Marisco Tavern, Lundy Island - pub details
Address: Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, Devon, EX39 2LY [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 39979) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
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> Current user rating: 8.5/10 (rated by 6 users)
user reviews of Marisco Tavern, Lundy Island
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| An excellent pub, especially, as Campanologist writes, given their captive market: they do not abuse their customers at all. Good Westons scrumpy on sale - although perhaps they could manage to stock a local Devon real cider (Sam's dry, perhaps.....). The food was very good quality in good-sized portions, and bearing in mind that most ingredients have to be shipped in at some cost, the prices were certainly reasonable. I can think of a lot of mainland landlords who could learn about pub food by coming here. I gather some day-trippers are disappointed that the pub has to offer a restricted lunch menu on those days when they are there, to cope with the higher demand. jgurney1 - 19 Aug 2013 23:48 |
| The only pub on Lundy, and which serves as a community centre for the island. Cosy and welcoming with two real ales, Old Light (rebadged St Austell Tribute) and Dartmoor Best when we were there last week. Breakfast is served every morning, and good-value meals are available at lunchtime and in the evenings. The decor is plain and practical with wooden tables and whitewashed walls adorned with lifebelts rfom shipwrecks. If you're there for several days it's essential to start a tab. Lovely! Alph_river - 21 Feb 2012 01:54 |
| This pub really shouldn't be any good. There are no locals, no competition to keep standards up and prices down, but somehow it succeeds where other pubs fail. Okay, the food is not cordon bleu but it is perfectly acceptable in such a remote location and there is a surprisingly large choice. Part of the reason for its success lies in the attitude of the staff who were more or less without exception, friendly and helpful. The interior is surprisingly big with a main bar (plus a gallery), a kind of neutral area and a room round the corner which acts as a sort of of restaurant. All things considered, I can even forgive it the re-labeling of St. Austell Tribute and Dartmoor as respectively, Old Light and Lundy Experience! Campanologist - 27 Sep 2011 00:24 |
| Just spent an enjoyable couple of days on Lundy in the Bristol Channel/ It's a bit bleak out there at this time of the year so the Marisco was a bit of a haven. Reasonable food and beer (St Austells) were to be had, and a friendly atmosphere about the place, which is just as well as there is no alternative. Tends to get a bit crowded when the boat load of trippers arrives and they (trippers) find there is nothing to do on a small windswept island except go to the pub, but once they have gone it gets very relaxed indeed. Dr_Pangloss - 24 Jan 2011 11:14 |
