The Ley Arms Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Exeter

Address: Kenn, Exeter, EX6 7UW, United Kingdom

Phone: +441392832341

Rating: 4.6
based on 144 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Great friendly staff and lovely decor."
  • "The staff are very friendly and attentive service throughout."
  • "Friendly, welcoming owners & staff who knew their products as they were sourced locally."
  • "Stopped in for lunch today and was greeted with welcoming and friendly service."
  • "The staff were all super friendly."
  • "Lovely atmosphere, friendly and helpful staff."
  • "Friendly and welcoming staff."

Cons:

  • "Staff could have been a little more attentive especially as it was extremely quiet when we dined here."
  • "Unfortunately the service was poor, it seemed that there were no fixed tables for the staff to serve."
  • "Very disappointed. Incompetent front of house manager not up to speed."
  • "Waited at the bar for 2 or 3 mins for someone to even acknowledge our existence."
  • "We came back in to find our table was occupied by someone else."
  • "Struggled getting in up many steps with my walking aid staff looked at me offered no help."
  • "Staff were really not great."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Simply amazing food (generous servings and all local ingredients) at a very reasonable price."
  • "Great food, friendly fun service. Cosy interior. Ok value for money."
  • "Great bread and olives, tasty piri piri chicken and delicious chocolate brownie."
  • "The food was very tasty."
  • "Two perfectly cooked steaks (you can have lamb or gammon if the superb local beef doesn't appeal to you), served with delicious crispy chips, mushroom and tomatoes."
  • "The food was the best that my partner and I have had on our trip."
  • "The food was absolutely delicious. Probably the best sticky toffee pudding we have ever had."

Cons:

  • "Wife was OK with her Sunday roast beef. I sent my raw lamb back, only to have it back after 3 mins in the microwave."
  • "Expensive drinks, not great food, very limited menu."
  • "Yorkshire puddings were rock solid."
  • "The worst roast potatoes if you could call them that, parsnips so hard they could have been used as a deadly weapon."
  • "Big portions, friendly front of house and a very adorable pub dog, but nothing special about the food - prices were extortionate considering the quality was not reflected in the price!"
  • "The food was not great tartare sauce was bland veg perfectly cooked as was the salmon fillet sauce again bland."
  • "Potatoes were cold and hard, nut roast was disgusting."

Ambiance & Location

Pros:

  • "Lovely pub in a scenic village."
  • "This is a thatched character pub in a picturesque valley."
  • "The atmosphere is warm and homely and our dog slept peacefully and happily in the lovely ambience that has been created."
  • "Lovely cosy pub. Fire burning on a chilly evening."
  • "The delightful atmosphere and ambiance are completed with a strong presence of locals and friendly, efficient staff."
  • "Set in a chocolate box Devon village The Ley Arms has an excellent atmosphere."
  • "Beautiful super old thatched pub with friendly staff, & great food & beer."

Cons:

  • "Parking a bit of an issue due to a bench outside partly blocking the space closest to the door and some Muppet leaving his car sticking out blocking the way round."
  • "Beautiful outdoor space but it was a little chilly."
  • "Car park a little tight for space when busy."
  • "It is very dog friendly and I didn't like the constant presence of a dog during dinner however he was well behaved."
  • "The parking area was full as there was a function. We had to park across the road at the church."
  • "Beer garden no view because of enclosed 6 foot fence even though a river passes by."
  • "It was noisy with service chatter and the sound of cutlery being polished and thrown into the wooden box."

Accessibility & Accommodation

Pros:

  • "Big bonus is the accessibility provided by gentle ramp approaches to both main dining area and a disabled toilet."
  • "Nice place good food. Very pleasant staff good location table 28, very suitable for disabled customer's."
  • "There are plenty of tables that are accessible via a side entrance, with a wooden hand made ramp."
  • "I found it easy to access and get around in my wheelchair."
  • "We had an accessible table near to the service point."
  • "Great menu for a person with Coeliac disease who requires a gluten free menu, a welcome relief compared to other pub menus."
  • "Child and dog friendly. Would highly recommend!"

Cons:

  • "Every time I looked at the menu online though I could see that there is nothing for vegans and that the vegetarian option is lacking the care and imagination of the rest of the menu."
  • "The dog stank like it had just come out of the river."
  • "Also the pub dog stood by us during our meal waiting for food."
  • "Pub was packed so food must be good but as i counted at least 4 huge dogs slobbering and yapping everywhere i wouldn't eat here."
  • "No disabled parking."
  • "Having the two pub dogs begging under our table whilst eating was a nuisance."
  • "This is a gorgeous pub, but very disappointed they only had 1 vegan choice for my wife."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "We got a 10% discount on food."
  • "Good range of typical pub food, well cooked and reasonably priced."
  • "Serves a great choice of ales and ciders, and has an upmarket pub grub menu, at a reasonable price point."
  • "Excellent food and drink at sensible prices."
  • "Prices are mid-range and worth it for a visit to this lovely country pub."
  • "Liked the idea of a smaller portion size which suited my wife."
  • "Exceptional and very tasty food and locally sourced."

Cons:

  • "Expensive drinks, not great food, very limited menu."
  • "Went yesterday and had large fish and chip and the wife had vegan risotto... all for the extortionate price of £18 and the wife's was £16."
  • "18 quid for Sunday lunch plus 5 for cauliflower cheese and 5 for pigs in blankets is a lot of cash for Sunday lunch."
  • "If you have been used to visiting this pub in the past be forewarned their prices have rocketed."
  • "Food menu is expensive for what you get."
  • "The key has really tasty food but atmosphere is awful and the prices feel like they go up each time I go to the pub."
  • "But, the turkey cheese melt was served on a burger roll and not the promised sour dough, the cheese was not melted and the dish lacked a coleslaw or salad."

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