Queen Anne's Cafe on the Strand — Restaurant in North Devon

Great location, sitting on the river bank. Welcome to Queen Anne’s Cafe on the Strand, based in Barnstaple, Devon. Our family-run café provides freshly prepared food, which is served all day in one of the most unique buildings in North Devon.

This iconic structure, known as Queens Anne’s Walk, consists of a Grade I-listed colonnade built in 1708 and a Grade II building which was added later. It has had many uses, including:

Public Baths Masonic Lodge Heritage Centre Now fully refurbished, we invite you to enjoy these fabulous surroundings whilst having a bite to eat or some coffee and cake.

We serve loose-leaf tea, freshly ground coffee, homemade cakes, breakfast, lunch, a local fresh fish specials board and are fully licensed. The Café offers two versatile and spacious internal dining areas, plus a large covered outdoor area under the...

We only ever go to Queen annes for lunch and have done for a few years and normally the food is spot on...on this occasion it wasn't...I ordered jacket potato with prawn Marie Rose sauce...there were no sauce on the prawns and the prawns were full of water which wasn't nice...I ate it as it wasn't cheap for a jacket potato...I told a member of staff when they came to collect our used plates and she said she would inform the kitchen...when we sat down on first arriving normally the staff are very good but my partner had to go and ask staff if we could order...I gave 3 stars for food as we had cake afterwards which was lovely as always...no one came to offer a small refund for the awful prawns...I maybe well find somewhere else to...

We stopped off for a full English breakfast on a random visit to Barnstaple. It was perfect that we could sit outside yet undercover, as I personally struggle with the noise and / or music inside a lot of cafes. I got a nice view from the outdoor seating area too, of the river and bridge and hills. The breakfast was delicious, good quality produce, and all for a very reasonable price. It was a novelty to have quality flavourful loose leaf herbal tea too! I usually just get a cheap tea bag. The staff were just the right amount of friendly and all greeted us. The toilets and the cafe itself were clean and well maintained. No parking, but there is a pay and display car park right nearby. Would highly recommend, and...