Starfish Apartment Guidebook
Food Scene
Please note that restaurant opening times vary depending on the season.
We have eaten here a few times and never had a bad meal. Great varied menu and reasonable prices. I can highly recommend. They also do takeaway.
The Smugglers Kitchen
Fore StreetWe have eaten here a few times and never had a bad meal. Great varied menu and reasonable prices. I can highly recommend. They also do takeaway.
Gina's
We have eaten here a few times now. Lovely food and nice atmosphere.
Great food. Good value for money with a great view. 5 min drive away or quite a steep walk up the hill.
Beer Head Bistro
Common HillGreat food. Good value for money with a great view. 5 min drive away or quite a steep walk up the hill.
Anchor Inn
Fore StreetStandard pub grub. Nice beer garden overlooking the sea.
Ducky's
Great crab salad and sandwiches. Large portions.
Bay View
Great for breakfast
The Beer Fish & Chip Shop
The chips here are delicious but I haven't tried the fish.
Lovely little pub with excellent food. You can walk here along the coastal path if you fancy a bit of a challenge! Or it is just a 10 minute drive away.
25 locals recommend
Masons Arms, Branscombe
3 Myrtle CottagesLovely little pub with excellent food. You can walk here along the coastal path if you fancy a bit of a challenge! Or it is just a 10 minute drive away.
We haven't eaten here yet, but the menu looks great and I have been advised from other guests how good it is. Just a 10 min drive.
8 locals recommend
Le Pisani
1C Fore StWe haven't eaten here yet, but the menu looks great and I have been advised from other guests how good it is. Just a 10 min drive.
Gorgeous looking little pub with a great menu and locally sourced produce. Just a 10 min drive.
7 locals recommend
Harbour Inn
Church StreetGorgeous looking little pub with a great menu and locally sourced produce. Just a 10 min drive.
Lovely little place to stop on the coastal path to Seaton if the weather is nice. It is all outdoor seating. I can highly recommend the food, it is good value for money. Also great views.
Jurassic Bites @ Seaton Hole Kiosk
Old Beer RoadLovely little place to stop on the coastal path to Seaton if the weather is nice. It is all outdoor seating. I can highly recommend the food, it is good value for money. Also great views.
If you walk to Seaton along the coastal path, this cafe is on the promenade just before the beach huts as you get to Seaton. There are seats outside overlooking the sea. Lovely location.
15 locals recommend
The Hideaway
West WalkIf you walk to Seaton along the coastal path, this cafe is on the promenade just before the beach huts as you get to Seaton. There are seats outside overlooking the sea. Lovely location.
Great fish and chips and some different things on the menu
6 locals recommend
Frydays Traditional British Fish & Chips
2 The BurrowGreat fish and chips and some different things on the menu
Amid Giants & Idols
59 Silver StThe best coffee shop in the area! In our opinion anyway.
A small craft micro brewery based in a quaint courtyard of the Town Mill in Lyme Regis.
11 locals recommend
Lyme Regis Brewery
Mill LaneA small craft micro brewery based in a quaint courtyard of the Town Mill in Lyme Regis.
We only discovered this place recently so haven't eaten there yet. But if fine dining is your thing, this looks amazing!
9 locals recommend
Robin Wylde
Silver StreetWe only discovered this place recently so haven't eaten there yet. But if fine dining is your thing, this looks amazing!
Great views and local fish & seafood. 20 minute drive away.
100 locals recommend
The Oyster & Fish House
Cobb RoadGreat views and local fish & seafood. 20 minute drive away.
This fine dining restaurant is a 20 minute drive away if you fancy a real treat.
60 locals recommend
The Pig - at Combe
This fine dining restaurant is a 20 minute drive away if you fancy a real treat.
About 35 minutes away but this award winning gastro pub is well worth a visit. It serves local, seasonal food in gorgeous surroundings. It is also our local!
26 locals recommend
The Cotley Inn
About 35 minutes away but this award winning gastro pub is well worth a visit. It serves local, seasonal food in gorgeous surroundings. It is also our local!
Attractions
Pecorama
UnderleysGreat family attraction. Ride on Britain's finest 7.25 inch railway.
Book an hour long tour of these complex underground caverns. Well worth a visit.
55 locals recommend
Beer Quarry Caves Ltd
Quarry LaneBook an hour long tour of these complex underground caverns. Well worth a visit.
Beer's Self Drive Motor Boats
Lovely little trip on a narrow gauge tram. It travels 3 miles along the Axe Estuary and the River Coly, from Seaton to Colyton.
74 locals recommend
Seaton Tramway
Harbour RoadLovely little trip on a narrow gauge tram. It travels 3 miles along the Axe Estuary and the River Coly, from Seaton to Colyton.
Blackbury Honey Farm
Recommended by my guests who did the bee keeping course.
If you fancy a vineyard tour and sampling of local wines, this has good reviews. Apparently the tour is free, you just pay for the wine you drink.
Dalwood Vineyard
If you fancy a vineyard tour and sampling of local wines, this has good reviews. Apparently the tour is free, you just pay for the wine you drink.
Crealy Theme Park & Resort
Sidmouth RoadGreat family day out.
Donkey Sanctuary
Dunscombe LaneLovely place to visit
Molesworth & bird seaweed art
Hand pressed seaweed products and seaweed pressing workshops.
Dinosaurland Fossil Museum
Coombe StreetEntertainment
Marine Theatre
Church StreetWorth a look to see if there's anything you fancy
The Gateway Theatre Company
Small sweet 1920's cinema in Sidmouth with only 1 screen but something to do if it's raining!
22 locals recommend
Scott Cinemas
Small sweet 1920's cinema in Sidmouth with only 1 screen but something to do if it's raining!
Food Shops
Beer Fisheries Ltd
Local fish, caught by locals, just for you. Open every day.
Excellent little store which seems to have everything and not overly priced for a small shop.
Beer Village Store
Excellent little store which seems to have everything and not overly priced for a small shop.
Woozie's
Lovely deli which has good pasties.
Bessi Mais
Gorgeous cakes and pastries!
Excellent local produce from fresh fruit & veg to Lyme Bay fresh fish, beef, pork & lamb. Also, local milk & cream, cider & a sample of local cheeses. Part of a working farm. 20 minutes drive from Beer.
32 locals recommend
Millers Farm Shop
Gammons HillExcellent local produce from fresh fruit & veg to Lyme Bay fresh fish, beef, pork & lamb. Also, local milk & cream, cider & a sample of local cheeses. Part of a working farm. 20 minutes drive from Beer.
Greendale Farm Shop
Sidmouth RoadAll fresh, local produce and a lovely cafe.
Beaches
Beer Beach
Seaton Beach
Branscombe Beach
Sidmouth Beach
Lyme Regis Beach
Seatown Beach
Sea Hill LaneCharmouth Beach
West Bay Beach Dorset
EsplanadeCity advice
Getting around
Bus travel
There is a bus which runs daily from Seaton to Sidmouth via Beer. You can catch it at the stop outside the Beer Village Store. If you look online for the 899-Seaton-Sidford-Sidmouth Axe Valley Mini Travel you will find the time table.
There is also a once daily return to Exeter.
What to pack
Bring some cash!
Some of the local businesses, eg... Beer fish & chip shop and Ducky's cafe on the beach will only take cash. There are no cash points in Beer but the post office can be used when it is open, and Beer village store and the Anchor will give cash back.
There are cash points in Seaton at Tesco and Lloyds Bank.