Guidebook for Exeter

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Guidebook for Exeter

Food Scene

Excellent Turkish cafe serving authentic food and of course thick coffee!
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Dinosaur Cafe
5 New N Rd
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Excellent Turkish cafe serving authentic food and of course thick coffee!
Good pub with real ales and excellent food. Open late at weekends. Speak Easy cocktail bar on first floor.
The Oddfellows
60 New N Rd
Good pub with real ales and excellent food. Open late at weekends. Speak Easy cocktail bar on first floor.
The best in Exeter, cosy and intimate- so it gets full quickly. A couple of seats outside. Forget the global tax avoiding brands- go local!
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Devon Coffee
88 Queen St
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The best in Exeter, cosy and intimate- so it gets full quickly. A couple of seats outside. Forget the global tax avoiding brands- go local!
Lovely position on Cathedral Green, The Plant is a brilliant place for a healthy wholesome meat free lunch. Cosy but tables also outside.
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The Plant Cafe
1 Cathedral Yard
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Lovely position on Cathedral Green, The Plant is a brilliant place for a healthy wholesome meat free lunch. Cosy but tables also outside.
Part of small independent group of pubs brewing on the premises. Great range of food including "smoked" specialties. Tucked behind Fore street.
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The Fat Pig Exeter
2 John St
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Part of small independent group of pubs brewing on the premises. Great range of food including "smoked" specialties. Tucked behind Fore street.
St Austell Brewey owned pub on the River Exe just below Millers Crossing footbridge. Good for Cornish beer, food inc Sunday Carvery and evening sun.
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Mill on the Exe
Bonhay Road
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St Austell Brewey owned pub on the River Exe just below Millers Crossing footbridge. Good for Cornish beer, food inc Sunday Carvery and evening sun.
Well established and relaxed venue serving up superb pizzas - right up to dustbin lid size! Real ales, live music some nights and superb location on Exeter Quay.
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On The Waterfront
The Quay
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Well established and relaxed venue serving up superb pizzas - right up to dustbin lid size! Real ales, live music some nights and superb location on Exeter Quay.
A quite posh and mildly expensive "farm shop" with loads of local and regional food and drink offerings plus a very good fish and chip shop serving the very freshest mostly locally caught fish. Recommended if you have a deep wallet and a weakness for good food!
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Darts Farm Restaurant
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A quite posh and mildly expensive "farm shop" with loads of local and regional food and drink offerings plus a very good fish and chip shop serving the very freshest mostly locally caught fish. Recommended if you have a deep wallet and a weakness for good food!
Unique experience of dining on a moored "barge" right in the middle of the Exe estuary. Superb fish and seafood and even better if you get the weather right! Ferry service from Exmouth. Booking essential!
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River Exe Cafe
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Unique experience of dining on a moored "barge" right in the middle of the Exe estuary. Superb fish and seafood and even better if you get the weather right! Ferry service from Exmouth. Booking essential!

Drinks & Nightlife

Probably one of the best Wetherspoons locations you will find and only a stroll away.
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The Imperial
New North Road
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Probably one of the best Wetherspoons locations you will find and only a stroll away.
Quirky friendly little bar selling a range of unusual craft beers and ciders from around Britain. Independent.
The Beer Cellar
2 South St
Quirky friendly little bar selling a range of unusual craft beers and ciders from around Britain. Independent.
Rambling old fire station now a very popular student oriented bar serving a good range of real ciders and ales as well as massive good value pizzas. Stays open late - very late!
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The Old Firehouse
50 New N Rd
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Rambling old fire station now a very popular student oriented bar serving a good range of real ciders and ales as well as massive good value pizzas. Stays open late - very late!
Old Warehouse on Exeter Quay now tastefully converted to a good food and drink venue with a wide and changing range of craft & cask beers. St Austell Brewery owned.
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Samuel Jones
37 Commercial Rd
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Old Warehouse on Exeter Quay now tastefully converted to a good food and drink venue with a wide and changing range of craft & cask beers. St Austell Brewery owned.
Exeter's original "Gastro" pub and arguably still the best. Lots of original and arty touches and remains a true " local". A good appetite is assured after a brisk 20 minute walk across town from the flat!
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The Hour Glass
21 Melbourne St
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Exeter's original "Gastro" pub and arguably still the best. Lots of original and arty touches and remains a true " local". A good appetite is assured after a brisk 20 minute walk across town from the flat!
Great destination to cycle to on a sunny day. Located where the Exeter canal joins the Exe Estuary with great food, local beers but alas- not a hotel any more! check opening times out of season. Can also be accessed by ferry from Topsham when tides are right.
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The Turf
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Great destination to cycle to on a sunny day. Located where the Exeter canal joins the Exe Estuary with great food, local beers but alas- not a hotel any more! check opening times out of season. Can also be accessed by ferry from Topsham when tides are right.

