Guidebook for Exeter
Arts & Culture
Independent cinema with great bar, sometimes with live music, showing a mixture of art house and mainstream movies. Nice pizzas and pies in the wine bar make this a great spot for an evening out!
29 locals recommend
Picturehouse Exeter
51 Bartholomew St WIndependent cinema with great bar, sometimes with live music, showing a mixture of art house and mainstream movies. Nice pizzas and pies in the wine bar make this a great spot for an evening out!
Free museum, lots of changing art exhibitions, stunning building, interesting stuff!
122 locals recommend
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Queen StreetFree museum, lots of changing art exhibitions, stunning building, interesting stuff!
Cygnet Theatre
Friars' GateTheatre school with frequent productions
Art centre with cafe, bar, lots of exhibitions. Often gigs and music of all sorts here, alongside craft and animation festivals.
36 locals recommend
Exeter Phoenix
Gandy StreetArt centre with cafe, bar, lots of exhibitions. Often gigs and music of all sorts here, alongside craft and animation festivals.
Drinks & Nightlife
A real English local pub, board games stacked in the corner, and a good range of beer. A simple menu with decent meals priced between £7-£12. Sometimes the cellar is converted into a theatre!
28 locals recommend
The Hour Glass
21 Melbourne StA real English local pub, board games stacked in the corner, and a good range of beer. A simple menu with decent meals priced between £7-£12. Sometimes the cellar is converted into a theatre!
Bar with a small theatre - showing different things most nights of the week.
15 locals recommend
The Bike Shed Theatre and Cocktail Bar
162/3 Fore StBar with a small theatre - showing different things most nights of the week.
Pub overlooking the canal, good food, nice beer, big garden to play in. Easy to get to on foot from the quay, circular walk there through the park and canal path. very bike and kayak friendly.
28 locals recommend
Double Locks
Pub overlooking the canal, good food, nice beer, big garden to play in. Easy to get to on foot from the quay, circular walk there through the park and canal path. very bike and kayak friendly.
Fun to get to (you can only arrive on foot, bike or boat - all off road routes from Exeters Quay) and fun to eat at - isolated pub overlooking the Exe Estuary. Ferries to Topsham or Exmouth from here.
36 locals recommend
The Turf
Fun to get to (you can only arrive on foot, bike or boat - all off road routes from Exeters Quay) and fun to eat at - isolated pub overlooking the Exe Estuary. Ferries to Topsham or Exmouth from here.
Pub at the end of the road, serves a range of food. You can also order from their restaurant menu and bring them home to eat! Handy if you've arrived tired, and just want to crash.
The Seven Stars Hotel
Alphington RoadPub at the end of the road, serves a range of food. You can also order from their restaurant menu and bring them home to eat! Handy if you've arrived tired, and just want to crash.
Rustic gastro-pub, just outside of the city centre, great local suppliers, brilliant selection of beers.
10 locals recommend
The Rusty Bike
67 Howell RdRustic gastro-pub, just outside of the city centre, great local suppliers, brilliant selection of beers.
A busy pub set over 3 floors, popular with students and groups. Live music. Brilliant value wine and food...Firehouse pizzas (served after 9pm) are legendary, but the daytime menu is good too.
35 locals recommend
The Old Firehouse
50 New N RdA busy pub set over 3 floors, popular with students and groups. Live music. Brilliant value wine and food...Firehouse pizzas (served after 9pm) are legendary, but the daytime menu is good too.
Restaurant and pub, old fashioned interior, beautiful views from the beer garden overlooking the Exe. From here you can catch the small ferry (a row boat) across to the canal path on the other side!
34 locals recommend
The Passage House Inn
Ferry RoadRestaurant and pub, old fashioned interior, beautiful views from the beer garden overlooking the Exe. From here you can catch the small ferry (a row boat) across to the canal path on the other side!
coffee, bar, and bicycle hire, just opposite Topsham Quay. Lots of events, language cafes, live music.
12 locals recommend
Route 2 Cafe & Apartments
1 Monmouth Hillcoffee, bar, and bicycle hire, just opposite Topsham Quay. Lots of events, language cafes, live music.
Food Scene
Herbies
15 North StGreat vegetarian food in local family run restaurant.
Coffee, tea, scrummy hot chocolate to drink in or takeaway. Great for a brunch, lunch, or afternoon tea, lots of local produce.
