I visited Exeter Christmas Market on Saturday 20/11/2021 and also I cannot believe it is so overpriced here that I am writing a review on Sunday morning, but here it is!

Like others have pointed out, it is squashed together, walkways are too narrow and the prices are ridiculous!

When talking about the prices, the pop up stalls for merchandise are always overpriced at nearly every event nationwide, so I/We just walked past these to be nosy etc, I don't know the merchandise pricing system that well, but it all looked overpriced.

It's when you get to the food stalls that you really get ripped off, I looked at nearly every stalls prices for food and drink (it was just jaw dropping!), can of fizzy drink £1.50-£1.80, chips £4-5 (for tiny portions), £5-6 for the culinary masterpiece of a hot dog etc. And these were the cheapest options! Some snacks were £8-15, snacks, not meals!

We went to the German Hot Dog Stall which at a glance looked like good authentic German sausages etc, so I figure £6 each, with 'an obvious choice of toppings', maybe coleslaw/onions/home made relish etc was an acceptable price, however you get a choice of self served sticky bottled ketchup, mayonnaise or American mustard for your topping and some fried crispy onion shavings which are self served, cold from the counter top, all served on a cheap plain white bun, no bread choice at all and no quality to the bread either, the Bratwurst was average at best, fatty and bland and all for the bargain of £6! Insane pricing for such a basic serving.

I've heard it's the cathedral that arrange this Christmas Market now. Surely at some point the organisers of the event should check the pricing on the food stalls, or maybe the Cathedral does not care about ripping people off in these hard times!

For food for 3 adults and 2 kids, we spent £40 on food and went home hungry. I worked hospitality in Guernsey and Isles of Scilly when younger and I am experienced enough in food pricing to say the food prices at Exeter Christmas Market are at least 25-50% too high, its embarrassing for the food stall owners, the Cathedral ethics department and just plain awkward for us as customers.

Let's also here point out that they have erected a massive indoor bar down here as a giant cash cow no doubt, but failed to provide any toilets and not a single hand sanitiser was to be seen on any food stall, yet some food stalls are just leaving the sauces to be done by the customer (so good luck to all with cross contamination etc and festive cheer to all lol).

Honestly for the prices being charged for an eating area with about 20 seats, no toilets, no hand cleaning options, overpriced simple food charged as if its gourmet, Exeter Christmas Market is and was just plain embarrassing for all involved, we will not return.