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Thoroughly recommend this oasis of peace and perfect food and service. It was our first stay - in a Shepherds Hut that was dog friendly and the staff were all great. Ate in the Michael Caines restaurant - the Estuary Tasting Menu - all local seafood masterfully presented. I live to eat and what was great was that ever course championed the main seafood ingredient. Loved it. Do yourself a favour and pay it a visit!

We recently had lunch at Lympstone Manor when they were offering a special lunchtime deal. This place is beautiful, the setting is idyllic and we were very well looked after on arrival. After some drinks and canapés, we were taken to our table and shortly given our appetiser. Then nothing happened for 45 minutes, we watched tables around us being served ahead of us, and were confused what was happening. Because it’s such a posh restaurant and there was so many staff, we figured they must know that we were waiting so we left it longer than usual to point out that we hadn’t even had starters. By the time they arrived we had been sat there for an hour and after a 90 minute drive to the restaurant we were starting to run out of things to talk about, and were generally feeling awkward about the delay. We’d also eaten two bread rolls eat because we had been waiting so long and we’re very hungry which then really took the edge of our appetite for the main event. The food was all very nice and the rest of it came in a timely manner afterwe’d complained. The waiter did remove our soft drinks from the bill, (approximately £10) and offered to remove the service charge, but we declined that offer. I wouldn’t have written a negative review if it was just this instance, but the time before that, when we visited in April 2024, we were saying in one of the shepherds huts, and went for dinner at the new poolside restaurant. Again, we waited a fair amount of time for our starters, and when our main courses came, they were wrong so had to be sent back. When they returned with our food, our steak was half the size of the original overcooked one, the chips still had truffle on, which we’d asked to not be added, and our mushroom is missing. We ate this meal though. as it was getting late. In the end they didn’t charge us for a meal, but it was our anniversary and we had gone and stayed there as a special treat & especially to enjoy delicious food, and so had been left very disappointed and unsatisfied. I was expecting them to invite us back for dinner at a reduced rate or a complimentary meal, but they didn’t. And then again visiting this week I was left disappointed by what is a Michelin star restaurant. Maybe we have just been unlucky.

We ate in the Pool Bar on a fiercely hot day. There were lots of little things wrong, and many right. Here are the highlights: the food was amazingly good, but we waited more than an hour even to get a piece of bread to chew on, we were well past hungry and rather jaded by the time the food actually arrived. Some of the staff were good, one of them untrained and had really filthy trousers. My wife said that if she had known, she would have left. They didn't manage the heat well and the diners had to open and close doors themselves.

An absolutely perfect meal - fine dining and its very peak - with excellent service in the most beautiful of settings. We will definitely return to this gem.

Stayed in shepherd huts, ate dinner in pool house restaurant and breakfast in main house. Lovely stay, enjoyed by all, BUT the food and service for coeliac is very poor. Have fared significantly better at package holiday hotels abroad! A real disappointment.

My wife and I enjoyed a short break at Lympstone Manor last summer and were impressed to the extent to recommend it as a venue for a family get together last week. Again my wife and I were impressed with all aspects of the Hotel from the impressive grounds with superb vineyard, to the bedroom suite, lounge bar, breakfasts and above all the evening dining where both a la carte x 2 and signature tasting menu were enjoyed by all. The staff present a friendly, knowledgeable and professional approach across all departments. We found staff approachable and responsive. The breakfast options are of excellent quality and we found service to be well paced and relaxed. The lounge bar menu is extensive as is the wine list. The bar and terrace a great place to relax and to enjoy the wonderful view.