Barnstaple Restaurant - North Devon

We stayed at the Barnstable hotel for a three night break. Each day we eat in the Brasseri resturant for breakfast and evening meal. First the service this was first class all weekend and i could not fault anything. Now the food well the choice at breakfast was endless it was fantastic and the food its self was cooked really well and everything was hot ,the evening meal was also fantastic with choices on all courses very good you may think until you come to Sunday evening when it is carvery day and what a meal it was fandabidosey I even had to go for a lay down afterwards they also do the carvery at lunch time and on our weekend they did 350 covers great fiod great team great hotel 10 out of 10

My wife and I were staying as residents of The Barnstaple Hotel, but given that non residents can also visit the restaurant, have chosen to review it separately. Weeks before our trip to Barnstaple, we had looked at the menu, read the reviews and were frankly quite excited to be dining here. Residents of the hotel certainly do not need to venture in Barnstaple town to eat. My wife had the fish cake starter and I had the beetroot cured salmon both were excellent. My wife had the lamb main course and I had the sea bass. We were delighted with both of these, although I thought the highlight for me were actually the vegetable sides! Great care has been taken over these. The service, food, general dining experience was at superior level until it was the turn of the young lad with 'shaggy hair ' to play his part in our meal. His only job is to clear plates, provide complimentary water and offer the dessert menu. He cleared our plates, topped up our water and I asked for the dessert menu, which never arrived. It was frustrating to see him only carrying out these three tasks, clearly not able to perform all of them. When one of his more capable colleagues asked us whether we would like to see the dessert menu, I explained what had happened and that we would just have the bill. Shaggy haired teen aside, his poor performance is not sufficient to lose The Brasserie Restaurant any TripAdvisor 'blobs '. I have been visiting Barnstaple for more than a decade and frankly only Claytons The Glasshouse has provided anything like this. Wholeheartedly recommended and would definitely return. Amongst the best in Barnstaple.

This restaurant offers high quality food for a premium price. Luxury fayre is the norm. The menu is fairly static so can become repetitive for regular guests, but there's plenty of choice for the most part. I'm not a fan of serving sides in separate dishes but that's a mark of the premium approach not specific to this restaurant! The food and service was excellent.

My husband and I ate here on valentines night, the meal was excellent from start to finish, great menu, lovely food and excellent service. Thank you so much for a lovely evening, we will be back!

Food every night was excellent. Menu choice was very wide and disappointment was they changed it on my last night so what I planned to eat was no longer available, but still managed to find something just as great