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Eating and Drinking in Dawlish, Devon*

Dawlish, Devon Pubs, Cafes, Coffee Shops and Restaurants

Food

• See the write up for the Old Dawlish Brewery under Coffee Shops,The Old Dawlish Brewery a Slow food Restautant.
• sweets, crisps & soft drinks - Firbank Garage
• Loads of little seaside-resort style restaurants. None of them anything special.
• Salters was always known as greasy joes cos the food was a bit greasy and the chips were a bit soggy. Jimmy the Greeks at the top of strand hill used to be the best. There was the wimpy in Brunswick place and the place on the corner round from Harrisons used to deep fry their fishfingers and it blew me away as a kid. They were dear and not that good, trendy for 1 summer in about 1976.
• Old Dawlish Brewary along the high street. For tasty homemade full-course meals, served by friendly, chatty staff. Great for birthday parties, for any generation older than sixteen :).
• Old Dawlish Brewery, along the High Street

Pubs

• Swan Inn for Jazz on Wednesdays The Landsdown Happy Hour from 1700- 1800 every night meet the famouse RAY mine host (mad as a hatter) and the lovely girls paid to serve you excellent ale The Marine Hotel for a camp welcome.
• The Ship Inn @ cockwood - "Bloody marvelous"
• Exeter Inn - a quaint olde english pub with friendly owners and some good pool players!!
• Plenty of pubs. Most of them are a bit touristy. However, The Swan is a nice little boozer.
• I would reccomend the Brunswick, it's the least towny of all the pubs in Dawlish despite it being a rural area, it probably attracts the largest amount of students of any pub in dawlish aswell (uni students on their hol's that is)
• This was in the 70's and 80's The Exeter Inn used to serve us at lunchtime in our school uniforms. The railway was a rough dive. The place by the station was a stinking hole of no goods on the dole. The teignmouth inn was full of wankers The Brunswick was ok, never ant trouble, a bit clicky. The swann was a bit of a mystery The RAFA club was very clicky but friendly, my dad drank there for years. The Conservative club was full of old folks, very very clicky. There were a couple of pubs up around the old junior school that I didnt go in but i think were sort of hippy/wanna be rockers and rough types from the avenues. The devon arms was ok the red lion was very small but a brilliant old fashioned pub. The Gresham was a dive, full of pot heads. Cant remember any more, sure I missed a few.
• The South Devon Inn, with Friday night entertainment.
• the ferret and radiator near costcutters is pretty good
• South Devon Inn Friday nights.

Cafes and Coffee Shops

• The Old Dawlish Brewery, 45 High Street. Open evey day for breakfast,lunch, Dinner,Snacks, tea & coffee come with free refills.Yes we are and old brewery,about 300 years old but you wont find any beer here, its bring your own. Our evening Dinner Menu covers every thing from Roast Chicken to Shark Steaks, you'll find dishes on our menu that you wont find any where else in Dawlish. We can also cater for parties up to 60 people, Buffet,Disco, Wedding, Birthday etc.
• The Station Cafe Used to (@1980-1986) do the best breakfasts. The Cafe half way up the strand that used to be the only place in town to get a cappuccino was owned by graig bailey's old man, his mum used to be a honey.)
• The Stand diner along the main town front, lovely teas or coffees. Just what you need after shopping round the town, before setting off to the beach.
• The Strand Diner, along the Strand with all the main shops.

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Last updated: 2007-11-06