Clifford Arms, Shaldonback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
49er, Jail and Coastal.
Comfortable inside but very poor choice of meals.
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A re-visit here for dinner and Jazz on a Monday evening in mid August.
This pub still features in the Camra GBG and on the back of my 2nd visit the ale is still good quality, though this may change as the landlord of the last 26 years is desperate to sell having had the pub on the market for last 10 months, still no buyers though.
2 x Dartmoor Brewery ales on, I had several pints of their Summer Gold @ 4.1% the other ale was Black Tor's Pride of Dartmoor, on the remaining the hand pump was a local traditional cider.
Busy with half of the punters listening to the jazz while the rest enjoyed their beer or dinner. I can report that the Jazz was okay even though it's not a style of music I normally listen to but the food was just above average.
A decent pub, loyal clientele, good ales but on this visit I would say the food let it down.
6/10
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After a couple of decent pints in the Shaldon Conservative Club me and party of 3 moved onto the Clifford Arms.
5 pumps on the bar offering 5 ales. I choose Oarsome from Two Beach Brewing Co @ 4.6%. Two Beach beers are brewed a few doors away behind a café & restaurant in Shaldon and they certainly travel well!
A decent sized pub that was pretty busy with a different crowd to the Conservative Club. This is obviously a very dog friendly pub as there were at least 4 dogs in with their owners…all very well behaved (the dogs not the owners!)
Nicely decorated inside with a large courtyard garden out the back. Half of the pub is food oriented but none was being served on my visit even though a lot of the tables were reserved ready for dinner.
After a quick pint it was time to move on. A very decent pub in a cracking little village that I will return to.
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A very smart and swanky place, modern and clean inside with a sun trap courtyard out the back.
Good selection of ale and ciders here too.
Didn't eat here but by looking at others the food did look good.
Shame as the place never opens all day even on a summer saturday.
9/10
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Visited this Sunday gone, a nice relaxed pub, the beer garden at the rear was a real suntrap. I dont usually eat at pubs (having been disappointed once too often) but the beef and ale pie I had here was superb. Also serves beers from Shaldons own brewery, Ringmore Ales, and at the time of my visit 2 beers from Princetown. Well worth the ferry trip over from Teignmouth.
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Went in recently,ordered a pint and proceeded to roll a smoke for outside like everywhere nowerdays. Was informed by jumped up little pwner that there is a no smoking policy, even in the beer garden. When asked where one can smoke whilst enjoying a pint, was instructed '100 yards up the road'. Even if the beer was good, which it wasn't I wouldn't return. Keep going that 100 yards to the Royal Standard . Better beer and better reception.
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Lovely pub, sympathetically refurbished. Excellent choice of beer including the awesome Oarsome brewed specially for the pub I believe. Great food, especially the brie and cranberry wellington! No smoking beer garden to the rear is done out very well and a real sun trap. Best pub in Shaldon by far- recommended.
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