The Volunteer Inn - East Devon

Family of 4 meet up, and this was central No booking but found us a table, explained 2 more on way Very polite snd helpful, chose table and brought us water and glasses and menu Came back shortly after for our drinks whilst we awaited the other guests On arrival sorted drinks and went through food options Duration between ordering and arrival of good was good, all in the home made category My steak pie mash and veg good size and good quality My wife thai curry alternative to veg korma not available good size but not quite hit the mark Two other family ordered burgers of which slightly overcooked a shame as good quality beef But to be fair majority of elements were good Desserts ordered for 3 from knickerbocker glory with extra flake (thanks) bread butter pudding and sticky pear pudding with custard Staff were all helpful and had good level of chat So worth the visit for majority of food just a few tweaks and would have made top marks

Very disappointing meal. We had heard good things but that must be from days gone by, certainly not now. I think that a lot of the food is straight out of a microwave. Gristley meat and overcooked (microwaved? veg. Could do much better.

After an ardeous day within NHS duties and family logistics, it was, again, the perfect place to feel cared for. The girls there as hosts, were just ramarkably charmingly nice and attentive. The food, BBQ Pulled Pork was just out of this world. Why am I thinking this? Maybe my previousl French training in restaurants, very high level of service within private families in the USA for five years, a holistic free service recognising people's can be destinies for then fifteen years up to 2020, care and customer service/retailing über duties for more than 11 years would indeed explain this: I know quality or not when I see so. I am known, as a critique, to be at 93% minumum accurate in such matters. A huge thank you for that team (we came today on the 10/08 at around 18:00) and ate/had coffees upstairs on the outside new wooden veranda. I needed some true TLC and that made my week! Merci !

I give this review a 2 star because my partner was impressed with the Sunday roast, it was a big portion and he really enjoyed it. How ever I ordered the ploughman's, I asked the female waitress if it was a big portion and she said yes it is, I was extremely disappointed the portion was small with little variety on the plate and the same price as the Sunday roast which was no where near as good quality as the Sunday roast, my meal was more like a kids portion size it should be classed as a starter, they obviously do not know how to price their meals, I said to the female waitress that the I was disappointed by the meal size and she just said she will let the chef know, no apologies at all, so I will not be going back, the ploughman's I had in the pub before was huge with a range of cheeses etc.. what a ploughmans should be and a pound cheaper much better quality. If you eat at this pub do not order a ploughman's you will disappointed.

The Sunday roast at this restaurant was excellent. The beef was very tender and was served with delicious roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese, homemade Yorkshire puddings, and assorted vegetables. Unfortunately, we were too full to try any desserts.