Discover Charming Pubs and Cafés Around Wray Valley
Discover the delightful dining options near Wray Valley by exploring our selected list of charming local pubs and cafés. Click on each link to view their details. Some also takeaway options and may have varying opening hours throughout the year. Enjoy a memorable culinary experience as you savour the unique flavours and atmospheres of these local favourites.
To ensure a table at your preferred dining spot, we strongly recommend making reservations in advance, especially during peak hours. Also please be aware that serving hours in the evening are generally more limited than what you would be used to in large towns and cities.
Lustleigh
- The Cleave Inn – good food in traditional thatched pub in centre of picturesque village, lovely beer garden.
- Primrose Tea Room and Garden – Perfect for a cream tea or a delicious large salad in the summer.
NB. Parking can be a challenge in Lustleigh as it was not designed for cars. Walk or cycle down the Wray Valley Trail if you have time. At lunchtime you might be able to catch the bus back if you time it right!
Moretonhampstead
None of the restuarants have their own parking but it is free on the street and in the public car parks after 6pm. In the daytime you could walk or cycle up the Wray Valley Trail and possibly catch the bus back.
- The Union Inn – traditional pub food, huge portions (particularly the homemade pies) and good range of beer.
- Berto’s Pizza Restaurant – authentic Italian pizzeria and pasta. They allow BYO wine (corkage fee) and the Co-op is open until late if you need to get supplies.
- The Horse – Bistro/Bar with extensive pizza menu.
- The White Hart – hotel with bar and restaurant
- Central Stores Cafe – busy meeting place in the centre of the town with the Tourist Information Centre in the back
- Baskervilles Ice Cream Parlour & Coffee Shop – Mainly outdoor seating. As well as ice creams and the usual array of tea, coffee, soft drinks and cakes, it also sells ice lollies for dogs.
- Gateway Restaurant and Bar – authentic international cuisine offered as a pop-up cafe – check weekends for availability and prices. Extremely small restaurant so prior booking is essential.
Manaton & North Bovey
Although not very far away as the crow flies, you will need to be happy driving down narrow lanes to get to these pubs. They are both excellent to visit for lunch on a walk from here.
- Kestor Inn, Manaton – freshly prepared lunches and evening meals using Devon’s seasonal produce. Watch our for their excellent seafood specials.
- Ring of Bells, North Bovey – traditional thatched Dartmoor inn
Bovey Tracey
- Royal Ghurka Spice, Bovey Tracey – the nearest Indian and Nepalese restaurant
- Cafe 3 Sixty – independent café, bar & restaurant. Great for cyclists with indoor and outdoor bike parking and on-site cycle workshop.
- Brookside Cafe & Restaurant – breakfast, coffee, lunch and afternoon tea open seven days a week during the day time
- Home Farm Cafe, Parke Estate, Bovey Tracey – serving brunch, lunch and snacks (and dinner in the summer); meat is sourced from local farms with the rest of their produce as local as possible, favouring Devon. Excellent reports back from our guests.
- Ullacombe Farm – Farm shop, butcher and cafe near Bovey Tracey on the way to Haytor. We particularly like the High Tea for Two.
Bovey Tracey also has a selection of tea rooms, cafes, pubs and takeaways (fish & chips, chinese, burgers and kebabs).
Chagford
With at least 4 pubs plus several lovely cafes Chagford is definitely a place to visit and is worth the 15 – 20 minute a drive on a summer evening if you want to go further afield.