The Weary Ploughman - Torbay

Our New Year's Day lunch visit was faultless. Beautifully cooked venison and an excellent brunch (a great menu idea for a bank holiday). The service and welcome , like the lemon posset, were first class, too.

Today 13/12/2023 was our Christmas Lunch for 17 ladies of a certain age. Pre-booked and pre-ordered lunch. It was truly delicious. The food was exceptional, tasty, flavoursome and hot. Served by very professional and friendly staff, including the general manager Mark, who was attentive on a day which had a full restaurant at lunchtime. Full credit must go to the chef and colleagues who did a marvellous job. We shall certainly be returning. Thank you to everyone at The Railway Inn

I called in last minute for a spot of lunch after reading great reviews about the place. I'm pleased to say....IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT !!!! I have worked in the Food Industry for a number of years and therefore am quite critical when eating out. However, I can honestly say .... THE FOOD WAS STUNNING and couldn't be faulted in anyway. The food was RESTAURANT QUALITY and not just good pub grub !! Beautifully presented, good portions, cooked to perfection and full of flavour. Beautifully decorated for the Christmas season, the ambience of the pub was warm and welcoming, as were the staff. Now that I am living in Devon, I will definitely be eating at The Railway Inn again and RECOMMEND TO ALL !!!

Booked for a Sunday Carvery for 12 and never had anything so disgusting. Food was cold, not cooked, they ran out of roast potatoes and had to wait 10 minutes for them to bring more out. Wont ever go there again!!!!!

Booked a table on Wednesday 8th November for 2 people, booking was accepted and confirmed. Member of staff called me on Friday 10th November to ask if we wanted to cancel booking as they had a table of 15 and a table of 20 booked and as our booking was only for 2 we would be served after the larger bookings and told we would have to wait a long time for our food. We cancelled, as a booking for 2 is obviously not important to the railway inn management team, having been there several times with several friends and live local I will no longer give them my custom, so I hope the larger bookings will be returning customers as I and my friends will not. Very poor customer service!!!