Torbay
The Hole In The Wall

The Hole In The Wall

6 Park Lane, Torbay, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • Seafood • British


"I aways come here for drinks and food it is a really great pub which has a cobbled floor in the bar area and little nooks and crannies to sit in which really add to the old age of the pub. There is usually a good choice of Ales to drink Ferryman by Exeter Brewery was a gorgeous drink on today's visit. We had food too as is the norm when we go and as always the quality of food was excellent and good value too for what you get. Prawn cocktail was very tasty really fresh prawns. The chips were excellent very hot and tasty triple cooked. The cod has skin on the bottom and the fish and batter was very tasty. The Lemon Sole very good too. Probably could have done with a few more prawns in the Garlic Prawns though. The Duck a La Orange is awesome with the mash creamed leeks and sauce so tasty. The fish pie is loaded full of fish as are the other pies too. The food is ALWAYS top class. There were a group of undesirable on the table near us who you knew were gonna kick off and argue the bill and stuff, they did not disappoint in that though they were totally unjustified in their made up complaints .... staff were excellent (especially the bar manager Lauren) in the face of such hostility. This is a bar restaurant that absolutely deserves to be visited and I highly recommend the food and atmosphere here. The staff are all absolutely brilliant too. Whether they have been there for many years or are relatively new. Awesome food and service everytime. Seek this place out when you visit Torquay book in advance and enjoy."

Fat Cow

Fat Cow

16 Victoria Parade, Torbay, United Kingdom

Vegan • Fast Food • Caribbean • Vegetarian


"After re searching on here where was best to go for a casual chilled out dinner with work colleagues I thought this place sounded cool. When we arrived we were shown to our table and ordered drinks and all was fine but after a while...it dawned on us nobody had come back to take our food order. When we finally placed it the waitress advised us to order starters as there was a 35 minute wait on food which we did. After over an hour with no starters appearing we chased them up and they told us they would get our mains our soon along with our starters at the same time We told them to therefore skip the starters as they weren’t needed. Might have been nice at this point to been offered more drinks or maybe one on the house for the long wait caused. After a lot of chasing our main meals finally came out at 8.55 1hr 40 minutes after sitting down at the restaurant! The burgers were very plain and average and not anything like the description on the menu which was disappointing. The beanie burger was a soya burger not a beanie burger as described on the menu! There wasn’t even so much as a garnish on the plate to dress it up. Pretty glad we ordered fries and coleslaw as a side. By this point we all felt a bit deflated, we had been completely ignored and nobody had even checked our meals were ok or cleared our plates afterwards. We paid the bill and left and won’t be returning as the way we were looked after was truly disappointing. I’m not sure what quite went wrong in the kitchen that night but it can’t possibly take that long to cook some burgers when the restaurant was not that busy or even full. When we asked to speak to the manager the guy didn’t even seem to know who the manager was that night! Shambles!"