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Greendale Farm Shop Cafe and Restaurant, Exeter, Devon

Greendale Farm Shop Cafe and Restaurant

4.3
4.3
2222 Reviews
£25 and under
British
In the heart of the East Devon countryside, surrounded by acres of farmland, you'll find the award-winning Greendale Farm Shop and it's family-friendly café & restaurant. The Greendale Farm Shop Café and Restaurant is much loved by visitors and locals alike. We offer a new extensive menu, created around many of the items sold in our shop and showcasing local produce from our farm and fishing boats. Vegetarian and gluten-free options are no problem and we have a children's menu for the little ones, too. We offer breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as tea and coffee, delicious cakes and Devon cream teas.

Once you've eaten why not take a stroll along our family farm trail. The trails follow a level path that’s just right for pushchairs and little legs where you can say hello to all of the animals, including Oscar the Ostrich.

On Sunday and Monday evenings, from 3.30pm, our restaurant serves from our extensive fish and chip menu only.

Make a reservation

2 people

7:00 p.m.


Booked 30 times today
Experiences are available.

Additional information

  • Dining style

    Casual Dining

  • Cuisines

    British, Seafood, Grill

  • Hours of Operation

    Mon–Sat 8:00 am–10:00 pm Sun 9:00 am–9:00 pm

  • Phone number

    01395 232836

  • Payment Options

    MasterCard, Visa

  • Dress Code

    Casual Dress

Experiences

  • Free drink for Dad

    Jun 18, 2023 only
    This Father's Day we're offering the Dad in every party a free pint of Greend’ale, Greendale Lager or a soft drink, so whoever you call 'Dad' (including Dads-to-be, Step-Dads and Grandads), treat them to a drink on us!

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What 2,222 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.3
4.3 based on recent ratings
  • 4.3Food
  • 4.2Service
  • 4.1Ambience
  • 4.2Value

NoiseEnergetic

Loved For

  • Devon

    Most Booked

  • East Devon

    Most Booked

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  1. Izzy

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined 2 days ago

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Great breakfast, wander around farm shop afterwards
  2. Ckcwck

    London

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Booked for breakfast food was really good and hot filled us up for the day
  3. Tangoqueen12

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Even though they were short staffed the food came out with too much of a wait. Lovely staff
  4. KimT

    Exclusive

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall4food4service3ambience3
    Fish, as always is fresh and nicely cooked. Meals were good pub standard though portions are smaller than they were and prices seem higher. Servers didn't seem very happy or very well trained. It was a convenient place to meet up with loads of parking. And being able to reserve a table swung it for us.
  5. Ellie

    Devon

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    overall3food2service2ambience4
    Cod and chips are normally really nice but the portion size was small last night and the battered cod overcooked - definitely not worth the £15.00 that it's down as! Wouldn't have minded so much if we had the 2 for 1 on fish and chips deal they do on a Wednesday but they only had it on the haddock last night. Nice to see it was busy but had to chase the waitress up after 20 minutes just for the dessert board (she forgot the first time we asked for it) as we were never approached by anyone after the table was cleared to ask if we wanted any desserts or drinks. Normally get very good food and service but it definitely wasn't the usual high standards last night - fingers crossed it was a one off as normally the food and service is really good. They had also run out of pretty much all of the cakes they do (and they do a huge selection) but the hot chocolate pudding was very nice!
  6. GeoffreyS

    Exclusive

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    overall5food4service5ambience4
    Staff were very helpful and pleasant (except, perhaps, for one of the waiters who pointed out that he only had one pair of hands when we requested cutlery). The food was excellent and well prepared.
  7. Sandy

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined 6 days ago

    overall4food5service4ambience3
    Overall a very nice evening. Food was really good value. The only thing that let the evening down was the setting. We had booked to eat outside as the weather was nice, unfortuantely outside turned out to be a dining area with windows which made it unbearably hot and stuffy. There was outside seating but we were advised this was for takeaway only and indide dining was fuly booked.
  8. OpenTable Diner

    Cornwall

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined 6 days ago

    overall1food2service1ambience3
    Our waitress was awful and rather quite rude. She got 2 out of the 4 lunch time meals we ordered incorrect. Whilst taking our order we asked what was fish of the day, she said she didn’t know. There was no effort or offer to find out for us. When we told the lady from the kitchen who bought the food to the table about the errors she seemed visibly frustrated with us and didn’t apologise until much later in the meal. We were made to feel like we were being difficult. I think that frustration needs to be turned internally to the terrible waitress who took the order. The food was mediocre at best which was a shame as we were excited at the prospect of fresh farm produce. My advice would be that farm shop is great but avoid the cafe.
  9. AmandaC

