The Lions Monocle - Piatti

The Elephant

➤ 3-4 Beacon Terr, Torquay TQ1 2BH, The Hillcroft - Guest House, United Kingdom

Piatti • Fish • Wine • British • European

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"From the off, everything was bang on point. The warmth of the welcome, being taken straight to our table and offered water and an aperitif promptly. We, a party of three, opted for the set lunch, which offers very good value for money. £29.50 for two courses, £35 for three, with two options for each course. Two of us opted for the baked Roscoff onion with pearl barley. Simple ingredients but beautifully cooked with a truly sublime brown onion sauce of such intensity, it lifted an already lovely plate of food to another level. The other person had the ponzu cured mackerel which she pronounced lovely but she had serious food envy over the onion dish. The main courses were grilled hake, which again was sauced to perfection and a grilled bavette with a vegetable medley and a pea? puree and a meat jus. We added a small dish of dauphinois at £5 which complimented everything very well. We drank a good and reasonably priced Rioja Blanco. No room for dessert sadly. This restaurant is not cheap but there is a difference between cost and value and The Elephant offers very good value with the set lunch; it allows you to sample really very good cooking at a price that will not break the bank. The normal a la carte menu is around double the price but on looking at what this offered, I would say that it again offers good value for money, being a step up in choice with more expensive ingredients. This is a serious restaurant. Go there. You will not be disappointed."

Daisycakes

➤ 480 Babbacombe Road, Torbay, United Kingdom, TQ1 1HN

Piatti • Coffee • British • Breakfast • Vegetarian

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"The food at this restaurant is excellent, the staff is friendly, and the atmosphere is nice. We enjoyed breakfast here two days in a row, and the food was delicious and well-prepared. The owners were friendly and helpful, and the cafe has a great vibe. The bagels are a good size and very tasty. This place is definitely worth a visit."

Lighthouse Cafe And

➤ Victoria Parade, TQ1 2BD, Torbay, United Kingdom

Piatti • Cafés • Salad • Coffee • British

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"Great cafe with views over the harbour. Very dog friendly, ours loved his chicken! Staff extremely friendly and attentive. The cafe has a good ambience, with a mixture of traditional tables and lounge style seating. Have not tried the food but what we saw looked very good. Would definitely recommend and look forward to visiting again next time we are in the area."

Weavers Cottage Tea Shoppe

➤ Cockington Village, Torbay, United Kingdom

Piatti • Pizza • Seafood • European • Vegetarian

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"Myself and my sister in law was on holiday with family and while they was off swimming we wanted to try some proper Devon afternoon tea, we found this amazing place in the most beautiful setting the lady that served us was so lovely even...though she didn’t actually work there she was a friend of the owner. She was lovely the food was amazing and the tea was perfect. We didn’t feel rushed at all and sat in the beautiful garden for a few hours. My only negative is that we don’t live closer to visit again. Well done to the owner you have created a beautiful setting. I would possibly advise that maybe to allow other to have the same experience you should send some leaflets to holiday villages as we found you on Google"

Small World Tapas

➤ 11-13 Abbey Road, TQ2 5NF, Torbay, United Kingdom

Piatti • Pizza • Tapas • Spanish • Fast Food

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"Gorgeous tasty food, creative menu, mixture of traditional Spanish and world flavours, friendly staff, nice ambience. We booked in on strength of trip advisor reviews and so glad we did. Food was delicious. I like to order food that’s different or better than I could cook myself and this delivered. We had Asian beef skewers which were generous portions and super tender, slow cooked easily enough to share. Also pork belly bites with cracking crumble excellent and a big portion too. Brixham scallops and Spanish black pud was my favourite dish, smaller, but left me wanting more! Smoky Spanish corn cobs were our healthy option never had corn like it before and very tasty! Rather greedily we ordered a side of patatas bravas as an old favourite and the homemade aioli was just the best ever!! Probably should have had 1 less meat dish for 2 to share but it was all just so good. The egg box surprise was a lovely dessert experience we shared it as a mouthful of a sweet tasty dish to finish and I wouldn’t be able to make the egg shells myself. We had just driven 200 miles down to Torquay for the weekend but SWT is that good, I would drive that far again just for dinner here!"