Best Chowder in Ilfracombe

2 restaurant menus in Ilfracombe, (the ranking and the list of restaurants are based on the number of recommendations received from users in the last month, currently updated to December 2024)
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Take Thyme Fish Restaurant
Take Thyme Fish Restaurant
94/100 (3524 ratings)
Restaurants
Vegetarian Friendly
Healthy
British
Steakhouse
Seafood
Steakhouse
Gluten Free Options
Seafood
Healthy
British
Vegetarian Friendly
Gluten Free Options
Drinks
After-hours
Dinner
Coquille St Jacques
Prawns
Fish Stew in the Foreground with a Bowl of Mussels
Eton Mess
Brownie
Turbot
Fruit Crumble
Puddings
Soup
Local Fish
Lobster
Steak Cooked Perfectly
Irish Stew
Great Steak
Bass
Hake
Crusty Bread
Pasta
Foie Gras
Cakes
Mackerel
Salad
Aubergine
Sea Bass
Chili
Cioppino
Pesto
Whitebait
River Fowey Mussels
Fish
Cheese Board
Crab
Atlantic Prawn & Cray Fish Tail Cocktail
Prawn cocktail
Fresh Fish
Scallops
Mediterranean Stew
Chicken Schnitzel
Mussels
Pan-Seared Local Scallops
Aperol Spritz
Devon Dressed Crab
Fish & chips
Whole Roasted Bream
Crab Cake
Sea Bass and Dressed Local Crab
Chowder
Pan Fried Mackerel Fillet
Sit down
Healthy
Seafood
Steakhouse
British
Wine and Beer
Reservations
Parking Available
Seating
Full Bar
Table Service
Mastercard
Digital Payments
Wheelchair Accessible
Visa
Accepts Credit Cards
Serves Alcohol
Outdoor Seating
Accepts Mastercard
Accepts Visa
Drinks
Mid-range
"This is only a small restaurant, café sized really, but what fabulous food. The owners are a couple who are apparently the (highly talented) chefs..."
Catherine Sheen
"Me and my husband visited this lovely Lobster and fish restaurant yesterday. We arrived to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary and found this..."
Kirsty Brown
"We chose Take Thyme because of it's great reviews and it certainly lived up to our expectations - excellent fresh fish, beautifully cooked and a..."
John
"A fantastic spot for a delicious lunch. The service was outstanding and the flavours were second to none. Amongst us we had the mussels, dressed crab..."
Kelly Davison
"This restaurant was good last year and great this year. Everything was right, from a lovely atmosphere to great fresh seafood really well cooked, and..."
Ivor Elcock
"Thanks Tara and team for a wonderful (late) lunch on 1 Aug. 4 of us had scallops, seafood chowder and Mediterranean fish stew for starters followed..."
KG Lee
"Amazing little place, great food, very friendly team who were great with small people, literally nothing was too much trouble…. Even a fussy..."
tracey Little
"We had a really delicious lunch here. We actually stayed longer in Ilfracombe just to eat here, and we’re so glad we did. The fish was cooked to..."
Brian Duncan
"Take Thyme is a fantastic place in lovely Ilfracombe. Excellent fresh seafood from the area served competently by Trish, a highly satisfying..."
Thorsten Wulff
"Lovely little seafood restaurant in the heart of Ilfracombe. All dishes well presented and tasted delicious. The Fowey mussels were amazing. ..."
Rachel Littlechild
"So we pleased we got to eat on this restaurant. The staff were lovely and friendly. Food was gorgeous. I had lobster that was caught that morning..."
Marcia Bell
"Amazing food! The owner Tara makes everyone feel welcome. My sister said best squid starter she's had. Recommend the Mediterranean Fish Stew, rich..."
Jules Olph
"Excellent experience. Friendly staff created a comfortable, relaxing, family environment with a nautical vibe. The service was friendly and efficient..."
Giles Heaton
"Awesome lunch, super fresh seafood - lobster 🦞 was great & our teenager son even demolished a bowl of mussels. Staff super welcoming, couldn’t..."
Kerri Matthews
"Finding this restaurant was like finding a diamond in the rough. We struggled to get decent seafood (not your standard battered cod & chips) for a..."
Lourens Erasmus
"Amazing. Had our 25th wedding anniversary lunch here. Had an anniversary drink on the house. The food and service was exceptional A fantastic..."
Alex Demner
"Absolutely 1st class lunchtime experience...from the minute we entered the restaurant we knew it was going to be good...and it turned out to be..."
Paul Rossini
"Great place with amazing service. The food was delicious, especially the chowder. Also extremely accommodating for our..."
I P
"Amazing food, slow service, if you have time for lunch… this is the place, if you are on a schedule … its going to be a..."
patheesen
Seventy One
Seventy One
91/100 (1487 ratings)
Restaurants
British
Vegetarian Friendly
British
Gluten Free Options
Vegan Options
Vegetarian Friendly
Gluten Free Options
Vegan Options
After-hours
Dinner
Scampi
Cheesecakes
Pâté
Ice Cream
Lobster
Pork Belly
Hake
Salad
Sea Bass
Brownie
Lamb
Crab
Venison
Puddings
Fish
Scallops
Rack of Lamb
Cake
Pork
Risotto
Monkfish
Mussels
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Shepherd's Pie
Chowder
Cheesecake
Surf And Turf
Sit down
British
Serves Alcohol
Full Bar
Reservations
Seating
Table Service
Wheelchair Accessible
After-hours
Dinner
Mid-range
"Perfect meal. A warm, friendly welcome and a lovely decorated restaurant with a relaxed and informal atmosphere. The menu offers a good selection of..."
Paul Wright
"What a fantastic little restaurant. Limited capacity and concise menu, but its none the worse for it. The food is nothing short of outstanding for..."
T H
"Dinner for 4 on 1 Aug. Nice and cosy small restaurant which can sit about 16. We had clam chowder, fish cakes and mussels au gratin to start. Lamb..."
KG Lee
"Such a wonderful cosy restaurant. Made very welcome and the food was excellent and just the right amount to savour the fabulous flavours. Definitely..."
Kevin Scott
"Food was delicious and the best food I've had in a long time. Definitely recommend 👌 p.s the chocolate nemesis was to die..."
Sam Symons
"My wife and I had our anniversary meal here this evening, beautiful food, small but perfect restaurant. Would highly recommend..."
Anthony Hazelden
"Really enjoy our evening here. Good quality food at reasonable..."
Wayne
"We had a meal here for our wedding anniversary whilst on holiday in Ilfracombe, it's tucked away along Fore Street, a lovely intimate bistro to dine..."
Soosan Webbo
"This is a quaint little restaurant that serves a small very reasonable menu of quality food. My personal experience was a rather sandy razor clam, my..."
Alan Shaw
"Excellent food and good service, The cheese board was disappointment but didn't detract from what was a very enjoyable experience. We will be eating..."
allan stephenson