Places To Eat
Ilfracombe really is the food-capital of Devon with a number of fine-dining restaurants, bistros, café bars and tea rooms, many of which have alfresco dining giving it a Continental feel.
We have an excellent selection of fine-dining restaurants and trendy café bars within just a few minutes walk from The Collingdale; serving everything from freshly caught fish and seafood, meat supplied from local farmers with traditional English dishes, Spanish tapas, Italian, Chinese or Indian and good old-fashioned Fish & Chips.
We have sampled all of these, so if you would like help choosing where to eat then do please ask. We are happy to book on your behalf. Here is a selection of those on offer:
The Thatched Inn, Hillsborough Road
Tel: 01271 864450
Traditional 17th Century pub serving local ales and restaurant quality food just 100 metres from The Collingdale
Take Thyme, Fore Street
Tel: 01271 867622
Specialising in local fish & seafood dishes
OPEN Tues – Sun 7pm – 9.30pm and Saturday lunch
The Restaurant 71, Fore Street
Tel: 01271 863632
Specialising in local fish, seafood & meat dishes
OPEN Mon – Sat 7pm – 9 pm
Relish Bar & Bistro – Fore Street
Tel: 01271 863837
Cosy and vibrant atmosphere serving locally sourced seafood, gourmet pizzas and bistro meals – booking adviseable
OPEN each night from 6pm except Wednesdays and Sundays
The Terrace Tapas Bar, Fore Street
Tel: 01271 863482
Trendy atmosphere serving traditional Spanish and Mexican dishes tapas style.
OPEN Tues – Sat 6.30pm – 10pm 7 Nights during summer
The Olive Room, Fore Street
Tel: 01271 867831
Ilfracombe’s first Michelin Star restaurant – Thomas Carr, Head Chef at Restaurant Nathan Outlaw when it was awarded its second Michelin star is proud and delighted to launch his first restaurant where he presents contemporary British cuisine, using the best quality produce North Devon has to offer. The Olive Room has recently been awarded 3 AA Rosettes and a Michelin Star – booking essential
Thomas Carr Seafood and Grill, High Street Tel: 01271 555005
Situated only a short walk from Thomas’s Michelin-starred Olive Room restaurant, the Seafood and Grill is set out over two floors, with an à la carte menu served upstairs and a grill menu served downstairs in the bar. The restaurant also features a tranquil garden where it’s hoped BBQs will be hosted in the summer
Number 11 The Quay
Tel: 01271 868090
Owned by Damien Hirst, the famous artist. White Hart Bar on ground floor serving tapas & light meals and The Atlantic & Harbourside restaurants on first floor
OPEN Daily from 10am til late
Blacksands Bistro, St James
Tel: 01271 523296
Family run bistro serving homemade, locally sourced, honest food. Open Weds-Sun – booking advisable
Expresso Bar & Grill, ~St James
Tel: 01271 855485
Specialising in fresh fish, shellfish and matured Devon meats
Open April to October.
The Antedote Wine Room, St James
Tel: 01271 865339
Trendy Wine Bar and Tapas
Hele Billy’s Bar & Restaurant, Hele Bay
Tel: 01271 866488
Traditional pub meals
Giovanni and Luca, Wilder Road
Tel: 01271 879394
Italian restaurant open Tuesday to Sunday 12.30 to 2pm and 6pm to late
Settantanove Pizzeria, High Street
Tel: 01271 865982
Pizza & pasta dishes
OPEN 7 nights a week in High season and Thurs – Mon in Low Season
Grassroots Vegetarian Bistro, High Street
Tel: 01271 867574
Open lunchtimes as cafe and Friday and Saturday evenings as vegetarian bistro £15 for 3 course menu BYO wine £1 corkage pp booking advisable
The Angel, Church Street
Tel: 01271 866833
Delightful home-cooked local produce in the quirky setting of an old Butchers Shop OPEN Friday and Saturday Bookings only
The Carlton Brasserie, Runnacleave Road
Tel: 01271 862446
Fresh, locally sourced food
Tandoori Nights, High Street
Tel: 01271 866453
Stylish restaurant serving Bangladeshi and Indian cuisine.
Open Daily 6.30pm – 11pm
Asian Spice Indian Restaurant, Wilder Road
Tel: 01271 862010
Fully Licensed Indian and Bangladeshi Restaurant
Open Daily 5.30pm – 11pm
Further afield if you fancy a nice lunch on the way here or on the way home, or whilst out and about on Exmoor, we can definitely recommend:
The Masons Arms, Knowstone, Nr South Molton
Tel: 01398 341231
Mitchelin Star Restaurant in an 13th Century Coaching Inn on the edge of Exmoor
The Coachhouse by Micheal Caines, Kentisbury
Tel: 01271 882295
Awarded two AA Rosettes in 2013 – The Coachhouse is a masterpiece of contemporary rustic design and innovative yet classic cuisine.
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