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 6 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    It was a beautiful morning to sit outside in conservatory area, lovely food
  10. Rachel

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall2food2service1ambience3
    We had booked afternoon tea and confirmed by email, but the booking hadn’t been passed through to the waitressing team. The service was poor overall - not enough cutlery, plates etc. we had to keep asking for more things. When our food arrived, the bread was stale so we had to request new sandwiches. The service and quality of food has never been a problem before, it was disappointing.
  11. OpenTable Diner

    Devon

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service2ambience5
    Lovely food, however this is not the first time we’ve not had cutlery or staff ask us if we want anything. Had to keep asking for things when food had already came out because er wanted some sauce or cutlery. Wasn’t the same waiter, it was several. Service would be better if they asked the basic questions and we had cutlery to be able to eat. Overall the food is always lovely
  12. Thameside

    Devon

    14 reviews

    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Had the omelette and a fresh orange juice for breakfast. Always great fresh ingredients and good value. Staff as usual, first class.
  13. EmmaT

    Exclusive

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Always have good food, and good service! And our dog was made to feel very welcome 👍🏼
  14. Lillybang

    Devon

    4 reviews

    3.0

    4 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall3food1service2ambience4
    The location is great, and there's plenty to keep young kids interested with the animals and outside play area. This is especially important since so few places locally cater to families, and it's the reason I keep coming back. On the slightly annoying side, when you sit inside, the lighting they use are these annoying spotlights. I've tried sitting in different seats, but quite often, I have to move tables because these spotlights shine in your eyes. Also, the food is very average. Every single time I eat here and have breakfast, the eggs are always kept under the heat lamps for too long, and they aren't nice. They always end up hard, despite asking for runny eggs. However, the fish and chips here are very good!
  15. LeeB

    Warwickshire

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 28, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Light and airy in the outside area, making dining a inside out experience
  16. DevonLass

    Devon

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 27, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Been a couple of times now, good value, great portions, staff attentive & love a browse in shop after!
  17. DawnW

    Devon

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 27, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    As always staff were attentive and went the extra mile to ensure we had a great experience . Couldn’t ask for more and the staff seemed genuinely happy to be at work.
  18. Seank

    London

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    A great and reliable place for a good meal...be it steak or fish. l
  19. CathS

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 25, 2023

    overall4food4service3ambience3
    Fairly quiet week day lunch. Music really very loud making it difficult to chat. Service was ok but after good brought out no one asked if our meal was ok or if we wanted anything else or gave us a bill. Meal was fine but, like everywhere, prices have gone up. Not the best based on previous visits.
  20. MargaretB

    Devon

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on May 24, 2023

    overall4food4service3ambience3
    Service was quick and very satisfactory. It would have been nice to see a few more smiles from servers. Our waiter was fine, but some of the girls didn’t seem to engage very well. Just an observation.
  21. OpenTable Diner

    Veneto

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 23, 2023

    overall3food4service2ambience2
    I haven’t visited for some time and was surprised at how empty the restaurant was compared to previous visits when booking was essential most evenings of the week in fine weather . The menu had shrunk, the prices increased. It didn’t have the friendly feel or welcome that there previously was. It felt more corporate and like a chain rather than a local family business. Thank fully the produce still remains that way which would be the only reason for me to return, albeit for takeaway.
  22. Spookie

    Devon

    18 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    18 reviews

    Dined on May 22, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Although the food and service was very good, I personally think that more pies and sausage rolls should be made for the restaurant as there were none available at lunch time, and also more fresh crab meat etc should be available, the prices of the meals seem to have risen a lot in the past few weeks which is a bit disappointing as they were very reasonable some time ago.
  23. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 21, 2023

    overall4food5service3ambience3
    The best breakfast as always highly recommend Greendale.
  24. DevonJohn

    London

    8 reviews

    4.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on May 21, 2023

    overall4food4service3ambience3
    Another excellent breakfast with quality ingredients well presented. Highlights included the sausage, mushroom and bacon. The eggs were good and slightly runny but suffered from being on a volcanically hot plate. The tea was also excellent. Slight negatives include the fact that the general decor and seats in particular are looking very tired, the gas heaters were on needlessly wasting energy and putting out co2. The beans came on the eggs not as is usual on the side. This was rectified but need to buy more crockery. Service was good but rather slow. Main criticism is the paying. Having to queue up for more than 10 minutes just to pay is not acceptable. Buy more card machines and take payment at the table.
  25. karenb