14 locals recommend
Boston Tea Party Exeter
84 Queen StCoffee, tea, scrummy hot chocolate to drink in or takeaway. Great for a brunch, lunch, or afternoon tea, lots of local produce.
Hundreds of teas to choose from, lovely homemade cakes, amazing presentation and sides. Perfect for lunch, brunch or afternoon tea. The kind of cafe that gives you blankets to cuddle up outside with!
Jolly Roger Tea Room
Haven RoadHundreds of teas to choose from, lovely homemade cakes, amazing presentation and sides. Perfect for lunch, brunch or afternoon tea. The kind of cafe that gives you blankets to cuddle up outside with!
Thai Orchid
5 Cathedral YardLovely Thai food, in old building overlooking the Cathedral Square
Vegetarian cafe and take out, great for lunchtime snacks, cakes, coffee. On nice days you can sit outside in the Cathedral Yard.
11 locals recommend
The Plant Cafe
1 Cathedral YardVegetarian cafe and take out, great for lunchtime snacks, cakes, coffee. On nice days you can sit outside in the Cathedral Yard.
Run by singer Joss Stones parents, this is a bar serving mexican food, with live music from mainly young musicians every night. You don't pay to enter if you arrive before 9. Cocktails!
Mama Stone
1 Mary Arches StRun by singer Joss Stones parents, this is a bar serving mexican food, with live music from mainly young musicians every night. You don't pay to enter if you arrive before 9. Cocktails!
Nice food and atmosphere, in the summer you can sit outside on the quay in Topsham.
21 locals recommend
The Lighter Inn
Nice food and atmosphere, in the summer you can sit outside on the quay in Topsham.
A favorite lunch and coffee spot. Consistently good home made cakes and interesting lunches.
7 locals recommend
The Cafe
76 Fore StA favorite lunch and coffee spot. Consistently good home made cakes and interesting lunches.
Everything Else
Great to stroll by the canal and river, lots of pizza bars, pubs, interesting small craft antiques, places to hire kayaks and bikes, The Quay House (tourist info and visitor centre)
16 locals recommend
The Quay
The QuayGreat to stroll by the canal and river, lots of pizza bars, pubs, interesting small craft antiques, places to hire kayaks and bikes, The Quay House (tourist info and visitor centre)
Design hotel in a renovated old Eye Infirmary - stunning building inside and out. Often good deals on Spa Days. Lovely food in a theatre-kitchen, refined afternoon tea served in the library!
9 locals recommend
Hotel du Vin Exeter
Magdalen StreetDesign hotel in a renovated old Eye Infirmary - stunning building inside and out. Often good deals on Spa Days. Lovely food in a theatre-kitchen, refined afternoon tea served in the library!
At one time a farm shop, now an upmarket gastro version! Bike hire, deli, foodstore, gift shop, interior shop, Spa, hairdressers, playground, Cotswold Outdoors shop, RSPB store, gastro-fish-n-chips.
99 locals recommend
Darts Farm Restaurant
At one time a farm shop, now an upmarket gastro version! Bike hire, deli, foodstore, gift shop, interior shop, Spa, hairdressers, playground, Cotswold Outdoors shop, RSPB store, gastro-fish-n-chips.
3 story charity book store...pay what you feel is right! Set over three floors, and opposite the medievil 'house that moved'. Worth a browse!
Book-Cycle
7 West St3 story charity book store...pay what you feel is right! Set over three floors, and opposite the medievil 'house that moved'. Worth a browse!
Outdoor pursuits store, with value goods for all sorts of outdoor activities. A three minute walk from home, useful if you have forgotten any of the essentials!
GO Outdoors
Marsh Barton RoadOutdoor pursuits store, with value goods for all sorts of outdoor activities. A three minute walk from home, useful if you have forgotten any of the essentials!
Essentials
Local Grocery store, pharmacy, electrical and clothing store, petrol station. Open seven days (reduced hours on Sunday).
31 locals recommend
Sainsbury's
Alphington RoadLocal Grocery store, pharmacy, electrical and clothing store, petrol station. Open seven days (reduced hours on Sunday).
Grocery store and supermarket. Open 7 days (reduced hours on Sunday). Take your own bags as they are not supplied!
9 locals recommend
ALDI
Alphington RoadGrocery store and supermarket. Open 7 days (reduced hours on Sunday). Take your own bags as they are not supplied!
Shopping
Alphington News and Post Office
61-63 Church RdPost Office