Previous visits to South Molton seeking food and drink have been disappointing. Today was the exception. I came across Zest where the friendly and efficient staff served me very well in a cafe with a pleasant ambience. The coffee tasted good and was beautifully presented. The scrambled eggs on toast with salmon flakes was excellent and flakes is an understatement: it was a generous portion. If I am passing through South Molton again this will definitely be the place I visit.
Updated 20230720. Still lovely and still had a great range of coffee. The Sumatran cafetiere is amazing.
New place, fab coffee, fab scrambled eggs. Exactly what was needed for a second breakfast having driven for two hours
clean and tidy . staff polite . got us in without a booking ( lucky ) .... staff very helpful. food was nice and burger was nice and tasty. and good prices . 👍 will definitely use again when I come back to South molton .
Very friendly staff and great service. A busy place on a Sunday morning. Delicious breakfast all ingredients locally sourced. We will be back.
The breakfast really was spectacular
Good food. Staff welcoming but not attentive. I had a tomato omelette and chips and my husband enjoyed a delicious fish stew, with lots of fish!
2nd day in a row. Fabulous food and coffee. Attentive service. Good gf choices. Highly recommend.
Nice little place on the corner that we found purely out of chance. We were staying nearby and before going round the shops we wanted an early lunch somewhere. Very busy around the lunch time and clearly a locals favourite. Staff were friendly and the food was really nice. I ordered a pizza and my partner ordered a panini. My only criticism is that I had to go to the tills to order anything (and request the bill) as the staff didn't really come to the tables at all, and I'm not a 'wave your hand around until someone notices' kind of person. The food was quite slow coming out (think we waited about 30 minutes) . All in all its definitely worth a visit as the food is very nice and reasonably priced, I will go back there if I'm in the area again.
The two young waitresses were so cheerful, it was lovely. The soup was tasty
Our first visit, we'd certainly go again.
We found this place totally by accident. The satnav tried to divert us around some tràffic and took is into South Molton. The town looked interesting so we decided to get some breakfast. We found Zest and we are so happy we did. Reasonable prices and great service. Also, it's full of regulars who just made the experience even more enjoyable with their conversation. Service was outstanding. Food was great. Thank you guys and if we ever find ourselves in your area again on holiday we will stop-by.
Always fabulous huge warm toasted teacakes in Zest and tasty hot chocolate. 😋
Always good food, sandwiches and coffee are really good.
Really great fried breakfast, most places mushrooms are an afterthought but here they were beautifully cooked.
Staff were really friendly and were cleary trying to take care of all guests, even learning individual preferences of locals. Lovely to see.
Lovely staff and great food!! I was cycling through when it's absolutely chucked it down with rain. Zest cafe was exactly what I needed. And thanks to the staff for not minding a soaking wet cyclist sitting in their cafe. Would highly recommend and I hope to come back sometime.
Lovely food and excellent friendly service. You have to wait a little while for your meal because it is freshly cooked to order, but it is well worth it! Tracey, Vicki and the girls do a brilliant job and are very friendly. Best café in South Molton 😀
Fabulous place, food great , nice place and friendly
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