The Star — Restaurant in Teignbridge

This is the local of my village.

The last time I went here was November 2023 and after I had the worst rump steak meal I'd ever had I vowed to never return.

Well my son and I were due a long overdue catch up and headed up to the brilliant Woodland Cafe but it was closed when we arrived.

So, making our way back home we passed by neighbours of ours who we chatted to about the cafe being closed and how we were wanting pizza. We both opted for dominoes until the neighbours said to try the Star Inn as they do pizzas. So, I thought seeing as it's under new ownership since my rump steak visit, why not give it another go. How I/we regret that decision.

The pizzas are awful. The bases are clearly bought in and the cheese on both my sons pepperoni and my spicy beef was weird tasting. And on the subject of beef, there was the tiniest, smigen of mince beef on my pizza, like barely any. It was instead over loaded with cold chopped tomatoes and raw onions with a soggy base. It was more like a dodgy veggie pizza. I mean, at least put your toppings on a base and then cook those toppings into the base sauce, not throw them on as an after thought.

I hate leaving food and so I ate it purely because I don't like waste but I don't feel great at all as I type this.

The only positive I can type is the pint of IPA was decent.

So I solemnly vow to never return to this pub again. The food, going by the pizzas is dire.

Our other pub, The Welcome Stranger is better quality. The Woodland Cafe is leagues ahead of the Star in every way. And slightly further out, The Dartmoor Half Way Inn, is again, leagues ahead of the Star Inn.

The Star maybe 2 minutes walk from my house but I'd rather the longer 15-20 minutes walk up to the Welcome Stranger for food and when in season, opt for the Woodland Cafe. The owner and chef there knows how to cook and his pizzas are home made from scratch, not cheap bought in bases!

Following morning update: my stomach has not been good this morning and was very unsettled during the night.

Note of advice to whoever does the cooking at the Star: pop along to the Woodland Cafe and get the owner to show you how a proper pizza is prepared and cooked. Homemade from scratch and at a price that is the same if not similar to what your establishment...

Sadly I'm leaving a negative review from our experience at this pub today. Thought we would pop along to the pub as a table of 4 to sit outside and have a few drinks and food. We were told the menu was limited as it was Sunday and they had the sunday roasts. No problem at all! So we ordered 3 mains and one of us wasn't too hungry so just wanted a side portion of chips and fresh bread and butter.

First problem was when the food came out we were all a little taken back by the smaller portions. The scampi was also missing the tartar sauce so we ask the waitress to bring some out along with salt/vinegar ect. I myself was just having chips, bread and butter but what was served to me wasn't great at all. The bread was 2 normal slices of bread which felt like they had been left on the side all morning and no butter to go with it! I had to ask for butter and fresh bread. It still wasn't fresh and the chips were cold. We then realised we wernt given any cutlery too.Thinking they would be back straight away with some was the second issue. Our food was getting cold and no cutlery was brought out. We had to go and ask for that too! Again food was cold at this point. My bread and butter got brought back out but it felt the same. We order onion rings that didn't come out with the rest if the food and was so heavily battered they were inedible. We approached a member of staff and their response was they had a party of 14!! What's that got to do with it? She was also not sympathetic at all. There was only one other table outside occupied so it wasn't busy! Now I know why. Unfortunately that other occupied table got the same treatment. Food with no cutlery and having to wait.

Left speachless at the service and quality of the food. The worst experience...

We went for a family meal while on holiday close by. I ordered a mushroom pie. It looked very pale on serving, and had not be browned off in the oven. Once I cut into it, I could see it wasn't cooked through properly and the pastry was still raw and doughy. I informed the waiting staff and they said they would get another one for me, but that I'd need to wait 12 minutes for another one. My family all ate their meal while I waited. Once my meal was out, they had all finished eating. Unfortunately, the second pie they bought to me was also not cooked properly. The pasty was again inedible as was raw. I picked out the filling and told the waiting staff. We asked for the bill, and were disappointed to see that we had been charged for an item of food that I wasn't able to eat properly. I told the waiting staff that I wasn't happy to pay for it, seeing as I couldn't eat it all, and they said they would speak to management. The manager came out and said that they wouldn't be taking the meal off the bill, as they would be loosing out if they did. I explained that as much as I appreciated that, I was going to be leaving the pub feeling hungry as I hadn't been able to eat a meal. I felt that the manager was rude, did not put the customer first, was not apologetic and made me pay for a meal that I wasn't able to eat. Appalling. I wasn't offered a complimentary drink while waiting, or anything to make me feel like I was welcomed. Although my families meals were good, I would not recommend this pub. The rude and unaccommodating management was terrible, a severe lack of customer service which could have been very...