The Old Church House Inn - Teignbridge

Torbryan is almost a cul de sac village just outside Ipplepen, therefore easy to get to, follow brown signs, but feeling as though it’s the quietest village around. It’s opposite the church which is used only for the occasional service given the place a museum feel. The Inn is utterly charming inside, has recently undergone a subtle transformation and is now advertised as an hotel as well. We booked a lovely table on its own for Monday evening. The place was quiet, which added to the calm quietness of the village outside. The food was good, nothing pretentious and with minimal choice to suggest it is pretty much cooked from fresh. I wonder if the chef could be a bit more adventurous with the steaks? Onion rings and out of a packet chips are rather passé these days. The flatiron steak is a good start so a few more tweaks would take the steaks out of the ‘seen it all before’ mould. Great choice of gins and fun cocktails complement the food wine list. There’s a lovely sitting area, with many books and huge fireplace that should be wonderfully cosy in the winter. Highly recommended for a quiet evening meal.....particularly when the background music, why is it necessary? is turned down so conversation can remain hushed.

We found this pub a few years ago and it just goes from strength to strength! What's not to love?...

We’ve been staying there many times over the years and considered it a bit of a haven from excellent food that varied every night to staff that were such characters they made our stay. Unfortunately on our last visit everything had changed new owner who only appeared to book us in and take our money when we booked out and prices increased considerably for just a few cushions and pictures in the rooms menu was the same every night with the dish of the day on for a week!

What a great tradditional Inn. 800yrs of history and character. Superb location, albeit down a few country lanes. All bedrooms with ensuite. Spacious and comfy. Fully loaded pub with snooker room, and darts room, bar and lounge and quiet reading snug type lounge. Large dinning room with breakfast bar. Large beer garden. Fully operational commercial kitchen. Stock your own bar and music player that feeds music to all areas. We had 20 family members in our group and all enjoyed the facilities. Would recommend to others who want a family holiday. We all did our own sightseeing in the daytime and came home to the pub to eat as a family and enjoy pub type nightime, with games, music, chat and a drink. Awesome!! Lastly, great and friendly host, always on hand if needed, but allowed you to enjoy the facilities. Superb !!

We visited on an evening when there were a number of visitors. Service was slow and we were very surprised when the bar closed at 10 p.m. despite the fact that the bar was full. This is no way to run a pub.