Essentials

Nearest convenience store for most things. Opposite Central station. Open 7-10 daily.
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Co-op Food - Queen Street
37-39 Queen St
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Nearest convenience store for most things. Opposite Central station. Open 7-10 daily.
Community owned and run shop/cafe selling locally produced food and drink. Well worth a visit!
The Real Food Store
3a Queen St
Community owned and run shop/cafe selling locally produced food and drink. Well worth a visit!

Arts & Culture

Live music, theatre, gallery, various classes and a bar!
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Exeter Phoenix
Gandy Street
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Live music, theatre, gallery, various classes and a bar!
Exeter's most comfortable cinema showing both mainstream and independent films. Nice cafe/bar.
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Picturehouse Exeter
51 Bartholomew St W
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Exeter's most comfortable cinema showing both mainstream and independent films. Nice cafe/bar.

Everything Else

Small but interesting museum on University campus. Free entry.
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
Prince of Wales Road
Small but interesting museum on University campus. Free entry.
If you've walked, cycled or got the train to Exmouth, this is where you can expect great fish and chips. Best eaten out of the paper on the sea front! Applies to drivers too but you would miss out on a very scenic not to mention eco-friendly train ride along the Exe estuary from Exeter Central.
Capels Of Exmouth
11 Imperial Rd
If you've walked, cycled or got the train to Exmouth, this is where you can expect great fish and chips. Best eaten out of the paper on the sea front! Applies to drivers too but you would miss out on a very scenic not to mention eco-friendly train ride along the Exe estuary from Exeter Central.
Exhilarating walk around the Dawlish Warren sand spit starting from Dawlish Warren station after a lovely short but scenic train ride from Exeter St Davids. Either ignore or embrace the initial stretch which is full on amusements and fairground rides!
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Dawlish Warren
Warren Road
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Exhilarating walk around the Dawlish Warren sand spit starting from Dawlish Warren station after a lovely short but scenic train ride from Exeter St Davids. Either ignore or embrace the initial stretch which is full on amusements and fairground rides!
Lots of well managed and sign posted forest walks and cycle trails on high ground overlooking Exeter.
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Haldon Forest Park (Forestry England)
Bullers Hill
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Lots of well managed and sign posted forest walks and cycle trails on high ground overlooking Exeter.
Just a 15 minute train ride from Exeter Central on the Exmouth line, Topsham is a lovely old riverside town that was once the second busiest port in England. Now a more genteel if "Fulham-ised" sort of place with a variety of shops, restaurants, cafes,and pubs. Good for a day out with lots of good walks.
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Topsham
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Just a 15 minute train ride from Exeter Central on the Exmouth line, Topsham is a lovely old riverside town that was once the second busiest port in England. Now a more genteel if "Fulham-ised" sort of place with a variety of shops, restaurants, cafes,and pubs. Good for a day out with lots of good walks.
Plenty of rescued donkeys obviously plus tea room etc but also a good place to enjoy lovely walks along the coast to the village of Branscombe or the regency seaside town of Sidmouth. Free entry and a very worthy cause.
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The Donkey Sanctuary
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Plenty of rescued donkeys obviously plus tea room etc but also a good place to enjoy lovely walks along the coast to the village of Branscombe or the regency seaside town of Sidmouth. Free entry and a very worthy cause.
Central entertainment venue hosting a wide variety of acts from cabaret and well known bands to the long established Exeter Comedy Club.
Exeter Corn Exchange
Market Street
Central entertainment venue hosting a wide variety of acts from cabaret and well known bands to the long established Exeter Comedy Club.
A multi-million pound refurbishment has turned this into one of the foremost museums in the south west if not the country. Well worth a visit.
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Museu Memorial Royal Albert
Queen Street
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A multi-million pound refurbishment has turned this into one of the foremost museums in the south west if not the country. Well worth a visit.
Handily close theatre on the University campus showing everything from Shakespeare to Panto and Symphony Orchestras to Opera plus many independent theatre productions.
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Exeter Northcott Theatre
Stocker Road
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Handily close theatre on the University campus showing everything from Shakespeare to Panto and Symphony Orchestras to Opera plus many independent theatre productions.