The Trout and Tipple, Tavistock

I can concur completely with the last poster, now have visited a few times...can also add that the food is indeed very good, & the chef seems quite enthusiastic and friendly . With regards to the opening times, it is closed on Mondays, but operates fully on all other days. I'm not a fish fan, but I would imagine that the trout on the menu must be the 'piece de la resistance', since their is a troutery across the road. Personally my favourite meal so far is the Indian curry, as was as spicy & tasted as good as a normal curry house one.

27 Mar 2011 18:33

The Trout and Tipple, Tavistock

My wife told me about the change of ownership today & wanted to give it a go...not 100% related to my comments below, ie. to see if had improved...but coz mainly we were curious about any changes. I said fine, if got good vibes from their website. But the site just says literally 'Lisa & paul are the new owners, please ring this number for the new opening times'. Now some people aren't necessarily internet-savvy, and fair enough...but it doesn't exactly have me vaulting off my sofa to walk the mile, each-way, to it. Maybe if it had said 'please ring to hear about our exiting new menu, or facelift etc.' would be good...but is a bit odd you're supposed to call about opening hours, you'd think it'd be easier to post it on the site, rather than post a message to call about it.

2 Jan 2011 17:50

The Trout and Tipple, Tavistock

Any tourists to Tavistock please don't believe Shanemel's opinion that the 'Peter Tavy inn is awful, but that the Trout & Tipple was excellent & friendly'. This is without doubt a completely ludicrous review & honestly does not even merit argument.

The food at the Trout is mediocre, as per most of the other reviews here, and I've eaten here twice this year. In terms of friendliness....I was at a charity quiz last night there, and now regret the �20 I donated, plus the �30 I spent in the bar...as at 11.05pm, in front of 9 other astonished people in our group, right in the middle of the raffle - I was accosted & demanded I drink up or handover my glass immediately, in a very unfriendly, unsmiling manner. I could possibly understand this if the pub had stopped serving at 10.30 & they were waiting to close, but not in the middle of the charity raffle with the pub still full...and as we left 10 minutes later, many of the organisers were still drinking quite happily...so obviously providing one's time to an event, rather than one's money - is the key here to being treated like a human being.

29 Mar 2010 12:58