Smugglers Rest — Restaurant in England

The worst place i have ever been to! After arriving at the place we took to the table. Waitress came and asked if this is our table, husband said i guess so. Being there with 3 children one of them being special needs we were quite distracted and after confirming with the girl we sat down. Same waitress came back and asked if we’ve been there before and know the drill to which we said no we haven’t and found out it’s cash only. Which we just about managed with the cash on us. Ordered food and drinks and after a sudden downpour all the not sheltered tables were soaked and most without even umbrellas for some sort of protection. So after waiting for our food for about 20/30 or more minutes a party turned up. The owner came and told us in no uncertain terms to move to one of the wet tables which we refused. We were basically kicked out to sit the party that turned up with no apology or anything. It was either sit in the wet or go. Never had i ever experienced a worse service and complete lack of communication between the staff and from them. This was my birthday but beside that i had to leave with three starving children nevermind me or my husband, we can deal with it. Disgusting!!! Turned my favourite place which is the talland bay into a place i do not want to return to. What was supposed to be a birthday treat in beautiful spot turned into a nightmare with three crying children and NO apology!!!!! TO THE LADY who I believe is the owner: you’re an absolute disgrace on...

Loved this spot!! The staff were very friendly and the view was amazing!

There is limited free parking on site and a small car park across the road (unsure if it’s free or paid).

I had the red onion and goat cheese tart. It was delicious. My husband had a salmon, dill and cream cheese sandwich that was also delicious. Our coffees were nice as well and there’s a great selection of cold drinks!

Most of the seating is outdoors so make the most of it when the weather is good.

I wouldn’t say it’s very accessible. There are some tables on the ground that don’t require using the steps but the toilets are up some stairs and so is the counter where you order. However, the ladies bathroom has a nice fold out changing table for babies (not sure...

Joined the very slow moving queue at 1245 arrived at counter at 1:05 twenty minutes to take orders from 6 people asked for 2 breakfasts to be told breakfast stops at 1300. Explained I had been in que for twenty minutes well before 1300. Reply "breakfast stops at 1. Very slow service not enough staff the girl taking the orders is also serving at the bar, serving ice cream and making tea and coffee. Also customers who had ordered were complaining that they were waiting too long for food to be served there hot drinks were stone cold before they received their meals. I only gave them two stars because of the view. Needless to say I walked away impressed with their...