SquareMeal, the independent restaurant guide, has published its annual list of the UK’s top 100 Restaurants, which this year features three Devon establishments, including Lympstone Manor. SquareMeal’s list is special in that it is the only list of its kind to exclude restaurants in London, which…
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Lympstone Manor, the acclaimed luxury country house hotel on the banks of the Exe Estuary in East Devon, has once again been awarded 5 AA Rosettes for the fourth consecutive year. The AA first started rating restaurants in 1955 and ever since has remained one of the most well respected and…
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As the year starts to come to an end, all our calendars are starting to get busier and one of the best ways to catch up with friends and family is over a tasty, seasonal meal at one of Devon’s hotels or restaurants. At this time of year, you can enjoy warming, seasonal menus made with delicious…
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The food and drink scene in Devon is well and truly alive with 59 Devon restaurants featuring on this latest AA Restaurant Guide for 2023. The list also includes five local restaurants that are being featured for the first time. Among the 59 restaurants featured in the latest guide, are a number of…
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As this week is Afternoon Tea Week, the team at carehome and retirement living organisation, Lottie, have taken on the challenge to find Britain’s best location for an Afternoon Tea and have discovered that Totnes in Devon is the 3 rd best in Britain! As the county that invented the cream tea and…
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The Box, Plymouth’s newest cultural experience has refurbished their onsite café and bar, offering new opening times, revised menus and a whole new setting, providing one of the most interesting and unique dining experiences in the city. The Box opened in 2020 to help celebrate Plymouth’s dynamic…
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Chef Michael Caines and the team at Lympstone Manor are thrilled to have won Best Hotel in the Food Reader Awards 2022. Championing the South West’s best independent food and drink businesses, the Food Reader Awards were celebrated with a ceremony at Windslade Manor on Monday 27th June. Following…
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If you know anything about Devon, you will know that the cream tea is a traditional delicacy, it’s true, the first ever recorded version of the cream tea was at a monastery in Tavistock. The monks would create a basic version of what we enjoy today as a simple meal for both themselves and the people…
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The biggest food awareness day of the year, National Fish and Chip Day, is back for its 7th year! On Friday, 27th May 2022, a week before the nation prepares for a special four day Bank Holiday to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the nation will come together to celebrate another icon, and still…
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One of the best things about coming to Devon is the chance to enjoy a real Devonshire cream tea – there’s none of this jam first malarky, plenty of locally produced, thick, fresh cream and moreish home made scones. Devon has a lot of delicacies, but when it comes to the cream tea, we do it better…
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