The Village Inn - Bideford

Stopped in for a roast here last Sunday while out on a walk. The new owners and staff were incredibly welcoming and helpful and the pub is very dog friendly (treats on the bar as a welcome). The bar itself is clean and fresh looking and love the steam punk theme decor throughout giving the place as clean and fun vibe. Up and coming events advertised as you walk in with lots appearing to be going on. Food was fantastic with very generous portions and plates were nice and hot. Lots of meat on the plate and tonnes of veg offered aswell. Very reasonably priced, great value for money. Would highly recommend. Can’t wait to come back and try the evening menu and sample some of the live music. 10 out of 10 great job guys

Tried to book before but was fully booked but today was our lucky day. Never been before but heard the Roast was good. It was excellent, plenty of meat we were offered a selection of 3 different meats, also told we could have more than one meat. We had beef and Turkey. Beautifully presented 3 large Roast .potatoes with gravy and the meat neatly laid over the potatoes and a Yorkshire pudding filled with stuffing placed on the top. Veg selection Veg not over cooked at all! cauliflower Cheese, green beans,carrots,red cabbage, swede and honey glazed parsnips. Plates piping hot with a gray boat too, all for £13.95. Deserts only £5.95 ! Bargain, again beautifully presented with the drizzle of sauce and blueberries, raspberries and a decorative fan strawberry on the side. Just enough after the wonderful Roast. We had 3 dogs with us, they were given a dog treat each on arrival and during our meal , the staff offered the dogs 2 bowls of the meat ends from the kitchen to enjoy. What a great find. Very accommodating, polite Staff Would definitely recommend it.

We have lived in the area for 3 years but never been here before. The place has been revamped with a simple clean decor style and a few steam punk light fitings. Arrived at 14:45 for lunch. Barman checked what was still available . We choose baguettes. They arrived with a portion of tortilla chips and intreguing tasty side salad. Very good value for money we only needed a boiled egg for supper. Tea served as pot, coffe comes in cafetiere, both good. Very dog friendly and it has a pool table in the room area away from the eating area. Will go back again. Big car park but only 2 min walk from seafront. Will go back again

Went in for a drink and decided to book for the Tuesday after new years, the lady took our details including telephone number all good, arrived on the tues and the pub was in darkness no telephone call to say why, no reply to my messages just outright rude surely you know you’re going to be closed so why take the booking? And to not reply! Will definitely not recommend this place

Having read the excellent reviews of the pub and the new owners and not having been in for years, we decided to call in for lunch yesterday. Having got our drinks we asked for the menu. We were asked if we had pre-booked, which we hadn't. There were only a handful of people in the pub.It was just after one o'clock and we were told that they were not intending doing any more cooking!! So we had our drinks and went to our usual pub and were made most welcome, as usual. Sorry but we will not be back.