Torridge
Yarde Orchard

Yarde Orchard

East Yarde, Torridge, United Kingdom, EX38 8QA

Pizza • Coffee • Salads • Dining


"I live opposite and my Uncle (who was recently involved in a motorbike accident) was coming to visit, and I was delighted to know that these new owners, Michelle and Vince, would generously rent me their one bed room for £400 for one month (I provided all the cleaning and bedding) so he could come to stay and recover with us. He ended up having to cancel last minute due to his illness, so the room was left empty for 2 weeks. By this time we could not return the key or be eligible for a refund, as the return policy stated in Michelle's email to me and on the website is limited to only 14 days. Therefore, my cousin came to use to room for 3 days ahead of my uncles visit (Michelle was informed of this).The day comes my cousin arrives after not seeing her for 15 years, I walk her up to the gate to where her room was, I see Michelle charging out and shouting across to me from the cafe “Who the f**k are you!?”. Bearing in mind my mother and I had been down and seen Michelle and her husband the previous day when we went to do the housekeeping(I was even wearing the same clothes). I responded calmly who I was and who I was with whilst my cousin was in absolute shock, (as was I) Michelle disappears, Vince comes out and begins to say that he had no knowledge of this and wasn’t arranged, and that I needed to to go and get my mother. Cutting to the point, their excuse for the disgusting, embarrassingly unprofessional way my cousin and I were greeted was that someone had ‘fly tipped’ what turned out to be a carrier bag of paint cans placed inside the industrial waste bins at the entrance to the public car park opposite the b&b and Tarka Trail. The fact that Vince thought this was a justifiable reason for the behaviour of Michelle is beyond me. This clearly shows that unfortunately they do not have any experience in customer service or hospitality. Michelle decided later that instead of apologising verbally she would send an email stating that she had obviously not been introduced” and “is he/she actually using the room?”. Then subsequently blocked me.There was; no offer of breakfast, no tea or coffee,no toiletries, no tv, no towels, a wasp problem and no apology from Michelle or Vince either. To conclude, I would give Michelle and Vince and their rotten service, a wide berth and keep cycling on to the Puffing Billy down the road."

Old Market Inn

Old Market Inn

Chapel Street, EX22 6BP, Torridge, United Kingdom

Pub • Lunch • Drinks • British


"We visited here on Saturday evening, having tried a small village pub the previous night we were keen to try a different pub in this area. We parked in the town but when we walked down saw that parking was available. The pub was quiet, only a few other people there. We arrived at 6, on ordering drinks we asked what time food was served from the blunt answer of 6.30 was given. My partner had a pint of ale whilst I asked for a diet Pepsi. The barmaid informed me that the soft drinks were not working and pointed to a shop bought bottle of Pepsi max I said that was fine as she poured my drink it was the last of the bottle. Another staff member came out and they had a conversation about the Pepsi which went along the lines of she 's had the last of it that was very embarrassing, it 's a pub You go there to drink after all? The amount we paid for that Pepsi would of bought 2 bottles of Pepsi from the shop. We went and sat on the sofas, enjoying each other 's company expecting someone to come over as it approached 6.30 but no one came. My partner went back up to the bar to ask if we should go into the restaurant area and was rudely told no the waitress would come and get us. No one came so we decided to have a game of pool, after 5 minutes of playing someone approached us with menus still very vague about where we ordered or where we would eat. We looked at the menus and although the selection of food offered looked reasonable we felt very uncomfortable. None of the staff seemed interested in us being there We finished our drinks made our excuses and left. It 's hard to see what type of customers they want to attract, the restaurant area looked nice but the loud dance music gave us the impression it was more of a drinking establishment which is great if that 's what you are into but it was not for us. I have never been to feel this unwelcome at any pub or restaurant I 've visited before, avoid at all costs"