is…read morevery busy and the food is a little pricey but it is probably worth it. A large proportion of the food is locally sourced and the staff can tell you all about where it has come from. Very cosy and warm on a rainy Dartmoor Sunday! There is also a boutique-style shop where the owner displays and sells her shabby-chic goods many of which are also used to decorate the pub. Small outside area. Excellent local reputation. Very easily accessed as it is on the edge of the A386 but you wouldn't know that once you are inside!

Love the authenticity of the surroundings. The room was charming. The food was excellent and the…read moreservice was good. I had the ham, eggs and chips my husband had steak and ale pie. The servings are huge and arrived fresh and hot. I recommend the Strawberry Pimms!

Great, friendly pub with good food, friendly service. We eat the regularly, can recommend the fish…read more& chips, mixed grill, ham egg & chips, as well as their whitebait. Just on the B3254 Bude to Launceston road. Drop in, you'll love it!!

The food is 3 stars but the setting is 5 stars, so 4 stars. After visiting the nearby Lydford Gorge…read moreand Waterfall, we were hungry and happened upon this cute-looking pub, and I think we made a good decision despite knowing nothing about it. It's hard to know if you can believe a sign that insists it is a "Character Pub", but this one does have legit character. It is clearly old and the decor doesn't seem to have changed in 30+ years, but it's really cute and English and I loved it. We sat in the beautiful back garden area for dinner, then moved inside for dessert when it started getting chilly, and we liked both spots. We were eating at a really weird time in the middle of the afternoon, so we practically had the whole place to ourselves, but we could tell it was going to get busy soon as several tables were reserved. I had a broccoli and cauliflower bake, which came with veggies (over-steamed with absolutely no flavour added whatsoever) and potatoes (I got the new potatoes, and had to ask for butter - they came with absolutely no flavouring). The cheese bake itself was also pretty bland, but not terrible. I liked the cheesy garlic bread and chips my friend ordered better than my own meal. She also got a burger that she really enjoyed. For dessert, the bread and butter pudding and sticky toffee pudding were good, and super filling, but nothing super exciting. I just loved the ambiance of this place so much that I didn't much care.

Many years ago, after a walk around Lydford Gorge, I popped into this pub for a welcoming pint. We…read moreneeded a overnight stop-over on our way to Cornwall and I remembered this quaint hostelry and booked in. I am so glad I remembered this pub. We arrived early, giving us time for a few drinks in their wonderful garden. A great selection of shrubs around the adequately spaced tables. Oh yeh, and a great selection of real ales LOL. After a short while we were shown to our room. Lovely room, with all the amentities needed. Comfy, clean bed. In fact the whole room was spotless. After a short nap we went down to dinner, the table had been reserved earlier which was a nice touch making us feel 'special'. Good menu with a choice that would cover every taste. Wines not overpriced as some pubs seem to do. Lovely meal with really good friendly, yet professional, service. A few drinks and we were ready for that comfortable bed. Although the room overlooked the road, it is a very quiet area and I don't think a car passed after 11.00 pm. The breakfast was filling and extremely wholesome. Didn't need a lunch after that 'gut buster'. Thanks everyone for a very pleasant overnight stay, we will be back.

I just stayed here for a wedding. Decent sized parking area with a very nice garden. Beautiful…read moreplace. It was very welcoming and clean with all new bathrooms with cozy robes, complimentary beer, fizzy water, biscuits, and we enjoyed some great food. Breakfast was included. Also very dog friendly! They provided a dog bed for the family dog. Oh and very lovely beer brewed on side! Will be back for sure!

An absolute gem of a pub in one of Devon's prettiest, most tucked away coastal villages. The…read moreMason's Arms is, quite simply, a fantastic place in every sense of the word. I've stopped off for a snack or a quick drink a couple of times, and it's always really impressed me, and the lunch my parents and I had recently ranks as one of the best pub dinners the Andrews family can remember. Their crab sandwiches were fresh, as were the fish in their delicious creamy leek fish stew, while the ploughmans was huge. Desserts of chocolate and pecan brownie and banana fritters with toffee sauce were gobbled up. Ok, it's not cheap for a Devon pub, but the food is worth every penny - there was hardly anything on the menu I didn't want to scoff down. The pub itself is a charming sprawl of wooden rooms, and a small seating area out the front. It's homely and although the staff run a slick operation, they're still friendly and helpful. The pub was recently taken over by St Austell Brewery, so there's a good range of their beers, plus a couple of guest ales. This includes one local beer brewed in Branscombe. It's quaint, delicious, comfy and sits in one of the most stunning areas of the Devon coast. It is, quite simply, a perfect pub.

A difficult review to write as we were a little shocked arriving here. I had read various reviews…read morebut took the chance as we got a very good price from booking.com and were only looking for a place to rest our heads for one night. The booking form stated that we could book in from 3.00 pm. Unfortunately the hotel didn't open it's doors until 5.00 pm. This was no problem as we had visited Dartmoor all day but I felt sorry for an old couple that had been sitting in their car for two hours. Let me first state that we learned that the young lady had only recently taken over the business, which was in a poor state at that time. Without being rude, she needs money and help bringing this hotel up to scratch. Booking in was straightforward. Shown to our room. Very grubby with a shower that only spat out water, unusable. But, as I have said, we only needed a nights sleep. On other reviews they complain about traffic noise. Agreed it was on the main road but, after a few real ales, neither of us had a problem sleeping. The bed was comfortable and clean. We popped down to the bar in the evening for a drink. The bar area has been refurbished with seating areas as well as the main dining area. We didn't eat as we had eaten earlier in the day. But had a few drinks. Service was friendly and the real ales varied and plentiful. After a nights sleep we were ready for breakfast, even though we hadn't showered. Sorry to say, breakfast was terrible. Running in oil with burst sausages, black tomatoes etc etc. Toast was cold. Coffee.won't say any more. Looking around the 'refurbished' bar it was obvious, in daylight, how badly the work had been done. Crooked switches, broken pots etc etc. I wish the young lady all the best in her venture but would advise 'sarcastically' she get in the Hotel Inspector for some tips.