    Exclusive

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on May 21, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    I’d booked a table for two for 9.30am, tried to rebook for three but nothing available till 11.30am…. But we were seated on a table for four and lots of empty tables available…
  26. StewartP

    Devon

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 21, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience4
    Many hospitality venues are making adjustments to their business to enhance custom, THE GOLDEN RULE, if it's not broken don't fix it.
  27. PamM

    London

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 20, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The fish and chips were delicious as was the ice cream, a thoroughly enjoyable experience, thanks to the waitresses
  28. Noname

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 20, 2023

    overall4food5service4ambience3
    Farmhouse breakfast was missing mushrooms, no explanation and no alternative offered. No reduction in price. Was a bit too cold inside! The food is very good quality and well prepared. It was a shame the mushrooms were missing and the toast for two people was just on one plate which is a bit awkward.
  29. EmilyR

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 20, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great breakfast with brilliant service and atmosphere
  30. SharonF

    Devon

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 17, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great find. Really good service plus we had the special of day which was 2 for 1 fish and chips, so great value. Looking to exploring your fabulous farm shop.
  31. AlanT

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 17, 2023

    overall4food3service4ambience4
    Fish and chip offer exceptional. Fish good as one would expect chips less so Staff first rate
  32. BarryM

    Devon

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 17, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Our party all had the fish and chips and we all agreed that overall the experience was very good. The food was was excellent and we will certainly be back to sample the other dishes on offer. An extra bonus is being to able to walk round the farm shop afterwards and purchase some of the excellent local produce on offer.
  33. Claire

    Devon

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on May 17, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Excellent service from very helpful and efficient staff. We were served very quickly and there was a minimum wait for our order to arrive. My only issue would be that the music is rather loud. Lovely farm shop that sells almost everything you need. Then you can walk off lunch round the farm trail looking at the animals. I highly recommend the cafe and will continue to come back time and time again.
  34. LindaP

    Devon

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 17, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience3
    Chose outdoor seating. Very pleasant. Only a slight breeze around our feet!
  35. LouisaT

    Devon

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 16, 2023

    overall4food2service1ambience2
    Very unhelpful staff in the restaurant. The cakes and the scones were dry and tasteless. Would not eat here again. The farm shop was ok obviously expensive but no more than I would expect. The animals were lovely .
  36. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 16, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    I was greeted by a friendly server, coffee was good, food was excellent and the price was reasonable, I prefer the outside tables as it's a brighter room
  37. ANDYL

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 15, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Lunch whilst not the cheapest is always good, plentiful and scrummy
  38. derek

    London

    6 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on May 14, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Ordered the Sunday roast really good as always. Really tasty pork and beef, good selection of vegetables and lovely roast potatoes. Great value with good service
  39. KimberleyF

    Hampshire

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 14, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Lovely atmosphere, beautiful local food and quality produce. Highly recommend a visit.
  40. LouiseW

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 14, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Great service and lovely food. Next time I will know to book outside as it look nice and peaceful out there.

Safety precautions

  • Cleaning & sanitising

    • Surfaces sanitised between seatings
    • Digital, disposable or sanitised menu provided
    • Common areas deep-cleaned daily
    • Sanitiser or wipes provided for customers
    • Contactless payment available
  • Physical distancing

    • Limited number of seated diners
    • Extra space between tables
  • Screening

    • Sick staff prohibited in the workplace

FAQs

Greendale Farm Shop Cafe and Restaurant is rated 4.3 stars by 2222 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people

7:00 p.m.


Booked 30 times today
Experiences are available.
Google Map for Greendale Farm Shop Cafe and Restaurant

Sidmouth Road, Nr. Farringdon, Exeter, Devon EX5 2JU

Additional information

  • Neighbourhood

    Exeter

  • Hours of Operation

    Mon–Sat 8:00 am–10:00 pm Sun 9:00 am–9:00 pm

  • Cuisines

    British, Seafood, Grill

  • Dining style

    Casual Dining

  • Dress Code

    Casual Dress

  • Parking Details

    Public Lot

  • Payment Options

    MasterCard, Visa

  • Additional

    Beer, Cafe, Full Bar, High Tea, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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