Lifton Hall - West Devon

We have eaten here a few times and always feel like we have a nice evening with great food, great ales/white all served in a real, friendly and relaxed atmosphere. I swear, these young make the best venison pie for kilometers, it...we actually have the best we ever tasted

We were in the hotel and ate every evening in the restaurant. the selection of food is good, the quality of the food is excellent, and the cook is very helpful for special needs regarding food.

We enjoyed a really good two-night break at Lifton Hall. The room was perfect and we really enjoyed our stay. The food in the restaurant was perfect we enjoyed it so much it should put other hotels we have stayed in to shame....I attribute this to the personal touch of the chef/proprietor and a well-trained staff. The tasting menu offered wonderful flavours to tempt and tease the taste buds from the amuse bouche to the main course and the dessert, coffee and chocolates. Absolutely wonderful! The following night we enjoyed a mushroom stroganoff- although I thought it a bit over-zealous with the mustard and polished it off with gusto! And so to breakfast. The quality of the bacon, sausages and eggs shone through (who needs baked beans, mushrooms, tomato and all that malarkey in a simple English breakfast cooked well. The next day was the big test. I ordered scrambled eggs. Would they be steamed, dried, rubbery as is the case of 95% of hotels? Not at all. Huzza!!! Perfect scrambled eggs, moist and buttery and a delight to taste and enjoy! Well done Mr. Breakfast Chef. Also a special mention to waitress Lauren. The epitomy of great restaurant service. A star! (Tell the youngsters to refrain from referring to guests as guys The hotel and restaurant are brilliant. We hope to re-visit! Well done all.

Me and my partner booked a table and when we arrived we were a little early, but were seated in the bar/pub area and it was stunning exactly how a village pub/hotel should be. The staff were very welcoming and our server Deanne was...especially lovely! Our food arrived in good time and it not only looked amazing, it tasted amazing too. It was the first time me and my partner had venison and we could not fault it, my burger was one of the best I’ve had and my partners steak was mouth watering!!! What a beautiful hotel/restaurant, stunning on the outside and inside with amazing food and service, will be coming back again as soon as possible!

Thoroughly Disappointing. Having booked over a month earlier for 7.30pm mid-week, we arrived just before time and were shown to our table. Our drinks order was taken and delivered quickly, but we waited ages for the waitress to take our food order. To our shock,...we were advised that everything we asked for on the menu was no longer available. Looks like they first cater for the large rowdy parties of 15 people or more before they cater for the smaller number of guests sitting at tables. We decided to call it a day when the noise from the large rowdy party was so loud we could no longer hold a conversation. Guests from other tabes started to share looks across the room of dissatisfaction. One lady had her fingers in her ears as she mouthed to her partner its just so loud over there. So, can't rate the food as we didn't get to order any. We informed the owner how we felt, but he showed little concern. He just took our money for the drinks and no apology offered. but we won't be back as this is the 2nd time we have visited this restaurant. We had problems the first time and thought they may be having a bad night.